The Last Day of Walter Model | The Brutal Death of the Favorite Marshal of the Third Reich

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How were the last hours of Walter Model? What were his last words? Why was he accused of being a traitor at the end of the war? Walter Model was one of the most valued marshals in Germany, and he withstood attacks from both the Soviets and the British and Americans for years. However, his final was quite tragic, he being one of the very few quarterbacks who opted for suicide. Next in this program, we analyze the last days of him.
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00:00 The Allies Break the Front
01:05 Meeting with Hitler
02:15 Model prepares surrender
03:45 Model is isolated
06:00 American surrender offer
06:08 Model is accused of Treason
06:55The last hours of Model

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@waracademy128 11 ай бұрын

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@PoppysGuitar 10 ай бұрын

German Field Marshals don't surrender. Ordering your soldiers to fight and die means you share the same fate when things go bad. Model lived by that code and died by it.

@roelkomduur8073 9 ай бұрын

Bull shit!! Like most of German( ss) generals and Japanese bumbs they order others to give their lives for nothing, while saving their own and after their war collecting a nice pension and live very comfortably. Funny thing is that most of them were blessed with a long live...Look it up on Google, there is NO honour!!

@doraemon61377 8 ай бұрын

He was an European knight!

@roelkomduur8073 8 ай бұрын

There are no 'European knights"moron.@@doraemon61377

@stephenwatson8981 3 ай бұрын

Paulus surrendered and he was a Field Marshal

@PoppysGuitar 3 ай бұрын

I know that. I consider Paulus to have thrown away his rank when he betrayed it.@@stephenwatson8981

@iandougall7169 11 ай бұрын

Apparently Model was strict and unforgiving with his officers but kindly and caring about the soldiers.

@zetos4440 11 ай бұрын

As it should be

@robertcottam8824 11 ай бұрын

That isn't exceptional it's simply what officers are expected to do. That Mödel did so does not make him in anyway 'special'. The humblest 2nd lieutenant puts his men FIRST. The humblest colonel puts his regimental officers - as well as men - FIRST. And so forth. That's how it works.

@b2tall239 11 ай бұрын

How was he with the civilians under his control, especially on the Eastern Front?

@robertcottam8824 11 ай бұрын

@@b2tall239 I think you and I are aware of the answer to your question, friend. It was well-asked. I wish you 'well' to an extent that creatures such as 'honourable, kindly' Mödel could not have dreamt. My family has been 'military' for over two hundred years. I am quite sure that they were efficient in combat. I would be utterly ashamed if any had behaved as Mödel.

@davecopp9356 10 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 Model was a real honorable man. Everything else is just propaganda lies by the All lies.

@danielgreen3715 11 ай бұрын

Model was a Brave Soldier Who was Betrayed by his Leader He asked nothing of His Men that He wouldn't do and in the end realized his fate and took the only Honourable Option open to Him

@johnschofield9496 11 ай бұрын

Honor, and betrayal. He was an honorable, old school general who had done everything possible for his country. When he learned how his nation's leaders betrayed him, and realizing the humiliation and likely torture he would receive, his was the easiest decision.

@astralclub5964 10 ай бұрын

I agree. I just wish the pronunciation of his name wasn’t so butchered! It’s so easy. Just check Google.

@Synthetic-Rabbit 10 ай бұрын

He would have surrendered to the Western Allies so he probably wouldn't have been tortured.

@ahmedakhan1 10 ай бұрын

How did the nation's leaders betray him? Germany lost because the fortunes of war turned against that nation in spite of the best efforts of its people! What was amazing was how close Germany came to victory against the massive power that was deployed against it by the allies! Were mistakes made by the Germans? Of course they were as were mistakes made by the allies. For me the main reason for Germany's defeat was Stalin's leadership and the sacrifices made by the Soviet Union. Every military expert (including the British and Americans) expected the Soviet Union to collapse within 16 to 20 weeks of the start of the German invasion. If the Soviet Union had been defeated then Germany would have won the war!

@evanmoorman3828 10 ай бұрын

@@ahmedakhan1America would have turned Germany to ashes with the atomic bomb. They could also have used the bomb tactically. Even if the Wehrmacht could count on some 5-6 million men on the western front, that would mean little against Eisenhower with 4 million men as king as the bomb could be used tactically.

