The Complete History of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf | The Waffen SS Elite
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- How did the Totenkopf Division come about? What were your first campaigns and what impact did they have on the battles? What happened to them when they were trapped in Demianks' bag? What was your toughest fight? What was the end of 3rd SS Totenkopf Division like? Next, in this program we are going to analyze all these aspects and many more about this unit nicknamed the Skull Division.
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00:00 The Creation of the Totenkopf Division
01:15 Battle of France 1940
03:05 The Totenkopf in Barbarossa
04:30 The Demianks Bag
05:40 Reconstruction in France 1942
06:55 The Totenkopf in Kharkiv 1943
08:05 The Totenkopf in Kursk 1943
09:45 Defensive fighting until April 1944
11:14 The Totenkopf in Warsaw 1944
12:15 The Totenkopf in Hungary 1945
12:54 The end of the Totenkopf - Розваги
This is exactly what I needed, had one of my worst days ever and to come home and see that you posted is a blessing. Thank you for all your hard work on these videos
Ty
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I've read that the Russians would take no Totenkopf as prisoners. If you wore the death head insignia, it was a death sentence.
All Waffen ss division used it even normal tank commanders had it even if there was in the ss
This was a specific unit designation and insignia. Americans confuse it with all SS frequently. The Totenkopf was used only by concentration camp
Soldiers and this unit. All SS did use this on their hat, but only this init had it for a unit mark, along with camp guards
The Soviet typically shot all Waffen SS prisoners
@@Wolf-hh4rv a good story is about a swedish commander those was a platon chief of 11th ss nordland he survived because he change clothes from ss uniforms to a normal grey/green wehrmacht jacket in Berlin 1945
Yeah, well, they were dead meat too.@@Wolf-hh4rv
Excellent work with this upload. 👍🏻
Ty man
The complete history of the Wafffen SS division Totenkopf took Massimiliano Afiero 2 volumes of his series of books on the SS divisions, other divisions took only one volume. Yet your ‘complete’ history took a massive 13 minutes. WOW !!
What are the titles of those Books ?
Nice history and footage. Thanks.
Never heard anyone call it the Skull Division before, "Death's Head" yes but never skull
I would not call it 'elite". This division was special, most fanatical for sure. They were not some super soldiers. It was "death division" - it means that it was as dangerous to the enemy as to it's own soldiers. If you joined 'Totenkopf" you had a very little chance to survive. The amount of casualties they suffered was enormous. This division "died" five times during the war - when fighting on the eastern front they were losing like 3000 men a month (the size of the division was around 17000 men)
I would have to agree with you they certainly were known for fanatical resistance and definitely had that fighting spirit but completely wreckless. That said when they were attached to the SS Panzer Corps under Hauser alongside Leibstandarte and Das Reich this increased their combat value to such a degree that at least until Citadel they could certainly be considered elite
Generally Waffen SS major flaw was the willingness of their officers to accept high casualties regardless of the value of the objective. If Wehrmacht officers had led those divisions they would have been much greater contributors to the military power of Germany
Read George Nipe’s book Decision in the Ukraine. They were very elite. Manstein called them the best of the WSS
The Totenkopf division was instrumental in defeating the Allied counter attack at Arras May 1940. In two days of fighting 109 tanks were knocked out , 49 were credited to Totenkopf.
At the final surrender Pregarten 1945, divisional strenght was about 9000 men not 1000. Multiple pictures exist of the various units assembling in meadows.. Interesting that when the Division was handed over to the Soviets they were divided into small groups and heavily gaurded by American tanks and infantry. Some members tried to escape and many were shot dead with more wounded, those wounded were picked up by Americian ambulances, treated in American hospitals and then released. Also any Totenkopf wounded recovering in various hospitals throughout Germany were released.
Great job with this documentary.
Fortunately, my grandfather's battlefield deployment in the Totenkopf Oberbayern ended at Opotchka, Russia on or around July 25th. He was schwehrverwundert before getting stuck with the rest of the TK in the meat-grinder; the Demyansk Pocket. He had been stationed out of Dachau military base from 1937 - 1939. At that time the military dissident camp at Dachau was not a "concentration camp". There was a LOT more to do in and around Munchen in those years than "staff a concentration camp". I have photos of my grandfather guarding the Ehrentempel, I am currently in possession of his marching and marksmanship awards and he also trained extensively at the athletics center there at Dachau. What's that?? Didn't know there was so much more going on at Dachau than "concentration" huh? That said, I sure would not have wanted to be detained there.
badass division
YOu are either deeply perverted, or maybe five years old. Or both.
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Good history Channel
Great content, well done, but I’m not sure about ‘complete history’ in 13 and a half minutes.
It is a war crime to turn captured enemy soldiers over to other countries. Yet Eisenhower did this on more than one occasion. Word is that when he came home after the war he returned as a very rich man. He was paid well for his crimes.
If this is true, yes, he is outright guilty of criminal actions against soldiers who had already surrendered. It's a shame, but the victors write the history.
Es ist bekannt das Eisenhower ein Deutschenhasser war! Er war selber einer der größten Kriegsverbrecher!
Helden!
Good video
Ty
@@waracademy128 You're welcome
First time I've ever heard they were known as the "skull division". Does YT not allow the use of the (DH) moniker?
If it for a YT censor then he shouldn't have substituted it with another word and just not mentioned it, that's just how misinformation is spread.
I'm sorry it was theodore eicke I believe
Modern Ukranians also wear Totenkopf symbol in several uniforms
The French executed their battle plan. Surrender!
To be fair, most of continental Europe surrendered too. The Wehrmacht looked unstoppable until they got deep into Russia.
