Line Of Fire | The Battle for Berlin

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7 ай бұрын

This is the story of the final, tragic phase of World War Two.
By the early months of 1945, Hitler had lost all grip on the military realities which faced Germany. The Allied Strategic Bombing Offensive had reduced much of Berlin to rubble and by April 25th the Red Army had completely surrounded the city, trapping 500,000 German troops in the western suburbs. These shattered streets became the scenes of bitter hand-to-hand fighting between eight Russian Armies and the pathetic remains of the Home Guard, SS Werhmacht and the Hitler Youth.
On April 30, the Reichstag was stormed and the Fuhrer committed suicide. The city and its population lay at the mercy of the Russians, who exacted a terrible revenge.
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@nicholashayes2676 7 ай бұрын

So many crazy stories during the war. If you spent a 1000 years you still couldn't listen to them all. Each individual involved has many stories. Most of them brutal. Awful times ppl lived through but its a pleasure to learn about what happened.

@JurassicEntMuzik 7 ай бұрын

Yes, every time I think I’ve seen WW2 from every aspect or angle here comes something new to me!

@nicholashayes2676 7 ай бұрын

@@JurassicEntMuzik 100%

@ok-pj4eu 6 ай бұрын

IN NORWAY THE GERMANS STILL HAD 300,000 SOLDIERS STATIONED IN NORWAY, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR THE BATTLE OF BERLIN.

@nicholashayes2676 6 ай бұрын

@@ok-pj4eu see another fact I did not know

@kevenmcinerney 6 ай бұрын

Last battle of WW2 ??? Did somebody forget about Japan !

@xochitl9161 7 ай бұрын

Excellent documentary. Thank you !

@mikeaguilar5764 7 ай бұрын

The last battle of World War II in Europe was drawing to a terrifying conclusion. There. Fixed it for you.

@paulloya5 7 ай бұрын

Thanks, the last major battle of WWII was the battle of Okinawa.

@mikeaguilar5764 7 ай бұрын

@@paulloya5 yep. Sure was.

@glennmcdonald2028 24 күн бұрын

My German grandmother told me that she believed in "Final Victory" until the end, when US troops took her town on March 26th, 1945...

@brianswelding 6 ай бұрын

Another great show. I love the maps and the graphics. Thanks!

@bikenavbm1229 6 ай бұрын

the utter craziness and waste of war great documentary thank you

@ronaldstrange8981 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for an excellent documentary. Students studying history will benefit enormously, England, January, 2024.

@Rebellpanzer 6 ай бұрын

I was impressed by Wencke when given the order to rescue Hitler he ignored it to save the 9th Army and civilians

@johnknoefler 5 ай бұрын

Well told from all perspectives.

@massi9039 6 ай бұрын

This documentary is very well done, I live in Berlin and I am passionate about this battle, whose signs can still be seen today if you know how and where to look, some buildings still have bullet holes. The best I have seen so far on this argument, well done guys.

@dennissettlemyre917 7 ай бұрын

Those flak towers were so big that the allies tried to destroy them point blank after the war and couldn’t. So, they buried them, but you can still see the back of them if you went there to see them and can even still go inside them. You’d probably need special permission, I’d assume.

@josephpercente8377 5 ай бұрын

The battle of berlin was fought on the oder. Berlin itself was a large scale mopping up operation.

@citadel9611 6 ай бұрын

Claiming the Soviet forces/troops were civil is a stretch beyond b.s..

@pierredecine1936 7 ай бұрын

It was the Courland Pocket, not bridgehead - they were trapped there !

@isrisentoday 7 ай бұрын

The last battle of WW2 was not Berlin. There was a furious war in the Pacific that was still going on even as the Nazis surrendered.

@BlueCollaredGrit 6 ай бұрын

The pacific theater was peanuts compared to the real battles in Europe

@nicholashayes2676 6 ай бұрын

@@BlueCollaredGrit I sort of get what you are saying. The last battle took place in Okinawa and from what I have read it was brutal.

