WW2: Battle Of Stalingrad (Intense Footage)

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Battle of Stalingrad, (July 17, 1942-February 2, 1943), successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), Russia, U.S.S.R., during World War II. Russians consider it to be one of the greatest battles of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies.
Stretching about 30 miles (50 km) along the banks of the Volga River, Stalingrad was a large industrial city producing armaments and tractors and was an important prize in itself for the invading German army. Capturing the city would cut Soviet transport links with southern Russia, and Stalingrad would then serve to anchor the northern flank of the larger German drive into the oil fields of the Caucasus. In addition, seizing the city that bore the name of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin would serve as a great personal and propaganda victory for Adolf Hitler. German war planners hoped to achieve that end with Fall Blau (“Operation Blue”), a proposal that Hitler assessed and summarized in Führer Directive No. 41 on April 5, 1942. Hitler’s goal was to eliminate Soviet forces in the south, secure the region’s economic resources, and then wheel his armies either north to Moscow or south to conquer the remainder of the Caucasus. The offensive would be undertaken by Army Group South under Field Marshal Fedor von Bock. On June 28, 1942, operations began with significant German victories.

[@historyatwar]

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[@chillout8320]

At 1:01 there is a camel. Did the Germans use camels from North Africa in the eastern front?

[@voliafar_ferrat]

3:10 откуда в Сталинграде французский танк?

[@OGRASTV]

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[@mickeyrocks1997]

The life expectancy of a solider fighting in Stalingrad was 72 hours

[@chozenheart]

The untrained and weak died quick but there are soldiers that survived the whole battle

[@captainsandwhich7469]

@@chozenheart now i know the history of your username

[@stuckaufuranus9103]

My great grandfather got shot, captured and fled out of capture. Such a gard man...

[@TheLordNovo]

@@chozenheart not many. The 6th army had a 98% kill rate, meaning hardly any of them returned

[@suckyourdeadnan4805]

@@TheLordNovo u do know more soliders survived in WW2 then died and if the Russians lost like 98% of there men how tf they win?

[@AH-pq7yw]

Over 2 million casualties. In comparison, during entire WW2 US, UK and France had around 1.5 million casualties in total. R.I.P all soldiers from both side. The most brutal battle in human history.

[@G35370]

Crazy when you think of Rzhev had similar losses for the Soviets as well

[@suckyourdeadnan4805]

🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸🤝🇫🇷

[@wapple4240]

@Luca Baki was he drafted into the army?

[@patriceaqa288]

@@wapple4240 Nearly all were

[@Nuthing]

Fck soviet union and russia. They don't give a shit about human life or strategy what so ever. Same thing with ukraine, sending boys to their deaths. And still there are some idiots who think russia is in the right.

[@Chrisamos412]

These men went through absolute hell

[@a_09.7]

fighting for the rise of Facism or on the other hand the rise of Communism

[@justinaccount9920]

Hell for both the soviets and nazis

[@justinaccount9920]

@@gawgaw6941 they are all nazis

[@braddevon1283]

Before Thay got hungry

[@ironduke1377]

Stalingrad was hell, not just metaphorically, they went through things no man should have to deal with, fighting in conditions such as -30 degrees Celsius and not having enough food supplies. no man today living can understand what the men at Stalingrad faced.

[@leomduffy794]

The mass of this single battle. To think this was now 80 years ago. We as humans never seem to learn from history.

[@daviddoran3673]

KZbin the changing of the guard at the Mamaev Kurgan memorial in Volgograd.....

[@RealEntity]

@Tiberius they don't but they will

[@Hewhogreetswithfjre]

Human never learn from history. You ain’t seen nothing yet ww3 is just around the corner. Stay tuned.

[@leomduffy794]

@Chris D They don't even teach history anymore in schools at least history that matters now in schools there trying to teach kids in elementary school about gender identity. They have completely gone insane today.

[@Jozipp20]

Politicians don't

[@robertjohnson-er4rp]

The battle of Stalingrad(WW2), the battle of Verdun(WW1), and the battle of the Somme(WW1), were some of the most bloodiest battle campaigns in history.

[@whiteschool685]

Actually, after Stalingrad (633,000 deaths), the next deadliest battle was the battle of Berlin (539,000 deaths) and then the third deadliest was Operation Bagration (379,000 deaths). The battle of the Somme is fourth with 343,000 deaths, and you don't get Verdun (234,000) until sixth, after the battle of Hankow (250,000). While Verdun and Somme were extremely deadly and horrible, they were definitely not the second and third 'most bloodiest battle campaigns in history'.

[@mustang1912]

No physical evidence for battle of Stalingrad

[@howled0]

@@mustang1912 troll

[@ocs10]

ask my family for evidence@@mustang1912

[@audistan4942]

@@whiteschool685I was going to mention the battle of Berlin as well

[@vagabond4799]

My grandpa fought in WW2,he joined at resistance movement at age of 19 after his father was killed in Montenegro. He had no choice but to leave his country and family behind. He allways told me his stories like 'german nazis in front of us,italian fascists on the one side, serb chetniks on the other side and we're in the middle of fire'. He was totally deaf on the right ear by shell explosion near him.. He had bravery orden among many others he had. Later at war he was Yugoslavian army officer. Where he stayed till his pension . Short before he died,he tried few times to go back on foot home to Montenegro where he wanted to pass away...It was painful for us to watch that. it's like 500km away from place where he (we) lived. He missed his small village in mountains where he was born,very much..He was truly hero and I'm honored to knew him. Miss his stories and his voice. Hope you're home now...

