The Battle of Kursk- Operation Citadel - Extra History

The Battle of Kursk- Operation Citadel - Extra History - Part 3

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📜 The Battle of Kursk - Part 3 - Extra History
The Germans planned their assault for July 5, 1943 but a defector warned the Soviets and denied them the element of surprise. Even without the warning, General Zhukov had found plenty of time to fortify Kursk with layer upon layer of pillboxes, minefields, and more. He planned to bloody the Germans with this staunch defense and weaken them for later. The new German tanks, such as the Tiger, arrived only to find themselves outnumbered by numerous Soviet T-34s and ill-supported by maintenance crews who were stretched too thin by the number and variety of new tanks being deployed. General Manstein ordered his strongest tank unit to push through, targeting the small town of Oboyan, but although he made the most progress along the line of the assault, even he had not expected resistance on this scale. By the next day, the Germans had barely reached the second line of Soviet defenses, and while they hadn't been forced to retreat anywhere, they were distinctly behind schedule. Hitler needed them to win. It wouldn't win the war, but he hoped that it would force the Soviets to withdraw, leaving him free to concentrate on the Western front and the threats from the United Kingdom and the United States.
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@SykeGetJuked 4 жыл бұрын

ExtraCredits: New technology was tried! They deployed an innovation, a remote controlled mine sweeping vehicle Me : oh thats cool ExtraCredits: *it was instantly met with fire from the soviet artillery.* Me : *_oh._*

@sharilshahed6106 4 жыл бұрын

Germans: Sends an rc minesweeper to an open NML. *gets bombarded and rekt* Germans: *pikachu surprise*

@somename105 3 жыл бұрын

Soviets: *Haha die trash* 🗿

@adrammelech6323 3 жыл бұрын

Katusha go brrrr

@moxstolpe5287 3 жыл бұрын

The robot: im gonna call m.... whats that? KA-BOOM

@m3gawither7734 3 жыл бұрын

so anyway *i started blasting*

@vonshellebaldwin449 7 жыл бұрын

Nitkita Khrushchev went on to become leader of the USSR

@a.wright281 4 жыл бұрын

spoilers are bad

@hunterbg7531 4 жыл бұрын

Dont remind me about this [REDACTED].

@LoLotov 4 жыл бұрын

You're thinking of Steve Buscemi.

@resistancedoggo8823 4 жыл бұрын

Spoilers

@moxstolpe5287 3 жыл бұрын

No duh Einstein

@jaives 8 жыл бұрын

damn. 400 planes in the air, tank battles on the ground... i'd like to see that movie.

@draco84oz 8 жыл бұрын

+JVee Veneracion Wait till they get to the Battle of Prokhorovka - *that* is a battle scene I would like to see.

@ThePoptartster 8 жыл бұрын

+JVee Veneracion Four-hundred planes in a twenty-mile area!

@uberdice 8 жыл бұрын

+JVee Veneracion Look up a Soviet-era series of films called Liberation.

@jaives 8 жыл бұрын

uberdice i might just do that. thanks!

@spindash64 7 жыл бұрын

I wanna see a game about that,

@johndavenport2847 8 жыл бұрын

Sometimes history is more fascinating than fiction. You guys make some of the best content on KZfaq.

@Chino56751 6 жыл бұрын

And sometimes it isn't

@rohittheinvincible 5 жыл бұрын

True

@BFVK 4 жыл бұрын

History is ALWAYS more fascinating than fiction. What is fascinating in fictionnal stories ? everything can happen. In fiction, I can destroy the whole universe with a single fart. The fascination of History is that what happen in history really happened, to real people in the real world !

@isfren5482 4 жыл бұрын

Of course they make the best video’s

@davidquaye2934 4 жыл бұрын

go watch oversimplified's channel. he is actually funny, does actual moving animations, and has a better understanding abt how to teach history

@mistysurge491 5 жыл бұрын

> "Tiger tank" > shows picture of panzer 4 *KOWALSKI ANALYSIS*

@Even_WS 4 жыл бұрын

actually early Tiger I actually do look like Pz. IVs

@lescovar693 4 жыл бұрын

@@Even_WS Not really

@Nauta_ 4 жыл бұрын

@@Even_WS No. No. No pz IV lookes like tiger

@Even_WS 4 жыл бұрын

@@lescovar693 Prototype Tiger I turrets do look like PV. IVs

@moxstolpe5287 3 жыл бұрын

I am kinda of a history nerd from finland and this angers me where is the tiger 1

@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 8 жыл бұрын

Spoilers: Germany loses the war

@1503nemanja 8 жыл бұрын

+kala captain Seems legit.

@dialaskisel5929 8 жыл бұрын

+The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs Huh, I thought this was Man in the High Castle world for a second... Edelweiss... Edelweiss...