@kingcurry6594 10 ай бұрын

@@ahmedakhan1 Russia would have been defeated were it not for the heroism of those sailors on the Murmansk convoys who brought the materials to keep Russia in the fight.

@rainerstahlberg2486 11 ай бұрын

he had finally the realistic view that the German Commanders would not get a fair trial by the Allies or historians, but a summary judgement no matter what their personal contribution and behavior had actually been. He did not want to face defeat and justify himself to safe the honor of others. He had done his best and had lost everything including interest in his own fate. The fate of some of his colleagues showed that he made the right decision as long as he was in charge...

@MrLukedanger 11 ай бұрын

Your right, goering was found guilty of war crimes for 2000 civilians that died during Rotterdam, the funny thing the allies like Churchill didn’t get put to trial for Dresden where 200,000 civilians died

@robertcottam8824 11 ай бұрын

So... You're saying that he topped himself because it 'wasn't fair'? If so, how pathetic. It's the moral equivalent of, having realised the (*soccer)game was lost, popping the soccer ball. How pathetic! By dint of a few months of ridicule and - perhaps - a short dangle at the rope's end, he MIGHT have saved his junior officers from just that fate. Yeughh! Contemptible. 🤮🤮 *A rugby player simply would not do this

@rainerstahlberg2486 11 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 whih planet are you from.? I really wonder. And is ;preaching morals your job? Or is it professional joker.

@ahmedakhan1 10 ай бұрын

@@robertcottam8824 I don't know what exactly are you saying? How would his hanging have saved the lives of his junior officers? Model took responsibility and paid the ultimate price, his life! To me he acted with honor.

@therearenoshortcuts9868 9 ай бұрын

the most important lesson of history: rule number 1: don't lose

@paulboegel8009 11 ай бұрын

The fact he destroyed all his records was a tragedy of history.

@Timberwolf1992 2 ай бұрын

He knew history wouldn't be kind to him. For all his accomplishments as the best defensive commander of WW2, Model was a war criminal and had he lived, he'd shared the same fate as his boss Wilhelm Keitel: Hanged to death after being incriminated for war crimes and crimes against humanity at Nuremberg.

@paulboegel8009 2 ай бұрын

@@Timberwolf1992 History would not be kind? It would make no bit of difference if he killed himself, was executed or died from old age. The fact that he destroyed his memoirs was a lose to the histories of WW II. Never heard of a war criminal from the victorious side .

@mrpolsco6872 11 ай бұрын

Brilliant presentation as usual. Walter Model died a true soldier and Man of Honour. Today is a good day to die by my own volition. His final salute.

@stephenwatson8981 10 ай бұрын

A man of honor wouldn't let himself be duped by those Nazi criminals.

@Hartley_Hare 10 ай бұрын

@@stephenwatson8981 Exactly.

@tackies100 10 ай бұрын

Easy for us to say and judge now, so much later, with no idea of what it must have been like to serve in the German army then.

@stephenwatson8981 10 ай бұрын

@@tackies100 quitting the German army was always an option

@tackies100 10 ай бұрын

As I said: easy for us to say.

@Trust-me-I-am-a-dentist 11 ай бұрын

Generalfeldmarschall Model. * 24. Januar 1891 in Genthin, Provinz Sachsen; † 21. April 1945 bei Duisburg.

@TheYeti308 11 ай бұрын

Model was a military purist ; German Field Marshals do not surrender .

@robertbruce7686 11 ай бұрын

Oops. ..

@mathiasbartl9393 11 ай бұрын

Selbst Paulus die alte Stabsmatratze hatte sich das besser überlegt.

@barkeater9606 11 ай бұрын

Paulus was a pencil pusher and should never have been given a field command.

@raimundschlagheck3060 11 ай бұрын

Ein anständiger Offizier.

@jeffclark7888 11 ай бұрын

@@barkeater9606True.

@giancarlogarlaschi4388 11 ай бұрын

As a former Air Force Academy Officer , if I have asked my Men to die for four years of continuous hard fighting in the horrible conditions of the Russian Front ; at the very end , I would have chosen to join them in eternity . How could you live like Paulus, after the Horrendous Sacrifices he demanded from his Men ?

