"The siege of September 13, 1942 to January 31, 1943 will inspire forever the hearts of all free people. Their glorious victory stemmed the tide of invasion and marked the turning point in the war of the Allied nations against the forces of aggression." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, congratulating Joseph Stalin on the soviet Victory at Stalingrad, 1944
@@sadiesink_ Hey, I would be ashamed to be a Westerner, realizing that the Nazis lost more soldiers in Stalingrad than on the entire Western Front. Aren't you ashamed to be a Westerner? ;)
My Grandmother was in Stalingrad that time, she would tell me stories about that battle, how they would hide every day from aircrafts. The first month they were getting some bread but after 2 months of battle they were eating rats then started eating their own cats&dogs and she would tell me at some point some people started eating their young children(you couldn’t eat anything/anyone else bc all men were in war). Horrible days… my Grandma is 91 today.
@@talaltariqq_ and most of us wouldn't have been born without their sacrifice. D-Day couldn't succeed if Germany delayed invading Russia and stationed the bulk of their troops in the west.
@@elaymold2511 yep. In fact, most people arrogantly and ignorantly say: "USSR only won because the US helped" despite the fact that they didn't directly help and sent reinforcements way later.
If you ever really think about death, it’s very scary and almost impossible to imagine. Thinking of just how many people died here and what they all must have felt about their life being so precarious is profound.
I wonder if you could do a video on Rhzev as it’s one of the most unknown battles during the whole of Worls War II it was so brutal that it gained the nickname ‘The Rhzev Meat Grinder’ it’s probably where the Soviets and Germans lost a majority of their men and it’s also one of the reasons the Russians managed to capture the German 6th army
Oh yeah, that was a truly brutal set of battles. I have read somewhere that the Soviets lost almost twice as many men in their offensives against the German defenses. This meat grinding made General Zhukov give the order, "If you want to keep your job, do not order any offensives where there is no room to flank or to gain advantage from the terrain."
@@sicariijustiniani9566 It's possible, although Zhukov's most notable role was masterminded the biggest and bloodiest part of the Ryzhev campaign Operation Mars: which launched before Operation Uranus at Stalingrad and had more men and tanks than Uranus, the two pincers of Mars like Uranus weren't personally commanded by Zhukov... the Northern pincer was commanded by Ivan Konev, and the Southern pincer by Maksim Purkayev. For their failures, Konev was temporarily demoted, and Purkayev was shipped off the Siberian Far East to do nothing except a minor role in the Manchuria invasion in 1945.
The question is, if Stalin made different choices, would the outcome have been different. For example, if Stalin didn't insist on Kiev or Sevastopol be defended at cruel and all costs, what was to keep the Germans from just tearing into Moscow early?
Nothing? Terrarain would undoubtedly hurt their numbers on the German side but not eliminate them providing they were prepared the cruel Russian winter.
At Kiev alone, the Soviets lost 700,000 men. That massive statistic is truly a catastrophe. If Stalin had allowed those troops to pull back out of the Kiev encirclement, then they would've lived to fight another day. They could then slow down the German advance long before they got to Moscow.
@@trevormangus625 True. Marshall Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy asked to evacuate the Kiev salient specifically so that his army could defend a reduced front more effectively. The large salient near Kiev had spread Budyonnyy's forces thin, and he could not stop the 1st Panzer Group of General Ewald von Kliest breaking through and encircling the Soviet forces in the Kiev Salient. Had the troops been allowed to pull out of the city of Kiev, they could have held out against the encirclement attacks of the Germans, which could have prevented the capture of the Kiev salient, or, in the worst case scenario, could have immediately withdrawn in case of breakthrough, leading to the saving of more men for future fights. Also, all these men saved could be effectively used in a better defense of Moscow. The situation was so desperate that the Mozhaisk defense line, one of the last defenses before Moscow, had to be defended by new conscripts, rather than experienced reserves/serving soldiers. Just to bulk up this defense, General Georgy Zhukov was forced to recall troops which were sent to relieve the siege of Leningrad, so that he could shore up the defenses of the Mozhaisk line. Had the troops been saved at Kiev (at least), the Mozhaisk defense line would have been more effective, and Moscow would have been better defended.
