I have German relatives, most of them gone now, who lived through the war. They all told me, latest when the US entered the war that most Germans didn't believe the war was winnable anymore. My late German mother once told me that after the invasion of the Soviet Union was explained to her at school she told her parents that no way could she imagine Germany winning against such a huge country. They told her to keep that to herself if she didn't want to end up in a concentration camp.
How big is the Soviet Union? How many square km? Too big for anyone to conquer? It was formed from military conquest. It was integrated into the Mongol empire. And in a universe that, for our purposes, is virtually infinite in size and containing virtually an infinite number of stars. If there was a species in all that infinity that has space travel technology, we’re already talking about empires that could span beyond belief. How big was the ussr again? Right. Puny. Even for humans. All a mindset.
@@nopenheimer don’t hate cuz the OP was stating something that simply isn’t true. Don’t hate cuz I stated something that is true. If ussr, is unconquerable. How can it have been formed through conquest? Basic logic. And seriously given the size of the cosmos, how are you doubling down on the nonsense that ussr was too big to conquer? Sorry dude. The opinions of wrong grandma’s are still wrong. Cry all you want. German lost cuz of bad leadership. Not cuz ussr too big.
Hitler, just before the Russian counterattack at Moscow, asked how many tanks the Russians had. He was told, "about 20,000." Hitler was stunned. (The Germans had destroyed 5,000-8,000 tanks up to that point) Hitler was shocked, and said, "if I had known they had that many tanks I wouldn't have started the war." Albert Speer, Inside the Third Riech.
Even if he had been told, he wouldn't have believed it. He was so convinced of Slavic inferiority that he really did think the Soviet Union was a house of cards that would fold when faced with the armies of his master race.
Half my family came from Germany. They lived through the war . They are all gone now but I sure remember all the stories. They couldn't wait to get too America !
Hitler knew a bit earlier. The war diary of the OKW recorded Hitler saying in early December 1941: "The war in the east can no longer be won." Halder had effectively come to that conclusion by August.
@@modernista6056😂😂😂😂😂😂 russia 🇷🇺 the victim is now the bullying have you not know or heard of the origin of this conflict fed by Ukraine leadership????
The narrator on the first section about Himmler was great. It almost sounded like a person reading your text as opposed to a computer translation bot. Whatever it was I prefer it to any other you have used. Great video! I would say that Himmler was very realistic while Hitler and Goring were delusional.
Himmler was useless. He had no idea as to what he was doing. He was also very diffident about his command, not paying attention to reports, not,knowing the disposition of forces, thinking something could be done, when it couldn’t. He was removed from that command by being convinced he should step,down. He was delusional about later thinking he could negotiate with the allies, and then later, that he would be included in the German government after Hitler killed himself. Realistic? Not even close.
Himmler was delusional too. How could he think that-having been responsible for murdering 6 million Jews and many many others- that the allies would consider retaining him for purposes of governance of Germany?
Been seeing numerous comments about the AI narration here. I was forever spoiled as a young kid when I saw reruns of the legendary 1970s series The World At War, narrated by none other than Sir Laurence Olivier. It doesn't get any better than that.
Absolutely spot-on! The World at War still remains today THE epitome of historical documentaries of WWII. I'd much rather listen to Sir Olivier's calm and reasoned delivery, than hear a lecture by the HAL 9000 computer from 2001.
@delavalmilker lol, so true! It truly is the benchmark for WWII documentaries. I'm willing to bet when those episodes aired in the 1970s, they did not make a big deal out of Sir Laurence Olivier's participation, out of respect for the subject matter. Today of course, everything is blatantly advertised...
I think it's an incredible, informative, and truthful historical coverage program about WW2. Herman Goering was a failure sprime commander of Luftwafa forces.. ( war academy) channel introduced incredible, informative episodes about WW2. Thank you for an amazing ( War Academy) channel for sharing this magnificent episode like other valuable episodes before
I lived in Poland in my youth in a city called Lodz, where on Himmler's order a concentration camp was built for children from 6 to 16 years old where thousands died. Its commomeratored by a monument featuring a ghastly thinly starved child facing the other part of the monument, a two piece sculpture representing the broken hearts of the mothers who children were sent there. One of the parts of the heart features a recess shapedvlike a child It's the saddest thing i have ever seen.
Soviets were kind of jumping from one river to another, then stopping for a few months of consolidation. From Dniepr to Bug river, then to Vistula line. After 4-month stop on Vistula line they very quickly arrived to the Oder river line, as you mention without mentioning Oder. On Oder they rested again for a couple of months! Then moved on Berlin.
Because they had to resupply , rebuild and keep bringing up more soldiers from all the destruction. They also coincided with Allie movements. For example Stalin surrounded the German 6th army at stalingrad after the US landed Operation torch because Hitler began pulling thousands upon thousands of soldiers from the east and Germany to send to Italy. Same thing at Kursk and operation bagration..
My maternal grandparents left Germany about 1900 but I discovered German relatives who lived through the war. My best friend grew up during the war. She never discussed the war.
Jesus is the Lord! Once I was praying and I asked God why didn't you just kill Hitler... And it was like God said to me you should have seen the guy Satan wanted before Hitler...! What do you think believe the Holy Ghost Spirit of Truth of God or just me...?
@@anthonymaslow798 That's what I was going to say. It's not as if they flipped a coin to decide whether or not he'd be accepted. There were just too many better artists applying. He should have refocused his efforts on architecture. He could have been perfectly happy and saved the whole world a whole lot of trouble.
It’s so pleasing to see and hear real life stories of evil being stopped and defeated. When the good side unites forces to stop degenerate evil human forces, it’s humanity at its greatest.
Just as Putin is doing with his armies in Ukraine. Question authority, but obey the dictates of your conscience. Never make a madman your hero, and only follow leaders who lead from the front. Be careful what you wish for.
i lived in Germany for many years. Became acquainted with man wehrmact veterans. Few,claimed Nazi dogma. Most realistically said they were battling for Germany's survival,not any Nazi party propaganda.
