Budapest 44: The Battle For Hungary (October - December 1944)
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The Siege of Budapest and the battles that led to it have had precious little written about them (in English!), so the bulk of this video (and the next) comes from one book:
Krisztián Ungváry, Battle for Budapest: 100 Days in World War 2
This is by far the most detailed account of the battle that I could find.
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Rest of the world: So you're a monarchy Hungary?
Hungary: Yes
Rest of the world: Do you have a monarch?
Hungary: No we have an admiral
Rest of the world: so you have an admiral. Do you have a navy?
Hungary: No we don't even have a coastline
Rest of the world: Ok but do you have any claims?
Hungary: Yes
Rest of the world: Are they on Germany?
Hungary: No
Rest of the world: Are they on Yugoslavia?
Hungary: No
Rest of the world: Then who are they on?
Hungary: Romania
Rest of the world: Will you invade them?
Hungary: Oh God no they're our allies!
That wasn't a discusion the us president had with the hungarian diplomat when he announced that Hungary declared war on them(USA)?
Yes
Great summery!
Hoi4 in a nutshell
We had claims on Yugoslavia
Pls tell me you will do an in-depth video on the actual siege of Budapest.
You got it today ;)
@@BraceletGrolf and yesterday
He already did you fuck wit.
@@noanyabizniz4333 OP posted that a year ago, don't be a dick.
@@colbygordon6936 Shut the fuck up. I served 3 years at Brushy Penitentiary, don't think you fucking scare me for a SECOND!
Another small detail , according to the stories of my grandfather who was a medic in the Hungarian army, during ceasefire, the Hungarian army was throwing fresh bread over to the Soviet soldiers and they were throwing warm clothing and vodka back. Also, there were a lot of defections going on before the Soviets reached Budapest. The army encircling Budapest was already a mixed nationalities consisting of Russians, Ukrainians, Hungarians, Romanians. Basically the Axis forces were bleeding manpower and the Soviets were picking them up. History is never black and white, but thousands shades of grey. Also, it's new to me, that even the nazi Szalasi found Hitler's idea of holding Budapest at all costs as insane and futile, no wonder many people given up on the crazy man's orders.
I might add that I PERSONALLY feel that the defectors in Hungary to either Germany OR the Soviets failed to show the requisite patriotism to Hungary! Ones duty is to tour country first before a PERCEIVED allie!
@@eric777100763 bruv u alright m8?
@@rhysstanley7387 I was making the point that people should put their own country before a foreign power.
@@adambednarek7146 of course it was those Eskimos that made the third right rise. That post is so full of shit it's pathetic the Nazis and the Germans were synonymous.
@@adambednarek7146 yeah well their pussy asses didn't do anything about it though did they?
This is a pretty over looked part of World War 2, thanks for the video and as usual great work !
I have an endless reservoir of mild annoyance with how American media depicts WWII as a conflict that was fought from June 1944 to May 1945 in northern France between US, UK, and Germany.
@@Sky_Guy yeah, that's true. As someone from Eastern Europe, we are rarely talked about and usually presented as not being very important. But the media is shown from the perspective of the west and America in particular so we have to live with it I guess.
@@Sky_Guy Considering that at this point in time Hungary alone with its 13 odd million inhabitants had more enlisted men in the war than the US, its slightly ridiculous.
@@Vestergaard11 what a load of vile shit you are spewing. "They at least believed in something." Did you forget that Hungary also tried to defect to the allies ? May I remind you of Operation Margarethe ? The only reason you stayed in the war was because the Germans forced your hand. When Romania defected in August 23rd it done so because Antonescu, the head of state was arrested by the King in secret not because they wanted to just betray the Germans. A lot of romanians did fight with Germany after the switch, a notable example being Horia Sima.
@@Ghost23712 Most of us Hungarians really dislike Romanians for multiple reasons, but mostly because of the Trianon Peace Treaty after WW1. I have seen people making shit up just to hate on the romanians even more. But this is the first time i have seen someone like this guy, most of us only want Transilvania back (or in my case, the territories where mostly ethnic Hungarians live) and not complete genocide like this guy.