[@tacomas9602]

My father's side of the family came from Yugoslavia. We are a very stocky, stubborn, hardworking people , and even us native to the USA detached from that actual part of the world shall never forget the conflict that has unfolded over the years.

[@sixsixtysixanhour]

he fought the wrong enemy ,wasnt the only one , he should have signed up with dmitri ljotic...

[@mladen5016]

@@sixsixtysixanhour He should have hanged Ljotić by the balls and let him swing in the wind!

[@ashleythompson386]

thank you for sharing this, much love to all who know the tragedy's of war, less we forget, may we not repeat the mistakes of the past.

[@jeffreyknight3884]

I just want to thank your brave grandpa for being a hero. God bless his soul in heaven.

[@patrickmcglynn5383]

The problem with Stalingrad is it was such a vicious pivotal battle that it takes up all the historical oxygen in the room at the expense of all the other huge vicious pivotal battles. Demyansk, Sevastopol, the Scheld, Leningrad and many other battles don't seem to get their due.

[@ArcticWolf00Alpha0]

Well, the main reason is because Stalingrad was the tipping point of WW2. Unlike the other battles of the Eastern Front, Stalingrad saw the destruction of the entire German 6th army and turned the tide in the battle against the Germans...it quite literally spelled doom for the Germans of WW2.

[@antoinemozart243]

It is mainly because Stalingrad was the place where the impossibility of beating the USSR was unveiled.

[@rebar59duffy84]

Who was crazier ??? Hitler - or the millions of Germans who agreed to march lockstep behind him right through the gates of hell ??? Such a horrible waste…

[@karimtemri1664]

@@ArcticWolf00Alpha0 the soviets lost even more men than Germany and still had a lot of steam left to fight all the way into Berlin. After stalingrad Germany was very very tried. Weird

[@user-fb1dr1pv7e]

В последнее время, на фоне страстей, бушующих вокруг реформы юридической системы, тема религиозного давления, казалось бы, отошла на второй план. Между тем, лидеры харедим добиваются ограничения судебных полномочий не менее активно, чем другие участники коалиции. Именно БАГАЦ принял «возмутительные» решения о гиюре, признании реформистского и консервативного направлений иудаизма, отсрочке от призыва и проч. Пока существует вето Верховного суда, харедим не могут быть спокойны ни за один свой законопроект, даже утвержденный Кнессетом. Не случайно отмена этого вето была одним из условий вступления ультраортодоксов в коалицию и одним из главных требований Совета мудрецов Торы. Однако эту свою заинтересованность политики-ультраортодоксы стараются не афишировать и вообще не привлекать к себе лишнего внимания. Можно заметить, например, что эта прослойка населения не принимает организованного участия в выступлениях в поддержку реформы, в отличие от поселенцев и сторонников Ликуда. Причина проста: лидеры ШАС и «Еврейства Торы» опасаются вызвать огонь на себя - как выразился один из них, «спровоцировать гражданскую войну между светскими и религиозными». У этих опасений есть резон. Затянувшиеся протесты в этом случае обретут второе дыхание и новую цель. Причем лозунги и требования, направленные против власти раввината и религиозного давления, будут более жесткими и конкретными, чем нынешние довольно абстрактные призывы защитить демократию от диктатуры, ведь претензии неортодоксального населения к харедим давно известны и сформулированы. Вероятно, эти выступления даже привлекут дополнительные массы протестующих, тех, кто до сего момента держался в стороне от политических акций. В другое, менее турбулентое время и в других обстоятельствах принятие закона, защищающего молодых ультраортодоксов от призыва, могло бы пройти почти незамеченным. Ведь даже армейские начальники не возражают против закона о снижении призывного возраста. Спор идет лишь о цифрах: ЦАХАЛ согласен на 23 года, вместо 26 лет, политики-харедим требуют 21, и, скорее всего, стороны сойдутся на 22. В ЦАХАЛе не особенно скрывают, что привлечение к службе молодых людей из ультрарелигиозного сектора создает больше головной боли, чем преимуществ, и никак не влияет на вопросы безопасности. Не зря сама идея отмены отсрочки от призыва для ультраортодоксов всегда концентрировалась на равенстве и равном распределении обязанностей, а вовсе не на потребностях армии. Иными словами, весь спор вокруг призыва имеет скорее символический характер, чем действительно решает какие-то проблемы государства и общества. Но ведь и с судебной реформой происходит то же самое. До сих пор не все протестующие, каждую неделю выходящие на улицы с флагами Израиля, понимают, в чем суть этой реформы и как она осложнит их жизнь. Зато они хорошо представляют себе, в каком государстве хотят жить - в том, где работают все демократические институты, власть не узурпирована элитой и законы одинаковы для всех граждан. И разумеется, такое государство должно быть отделено от религии и никак не подчиняться религиозным организациям - с этим не спорят даже верующие участники протестов. Если - а вернее, когда, поскольку это произойдет очень скоро, - если и когда тема призыва снова окажется на повестке дня, народный гнев обратится против политики подчинения себе государственной системы, уже много лет проводимой ультраортодоксальными кругами. Борьба за демократический Израиль, как называют нынешнее протестное движение, обещает превратиться в борьбу за светский Израиль. Но в отличие от ее прежних проявлений, у этой борьбы теперь есть свои сплоченные силы, свое руководство, свои идеологи и формы противостояния. Вряд ли дело дойдет до открытых столкновений между протестующими и харедимным населением. Это полностью зависит от действий ультраортодоксальных политиков, а у них, будем надеяться, хватит ума не звать своих сторонников на баррикады. Да и боятся они на самом деле не «гражданской войны», а то, что бунт против ограничения призыва перейдет в требование глобального пересмотра отношений между религией и государством. Ведь точно так же лозунги о защиты демократии выросли из отстаивания полномочий суда. Нетаниягу в этом раскладе не позавидуешь. Он снова оказался меж двух огней: между мощным общественным давлением и угрозой распада коалиции. Его наиболее благоразумные соратники считают, что премьер должен срочно начать разъяснительную кампанию в связи с новым пакетом обсуждаемых законопроектов. Мол, все беспорядки, связанные с реформой, начались из-за того, что народу плохо объяснили ее суть и цели. Но это, по меньшей мере, наивный подход. Невозможно никакими разъяснениями убедить людей смириться с властью, если она им не нравится, и тем более это не удастся лидеру, против которого, в сущности, и направлены протесты. Другое дело, что депутаты от ШАС и «Еврейства Торы» вряд ли решатся развалить правительство, пока есть шанс получить от него то, чего они хотят, - не прямо сейчас, так в ближайшем будущем. Зато они первыми покинут коалицию, как только она сама начнет тонуть, чтобы оставить себе возможность войти в другое правительство. Из этих же соображений они, казалось бы, не заинтересованы усугублять конфликт и настраивать против себя общественное мнение. Но пока неизвестно, что возьмет верх - долговременная стратегия или стремление к цели любой ценой.