@jeffclark7888 11 ай бұрын

Because he stopped believing in the cause.

@JayTide 11 ай бұрын

@jeffclark7888 little bit late after tens of thousands of soldiers under his command died. He honored his men by joining them in death. Just my opinion tho.

@giancarlogarlaschi4388 11 ай бұрын

@@JayTide It may be Hard to understand ...but that's Precisely the Point. They Obeyed you and gave it all ... Just remember the Indianapolis Captain , He felt so guilty that in the end he took his life. Myself , if I was the Commander at Stalingrad , I would have Not Obeyed Hitler's orders and save My Men , or die fighting with them in the trenches . And since I was 25 when I read about Paulus , I knew I couldn't live with that gilt feeling in my heart. Most Honesty.

@jeffclark7888 11 ай бұрын

@@JayTide I understand what you’re saying.

@bulldogsbob 11 ай бұрын

I think it was for 2 reasons 1 Hitler wasn’t a man worth killing yourself for 2 He was a Christian and suicide is seen as a sin,

@tkaali6866 11 ай бұрын

My favourite Field marshal ❤ The lion of defence 👑

@user-nx5ks3tl6w 7 ай бұрын

Волчары, Львы были Русские!

@johnelliott7375 11 ай бұрын

Major old school Field Marshal and didn't want to be disgraced and handed to the Russian troops.

@dleechristy 11 ай бұрын

They would've given him the justice he deserved

@JGD185 11 ай бұрын

@@dleechristy if you're gonna kill a lot of people, make sure you win. Like the Soviets

@clintfalk 9 ай бұрын

It didn't work that way. Apparently you were not familiar with the Nuremberg War Trials, carried out jointly by the allies. Quite a few Nazis walked or got off with minor punishments.

@clintfalk 9 ай бұрын

@@dleechristy Who was they? Are you familiar with the Nuremberg War Trials?

@dleechristy 9 ай бұрын

@@clintfalk True in the West (let off the hook) but with the Russians, good chance they would've strung up the SOB on the spot. or, if at Nuremberg promptly after the war, he'd get the treatment Jodl and Keitel got

@lolgasmz1212 11 ай бұрын

When people ask who the greatest German field marshal was it’s not Rommel or manstein it’s always been Model. A fantastic defensive general.

@paulboegel8009 11 ай бұрын

It was von manstein. Model was only successful in defense.

@robertcottam8824 11 ай бұрын

Are we talking WW2 or Prussian/German 'marshals', generally?

@brianhammer5107 10 ай бұрын

a true believer in National Socialism - an evil man partly responsible for Nazi crimes

@marcobassini3576 10 ай бұрын

No one remembers who managed a defensive losing war, till the end that was written long before. As far as I can tell the most known german field marshall is Rommel, which was on the offensive most of the time and achieved great victories even with an inferior army. Another field marshal remembered in Italy is Kesselring, for obvious reasons, and not for the best (he was in command of the SS who committed many civilian massacres, mostly elderly people, women and children, in 1944 and 1945 in Italy).

@thystruter6869 10 ай бұрын

@@paulboegel8009I agree von manstein the best of all either side

@andyx2299 11 ай бұрын

Model war ein Ehrenmann. ❤

@scoutandastir 10 ай бұрын

Nah, criminal coward.

@andyx2299 8 ай бұрын

Quatsch !!!@@scoutandastir

@raptorhacker599 8 күн бұрын

careful now. u could get life for that in Deutschland.

@PurpleCat9794 11 ай бұрын

Is Antonio Munoz's book translated into English? The other book you might be interested in Battle for the Ruhr written by Derek S. Zumbro. The Battle for Ruhr depicts the last days of Walter Model in great details. The author interviewed Winrich Behr and Gunther Reichhelm, Model's close staff officers, extensively for this book and gives a realistic picture of what Model was like as a commander and as a person. Model's son published a compilation of the letters and military documents related to his father on his 100th birthday. One of the last letters to his wife dated March 25 1945 included in the book , I believe he described desperate situation in the Ruhr pocket and impending end to his life. It makes you sad reading this. The book is in German.