@therudestofclouds2007 8 жыл бұрын

+The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs I HAVE NO FREAKING CLUE WHO WOULD WIN OMG SO MUCH TENTION

@aresxx2217 7 жыл бұрын

Fockin russian bias

@logannguyen1785 7 жыл бұрын

The Iron Armenian aka G.I. Haigs Yeah like no one knows that

@armaniac661 8 жыл бұрын

Man, I love World War 2. Not because a lot of people died, or because it destroyed the world, God no! I just love the tactical side of the war, the way generals and leaders tried to gain advantages. I hope nothing like this ever happens again, but what happened in the past is worth studying! Thanks, EC, for presenting it so amazingly!

@thefunnynamehere266 5 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly the way for me

@silviazahra5486 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@bernardoheusi6146 Жыл бұрын

Ukraine says hi

@seashellguy9416 Жыл бұрын

tank good die bad

@FireHeart2829 6 ай бұрын

My husband feels the same way about the civil war, like the subs and Gatling gun

@artemshevtsov6062 4 жыл бұрын

“Finally he convinces a political officer on the scene named Nikita Khrushchev-“ Hold up

@whym6438 8 жыл бұрын

7:24 James is like "Yeah, I'm juggling knives, nbd."

@Chirpysemperboy 2 жыл бұрын

Stalin: "We need you to hold them off until we have a plan." Zukov: "How long do you need?" Stalin: "How long can you hold?" Zukov: "That wasn't the question."

@Self-replicating_whatnot 5 жыл бұрын

2:40 "Some crazy Ivan is eating my tenk! HALP!"

@kylecho2912 8 жыл бұрын

Even today if you grab a metal detector and go to the old battlefields of Eastern Front in Russia and other Eastern European countries you can still find helmets, broken guns, gears and even bones left from the conflict Just think about the intensity of the conflict couple thousands of people fighting in a field size of a football field

@leferraille7207 5 жыл бұрын

@Parker Dunlop Pretty sure they meant you can find the skeletons of dead soldiers with other stuff near them.

@aktanakhmetov 5 жыл бұрын

And grass wouldn't grow in some spots of tank battles and artillery fire for years or even a couple decades after the Kursk battle.

@murderousintent7838 5 жыл бұрын

how would you find bones with a metal detector?

@violentscorl697 5 жыл бұрын

Kyle Cho Hmpf. It’s similar in cities that were bombed during the war. In Germany‘s Ruhrgebiet (today in the Bundesland North-Rhine Westphalia) , an area targeted primarily because of its huge industrial sector, workers still find dozens of WW2 bombs a year. Seriously, it’s so bad that you can bet on finding a bomb when building a new house, street or even just rearranging your garden. It’s bad.

@ThatSlowTypingGuy 5 жыл бұрын

I'd be more worried about finding unexploded ordnance.

@extrahistory 8 жыл бұрын

On July 5, 1943, the long-awaited German assault on the Soviet defense at Kursk began.

@dutchbot6048 8 жыл бұрын

second to replay

@jankomericki2966 8 жыл бұрын

+Extra Credits Third to reply BTW keep up the good work!

@robertwalpole360 8 жыл бұрын

+Extra Credits Walpole reply! #OhWalpole

@FiauraTheTankGirlGamer 8 жыл бұрын

+Extra Credits Well this was the big last gasp for an offensive and turns into the largest tank battle EVER!

@artistformerlyknownasal-ma6376 8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Walpole Damnit Walpole

@youdonthavetoknowsssh8154 5 жыл бұрын

The Eastern front make The Western front look like a walk in the park warfare

@ManofPeel 3 жыл бұрын

The Japanese: imma make the eastern front LIKE A FAMILY DAY TRIP TO *TACO BELL*

@godzillaandtanks7541 3 жыл бұрын

@@ManofPeel these 3 fronts are the ones I think are the most harsh these are not in any order 1. Western front ww1 reason the pain of trench warfare 2. Pacific theater america vs japan reason Pure brutality to the enemy and the savagery that happened 3. Eastern front ww2 reason Cost of lives

@LightFykki 8 жыл бұрын

No matter how many endless WWII series there are on TV these days, I am still eagerly looking forward to each and every episode of the Extra History edition. They are shorter, but much better planned and enjoyable.

@18Krieger 8 жыл бұрын

+LightFykki And are not really loaded with any national feeling about the war. They are quite subjectiv.

@JorneDeSmedt 8 жыл бұрын

So... What happened to the deserter who told the Russians about the attack?

@connormclernon26 8 жыл бұрын

Probably worked to death in the gulags

@MaxwellAerialPhotography 8 жыл бұрын

my guess is that didn't actually exist, it's just propoganda to cover for soviet intelligence.

@JimmyRei1000 8 жыл бұрын

+TheRexDark IT WAS WALPOLE.