Though i have seen like 2 or 3 people that said they want to go to war with Romania. (even though we would be fucking wreckt by their army, especially if NATO joins)
quite a decent job at hungarian names; much better than in the 1956 video! well done
Thanks!
@@historigraph yes, very good pronounciation :) Székesfehérvár is a tough one, but you did pretty good ;)
Im less impressed unfortunately. The way you pronounced Debrecen was good, but not Budapest The "s" sound in Hungarian is pronounced like "sh" in English, "u" is like the vowel in "wood" and "a" is as in "hot". Therefore Budapest is pronounced "Boodopesht". Also, you shouldn't ignore accents on vowels. Otherwise, great video btw.
@@maddyg3208 To pronounce Budapest the way you describe would require me to put on a (bad) Hungarian accent. Nobody wants that, I can assure you
@@historigraph don't worry dude, you did great! Like Iurie said, a huge improvement. Hungarian names are hard af for foreigners to pronounce. Keep up the good work 😊👍🏻
You could have mentioned the Árpád line, the most effective fortification system of WW2. It was modeled after the French Maginot line and was located in the north-eastern Carpathean mountains. It was the only defensive line in the war that managed to withstand the onslaught of the Soviet Union.
Despite severly under armed, only 50% of it being completed and being overwhelmingly outnumbered, the Árpád line was never pierced by the Red Army. After suffering tremendous losses, the Soviets managed to outflank the Carpathian Mountains when the Romanians switched sides.
Despite it’s unprecedented success, the Árpád line is unfortunately forgotten by most historians.
Always glad to learn forgotten key facts and events, thank You!!
Being located in the Carpathians gave the line an advantage.
it was modeled after the mannerheim line as it took advantage of the environment unline the maginot line*
Same could be said of during WW1 After the initial push of the Brusilov Advance The Carpathian Mountains halted much of their initial success among other factors, and the line was held and reinforced by German Troops to shore up the line from collapsing entirely
Greetings from Hungary. The bullet holes on the walls are still visible in the older buildings throughout the city. This was very well put together. Hope you will cover the actual siege and breakout attempt ay well.
Yes, I’ve seen some of the holes! Siege and Breakout to be covered in next video in this series
@@historigraph We are waiting for it, for your work.
Zalán Steyer couple of weeks
@@zalansteyer7272 and in 1956 and 1917-1918 and now too.
good reminder not to throw your lot with nazi and today US empire
The soviets just really loved sieging Budapest in 1944 that they had to have another go at it 12 years later!
Aggressive Tubesock it was a revolution , not a fascist coup. 500 000 people managed to flee the country by the time the Soviets retook control. The hungarians were really brave to rise up only 11 years after ww2
@Aggressive Tubesock horse shit. You Can t be serious. Can I buy some pot from you?
Aggressive Tubesock it was a revolution against the communists you brainlet, by ordinary, Hungarian citizens, NOT fascists
@@frogchip6484 you must forgive the Radical leftist retards, they think everyone who is against there agenda is a Nazi and or Fascist!
Aggressive Tubesock wtf are you talking about this has nothing to do with the Hungarian revolution are you high?
Hello. My grandparents both fought in ww2, but for me it's a different situation because they fought in different armies. One in the Hungarian army left for the front in 1942, was taken prisoner in 1944 by the Russians until 1948, returned home, and the other grandfather in the Romanian army left for the front on 21.01.1942 and on 23.08.1942 he was seriously wounded in Stalingrad, then he recovers, leaves for the western campaign, he also returns home, the proof is their military booklets that are with me. At my parents' wedding, my grandparents met. This is, in short, my story about my grandparents
This is masterpiece work, numbers, graphics, corps-division size explained, troop movements. 10/10. Subscribed. Greets from Croatia.
Thank you!
When I get a notification from Historigraph I automatically stop what i'm doing to watch
That's the spirit
@Redsand Yes
I m a simple man I see Hungary I click... 🇵🇱❤️🇭🇺
Lmao this meme still going on?
@@pleasenohate7505 It's not a meme, look up the history. :)
Zawsze Razem 🇭🇺🇵🇱
Lengyel Magyar két jó barát :)
@@wandaperi what?
