If you feel you had a tough day today, watch this video again.

Purely as a former American soldier , the Germans were excellent fighters and I admire there fighting ability. Sharp looking troops. I wish we as a world would attack poverty, pollution, ignorance, corruption, and uplift all man kind. That is where all future battles need to be fought.

1:02 The Sniper asks "Hab ich ihn?" which translates to "Do I got him?"

The German soldiers and military were top notch and extremely professional. Germany and the world lost an enormous lot of excellent young men in this senseless war.

My grandad fought in the second world as a marine - he said the germans were good soldiers not how they are portrayed in films.

Waste of good men on both sides.

Diese tapferen Männer dürfen niemals in Vergessenheit geraten,ihre Schmerzen und Leiden heruntergespielt werden.Und,dass ihre Jugend auf der Strecke geblieben ist - die schönste Zeit des Lebens überhaupt.

Ruhe in Frieden Kameraden…..

You watch these films and then watch Hollywood movies and there is a big disparity.

The sad part about the start of this footage is that those men marching along probably smiled for the last time at that camera.........

My grandpa survived the Eastern Front, got imprisoned by russians for Years and survived that too. He got released and came back, who was still Alive rebuild the country and visited russia decades later as a tourist and liked it. He never talked very much of the war beilside some commentaries when i watched war movies. I did notice some habits that my grandparents still hoarded food and conserved them for very long time even decades after the war in an environment of oversupply. He taught me craftmanskills and how to fight and shoot (i think it was a kar98 rifle) to defend myself. I never showed much love though which i deeply regret 10 Years ago he died and my grandmother did not cry but she stopped speaking to anyone. That is real pain :( Now her health and dementia (?) are very Bad and she will pass soon too Along with the old people, conservatism and national identity and culture is falling appart. The boomers produced a Generation (my and younger ones) which erodes our country with increasing Speed in its fundamental values. Its a ship of Clowns and i looking back somenl decades ....totally surreal

It is always hard to see such footage because i must think of my grandmother and her pain when she tells me stories from this terrible years. Her Husband, two brothers and some cousins died on different fronts. They weren't Nazis, they were Wehrmachtssoldaten, and they all had to go to war in the last months of war, otherwise they would have been executed. Her older brother who had survieved never talked about the war. His family said he was a very good man, but had an deep trauma and he took all his stories with him into the grave when he died of old age.

No More Brother Wars - Enough Is Enough

those smiles thinking "this will be over before Christmas"

My grandpa survived Stalingrad, he was a Prisoner there. He and a few friends managed to flew or something like that. They walked all the way back to Germany! He was still alive till the 2000... He told me so much and now the only thing i had is the memory of him :(

It reminds me of a very good autobiography ' The Forgotten Soldier'. Watching this, I can really see what he went through: the near constant danger of dying, exhaustion.... It's a shame humans never learn.

hi from Caucases, mine grandfather went to Breslau with Red Army, was in the troops on tanks, was wounded by a Faust-patron, survived, lived with fragments to his 88 years old....

0:13 These are sixth army soldiers on route to Stalingrad. The death rate (not casualty but DEATH rate) was ~98%. The chances are virtually all the men you see here died horrific deaths once they reached Stalingrad. Freezing and starving to death without hope for anything better.

Germans where a great fighting force one on one they could wipe the floor with anyone.

Weltklasse Lied, Weltklasse Armee!

The great absurdity of war is when afterwards you realize that peole can perfectly live at peace with each other.

Music is fitting....I do remember in High School watching a documentary on war done by Andy Rooney. It was one of the best I'd ever seen.

It's just crazy to think that my family witnessed the war, while I can only imagine what it was like. My grandpa always tells me stories, about him and also about other family members who served on the battlefields on the eastern and western front

00:06 The man with the rifle is my grandpa. He's turning 123 this year

Excellent footage. What a living hell that must have been for them and those beautiful horses. All the while, the upper brass were enjoying cognac and fine cigars at fine restaurants back in Berlin.

Basic soldiers always earn their keep....politics matter little to them.....staying alive is what counts....

Heroes

My grandfather was as a soldier of the Wehrmacht 1941-1943 in Russia and lost his leg there but survived. This Video is so heavy and sad! Never War again!

Germans and Russians, on the Eastern Front... This was the most epic struggle of the war - and there is probably a lot of truth to the idea that Russia did more to win this war for the Allies than any other nation - but at the price of 9,000,000 military deaths, and 17,000,000 dead civilians. What a meat-grinder, an absolute horror show that ran on year after year after year...... I don’t think we can truly imagine it these days, to be honest...