@nolanhaggen8252 8 жыл бұрын

+Michael Kirbish BUT WHY LET LOYALTY TO ONES STATE SPOIL A GOOD LEAK?

@Steve17010 8 жыл бұрын

+TheRexDark My guess is that the deserter did go a POW camp but it was one of the better ones. He likely had better living conditions and received more and better quality food than the average POW.

@devinranaldi1751 8 жыл бұрын

We need some episodes on Zhukov, the man who won WW2.

@Tytoalba777 7 жыл бұрын

While I agree that we need an episode on Zhukov, arguably the greatest general in Russian history, I don't think it's fair to say Zhukov was the man who won WWII, simply because _every_ man (on the Allied side) won WWII.

@narutoincore123 7 жыл бұрын

I know who zukov is. He is joke.

@shmamlet7751 7 жыл бұрын

Blacky Maze nice joke mate, now tell me the one about the US making a breakthrough in this war

@campbellgaskin3818 7 жыл бұрын

Владислав Бессонов Midway.

@usssanjacinto1 7 жыл бұрын

Devin Ranaldi Actually US materials won WWII. Zhukov, Khruschev, and even Stalin have admitted that if it were not for American Steel, Trucks, etc from the US Lend-Lease program, then they would have fallen against the Germans.

@JonesyMcDanes 8 жыл бұрын

Did you put that dot on his face just so I would fruitlessly try to clean it off my screen?

@joopie99aa 8 жыл бұрын

+JonesyMcDanes Whose?

@jeff-eo6ee 8 жыл бұрын

Obviously.

@CrazyYurie 8 жыл бұрын

+JonesyMcDanes I had similar thoughts, but I had just cleaned my screen yesterday. Also my screen never gets that dirty. :o

@LeoMidori 8 жыл бұрын

+JonesyMcDanes No no. Khrushchev actually had two prominent moles on his face: one next to the left side of his nose and one on his far right cheekbone.

@CobraTeamGuys 8 жыл бұрын

+JonesyMcDanes Love the davidr64yt profile pic.

@AdrianDeer 8 жыл бұрын

the bad thing about history is, that you usually already know the outcome.. So no matter how exciting the series are, you know what will happen. The reason i watch this, is because i wanna know "how" it could happen. And also the nice pictures.

@andrewwright8181 8 жыл бұрын

+ACElicious Hey, guess what, that's the whole point behind history, we know what happened, and how it happened.

@AdrianDeer 8 жыл бұрын

Andrew Wright jjaa.. that's what i just said..

@AdrianDeer 8 жыл бұрын

ja ok

@Achillez098 8 жыл бұрын

This is the best breakfast show! Love you guys :D

@comittailfern5852 8 жыл бұрын

touché

@jonbaxter2254 8 жыл бұрын

+Achillez Lol, I'm eating breakfast too

@viktorsvanberg5050 8 жыл бұрын

+Achillez where do you live?

@welp2388 8 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more

@sixofspades4050 8 жыл бұрын

+Achillez I have seen you before -_- did u comment on the AoE2 soundtrack?

@afoxinafoxhole7891 5 жыл бұрын

Russian retreat plans Russian General: We'll burn that bridge when we get there!

@herbivorethecarnivore8447 8 жыл бұрын

2:52 That's a Panzer IV, not a Tiger. My history jimmies are rustled.

@davehoffman4659 6 жыл бұрын

Herbivore The Carnivore no, Panzer 4s had side skirts to protect the tracks.

@t0pcat517 5 жыл бұрын

Dave Hoffman Boi, only later models did

@CC-dq6ck 5 жыл бұрын

from the h and later

@jjj05021 5 жыл бұрын

@@davehoffman4659 sometimes NO!

@Limathebean 5 жыл бұрын

69 likes

@kevingename1092 8 жыл бұрын

Who got that info to Stal - it was Walpole. With the help of Fegelein.

@RadekCrazy1 8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin Gename (DAR31337) DAMN I KNEW IT WAS FEGELEIN ALL LONG!!!! FEGELEIN !!! FEGELEIN!!! FEGELEIN!!!!

@andrewwright8181 8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin Gename (DAR31337) Walpole, Walpole does it all...

@kevingename1092 8 жыл бұрын

Andrew Wright With Fegelein's help this time around.

@silasmcclung2011 8 жыл бұрын

I'm so early nobody has blamed Walpole for anything...

@EmperorZephyr 8 жыл бұрын

...must be Walpole...

@clonetf141 8 жыл бұрын

+Silas McClung YOU LOYALIST!

