@@ville666sora my bad sorry about that i wasn't hating on the video just me being a combat veteran and a family that is military based i kinda looked into that because my grandpa was in guadacanal fighting the japanese he lived was injured but lived and my dad was in the navy in the 80's and joined the army in early 2000's went to Iraq and fought the Al-Qaeda and back in 2010 i joined the Marine Corps and went to Afghanistan Sangin Helmand Province so when your telling me to lighten up tell that to my friends who i saw get killed
@@Mega-y5d"I went to war so when I'm being an asshole about peoples typos you have to agree" makes absolutely No sense to me. Just because you have reasons to be angry, doesnt mean you have to let it out on strangers
that part always gets me. Non American reactors showing more emotion than they should during the beginning of this video. Until the hammer drops. And Then they're just stunned. Like why did they sit there and say that?
My grandfather was a combat medic for the US Army in WWII at the Normandy Beach Invasion and I heard stories from him that impacted me to the core still to this day. The horrors of war are something no one can explain unless you have witnessed it first hand.😢 I miss you Grandpa George, you taught me so much and I miss you terribly.
I had a great-uncle who I've been told landed on D-Day or soon after as a combat medic. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge but was liberated after only a month or two. I never really knew him and he died in the 1980s when I was a teenager. He had a reputation as a drinker, which might have shortened his life. I wonder if he drank to forget what he saw in the war.
the allies were not the good guys, they starved and executed germans pow's for simply existing. they nuked two civilian city's for their own blood thirsty pleasure, the us were not goood guys lol.
Im sorry.. I’ve been studying the holocaust for so many years, and I always thought that Jewish deaths were the highest. I had no idea but in total, it was so many people especially Soviet deaths. That makes me so so sad. All for absolutely nothing.. 😢
мой прадед пропал без вести(100% погиб,но тело скорее всего не нашли или не опознали) если при нем не было бирки или оружия с номером,он скорее всего один из тех самых безымянных погибших солдат,либо до сих пор где то в земле.
Погляди на моих бойцов, целый свет помнит их в лицо, Вот застыл батальон в строю, снова старых друзей узнаю. Хоть им нет двадцати пяти - трудный путь им пришлось пройти. Это те, кто в штыки поднимался, как один, те, кто брал Берлин... !
My great-grandfather Stefan served in the Polish Army and fought against the Nazi Germany in the September Campaign, also known as the Invasion of Poland (first campaign of WW2). He was then captured and imprisoned by Germans. He survived the war, but sadly, he was murdered in 1998 at the age of 88. He had two younger brothers, Janek and Marian. Janek, the youngest brother, was murdered during the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia in 1943.
А ваш дедушка, не рассказал вам, сколько поляков погибло от рук украинских пособников Гитлера? Почему Польша поддерживает нацистов 21 века? Во главе с просрочкой Зе?
My father volunteered for the Navy after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. My dad worked in the engine room. He was trained as a mechanic and he served for almost 4 years until the end of the war. His eyes were permanently damaged from being in the dark so much and then walking on deck while bombs exploded. His ship shot down and/or survived the attack or 5 kamikaze planes from Japan.
Given how you were affected by the numbers early on in this video, I wasn't sure you'd make it to the end. 💗 I understand your heartbreak over it, I cry every time I see this video. I'm glad this guy made it though, because it's hard to really conceive of these huge numbers until they're laid out like this. I've seen several videos lately from young people learning about WWII and the holocaust and it's pretty discouraging how many of them have never heard of a lot of the stuff that happened. As WWII passes from living memory, I'm amazed at how many people around the world are recreating the same patterns and behaviors that precipitated the war to begin with. As long as people see acquisition and power over others as their reason for being, those with the power and the means to do so will send those who don't off to die fighting for it. And let's not forget WWI, a little over 20 years earlier, which has an estimated death toll of about 40 million. Peace be with you, my friend. 🖖🏽
I just love your reactions. The amount of heart and feeling you put into it is why I keep coming back. Always stay true to yourself and never let anyone make you feel badly about your visceral, emotional reactions. ❤
that's what happens when 5 imperial regimes stage a war for profit, which leads to a crisis in the global economy, and then they scapegoat one country and start to abuse it. The Second World War is a continuation of the first. Each of the 5 empires is responsible for all deaths in both world wars. (90 million lives) I hope this will become an example for all people of the world that the ultra-right regime does not lead to anything good, as well as the creation of a monopoly on the governance of the country and imperialism .
This video has gotten harder and harder to watch as I’ve gotten older. I dunno if I got softer or if adult me just understands the horrors of war far better than I did as a teen but this one still gets me to well up my guy. I will say I’m only at 3:35 and I feel bad knowing what he’ll learn about the Eastern Front.
Thank you for your honesty in watching and reacting to this video. If young people of today learn of what has happened, maybe it can be prevented from happing again.
My Great Grandfather was in the US Navy before the (American involvement in the) war started. He was away from Pearl when it was attacked, but spent the next couple of years in the Solomon Islands on a destroyer until it was sunk in 1943. Grampa Jack was injured, having his skull fractured (he had a metal plate put in his head, and claimed the ability to hear radio signals forever after), and was not allowed back into active duty with the Navy, but was reassigned to the Coast Guard Reserve where he learned to drive landing craft. He drove the Marines onto Okinawa in 1945. Following the war, Grampa Jack was assigned to a tramp steamer which was tasked with driving around to the Philippines, Indochina, Burma and the Japanese islands picking up liberated POW's and bringing them to Hawaii (or Singapore, if they were British or Commonwealth). He didn't make it back to the United States until 1947, and had many stories to tell.