1:02 spotted Matthäus Hetzenauer -Sniper Ace with 345 kill just under Simo Hayha.

"Taten sagen mehr als Worte. In den kommenden Tagen schenkt die Siegesgöttin ihre Lorbeeren nur denen, die sich darauf vorbereitet haben, mutig zu handeln.“ 🙌

Thank you for this.

Sound is excellent - can’t help but think how hard they fought. On both sides.

My grandfather was "one of them"... I'm lucky he survived.

Regards from Jon from Australia. WW2 was just one big killing machine. The soldiers on both sides, the civilians. Although the footage is old and in black & white, they were once people. The were once someone's children. They had hopes and dreams. It was all cut short and for nothing. I've got 2 little boys and I hope all they will ever know of war is what is in history books. I am going to give them an extra long hug and tell them that I love them and that I am proud of them. If you have children, please do the same.

When I was a kid, I found MG45 in the forest next to my house in Narva, Estonia. Thousands and thousands soldiers from both side died there, in a very small area. People still find shells and human bones there.

3:30 Erste Gebirgsdivision - First Mountain Division with the Edelweiss Insignia. The text most probably reads as follows; Heeresbergführer.

Insane! Imagine fighting with millions on both sides meeting in a field to shoot it out. How much carnage and death did they see. Wow

Absolutely amazing footage

Excellent video Hunter !

Its kinda depressing knowing that most of these men (if not all) are dead now .. may they all RIP

My second uncle was literally stuck in the Rhine River in freezing cold temps with Nazis on both sides. He somehow snuck back his M-1 Garand and my uncle has it now. After he died they went to shoot it and the round went through a thick tree. They didn't know it but he had snuck back armor piercing rounds also. His name was Garland Glovier.

São herois da minha pátria que lutaram e deram a vida por uma Alemanha , internacionalmente, traída!!

THAT HAS TO BE THE MOST INTELLIGENT STATEMENT I'VE EVER HEARD. THANK YOU!

It is sad that so many young men died on both sides. I know they were sent to fight for their country but in reality they were fighting for their brothers in arms.

The German army was well trained and very professional by the beginning of its invasion into soviet territory, however only a small fraction of its army groups had mechanized divisions, meaning go it’s infantry divisions were marching on foot and using horses like the Napoleon days, their infantry often fell behind their tanks during offensive operations

Thks for this excellent historical video. Peace every body

Fascinating video and much appreciate the upload. Liked and subscribed! My family has fought for the Wehrmacht during the second world war. 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.

When I see the lucky soldiers.. And then remember that just 5-10 thousands came back of 300000 german soldiers.. My great-grandfather died in Operation Barbarossa

One year later, the smiles of the troops who go up to front line were much rarer....

Great footage .

Ich liebe euch alle!

The best men of Germany lost the life in the WWII. If just they could see what's the situation there all could cry. A big love for homeland, god and own german people now is lost forever. I am ethnic german from Italy and I am not able to accept what history reserved for us. A big pray for all the soldiers fallen in this war and for all germans that lost their Heimat....

Wonder what these men would think of modern day Germany 🇩🇪

Big thank you Sir for sharing the attached rare ww2 film. Lo❤ from India..

Heroes on Battlefield .... r.i.p my ancestors . Never forget

Stunning. The musical score is positively haunting. So much death and waste.

“the Hun, the Germanic people, the Prussians, it’s in their blood, their eyes, their skin, to fight, they are born warriors of the North, from they fought the Romans long ago, they fought the French, the English, the Turks, they breed soldiers, they are fearless, they are Germans-...” - Edwin Burke (British Officer WW1) from his book excerpt 1965

Un grand merci

Those MG 34 machine guns cycled a lot faster than the soundtrack !

This footage is from somewhere in my native places, but 75 year ago. Such nice summer huge fields with pleasantly scented grasses and great a sense of spaciousness.

This was the most brutal and nonsense loss of humana life the world had ever seen. Europe has not been able to recover the huge demographic hole of this war. A whole generation lost forever. The best and most healthy youths. A total disgrace.

Great Vid. Superb Footage 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Was die durchmachen mussten (auf beiden Seiten RU + DE) … unvorstellbar....

Imagine being a German soldier in 1939, when the invasion of Poland took place. You faced combat on an almost daily basis for the next six years. The ones who were killed early on were the lucky ones.