@Artista_Frustrado 8 жыл бұрын

+Silas McClung Walpole provided the drinks

@jaypillsbury843 8 жыл бұрын

I'd like to say once again that I'm so glad you guys do this. So many important historical events just get overlooked in history classes, and, coming from someone who doesn't generally enjoy history, these series are both informative and highly engaging. Extra Credits, you're the best. :)

@jrsdef 8 жыл бұрын

My favorite bit of this whole thing is James juggling the knives at the end, XD

@ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723 8 жыл бұрын

I love the phrasing in episodes like these. It's far too easy to demonize one side making them the bad guy, especially when they're Germans during ww2. I applaud extra credit for not stooping to such a thing and showing both sides as brave and deserving of respect. I didnt even catch any negative "loaded words", as I call them, words meant to elicit a certain emotion or way of feeling about someone, though not explicitly saying they are bad. I cant stress how much I appreciate the neutrality of the EC team.

@ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723 8 жыл бұрын

Exactly my point. People seem to forget that. people act as though every german knew about the terrible, terrible things that were done to "certain people"

@Vox_Popul1 5 жыл бұрын

Ionlymadethistoleavecoments ha, it’s funny you think they didn’t, the Whemacht weren’t innocent concerning atrocities and war crimes.

@lokalkakan 8 жыл бұрын

0.o Holy shit Nikita was at kursk

@kaidepuu1415 8 жыл бұрын

+lokalkakan And Leonid (Brezhnev) was at Stalingrad with NKVD executing any retreating Russian troops, nice bunch?

@jochentram9301 6 жыл бұрын

Khrushchev was IIRC the senior politruk at Kharkov in 1942, Stalingrad, Kursk and Kiev in 1943. The generals he worked with seem to have liked him, overall. Brezhnev was *not* at Stalingrad; at that time, he was with the Transcaucasus Front on the Turkish border. Brezhnev was assigned in 1943 to the 1st Ukrainian Front, under Khrushchev, and there became his protegé.

@josephschultz3301 4 жыл бұрын

I love the opening bit with Khrushchev that's like, "Spoiler Alert: He lives through the war." Boy howdy, does he ever xD .

@Thoreaux 8 жыл бұрын

I know this is supposed to be part of a promotion for World of Tanks but some reason it's giving me a serious craving for Valkyria Chronicles.

@noahwiener8669 8 жыл бұрын

You dare to compare ze glorious East European Imperial Alliance with those pitiful genocidal Nazis? And vhat are zhees Reds you speak of? Print Maximillian will have your head for this!

@philbettinger1741 8 жыл бұрын

*The sound of multiple nuclear explosions go off* god bless the United States and the nuke!

@nodinitiative 8 жыл бұрын

According to "Wikipedia the Germans used 940,900 men, 3,253 tanks, 9,467 guns and mortars, 2,110 aircraft. Wow....if the Soviet Union had made peace or collapse in 1942 or 1943, there was no chance in Hell the Western Allied forces could have defeated the Germans or conquer Nazi Europe.

@Mentol_ 7 жыл бұрын

Good morning :) It's better to wake up late than never...

@EdyPegasus 6 жыл бұрын

not true, because soviets knew they had the advantage. They would have made "peace" only to save more troops and hit later. Just as the Nazis did.

@IPRobban 6 жыл бұрын

True and this battle was also the reason the germans did'nt have an air force too help defend normandy because they got almost whiped out completely on the eastern front.

@doorhanger9317 6 жыл бұрын

Of course, America is still spooling up at this point, imagine the bombs dropping on Berlin and not Japan...

@caif4 6 жыл бұрын

nodinitiative You underestimate not only the production of the US but the true manpower of the British Empire.

@HoboTango 8 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they had camera's and media attention as much as we have in 2016. The eastern front would be a sight to see.........

@jimli3890 8 жыл бұрын

yeah a site of blood, death, and destruction

@RobSpartanR16 8 жыл бұрын

yeah wave of wave of wave of Russians to halt the german advantage :/.. the horrors :(

@HoboTango 8 жыл бұрын

RobSpartanR16 In actuality, wave of russians were not throwned at the Germans like you would see in Ennemy of the gates movie ( for exemple). During Operation Barbarossa, waves of Russian would charge in because there was no other options, they had been taken by surprise and lots of encirclement happened and they had the only option to break trough the encirclement or die. All those myths are based on Operation Barbarossa wich happened at the start of the great patriotic war ( 1941 ). Where you could see such thing happens but rarely happened later in the war.

@isprikitikburkabush6200 8 жыл бұрын

The Soviets are more prepared than ever. They built probably the best defensive fortification in History. I doubt a mass suicidal charge took place

@RobSpartanR16 8 жыл бұрын

HoboTango I was talking about the whole war not specific battles. But yes every battle as we know was different. And in some cases more suicidal charges were in order then other more orginized attacks.

@evilcam 8 жыл бұрын

Love this series. Now that the background and backstory is complete, you're jumping right into the battle, and it is as expected very well done.

@huski1645 8 жыл бұрын

Pretty accurate, I'd say. Good job on this one guys, can't wait for the next part.

