Blitzkrieg Secret: Germany’s Cavalry of the Lightning War

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Discover the untold story of the Blitzkrieg in our latest video, Dive deep into the critical yet often overlooked role that horses played in Germany's swift and devastating military strategy during World War II. From transporting troops and supplies to supporting armored divisions, these war horses were the silent force behind the rapid advances of the Wehrmacht. Join us as we uncover the fascinating history, strategic importance, and enduring legacy of the equine warriors that powered the Blitzkrieg, shaping the course of the war in ways you never imagined. #education #worldwar2 #battles #war #combat #ww2 #worldwar #viral
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@historyatwar 25 күн бұрын

@Ickie71 24 күн бұрын

i play this regulary too,shame the bonus wouldnt apply to an old player i think its for new players i could be wrong though?..

@Zaubernudel 22 күн бұрын

My granpa was a cavalryman in Poland, France and later Ukraine. They where then integrated into the 24th Panzerdivision "the leaping horsemen". Wounded in Stalingrad, captured 45 in Marienburg pow until 48. Became 96 y. Tough lad Thx 4 the Video

@cliffrawson213 25 күн бұрын

Finally a documentary about the use of horses on the German side during WW2. Thanks :)

@user-qt7nq5xl1m 9 сағат бұрын

This is one of the best World war II channels on youtube. My only complaint is I have to binge watch these long episodes. So for my day off I will watch 3 hours of excellent coverage. This is simply the best.

@historyatwar 8 сағат бұрын

Thank you so much 🙌🏼

@Iron_Wyvern 25 күн бұрын

Yet another certified Horse Moment ™

@SCoon-bu2po 24 күн бұрын

When fuel stops flowing, the horse will be king again.

@joylunn3445 23 күн бұрын

That's me sorted then.

@dragospeta3812 22 күн бұрын

"You beat a dead horse." There's something you must know : you can work a horse to death.... unlike the oxen. Oxen when tired they will just stop working and sit where they are, no way to make them restart working even beaten severly. A horse ? Pushed and pushed again will drop dead under you. If you beat a horse, he will go and go on until have a heart attack, etc. Buy the way, german horses were not adapted to the Pontic Steppe. Germans tryed to replace their horses with the small sturdy steppe poney far much more endurent.

@diamondcityrebel2571 25 күн бұрын

Thanks for your work

@davecopp9356 25 күн бұрын

Thank you for this video and for shining a light on this topic. The prussians were horse lovers and very good at breeding and training them.

@SeamHead33 24 күн бұрын

The Last Knights of Europe

@jeddkeech259 25 күн бұрын

they had some beautiful, amazing horses. a shame so much good horse DNA was lost in the war. some of my best memories are from riding horses with my auntie

@dominikbt7891 25 күн бұрын

I really hate when everyone is only talking about dogs in wars but no one talks about horses

@warrenbrenner4972 21 күн бұрын

I've learned German WW2 tanks were not equipped with heaters for the crew.In extreme cold they had to run the engine all night for fear of not starting again.

@TheYeti308 24 күн бұрын

One of your best productions ; Thank You @ HAW . !

@voodooofficial6796 25 күн бұрын

Great work

@TheWellnessHub15 25 күн бұрын

Loving the video recently, keep em coming man

@Ickie71 24 күн бұрын

we all are mate

@zf5567 24 күн бұрын

Thank you for this!

@JoeV-nq9ez 25 күн бұрын

I am currently watching " the Hitler chronicles" on firestick, Tubi I think. Anyhow they prepared for blitzkrieg on bikes while the curious world watched on to make sure they didn't violate the treaty of V. They practices on pedal bikes, pretty nice ones to. Never before did a documentary go so deep into Hitler, all we see for our whole lives is the horrible part. This doc starts at his birth, his schooling, his schoolmates left comments etc. It's a good one. Deep. The Hitler chronicles

@matthewmaurysmith2486 25 күн бұрын

Yes. This is important. People who dumb history down into ideas like Hitler was evil and the German Army was evil, those people are apparatuses and the reason why it will happen again. They do not understand it and they dumb it down in the comic book un reality

@chadrowe8452 22 күн бұрын

Whenever I hear someone with I can't get a job because I'm a felon I think Hitler was a felon wrote his book while in prison, got released and became chancellor then Fuhrer of a country he was not born in

@leoncsorba9085 24 күн бұрын

Excellent sir ❤

@ChadHoyt-kh3jf 25 күн бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing 🤚🏻

@mikejohnson2098 24 күн бұрын

Awesome video

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 23 күн бұрын

It was a magnificent historical coverage video about military cavalry units of German armies during WW2. How Nazism military commands insisted to show glory and importance of Cavolery units in historical Tetoenic period glory prospectives....thank you (history at war ) channel for sharing

@jokodihaynes419 25 күн бұрын

Horses still play a part of the blitzkrieg

@FinConny 25 күн бұрын

Keep it up!

