Hi Darryl. Yes ok, I can do that. I have in fact a number of Soviet propaganda leaflets from the series Front-Illustrierte, probably the most collectable from them, that I need to create bindings for. Maybe as I do that I can explain what I'm doing, talk about the originals, and heck throw in some quality Soviet film footage. It's about time I did some more material focusing on the Red Army.

@@M1945 Sounds excellent. I really enjoy the propaganda material, as it often demonstrates the values of its targeted audience, which are generally far more noble than that of the propaganda's creators.

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You are afortunate. In US they will never get the weapons of the people. Here in Brazil its much harder to buy a gun. What US must to do is give weapons in the wrong hand. Like Teenager that kills an entires kindergarten, and high school, and some dare to tell that is a lie..

Thanks, I'm learning new tricks that I hope work out well

Xelent matefial

Thanks Bashir

Die Hölle von Kursk, Buch, beschreibt diese Nahkämpfe.

That's true

Thank you John. Please confirm that you are able to see the exclusive footage posted to you as a Patreon Channel Member

@@M1945 yes

You are one and only owner of Filmhauer...

Very true, I hadn't thought of that. I need to watch that film again....

No ! Visa versa

Interesting Mojo. I actually was involved in developing an English course for the Bundeswehr back in 95 and was able to get a photograph of myself on a Leopard tank.

German army? A clear no. Source? I was there when conscription stopped in an airborne unit. In basic in the BIWAKs (field training exercises) there was still the command "Klappspaten Frei!", after which we placed it next to us in the Schützenmulde but apart from digging it was not used for anything.

Gjogsul, Frank Pelny. Buch, Amazon, vom Nahkampf - Cheftrainer der NVA.

Great listen on KZfaq. Phantom Bloopers great but 20 years later

Interesting. The Russians loved to use them in close combat

@@M1945 One book from a defector who served in the Spetznaz stated how they trained to use the shovel.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Sounds like a wise plan

@@M1945 For centuries only Anibal and Napoleon dared to cross the Swiss alleys, with significant Losses by cold and avalanches.. I dont know about other armies trying this. And these army only crossed the land. None of them attacked de cities..Its like TIBET. Only China achieve an Invasion with absurd losses because they neede a defensive area to avoid Indian Army..Indeed India and China still strugling today, fighting for Tibet. But they made some colective brawls with wooden sticks and hand to hand fight where nor weapons or dagger are alowed..

You can find it on filmhauer.net

Thank you my friend, but I found only the German Film here?

That was what I gathered as well. Wish I could understand their reason for "why". I'd guess because a low miss would give you an indication which way you would need to adjust your aim, and may you would get lucky and hit your target with a ricochet (?)

@@DarryllC I think it was a tactic against enemies springing out of trenches.

@@vkash5760 Ahhh...That does make sense.

That I don't know, sorry

I have never heard of it but I'll take a look. Sounds interesting

I have not been able to find the book you are talking about. Any idea its actual German title?

It’s actually very few copies of it left

@@M1945 you can Get more info in the description of the book

Dran drauf drüber

Oh, very interesting. That makes me what to grab a shovel and head to the site of the former camp!

Please correct the translation. Saying something is off without adding information is nothing Mr D. Tell me what you think is wrong please