That's always the cheapest quote. And it is because the Nazis kept strict records on everything.... AND they kept personal journals too in order to save their own necks if needed. But do go on about history just being written by the winning side. That is only true when it comes to religion. Physical evidence has a lot to say.
@@OceanusHelios That's a non-answer. Sam's right, the description of Himmler's private conversation is too rich in detail to be believable. It's not feasible for so much nuance and context to be captured in some diary entry. Like nearly all fiction "based on" real events, this emotive word salad is garbage.
I have always been fascinated by those deluded Germans who thought they could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and win the war even as the Soviets had Berlin surrounded. Hope in wonder weapons. An irrational belief that the Americans and English would join them in fighting back the Soviets. It baffles and fascinates me. No Luftwaffe. No Kriegsmarine. An army lacking gasoline, ammunition, and fit soldiers. I don't get it. 🙄
That’s the reason why some morons from such a weak(ling) country like the US saw the need to eliminate Germany once and for all. A real German never gives up. I’m pretty sure Hitler, Himmler and the others are now kicking Roosevelts a§§ in wherever place they are, now that those responsible are not backed by something like an army, navy or air force
@@JorgenHovgaardChristensen That's something of a non sequitur. I don't see the connection ... yet. Ukraine isn't fighting a two front war against three or more enemies with their cou try split in two. And I'm not sure of the need for a time limit and declaring that Ukraine will win today and not say, in three weeks ... or a year ... or two years. I don't know how the war in Ukraine will end. It may be that Ukraine inflicts enough casualties that the Russian people get angry enough to lead Putin to negotiate an end rather than risk being ousted from power. I doubt Ukraine will 'win' the war and gain territory and sizable reparations. But I don't see any neighboring countries joining Ukraine and putting a stop to Russian expansion. And in the end I don't think Ukraine has the resources, finances, space, and people to truly defeat Russia. Fair enough?
@@JorgenHovgaardChristensen To be direct. No. I don't think Ukraine will defeat Russia *today*, Sunday, July 21. An odd question, but the answer is no, I don't think victory will come today.
Yes, that was him in the movie "The Bunker". There's a very similar movie, "Downfall" that also covers the subject matter of the final days. Downfall is in all German with English subtitles.
@@scottystcloud7086 give everything to your loyal thugs, yeah never heard of that tactic before. But honestly Hitler's ideas were set in many Germans before he sort of "Galvinezed" these characteristics in to the central logic for all willing Germans and even the complacent.
I have wondered what the outcome would have been if even just 90 days earlier some general smuggled a gun into the Hitler's bunker and shot him in the head. Goring said when he was being questioned by the allies that he knew the war was over when he saw his first P51 flying over Berlin. Hitler must have had something going for him. Those three men promising soldiers of the highest quality when they knew the war was over. They just wanted to please him. Maybe save their own hide.
My German family members moved to Canada and changed their name to Brown. They made it clear that WE are not in any way related to all of the crap from the Nazis...how awful for the people who had to do that... losing their identity to just survive...
Spent time in Germany in 1968. German sergeant from base invited me to dinner. His Grandmother was very excited to show me the staircase where she shot and murdered 2 retreating Nazi soldiers. Through translation she had nothing good to say about the Nazi's....who knew ??
@@greg5011Most Germans didn’t agree with the nazi propaganda, they had to go along because if they didn’t they would be sent to camps. You were considered a trader to the state if you went against them. The Germans didn’t want any of this it was the mad men that wanted this at that time. I have German heritage and the interactions that I would have this would come up but when it did it was talked about and how it wasn’t our proudest moment in history. It’s like slavery and the civil war here in the states the only difference is they are taught about this in most lessons so it doesn’t happen again. Nationalism in Germany is something they don’t allow to happen.
yeh hitler invasions of the soviet union was rediculous, it was way too optimistic, maybe he got tricked into it but he really failed germany with that move, he should have just taken ukraine and stalingrad
Spent time in Germany in 1968. German sergeant from base invited me to dinner. His Grandmother was very excited to show me the staircase where she shot and murdered 2 retreating Nazi soldiers. Through translation she had nothing good to say about the Nazi's....who knew ??
If only Goring might have listened, or anyone might have listened, they might've understood what Heinrici was saying, from my understanding, He was telling the truth, how was someone trained for (Naval Warfare, Sky Supremacy, or Being an Honor Guard Essentially) going to just up & become a super Land soldier, it makes no sense, and why move the Armor, it makes no sense, why wouldn't the soviets take the fastest route to berlin? as they were trying to get there before the Western Allies, and im assuming they wouldve known this by now, but hey, Defeatism isnt accepted in the Command room, its childish how Goring Handled Heinrici, for simply stating, there was no way in hell his troops were fit for actual Combat, The Heer (Army) Training was massively differed from the Luftwaffe, or even the Kriegsmarine, so what you end up with is, a bunch of guys getting shellshock from One Artillery Barrage and a couple of Counter-Attacks, because they simply cannot handle the fact that people want to kill them, for what they did to their Country, and to end the War, As Russia during this time was trying like hell to end it, same for the U.S, I guess its just too hard to see how dumb fucked this whole thing was from the start, Hitler stated "If i knew they had that many Tanks i wouldn't have invaded Russia" which, in my mind isnt true, he invaded it for the wrong reasons, and not enough of the right, the only thing he needed during that time was Fuel, Fuel for the Aviation, for the U-Boats, but during that time the U.S / Britain had complete Naval Superiority, Same for Sky Superiority, and the Russians of course had Land Superiority (More Tanks, More Men, More Experienced Troops, More Fuel, More Reserves) Now why would you send a Panzer Division down to the Caucuses for Oil, when you already had a stretched frontline? You couldve just Formed a Front, without Stretching it further than it needed to be, and slowly Pushed the Russians back, as the Fuhrer didnt like Retreating, Defensive Positions were never Built, so it gave them absolutely No Cover, No Place to Retreat to, other than Forward, and that is exactly why the Russians were able to Preform Counter-Attacks, all day long and have basically no Opposition, and can we just talk about how the Military Maps wouldve looked during this time? It wouldve looked like 20% of Germany owned by Germans, and the Other Percent Owned by the Allies and the Soviets, Now in my mind that might Spark a sense of what actually is happening, but i guess after all them years of Brainrotting Backstabs, it mightve just killed a few thousand braincells, and since the Beginning of WW2 the German Army did not actually have enough Trucks, Halftracks, Artillery, Tanks, Fuel, Uniforms, Weapons, It mightve seemed like they did, but they didnt, because if they did, they wouldnt have had Logistical Problems in the Late War, and not only that, the Incredible Fuhrer, with his Infinite Wisdom of War he somehow just one day Gained, He would Switch out Tank Designs, like he Switched out His Generals, Building 40 Different Variants of the Same Tank is incredibly Retarded, The Panther was considered the Best tank in the Entire war, How, why wouldnt you understand that, Yes, theyre heavy Tanks, but still, if it can Compete against the T-34's, you might as well Produce it, The Shermans were no Match for that Kinda Armor, and Cannon, While if you did have an Experienced Tanker, the Sherman couldve been quite Deadly, but, That depends on Situations, Maneuvers, And the Tanker Themselves, and so you see, this War was an absolute Disaster from the Get-Go, because again, The Fuhrer and his Infinite Wisdom thought this was Correct, at one point, he thought the Wehrmacht was Invisible, so, that shouldve been a tell tale sign, there was no chance of winning from the Beginning.