[@dlervan8876]

3:45 that soldier marching was so badass 🔥

[@proantagonist5042]

Just another day in hell…

[@yume5338]

Want to find the original footage of that clip.

[@chrismorgan1838]

Wonder how many he killed before eventually dying.

[@blockmasterscott]

That dude was badass!

[@davestarns8317]

He was dead. His carcass was already rotting as he walked across the battlefield. You could see there was nothing left in him. There is nothing badass about this place.

[@davidwalker5054]

Any battle must be terrifying. But Stalingrad has got to be the closest to Hell you will ever get.

[@Juan-qu4oj]

Verdun is also up there

[@jp-ty1vd]

Okinawa, Saipan, Nanking, Berlin, Chancellorsville, Verdun, Gallipoli, Hiroshima....

[@RobertMay-tr1yx]

Anyone who compares the Battle of Stalingrad to Okinawa Iwo Jima Saipan just doesn't understand history, it's like comparing a Lamborghini to a Ford pinto, please remember an old Chinese proverb is best to be thought of as ignorant than to speak up and remove all doubt!!!

[@jp-ty1vd]

@@RobertMay-tr1yx "He who jumps to conclusion often falls to bottom of cliff." Charlie Chan

[@jp-ty1vd]

@@RobertMay-tr1yx "He who jumps to conclusion often falls to bottom of cliff." Charlie Chan

[@markprange4386]

Some of these locations are known. Some of the buildings are still standing in 2022. Alexander Skvorin, Vladimir Koulikov, and Jason Mark know the locations shown in many photos and film clips of Stalingrad. 0:08 Not sure, but I think this is the railway that was northeast of Stalingrad, near Latashinka and the Volga, or between Stalingrad and Orlovka. 0:28 September 1942. This is the statue of children circling around their crocodile friend. In the background is the terminal building of Stalingrad 1. 0:49 Some of the downtown seen from higher ground at or near the cathedral by Dvinskaya Ulitsa. 0:56 Looking across the main railyard at some of the downtown. The pilastered building is still standing by Kommunisticheskaya & Gagarina. At 0:58 are two large (apartment) Houses of Specialists; the one at right is obscured. They are seen better at 1:52+. 1:02 2:13..... Grain elevator building and silos. 1:06 Along Bolshievitsksya Ulitsa, near the old church. And at 1:59+. 1:29 Stalingrad North. 1:31 In Krasnoarmeysk. Apartment house at 8 Arsenyev Ulitsa. Still standing in 2022. Some of the balconies are now enclosed. 1:48 In Stalingrad North. View of the E-shaped school (no. 34) at N48.7547°, E044.5492°. Still there in 2022. Some of the storage tanks at Krasnyi Oktyabr's oil depot (N48.752°, E044.564°) are in the background--seen against the Volga background. Some of the same tanks are there in 2022. 2:04+ View down Kurskaya Ulitsa; a House of Specialists is seen against the Volga. 2:28 Barrikady gun factory. 3:21+ Mirror image. Panorama of the riverfront around the main landing stage. Smoke blocks the view of the State Bank. 3:32 The Don and the Volga reservoirs weren't there until after the War. 4:33 Barrikady factory--north corner. Buildings still there in 2022. 4:42 Poland 4:46 5:11 Barrikady factory. 4:49 4:57 Not Stalingrad. 5:19 From the Voroshilovskiy Region, looking northeast toward Stalingrad Center. At right, in the foreground of the very light-coloured building, is the railway trestle-bridge across the Tsaritsa. 5:29 I have it on good authority that this is Dotsenko Ulitsa in Krasnoarmeysk. In looking on Google Maps, it appears to be (N48.5132°, E044.5284°) by the east corner of 39 Ulitsa Dotsenko, viewing north. 6:56 Krasnyi Oktyabr'! This is near its long smelting building--the Martenovskii 'Shop or "Halle 4." The position is by a stanchion for the conveyor gantries that ran alongside the building. This is out near where the Germans had been when trying to press in and surround the Soviet defenders. 7:00 In the Martenovskii 'Shop.

[@brandaonb4249]

The Jews did 911!

[@Schimml0rd]

absolute insanity.

[@normanlinden5786]

Many thanks.