Nice video, quite good pronunciation of hungarian names. Thank you for the amazing 13 minutes it provided. We in Hungary have a quite funny (and also a bit depressing) story about the hungarian declaration of war on the USA. It is just a speculation and most likely never happened, but it looks like this:
(Radio officer to the president)
- Sir! Hungary just sent us their declaration of war.
- Oh really? Where is Hungary?
- It's a small kingdom in Central Europe.
- If it's a kingdom, who is their king?
- There is no monarch, a regent admiral runs the country.
- Than they must have a reasonable navy, right?
- No sir. They are landlocked.
- Then why would they attack us? Do they have claims on us?
- No sir, they have claims on their neighbours, Romania and Slovakia.
- In that case, why don't they attack them?
- Sir, they can't. Those are their allies...
Hungarian is written with a capital H. You obviously use English well enough to know that.
So, write it as you should.
What, no it wasn't good pronunciation. He totally butchered the names. Good effort I suppose.
@@voxpopuli8132 People like you are the reason humans have developed torture techniques.
What are you, RETARDED?????? It's pronounced "Buda-PESH" !!! That guy SUCKS at pronouncing Hungarian (Capital H) words. They did a better job in the Avengers movie. Friggin' Hell, it made me CRINGE every time he mispronounced the name of the Capital. Get a PRONUNCIATION GUIDE, dumbass!
Hungary an Eastern European country it's always a Central European country..
A kingdom without a king?
An admiral without a navy?
Sounds like a child’s curriculum vitae for McDonalds
They're not the only ones. Bolivia still has a navy despite not having a coast line
We had an admiral... not a navy :))
Besides we actually have a navy..
Sort of :/
You see, lake balaton, and the rivers duna/tisza are fairly large so riveran flotillas are basically a thing since hungary became a kingdom a 1000 years ago
@@attilakatona-bugner1140 so I suppose that Duna is the Danube. The interesting thing for me is how many different names that River has.
@@marcelldajka8396 I only understood one word of that and it wasn't a nice one
Under the legal order then in use, power was not vested in the king, but in the Hungarian holy crown. This is an early constitutional defense against the king's excesses, and has enabled a kingdom without a king.
Horthy is Admiral of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It is a title obtained during active service in the First World War. That the fleet had to be handed over to the Italians. The acquired military title will remain.
I am a simple Pole...I see something about Hungary - I must watch it!!! Love from Poland! ❤🔥💛
I am a simple Hun and I love Poland:)
Thank you Marek. :)
I'm both Hun And Pole cheers from U.S.!
@@monsterboy33331 : thanks! :)
Normie
Please do a video on Austria Hungary and its navy or war effort
Interesting suggestion!
Someone already did this
ua-cam.com/video/07Ma4Fs6p74/v-deo.html
@@danieltsiprun8080 yay that's me :D
@@MLaserHistory A suprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
I met a man last year. He is over 95 years old by now i suppose.
He was about 14 i think when he was drafted to defend Hungary from the oncoming Soviets.
Him and two of his friends ended up escaping the later stages of the siege. He told me how, if you were there, you couldn’t really tell apart day from night due to heavy bombings from Russians. Because they used “Stalins Torches” they called them. The grenades that would light up the sky.
I will hopefully visit him once again when this corona deal is over.
What an interesting, and tragic, situation in history. I can't imagine the Hungarian perspective of being stuck between not wanting to fight 'for' Germany, but facing what you know is an inevitable (red) tide.
"Hordes"... "Tide" ... whatever cold war era veiled racial type dehumanizing bigotry you want to parrot... .
...or it was a pun based on the course of history and the Red Army being unstoppable by this point
What's the bigotry and racial thing I'm supposed to be feeling, by the way? I'm only aware of you projecting your own.
@@leechristy7003 haha you fucking pussy. Boohoo poor sovjets being dehuminised as they killed milions of people.
@@leechristy7003 knowing what the Red Army did all over Eastern-Central and Western Europe(Germany) They were a horde of barbaric mass.
@@jacky9590They got invaded because some Germanic maniac wanted to conquer them 😂😂
Just read the Battle for Budapest by Krisztián Ungváry - so any videos about this topic always interest me. Keep up the good work man.
Ah just saw in the sources that, that book was a main source for you in making this...
