Thanks for the maps. Greatly appreciated.

Wow General Model!! MY father mentioned him...said he was a phenominal man and a great commander. Said because he REALLY cared about his men. He refused many orders from above because of that winter. What a sad thing for great men like that to end up as they did.

Thanks for your story.

War sucks, please remember that.

Glantz is pretty good western military analyst/ writer. What do you think about Anthony Beever? Have you read any of his many books?

@@UnknownHumanOnline I heard of him but I've been so stuck on Glantz, haven't much time for many others just yet. I did read a book by Lev Lophukovsky; " The Viazma Catastrophe: The Red Army's Disastrous Stand Against Operation Typhoon.". That was exceptionally great!

​@@UnknownHumanOnlineBeevor is hard to stomach, in my opinion. Not only does he come off smug and arrogant, but he is fanatically bro-British (he's English) and if you read his revisionist style account of Operation Market Garden, you'll be left with the impression that the British paratroops single-handedly defeated the German Army in the West & that the operation was a success. Nonetheless, he draws a large audience and much praise from those who would rather read such fantasy narratives, than accept historical realities. Robert Kershaw is an excellent historian and writer who, despite being a retired British airborne colonel, always goes out of his way to tell both sides of each event in the pursuit of truth and digs deep for previously unknown primary sources for the men who were there. His account of Mark Garden "It Never Snows in September" is fascinating and instantly gives the impression of authenticity.

Zhukov was under huge pressure from Stalin. It's easy for a historian to write a book. Much more difficult to actually do it.

@@redtobertshateshandles Just like Manstein and many other generals were under pressure from Adolf Hitler. Hitler's meddling restricted his generals of their freedom of movement. The pressure from the dictators was existent on both sides.

Even to this day, with Ukraine they still have the same mentality.

Western allies and Russia never cared about human lives. Capitalists and communists only care about shekels..

That's a lie. You have no shame.

LOL!

😂😂is that all?!! It made me run to the shop instead of walking to get my burger and fries. 150maway

But according to the west, d-day was the biggest battle of ww2. Nothing of any significance occurred on the eastern front.

Yo be fair it’s the worst Dakota

​​@@anandnairkollam...MAYBE THAT WAS BECAUSE THE WEST WASN'T DOING ANY OF THE FIGHTING ON THE EASTERN FRONT?!! A PERSON'S POINT OF VIEW HAS A HECK OF A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON HOW THEY PERCEIVE THINGS... DUH-(?)

Don’t be so matter of fact.. you aren’t smart enough to get away with it.

@@daleburrell6273 as always. You on the west are always right. You just can't be wrong.

Some of those leaders like Hitler already served their terms.

Thanks! I am glad to see you here again! )

Cheers from the States: prepare to go Viking. Again.

​@@StalinLovsMsmZioglowfagzWas ist Wikinger Reise?

Greetings from Finland 🇫🇮❤️

​@@UnknownHumanOnlineIch habe ein Kanal aus Finnland seit 6 Monate 👍

I pazzi erano due ma gli angloamericani fecero vincere il secondo

Professional long term research work!!! I was amazed by the photographer's professional skills!!!

Probably online. Most definitely astonishing pictures and I've never seen most of them either..

General Zhukov, not Khukov.

The German reputation for precision and tight tolerances in manufacturing came back to haunt them. Loose tolerances work much better in those types of conditions. Guns, truck, everything.

They had no choice but to run into the fire

@@krakrtreacysr907 you mean shot by the Germans or shot by the order of their political party members ?

The losses were far greater from this one battle than the Americans lost in the entire war but then the Soviets were fighting for their own country with limited resources at first whilst the Americans had the benefit of having secure safe production facilities and overwhelming material superiority by the time they eventually joined in

poor tactics and equipment.

@@peterrobbins2862 long before they joined in they gave to the Russians

Well, if you could have been bothered to Google his name supplied above, you would know........and in less time than it took you to write your thinly veiled accusation........

For your information, I did google his name. I was only able to establish that he existed. I didn't find any references to his diary or memoirs being published. Granted, I didn't search every corner of the internet. The burden of proof for the veracity of this story does not lie with me but with the publisher. If you watch any TIK videos he regularly finds errors in accounts given by soldiers and officers when compared to official military records. Some falsehoods occur without intent especially in memoirs (the memory can be a faulty record keeper). Some are intentional either to not appear in a bad light or for profit. D-Day Through German Eyes By Holger Eckhertz is a prime example of passing off fiction as fact for the sake of profit. The Long Walk would be another. It appears that many have been suckered into believing both works as true. If you can vouch for the veracity of this account, please share. I work a regular job and don't have time for research or traveling to Germany to view original source documents. This being a thinly veiled accusation is a misinterpretation on your part. Personally I have been enjoying all these historical accounts as I prefer this to looking at it on a strategic level. This specific story I believe as true. (You'll notice that I wasn't questioning this account specifically, but all of them in general. This is quite a volume of collected work). There are other accounts that were questionable at least in part.@@Beauloqs

I lived on the canadian prairies for decades…. Can be very very harsh ( worse in the 1970s than now)

Thanks ! Hello to you too !

-51c 🥶😵

Not to mention, Multiple paid advertisements without notifying the audience they are watching paid sponsorship advertisement which is directly against TOS and can raise legal issues.

So originally he was your Uncle Wilhelm ? 🤔

Wilhelm von knutsacker. His testicles fell for fuhrer und varterland

Wilhelm got frozen baws then transitioned by the Russian winter?

Stalin & Lenin too ? 😂

Who cares about them. We are Americans and will do it again @@motorrebell

Germany also did not have near the number of motor vehicles of all types, and did not have near enough fuel. The only source was the Romanian oil fields in Ploesti, which was no where near enough to meet the needs of the Wehrmacht (Heer, Luftwaffe, and Kriegsmarine). Germany also had a tactical airforce only. They had no long range bombing capability. They had no concept of "Strategic Bombing." One of Goering's many shortcomings.

One front economy four front war it was never going to end well

​@@peterrobbins2862 Yes, and Hitler, trying to be strong everywhere, ended up strong nowhere. He had his forces spread out all over the map. As Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein said; " He who attempts to hold everything at once, ends up with holding nothing at all."

Come ho già detto in altra occasione se quel pazzo di hitler avesse fatto fare la guerra a Von Mannstein e Model i migliori generali della seconda guerra mondiale ( questo riconosciuto anche dagli americani!) sarebbe stata un’altra storia…..

Let's be honest.... Russia was able to outlast German military conquest because of Lend Lease. America gave the Soviet Union the supplies needed to hold off anti communist forces. Without that pitiful support Stalin would have been forced to a treaty or surrender. The military might of ussr is and always has been a myth.