@@M1945 At: 4:35< It says: "Halt! Hinsetzen!" Which is translated to: "Halt! Stop!" Correct translation: "Halt" Sit down!" At 6:10< It says: "Wenn nun das Gewehr, zum Beispiel durch Treffer auch als Schlagwaffe nicht mehr zu gebrauchen ist, womit können wir uns dann noch wehren?" Which is translated to: "If your weapon, for example, after getting hit can not be fired like normal. What else can we defend ourselves with?" Correct translation: "If your rifle, for example because it was hit can`t be used as a hitting weapon/club anymore, what else can we defend ourselves with?" At 6:35< It says: "Ich war MG Schütze 2. Hatte also kein Gewehr." Which is translated to: "I was machine gunner 2. So i had no weapon." Correct translation: "I was machine gunner 2. So i had no rifle." At: 7:30< It says: "Granateinschlag! Sein MG war getroffen. Der Kerl ging stiften. Ich hinter ihm her. Ich wollte schießen, hatte hemmungen, da griff er sich ein Gewehr, wollte stechen, ich wehrte ab und knallte ihm den Spaten gegen den Hals. Which is translated to: "A shell landed nearby and he was wounded. He took off running and i went after him. I wanted to shoot, but the pistol jammed. He picked up a rifle and tried to bayonet me, i threw the pistol at him, and then hit him with the spade." Correct translation: "A grenade exploded! His machine gun was hit. He took off running and i went after him. I wanted to shoot, but the pistol jammed. He picked up a rifle and tried to bayonet me, i parried and hit him with the spade against the neck." At: 7:48< It says: "Ihr seht also, dass den Nahkampf in der Hauptsache auf blitzschnelle Entschlusskraft ankommt: Täuschen, abwehren, und ran an den Feind!" Which is translated to: "You see close combat depends on your ability to make lightning fast desicions. You must be deceptive, protect yourself, and then aggressivly attack the enemy." Correct translation: "You see close combat depends on your ability to make lightning fast desicions. Feint, parry and up onto the enemy!"

​@@mrd7067 Let's go through each of your corrections... At: 4:35< Original - "Halt! Hinsetzen!" My translation - Stop, sit down! Your translation - Halt, sit down! COMMENT: First of all "Halt" is not an English word, it is translated to stop. I wrote sit down, look at the video. At 6:10< Your translation - "If your rifle, for example because it was hit can`t be used as a hitting weapon/club anymore, what else can we defend ourselves with?" COMMENT - Here you are right. I should have said "if your weapon can no longer be used to bludgeon". Your choice of the English words "hitting weapon" however is awkward. A native English speaker would have said it differently. At 6:35< COMMENT - An MG is not a rifle. The role of MG 2, loader, was to provide ammunition for the Machine gunner and so was not armed with the main weapon, the machine gun. In English we often use the word "weapon" as a general term. In any event it is more accurate to call an MG a weapon than a rifle. At: 7:30< COMMENT - Our translations here are pretty similar. I do like your choice of using the word "parried" however you wouldn't say hit him against the neck. That's bad English. At: 7:48< My translation - You see close combat depends on your ability to make lightning fast decisions. You must be deceptive, protect yourself, and then aggressively attack the enemy. Your translation - You see close combat depends on your ability to make lightning fast decisions. Feint, parry and up onto the enemy! COMMENT - My translation is better. Your final sentence is not complete and "up onto the enemy!" is not a correct English phrase. OVERVIEW - I appreciate you taking the time Dr. D (which I suppose stands fro Deutsch?) to answer and as I said, I like your use of the verb parry. Your English, clearly not native, gets you into trouble with your choice of words. Had you not had the advantage of seeing my translation to English first there most certainly would have been plenty more errors. I'd guess that you are generally bothered by non-Germans dealing with WW2 history, is that not the case? All I ask is that you stay tuned and give me feedback based on the accuracy of the history that I am presenting. I make mistakes and appreciate being corrected by knowledgable people. On the other hand I have little time for people who dismiss German's because of their nationality...and I care equally little for those who try to dismiss me for not being German.