@@utkarshvishwakarma8435 of course all roads lead to moscow but my guess is we focus on stalingrad for the name the city had to shame the rus leader and take their oil, had family that guarded the army in stalingrad but heard sonthing that he run away and was shot in his house he was scared of what was in stalingrad and its no Wonder there was more casualties in stalingrand than all the West in all the war
listened to a podcast on Spotify about the battle of stalingrad, they mentioned that despite the huge amout of deaths the smell in the city was terrible, and since fighting was everywere it was not so fun fighting in the sewers
Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle ever fought in history. And it will stay that way. Chances of us seeing a battle that will surpass it is unlikely to come about in out lifetimes.
A lot of people forget the epic battle of Sevastopol. It was a Crimean fortress that took months and the German giant artillery we still discuss too , the Gustav. There was another battle, which though a German victory was costly, near eastern Ukraine that set up the German South group to fail. Pavlov’s house was a complete myth. It really only exist in Soviet after war propaganda and if anything, was not an important strategic point. This video needs more Tik info checks.
It wasn't complete myth, house was fortified and probably held out couple of attacks but I'm pretty sure that after being confirmed as an enemy strong point the whole building would've been reduced to rubble. But Stalin and soviets loved and needed heroes, more legendary the better. Chinese had a similar myth of 7 soldiers holding out against 100000 and killing 15000 japanese soldiers and hundreds of tanks.
"The ideologically important city of Stalingrad" as if that's the reason both sides poured millions of lives into the city. Stalingrad was a major industrial and transportation hub, and was one of the main arteries through which the Allies' Lend-Lease system functioned. Stalingrad was also built on the volga river and had a pretty sizeable port for it. Whoever owned the port could project power downstream all the way to the caspian sea, and since the nazis were trying to capture the oil-rich fields of the caucasus to keep their war machine churning, they desperately needed that city.
*Ah yes, in 1942, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Sweeden, Italy, and Finland were controlled by Germany. Defienietly happened, and we aren't just lazy so we didn't draw borders.*
One misconception about Order 227 that you mention.....it allowed Soviet Troops to retreat to their own lines if the attacked failed. Even then it was often down in a case by case basis with higher ranking officers being the ones arrested or executed.
the blocking detachments also were made up of the worst troops and had little equipment because the regular troops so desperately needed what was available, and most had no way to practically carry out the execution orders (though these were seldom if ever given due to the need to conserve troops in the face of the Fall Blau onslaught) so most Soviet commanders effectively disused blocking detachments from late 42, and they were formally disbanded altogether in 1944.
I realize it’s impossible to summarize WW2 in Russia in a few minutes. The Germans faced enormous logistical problems so they were barely surviving by eating their horses. When Stalingrad collapsed roughly 95,000 Germans died in 2 weeks from their chronic starvation, freezing weather, lice infestation, typhus, etc. Since the original objective was to secure the SE to get oil and food, securing Stalingrad seems to be a “bridge too far.”
"Surrender is forbidden. Sixth Army will hold their positions to the last man and the last round and by their heroic endurance will make an unforgettable contribution toward the establishment of a defensive front and the salvation of the Western world." - A. H.
It’s ironic that the NKVD would shoot anyone retreating or desertion. But, once that rule came into effect fir the NKVD Officers. Over 1000+ of them were court marshalled for the exact same thing! But, weren’t shot.
What do you mean? Thats not how it was. It was just the NKVD officers that were shot. Of course some soldiers were shot like that, but it wasn’t common. Your sources probably come from the movie Enemy at the Gates.
Nope, they did not protect anyone but themselves, with billions of dollars of aid from the US in tanks, guns, and other resources. Their thanks for that was to seize every country they "liberated" and enact a brutal 50 year occupation on most of them.
I don‘t know about you, but in my country (austria) there was always put a lot of emphasis on the fact that the Soviets were there to liberate us from the Nazis while taking the biggest toll as well. We even have a tremendous monument in the city center of Vienna to remember the fallen soviet soldiers… And the same attitude also goes for germany.
Operation Kutuzov and Operation Bagration were two major strategic operations of the Red Army against German Army Group Center Stalingrad was just against the German 6th army
Always remember that battle when some armchair pacifists tell the Ukrainians to simply give up because of civilian casualties… Just imagine how Russia (and even the whole world) would look like rn in case they just surrendered Stalingrad/Kursk. In hindsight, resisting the Nazis with all means possible has been one of the most important decisions ever taken.