@waracademy128 11 ай бұрын

No sorry

@robertcottam8824 11 ай бұрын

Thank you. I'll track down what I can. The 'Legal Deposit ' system is marvellous, isn't it? We can all find ANY source we like with a bit of effort... Having said that, in not sure how the German system works - except within university departments, from which merry-go-round, I'm happy to have stepped back. You seem quite experienced. Thus, being a 'private citizen', how would I go about requesting sources such as the ones you mentioned? That is - seeing representations/facsimiles in my library? I hold a 'Reader's Pass' but it's a pain as much as a blessing.. I'm newly-retired and would rather just order, wait, walk a couple of miles and read. Best wishes no matter your response (or none).

@johnelliott7375 11 ай бұрын

Real General who went down with their men! God bless him and his family.

@389383 11 ай бұрын

He didn't die in combat. He committed suicide.

@dleechristy 11 ай бұрын

May he burn hot in hell as a Nazi war criminal

@Manuel1976 11 ай бұрын

@@dleechristyget a life.

@TheIzroda 11 ай бұрын

@@389383 Yep, and anyone who's not ready to do the same in his shoes would be wise to not criticize.

@robertcottam8824 11 ай бұрын

@@TheIzroda Un peut dramatique. De plus - sans 'point'.

@thetypetwolife3602 11 ай бұрын

This is simply the best ww2 channel out there right now. You mix micro amd the macro very well

@johngarbutt 11 ай бұрын

He did the right thing in the end in my opinion. He was an extremely effective commander and should be viewed as an honourable man by history. The Nazi regime was rotten but many good men were amongst the German military machine.

@otfriedschellhas3581 11 ай бұрын

Yes. Model, Guderian were the best. They had the courage to lead from the front ,(like Rommel), and tospeak up to Hitler (unlike most of the others,).

@michaelbruce6190 10 ай бұрын

@@otfriedschellhas3581absolutely correct.... Model never backed down to Hitler, neither did Guderian.

@johnnylebay2059 10 ай бұрын

@@michaelbruce6190and yet they never ceased to follow orders?

@wattage2007 10 ай бұрын

@@johnnylebay2059You generally find soldiers don’t refuse to follow orders.

@johnnylebay2059 10 ай бұрын

@@wattage2007 well the orders don't usually call for never before seen scale of brutality and mass genocide...

@BrianHayter-zl2uc 4 ай бұрын

Model was a genius.

@desmondmulcahy5689 10 ай бұрын

He had recent knowledge that the Soviets had indicted him for war crimes in Latvia and knew that surrender to the western allies - who would have been Treaty bound to hand him over to the soviets - would have been pointless.

@somalinetflix3533 11 ай бұрын

A hard end for a hard man.

@inter860 9 ай бұрын

I was at his grave. It was destroyed by visitors. Someone placed a candle and empty cartridges on his grave site.

@reginaldmcnab3265 11 ай бұрын

Adversity makes strong and resolute men!

@balancedactguy 11 ай бұрын

That..or it TEARS THEM TO PIECES!

@LudosErgoSum 10 ай бұрын

He was the very Model of a modern major general.

@H-Zazoo 9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@von-Adler 11 ай бұрын

He was buried near a tree and the tree was marked. Post War possibly after a few years, his Officers returned and exhumed the body. He now lies in a proper grave in a cemetery. If it is in a German Military Cemetary the flat stone might be enscribed Walter Modal FM and the dates

@EngPheniks 8 ай бұрын

Rommel and Model were undoubtedly two great Officers 👍👍👍

@Pear_slingshot 8 ай бұрын

Two of the best Germans from that time.

@ihsanersindemirel8918 10 ай бұрын

This decision was the right one. He would have been hung by the Soviets.

@galleste 10 ай бұрын

Model was very successful blunting Russian attacks on the Eastern front. His actions probably cost the Russians losses of a million men. He would have been tried and executed after the war by them. Also, I feel he was disheartened by the Nazi regime and how it all ended up by April 1945.

@antoniodelaugger9236 10 ай бұрын

lol im pretty sure he will be executed from how soviet civilians suffered under the territories under his command. He's completely a general of old antiquity, raiding villages aren't war crimes for him, they're just viable strategies.