And gratuitously declared war on the United States. He was so completely deluded he actually thought Germany could win against the combined might of the United States, the USSR, and the British Empire.
German leadership said that Germany must survive, at any cost, whether victory or defeat. Japanese leadership said the Emperor must survive, at any cost, dead to the last of the people
Keep doing these videos brother,I wish you narrated them but I’m assuming you don’t speak English so AI is fine,it seems to be doing good. Add some more pictures and/or videos if you can to make it your videos more appealing to audience I think but I still love them for the information. Much love from NYC.
hitlers madness lost germany the war, his declaration of war against america utterly pointless and at the time everyone knew their capacity and stal8ngrad was simultaneously playing out, hitler utterly undermined his own reich (thankfully as a Brit), had they focused on Churchill/UK only would have been a v.different battle and america would of focused on japan only i beleive
what amazes me is that Japan and Germanys lack of co ordination.....if Japan had of attacked Russia instead of USA maybe a different outcome but thankfully not
My Grandad told me the real causation for the loss of the second world War, my papa as we always called him said, the ungracious killings of the skilled and strategic Nazi officers who planned taking over of Hitler's Nazi government was an internal blow, because they were all war strategists and they knew the major strengths and weaknesses of the German army.
Not possible, its clear by history that Göring DID commit suicide with poison in the prison awaiting execution...that is something this site creator really should know,presenting such an ambitious clip to the youtube public...
AI presentation? Suggest that if you're going to talk about people with foreign names, such as Heinrici, you decide how those names should be pronounced, and not keep changing the pronunciation as you go. For God's sake, you can do that much, can't you? The weird reliance on Italian pronunciations--"Stalingrado" (your maps are in Italian also)-- indicates a further transaction problem. Pronunciation of Goering as "Goring" is consistent--and consistently wrong. "Coup d'etat" weirdly emerges as "coo dee ay tah." Maybe you don't care about this. Maybe it's just an AI presentation that you pay for.
1 if you’re going to complain so harshly I would advise you to do it yourself. otherwise if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all. 2 he is spanish, not italian. italian doesn’t uses “j” and if you were paying attention you would have seen that the german armies are called “Eserjito”. that’s just one example but there are others. 3 the quality of the content is high and the research behind meticulous, even though I agree that a voice with correct pronunciations would be better(a new ai voice has been added in the last videos), I feel that you don’t understand the obstacles and difficulties of someone who isn’t an english speaker. not everyone has time or the skill to learn english to a high level. I enjoy these videos regardless of the AI voice, perhaps you’re just too spoiled
It is interesting that history repeats itself, if we draw a parallel between the last weeks of fighting on the eastern front of Germany in WW2 and the current situation on the front in Ukraine, we see the same problems, namely a general commander unable to understand the dynamics of the battles and the capabilities of his own troops, and in Ukraine there has been friction between Zelensky and his generals over moving to a defensive posture so as not to sacrifice scarce resources unnecessarily. The incapacity of both supreme commanders is easy to understand, Hitler was originally trained as a painter and Zelensky is an actor. If we analyze the situation even more "in depth", we understand that Zelensky is a puppet and he actually executes some instructions, the question is "whose instructions did Hitler execute".
His mind was completely fried towards the end and a combination of cope + surviving the blast had deluded him into fully believing he was divinely destined to win the war, so every significant decision was made by him and him alone if you can believe it
First, SS except Waffen SS was paramilitary organization, second, Hummler as general was nothing, was zero military knowledge, Hitler sent Himmler to frontlines, because of some knowledge about separation peace talks and lack of trust to him for left him in that final month of war... The True, Hitler knows that war is lost, he can't win it, don't think the Hitler was idiot, the idiot wasn't simple achieved victories before 1943, the idiot wasn't able to conquer entire continental Europe, or set alliances with others to join Axis, Idiot simple would able to beat millions of Russians and be in outskirts of Moscow on month of 4, so Hitler was not idiot, but in 1945 doesn't want to be taken as POW and death handed... He preferred to stay in Berlin for last days, for last hours and prefer to die from bullets of fellow soldiers if not able successfully suicide himself... His built Germany lost a war, his built to be won race is ceased to exist... In his tragic end he don't afraid in last hours of his life blame himself, also blame all policies and events to lead to that Greatest Defeat in mankind history yet, He was exceptionally Evil but in last hours He was just a human, and he faced a death with all courage he as decorated military veteran corporal of WW1... That's it about him... Remember this man was great, but he was an Evil also, the Greatest Evil the World ever had before!!!