The deadliest war since World War 2 is what has been happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last 25-30 years. At least 6 million have died from the civil wars, massacres, famine, and disease. The actual number of fatalities might be much higher. Unforgivably, the news media in the U.S. rarely discusses this ongoing tragedy.
There have been some tragic civil wars and famines since 1945. China, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc there are many examples with death tolls in the millions. It is all sad, but given the population trends the further back you go with lower population numbers it is far worse and over shorter time frames. If you look at the video itself and adjust figures it shows the greatest war/event in known history are essentially the Mongol Invasions and "Discovery" of the New World.
DontTrip on folks ill comments,,learning is a journey,,,you dont know till you ask,,& there are no stupid questions Thats Rule Number1,,,and Of Course Your understanding of our History is lacking the other side of that Coin is Equally as True we Know Not of Your's,,,and truth be known many here are mistaken on their facts so forget the haters,,,,, RockOnMan🌎📽️🎶🎶🎶
Mans inhumanity to man my father fought in the war he helped liberate a concentration camp its something that he never forgot he says the smell you never forget
I grew up in Iowa and try to interpret it through my high school. And my high school was grade 7-12 and it only had 700 people, So every little character is all of my high school and even more dying. You do a great job in putting things into perspective,
I think you may enjoy the book called d-day by Stephen Ambrose. That day is popular for a reason because of the the amount of tanks, airplanes, navy ships and etc… is insane. According to a lot of the men, they almost tried to drink themselves to death but when they started running up on the beach or jumping out of the plane, the alcohol no longer affected them.
My grandfather was a soviet soldier, he fought in Ukraine, liberated Poland and fought in Berlin, captured Bundestag... I'm very proud of him and keep memories about him, his old pictures... Glory to all fallen soldiers that fought for our chance to live.
What we should learn from this above all is that there is a difference whether you are fighting a war against a third world country or whether industrialized nations are attacking each other. And this was at a time when there was no threat of a nuclear exchange.
Almost every european Family was effected...my grandfather flew all 6 years. He was one of the handfull of pilots who fougt in the Battle for England at 1940.
actually the painful truth is if Country´s decide to go to war there is never a Winner
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If you do a Google search asking what the total death count of WW2 was, you'll get this answer: Estimates of the total number of people killed during World War II range from 35 million to 85 million, with 50-56 million deaths directly caused by the war. This number represents about 3% of the world's population in 1940. The war's causes of death included: Military personnel: 21-25 million deaths, including about 5 million prisoners of war. Civilians: 50-55 million deaths. War-related disease and famine: 19-28 million deaths. The Holocaust: The Nazi Party killed approximately 6 million Jews, 2.7 million ethnic Poles, and 4 million others.
This material is very hard and strong. How many evil can make humans for other humans... In my country we say about this war " Peoples make this fate for peoples".
I have a feeling you'd love Sabaton. It's a band that makes songs about military history. They have a fantastic way of making these grand stories hit on a persona level (would suggest starting with Hell and back, Night withces, Ballad of the bull and hearts of iron)
There is a mini series made by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for HBO in 2001 called "BAND of BROTHERS". It's a true story about the US 101st Airborne Division of paratroopers who dropped into France on D Day. Though out the series you get a good idea of what was at stake in WW2. Judging by your reaction to this video today, and the one you watched about the American National Anthem, I think you would be moved by this 10 hour series. I love your videos, it's very humbling hearing reactions from others around the world. At out core, we are all one on this earth, and we should strive to be kind and to respect each other. Thank you, xoxo
@@stephanlunden4318 When you look at what happened in the camps, you are horrified. But then the Soviet leadership declassifies the data on the Salaspils camp in Riga. And then you realize that this has no bottom or edge.
Its hard to Comprehend the numbers killed in the World Wars WW2 had the most deaths at least 60 million its boggles the mind. WW1 also really hits hard like the British losing over 20k Soldiers Killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme most of them within the first Hour. One division started the attack with 750 soldiers the next morning only 68 came to role call. Its staggering. I know of one war Memorial that has the names of Missing soldiers who weren't found and it was near 40k names on it.
@@VeliGoXtreme First day of the Battle of Somme probably still is the bloodiest single day of battle in modern history. Before that it was Borodino in 1812. But it certainly is the bloodiest day in history of Britain.
Sadly we as humanity never learn and this shit happenes like a clock alarm, it's interesting to think what the OG autor can add in from the Ukraine war...
Yeah, for sure. My grandfather was fighting for Ukraine and Russia altogether, liberated many cities like Rostov-on-Don in Russia and almost whole Ukraine... He wouldn't be happy at all about what's happening with us right now. I'm literally crying, I can't even start understand fully what's happening. Since 2 years I still can't understand whole size of catastrophe and tragedy.
The medical profession works to protect us from the dangers of disease and injury. There's one human disease, however, the medical profession cannot deal with, and that is the propensity to violence, which is just as real and destructive as other diseases. This is the mission of the military and law enforcement. I served in the United States military for 30 years, and every day I was totally aware of why I was doing what I was doing--to protect our nation from other nations who would bring violence upon us. I believe it is our military that keeps us safe from those who would bring violence upon us as a nation, but it is our law enforcement professionals who keep us safe from violence within. I'm gratified for the service I rendered to our nation, and I praise God every day for our medical professionals and law enforcement--our military may keep our nation safe, but it is our medical professionals and law enforcement (not politicians) that make our nation great.
and yeah..there really was no need for deaths of that many civilians in Japan during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the war really was already over
The fact on the casualty rate is just a lie. Way more soldiers died during d day than the peak of everyday deaths in the Russo-Ukraine war. Also remember that the world population is much higher today.