😂😂😂😂😂keep in mind 9/12 n@zis died on the eastern front ussr lost 60 000 000 million soliders america and ik combined lost 300 000 we saved you and the world from germany
To say it was epic is a bad description. The battle could be more accurately described as a brutal bloodbath where each side gave no quarter and expected none in return. The Germans and Soviets would fight room by room, building by building, not a single metre of ground was given up without a fight. This was mentally draining for the Germans as they were used to their Blitzkrieg or lightning war tactics, which were useless in the streets of Stalingrad littered with rubble. The Soviets also “hugged” the German’s advance meaning the Germans couldn’t use air or artillery support without hitting their own troops. Soviet and German snipers also lurked in every corner. The Soviets would fight to the end for even just one building, and even if the Germans took it, they’d suffer heavy casualties and the Soviets would soon counter attack and retake the building. The city was not only of strategic importance since it was a factory city, but also if symbolic importance since it was named after Stalin. As you can probably guess, prisoners weren’t treated well. In normal wars you are grateful to be taken prisoner. In this war, especially on the Eastern Front, you’d be unlucky to be taken prisoner by the Soviets or the Germans. You’d prefer to be shot and die a painless death. It is a miracle both armies stood their ground for so long. It is likely that most other armies would have collapsed quickly under such immense pressure and casualties.
Operation ‘Uranus’ defeated the Germans by literally targeting their rear. Nice
Heh heh.....11:11, yes, Operation Uranus "penetrated deep into the German rear". I mean, the jokes pretty much write themselves from here.
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Ah! And here I was thinking I was alone at the kids’ table hahaha
Operation my what?
i am wondering if someone did that on purpose
"The Italians fight well, a rarity in this war"
I died there XD
"The siege of September 13, 1942 to January 31, 1943 will inspire forever the hearts of all free people. Their glorious victory stemmed the tide of invasion and marked the turning point in the war of the Allied nations against the forces of aggression." - Franklin D. Roosevelt, congratulating Joseph Stalin on the soviet Victory at Stalingrad, 1944
How ironic. Lol
That was a cool comment cheers
My grandfather's brother was a tanker and fought in Stalingrad. He received a medal for courage and the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class.
Cool
Ok and
No one cares lol
@@sadiesink_ Hey, I would be ashamed to be a Westerner, realizing that the Nazis lost more soldiers in Stalingrad than on the entire Western Front. Aren't you ashamed to be a Westerner? ;)
@Duy Đinh no i wouldnt 💀💀💀
My Grandmother was in Stalingrad that time, she would tell me stories about that battle, how they would hide every day from aircrafts. The first month they were getting some bread but after 2 months of battle they were eating rats then started eating their own cats&dogs and she would tell me at some point some people started eating their young children(you couldn’t eat anything/anyone else bc all men were in war). Horrible days… my Grandma is 91 today.
Брат моего деда был танкистом и воевал в Сталинграде. Можешь рассказать подробнее?
Freddrick Paulus was a distant relative of mine, he died 20 years before I was born
@@Anonymous-qj3sf Young children? C'mon
@@athullal7438 what?...
@@Anonymous-qj3sf I find it hard to believe that people started eating young children. What's the point of surving after that?
The Soviet troops fought to the bitter end and showed incredible bravery!Thank you Infographics
But it lost millions of people who have sacrificed for their nation. 😔
@@talaltariqq_ and most of us wouldn't have been born without their sacrifice. D-Day couldn't succeed if Germany delayed invading Russia and stationed the bulk of their troops in the west.
And yet sadly nobody gives them the credit they deserve.
@@talaltariqq_ There is a saying that goes "war is won on sacrifices."
@@elaymold2511 yep. In fact, most people arrogantly and ignorantly say: "USSR only won because the US helped" despite the fact that they didn't directly help and sent reinforcements way later.
If you ever really think about death, it’s very scary and almost impossible to imagine. Thinking of just how many people died here and what they all must have felt about their life being so precarious is profound.