Goering said Heinrickes troops were doing nothing!? It looks to me like Goering was the one who was doing nothing. His waistline was unacceptable for a soldier.! he needed to exercise and lay off the hamburgers and beir!!!!
When you "prefer the Eastern front" while the Russians were on their advance over being in a warm safe bunker, you know its not a good situation 😮😊😂 Heinrici was smart. Sailors aren't trained for land attacks, I get that.
@@rochelleshah2735 brother, you’re a legalistic fatalist, caught up in modern trends! No doubt, there was much unpleasantness about WWII, but there was also some good that came out of it too. And FYI, I am a Christian believer.
Half way through a computerised voice takes over. I suspect the video wad created by AI: at least, it gives that impression. I find it of poor quality.
It's a mystery. They're just compelled to use these AI garbage voices for some reason. Go buy a microphone and use it. Nobody cares if you don't have a classic presenter's pipes.
Shame about the AI voice. I normally leave and don;t come back with any AI narration and stock footage but credit where it's due, this was interesting. Not sure if it was mostly AI generated.
I have German relatives, most of them gone now, who lived through the war. They all told me, latest when the US entered the war that most Germans didn't believe the war was winnable anymore. My late German mother once told me that after the invasion of the Soviet Union was explained to her at school she told her parents that no way could she imagine Germany winning against such a huge country. They told her to keep that to herself if she didn't want to end up in a concentration camp.
There were many ordinary Germans, who were wiser than Hitler.
How big is the Soviet Union? How many square km? Too big for anyone to conquer? It was formed from military conquest. It was integrated into the Mongol empire. And in a universe that, for our purposes, is virtually infinite in size and containing virtually an infinite number of stars. If there was a species in all that infinity that has space travel technology, we’re already talking about empires that could span beyond belief. How big was the ussr again? Right. Puny. Even for humans.
All a mindset.
@campion04
What a useless, ahistorical take. I'm not sure I've ever actually witnessed someone being not even wrong before.
@@nopenheimer don’t hate cuz the OP was stating something that simply isn’t true. Don’t hate cuz I stated something that is true. If ussr, is unconquerable. How can it have been formed through conquest? Basic logic. And seriously given the size of the cosmos, how are you doubling down on the nonsense that ussr was too big to conquer? Sorry dude. The opinions of wrong grandma’s are still wrong.
Cry all you want. German lost cuz of bad leadership. Not cuz ussr too big.
@@nopenheimer Precisely my impression as well.
Hitler, just before the Russian counterattack at Moscow, asked how many tanks the Russians had. He was told, "about 20,000." Hitler was stunned. (The Germans had destroyed 5,000-8,000 tanks up to that point)
Hitler was shocked, and said, "if I had known they had that many tanks I wouldn't have started the war." Albert Speer, Inside the Third Riech.
Why was he not informed then? A lot of this mistakes is not only due to hitler.
Even if he had been told, he wouldn't have believed it. He was so convinced of Slavic inferiority that he really did think the Soviet Union was a house of cards that would fold when faced with the armies of his master race.
@@thenaturalmidsouth9536 exactly he believed his own propaganda
I don’t buy the this at all. Hitler was forced to attack Russia due to the lack of raw materials that he so badly needed.
Half my family came from Germany. They lived through the war . They are all gone now but I sure remember all the stories. They couldn't wait to get too America !
Not really a fan of the AI voice. I wish UA-cam would label videos that use AI so I could avoid them.
That's a brilliant idea actually. I can't stand the AI voice.
Stop watching the video once you hear it. Simple solution.
Been thinking the same thing
What counts is who wrote the narrative not how it is delivered.
Creators are supposed to do that. There are options for that but it isn’t policed, so…
Hitler knew a bit earlier. The war diary of the OKW recorded Hitler saying in early December 1941: "The war in the east can no longer be won." Halder had effectively come to that conclusion by August.
There are a number of comments that criticise the pronunciation of Heinrici,the narrator pronounced it perfectly well.
This level of reality denial is now in Ukraine..
You mean Putin's Russia, don't you?
@@crane3 difference being Germany was in the wrong, Ukraine isn't. You don't give up to bullies no matter how desperate it looks. Be quiet
@@modernista6056😂😂😂😂😂😂 russia 🇷🇺 the victim is now the bullying have you not know or heard of the origin of this conflict fed by Ukraine leadership????
@@modernista6056 you have it back to front but I can't reverse in a post your long years of brain washing
I enjoyed the program, but you need to use a human narrator if you want to match the quality of your content.
This voice is fine.
@@melgross "BEETY BEETY BEETY BEETY BEET."
No the npc voice over is fine it's quirky and needs to be retained
@@flicmydik it’s very annoying and needs to be dumped.
It’s super annoying - it makes me want to stop watching.
Is it really this hard to find a real person to read a video script like this? I mean hell, I'll do it for free
"heinricky" 😅
I’ve heard HINE-reets-zee and HINE-writ-zie
I couldn’t watch it after the first five minutes because of that. 😂
Nice job on the video mate.
ty man
The narrator on the first section about Himmler was great. It almost sounded like a person reading your text as opposed to a computer translation bot. Whatever it was I prefer it to any other you have used. Great video! I would say that Himmler was very realistic while Hitler and Goring were delusional.
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Himmler was useless. He had no idea as to what he was doing. He was also very diffident about his command, not paying attention to reports, not,knowing the disposition of forces, thinking something could be done, when it couldn’t. He was removed from that command by being convinced he should step,down. He was delusional about later thinking he could negotiate with the allies, and then later, that he would be included in the German government after Hitler killed himself. Realistic? Not even close.
All the best narrators are human.
Himmler was delusional too. How could he think that-having been responsible for murdering 6 million Jews and many many others- that the allies would consider retaining him for purposes of governance of Germany?
@@bevinboulder5039 Evil, and forgettable if they weren’t so evil, as to be wary , all three, damn near most all of them!