Until humans can stop the hate jealousy and power hungry ways it will never change God help us learn to love each other more hate brings nothing but death
Keep in mind this was recorded before everything went to shit, and now Ukraine and Russia are fighting. Azerbaijan fought Armenia for a few months in 2020. Myanmar and Sudan have been in states of civil war for years. Israel has been fighting Hamas and Iran for a bit. Turkey's still been fighting in Northern Syria despite everyone kinda just forgetting about it. So even though the video ends talking about there not having been a major war. There's been at least 3 or 4 with high casualties since.
I think the video is still right. Although the casualties in those war seem high for our time, it’s still relatively peaceful compared to the past. Also the only real major war that you listed was the Russo-Ukraine war. (I am not saying the other wars don’t matter or that the lives lost are insignificant)
It's rare to see people show put their heart on display. I hope your humanity stays intact throughout your life. Mine and many others has but it's truly horrifying how many have lost theirs. All war is abhorant and unnecessary and the western world (of which I am part) perpetuates war for profit. From the sale of weapons and weapon platforms to the rebuilding and reconstruction of destroyed buildings, infrastructure; the sale of machinery, labour, materials, fuel and food. If sales are waived and such "aid" supplied, it's certainly not done so for free; the USA, in particular, demands repayment, be it monetary, raw resources, use of land for bases or loyal geopolitical support. It's so incredibly amoral and unethical that I'm ashamed to have been born in an allied country. Let's hope the world can unite against this current hegemony over the current ongoing conflicts and bring about true peace. I leave you with some words many Americans seem to have forgotten. With words spoken on June 10 1963 by the late Republican President John F. Kennedy. "Peace. What kind of peace do I mean? What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children--not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women--not merely peace in our time but peace for all time."
There is no doubt that the U.S. late entrance into both World Wars in the Twentieth century was critical to the overall victory. However, it is consistent with their desire to stay out of conflicts that did not directly impact them. It is hard to say when the U.S., if at all, would have entered WW2 without the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
Now you know what price the ancestors of the Russians and all the many nations of the Soviet Union paid to ensure that there was no order on the planet that measures the shape and size of the skull to see whether you are worthy of living or not. Our ancestors lay down in the fields by the millions so that I could write you these words. Thank you for your sympathy for our pain. Now you know that when once again on the planet a part of humanity gathers in the ‘army of the night’ to bring grief to the masses, we will be there to give them a fight.
Статистика некоректна. Сравнивают военные потери стран и только СССР указаны потери общие. Как военные, так и гражданские. Военные потери составляют около 8,5 млн солдат. У немцев немного меньше. И это не 2,3млн солдат как в этом видео. Германия только на момент вторжения в СССР имели более 5 млн солдат на восточном фронте. (Повторю- на момент вторжения!) не думаю, что за 4года половина разошлись по домам. По поводу изнасилований... Широко распространенны? В советской армии действовал указ : за изнасилование-расстрел. Так что вряд ли много было случаев. (К слову, союзники себя в этом вопросе не ограничивали. Им даже презервативы выдавали.) Всë как обычно-чëрное называют белым, а белое чëрным. По поводу готовности принести в жертву свой народ... У Гитлера был план по уничтожению граждан советского союза. Не всех, но те, кто выжил стали бы рабами. Т.ч. те миллионы, что погибли это жертва, что бы остальные 200 с лишним миллионов могли жить. Так же и Китай. Если бы китайцы не сопротивлялись до конца японцы их бы ВЫРЕЗАЛИ(они бы даже на расстреливали, а именно вырезали). Суровое время-суровые решения. Англосаксам не понять, никто не приходил к ним с целью их полного уничтожения. В отличии от них самих. Взять тех же индейцев... Или как сейчас украинцев. Это же люди второго сорта, их не жалко, пусть хоть все до единого умрут, англосаксы им за это доллары заплатят...
I appreciate your reaction, but to understand you must learn about the war and its causes. It is hard to learn about this, but it MUST be learnt. We must never, ever forget and this is why trying to erase parts of history is wrong. Eliminate the history and the actions will eventually repeat themselves.
They only entered because they were affected. Also you have to think with these deaths the US is massively larger than the UK, and many of those European countries that were mentioned aside from the Soviet’s
8:20 a lot of people can only see one country as one thing so when they see USA they only see the worst of it and true there is a lot of bad things there But to just paint USA as bad with no redeeming qualities is rather short sighted.
Some Indian soldiers also joined the Japanese army . The nazis and Japanese during that war did a lot of similar things in regards to killing civilians , the Japanese had no problems killing prisoners of war either.
The Unknown War (TV documentary). Part 1. June 22, 1941.ua-cam.com/video/7ibizxvxgaY/v-deo.htmlsi=i5LKXpuKN_3yza_J Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series.
Welcome to War. For you, it's painful. I get that. For us? We die in the line of duty for what we believe in (in the best case scenario). If youre conscripted...you're fucked. Fuck war, salute for my dead brothers and sisters in arms🫡
Don't forget, Soviet Union fight against not only Germany, but with whole Europe, because in german army were many people from different europe countries. After every 100 years Europe goes against Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russian Federation. One country vs whole Europe. 20 millions died russians in WW2. Stalingrad and Leningrad. I hope you can undestand us - Russians, Victory day - is a day when we commemorate sacrifices in Great Patriotic war. They died for our free future. And don't believe the words about Stalin. He raised our country, he industrialized the country, he carried out perhaps harsh, but necessary purges in the state apparatus. Yes, there were mistakes, innocent people were imprisoned, but mostly based on denunciations. And they tried to liberate Leningrad all the time, read about the road of life. Our soldiers were accused of raping German women, and there were cases, but for these crimes they were shot.