@JayTide 3 ай бұрын

@@antoniodelaugger9236the war was brutal on both sides. Blame politicians and bankers, not soldiers.

@frankstefini3392 Күн бұрын

I learned something from this. I have a new respect for Mödel now. I didn’t know that that’s how he thought or died.

@clausbohm9807 11 ай бұрын

I am very sad for his loving wife that was never able to spend any time with him after the war. War is tragic on so many levels.

@user-nx5ks3tl6w 7 ай бұрын

А сколько любящих жён не дождались своих из за этих вояк, сами проиграли и Германию подставили

@clausbohm9807 7 ай бұрын

@@user-nx5ks3tl6w "War is tragic on SO MANY levels."

@rickwilliams1204 3 ай бұрын

Are you kidding, a great general, but a butcher to the core

@clausbohm9807 3 ай бұрын

@@rickwilliams1204 Where is the reference to his butchery, I read the only book I could find on him.

@ianjarrett2724 9 ай бұрын

When you live by the sword, you have to be prepared to die by it, too.

@otfriedschellhas3581 11 ай бұрын

Who was Model? When Hitler suggested how to command the 9. Army, Model answered:"who is in command of 9. Army, you or I?" -Hitler was impressed. Whe Model arrived at 9. Army command post, Soviets were outside plundering the supply depot and hi staff officers were near panic. He calmly stepped up and explained the next counter attack.moves. His officers were stunned and asked,:" How, what have you brought us to execute this?" Model's answer:" Me!" That restired confidence and a hopeless situation. This us what Model was about.

@robertwindedahl4919 9 ай бұрын

Forever a great German Warrior respect and honor to all Fallen German Warriors of the past you were all the best

@woodenseagull1899 9 ай бұрын

All war criminals...

@jody6851 9 ай бұрын

Are you including the ones who murdered defenseless men, women, and children by the millions? All in the name of Deutschland und Der Fuhrer?

@icedsushi7957 8 ай бұрын

@@woodenseagull1899 Read more history before commenting. The american committed a lot of war crime in the island of Sicily during the Italian campaign.The most notable one is the Biscari massacre.

@user-nx5ks3tl6w 7 ай бұрын

Советские Маршалы были Лучшими и их Героические Солдаты?

@tomekgwiazdka3994 11 ай бұрын

Silesia in Czechoslovakia? Modern day? :D

@joelmonkley6177 10 ай бұрын

Walter Model was a real soldier died the best way he could of I'm glad he didn't get handed to the Russians or put on show by the Americans

@sk8trryan1997 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for using original music. Why i subbed to this channel

@JamesJohnson-gv7tv 4 күн бұрын

In the end he was true to the dictum that Field Marshals don’t surrender…..period!

@bman6065 11 ай бұрын

No further thoughts required seemed straightforward. Considering the cause he died for ended as well as could have hoped.

@oscarmadison8530 11 ай бұрын

Nice work,Sergio. Where may I purchase a copy of Mr. Muñoz' book?

@waracademy128 11 ай бұрын

Ty man. In Amazon. Only in spanish

@oscarmadison8530 11 ай бұрын

@@waracademy128 Thank you. 👍🏻

@themanwithnoname7606 11 ай бұрын

I would like a copy also. It will be used for lighting the fire

@deepcosmiclove 11 ай бұрын

It is pronounced MO del not Model like in a model airplane.

@colonelreb2688 11 ай бұрын

It’s an AI

@alexanderv7815 11 ай бұрын

Nothing but respect for Field Marshal Model.

@jamesa702 10 ай бұрын

There is no easy way out of having done negative activities selfishly in life. Spiritual responsibility must be faced always.

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 11 ай бұрын

I think 🤔 that brilliant Marshall did not deserve those ridiculously speech launched by Ghobless... he served faithfully wehrmacht and Germany as deciplined Solder ..like others when he committed suicide he closed his militarily life full of gloriously 😢 ...about Paulus I think he was not traitor neither a Coward but both Adolf Hitler blindly stubbornly ordered without adequate supplies in early suitable times . and Manstein failure to reach Mishkova rivers in an early suitable time ... even Manstein did not order Paulus to break out from that lethal Stalingrad gaping . Because Manstein realized Paulus hadn't sufficient fuel ,food, water, and ammunition for breakout ....thank you ( War academy) channel for sharing this wonderful video

@adamstrange7884 11 ай бұрын

Model had faith in the wrong power, but he was always good to his men, unlike Schorner who killed german solders for no good reason.