Been seeing numerous comments about the AI narration here. I was forever spoiled as a young kid when I saw reruns of the legendary 1970s series The World At War, narrated by none other than Sir Laurence Olivier. It doesn't get any better than that.
Very true😊
Absolutely spot-on! The World at War still remains today THE epitome of historical documentaries of WWII. I'd much rather listen to Sir Olivier's calm and reasoned delivery, than hear a lecture by the HAL 9000 computer from 2001.
@@delavalmilker "Nostalgia, heroin for old people" as proven on UA-cam comments lmao
@delavalmilker lol, so true! It truly is the benchmark for WWII documentaries. I'm willing to bet when those episodes aired in the 1970s, they did not make a big deal out of Sir Laurence Olivier's participation, out of respect for the subject matter. Today of course, everything is blatantly advertised...
I wonder how many times Himmler said, 'scheisse' when he spilt his coffee down those white lapels. 🤣 Harry Larry and Moe in the thumbnail.
😂😂😂😂😂
I think it's an incredible, informative, and truthful historical coverage program about WW2. Herman Goering was a failure sprime commander of Luftwafa forces.. ( war academy) channel introduced incredible, informative episodes about WW2. Thank you for an amazing ( War Academy) channel for sharing this magnificent episode like other valuable episodes before
Ty man
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Himmler was a worm.
I lived in Poland in my youth in a city called Lodz, where on Himmler's order a concentration camp was built for children from 6 to 16 years old where thousands died. Its commomeratored by a monument featuring a ghastly thinly starved child facing the other part of the monument, a two piece sculpture representing the broken hearts of the mothers who children were sent there. One of the parts of the heart features a recess shapedvlike a child
It's the saddest thing i have ever seen.
If I was a worm, i'd sue you for slander 😂
Right.
The Stephen Miller of those times.
@@piotrtrojanowski8453🩸🌈💦🌹
Soviets were kind of jumping from one river to another, then stopping for a few months of consolidation. From Dniepr to Bug river, then to Vistula line. After 4-month stop on Vistula line they very quickly arrived to the Oder river line, as you mention without mentioning Oder. On Oder they rested again for a couple of months! Then moved on Berlin.
They were just following Oders…
@@djquinn11 You bet, that was army.
@@djquinn11Shazam.
Because they had to resupply , rebuild and keep bringing up more soldiers from all the destruction.
They also coincided with Allie movements.
For example Stalin surrounded the German 6th army at stalingrad after the US landed Operation torch because Hitler began pulling thousands upon thousands of soldiers from the east and Germany to send to Italy.
Same thing at Kursk and operation bagration..
@@ScottHendrix-yz3du9th
Germany basically fought "The Alamo" for Western Civilization
Oh, baloney. They ensured that eastern Europe would be locked behind the iron curtain for almost 50 years.
They fought the Second World War for an insane dictator.
Well, if you win, you need not have to explain; but if you lose, you should not be there to explain.
Meaning what?
Winners write history, and they'll always write themselves as the good guys and the losers as the bad ones. Even from biblical records.
My maternal grandparents left Germany about 1900 but I discovered German relatives who lived through the war. My best friend grew up during the war. She never discussed the war.
Just think if the Vienna art school admissions counselor had admitted Hitler to their school?
Well, he wasn't a very good artist. Serviceable, at best.
Jesus is the Lord!
Once I was praying and I asked God why didn't you just kill Hitler... And it was like God said to me you should have seen the guy Satan wanted before Hitler...! What do you think believe the Holy Ghost Spirit of Truth of God or just me...?
I think he would have caused trouble and been kicked out.
@@anthonymaslow798 That's what I was going to say. It's not as if they flipped a coin to decide whether or not he'd be accepted. There were just too many better artists applying. He should have refocused his efforts on architecture. He could have been perfectly happy and saved the whole world a whole lot of trouble.
I agree with most, not the "perfectly happy" haha he was a very down person
Excellent documentary!! Well done.
All the “creator” did was pay to have an AI video written, illustrated, and “recorded”
Good history Channel
It’s so pleasing to see and hear real life stories of evil being stopped and defeated. When the good side unites forces to stop degenerate evil human forces, it’s humanity at its greatest.
Good guys my ass! The other side had Stalin, who has even more blood on his hands than Hitler!
Just as Putin is doing with his armies in Ukraine. Question authority, but obey the dictates of your conscience.
Never make a madman your hero, and only follow leaders who lead from the front.
Be careful what you wish for.
The German army knew that they were done.
i lived in Germany for many years.
Became acquainted with man wehrmact veterans. Few,claimed Nazi dogma. Most realistically said they were battling for Germany's survival,not any Nazi party propaganda.
History is written by the victorious side. It amazes me how anyone could get an insight into the private conversation between Himmler and the general.
That's always the cheapest quote. And it is because the Nazis kept strict records on everything....
AND they kept personal journals too in order to save their own necks if needed.
But do go on about history just being written by the winning side. That is only true when it comes to religion. Physical evidence has a lot to say.
@@OceanusHelios whats your source
@@OceanusHelios That's a non-answer. Sam's right, the description of Himmler's private conversation is too rich in detail to be believable. It's not feasible for so much nuance and context to be captured in some diary entry. Like nearly all fiction "based on" real events, this emotive word salad is garbage.
@OceanusHerea real secret has no records
History is written by historians. Idiocy is written in YT comments by brain dead Nazis.
I have always been fascinated by those deluded Germans who thought they could snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and win the war even as the Soviets had Berlin surrounded. Hope in wonder weapons. An irrational belief that the Americans and English would join them in fighting back the Soviets. It baffles and fascinates me. No Luftwaffe. No Kriegsmarine. An army lacking gasoline, ammunition, and fit soldiers. I don't get it. 🙄
That’s the reason why some morons from such a weak(ling) country like the US saw the need to eliminate Germany once and for all. A real German never gives up. I’m pretty sure Hitler, Himmler and the others are now kicking Roosevelts a§§ in wherever place they are, now that those responsible are not backed by something like an army, navy or air force
Do you think Ukraine can win over Russia today?