The Soviet high command probably just looked at the casualty report and just stamped "Too Many" and closed the casualty file for good
If they even bothered to look at the report lol
They always looked at it
To see how many more men they had to conscript
Battles don't get more brutal than this. Absolutely brutal.
it went from few tens (tribes), to hunreds to thousands and now millions
what an absurd statistics
I wonder if you could do a video on Rhzev as it’s one of the most unknown battles during the whole of Worls War II it was so brutal that it gained the nickname ‘The Rhzev Meat Grinder’ it’s probably where the Soviets and Germans lost a majority of their men and it’s also one of the reasons the Russians managed to capture the German 6th army
Oh yeah, that was a truly brutal set of battles. I have read somewhere that the Soviets lost almost twice as many men in their offensives against the German defenses. This meat grinding made General Zhukov give the order, "If you want to keep your job, do not order any offensives where there is no room to flank or to gain advantage from the terrain."
You mean "the Zhukov Meat Grinder" according to ukranian documentals.
@@sicariijustiniani9566 It's possible, although Zhukov's most notable role was masterminded the biggest and bloodiest part of the Ryzhev campaign Operation Mars:
which launched before Operation Uranus at Stalingrad and had more men and tanks than Uranus,
the two pincers of Mars like Uranus weren't personally commanded by Zhukov...
the Northern pincer was commanded by Ivan Konev, and the Southern pincer by Maksim Purkayev.
For their failures, Konev was temporarily demoted, and Purkayev was shipped off the Siberian Far East to do nothing except a minor role
in the Manchuria invasion in 1945.
I feel like there’s more to this story than it meets the eye
There always is.
There's 2 million stories included in this one.
I really don't think that 'epic' is the right word for a slaughterhouse of a city like that...
nobody asked for your opinion, it was an epic battle 🤷🏻♂️
I agree
lel maybe
@@camerondosing3275 No such thing as an epic battle unless it's a movie or game...
@@rayquaza1245 no
The question is, if Stalin made different choices, would the outcome have been different. For example, if Stalin didn't insist on Kiev or Sevastopol be defended at cruel and all costs, what was to keep the Germans from just tearing into Moscow early?
Nothing? Terrarain would undoubtedly hurt their numbers on the German side but not eliminate them providing they were prepared the cruel Russian winter.
If it wasn't for stalin germany would have won
At Kiev alone, the Soviets lost 700,000 men. That massive statistic is truly a catastrophe. If Stalin had allowed those troops to pull back out of the Kiev encirclement, then they would've lived to fight another day. They could then slow down the German advance long before they got to Moscow.
@@trevormangus625 True. Marshall Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy asked to evacuate the Kiev salient specifically so that his army could defend a reduced front more effectively. The large salient near Kiev had spread Budyonnyy's forces thin, and he could not stop the 1st Panzer Group of General Ewald von Kliest breaking through and encircling the Soviet forces in the Kiev Salient.
Had the troops been allowed to pull out of the city of Kiev, they could have held out against the encirclement attacks of the Germans, which could have prevented the capture of the Kiev salient, or, in the worst case scenario, could have immediately withdrawn in case of breakthrough, leading to the saving of more men for future fights.
Also, all these men saved could be effectively used in a better defense of Moscow. The situation was so desperate that the Mozhaisk defense line, one of the last defenses before Moscow, had to be defended by new conscripts, rather than experienced reserves/serving soldiers. Just to bulk up this defense, General Georgy Zhukov was forced to recall troops which were sent to relieve the siege of Leningrad, so that he could shore up the defenses of the Mozhaisk line. Had the troops been saved at Kiev (at least), the Mozhaisk defense line would have been more effective, and Moscow would have been better defended.
@@utkarshvishwakarma8435 of course all roads lead to moscow but my guess is we focus on stalingrad for the name the city had to shame the rus leader and take their oil, had family that guarded the army in stalingrad but heard sonthing that he run away and was shot in his house he was scared of what was in stalingrad and its no Wonder there was more casualties in stalingrand than all the West in all the war
listened to a podcast on Spotify about the battle of stalingrad, they mentioned that despite the huge amout of deaths the smell in the city was terrible, and since fighting was everywere it was not so fun fighting in the sewers
The absolute bravery on display in this story by the Soviet people is so moving.
bravery?
no, that was stupidity. Stalin used his civilians as mountains of flesh for the invading army to climb over.
absolutely disgraceful.