I want also to recommend the book War is a racket by Butler. The winners in World War II were the United States, because they got rich, and others suffered. And now, by arranging conflicts and fighting by proxy, they are enriching themselves while Europe becomes weaker, while Russians and Ukrainians, brothers by blood, are killing each other.
We must all remember the horrors of war in order to learn to fear it and avoid starting new wars in every possible way. With Respect from the biggest shard of Soviet Union.
I think you sometimes have to fight evil like nazis. I think many people will fight for freedom. Sometimes you have to fight for wat os right. But hopefully we can all find other ways to Solveig situations pecefully. Jet it is scarry to see russia and Ukrain. And Israel and Palestina. Lets hope no world war 3.
don't be, every single country has very dark pages in their history. yours just happens to be more recent than most. you didn't do it, your ancestors did. you're not to blame.
You can feel bad for it. Make sure that it does not happen again. But never be sorry for stuff that happened before you were born. Because if everybody did that, then all of humanity would cry nonstop.
Sag mal, was willst du mir damit sagen? Dass es schlimm ist, was unsere Vorväter getan haben? Ja, aber deswegen finde ich nicht, dass ich mich entschuldigen muss oder mich dafür irgendwie schuldig fühle, nein, es gibt kein Grund für mich, mich dafür schuldig zu fühlen, was vor über 80 Jahren passiert ist, ja, es war eine düstere Zeit - aber ich sehe eher die Zukunft als Parameter, ob ich mich schuldig fühlen sollte, nichts getan zu haben, dass sich der nächste Krieg anbahnt!
Pole here. 49% of my family was kiled by rusians, 49% by germans. From 2 families, only my father, his brother and my mother surviwed and exiled. Now the ruskis are doing it again in Ukraine... You are a good man. Regards from Poland.
My grandpa was railway worker.. and he hit in 1944 with airplane bomb when he took at train wagon food to bring it others including my grandmother , My dad wasthen only 3 years old. Red army atack Estonia to get out German army . Tapa town, Estonia.
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Don't listen to haters. You're amazing. God Bless you 🙏
Never say you're sorry for showing you have a hart.
Heart* but sure 😉
@@Lundis919191 yea heart i hate how some people never learned the right words
@@Mega-y5d He left one letter out. Probably a typo. Lighten up lol.
@@ville666sora my bad sorry about that i wasn't hating on the video just me being a combat veteran and a family that is military based i kinda looked into that because my grandpa was in guadacanal fighting the japanese he lived was injured but lived and my dad was in the navy in the 80's and joined the army in early 2000's went to Iraq and fought the Al-Qaeda and back in 2010 i joined the Marine Corps and went to Afghanistan Sangin Helmand Province so when your telling me to lighten up tell that to my friends who i saw get killed
@@Mega-y5d"I went to war so when I'm being an asshole about peoples typos you have to agree" makes absolutely No sense to me. Just because you have reasons to be angry, doesnt mean you have to let it out on strangers
3:30 - I was like "aww, bless your heart, but wait till you learn about Soviet casualties" 😥
that part always gets me. Non American reactors showing more emotion than they should during the beginning of this video.
Until the hammer drops. And Then they're just stunned. Like why did they sit there and say that?
My grandfather was a combat medic for the US Army in WWII at the Normandy Beach Invasion and I heard stories from him that impacted me to the core still to this day. The horrors of war are something no one can explain unless you have witnessed it first hand.😢
I miss you Grandpa George, you taught me so much and I miss you terribly.
I had a great-uncle who I've been told landed on D-Day or soon after as a combat medic. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge but was liberated after only a month or two. I never really knew him and he died in the 1980s when I was a teenager. He had a reputation as a drinker, which might have shortened his life. I wonder if he drank to forget what he saw in the war.
Maybe they Shouldn't go to Europe, the war in Europe had nothing to do with the US, you should blame the US on this
meanwhile my grandfather was fighting in czechoslovakia
the allies were not the good guys, they starved and executed germans pow's for simply existing. they nuked two civilian city's for their own blood thirsty pleasure, the us were not goood guys lol.
@@sweetboy2093 from this and your other comment on this video I’m getting the feeling your a nazi sympathiser. You lost the war take the L.
You are a fine human being - From first to last your heart was in the right place, war is a terrible thing, and it is awful to truly contemplate.
Нет ни одной семьи в СССР, которая не потеряла бы родных в этой войне. 😢
😢😢😩😩😭😭
Im sorry.. I’ve been studying the holocaust for so many years, and I always thought that Jewish deaths were the highest. I had no idea but in total, it was so many people especially Soviet deaths. That makes me so so sad. All for absolutely nothing.. 😢
How about this next one?
мой прадед пропал без вести(100% погиб,но тело скорее всего не нашли или не опознали) если при нем не было бирки или оружия с номером,он скорее всего один из тех самых безымянных погибших солдат,либо до сих пор где то в земле.
@@Dfg13930 where is my real offend anyone,
Погляди на моих бойцов, целый свет помнит их в лицо,
Вот застыл батальон в строю, снова старых друзей узнаю.
Хоть им нет двадцати пяти - трудный путь им пришлось пройти.