@@JorgenHovgaardChristensen That's something of a non sequitur. I don't see the connection ... yet. Ukraine isn't fighting a two front war against three or more enemies with their cou try split in two. And I'm not sure of the need for a time limit and declaring that Ukraine will win today and not say, in three weeks ... or a year ... or two years. I don't know how the war in Ukraine will end. It may be that Ukraine inflicts enough casualties that the Russian people get angry enough to lead Putin to negotiate an end rather than risk being ousted from power. I doubt Ukraine will 'win' the war and gain territory and sizable reparations. But I don't see any neighboring countries joining Ukraine and putting a stop to Russian expansion. And in the end I don't think Ukraine has the resources, finances, space, and people to truly defeat Russia. Fair enough?
@@JorgenHovgaardChristensen To be direct. No. I don't think Ukraine will defeat Russia *today*, Sunday, July 21. An odd question, but the answer is no, I don't think victory will come today.
I certainly hope so but not if Trump is president .@@JorgenHovgaardChristensen
Was that Anthony Hopkins/Hannibal Lechter portraying Adolf Hitler. What a great actor.
Yes, that was him in the movie "The Bunker". There's a very similar movie, "Downfall" that also covers the subject matter of the final days. Downfall is in all German with English subtitles.
Most of WW2 from Hollywood is fiction
""Heinricky" 😄Keep at it bot, you'll get there.
Did I just see Anthony Hopkins playing Hitler? Who would have guessed Hannibal Lecter wasn't his most evil role?
Thank you for sharing. :)
Ty
I had an acquaintance in High School, who later died of a drug overdose, that Hitler was a military genius. Riiiiiiight.
Political genius, yes. Military, not at all.
@@scottystcloud7086 give everything to your loyal thugs, yeah never heard of that tactic before. But honestly Hitler's ideas were set in many Germans before he sort of "Galvinezed" these characteristics in to the central logic for all willing Germans and even the complacent.
Trump basically said the same thing.
@@thenaturalmidsouth9536 No he didn't. That's a leftist LIE on your part Skippy.
Hitler was in denial. Goring was feigning fealty.
Pure MAGA back in 1945
14:02 imagine being in that room!?! Talking to a (crumbling) wall, hoping it listens!
nice upgrade on the voice/audio!
I have wondered what the outcome would have been if even just 90 days earlier some general smuggled a gun into the Hitler's bunker and shot him in the head.
Goring said when he was being questioned by the allies that he knew the war was over when he saw his first P51 flying over Berlin.
Hitler must have had something going for him. Those three men promising soldiers of the highest quality when they knew the war was over. They just wanted to please him. Maybe save their own hide.
My German family members moved to Canada and changed their name to Brown. They made it clear that WE are not in any way related to all of the crap from the Nazis...how awful for the people who had to do that... losing their identity to just survive...
Spent time in Germany in 1968. German sergeant from base invited me to dinner. His Grandmother was very excited to show me the staircase where she shot and murdered 2 retreating Nazi soldiers. Through translation she had nothing good to say about the Nazi's....who knew ??
The German people were by and large victims of the Nazis, too. More enlightened people know this.
@@greg5011Most Germans didn’t agree with the nazi propaganda, they had to go along because if they didn’t they would be sent to camps. You were considered a trader to the state if you went against them. The Germans didn’t want any of this it was the mad men that wanted this at that time. I have German heritage and the interactions that I would have this would come up but when it did it was talked about and how it wasn’t our proudest moment in history. It’s like slavery and the civil war here in the states the only difference is they are taught about this in most lessons so it doesn’t happen again. Nationalism in Germany is something they don’t allow to happen.
Probably a good idea. So many good Germans ruined by that Austrian shyte.
Hey, survival is priority number 1. Everything else is irrelevant, unless something else becomes number 1.
Narcissists can never be wrong about anything.
The German High Command was apparently, entirely staffed by them.
No wonder they lost everything.
Himmler seems to a cheery sort in many pictures.
He is , or was one of the evil list people ever
GREAT VID !!
yeh hitler invasions of the soviet union was rediculous, it was way too optimistic, maybe he got tricked into it but he really failed germany with that move, he should have just taken ukraine and stalingrad
imagine a life where an army wasn't constantly trying to kill everyone.
Some of these poor strategic decisions made by the Germans reminds me of equally poor decisions made by Putin in Ukraine.
Spent time in Germany in 1968. German sergeant from base invited me to dinner. His Grandmother was very excited to show me the staircase where she shot and murdered 2 retreating Nazi soldiers. Through translation she had nothing good to say about the Nazi's....who knew ??
Did you really believe her?
@@Chris-wj8fzWhy wouldn’t he?
@@krisgriffin8018 Because once it was clear Hitler was finished and Germany had lost the war, nary a Nazi was to be found !!!