Infographics is way more fun that learning history in school. :)
Keep it up
Great video, as always. Noticed a typo at 11:54. Missing a P in trapped 😜
16:39 Junuary 😂😂
"No surrender!!!" he cried from his bunker hidden away like a coward... :P
Stalingrad was the bloodiest battle ever fought in history. And it will stay that way. Chances of us seeing a battle that will surpass it is unlikely to come about in out lifetimes.
Battle of stalingrad had 1.8 million casualetes and lasted for months
While battle of berlin(1944) had 2.3 million casualities and lasted for few days
@@sabakvetenadze6546---That battle lasted for more than a few days
@@sabakvetenadze6546 It is not true. The battle for Stalingrad is the bloodiest in world history.
@@Anonymous-qj3sf how even battle of moscow had similar casualities. Both about 1.8 million
@@sabakvetenadze6546 Beleive it or not, but the Mongol Invason of Bahgdad had about 2 million cassulties.
You guys just make this animation so cool.
And the 80th annivesary of this epic battle is coming in 2 weeks.
A lot of people forget the epic battle of Sevastopol. It was a Crimean fortress that took months and the German giant artillery we still discuss too , the Gustav. There was another battle, which though a German victory was costly, near eastern Ukraine that set up the German South group to fail. Pavlov’s house was a complete myth. It really only exist in Soviet after war propaganda and if anything, was not an important strategic point. This video needs more Tik info checks.
It wasn't complete myth, house was fortified and probably held out couple of attacks but I'm pretty sure that after being confirmed as an enemy strong point the whole building would've been reduced to rubble. But Stalin and soviets loved and needed heroes, more legendary the better.
Chinese had a similar myth of 7 soldiers holding out against 100000 and killing 15000 japanese soldiers and hundreds of tanks.
Leningrad too
Pavlovs house was real
@@realtsarbomba I agree with that estimate.
"The ideologically important city of Stalingrad" as if that's the reason both sides poured millions of lives into the city. Stalingrad was a major industrial and transportation hub, and was one of the main arteries through which the Allies' Lend-Lease system functioned. Stalingrad was also built on the volga river and had a pretty sizeable port for it. Whoever owned the port could project power downstream all the way to the caspian sea, and since the nazis were trying to capture the oil-rich fields of the caucasus to keep their war machine churning, they desperately needed that city.
Yeah, this dude is spreading half truths
@@unpaidcomintern yup, oil.
This channel is just dropping better content every day.
This was epic! Meanwhile, 2 million people died in this battle.
Infographics show is putting up MVP numbers lately. Two quality uploads daily is wild.
Love this channel, absolutely amazing
In my Army AB unit we referenced the Marines as meat walls, but at least they are armed and able to have a fighting chance.
Atleast you published something without involvement of US in it 😂.
Actually the US supplied Russia with thousands of tons of equipment, ranging from boots to trucks, etc.
What interesting choices to watch! Thanks Infographics Show!
wow you guys pump these things out crazy
Now I'd Love to see infographics show to do the same about the biggest battle ever in Nordic countries, battle of Tali-Ihantala.
That was a finish defensive victory, it wouldnt be much fun
Thanks!
*Ah yes, in 1942, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Sweeden, Italy, and Finland were controlled by Germany. Defienietly happened, and we aren't just lazy so we didn't draw borders.*
E
@@r34340 exactly
The good old Imperial Guard
"We will pave our way to victory on the bones of our fallen comrades!"
One misconception about Order 227 that you mention.....it allowed Soviet Troops to retreat to their own lines if the attacked failed. Even then it was often down in a case by case basis with higher ranking officers being the ones arrested or executed.
the blocking detachments also were made up of the worst troops and had little equipment because the regular troops so desperately needed what was available,
and most had no way to practically carry out the execution orders (though these were seldom if ever given due to the need to conserve troops in the face of the Fall Blau onslaught)
so most Soviet commanders effectively disused blocking detachments from late 42, and they were formally disbanded altogether in 1944.
Love the history lesson
I realize it’s impossible to summarize WW2 in Russia in a few minutes. The Germans faced enormous logistical problems so they were barely surviving by eating their horses. When Stalingrad collapsed roughly 95,000 Germans died in 2 weeks from their chronic starvation, freezing weather, lice infestation, typhus, etc.