The French general who was chief of staff said of the French collapse on the battle front, "Every bit of this is the result of socialism." He was right. Just look at the American armed forces today which represent militarized socialism in real time. We'd be hard pressed in a war against Monaco.
@@JGD185 The Germans were fighting a multi front war you should know that, if just the Bolsheviks Germany would have rid them in time.
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Really NEED to get pronunciation of names correct! Not sure if this is real person pronouncing the words or artificial language. Part of retelling history is getting names pronounced correctly.
SO MANY CASUALTIES....
The 4th SS Division called ''Poliei'' made up of burgomeisters and police cadets fought up in Narva on the Finnish-Leningrad front .I remember it was not converted to Pzr-Gren status? though like to see a video on that when there is time .Thanks.
Polizei
Polizei division was only a panzergrenadier division because it was mediocre in combat while Leibstandarte, Das Reich, Totenkopf and Wiking were converted to full panzer divisions due to their outstanding performance in battle and later in the war the new SS divisions Hitlerjugend, Frundsberg and Hohenstaufen were built as panzer divisions from the beginning.
"The Skull Division" I have never heard of this reference, your history is incorrect, the "Totenkopf" division goes well further back in German history into the early 1800's.
You pronounce wiking wrong a wermacht wrong. The w is pronounced as a v would be!
It's a computer doing the voice-over soooooo
Totenkopf mean death's head.
Not the “skull” division, the Death Head. AI mispronunciation, identification and butchering as usual.
Dem-EE-ansk
started out as camp guards then hitler said "we need more SS troops!"
Please, VAFFEN SS not UAFFEN SS! Pease keep the GERMAN SOUND !
CONGRATS FOR THE CONTENT.
I always wondered what this division was, because my grandpa fought in the Lapland war and one of the SS Obersturmführer that surrendered to him 219 men was found out to be a former Totenkopf officer leading a "special unit" called Einsatzkommando. The captive kept saying that he is not of a standard division, and documents revealed that this man trained in Dachau 1938 at the age of just 18 before being moved to Poland, not only killing those who were Jews, but also those families who had an old testament bible.
Dummes Zeug!
I think you made this up..
RIP heiliges Deutschland ❤
They tried to prevent the destruction of Europe that we witness today in 2023.
Sick
Schwachkopf 🤡@@dougrobbins5367
Deutschland uber alles.
Wasn't this sepp dietrich's division?
Dietrich commanded the Leibstandarte as a divisional commander and then later i believe he was commander of the SS Panzer Army I'm not sure if he was a Corps Commander or went from Division to Field Army commander as by then promotions were easier to come by especially for Dietrich who was always one of Hitler's favorites and after the July bomb plot being a loyal Nazi was more important than abilities
Yes Dietrich commanding 1 SS and Paul Hausser as corps commander
At the end of the war when Hitler sent Dietrich to defend the polesti oil fields, I've read that Dietrich sent a sleeve of the SS panzer division to Hitler because Hitler was complaining that the SS panzer wasn't doing enough to stop the Russians from taking the oil fields.the first as panzer division never stood a chance and all that was left was one panzer"dietrich's factual opinion".
You had eight year olds to do the text?
It would be nice if you could pronounce the names of the German units correctly.
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It's not "De-mainsk", but "Dem-yansk".
Why can't you spell or pronounce Demyansk, at least do a little research!
True heroes... Many tears shed for my brothers... My wife is African American so don't try the Nazis crap.
True murderers I think you mean. Lots of prior experience.
Two -s:
1) Using Spanish maps
2) Female pronouns
B ! 😮😁
Okay, so...Dead Heads?
The video says in the title that it is the complete history of the division. At no point in this video is there any mention of war crimes, fanaticism regarding National Socialism and its racial theory, or the concentration camps for which the personnel were provided by the "Totenkopf" division. It is shown here as a normal fighting unit. The members of the “Totenkopf” division in particular can never be called soldiers like everyone else.
Wait a minute. Your ignorance is beyond belief. Of course, they were soldiers, what do you think they did ? Babysit the "real soldier's" children ? These were valiant men fighting for their fatherland, and they died heroically in brutal battle against godless communism. You should understand that the victors write the history books. You obviously don't have a clue what you are talking about.
Excellent point. There is a WW2TV prog now about Leibstandarte and the same comment applies to that mockery of history. TheTexasmick reply below is a post of wonderment.
@@TheTexasmickWell said mate..Thanks.
Egal wo, diese Soldaten waren die Tapfersten! Diese Hetze gegen diese Elitetruppe ist widerlich! Die Alliierten waren alle Kriegsverbrecher!
@@TheTexasmickgenauso ist es! Wäre stolz auf diese Truppe!
A story of zealous warriors brain-washed by their evil master;
to fight evil with evil..
Still butt-hurt that you lost. Pathetic
Ha ha zealous murderers. How do you think they were recruited? For skills ? or murderous attitude and experience - maybe in the SA or Freikorps?
This division was full of war criminals none of which is mentioned in this video. Hardly a complete history
They mentioned that 6000 guards of the concentration camps were enrolled
War academy does not usually talk about war crimes. he is focused on military history. I agree with you on SS. Waffen SS is War Criminal SS.
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As neutral, I see war criminals on all sides.
Victor writes the narrative.
Say it as it really was the German invasion of Poland and German invasion of France.
Starting off by saying campaign battle of Poland and France is historical revisionism and vague. Which campaign in Poland? The Warsaw Ghetto? Which battle of France? The one with French resistance?
The guilt can never be washed, it can only be admitted.
Totenkopf = worm food
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