Это те, кто в штыки поднимался, как один, те, кто брал Берлин... !
My great-grandfather Stefan served in the Polish Army and fought against the Nazi Germany in the September Campaign, also known as the Invasion of Poland (first campaign of WW2). He was then captured and imprisoned by Germans. He survived the war, but sadly, he was murdered in 1998 at the age of 88. He had two younger brothers, Janek and Marian. Janek, the youngest brother, was murdered during the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia in 1943.
А ваш дедушка, не рассказал вам, сколько поляков погибло от рук украинских пособников Гитлера?
Почему Польша поддерживает нацистов 21 века? Во главе с просрочкой Зе?
I really appreciate Your sympathy for the victims.
He's a good lad.
When people speak about the Cost of Freedom...This, is Part.
And its all avoidable, but look what our current western politicions do right now. They seem to want war again for some reason. its scary.
Your heart is pure gold brother, hope u stay safe in this harsh world
My father volunteered for the Navy after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. My dad worked in the engine room. He was trained as a mechanic and he served for almost 4 years until the end of the war. His eyes were permanently damaged from being in the dark so much and then walking on deck while bombs exploded. His ship shot down and/or survived the attack or 5 kamikaze planes from Japan.
You are giving these hero’s your valid time they deserve, people our age laugh at them. Never say sorry for pausing ❤
Thank you for your kind words about the USA!
Given how you were affected by the numbers early on in this video, I wasn't sure you'd make it to the end. 💗 I understand your heartbreak over it, I cry every time I see this video. I'm glad this guy made it though, because it's hard to really conceive of these huge numbers until they're laid out like this. I've seen several videos lately from young people learning about WWII and the holocaust and it's pretty discouraging how many of them have never heard of a lot of the stuff that happened. As WWII passes from living memory, I'm amazed at how many people around the world are recreating the same patterns and behaviors that precipitated the war to begin with. As long as people see acquisition and power over others as their reason for being, those with the power and the means to do so will send those who don't off to die fighting for it. And let's not forget WWI, a little over 20 years earlier, which has an estimated death toll of about 40 million.
Peace be with you, my friend. 🖖🏽
Your a good guy bro respect from newzealand
A man isnt a man without emotions you are true Man bro
I just love your reactions. The amount of heart and feeling you put into it is why I keep coming back. Always stay true to yourself and never let anyone make you feel badly about your visceral, emotional reactions. ❤
This is what happens when hate wins. My country was lucky. Hi from Denmark
Honestly I really ask what is the point of all the hate 🙁
that's what happens when 5 imperial regimes stage a war for profit, which leads to a crisis in the global economy, and then they scapegoat one country and start to abuse it. The Second World War is a continuation of the first. Each of the 5 empires is responsible for all deaths in both world wars. (90 million lives) I hope this will become an example for all people of the world that the ultra-right regime does not lead to anything good, as well as the creation of a monopoly on the governance of the country and imperialism .
Dude, now you absolutely have to watch "come and see". It's available on youtube with subtitles
This video has gotten harder and harder to watch as I’ve gotten older. I dunno if I got softer or if adult me just understands the horrors of war far better than I did as a teen but this one still gets me to well up my guy. I will say I’m only at 3:35 and I feel bad knowing what he’ll learn about the Eastern Front.
The Soviets lost 26 million people.
Civilians and military
26 million is the low end. The Soviets had an intrest in hiding their true losses. Some sources claim it was as high as 34 million.
And then they say slavery nanana look what white do to white ppl 😂
Thank you for your honesty in watching and reacting to this video. If young people of today learn of what has happened, maybe it can be prevented from happing again.
I cry every time I watch this video
Your reaction shows you have heart bro....
My Great Grandfather was in the US Navy before the (American involvement in the) war started. He was away from Pearl when it was attacked, but spent the next couple of years in the Solomon Islands on a destroyer until it was sunk in 1943. Grampa Jack was injured, having his skull fractured (he had a metal plate put in his head, and claimed the ability to hear radio signals forever after), and was not allowed back into active duty with the Navy, but was reassigned to the Coast Guard Reserve where he learned to drive landing craft. He drove the Marines onto Okinawa in 1945.
Following the war, Grampa Jack was assigned to a tramp steamer which was tasked with driving around to the Philippines, Indochina, Burma and the Japanese islands picking up liberated POW's and bringing them to Hawaii (or Singapore, if they were British or Commonwealth). He didn't make it back to the United States until 1947, and had many stories to tell.
yo i had a grandpa who fought in the war his name was Jack he flew a flying fortress the other was a tank commander both american army
The deadliest war since World War 2 is what has been happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last 25-30 years. At least 6 million have died from the civil wars, massacres, famine, and disease. The actual number of fatalities might be much higher. Unforgivably, the news media in the U.S. rarely discusses this ongoing tragedy.
There have been some tragic civil wars and famines since 1945. China, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc there are many examples with death tolls in the millions. It is all sad, but given the population trends the further back you go with lower population numbers it is far worse and over shorter time frames. If you look at the video itself and adjust figures it shows the greatest war/event in known history are essentially the Mongol Invasions and "Discovery" of the New World.
Every human figure represents one thousand lives lost
DontTrip on folks ill comments,,learning is a journey,,,you dont know till you ask,,& there are no stupid questions Thats Rule Number1,,,and Of Course Your understanding of our History is lacking the other side of that Coin is Equally as True we Know Not of Your's,,,and truth be known many here are mistaken on their facts so forget the haters,,,,, RockOnMan🌎📽️🎶🎶🎶
My father landed i the second wave on Omaha Beach as a First Sergeant in the US Army.