@Homely0208 2 жыл бұрын

rewatching these videos bring me nostalgia

@RoyalFusilier 6 жыл бұрын

My friend has started bringing me all kinds of history things, despite having basically no interest in history... because we've started watching this series together. So thanks, guys, for another way to bond over some amazing stories. Stories just as enthralling, if not more so, than any fiction.

@Jacob_Kuschel 8 жыл бұрын

So wait, does Stalin always wear his hat to bed?

@HUOGoofballs 8 жыл бұрын

+Jacob Kuschel He didn't want folks to see his bald spot.

@jimsidewinder8622 3 жыл бұрын

>:(

@adampaul5237 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimsidewinder8622 lmao

@verdragon5591 4 жыл бұрын

0:36 Oh hey look, it's the guy voted 'Most Likely To Put Missiles In Cuba'

@CallieYote 8 жыл бұрын

2:12 New Technology was tested! It was immediately shot down. I can relate to this.

@tempsinger7418 4 жыл бұрын

Noooo you can't just shoot artillery at our new tech Haha arty go "BOOM"

@YesthisisCharlie 8 жыл бұрын

You guys rock. The narrative keep me on edge the whole time

@BooBooBlueBerry 8 жыл бұрын

As always, amazing work Extra Credits. Mt favorite show on KZfaq.

@BooBooBlueBerry 8 жыл бұрын

my*

@juanmoreno6591 8 жыл бұрын

+CRAZYPARTY98 Mt favorite sounds like either a crappy roller coaster or an amazing mountain to ski

@BooBooBlueBerry 8 жыл бұрын

Juan Moreno Come on down to Mt. Favorite. We have all your skiing needs and mooore! We got hot coco. Beautiful scenic views. And much much more!

@clownshow_5727 Жыл бұрын

Bro shut up stop stating the obvious, we all know it’s the best show on KZfaq

@reidosarous 8 жыл бұрын

I love this series so much, keep em' up! I had always wondered why the Nazi's kept up their push on the East. This finally helped me understand the German thinking of having a decisive victory on the Eastern front to establish a halt in fighting so they can shift focus to the West.

@bp_cherryblossomtree723 4 жыл бұрын

3:43 Ha, nice reference. Loved that game as a child

@NamelessPlayerOfficial 8 жыл бұрын

I love Extra Credits' story telling, it makes me feel excited to know what'll happen next even though I basically know the outcome.

@johnathanbruce8227 3 жыл бұрын

Into the motherland The German army march In the Soviet Union summer 1943 Tanks line up in thousands as far the eye can see Ready for the onslaught Ready for the fight Waiting for the axis to march into a trap Mines are placed in darkness In the cover of the night Waiting to be triggered When the time is right Imminent invasion, imminent attack Once the battle started There's no turning back The end of the third Reich draws near It's time has come to an end The end of an era is here It's time to attack! Into the motherland the German army march Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east One million men at war Soviet wrath unleashed! Fields of Prokhorovka Where the heat of battle burned Suffered heavy losses And the tide of war was turned Driving back the Germans Fighting on four fronts Hunt them out of Russia Out of Soviet land Reinforce the front line Force the axis to retreat Send in all the reserves Securing their defeat Soldiers of the Union Broke the citadel Ruins of an army Axis rest in hell The end of the third Reich draws near Its time has come to an end The end of an era is here Its time to attack Into the motherland the German army march Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east One million men at war Soviet wrath unleashed! Onward comrads! Onwards for the Soviet Union! Charge! Ow mother Russia! Union of lands Will of the people Strong in command Ow mother Russia! Union of lands Once more victorious the red army stands! The end of the third Reich is here Its time has come to an end The end of an era is here Its time to attack! Into the motherland the German army march Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east One million men at war Soviet wrath unleashed!

@grfrjiglstan 8 жыл бұрын

Done in by Schnapps, like so many that would come after them.

@windwulfboi 8 жыл бұрын

Love the little factoid about the Panzer. It's great to see contributions like this to this show. Fantastic work EC crew, I'm subscribed for life!

@mprpo946 8 жыл бұрын

This is truly very informative and interesting ... And with this kind of animation makes history far more interesting to learn ...

@Miraihi 8 жыл бұрын

It's better to pronounce "Jukov"...because there is no slightest hint of "Z" in his name (Жуков). Maybe it was written this way because this soun have something in common in terms of pronounciation with chineese "zh" (For example "Guangzhou"). But it's not "z", it's totally different sound...

@martinsriber7760 8 жыл бұрын

+Elan Askerov It's pronounced similarly to g in mirage.

@ExcludedLayman 8 жыл бұрын

+Martin Šriber So, like 'z' is a voiced 's', 'zh' is a voiced 'sh'?

@martinsriber7760 8 жыл бұрын

Excluded Layman If by zh and sh you mean ж/ž and ш/š than yes.