[@HeroNudel]

Wow, respect how did you know this all and know the locations

[@markprange4386]

@@HeroNudel: A book "Angriff" by Jason Mark has many identifications. Alex. Skvorin knows the locations of what is shown in many photos. He has exactly identified many places in Stalingrad photos. A special 'Stalingrad' issue of "After the Battle" magazine has some of the identifications I've listed. There used to be a Dutch website showing aerial photos of Stalingrad before, during, and after the campaign.

[@davestarns8317]

Everyone’s seen it in movies a million times, but watching a real video of life just leaving a person’s body as they fall to the ground, never to move again… I cried. Hard.

[@michaelporter1142]

Yeah, chilling. I keep having to tell myself 'this is not a reenactment. That person is really dying.' Horrible. I am violating something by watching it, all I can do is reach out with a blessing across the decades. Peace and light, Mary.

[@csaint6780]

It kinda leaves a lump in your throat.

[@MrRobman2009]

Those Germans don’t deserve your tears

[@nigelbevan8449]

If you're talking about the movie Stalingrad, it's completely inaccurate...

[@dewaldsteyn1306]

no it makes you feel guilty of watching someone die on vidoe.😭

[@michaelstudd533]

One of the best Stalingrad videos I have watched!!! felt like a small movie

[@historyatwar]

Thank you!

[@MarMar-nq9ii]

@@historyatwar You have to be a real filmmaker with a hundred million budgets. Money should be allocated to talents like you, not to Hollywood incompetents who make films about "superheroes" in tights and bat masks.

[@josephgemin171]

@@historyatwar Could you tell me the name of the beautiful, haunting music?

[@alexpileri7557]

@@josephgemin171 Wars of Faith

[@robblei1296]

@@historyatwar sehr gut

[@uncharted-desert-isle]

An incredible generation without doubt.

[@Pheroow]

Why, because they never learned a thing from history and went on to wage more wars?w

[@user-dc9oq2pr6v]

greatest generation ever

[@axelibrotherus3526]

The same generation who started world war, no?

[@jameslarsen5764]

@@user-dc9oq2pr6v shush. They were 1 generation out of all of human history. No better or worse than the rest of us

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

Certainly one of profound courage, integrity and toughness!

[@melissahouse1296]

Thank you for this footage. Just finished reading Vasily Grossmans' 'Stalingrad'. Im deeply moved. Brings a whole new meaning to the word courage.

[@Zopiexx]

My great grandfather fought in Moscow with my Great grand uncle and grand uncle. Later, my Great grand uncle and grand uncle went north near Leningrad, and they didn't make it sadly. My great-grandfather went to Stalingrad and survived and went to Berlin later on. Eternal memory to the heroes!

[@user-do9zj6ns1x]

Немец в Москву не вошёл и был раздавлен, вечная память советскому солдату уничтоживший коричневую чуму и моему прадеду погибшиму в 44 году !!!

[@h.grunspan2626]

Was erzählst du für eine Scheiße hier von Helden?!

[@mattg6867]

Was wollen wir trinken, both my grand parents were better soldiers, evidently....... and both wish they hadn't bothered, UK's gone to the dogs...........nichts. Der hund, Der Zion 🎉 schwein, we even have an Indian who we didn't vote for, bet my ancestors are spinning like a tombola machine............

[@legalisecrack]

And now your country perish in Ukraine

[@Zopiexx]

@@legalisecrackHow do you know if I'm a Russian and not a Ukrainian?

[@MrWolf-kd8yh]

Fascinating video and much appreciate the upload. Liked and subscribed! My family has fought for the Wehrmacht during WW2. My Grandfather was in the 6th army 44th infantry division and saw action in Poland, France and Kharkov. He was later captured along with thousands of men at Stalingrad. Ultimately he lost 80 pounds of body weight moving around different Russian labour camps post war before finally returning home to Germany in the 1950 and lived a long peaceful life. His younger brother started off the war in the East as part of the 439th Regiment of the 134th Division and was at the battle of Moscow then later he was one of 9 survivors out of 1,000 men in his regiment to die in the battle of Kursk where he was injured and furloughed as a result. He survived heavy allied bombing and returned to active combat in the end as part of the 512th heavy tank destroyer battalion as a loader for the Jagdtiger when he surrendered to the Americans in May 1945. The eldest brother out of the 3 served in the German navy as an officer. He was on submarine U-107 which sank British ship Colonial off Guinea, French West Africa; the entire crew of 100 survived and rescued by HMS Centurion.

[@historyatwar]

wow, what a history you have! thank you for telling me this really interesting stuff. Your grandfather sounds tough as nails! Insane he was in the 6th Army I bet he has lots of stories.

[@MrWolf-kd8yh]

My deepest respects for those like yourself keeping history relevant today Best regards from Bavaria!

[@abnerrenaud6768]

Danke, mein friend lol, Awesome post!

[@hudojnik93]

Great family you have. Be proud! Respect and R.I.P for these brave soldier! Thank you for sharing!

[@Jhossack]

Imagine if he resisted in 1933. Now thats a hero.

[@Nothingschanged]

As an American, the war was decided in Stalingrad. Not on “D-day” by popular belief. RIP warriors.

[@duweitdasdunixweit6701]

this popular belief exists just in USA ;)

[@user-mc8ow8me9o]

War was decided under kursk And soviets are no better then german dogs

[@keltberanski2757]

apsolutely..battle at Stalingrad change everything

[@christoskonstantopoulos9923]

Other historians are saying it was Kursk, i agree with you sir ,it was Stalingrad

[@Jackass461]

Unfortunately communism won and the world is garbage

[@syma8678]

It's the best and scariest war video I've ever seen. I was haunted by the thought that this wasn't a war movie scene but was actually a footage of what happened to real human beings. I remembered each and every part of it so terribly that I didn't need to rewatch. Stalingrad.!!