@erichughes284 10 ай бұрын

A sad ending for agreat commander

@clintfalk 9 ай бұрын

Really? You don't feel sad for the others who died, having no hand in starting the war that killed them?

@girishdevappa5562 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@davesinclair1836 11 ай бұрын

Leo Kessler wrote a wonderful account of the Ruhr Pocket battle

@terryarmbruster9719 10 ай бұрын

Better a Model officer than a Model prisoner

@WW24343 10 ай бұрын

He was a Cowardly punk only a coward committed suicide

@Kammler262 11 ай бұрын

12 German tanks from Panzer Lehr Division against more than 3,300 tanks from the Allied. Good job Hitler, Hitler forgot to declare a war against an Alien civilization secretly living beneth the earth's crust. 10,000 Allied plus Alien tanks would sound sexier than just 3,300 tanks.

@tomassmolen9443 11 ай бұрын

you should directing movies !

@saradolphin3242 8 ай бұрын

Feild Marshall Model Was a Loyal Soldier!

@CornCod1 11 ай бұрын

Too bad Model felt compelled to do himself in. He was a fine general, particularly in defensive warfare. Amother fine German marshal who was great on the defense was Kesselring. He was always a happy and cheerful guy. Photos show him smiling, as was his habit, on the day of his surrender. He would spend hours happily dicussing the art of warfare with American generals. Eisenhower felt compelled to issue an order that his generals had to stop buying him lunch at the POW camp. He was at peace with himself, confident that he did the best job he could. His autobiogrsphy is a hoot.

@donaldatherton319 10 ай бұрын

Smiling Albert

@pkjdm 4 ай бұрын

He was a True warrior unlike paulus

@ransommeade3325 11 ай бұрын

"Old school" tuff - balls !;

@goonbelly5841 9 күн бұрын

He was a Model German Field Marshal.

@chrizrockz900rr4 11 ай бұрын

Ein Feldmarschall geht nicht in Gefangenschaft

@asullivan4047 10 ай бұрын

Interesting and informative.Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing. Class A research project!!! Model was a fool to obey the disillusioned/arrogant Hitler. As was Von Paulus on the eastern front. Having blind faith cost additional 10s of thousands of lives. That the leadership in Berlin didn't care about.

@stefanthorpenberg887 8 ай бұрын

He was a role model in a more general sense.

@Occident. 10 ай бұрын

Brave man. Loyal to the bitter end.

@roelkomduur8073 9 ай бұрын

Sending young men to their deaths..

@jasonmussett2129 11 ай бұрын

Another interesting video. Cheers 👍

@waracademy128 11 ай бұрын

Ty man

@Oseiwe 14 күн бұрын

See how much disaster a single man with sufficient power can cause to so many honourable people. I have no problem with a dictatorship; but I have a serious issue with autocracy of a single man

@wattyler2994 3 күн бұрын

Unfortunately for history Model's suicide was probably dictated more by his fear of being tried as a War Criminal than doing his duty as a loyal soldier. The evidence against him was as strong as that that led to others being sentenced to death at Nuremburg. No tears for him please he knew the score.

@johnbroussard9480 10 ай бұрын

Let me guess here, he had absolutely no knowledge of the atrocities being actively pursued by the Nazis against harmless, defenseless civilians. The honorable thing to do is to explain to posterity how you were seduced against your better judgment by these spineless criminals.

@ToreDL87 9 ай бұрын

Yeah chances are he knew about it, another thing that doesn't help his case is actively ordering scorched earth policy, displacemnt of up to quarter of a million Russian civilians (not that they ever cared about their own except when it suited them) and untold numbers of civilians killed by that alleged clean Wehraboo of his.

@dleechristy Күн бұрын

LOL

@laguaridademaximo3278 11 ай бұрын

Epic

@davecopp9356 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video about a honorable great real man with the germanic spirit of a real warrior. Respect and RIP.