One other thing i thought was a little bit morbidly hilarious from that book was the Hero of The Soviet Union Medal - in an effort to legitimize the importance of the crossing at Ercsi the commander there awarded 115 men the Hero of the Soviet Union Medal which accounted for 43% of the total number of those specific medals given out in the entire war.
There were many more medals given than that amount, so its bs
Yeah you're right Михаил Черников i misread it slightly. That figure was just for military actions in Hungary. the total number of those medals Krisztián states was more than 12,000 throughout the war.
Krisztián Ungvári was a communist historian. He always writes biased books against his fellow citizens stemming from his ethnic minority feelings( simply put his citizenship is Hungarian but he is an ethnic minority).
Please do one on Operation Bagration. I feel like this needs a spotlight to help people balance their over-bias on D-Day.
At some point in the future I probably will - the scale of it will require a long production time to cover if properly tho
@@historigraph Yeah. I suspect Bagration caused maybe more NAZI casualties than all the fighting against all the Western allies in their efforts to retake Europe from the West.
So I don't imagine that video would be something you could just toss off at all quickly...not if you want to do it any justice.
the west are expert in making up stuff and blowing their own horn.. thats why ignorant westerner think dday is so great when in reality it just very small operation in ETO
Love this, just subscribed to the channel. The eastern front will always be fascinating to me, more details on the forgotten battles, the better. Thank you!
Love the content as always. One quick suggestion, is it possible to add small date indicator in a corner of the map? I think it might improve the videos :)
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These videos are very high quality!!! Good job and I really liked the actual troop numbers for the divisions so you understand how under strength they really were
Its crazy to see how little men the Hungarians and Germans actually had left during the final years of the war. Its amazing they were even able to win some of these battles, and its insane how they were still able to inclict over twice the casulities
A cornered animal will fight with its every fiber of its being even if its death is by a thousand cuts… Such is the case of a falling Nazi Army
I still can't believe how can be 15125215918 videos on youtube about D-day and the Western front,when there is so much stuff on the Eastern front/The Pacific to talk about...
The assassination of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto/Siege of Leningrad/The Sino-Japanese War/Resistance fights in South-East Asia/Soviet-Japanese war in Mongolia-Manchuko/WW2 era of the Balkan/Siege of Odessa...etc
I live near Ercsi(Martonvásár) and it is absolutely true:
The fighting around this part of Hungary was insanely brutal,villages/towns were changing "owners" like someone changing their underpants especially during "Operation Spring Awakening", around my hometown particularly the front was nonstop shifting.
both this and the documentary about the 1956 revolution is fucking fantastic my dude!
Can't wait fo the second part!
Thank you for this video. So interesting to seeing how these events unfolded. All i know of these battles is what my grandfather told me.
My grandfather was 14 and lived in a small town North-East of Budapest, called Csömör. The Germans forced the villagers to dig trenches. My great-grandfather was injured, my grandpa's older brother was ill and his younger brothers were too young to dig, so my grandpa had to dig. Every person had to dig 10 meters of trench every day. My grandfather couldn't always meet to quota since he was still a kid, so the neighbours helped him after they finished.
Once the Soviets finally arrived, they parked their artillery on the Hill of the village.
The German troops retreated out of the village, leaving the villagers. My great-grandfather hid my great-grandmother and her daughters under haystacks in the barn, as they heard how the Soviets pillaged and raped.
When the Magyars arrived to the Pannonian plains - some local girl and boy hid under a haystack and listened to how the Magyars pillaged and raped.
@@zuzudernegger9721 lol you just mad this up
Always have had a favorable view of Hungary! Greetings from Kentucky!
Very informative series of videos.I am half Austrian , my sister lives near Wien and my grandfather fought on the eastern front on the german side.Also have just returned from holiday in Budapest which was interesting ,especially the language!
You put more effort and explanation into this than most more expensive larger production studios,,thank you.
Boy i've never clicked a video so fast. Very informative video wonderful work here!
This video is fantastic. Thanks for all the great information
Excellent video mate! The quality of your vids only keeps improving.
Liked before i watched it, awsome as always.