@PopTartNeko 8 жыл бұрын

oh boy now I want to play CoH2 again

@fillosof66689 8 жыл бұрын

+PopTartNeko don''t. Men of War is the way to go.

@ChertovBaobab 8 жыл бұрын

You're the best, guys! Keep doing this show, it's amazing!

@badgerking4003 8 жыл бұрын

I am loving this series!

@daltonmorgan6464 8 жыл бұрын

I subscribed for this series alone. Others are good too but this is the most interesting

@swanbylander5144 8 жыл бұрын

Kursk is and will always be the most Epic Battle in Human History! Next to the Brutal Siege of Stalingrad. A graveyard of burnt smoldering twisted metal tombstones that once where tanks littering the wheat fields of Kursk bathed in blood, the skies blotted out by toxic fumes and dust, as the screams of airplanes diving from the heavens screaming like falling angels with the howls of rockets drowning out the choirs of the dying, that their moans and groans filled every mile, the endless rattling of machine-guns accompanying the percussionist booms of artillery shells all making ritual noises in unison to an unholy song of death and despair, as if hell rose from the very earth that day. Bone chilling if you can imagine being in the middle of that a nightmare of an epic battle.

@swanbylander5144 8 жыл бұрын

+Novusod Over 2 million casualties on both sides of the battlefield in Kursk where sustained, Stalingrad was over a million and a half there. During the Whole of World War 2, the Soviet Union faced off against 80% of the German War Machine and Man Power. While the US, France, and the UK faced 20%, that they purposefully planned to bleed out Soviet Russia of machines and man power as they faced the bulk of the Nazi war machine. Of which the Allies had plans to continue World War 2 once Nazi Germany was defeated, but would go against a demoralized Soviet Union liberating Eastern Europe from Communism and marching on, or using an Atomic Bomb right in Moscow, Leningrad, Minks, Kiev, and Stalingrad. Patton and Churchill were all for continuing the War against Russia, take out two birds with one stone Fascism and Communism, thus Capitalism Triumphs.

@snakeguy8646 8 жыл бұрын

+swan bylander would have been a bad idea, Russia's Military Production was booming, they could easily mass produce and defend their homeland until either attacker gives up, then probably counter attack America and Britain. In my mind of the situation, it would have been a hell of its own.

@CRegion 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, guys, a lot! We want more and sooner :)

@SuperFatman345 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for something nice to watch while sick!

@abyssaljam441 8 жыл бұрын

I mush ask, can James juggel knives?

@luciuscroy6656 8 жыл бұрын

im glad you guys are double pumping extra history episodes ^^

@ltericdavis2237 8 жыл бұрын

+lucius croy So thank world of tanks for letting them do just that. Yeah advertising done the right way!

@AlanHaskayne 8 жыл бұрын

+Factoid Its actually how Extra History got started, advertising for Total War: Rome 2, way way back when

@ltericdavis2237 8 жыл бұрын

AlanHaskayne Yup! Yeah for intelligent game companies!

@AlanHaskayne 8 жыл бұрын

+Factoid It is quite inspiring to see game companies do good with ads, I would love to see them do it on other channels too And... Holy, I just realized that first episode is 3 years old almost, and I feel really old

@ltericdavis2237 8 жыл бұрын

AlanHaskayne Oh, wow. Man, what a legacy.

@themuffinman3652 8 жыл бұрын

Nice I been waiting for this

@RoseUnseen 7 жыл бұрын

These are the best !! I'm pleasantly surprised there so many parts !!

@TheAfroMenace 8 жыл бұрын

The Khrushchev spoiler alert is great, but the birthmark is better.

@HeatherMcNabb 8 жыл бұрын

+Cskye Thanks for noticing!

@altonbishop305 8 жыл бұрын

says the new tiger one... show panzer 4.

@Blazo_Djurovic 8 жыл бұрын

+Alton Bishop Also say T-34 and show T-34-85. They might have similar names but the former was 1941 design with a 76mm cannon that struggled to penetrate sides of Tigers. While the later had the 85mm cannon that was fully capable to penetrate TIgers from the front and fight Panthers on equal terms.

@srslywtfcl4p404 8 жыл бұрын

+Блажо Ђуровић but both still T-34's

@Blazo_Djurovic 8 жыл бұрын

Adrian Grindbakken Yes, but one is unable to defeat Tigers and Panthers which is a key thing during the battle of Kursk, while the other doesn't have the same problem.

@MilitaryHistoryVisualized 8 жыл бұрын

+Блажо Ђуровић yeah, in this video it is more ok, but they also used the T-34-85 in the prelude 1941 videos.

@Blazo_Djurovic 8 жыл бұрын

Military History It's really not any more OK to use that version now than it was in 41. Sure, the introduction date is closer, but Soviets will REALLY need those tanks in this fight. In fact this is the main operationa introduction of Soviets to the "next gen" german tanks the Panther and the Tiger. And they will scrap most of the other projects demanding new chasis and redirect all their efforts on mounting 85mm onto the T-34.