@randyjenkins8743 9 ай бұрын

A real German knight

@renojensen498 11 ай бұрын

One of the best comanders. He also knew it's was all over and will be hanged. I also think he realise he had served a crazy system and think of all the pain for nothing for his army.🎩

@orlandofurioso7958 11 ай бұрын

It would be hard to argue he was a hero, hard to argue he was completely evil. Killing himself wasn't an act of bravery nor cowardice. It's probably a record, but 20 U.S. soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor for one single battle, the Battle of Wounded Knee, which more aptly was a war crime, mass murder, genocide. And I am sure none of them thought of themselves as war criminals, mass murderers. Model didn't see himself as such either. The Soviets had already indicted him for killing some 600,000 people in concentration camps and he had learned that. "Has everything been done to justify our actions in the light of history," he asked. I have no doubt Hitler asked the same question, not necessarily the exact words, but in the same spirit, to men. That's the question neither of them would have asked standing before God. They already knew in their knowers the answer.

@doncheechako8084 11 ай бұрын

Desperate deflection about Wounded Knee. It was in no way comparable to the Nazi mass killings on the eastern front or their deliberate starvation-killings of millions of Russian POW's. Model knew exactly what was going on from the beginning of the war (if not before) he chose not to think about it, until the very last days of the war. A skilled commander but no sympathy for him at all.

@scottw5315 11 ай бұрын

WTF are you bringing up wounded knee for in this context? You people are just plain weird. The plains indians were every bit as savage to each other and to white settlers as the US Army was to them. Stop crying about the indians. Do you weep for Neanderthal who was displaced by Cro-Magnon?

@animula6908 10 ай бұрын

I don’t think most soldiers are completely good or evil.

@orlandofurioso7958 10 ай бұрын

@@animula6908 Agreed. Most of them are only slightly corrupt, having so little power. I enjoy diaries by and interviews with veterans, Allies and Axis. They didn't want war. They didn't want kill. They didn't want be killed. They were the cannon fodder of the rich and powerful who are the most evil.

@davidlogan4965 11 ай бұрын

Y'all have great content but I'm absolutely begging you to pay for a person to read your scripts! the AI speech is not of a good enough quality for medium length videos yet.

@rokana9641 11 ай бұрын

The infamous "to the last man" nonsensical orders..

@jb-xc4oh 3 ай бұрын

Sometimes the order is necessary. Model gave that order to Otto Kumm in Feb 42 to hold a position to the last man during the first Russian winter counter offensive. The fate of army group center depended on Otto Kumm and his regiment of the SS Das Reich division. They held the most important part of the line for three weeks repelling daily attacks by the Russians and suffering appalling loses. Ther crisis was averted and Model went on to stabilize the positions of army group center. Otto Kumm survived the war.

@bdcochran01 4 ай бұрын

He was a hard man who led a hard life who made a hard decision. As I told my son about people, you don't have to emulate him. You take the good parts and throw out the bad parts. He knew how to interact with people and get desired results. Otherwise, his ethics were bad.

@marcopothuizen 11 ай бұрын

This way, he saved his family for revenge from Berlin. Smart and nobel.

@zahrokhasan 10 ай бұрын

my favorite feldmarschall. thank you for the video!

@H-Zazoo 9 ай бұрын

I didn't now there was such a thing as having a favourite Nazi Feldmarschall. Now I will have to have a think to come up with mine. In the meantime can I have a favourite death camp commandant? Hoess is usually pretty popular. And quite resilient. The way the soviet soldier had give the chair a second kick.

@therearenoshortcuts9868 9 ай бұрын

looking at the comments war criminal or not he certainly managed to secure a reasonable reputation for himself in history by his final act

@dleechristy Күн бұрын

only for people with no morals who excuse wars of EXTERMINATION, genocide, and ethnic cleansing. It was a war aim.

@dougfleming1708 10 ай бұрын

Ahem, I recognize that scene from when my favorite basketball team lost and the opponents kept on "stalling"

@michaelmallal9101 11 ай бұрын

First time I've seen Gobbles in military attire 6:20.

@matthiass.7343 4 күн бұрын

Models War crime were a mountain of horrible facts in the east. Choosing a Prussian tradition to never surrender it was his deadly end creating so much blood death of soldiers....