Since the original objective was to secure the SE to get oil and food, securing Stalingrad seems to be a “bridge too far.”
Very interesting history and video!
wow ur postign a video every like 10 hours this is amazing
Is is cool btw I subbed keep it up
"Surrender is forbidden. Sixth Army will hold their positions to the last man and the last round and by their heroic endurance will make an unforgettable contribution toward the establishment of a defensive front and the salvation of the Western world." - A. H.
I just love history. The fact that Stalingrad was a bloodbath is beyond sanity.
It was a bloodbath and a slaughterhouse all in one, over a few months
there is no way this is not a gd reference
Do a story on Marcus Luttrell. The Lone Survivor 👀
I find this tragic for both sides. For the soldiers that died for two cruel dictators . There is no honor in war, sadly.
Only ogs remember the days in 2011 on this channel
The excitement I get when I receive my Infographics show notifications 🤞🔥
Hi love your vids
Epic doesn't sit right with me for the amount of pain and suffering inflicted upon civilians and soldiers
noone asked😹
You go fight then hero
Epic doesn't necessarily mean "good" that word had other meanings before zoomers made it a slang term.
@@Platypus2814 I asked
It’s ironic that the NKVD would shoot anyone retreating or desertion. But, once that rule came into effect fir the NKVD Officers. Over 1000+ of them were court marshalled for the exact same thing! But, weren’t shot.
What do you mean? Thats not how it was. It was just the NKVD officers that were shot. Of course some soldiers were shot like that, but it wasn’t common. Your sources probably come from the movie Enemy at the Gates.
@@real_yunicellular my sources come from The Second World War by Antony Beevor and Stalin by Stephen Kotkin
I think the word Brutal can replace the word Epic in this case.
Do a complete overall timeline of ww2 events, like a master ww2 infographic video would be great! Seen lots of your videos and love them, keep it up!
this is crazy Thank you Infographics
Couldnt stop laughing when operation Uranus was said
Surprisingly, it involved Klingons
This was very well made and educative episode: straight facts and not that usual US good germany bad bs.
maybe because usa wasnt involved directly in stalingrad
Maybe because russia currently also bad?
@@Chimpanzees_eater_1000 yeah well obviously
Also the traditional movie style good and bad don't fit in the real world
Well Germany was still fielding the bad guys here so
So are you telling me was the Soviets who protected us against the Nazis?
I always thought were the Americans who did it
Eh sorta we sent them so many resources they pretty much only won because we got them through bad times but they did play a big role
Nope, they did not protect anyone but themselves, with billions of dollars of aid from the US in tanks, guns, and other resources. Their thanks for that was to seize every country they "liberated" and enact a brutal 50 year occupation on most of them.
I don‘t know about you, but in my country (austria) there was always put a lot of emphasis on the fact that the Soviets were there to liberate us from the Nazis while taking the biggest toll as well. We even have a tremendous monument in the city center of Vienna to remember the fallen soviet soldiers… And the same attitude also goes for germany.
Without American and British supplies they would have collapsed. Team effort
@@Cam-qf6mx Team effort. By 42 the western allies were drawing away Luftwaffe and German forces to defend In Africa and the Mediterranean
Yeah you did it!
I suggested this a year ago I think
Now do - The battle of Britain! 🇬🇧 If you please!
It doesn't deserve any recognition, Britain did nothing good.
Operation Kutuzov and Operation Bagration were two major strategic operations of the Red Army against German Army Group Center
Stalingrad was just against the German 6th army
I don't know if i would describe death on this scale as epic... lol
excellent video 📹
excellent research 👏
excellent graphics 👌
Unbelievable.
I can only imagine the smell of so many rotting corpses in the streets over so many months.
infographic is anti russian channel so it will say any thing to make russia look bad
In soviet Russia, you don't rush zerg, the zerg rushes you.
Make a video on the battle of Alesia, it was the best ancient battle in my opinion
To put it simply, Soviet army gain a +100% stat buff during winter
5:30 wasn’t the fight over this hill in call of duty : finest hour ? If so that’s cool
Fun fact:
Decimating means only removing 10%.