Great video! Although it was horrific to watch, to recall all the horrible stories my grandparents told about these months and especially about the following siege from December to February. My maternal grandmother's family lived in the city centre, suffered by both the German Nazis, Hungarian Arrow Cross militants and then the arriving Soviet troops. My grandma's sister is still living, she is 88yo, she is the last living eyewitness from our family of these events. She was 12yo back then, but sometimes she tells the stories, and I can see in her eyes the horrid, remembering those days...
Love this channel so much, the untold campaigns of wars!
Took you long enough. With this, Project Pannonia is complete! Anyway, great video!😉
One of the best and most engaging yet, keep up the good work
“1st University Assault Battallion” what a sad name for a unit. A name like that just encourages the attackers! What are the sub units like? “Liberal Arts Company”, “Math major platoon”
Young educated men are literally the last demographic you'd want to send into the meat grinder
G J Resa
It’s also kind of funny considering that assault battalions and divisions were elite units in the Second World War
@@apleknight411 they only use chemical weapons
Majd Aasee approved
Destroy them with facts and logic.
Wow! I just caught up on your videos, they get better and better! Congratulations!
Awesome examination with superb graphics. Well done...Respectfully...
Amazing video! I am Hungarian and my family had served in the Hungarian military at this time, in the 2nd and 3rd Armies.
Info on this topic is hard to find so I love to see how well you have done this.
Roman BV I literally just commented the same thing! I’ve been trying to follow the 1st army and the 23/5th division in the 2nd army and i can barely find anything. This video was a godsend :)))
Magyar Honvédség csatornáján van egy dokumentumfilm-sorozat a 80-as évekből, amiben veterán katonák ,tisztek és kiskatonák egyaránt, számolnak be a tapasztalataikról a Don-kanyarnál, valamint a hadsereg siralmas állapotáról. De érdemes lehet egy-két visszaemlékező könyvet is elolvasni, igen tanulságosak.
Finally, Project Panonia is completed!
Edit: Or is it? Looks like we might have a follow-up video coming.
Not that I'm complaining. After all, it means more awesome Hungary-related content. :)
Ah I've been waiting for one of these
Hopefully it doesn't disappoint!
Totally excellent video I want to compliment you on it! Went into details and was very very well done thank you for making it.
I love it when native english speakers speak Hungarian. Our language is an alien language. You were spot on so many of the words/names I'm actually impressed. There even was a group of Hungarians that were detremental to ending the war in Europe by creating weapons. They called them "The Martians". I forget who but there was a legendary quote by someone at that time, the person asked if aliens exist and they responded with "yes of course we have aliens living amongst us they are called Hungarians!" , because they were so smart at physics and the language was absolutely ridiculous for any non hungarian to understand. With me growing up in the hungarian culture, hearing stories from my grandparents about the war is truly heartbreaking. I would love to relocate some time in the future to my roots. Everytime I mention I want to live in Hungary she responds with; why? you wouldn't have been born if we didn't escape, and now you want to go back?
The Hungarians fought well in ww2 against all odds love and respect from Italy!!!!
Italian soldiers were decent too, contrary to public opinion, they only had terrible leaders.
@@JLHFans They also had terrible equipment (except the Berreta SMGs, some of the best of the war).
almost well like Italians I presume
Hungarians fought very well, respect from Finland
You all fought good Respekt from germany
Really great maps and animations you have! Man I love this channel, it's one of my favorites.
Amazing video, thanks for keeping up the good work!
Thanks for this, I hadn't heard of this collosal battle at all.
I really like the ww1 and ww2 history vids on your channel already watched all of them and now an new one :)
Another great video as always.
I am really glad about this, this is an often overlooked front of the war :). Interestingly, meanwhile paratroopers were regarded as elite infantry usually in most armies, hussarz, a cavalry division were also regarded as very prestigous units therefore they were often among if not the best hungarian divisions, with lack of weaponry replaced with fighting spirit and training. Your elite units being cavalry-well, you could see some cavalry charges in the war: found an interesting example of one, in 1941 august, where sabre in hand, a hussar regiment routed a soviet infantry regiment, and as late as 1944 company sized charges were noted (often to break out of encirclements) buuut hand grenades became a fan-favourite as sabres -may- not be as efficient in ww2
Attila Katona-Bugner I swear I see u on every Hungarian history video lmao
@@9wowable i follow every historical youtuber :P
If you visit Budapest, visit the Hospital in the Rock
Great video!