[@syma8678]

4:04 they look really tired.

[@kristo1981]

Especially with this music.

[@nitishbidhuri340]

You're weak

[@sergiyivanov4619]

Именно так: Эти кадры - только документальная кинохроника, с добавлением цветности.

[@sandymiller870]

Choice of background music is epic.

[@josephgemin171]

Perfect choice. Anyone know the name of it?

[@Leah-ss7in]

My grandfather fought in WW2, and was hospitalized for a year after he had came back home, and he died at 99 in 2020 of April.

[@AngelMartinez-mg1ok]

COVID?

[@amirhossein1687]

This channel is so underrated. Man your job is great! Keep up the good work

[@JohnANimo-me4br]

Absolutely brilliant production! Your musical choice is outstanding.

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

My father was in Operation Barbarossa ..He survived Stalingrad as he got badly wounded in Poland on the way there..His brother in law died in Stalingrad

[@erwewewwewewe2453]

german?

[@ecuadorexpat8558]

@@erwewewwewewe2453 yes

[@WakaWaka2468]

​@@ecuadorexpat8558 He fought for a better future. Don't you dare forget that. God bless Germany.

[@niteeshnagappanaik7915]

Tell about hitler

[@fishnchips727]

nothing to be proudly say here . Your father was a murderer

[@andyfoxy3140]

Great vid, especially the images of Stalingrad with buildings still standing early on in the battle.

[@nl4770]

Playing HLL last night, Stalingrad map. Much respect to both sides of this battle. Fucking insane.....

[@historyatwar]

Love that game!

[@alexye0079]

Played it for the first time last night! Truly a human meat grinder. What a waste of life

[@armyvet8279]

What's HLL?

[@nl4770]

@@armyvet8279 hell let loose. WW2 fps. It's a great game.

[@JOEL00111]

@@nl4770 can't wait for it on console!

[@Big-Reds]

Great video!!! Need more footage like this that showed the brutality of Stalingrad.

[@TIATAC]

Yessir

[@corneliusneudeck7762]

3:55 what an epic picture, incredible

[@BizWilson91]

Incredible footage and a fantastic video mate.

[@historyatwar]

glad you enjoyed! :)

[@porkpistol3346]

I fought in Afghanistan so I know a little bit about combat, but Stalingrad was on such a level of extreme combat and casualties it is a vary dark event in human history.

[@historyatwar]

Absolutely!

[@JBS2018]

I fought there as well and was wounded. Whenever I think my life is hard or my struggles difficult, videos like these remind me I haven't seen squat.

[@grahamtaylor6883]

Great choice of music. It really added to the mood of the video.

[@olentangy74]

Incredible footage and the music is so fitting.

[@Gweb52]

Absolutely AMAZING footage and video

[@aimps19]

Amazing video. That battle was Hell on Earth.

[@BlutUndEhre88]

4:11 one could see a soldaten holding what seems to be a video camera. The risks these guys take so we could witness history like this is absolutely insurmountable.

[@peterm3964]

A video camera ? Are you 12 years old ?

[@AnnesleyPlaceDub70]

​@peterm3964 shut up you sap, you know well what the lad means. Brilliant upload.

[@LinD.2005]

@@peterm3964 it is a video camera

[@spencerpaul3936]

Judenfrei? Are you a fucking nazi?

[@sergiyivanov4619]

​@@LinD.2005Это кинокамера.

[@monsterfunfootballedits]

The saddest thing is the waste of life. So many died.

[@lmeza1983]

War never changes, all wars are about power but also to keep population at bay. Just look how many wars have been fougth in the last 10 years and for absolute nothing else but hegemony and raw resources, theres no honor in that, no heroic death or killing. Humans deserve to perish in flames for allowing few leaders to decide the fate of the whole planet.

[@25ciskey25]

That was good, love the music with it as well

[@OGGOAT23]

Video extremely well done! 👏 100/100

[@Andrewthefiremen]

My favorite war footage video. Makes me feel I'm in the action and gets my heart pumping. I appreciate your work you have earned me as a subscriber.

[@pitch1691]

Have you seen this Stalingrad footage here ⬇️ kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qyhYWBZ8aNmbM

[@Andrewthefiremen]

@@pitch1691 no. ty!!

[@michaelcodelmar9547]

Fact...The German VI army and portion of the Panzer IV Army were involved in this battle....330,000 in all....only 5,000 were able to come home after the war. You can see the fear in the soldiers faces probably knowing that 95% of them will not be able to come back...

[@davestarns8317]

Well they did manage to get an estimated 30,000 wounded out before the Soviets encircled them. But yea, only 5,000 made it out (technically but not really) unscathed.

[@thedownunderverse]

5000 too many

[@bondvillain678]

Not correct almost 200000 of them were encircled only 3000 made it back the rest (197000) died in russian camps from hunger u cant blame the russians, the germans started this.

[@justforever96]

How would they know that at that time? They didn't expect to lose. They are in fear because people are shooting at them. A few hundred thousand were captured. And only 5,000 of them surviving the war would make them exceptionally hard hit with fatalities in the POW camps. 75% losses weren't unheard of in POW camps, but only 5,000 left seems unlikely. Maybe only 5,000 were able to go home immediately after the war, many soldiers were forced to stay in work camps for years after the war. If that number isn't just something someone made up. You can't believe everything you read bro.

[@crypticreality8484]

The MOST devastating battle of human history.

[@flapdrol75]

Thisbattle was brutal. Beyond comprehension for me.