For what darkness lurks in men's hearts, for what hatred festers within men's souls, for what madness corrupts men's minds?
europe knows its history
Mans inhumanity to man my father fought in the war he helped liberate a concentration camp its something that he never forgot he says the smell you never forget
This is the best reaction I’ve ever seen.
I grew up in Iowa and try to interpret it through my high school. And my high school was grade 7-12 and it only had 700 people, So every little character is all of my high school and even more dying. You do a great job in putting things into perspective,
I think you may enjoy the book called d-day by Stephen Ambrose. That day is popular for a reason because of the the amount of tanks, airplanes, navy ships and etc… is insane. According to a lot of the men, they almost tried to drink themselves to death but when they started running up on the beach or jumping out of the plane, the alcohol no longer affected them.
My grandfather was a soviet soldier, he fought in Ukraine, liberated Poland and fought in Berlin, captured Bundestag... I'm very proud of him and keep memories about him, his old pictures... Glory to all fallen soldiers that fought for our chance to live.
Yeah, “liberated” Poland.
@@thomastoadie9006 Yes, *LIBERATED* Poland
А теперь потомки земляков дедушки бегают и зигуют...
Отравили землю предков, теперь умываются слезами...
That is why we in Russia carefully preserve the memory of that War.
What we should learn from this above all is that there is a difference whether you are fighting a war against a third world country or whether industrialized nations are attacking each other. And this was at a time when there was no threat of a nuclear exchange.
Almost every european Family was effected...my grandfather flew all 6 years. He was one of the handfull of pilots who fougt in the Battle for England at 1940.
Battle of Britain
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actually the painful truth is if Country´s decide to go to war there is never a Winner
If you do a Google search asking what the total death count of WW2 was, you'll get this answer:
Estimates of the total number of people killed during World War II range from 35 million to 85 million, with 50-56 million deaths directly caused by the war. This number represents about 3% of the world's population in 1940. The war's causes of death included:
Military personnel: 21-25 million deaths, including about 5 million prisoners of war.
Civilians: 50-55 million deaths.
War-related disease and famine: 19-28 million deaths.
The Holocaust: The Nazi Party killed approximately 6 million Jews, 2.7 million ethnic Poles, and 4 million others.
This material is very hard and strong. How many evil can make humans for other humans... In my country we say about this war " Peoples make this fate for peoples".
I love your energy brother. You can be an honorary american if you want. I will speak for you my man
Reacts from a heart. 👍
I have a feeling you'd love Sabaton.
It's a band that makes songs about military history. They have a fantastic way of making these grand stories hit on a persona level
(would suggest starting with Hell and back, Night withces, Ballad of the bull and hearts of iron)
Your a good person my friend
The world can't be perfect but i hope people will have no more wars anymore . It's a slow process.
This guy gets it
the brother of my grandma and her husband died in ww2
There is a mini series made by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for HBO in 2001 called "BAND of BROTHERS". It's a true story about the US 101st Airborne Division of paratroopers who dropped into France on D Day. Though out the series you get a good idea of what was at stake in WW2. Judging by your reaction to this video today, and the one you watched about the American National Anthem, I think you would be moved by this 10 hour series. I love your videos, it's very humbling hearing reactions from others around the world. At out core, we are all one on this earth, and we should strive to be kind and to respect each other. Thank you, xoxo
Time to watch this masterpiece again... Episode 9 hit really hard.
@@stephanlunden4318 When you look at what happened in the camps, you are horrified. But then the Soviet leadership declassifies the data on the Salaspils camp in Riga. And then you realize that this has no bottom or edge.
This a VERY good series and historically accurate
Its hard to Comprehend the numbers killed in the World Wars WW2 had the most deaths at least 60 million its boggles the mind. WW1 also really hits hard like the British losing over 20k Soldiers Killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme most of them within the first Hour. One division started the attack with 750 soldiers the next morning only 68 came to role call. Its staggering. I know of one war Memorial that has the names of Missing soldiers who weren't found and it was near 40k names on it.
Oh my God ☹️☹️☹️☹️ over 40k missing 😖
@@VeliGoXtreme First day of the Battle of Somme probably still is the bloodiest single day of battle in modern history. Before that it was Borodino in 1812. But it certainly is the bloodiest day in history of Britain.
Sadly we as humanity never learn and this shit happenes like a clock alarm, it's interesting to think what the OG autor can add in from the Ukraine war...
Yeah, for sure. My grandfather was fighting for Ukraine and Russia altogether, liberated many cities like Rostov-on-Don in Russia and almost whole Ukraine... He wouldn't be happy at all about what's happening with us right now. I'm literally crying, I can't even start understand fully what's happening. Since 2 years I still can't understand whole size of catastrophe and tragedy.
Be aware that video is from 2015, now it should have slightly different ending... because "long peace" is definitly over...
I am a dane and it was not the germans but the nazies , germans had their fears too towards nazies
The medical profession works to protect us from the dangers of disease and injury. There's one human disease, however, the medical profession cannot deal with, and that is the propensity to violence, which is just as real and destructive as other diseases. This is the mission of the military and law enforcement. I served in the United States military for 30 years, and every day I was totally aware of why I was doing what I was doing--to protect our nation from other nations who would bring violence upon us. I believe it is our military that keeps us safe from those who would bring violence upon us as a nation, but it is our law enforcement professionals who keep us safe from violence within. I'm gratified for the service I rendered to our nation, and I praise God every day for our medical professionals and law enforcement--our military may keep our nation safe, but it is our medical professionals and law enforcement (not politicians) that make our nation great.