@passthebleach9745 25 күн бұрын

New kino just dropped🍿

@EASTBAYNORCAL 22 күн бұрын

It’s time for individual profiles on historic generals of world War 2 Guderian Rommel for example

@The1davidb 16 күн бұрын

Can’t remember what General said it but “Only 2 people didn’t know it got cold in Russia, Napoleon and the Fuhrer!”

@DemonKnight1970 23 күн бұрын

Great channel, great docz!

@briankorbelik2873 23 күн бұрын

An excellent video! I'd love so see one that traced the history of the latter war with 4th and 5th Calvary Brigades. Infomation on these are pretty scarce. I've only found a couple of books on that subect, through all my digging over the yeats, and would like to know more. For instance how Calvary Group Hartenek nearly killed Hitler in March of '43, but von Kluge (Cleaver hands), chickened out. Would make for interesting viewing. It already makes fo interestoing reading..Also a special episode on the 18th Panzergrenadier division. The unit that was probably destroyed the most of Das Heer, and the entire Wehrmacht in the entire wat, inclusing rhe Battle for Berlin.

@poppymyth8868 25 күн бұрын

nice!

@user-yz7ht1kp6b 25 күн бұрын

awesome

@noko4247 24 күн бұрын

can i get a link to where you got the german memoir excerpt? id love to read more

@Ickie71 24 күн бұрын

oops im six hours late tonight! :)

@yuppy1967 23 күн бұрын

Awesome!

@geoffballe8766 24 күн бұрын

Magnificent animals,, alas

@IAmBeanz1 25 күн бұрын

lets go

@mymusichellyeah 23 күн бұрын

❤❤❤

@marvwatkins7029 25 күн бұрын

MTG's much more noble ancestors.

@alanadair4893 25 күн бұрын

I get it fra Scotland 😂

@raemonedward8168 23 күн бұрын

At 25:38, URSS?

@marvwatkins7029 25 күн бұрын

Quit horsing around, you guys.

@janlindtner305 23 күн бұрын

👍👍👍

@sr-5568 24 күн бұрын

America had vehicles Germany had horses lol.

@joylunn3445 23 күн бұрын

Britain also mechanised early, they knew the complicated logistics of moving horses overseas and across continents. Also Germany had very limited oil supplies.

@michaelstudd533 25 күн бұрын

🎉😮🔥

@zillsburyy1 18 күн бұрын

herman fegelein

@pgolpa4829 24 күн бұрын

Hello Barbarossa the biggest logistical disaster in history of war fair .German high command had the best tactical and strategic in military but worst logistical planing and that’s what lost them the war and it was obvious 4 months in to the advance by October 41 the war was lost people think it was lost after Stalingrad but when you lose 20% or more of your troops and equipment in the first winter it’s already over as we all know they never came back to the point where there were by beginning of winter 41 and simply you lost the war right there Cheers

@joseo.5721 23 күн бұрын

What a waste of fine animals !!

@patricklemire9278 25 күн бұрын

Horses didn't fit the image Goebbels wanted to project, so they were rarely filmed.

@GuillermoVichique-zn2es 24 күн бұрын

Just like the American furniture village too! In Vietnam they just don’t want you to heard that!

@MrJeffgonz 16 күн бұрын

🫡

@pyry1948 24 күн бұрын

Stop calling it "Blitzkrieg" like some British Boomer. It's manouver warfare (Bevegungs Krieg). The German military literature and officers of the time call it that.

@historyatwar 24 күн бұрын

If you didn’t realise I am British, and we are an English Channel so we will continue to call it Blitzkrieg, most of our audience will know what Blitzkrieg is. 🤝

@pyry1948 24 күн бұрын

@@historyatwar spreading misinfo then. Using propaganda terms over the actual ones. No German of that time would have called it that.

@historyatwar 24 күн бұрын

Blitzkrieg is just a word to describe the rapid armed tactic, there’s lots of words the Germans didn’t use but many Historians use, the Term “Nazi” is a prime example of that, again using the word Blitzkrieg since it’s what it’s known for in the wider basis.

@noko4247 24 күн бұрын

@@pyry1948 they're trying to run a channel and people will sooner watch a video with the word "blitzkrieg" in it. calling it "blitzkrieg" is not misinformation. its what its known as by everyone in the anglosphere.

@metanoian965 17 күн бұрын

Vott ! Ze Germans had horses ? Is this history revisionism in the making ? Where were these brave, dedicated, heroic Germans on horses hiding for the past 80 years ? Must be just more German Propaganda Department films for the gullible cinema audiences of the '30s. Similar to the German Propaganda film clips about the romantic and tragic Polish Cavalry jousting with lances and sabers The Mighty German Iron Cross Tanks with machine guns blazing ! Ja ja ! lol. Well, - 2024 - what took you so long ? now that you're doing the German horse bit thing you can also do the German SS Bicycle thing. And while you're at it you can do the German Pervitin chocolate bits thing. Bits of cheap courage for the perfect zombies. lol