@greg5011 the Germans ALL obeyed orders as a nation of fanatics eg Merkel 80 years later
@@krisgriffin8018 Because she was one of those
If only Goring might have listened, or anyone might have listened, they might've understood what Heinrici was saying, from my understanding, He was telling the truth, how was someone trained for (Naval Warfare, Sky Supremacy, or Being an Honor Guard Essentially) going to just up & become a super Land soldier, it makes no sense, and why move the Armor, it makes no sense, why wouldn't the soviets take the fastest route to berlin? as they were trying to get there before the Western Allies, and im assuming they wouldve known this by now, but hey, Defeatism isnt accepted in the Command room, its childish how Goring Handled Heinrici, for simply stating, there was no way in hell his troops were fit for actual Combat, The Heer (Army) Training was massively differed from the Luftwaffe, or even the Kriegsmarine, so what you end up with is, a bunch of guys getting shellshock from One Artillery Barrage and a couple of Counter-Attacks, because they simply cannot handle the fact that people want to kill them, for what they did to their Country, and to end the War, As Russia during this time was trying like hell to end it, same for the U.S, I guess its just too hard to see how dumb fucked this whole thing was from the start, Hitler stated "If i knew they had that many Tanks i wouldn't have invaded Russia" which, in my mind isnt true, he invaded it for the wrong reasons, and not enough of the right, the only thing he needed during that time was Fuel, Fuel for the Aviation, for the U-Boats, but during that time the U.S / Britain had complete Naval Superiority, Same for Sky Superiority, and the Russians of course had Land Superiority (More Tanks, More Men, More Experienced Troops, More Fuel, More Reserves) Now why would you send a Panzer Division down to the Caucuses for Oil, when you already had a stretched frontline? You couldve just Formed a Front, without Stretching it further than it needed to be, and slowly Pushed the Russians back, as the Fuhrer didnt like Retreating, Defensive Positions were never Built, so it gave them absolutely No Cover, No Place to Retreat to, other than Forward, and that is exactly why the Russians were able to Preform Counter-Attacks, all day long and have basically no Opposition, and can we just talk about how the Military Maps wouldve looked during this time? It wouldve looked like 20% of Germany owned by Germans, and the Other Percent Owned by the Allies and the Soviets, Now in my mind that might Spark a sense of what actually is happening, but i guess after all them years of Brainrotting Backstabs, it mightve just killed a few thousand braincells, and since the Beginning of WW2 the German Army did not actually have enough Trucks, Halftracks, Artillery, Tanks, Fuel, Uniforms, Weapons, It mightve seemed like they did, but they didnt, because if they did, they wouldnt have had Logistical Problems in the Late War, and not only that, the Incredible Fuhrer, with his Infinite Wisdom of War he somehow just one day Gained, He would Switch out Tank Designs, like he Switched out His Generals, Building 40 Different Variants of the Same Tank is incredibly Retarded, The Panther was considered the Best tank in the Entire war, How, why wouldnt you understand that, Yes, theyre heavy Tanks, but still, if it can Compete against the T-34's, you might as well Produce it, The Shermans were no Match for that Kinda Armor, and Cannon, While if you did have an Experienced Tanker, the Sherman couldve been quite Deadly, but, That depends on Situations, Maneuvers, And the Tanker Themselves, and so you see, this War was an absolute Disaster from the Get-Go, because again, The Fuhrer and his Infinite Wisdom thought this was Correct, at one point, he thought the Wehrmacht was Invisible, so, that shouldve been a tell tale sign, there was no chance of winning from the Beginning.
ok ok ok, the comment is good. But PLEASE take this as fair criticism, break some of this into paragraphs. That brick wall of text is hard to read.
Total gem :: revealing material that has never been disclosed previously !!!
largely fictional
You said Carinhall was northwest of Berlin, yet on the map you simultaneously show, it is clearly northeast.
If Hitler had kept his treaty with the Soviets and not attacked Russia, WW2 may have ended differently.
And gratuitously declared war on the United States. He was so completely deluded he actually thought Germany could win against the combined might of the United States, the USSR, and the British Empire.
interesting voice....
Sounds like Vegeta
It's AI
@@andreray2784 well I never...
@@sjoormen1 lol
@@gaogaigarfinal6I was thinking Raditz
Can’t concentrate due to the Vincent Price narrative 😂😂😂
😂🎯
German leadership said that Germany must survive, at any cost, whether victory or defeat. Japanese leadership said the Emperor must survive, at any cost, dead to the last of the people
You dont get dishonorably discharged for not being capable enough. If you get dishonorably discharged it means they believe you did something wrong.
Keep doing these videos brother,I wish you narrated them but I’m assuming you don’t speak English so AI is fine,it seems to be doing good. Add some more pictures and/or videos if you can to make it your videos more appealing to audience I think but I still love them for the information. Much love from NYC.
hitlers madness lost germany the war, his declaration of war against america utterly pointless and at the time everyone knew their capacity and stal8ngrad was simultaneously playing out, hitler utterly undermined his own reich (thankfully as a Brit), had they focused on Churchill/UK only would have been a v.different battle and america would of focused on japan only i beleive
It was Japan who dragged US to war
Churchill would’ve taken the spoils regardless lol
what amazes me is that Japan and Germanys lack of co ordination.....if Japan had of attacked Russia instead of USA maybe a different outcome but thankfully not
The Soviet Union saved the world from a madman
The SU was done when the US got into the war -- Hitler was at the gates of Moscow, France had surrendered and Britain ran home to mummy from Dunkirk
17:24. See what a positive attitude can do? It’s why I’m a pessimist.
My Grandad told me the real causation for the loss of the second world War, my papa as we always called him said, the ungracious killings of the skilled and strategic Nazi officers who planned taking over of Hitler's Nazi government was an internal blow, because they were all war strategists and they knew the major strengths and weaknesses of the German army.
With all of their crimes against humanity, they could expect no leniency from anyone .
They had it all up to the middle of September 1939 they got what they wanted poland Danzig was reunited with the riech Then it all went wrong
Another great video, but I prefer the previous voice.
I prefer non-fiction
How were these videos obtained? They are not Hollywood actors.
Not possible, its clear by history that Göring DID commit suicide with poison in the prison awaiting execution...that is something this site creator really should know,presenting such an ambitious clip to the youtube public...
My German mother related to us one comment by her mother some time during WWII: "that crazy nut is going to get us all killed."
You should state your sources.
AI presentation? Suggest that if you're going to talk about people with foreign names, such as Heinrici, you decide how those names should be pronounced, and not keep changing the pronunciation as you go. For God's sake, you can do that much, can't you? The weird reliance on Italian pronunciations--"Stalingrado" (your maps are in Italian also)-- indicates a further transaction problem. Pronunciation of Goering as "Goring" is consistent--and consistently wrong. "Coup d'etat" weirdly emerges as "coo dee ay tah." Maybe you don't care about this. Maybe it's just an AI presentation that you pay for.
I know, it annoys me how little effort goes into AI videos.
*further translation problem
I wish they would return to having actual human beings narrating.
A looser with a lost cause 5:01 is what it is.
1 if you’re going to complain so harshly I would advise you to do it yourself. otherwise if you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything at all.