[@ruthmoreau6419]

Beyond comprehension to anyone

[@amanbisht2704]

No doubts those were the bravest soliders ever produced on earth

[@graemesaxon2067]

Great video alot of footage I haven't seen before

[@historyatwar]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@meteatayata3121]

The beginning of the destruction of the world...All the people who died in the WWII , rest in peace

[@emirteimouri7150]

Aynen knk çoğu zorla savaşa gönderildi

[@2207771]

Great vídeo, congrats !

[@pitch1691]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qyhYWBZ8aNmbM

[@irishcurse4129]

Crazy to think my great grandfather survived almost 3 months of this battle at a young age not even 24 years old . He probably stick out like a sore thumb being almost 7ft can't imagine the hell they all went through

[@marcconnelly5652]

Was he German?

[@irishcurse4129]

@@marcconnelly5652 Austrian

[@BudgetGainsByJJ]

I couldn’t had imagined what he went through. We are blessed to not have to go through this, at least for now

[@irishcurse4129]

@@BudgetGainsByJJ i agree but I believe because he was a forest ranger up until nazi Germany annexed Austria in 38 so he had knowledge of surviving in the wilderness ECT but yeah I hate to sound awful on this I'm glad he didn't suffer long I couldn't imagine how he would of been if he was alive when the gumrak airfield incident cause that was a awful moment for the Germans

[@969kurt]

Wow. That was an awesome video

[@yourfavouritehistorian]

Single deadliest battle in human history

[@MrArdhn]

Battle of Somme

[@aslanparcas442]

@@MrArdhn stalingrad is 1

[@user-nx5ks3tl6w]

Каждые 7 секунд кто то

[@svp3rn0v47]

The siren of the Stuka must have been terrifying to hear as a ground soldier.

[@antoinemozart243]

The Katiuchas who shrieked three months later were far scarier.

[@jp-ty1vd]

only the first couple of times. After that It was a warning to hit the dirt.

[@gravityreaction3334]

@@jp-ty1vdby the time you hear that you’re toast if you’re the one in their sights

[@RememberingWW2]

I always thought it must have made it a much easier Target with anti-aircraft guns too.

[@prestonferguson5752]

Someone mentioned Anthony Beevor's book on Stalingrad. There is two other books that i would reccomend as well as that brilliant book. Vasily Grossman's book "Stalingrad" who was a journalist for the Red Army and his book ends in October1942, the sequel is Life and Fate (please read that"). The other book is " Breakout of Stalingrad"which commences in November 1942.Heinrich Gerlach, incredible literature that makes you weep. Loved the video and the music.cheers

[@paulcateiii]

nice work on the video

[@studio2165]

They got something called survivers guilt, where they keep thinking, "why me? why was it always the guy stood next to me, or behind me, but never me ?" Its tragic that 1 man could be allowed so much power, we must never ever allow it to happen again.. never ever again, its just madness, complete and utter madness..

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

The Sixth Army were all veterans of the conquest of France, losing all 300,000 of them must have been such a death blow to the Wehrmacht.

[@michaelgyger6986]

It was the turning point of the war. It broke the Wehrmachts back to lose so many of it's best troops so they never recovered.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@michaelgyger6986 Yeah and after Kursk and Bagration, Germany no longer had any battle hardened troops left.

[@nein236]

That was the difference. The soviet union could lose 1 million highly trained soldiers in a Span of just a few months and it didnt really affect the whole war machine, only costed time.

[@chrisstucker1813]

@@nein236 yup, it wasn’t pretty but they got the job done. Any strong units Germany threw at them - even their elite panzer formations - were ground down to rubble because of the sheer weight of Soviet attacks. There was no stopping the red hoard once it got started, anything Germany did just prolonged the inevitable defeat

[@scott0239]

A welcome blow for the allies no doubt

[@The_Last_White_Man]

R.I.P. ✝️

[@pitch1691]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qyhYWBZ8aNmbM

[@jamesbednar8625]

Awesome video!!! Brutal!!

[@pitch1691]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qyhYWBZ8aNmbM

[@turkiyetr9658]

great video!

[@waltuh11121]

6:35 a rare weapon here, it's an MG15, normally used in planes due to its high fire rate, but there were some ground versions too

[@overgo-_-8097]

we learn everyday with wonderful guys like you. Thanks! Edit: I just searched on wikipedia, this is one hell of a machine gun 1000 shots/min !

[@davestarns8317]

You can see in their eyes, that even the ones that are still breathing are already dead. Whether or not they survive, they’ll never live again.

[@allgood6760]

Thanks... a video is worth a thousand pictures👍

[@pitch1691]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qyhYWBZ8aNmbM

[@pitchfn2868]

Underrated 🔥

[@apostatepaul]

What an army! It took all the other countries combined to defeat them! Awesome.

[@dane14888]

Yes greats from Bavaria Germany ❤❤❤

[@user-io9rj2cx7d]

Ну да. Ты про Красную Армию говоришь? Поляки, чехи, французы, итальянцы, румыны, венгры, болгары, бельгийцы ,швейцарцы,голландцы , австрийцы, финны , немцы-армия Вермахта против Красной Армии.)

[@scott0239]

Yes and I thank every one of them for doing so

[@spencersecrest6001]

​@@user-io9rj2cx7dalot of germanies allies were useless

[@RobertMay-tr1yx]

I for one don't!!!