U r natural at it mate! Keep it coming!
Another excellent video. Keep it up!
I was recently thinking about how late war eastern front battles played out and this comes up. Awesome.
Woah you did well spelling the Hungarian town and city names great job! :)
Great video and thanks a lot for effort!
Great story telling. Thanks!
when that intro music plays
it just feels right
I couldnt imagine the horror knowing you're encircled by the Soviet Army of WW2... being fucked and knowing it without being able to do anything about it but hide.
If I were them I would run before the city gets encircled
Great video dude 👍
Keep up the good work Addaway!
Will do!
Thanks for the vid!
Great job on the video and with the Hungarian names and cities!
Great video!
Can´t wait for next video :D
Great work!
Great video
While I do feel very sorry for you having to learn all those cities names, I applaud you for having really good pronounciation on most. As a hungarian you don't learn much about the actual offensive and no one ever talks about (recent) military history, people aren't really interested. Thanks for covering the topic, I've actually learned a lot.
(If any of you ever visit Budapest, be sure to check out the Military History Museum near the castle. Shit's amazing and there's lots of artifacts from WW2, tickets are also like £2.)
A video on the actual siege itself would be very well appreciated!!
That’s next
@@historigraph And it is very much appreciated. I ended up watching both the Buda and Pest videos befor this one.
Can’t wait for more!
love your videos
Can you please upload more often I really enjoy watching you’re videos 😂
Nice video!
its all about the oil!
did someone say oil
KNOCK KNOCK ITS THE USA
Is that why he spent five seconds covering Romania? You know the country where all the main oil fields in the area are...
@@kinga6347 derp
Here to give thanks for covering Hungarian history, shared this with my non-Magyar friends
15th? Poor Budapest........
Budapest, 15 sieges?
Damn
fulcrum 29
Why are you in every single comments section
@@Kurvaux to make you cry
Done subscribed. Very great video
That’s a great job! Keep up the good work. But I’m thinking when will you make a video about the Yugoslav partisans
Interesting video well done
this video was very good !
Hey Brothers! Look what happened yesterday in Poland :)
Yesterday, the Sejm adopted a resolution reminding of the help provided to Poles by Hungarians during World War II.
- The Seym of the Republic of Poland on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II would like to express its gratitude for the help of Hungarians in the tragic period of German-Soviet aggression and occupation for our nation. In 1939, despite the suggestion of Adolf Hitler, the Kingdom of Hungary did not participate in the attack on Poland. We would like to recall the words of Prime Minister Pál Teleki, who said: I would sooner blow up our railway lines than take part in the invasion of Poland. From Hungary, it is a matter of national honor not to participate in any military action against Poland - we read in the document.
- The Polish nation will never forget that in Hungary, under the regent Miklos Horthy, over one hundred thousand Polish civilian and military refugees, including many children, found safe shelter. We thank you for the fact that during the terror of Nazi Germany in Europe, Polish diplomatic missions, the Polish Institute, Polish schools and organizations could freely operate in Hungary. Thank you also for helping to protect evacuated cultural goods. We remember that the conduct of our nephews allowed us to maintain communication between the Polish authorities in exile and the country thanks to the friendly tolerance of military and civilian institutions in Budapest, in which our homeland served, among others, the patron of Polish-Hungarian cooperation, Wacław Felczak. We cannot ignore the attitude of Hungarian soldiers who saved Poles during the Volhynian Slaughter and refused to take part in its suppression during the Warsaw Uprising, and even supported the insurgents. The position of the Kingdom of Hungary towards Poles in 1939, as well as Poles towards Hungarians in 1956, is a strong and lasting basis for further friendly development of cooperation between the two great nations of Central Europe, which are Poles and Hungarians - says the resolution.
@@theheretic5176 how?
@@theheretic5176 Well, didn't Hitler and Stalin actually split Poland in half? :))) It seems like you're saying Poland could only be saved from Russia's invasion by being invaded from Germany. !? Their hope was actually UK and France, but they did way too little to help them right then. They did start WW2 because of the invasion of Poland, though. Btw, all the surrounding nations helped Polish people, not only Hungarians. Everyone received refugees and tried to help somehow, but none of these countries were in a position to fight for them. All european nations acted cowardly/selfish/responsible (depending on how you want to see it) at that point. I'm only hoping if the sad opportunity arises, Nato and UE will function and assure safety for their members.