Great soldiers!

having this run silently whilst Du Hast plays hits different

May all those young German soldiers who lost their lives on the Eastern Front RIP. They went through hell obeying the commands. Utter misery for them. Cold, hungry, wanting to go home. Fighting a losing battle. Dying alone and in agony, away from comforting words and a caring hand. Bless you all. You are remembered. Salute and Respect. May all your souls RIP

my uncle never came back from stalingrad...

My father was there...had many stories about the fighting. 3rd Army Group Center ...communications in back of a half track-probe unit. He made it out of there!! ...amazing...

The irony of death and destruction being accompanied with such beautiful music

"In modern war, you will die like a dog for no good reason" - Ernest Hemingway (this war of mine PC game quote)

The music is nice. I’m sure it made the battles more enjoyable.

Die treuesten Soldaten bis zum Schluss! Ruhm und Ehre den Deutschen Soldaten! So lang ich lebe, erinnert sich immer jemand an euch!

Respect👏

Ehre sei den Helden!-Dicsőség a Hősöknek! From Hungary!

Wow, they were all so handsome, young, and had a whole life to live. How sad this is.

1:50 mark - von Manstein - when he was sent east in the belated attempt to free the encircled and doomed 6th Army. He recalled in his journal traveling in the same region in the early 20's after the Treaty of Rapallo where the Reds and Weimar Germany agreed for training and development of German weaponry in exchange for secrecy from prying western eyes. Guderian was also sent east - Hitler cancelled the treaty in 1934.

Excelente video 💪💪💪💪

"It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it"

The greatest misfortune in war is to underestimate your enemy." - Sun Tzu

My grandfather was a commander of an anti tank division at the Eastern Front. He was Flemish and led the volunteer squad. He refused to fight under the German flag when Hitler asked him. I’ll spare you the details of the consequences. He survived and I’ve known him. I’m very proud of my grandparents and my parents as well. The heritage goes on. I teach my children to be good leaders. Own your word, be correct and disciplined all the time. Take care of your team. You go first, then your men.

great history vedio^^

Mal ehrlich, für das heutige Deutschland und diese Politdarsteller würde keiner dieser Kameraden sein Leben einsetzen. Mein Respekt mein Opa und den Gefallenen Soldaten

2019, so many shooting video games out there. Imagine if we fight wars trough video games and not face to face.

we're back here again

Great footage

N I E W I E D E R K R I E G ! My grandfather was drafted into the German Wehrmacht at age 32 and sent straight to the Ostfront. He was killed in 1944 leaving behind my dad age 6 and his 3 younger sisters (my aunties). My grandmother fled with 4 kids under the age of 7 from the advancing Soviet-Russian troops reaching the western power occupied zone in Germany. She was unable to cope with the horrific trauma and was admitted into an asylum and died 10 years later. My dad and his siblings were brought up by grandparents and aunties and uncles. This is not an unusual story, all my 4 granduncles on my mother's side were drafted to the Ostfront. Luckily all of them came back, some as late as 10 years after the war ended. War continues to be the path many powers settle disagreements including some democratically governed countries. This is wrong, people: N I E W I E D E R K R I E G !

The last heros of the west

GRANDE POVO ALEMÃO, NA GUERRA E NA PAZ, ESTAREI AO SEU LADO.

True warriors!

In 20 years it will be a century. Hard to believe that so much time has passed. But seems so recent.

That was a generation born just for war. What a privilege we have to live in peace this day.

A friend of mine's father, German, survived Stalingrad, and my former mother-in-law, a Kazakh lady, lost her father fighting to defend it. When my German friend told his elderly father I was marrying a Kazakh woman, he passed on to me that he would fight Russians again if necessary, but said he never wanted to fight Kazahks again...some of the most fearsome fighters in world history. And after having spent time over there, I think he was correct...very tough people

the best army forever,really war machine

Lost a lot of heroes in ww2 . A lot of good men.

0:22 I always wonder what happened to the short little German soldier on the right who turns toward the camera. This is the Russian Front so I assume he came to a sorry end.

De France. Paris. Sublime film documentaire. Du jamais vu. On ne peut faire mieux

Wie heldenhaft marschieren diese tapferen Jungen in einem fremden Land! Nur vorwärts!•••••• How these brave boys are marching heroically in a foreign land! Only forward!

God bless the souls of the man who fought this bloody war, and i mean all, German, Soviet, American, British, Hungarian, Polish, Slovakian, Yugoslav, French, Italian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Belgian, I really mean all.