We have a saying in the USA. Freedom isn't free. There is always a cost.
Cost of soviet people,because your country go to war in Europe just when you realise,that soviets are winning)so dont be hypocrite)
but never the US cost as history shows
just fyi - every day in the Ukraine-Russian conflict is the D-day military casualties-wise
and yeah..there really was no need for deaths of that many civilians in Japan during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, the war really was already over
@@dadler2958 and again,because of soviet soldiers.
The fact on the casualty rate is just a lie. Way more soldiers died during d day than the peak of everyday deaths in the Russo-Ukraine war. Also remember that the world population is much higher today.
war is hell...........
Until humans can stop the hate jealousy and power hungry ways it will never change God help us learn to love each other more hate brings nothing but death
Another grim thought is to think what would happen if we ever had WWIII with the use of nuclear weapons.
Billions gone in the blink of an eye.
"I am not sure what weapons will be used in World War III, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." - Albert Einstein
Keep in mind this was recorded before everything went to shit, and now Ukraine and Russia are fighting. Azerbaijan fought Armenia for a few months in 2020. Myanmar and Sudan have been in states of civil war for years. Israel has been fighting Hamas and Iran for a bit. Turkey's still been fighting in Northern Syria despite everyone kinda just forgetting about it. So even though the video ends talking about there not having been a major war. There's been at least 3 or 4 with high casualties since.
I think the video is still right. Although the casualties in those war seem high for our time, it’s still relatively peaceful compared to the past. Also the only real major war that you listed was the Russo-Ukraine war. (I am not saying the other wars don’t matter or that the lives lost are insignificant)
Thank u. Touching reaction
It's rare to see people show put their heart on display. I hope your humanity stays intact throughout your life. Mine and many others has but it's truly horrifying how many have lost theirs. All war is abhorant and unnecessary and the western world (of which I am part) perpetuates war for profit. From the sale of weapons and weapon platforms to the rebuilding and reconstruction of destroyed buildings, infrastructure; the sale of machinery, labour, materials, fuel and food. If sales are waived and such "aid" supplied, it's certainly not done so for free; the USA, in particular, demands repayment, be it monetary, raw resources, use of land for bases or loyal geopolitical support. It's so incredibly amoral and unethical that I'm ashamed to have been born in an allied country. Let's hope the world can unite against this current hegemony over the current ongoing conflicts and bring about true peace.
I leave you with some words many Americans seem to have forgotten. With words spoken on June 10 1963 by the late Republican President John F. Kennedy.
"Peace. What kind of peace do I mean? What kind of peace do we seek? Not a Pax Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war. Not the peace of the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace, the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children--not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women--not merely peace in our time but peace for all time."
There is no doubt that the U.S. late entrance into both World Wars in the Twentieth century was critical to the overall victory. However, it is consistent with their desire to stay out of conflicts that did not directly impact them. It is hard to say when the U.S., if at all, would have entered WW2 without the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
25:40 I don't tear up easily but DAMN that ending got to me
Now you know what price the ancestors of the Russians and all the many nations of the Soviet Union paid to ensure that there was no order on the planet that measures the shape and size of the skull to see whether you are worthy of living or not. Our ancestors lay down in the fields by the millions so that I could write you these words. Thank you for your sympathy for our pain.
Now you know that when once again on the planet a part of humanity gathers in the ‘army of the night’ to bring grief to the masses, we will be there to give them a fight.
Статистика некоректна. Сравнивают военные потери стран и только СССР указаны потери общие. Как военные, так и гражданские. Военные потери составляют около 8,5 млн солдат. У немцев немного меньше. И это не 2,3млн солдат как в этом видео. Германия только на момент вторжения в СССР имели более 5 млн солдат на восточном фронте. (Повторю- на момент вторжения!) не думаю, что за 4года половина разошлись по домам. По поводу изнасилований... Широко распространенны? В советской армии действовал указ : за изнасилование-расстрел. Так что вряд ли много было случаев. (К слову, союзники себя в этом вопросе не ограничивали. Им даже презервативы выдавали.) Всë как обычно-чëрное называют белым, а белое чëрным. По поводу готовности принести в жертву свой народ... У Гитлера был план по уничтожению граждан советского союза. Не всех, но те, кто выжил стали бы рабами. Т.ч. те миллионы, что погибли это жертва, что бы остальные 200 с лишним миллионов могли жить. Так же и Китай. Если бы китайцы не сопротивлялись до конца японцы их бы ВЫРЕЗАЛИ(они бы даже на расстреливали, а именно вырезали). Суровое время-суровые решения. Англосаксам не понять, никто не приходил к ним с целью их полного уничтожения. В отличии от них самих. Взять тех же индейцев... Или как сейчас украинцев. Это же люди второго сорта, их не жалко, пусть хоть все до единого умрут, англосаксы им за это доллары заплатят...
с чего вдруг там общие потери? так же разделены как и у других.
don't tell that brother about pashandale.
My grandfather fought for Germany❤
Well, about disrespect to soldiers: I completely got your point, but soldiers were on both sides. So it depends
I appreciate your reaction, but to understand you must learn about the war and its causes. It is hard to learn about this, but it MUST be learnt. We must never, ever forget and this is why trying to erase parts of history is wrong. Eliminate the history and the actions will eventually repeat themselves.
Lauri Torni soldier of 3 armies
They only entered because they were affected.