[@markprange4386]

7:14 This is in the courtyard of the apartment House of Specialists for Hydrolysis Plant workers. The building is still standing by Barrikadnaya & Kozlovskaya; Google Maps shows ground level views in the courtyard. The same pattern of windows can be seen; one of the ground level doors can be seen. 7:17 House for Hydrolysis Plant Workers--seen from the House for Canning Factory Workers (by Ogareva & Raboche-Krestyanskaya). 7:37 View from a balcony of the House for Canning Factory Workers. The building catercorner is the House for River Cargo Port Workers. ("House of Loaders"). It was very damaged, but was repaired in 1949 and is standing in 2022. This is about a kilometer northeast of the grain silos. 7:41 Generalfeldmarschall Paulus at Beketovka.

[@patryklodygo6281]

I’m polish and my great grandfather was fighting there he was a tank mechanic when we asked him about this battle he immediately start to cry and didn’t say any words…

[@sergiyivanov4619]

На чьей стороне он воевал ?

[@patryklodygo6281]

German 😊

[@chillout8320]

They let a pole in the German military?

[@himangshu6708]

​@@patryklodygo6281But Germany invaded your country!! So, why did your great grandfather chose to fight along with the Germans?

[@JBS2018]

@@himangshu6708 The Germans conscripted men in some of the nations they conquered. Czechs, Pols, etc. I doubt it was a choice.

[@charliehayward2512]

Astonishing footage,again ! Fascinating to see such good quality filmed documentation of the last horrible War in Europe. Imagine the amount of footage being taken in our current European war.....for us to look back on and ignore.....

[@nikolakaravida9670]

The carnage in Stalingrad was mind boggling. It's the mother of all battles. In total around 2 million casualties from both sides.

[@justinaccount9920]

Germans and soviets lost a lot of men. But this would later be hitlers failed invasion on russia

[@michaelkratz842]

Respect and recognition to people on both sides.

[@kennethwhite8974]

Perfect audio choice

[@owlgothic248]

👍👍👍👍👍great footage

[@thomaswilson6189]

What an amazing video. Shows the true horror of war and what these soldiers went through. I’m only 30 but I often think about the men that fought on both sides, they’ll never lose my respect 🫡

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Balls Of Steel Very Nice

[@sergiyivanov4619]

Уважения заслуживают только защитники, но не оккупанты.

[@lekoraxx5406]

My great grandfather fought in Starlingrad but didn't make it back to Germany. My great grandmother was always calling his name for moments when I visited her. My grandma has saved all information about our family history and when I was a kid, she has shown me the death letter of her father. I should visit her more often such as my grandfather but I'm really busy. Makes me having a bad feeling because I rarely see them...

[@niclasschulz7033]

Visit them

[@mandelbrot2232]

My great great Uncle too is missed there...he was just 22 😥

[@antoneckhart4010]

@@mandelbrot2232 yeah I have a great uncle who died in 1943 about the same age. A ost Vet said if you were born around 1920, so being around 22ish during ww2, you would of had to have 10 guardian Angles looking out for you. For you to make it through the war. So many died that young. Its so sad. Now I see this satanic world being built and I can understand there huge huge effort to stop it. God bless Germany.

[@mandelbrot2232]

@@antoneckhart4010 🙏😔

[@mandelbrot2232]

Stalingrad was hell..it was almost impossible to survive...and if you did you had to go in a Russian Gulag

[@ercx8817]

great video! keep it coming!

[@taterkuhn5048]

Awesome video compilation n music! I really respect the generations from decades ago on all sides. They were hardcore tough…. Unlike the majority of today’s society….

[@historyatwar]

glad you enjoyed!!

[@westcountryoddities8107]

Imagine how lucky you would feel if you were in the artillery division. The thought of being there on the front line dodging bullets, mortars and falling buildings , must have been absolute hell. Those guys were real men and I always think of guys like that when I see the young wannabe gangsters rapping about stabbing amd shooting. How tough would they be if they had to march into Russia alongside those real men. I don't think that they would ever even mention "shanking mans up" again

[@ruthmoreau6419]

A generation of men like no other. I often wonder what happened to the families of the German soldiers who were killed, whether they survived the brutality, deprivation and starvation Germany endured after the war. More Germans were killed after the war than during six years of fighting. Forget these wannabe gangster jerks today. They would die of fright or run away.

[@b47ancevic53]

Plenty of non rappers and wanna bees that wouldn't last here either. Plenty of young privileged kids wouldn't last a second.

[@villagemagician1320]

yeah its not such a great gig when you are staring down the barrel of an attacking air formation who is hell bent on destroying the guns and the people manning them, or facing withering counter artillery fire, or having a shell explode in your very own weapon for lack of quality control. True, I'd rather have been on the east bank of the Volga. But it wasn't by any means safe I don't think. and it wasn't a cop out to be on the opposite side of the river for the Russian Gunners, it just made tactical sense. Artillery prevented the germans from massing up for attacks as the battle dragged on, this played an important role.

[@giuseppemoledda8779]

nobody would fuckin last, cut it with this nonsense. What do you think those Nazi were if not fucking wannabe gangsters? What the fuck are you talking about?

[@aljoschageller4183]

Wow this hits hard

[@xLaVey]

"The camera man never dies" to the another level

[@kawythowy867]

OMG…breaks my heart. No man should have to drape this. WAR IS HELL!! Pure HELL. poor guy w the bloody towel wrapped around his head and eyes blending. 😔😞😔😞….kills me. Just ….kills me. Pray no one reading this ever has to go to war.

[@Yourmothersmuff]

That poor man probably mowed down a village before being captured. If Hitler went into war to end communism instead of hell bent on commiting ethnic cleansing, present society would praise him openly rather than anonymously. Decisions people make.