@DM-iw2qt 6 ай бұрын

Honestly you can not say the Russia's are doing so good. As Germany was fighting all over the world. Russia had one front one effort all there sources one front as Germany was all over the place. One on one the out come would have been much different

@ronaldmessina4229 6 ай бұрын

The announcer mentioned about the deranged mind of hitler , and I firmly agree with him. The problem with the deranged mind of hitler is that he caused the death 💀 of many, many innocent people and animals who had absolutely no control whatsoever about their own lives and deaths 😢

@martytrueblood5902 6 ай бұрын

judea declared war first.. USA lost

@keepingitreal601 7 ай бұрын

Quality needs to be greatly improved.

@violagentsch 6 ай бұрын

In every country of war were barbaric ppl. Not just Russia, Germany, Japan, .....

@joeguzman3558 6 ай бұрын

It's unbelievable, but Germany was in the same position when they got to Russia capital but Hitler stopped it

@TheUltimateTroll9 6 ай бұрын

Oh In the summer of '41 right?

@Bubba22able Ай бұрын

Losing any war is bad. Losing a war your country started with the Russians really sucks.

@claudermiller 4 ай бұрын

Don't criticize the volkstrum, remember Winston Churchills speech about fighting on the beaches. He had the same idea of mobilizing the civilian population to fight a German invasion long enough to buy the time needed for the aristocrats to flee safely to Canada.

@georgerix3224 6 ай бұрын

'All hope of victory long gone'? Try telling Goebbels that!

@mikeaguilar5764 7 ай бұрын

Why does Herr Oerlich's voice say "Soviet" but the translation says " Russian?"

@adamtan3638 6 ай бұрын

These are last moments in Berlin where the Red Army first entered and Hitler lost the war and took his own life.

@randylahey1822 7 ай бұрын

It’s a relatively new production but they still got a bunch of facts wrong lol

@ehisgeorge414 7 ай бұрын

Tell us the missing facts.

@BELCAN57 7 ай бұрын

It's from 2000

@johnavast5939 7 ай бұрын

Did I miss something or are they not using the Nazi flag on maps. Wtf

@fredvaladez3542 7 ай бұрын

Sorry, sound is so soft and no subtitles, so I have to move on.

@towgod7985 4 ай бұрын

There is an awful lot of plausible information that says A.H. fled Berlin and ended up in Argentina.

@Robo67-24 3 ай бұрын

I just can't believe that There is more information saying he shot himself in the bunker

@yaboyflvckor456 6 ай бұрын

Latvians werent ideologically something. Latvians fought for their own country for free Latvia! FrOM Soviet scourge . Never liked soviets/russians in LATVIA

@richardbanks5628 28 күн бұрын

How much did the US contribute to the communist Soviets in arms and currency and just general support and encouragement?

@milemorrissey1244 6 ай бұрын

Did you hear this band talk about Ukrainian know what is going on with Ukraine and Russia see your people don’t know your history that’s your problem go back learn your history and see why things are happening now

@jameswilson2815 6 ай бұрын

Why the dog? Maniac.

@minaidenisov2867 6 ай бұрын

To first try if the venom is effective. He loved more animals than people.

@briandstephmoore4910 2 ай бұрын

The last battle of ww2 so what did the fighting with Japan not happen and is that not part of ww2.

@cuthbertjolly4859 2 ай бұрын

The Germans were fortunate that the Russians were not as bloodthirsty as the Nazis.

@johnavast5939 7 ай бұрын

So weird watching this one of the male historians is now a chick

@tracymesser296 6 ай бұрын

Yes her name is Lynnette!!

@user-gj5gb7fd6n 5 ай бұрын

Look at Western Allied atrocities and war crimes before commenting further, hypocrite

@milemorrissey1244 6 ай бұрын

We should listen to Patton got the Germans the British Americans say when the Russia we were there in 1917 after World War I and now you see the problems with Russia always remember your history people always remember your history we could’ve done it then