@amirhussein5966 11 ай бұрын

Model was a man of HONOR

@H-Zazoo 9 ай бұрын

They fought to the last out-take of "Downfall".

@donaldsmith7640 11 ай бұрын

Germany's great history of defense in depth and indirect movement was annihilated by, as Model would say, "these _igs." Not to mention Germany's women and children.

@SeamHead33 11 ай бұрын

WW2 was Man vs. Evil and Man lost

@johngannett7373 4 ай бұрын

He was betrayed in the end by his superiors as he was loyal to his country.

@waynelittle646 11 ай бұрын

Walter Model was a hero RIP

@davidjackson2179 11 ай бұрын

He was a capable general but certainly not a hero. He enabled his troops to commit a mass of atrocities on the Eastern Front and likely would have been convicted of war crimes after the war had he not killed himself.

@waynelittle646 11 ай бұрын

@@davidjackson2179 glory to Germany

@TheToolnut 10 ай бұрын

@@davidjackson2179Several allied generals should have been hanged after the war for war crimes.

@stephenwatson8981 10 ай бұрын

@@waynelittle646 Nazi

@clintfalk 9 ай бұрын

@@TheToolnut And which allied generals? You said "several" yet you couldn't be bothered to name one and why they should have been hanged.

@svenerikjohansson8130 10 ай бұрын

Probably a combination of different factors, what he had said about Paulus surrendering alive, the situation that was militarily hopeless, the expectation of being handed over to the Soviet Union and the mood he was in that very day, and his world view ( more nationalistic than spiritual it seems) caused his suicide. Maybe he was also under influence of alcohol,that makes judgement worse or eradicates it in some kinds of situations.

@vincentkosik403 7 ай бұрын

Midelcame to realize the truth of his Nannie masters

@marktweet7395 11 ай бұрын

Flegelien

@romeuedson8504 15 сағат бұрын

Os Generais Alemães, sempre foram professores de todas as escolas de generais do mundo...Model, Rommel, Kesselring, Manstein, Guderian, para citar apenas alguns...Mas como formulador dinamico das mais criativas e eficazes ações defensivas, Model foi Mestre, Mentor e Modelo, único...

@conceptalfa 11 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@ralphe5842 Күн бұрын

In past wars Marshals did have to surrender as they were usually safely behind the lines and left the dirty work to the ones left in charge (who thy could blame later for there failure) an were unlikely to face a trial as the enemy was probably a cousin or uncles. Model knew what he faced a short trip on a piece of rope.

@liberty_and_justice67 4 күн бұрын

Model had the courage Schorner lacked🎉

@Dontwlookatthis 11 ай бұрын

AI narrators cannot pronounce names correctly and cannot distinguish a number used in Roman Numerals such as WWII, producing a stutter effect. Bring back human narrators with their unique accents. Be better World, especially America.

@389383 11 ай бұрын

Surprised he didn't get someone from customer support in India.

@leehughart3160 10 ай бұрын

Be careful what you give your life to serve.

@jeffmilum9001 10 ай бұрын

The general's name was "MO- DULL" not "model." How irritating.

@ianasir277 10 ай бұрын

He was a war criminal. It still amazes me how few people, widely read in WWII history, have still not read the works of modern German historians, works available in English, that make crystal clear that the entire leadership of the German military were legally and morally guilty of unspeakable crimes, as were vast numbers of their troops.

@tackies100 10 ай бұрын

Modern German historians? You mean clever little Jerries wet behind the ears, wanting to gain a bit of fame by running real men down who did their best under a murderous regime and incredibly difficult circumstances, by digging up all sorts of dubious stories long after that generation has died and there is no one left to set the facts right?

@clintfalk 9 ай бұрын

Correct, and many were acquitted, give lenient sentences or branded as "fellow travelers" at the war trials. For the most part, justice was not served as few of the guilty were convicted or ever held accountable.

@kurtjammer9568 9 ай бұрын

So we're the americans

@bdcochran01 9 ай бұрын

Yes, In the history of the world, a number of the guilty always escape because they become useful tools for the next group (s) of competing people.@@clintfalk