Also you have to think with these deaths the US is massively larger than the UK, and many of those European countries that were mentioned aside from the Soviet’s
when it gets to ww1 and ww2 history is never tought properly alot gets skipped over hell japan skips to the end
Veli=brother
8:20 a lot of people can only see one country as one thing so when they see USA they only see the worst of it and true there is a lot of bad things there
But to just paint USA as bad with no redeeming qualities is rather short sighted.
Watch "world war 2 . Behind the closed doors"
Just wait he just starting
Some africans troops united with Germany army then..because they want out of colonia at ruled UK or France.
Really ???
@@VeliGoXtreme yes.
Same in India.
There are pictures of Africans and Indians in Wehrmacht uniforms of the Afrikan/India Corps.
Some Indian soldiers also joined the Japanese army .
The nazis and Japanese during that war did a lot of similar things in regards to killing civilians , the Japanese had no problems killing prisoners of war either.
Poland lost 22% of his population in world
This is soldiers wait civilians to come
Szczęść Boże !
PLEASE REACT TO WW2 OVERSIMPLIFIED
The Unknown War (TV documentary). Part 1. June 22, 1941.ua-cam.com/video/7ibizxvxgaY/v-deo.htmlsi=i5LKXpuKN_3yza_J Sprawling, 20-part documentary history in film of the World War II conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Companion book, The Unknown War, written by NYT reporter Harrison Salisbury. Each episode is about 52 minutes, similar in format to The World at War. The footage was edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the soviet entry in Berlin in May 1945. Most of these films have never been seen outside this documentary series.
Welcome to War. For you, it's painful. I get that. For us?
We die in the line of duty for what we believe in (in the best case scenario). If youre conscripted...you're fucked.
Fuck war, salute for my dead brothers and sisters in arms🫡
Don't forget, Soviet Union fight against not only Germany, but with whole Europe, because in german army were many people from different europe countries. After every 100 years Europe goes against Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Russian Federation. One country vs whole Europe. 20 millions died russians in WW2. Stalingrad and Leningrad. I hope you can undestand us - Russians, Victory day - is a day when we commemorate sacrifices in Great Patriotic war. They died for our free future. And don't believe the words about Stalin. He raised our country, he industrialized the country, he carried out perhaps harsh, but necessary purges in the state apparatus. Yes, there were mistakes, innocent people were imprisoned, but mostly based on denunciations. And they tried to liberate Leningrad all the time, read about the road of life. Our soldiers were accused of raping German women, and there were cases, but for these crimes they were shot.
I want also to recommend the book War is a racket by Butler. The winners in World War II were the United States, because they got rich, and others suffered. And now, by arranging conflicts and fighting by proxy, they are enriching themselves while Europe becomes weaker, while Russians and Ukrainians, brothers by blood, are killing each other.
We must all remember the horrors of war in order to learn to fear it and avoid starting new wars in every possible way.
With Respect from the biggest shard of Soviet Union.
I think you sometimes have to fight evil like nazis. I think many people will fight for freedom. Sometimes you have to fight for wat os right. But hopefully we can all find other ways to Solveig situations pecefully. Jet it is scarry to see russia and Ukrain. And Israel and Palestina. Lets hope no world war 3.
India won their freedom from the UK without war.
as a german born way after I am still sorry for this was happend....
You should be proud to be German.
why would you be sorry for something that happened long ago?
don't be, every single country has very dark pages in their history. yours just happens to be more recent than most. you didn't do it, your ancestors did. you're not to blame.
You can feel bad for it. Make sure that it does not happen again. But never be sorry for stuff that happened before you were born. Because if everybody did that, then all of humanity would cry nonstop.
Sag mal, was willst du mir damit sagen? Dass es schlimm ist, was unsere Vorväter getan haben? Ja, aber deswegen finde ich nicht, dass ich mich entschuldigen muss oder mich dafür irgendwie schuldig fühle, nein, es gibt kein Grund für mich, mich dafür schuldig zu fühlen, was vor über 80 Jahren passiert ist, ja, es war eine düstere Zeit - aber ich sehe eher die Zukunft als Parameter, ob ich mich schuldig fühlen sollte, nichts getan zu haben, dass sich der nächste Krieg anbahnt!
he said over 400 000 american soldiers died wich means more then 400 000
Human Life is nothing worth for the politicians.In the past and now as well
Pole here. 49% of my family was kiled by rusians, 49% by germans. From 2 families, only my father, his brother and my mother surviwed and exiled. Now the ruskis are doing it again in Ukraine... You are a good man. Regards from Poland.
Dont't forget about Ukrainians who killed and butcherd Poles in brutal and tragic way in Wołyń and other places in Ukraine.
действительно, какие плохие эти русские, что пытаются защищаться.
@@vadimoparin8185 What? Speak English
@@theLegendarySpaceCaptainthis is not my problem)) use translator
@@vadimoparin8185 Coward
And this is why, the best bet is too not fuck with Russia
My grandpa was railway worker.. and he hit in 1944 with airplane bomb when he took at train wagon food to bring it others including my grandmother , My dad wasthen only 3 years old. Red army atack Estonia to get out German army . Tapa town, Estonia.
Tapa town railway depoo 59.263554 N / 25,938117 E
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Deaths of WW1 are not pretty either and some people thought this death is enought to learn a lesson to avoid the war
They were wrong...
you are supposed to feel bad watching this video. Crying for the fallen is human and should not inspire shame of any kind
Usa got into the war becose they was attact by Japan. Not becose they was helpful heroes.
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Uk stood alone in Europe until the pearl harbour attack sometimes I get angry at this fact .