​@@M1945 4:35 To my understanding Halt is used in the german, french and uk army. As for the US i don`t know but if i recall it right i have seen it in military films and westerns (US cavalry). 6:10 I tried to translate the word Hiebwaffe (also used as legal therm in germany). I looked the proper translation for it up but it translated to cutting weapon like a sabre and not blunt like a club and im`m not sure if "clubbing" or your "bludgeon" would exactly fit because the movement is way different and because of its size and weight not to be used like a club but more lie a blunt spear you can parry, stab and hit someone with the stock with. 6:35 I know tat a MG is not a rifle. I was in a german airborne unit and have been trained on the MG3. I know that in ww2 the machine gun team (if consisted of 1-2 people didn`t get issued rifles/longguns (except the machinegun) but they got pistols and often combat knives instead of the bayonet. To my understanding on the eastern front they very often took other better weapons like machinepistols but that`s what they got issued. The word "Gewehr"-Rifle doesn`t come from me. He clearly said "Ich war MG Schütze 2. Hatte also kein Gewehr." Which doesn`t mean that he was unarmed. It translates directly to that he had no rifle because of his position. 7:30 I used the "hit him against the neck" on purpose because it`s the one to one translation to what was said and because he specified the target area on puspose. My guess is that it was included because it`s the easyest place to hit if you are already tied up with a rifle and the other guy has a helmet. If you have ever held one of the old spades they are surprisingly heavy and unwieldy. 7:48 To my understanding a lot of the close combat stuff in the german army originates from fencing. When you translate deceptive back into german it has different meanings that somewhat falsifies what was said if you don`t understand the languages. Protect yourself to my understanding can mean anything and i wouldn`t regard it as a proper translation for the word "abwehren". "Abwehr" yes but not "abwehren". The "defending", which is used in english is too universal in german and not used to describe specific acts. It`s more like "I had to defend myself!" "What did you do?" "I blocked/trapped/diverted his attacking arm with my left and hit him with my right into a specific place!" or whatever it is. It`s the same in the football/soccer game. I made the end of it that way because, although the aggressive attack is implied (as in probably any attack at that time, especially close combat) it`s not said and falsifies things. I admit it`s bad english but so far we don`t have a found a good solution for it. D is because i needed a name, watched Yancy Derringer at that time and it`s the letter of my name. I also didn`t want to use my name or anything in german because of the racist (or how you want to call it) remarks one tends to catch on yt, especially when commenting on videos like (although i have to admit way less neutral videos like yours) this and talking about warcrimes on the german people and things that the allies have admitted to and declassified by now. I`m bothered when things about ww2 get falsified. It projects an image (words are power and mean something because they in turn turn to pictures in our heads) on things that`s not there and francly there are things from that timeframe that got translated from german into english which changed their meaning over which people in germany still risk jail if they say that that`s not the correct translation (even if they haven`t been born back then). I give you a small nudge: International military tribunal charter Article 19. The Tribunal shall not be bound by technical rules of evidence. It shall adopt and apply to the greatest possible extent expeditious and nontechnical procedure, and shall admit any evidence which it deems to be of probative value. Article 20. The Tribunal may require to be informed of the nature of any evidence before it is entered so that it may rule upon the relevance thereof. Article 21. The Tribunal shall not require proof of facts of common knowledge but shall take judicial notice thereof. It shall also take judicial notice of official governmental documents and reports of the United Nations, including the acts and documents of the committees set up in the various allied countries for the investigation of war crimes, and of records and findings of military or other Tribunals of any of the United Nations. It`s from the nuremberg and other trials. German guilt for Katyn has been established there in court and to my understanding has never been in front of a court since then (apart from a trial in Leningrad where supposedly a german officer confessed but i haven`t seen the transcripts). No matter what the polish, russian and other goverments say now about this incident. To my understanding you still risk jail in france if you say that the sowjets and not the germans did it. It`s the Gayssot law. It`s named after a guy of the french communist party and it was enacted at about the same time that things about Katyn got public because of Gorbachev / about the time he gave documents on it to the polish goverment. Also to my understanding you still risk legal trouble and even jail in germany and other countries for saying the exact same things that Yad Vashem in Israel and the USholocaustmuseum say, because they say things that differ for which germans were tried, found guilty and executed or imprisoned at this trials. This combined with people who took part in it and their track reckord (e.g. judges) as well as critics at that time (the Chief Justice of the US surpreme court at that time, Harlan Fisk Stone spoke out against it). From what i have seen on yt there are a bunch of native english speakers (with different levels of german to almost accent free) who seem to intentionally translate things (from german into english) bad or should i say in the worst possible way. This includes things from the past (ww1+ww2 and so on) but also current stuff. I don`t think you are one of this people and i`ll stick around from time to time. I think with you / us it`s the native - not native speaker thing. When i see something bad translated and have the time i`ll speak on it. So far the videos i have watched were quite interesting, although i don`t like the complete switch away (so i can`t read parallel) from the original text when you translate it.

What German do you mean? Did I translate something badly?

What German do you mean? Did I translate something badly?

Why did they lose?

​@@M1945Let the Tankie talk.