@justanaverageguy912 8 жыл бұрын

really like the little annotation about the panzer IV. more pls.

@homeycdawg 8 жыл бұрын

I love these Kursk episodes.

@rays5073 8 жыл бұрын

Extra Credits This is just a minor detail, but the German tanks you keep showing when mentioning the Tiger tanks is a Panzer IV. Loved the video though!

@JammyD2579 8 жыл бұрын

+Ray S When they talk about Tigers at 5:25, they do depict an actual Tiger I. The Pz.IV is just a stand-in image for "German tank" elsewhere. A far more interesting thing to point out I would think is that the rear-shot of Pz.IVs they give has a radio bustle, and then another radio bustle is sort of hanging off it :P

@rays5073 8 жыл бұрын

JammyD2579 Yeah, I meant the drawn one. Because in another episode about Kursk, they had multiple drawn tanks for the Soviets

@jangxx 8 жыл бұрын

I've never heard the pronunciation of 'Wehrmacht' butchered this badly before :D

@smalltime0 8 жыл бұрын

+jangxx or Manstein.

@asgrahim9164 8 жыл бұрын

+jangxx "Hwermackt" :P

@Clowndoe 8 жыл бұрын

Typical pronunciation from English speakers from my experience.

@kraetyz 8 жыл бұрын

+jangxx Dan does not into German at all. It's kind of cute. :D

@Thraim. 8 жыл бұрын

+jangxx You clearly don't watch enough history videos on KZfaq. Dan's pronunciation is average for an American.

@jonbaxter2254 8 жыл бұрын

Holy cow perfect timing! Only 16 minutes since this went up.

@ProfessorTenebrae 8 жыл бұрын

Yay I've been excited for this.

@mergele1000 8 жыл бұрын

7:24 James likes to live dangerous.

@johnlienhart2717 8 жыл бұрын

I would rather have milk to steel the soul, preferably with chocolate chip cookies or oreos

@snakeguy8646 8 жыл бұрын

Liquor gives you courage man, I felt like I could conquer the world when I practiced shots.

@kaigrundmann9277 8 жыл бұрын

+The Snake Empire so did hitler. i guess he had too many though

@snakeguy8646 8 жыл бұрын

+Kai Gore idk how to spell it, shnaps? Yeah, those are stronger than Vodka, and you usually drink 5 glasses, if you drink more you have a chance to die, Hitler took that chance and thought he was Napoleon :|

@johnlienhart2717 8 жыл бұрын

The Snake Empire Yeah, man, but milk and cookies, but then again my last meal would a grilled cheese and chocolate milk

@thevoidlookspretty7079 3 жыл бұрын

2:32 Gonna be honest, the Ferdinand was having a lot of issues *before* the fighting became close quarters.

@HuracanHC45 8 жыл бұрын

finally, battle of kursk part 3 is release! hype!

@atanasijesimic4651 8 жыл бұрын

for the record 2:55 that is pz iv.

@adventureinc1568 8 жыл бұрын

Red Orchestra 2 + War Thunder = BEST WAR GAME EVER SOMEONE MAKE THIS!

@aquila4460 8 жыл бұрын

+Captain Inc So you want a game, with some pretty bad bugs, and a strong russian bios? Don't get me wrong, both games are ok, and i play them both, but they are far from the best. Or even great games. They are good because they are some of the few taceling this target audience.

@pedrobettt 8 жыл бұрын

+Aquila I don't mind that a game is biased, as long as it's not insidious in having those biases. If I'm being misled into believing the account is impartial, then it's a bad thing. But they never deny that they're biased, so there's no problem.

@BenignGamer 8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, good luck balancing tactical realism with what is almost the most arcade experience in the world (second only to World of Tanks of course).

@adventureinc1568 8 жыл бұрын

Benign Gamer I don't see any flaws in this, war isn't suppose to be equally balanced.

@aquila4460 8 жыл бұрын

Captain Inc Yeah sure, but in this case the balance should be right. So a bunch of worse russian tanks vs few better german tanks. At least during the battle of kurks and other more mid - late war battles.

@pikminlord343 6 жыл бұрын

this series have been excellent

@BlackCat-tg7th 5 жыл бұрын

As much heroic bravery or pure monstrosity one wielded, tricky or tactical, furious or calm Those stickmen are just adorable and that's a fact.

@eradius 8 жыл бұрын

2:53. thats a Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. G. maybe J? what you want is the Panzerkampfwagen VI 'Tiger' Ausf. H. good video as always though :)

@thenostalgicgamer9453 8 жыл бұрын

+eradius Heroes and generals?