2 he is spanish, not italian. italian doesn’t uses “j” and if you were paying attention you would have seen that the german armies are called “Eserjito”. that’s just one example but there are others.
3 the quality of the content is high and the research behind meticulous, even though I agree that a voice with correct pronunciations would be better(a new ai voice has been added in the last videos), I feel that you don’t understand the obstacles and difficulties of someone who isn’t an english speaker. not everyone has time or the skill to learn english to a high level.
I enjoy these videos regardless of the AI voice, perhaps you’re just too spoiled
I notice that none of the nazi leaders grabbed a gun and went out and stood his ground until the end. Puts me in mind of our chicken hawks.
1945, I wasn't there but sh!t was going down...
It is interesting that history repeats itself, if we draw a parallel between the last weeks of fighting on the eastern front of Germany in WW2 and the current situation on the front in Ukraine, we see the same problems, namely a general commander unable to understand the dynamics of the battles and the capabilities of his own troops, and in Ukraine there has been friction between Zelensky and his generals over moving to a defensive posture so as not to sacrifice scarce resources unnecessarily. The incapacity of both supreme commanders is easy to understand, Hitler was originally trained as a painter and Zelensky is an actor. If we analyze the situation even more "in depth", we understand that Zelensky is a puppet and he actually executes some instructions, the question is "whose instructions did Hitler execute".
His mind was completely fried towards the end and a combination of cope + surviving the blast had deluded him into fully believing he was divinely destined to win the war, so every significant decision was made by him and him alone if you can believe it
That's some fine Vatnik BS you're babbling there, Tovarish.
22:56 Who were Hare 'n' Ricky and what were they doing at the meeting?
Was thinking the same thing hare and Ricky 😅😅😅😅
4:58 It's obvious that the narration is a fake AI voice - No need to interject shots of a fake narrator badly lip syncing.
I for one loved this touch. Funniest shit I've seen in a while
wow. i listened to this vid while playing a game so i didn't see that until this comment. that's so fckin cringe.
Please use your real voice again !!
First, SS except Waffen SS was paramilitary organization, second, Hummler as general was nothing, was zero military knowledge, Hitler sent Himmler to frontlines, because of some knowledge about separation peace talks and lack of trust to him for left him in that final month of war... The True, Hitler knows that war is lost, he can't win it, don't think the Hitler was idiot, the idiot wasn't simple achieved victories before 1943, the idiot wasn't able to conquer entire continental Europe, or set alliances with others to join Axis, Idiot simple would able to beat millions of Russians and be in outskirts of Moscow on month of 4, so Hitler was not idiot, but in 1945 doesn't want to be taken as POW and death handed... He preferred to stay in Berlin for last days, for last hours and prefer to die from bullets of fellow soldiers if not able successfully suicide himself... His built Germany lost a war, his built to be won race is ceased to exist... In his tragic end he don't afraid in last hours of his life blame himself, also blame all policies and events to lead to that Greatest Defeat in mankind history yet, He was exceptionally Evil but in last hours He was just a human, and he faced a death with all courage he as decorated military veteran corporal of WW1... That's it about him... Remember this man was great, but he was an Evil also, the Greatest Evil the World ever had before!!!
Goering said Heinrickes troops were doing nothing!? It looks to me like Goering was the one who was doing nothing. His waistline was unacceptable for a soldier.! he needed to exercise and lay off the hamburgers and beir!!!!
And smack he was a heroin addict
He was the Steve Bannon of those times.
More like michael moore.@@fecardona
Hitler hated Fat Guys
I have to have some doubt about the veracity of this account. Where precisely is the record of these words being spoken?
I like the new narrator
Ty man
When you "prefer the Eastern front" while the Russians were on their advance over being in a warm safe bunker, you know its not a good situation 😮😊😂 Heinrici was smart. Sailors aren't trained for land attacks, I get that.
They knew it longer than you think.
Very good podcast
England was running Hitler's war games😂
I'm surprised that Himmler and the other dude were speaking to each other in English instead of German. Interesting.
It was the same as telling him he is going to die.
Is the first narrator ok
😂
The death throes of rabid wolves!
Some great footage but AI spoils it somewhat.
Himmler was a chicken farmer not a great military master mind
21:23. What the… how can one eat with another after an exchange like that? I wouldn’t trust His cook!!
Well done but what does the background "music" contribute?
Bso Empire earth
Trump said he won’t sign a national abortion ban.
The nice thing about this video is that it shows scenes from the movies "The Bunker & Downfall."
"Nice thing about this video" I can't believe that anyone can find " nice things" about the brutality and Death of any WAR.
Lord have Mercy
@@rochelleshah2735 brother, you’re a legalistic fatalist, caught up in modern trends!
No doubt, there was much unpleasantness about WWII, but there was also some good that came out of it too. And FYI, I am a Christian believer.
Get rid of the fake and unnecessary camera sound to introduce photos. It’s amateurish.
It's also annoying.
Thankyou for retelling this important part of history.
I had never heard reference to it before
Where did this reference come from ?
Half way through a computerised voice takes over. I suspect the video wad created by AI: at least, it gives that impression. I find it of poor quality.
Why were you pretending to be the narrator??
It's a mystery. They're just compelled to use these AI garbage voices for some reason.
Go buy a microphone and use it. Nobody cares if you don't have a classic presenter's pipes.
Hitler has only got one ball, Goering has two but very small, Himmler has something similar but poor old Goebels has no balls at all.
I think it’s crazy change the first two letters in Himmler’s name and it’s my last name
These guys escaped went to Antarctica base 211remember truth be told
Shame about the AI voice. I normally leave and don;t come back with any AI narration and stock footage but credit where it's due, this was interesting. Not sure if it was mostly AI generated.
Imagine to cost of finding and paying the cost of a professional narrator?
@@bazza945 Some kid from the local college radio station would do this for a song.
Gotthard Heinrici Died 10 December 1971 (aged 84)
Till the 20th century all battles were decided in day & in hours
Yeah, or thirty or a hundred years….