Always remember that battle when some armchair pacifists tell the Ukrainians to simply give up because of civilian casualties… Just imagine how Russia (and even the whole world) would look like rn in case they just surrendered Stalingrad/Kursk. In hindsight, resisting the Nazis with all means possible has been one of the most important decisions ever taken.
😂😂😂😂😂keep in mind 9/12 n@zis died on the eastern front ussr lost 60 000 000 million soliders america and ik combined lost 300 000 we saved you and the world from germany
Yeah when you put it like that it really puts fighting for your freedom into perspective
Not saying that Ukraine should surrender but the situation is different. Russia isn't willing to genocide the Ukrainians like the Nazis did
@@enderreaper1482 they are killing them everyday as it is.... how's that not like the nazis?
@@JohnnyKoombill it's war. Civilian casualties are inevitable, but it's not like they're doing it on purpose
Vasily: Enemy at the gates!
Koenig:👉
Vasily:😵
*GLORY ON STALINGRAD*
We just gonna ignore tha fact that every single day infographics gets a little bit close to being oversimplified 🤔
Mustache man bad, moustache man good, good moustache shoot bad moustache army make boom and die
Congratz from Slovenia, just found out after 2 years brotha
I know a Soviet friend who fought against the Nazis and survived to this day.
There should be a Christopher Nolan film based on Battle Of Stalingrad.
Soviet’s best friend: WINTERRRRR
Please make a video about the Indian Nationalist Leader Shubhas Chandra Bose.
This battle is literally what happens when 2 absolute mad Men go at it.
project Uranus -- the Soviet's pushdeep into the German rear area @11:11. God I wish I would grow up sometimes.
It’s trapped. Interesting info
Likely the bloodiest battle in human history
It is
Operation Bagration is actually the most epic battle of the Eastern Front which the operation completely destroyed Army Group Center
Stalingrad was a meat grinder for everyone involved on both sides. RIP to all the lives lost there
Of course it was the most epic, because after all…
German Science is the world’s finest!
Yeah tell that to the horses that carried their supplies for the whole war.
@@wldude1527 it was a jojo reference
FYI: The thumbnail's arrows pointing to Stalingrad are off by hundreds of km's
Lol
This was interesting.
There are no epic battles for the people fighting and living there
So true!
Maybe one day you can create a video about the battle of Mariupol. Who knows, maybe there will be another battle because the war is not over yet
Final mission of World at War…
You should make a vid about the tsavo man eating lions
XD
Operation Uranus: A Massive attack on the flanks.
I see some potential
16:38 “Junuary”
The salient thing I heard was "The Italians fought surprisingly well" -does that make me a bad man?
The unarmed soldiers is a myth .
Trying to find an infographics video that’s not about ww2:
But ww2 is just so epic
Someone tell this dude the sweden and murmansk weren't occupied
It would make them look bad if he admitted they collabed with Nazis
Still watching miss ya
Most brutal battle in history
Can you do el alemain (bad spelling I know) as you have already done midway and Stalingrad because these are the thee turning points of the war
Germany: I got the highground Anakin! :USSR you underestimate my power!
10:38 could've mention romania tho,they had the greatest number..
To say it was epic is a bad description. The battle could be more accurately described as a brutal bloodbath where each side gave no quarter and expected none in return.
The Germans and Soviets would fight room by room, building by building, not a single metre of ground was given up without a fight. This was mentally draining for the Germans as they were used to their Blitzkrieg or lightning war tactics, which were useless in the streets of Stalingrad littered with rubble. The Soviets also “hugged” the German’s advance meaning the Germans couldn’t use air or artillery support without hitting their own troops. Soviet and German snipers also lurked in every corner. The Soviets would fight to the end for even just one building, and even if the Germans took it, they’d suffer heavy casualties and the Soviets would soon counter attack and retake the building. The city was not only of strategic importance since it was a factory city, but also if symbolic importance since it was named after Stalin.
As you can probably guess, prisoners weren’t treated well. In normal wars you are grateful to be taken prisoner. In this war, especially on the Eastern Front, you’d be unlucky to be taken prisoner by the Soviets or the Germans. You’d prefer to be shot and die a painless death.
It is a miracle both armies stood their ground for so long. It is likely that most other armies would have collapsed quickly under such immense pressure and casualties.