@eradius 8 жыл бұрын

***** um not sure what the game has to do with it. just the german tank looks more like a IV than a VI

@StellarGryphon 8 жыл бұрын

***** I'm guessing War Thunder

@eradius 8 жыл бұрын

Sun_skimmer 89 oh i see. no sorry im just interested in the historical period, same as feudal japan and S.P.Q.R. i have played war thunder not the tanks side of it though

@eradius 8 жыл бұрын

its funny how people have to find a cause for someone knowing something rather then the reality that someone has to know this shit in the firstplace to make those games, not the other way around

@vol10O000 6 жыл бұрын

5:40 Macdonalds

@freeNode5 8 жыл бұрын

man, these are so amazing!

@buckyryan2804 8 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video

@stevencolor3389 5 жыл бұрын

Into the motherland the German army march Comrades stand side by side to stop the Nazi charge Panzers on Russian soil a thunder in the east One million men at war Soviet wrath unleashed!

@pickakespartan 8 жыл бұрын

You keep saying Wehrmacht (veyr-mahkht) incorrectly. The W is pronounced more like a V. But besides that this was a great episode.

@mylanvoskamp474 8 жыл бұрын

I'm German and just no, we do not pronounce the 'w' in 'Wehrmacht' as a 'v'. We pronounce it More like "wèr-makt".

@mylanvoskamp474 8 жыл бұрын

btw. the German 'w' does not Sound like a 'v' more like a sort of mix from a 'v' and a 'w'.

@PeoplePartyG1mao 8 жыл бұрын

Also it's not -makt but -makht (pronounciationwise)

@CarlosRios1 6 жыл бұрын

But he pronounces Luftwaffe right

@miguelpereira9859 6 жыл бұрын

QUAKE III ARENA

@SupesMe 8 жыл бұрын

So cool, Loving this!

@joeybroda9167 8 жыл бұрын

Double extra history in a week? Yes!

@Aksuuuk 8 жыл бұрын

the girl she is dressed as a soviet pilot right

@ZingFreelancer 8 жыл бұрын

2:52 you are showing a Panzer 4 drawing and calling it a Tiger tank? Tsk tsk tsk.

@MilitaryHistoryVisualized 8 жыл бұрын

+Zing Freelancer yeah, considering the amount of people and money behind this, quite disheartening. Especially since it is done with "World of Tanks Money".

@HoboTango 8 жыл бұрын

+Zing Freelancer Its not the drawing that are importants, its the history lesson.....

@micahhill8456 8 жыл бұрын

i love this cant wait for more

@armvex 8 жыл бұрын

"Which of the knife edge falls", that is a interesting quote.

@madbepsi3781 6 жыл бұрын

At 3:37 why does it say kitchen sink in one of the arrows?

@johnathanreyna8128 5 жыл бұрын

They threw the kitchen sink at them

@03kmaus28 8 жыл бұрын

3 minutes in, a thing on the top right says to download world of tanks. Quite the push they have, War Gaming does.

@angelcamargo6372 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you wargaming for the subtitles!

@yomamasopoor 8 жыл бұрын

love this series

@50TNCSA 8 жыл бұрын

talks about tiger tank... shows panzer mark 4 :/

@huski1645 8 жыл бұрын

I laughed a little.

@warwatcher91 8 жыл бұрын

+50TNCSA Clearly the work of German Deception!

@DreamVikings 8 жыл бұрын

+50TNCSA funny. i excpected some smartass remark in the comments section as soon as i saw that.

@50TNCSA 8 жыл бұрын

warwatcher91 you sir win the internet for today LOL

@50TNCSA 8 жыл бұрын

DreamVikings forgive me but i had to its its in my nature

@TheJboy88 8 жыл бұрын

You should really tell James to stop juggling knives like that.

@MercenaryPen 8 жыл бұрын

+Jay It could be worse, he could be juggling grenades...

@ciennabarq 8 жыл бұрын

Another good video. I love the Extra History series and have shared it with all of my friends. I liked the 'pop up fact' at 4:51 and think you could get a lot of use out of that sort of thing to share information that would not fit in the flow of the verbal narration. My one suggestion would be to put it at the top of the screen instead of the bottom. This may have just been me, but I had trouble reading it as it was covered with subtitles that also appear at the bottom of the screen.

@bitterbrush2377 8 жыл бұрын

You say Wehrmacht weird. I've been waiting for this though, thank you guys

@salsicha5305 6 жыл бұрын

Zhukov is pronounced “Jukov” (Жуков)

@timothymclean 8 жыл бұрын

It never fails to amaze me how much raw manpower the Soviet Union was willing and able to spend on its goals. Germany (and, in the Cold War, the US) may have had a more robust economy and at times a technological advantage, but no European power is more skilled or able in the simple yet effective art of throwing men into the meat-grinder until they win. (I'm thinking not only of war, but of the space race, where the Soviets' gains came at the expense of often-lax safety measures and more astronaut deaths than the US.)