[@johnelliott7375]

It would have been unimaginable to get from one side of the city to the other. History lesson that is needing to be reminded of why we have to be a civilization of people who have to help each other instead of taking and stealing. To help is God like to steal is just what it is. God bless everyone and may everyone have a great weekend.

[@JOEL00111]

Get rid of the Satanists and the Zionist that follow them! And we'll have peace on earth!

[@_x.xxten.ta_cion539]

@@JOEL00111 agreed

[@wayneiles9823]

The greatest fear of a solider was fighting in the rubble and ruins of a city. In the battle was over one dictator over another .The solders on both sides were the fodder in the meat grinder and horror and terror of war . The people of stalingrad where caught in middle of this unspeakable nightmare. I could not imagine what was going through there minds in seeing death all around them 24 hours a day.

[@OneLifetolive777]

Both sides bless them and RIP to think some were 17 years old. Stalin was willing to sacrifice as many as possible if need be. Then Hitler let his soldiers that were left after 6 months not surrender or break out. It saddens me that this Ukraine russian war is stirring up old trauma like the battle of Bhahkmut that is still going on. History repats itself.

[@Tran5513]

​​​@@OneLifetolive777 I dare say most soviets would fight to death even without Stalin's orders what with how brutal the invading Germans are. Millions of Soviet civilians died in the war if you haven't noticed. Many due to starvation when their cities were put to siege.

[@spencersecrest6001]

Maybe less would have died if Stalin didn't order that women and children couldn't leave to make the men fight harder

[@ruthmoreau6419]

@@spencersecrest6001 Stalin's thinking was that the Soviet army would fight harder for a live city than a dead one. 40,000 civilians are estimated to have died in the fighting.

[@CelestialTrieye]

damn good video.

[@tomascastillo4676]

What a nonsense loss of youths. Neither Germany or Russia have recovered from that apocalypse. Both have terrible demography losing more people year after year compared to newborn babies. The effects of that conflict will have an effect on Europe forever. GREAT video! Gracias!

[@MrNaKillshots]

The music adds to the visuals drsmatically.

[@kristo1981]

4:18 is the most famous shot (no pun intended) of Stalingrad footage, it has been shown in many documentaries.

[@dabidibup]

Fitting that the deadliest battle was for the city of the same name as the leader. Ww2 is a grand story. These men fought for the world to see

[@mariosprenger5186]

Great!!!👏👏✊👏👏

[@keegan5765]

The REAL heros are the people that fought in WW2 they died for our Freedom and future and a sad quote that a WW2 soldier said 'rememeber us for your tomorrow we gave our today' enternal respect to the brave soldiers that endured this for our freedom 🕊🕊

[@Yourmothershouse34]

Freedom? Have you lost your goddamn mind fool, the germans were fighting the good fight, fuck america and russia

[@SuperRanela]

You need to stop "for our freedom lyrics", these guys died only for the US and the zion West to invade, steal and kill and ultimately do more damage that the nazis have ever done to humanity.

[@alejandrofallas9734]

Soldiers of BOTH sides endured hell on earth... May their souls rest in peace.

[@benlotus2703]

Fascinating 10 / 10

[@HeyGuy4321]

IT IS THE MOST INTENSE BATTLE OF ALL TIME

[@Sximifly]

My grandfather was protecting the flanks he was in the 4th army he still lives on to this day and has still alot of storys

[@MiliMo101]

Masterful choice of music to bring out the emotional visceral nature and poignancy of these long long dead soldiers. Not much has changed other than we now document our history for the past century with the proverbial time traveling device; the video camera. Alas, its starting to look like there will be war in Europe again… oh wait there is a war, oh shit.

[@AnimatedWarMapper]

Man intense episode.

[@florius678]

I once read somewhere that Arnold Schwarzenegger's father was buried in the ruins of Stalingrad. He was found seriously injured and flown out.

[@spencerpaul3936]

Well actually he was a convinced Nazi. That is the reason why Arnold is a fanatic opposer of anti semitism and racism in general .

[@himangshu6708]

His father was an SS

[@salvatoreturieo5803]

What a battle on both sides, these men were tough as nails and determined to win at any cost,.

[@peterm3964]

3:14 Thousand yard stare . You never ever completely come back from that place .

[@user-rv9dq5ik4l]

That diary of the German soldier who described the battle for the Grain Elevator sticks with me forever

[@historyatwar]

Hi, do you where I can find it?

[@1101millie97]

Nazi Germany was a far greater threat to the Soviet Union than the Napoleonic Empire ever was to Russia at the time of the 1812 invasion. The Soviets barely held on through the first eighteen months or so.

[@damanithegoat9653]

The U.S saved Russia that’s why

[@kevinbermudez738]

@@damanithegoat9653 bullshit

[@damanithegoat9653]

@@kevinbermudez738 Not

[@ArcticWolf00Alpha0]

By the time the Soviets had launched Operation Uranus, the German army despite its heavy losses had controlled 90% of Stalingrad.

[@shahidmaseed7]

@@damanithegoat9653 Bullshit That was due to the Soviet Union that Nazi was defeated if that was not then the Nazi were going to occupy Britian like how the occupy france just within one week and kick the ass out of france 🤣🤣

[@hgtrad7655]

Tough men raised by tougher men. RIP to all, you deserved better.

[@spencerpaul3936]

Never seen so much hommage paid to total insanity.

[@mrmethane10]

Both my Grandad's were in the First World War. My Mum's Dad was invalided out after suffering from a mustard gas attack. I tried asking him about his experiences but he never talked about it. Not sure what Dad's Dad did as he was in Belgium for a lot of it. Let's hope we never have to partake in a war again (though thankfully at nearly 60, I would be too old).