Do you have Hungarian ties or something? You make a lot of videos about Hungary compared to the total amount of videos you make. (They are good too and I appreciate them!!) Either way, keep up the good work!
Hungary is often overlooked in the war, and their efforts and participation are interesting to look at. If he just made videos about more known stuff, like Stalingrad or the Battle of the Ardennes, it would be generic and unoriginal.
It's only the 2nd video...
@@nixxel2278 Fun fact,Hungary lost 1/13 of their total population in the war (They lost a million soldiers/civilians)
@ROBERT J KIS i didnt say it was fun for them you fuckign dumbshit,the soviets put a bullet trough my great granddads arm,so its not funny for me either."fun facts" are usually things not many people know about
@@zalanhallgato6022 counting the soldiers,civilans included
finally a new video!
Apologies for the long wait :D
I swear I clicked this 0.0000001 milliseconds after the notification came
Edit: Never had this many likes
Glad to hear it!
many*
@@MrZemme oof
Will you do a video on the siege of the city?
Yes
Capital*
I don’t think there is much to say. Simply put it was just weight of numbers…flesh, metal, and resources. Nothing strategic about the Soviet advance except avoiding some mountains to save some gas like any army does. Great video. Love the content and detail you put into it. Keep it up.
Soviets from the outskirts of Moscow all the way past central Europe and to West Europe ( Germany) that's more miles covered by the entire operations of the western allies 😂
Nice video
I really hope you will make a part 2 for this
I will be
This is an awesome video. It would be great if you could cover the Soviet invasion of Manchuria as well.
Eastern European countries were screwed in WWII. They had three options, join Hitler, join Stalin, or get invaded by both. None of those were good options
If the "Germans" would have won a lot more people would have been killed materially as well, remember that Hungary, Romania, etc, could have chosen to never join the Axis but they did so anyway, if they opposed Germany they could have weakened them up so much, the western and Africa front would have been much easier, including Greece, completely excluding the Soviet Union from colonizing territory, with the exception of maybe parts of Ukraine and some baltic states.
A VERDADE É UMA SÓ if they refused to join Hitler he would have invaded wit Stalin like they did with Poland
A VERDADE É UMA SÓ that's why they were screwed no matter what they did
@@averdadeeumaso4003 you have a very wrong assumption about what WOULD HAVE happened, you forget about the ribbentropp molotov pact, Hitler and Stalin ripped apart the eastern countries. and Hitler planned to invade Romania for the oil, thats why it gave a very big chunk of land to hungary...also the soviets took another big province from the east. So what would you have done, sit there and cry? Romania chose to make one ally ro recover the eastern province from the bolshviks, and really did make plans ,after the war was won with the soviets, to wage war and recover the land that was given by Hitler to hungary. But history had something else to say about that. Romania at least got out a bit rough on the edges but what about Poland or the baltic states? You cant really have a good choice being between two-three bullies, and cant fight them all at once, you either get beat up or lose everything
Western European countries made the right choice join Stalin, this is the reason why fascism lost
Fantastic vid! Will we get a video about the "Konrad" Operations in the future?
You can really see and hear the desperation in the Axis, attempting to hold back the red wave. It's hard to look at the "other side" with a political mindset, but with a human mindset I can only mourn for all of the young men lost in this war. Hard fighting, all for an attempt in a delusion of grander prospered out of a leader who thought he was doing the "Greater Good." War is hell, war is torture, and I suppose it still stands; Only the dead are freed from war.
There are definitely some characters and groups of people who I can empathise with on the Axis side, but equally there were those (like the Arrow Cross men) who were evil fascist thugs, and you'll hear more about them in the video covering the siege.
Excellent work! Will you be covering Operations Konrad I, II, III and Spring Awakening?
As part of a video on the siege, yes
EXCELLENT!
Really good video, I really enjoyed. Good job. I would like to know which program you used for video animations (border moving and map overcoloring), I need to make some presentations for my job. Thanks in advance
Adobe CC
Nice!