Red Army Assault Sappers (World War II)

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    At the end of 1941 in reaction to the German invasion, Stalin ordered the formation of sapper or engineer brigades in the Red Army.
    During the offensive, they were tasked with constructing obstacles such as anti-tank hedgehogs and mines to slow down the German tanks and infantry.
    Assault Sappers proved themselves in many battles from Kursk to Berlin, especially where standard units had no success.
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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  4 роки тому +855

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  • @atrociousbean4096
    @atrociousbean4096 4 роки тому +1904

    1:14 The shovelers are literally shoveling dirt to each other’s side to see who’ll finish the fastest.

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  4 роки тому +1139

    Guys just a heads up the LPO-50 was a post war flamethrower, the version we should have refered to was the ROKS flamethrowers

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 4 роки тому +3421

    I can't wait to get a plushie that shouts out commands and shoots a rifle at all hours into the night

  • @cykablyat9207
    @cykablyat9207 4 роки тому +1116

    Other country:*make the body armor as light as possible*
    Soviet:S T E E L

    • @scottyj6226
      @scottyj6226 4 роки тому +155

      You see Ivan, with heavy steel armor, you become strong,...like bear,.....like Russian bear.

    • @pannik_lucas
      @pannik_lucas 4 роки тому +14

      Tom Clancy's EndWar approach

    • @oim8254
      @oim8254 4 роки тому +49

      The weight of steel-made body armor is, to a degree, irrelevant if you know how to properly distribute the weight to larger surface area.

    • @OCTAVIANVS_AVGVSTVS_CAESAR
      @OCTAVIANVS_AVGVSTVS_CAESAR 4 роки тому +63

      Modern day Kevlar body armor is around 20kg so it's not that light as you think.

    • @aaronbasham6554
      @aaronbasham6554 4 роки тому +19

      I mean, it actually worked unlike almost every other body armor, so I think it was worth it

  • @yoboikamil525
    @yoboikamil525 4 роки тому +291

    Bro imagine how terrifying it must've been for a Wehrmacht soldier to shoot a whole mag into a sapper and realize he's deflecting the bullets.

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 4 роки тому +58

      "I know those Russians are strong but this is ridiculous!"

    • @Anti-Furry-tm4tr
      @Anti-Furry-tm4tr 4 роки тому +7

      Depends on the bullet

    • @Candiedbacon75
      @Candiedbacon75 3 роки тому +28

      Deep voice from the clouds when sapper goes down: *Head* *shot*

    • @SoldierOfFate
      @SoldierOfFate 3 роки тому +36

      @@Candiedbacon75 Good luck trying to score reliable headshots in close-quarters fighting and when there's hundreds, if not thousands, of angry Russians storming your position.

    • @Candiedbacon75
      @Candiedbacon75 3 роки тому +9

      @@SoldierOfFate I guess you don't understand the concept of a joke.

  • @yvngmal617
    @yvngmal617 4 роки тому +2910

    this channel has grown so much , I remember a few years back when I bought the books they only had like 100k subs

    • @choreani
      @choreani 4 роки тому +62

      ive been here since the wwii weapons video

    • @andro7862
      @andro7862 4 роки тому +61

      @Demiclea This channel was first recommended to me at 18k subs. They liked every comment back then.

    • @echo8481
      @echo8481 4 роки тому +12

      I think I found them while I was finding WW2 vids, so prolly around 100k or more.

    • @koolkidxxl4267
      @koolkidxxl4267 4 роки тому +4

      Mark C it’s dieing

    • @Speeeneer
      @Speeeneer 4 роки тому +1

      Same here

  • @TheSlamburger
    @TheSlamburger 4 роки тому +977

    “Hand to hand combat with entrenching tools” Death Korps of Kreig: *happy gas mask noises*

    • @florians9949
      @florians9949 4 роки тому +26

      This is the way. Do we tell them they are communist?

    • @InquisitorBoomBoom
      @InquisitorBoomBoom 4 роки тому +40

      Red vs Death Korps, battle of attrition indeed

    • @TheSlamburger
      @TheSlamburger 4 роки тому +11

      That depends... do we want to see the Kriegers fight when angry, or a straight up doing your duty fight?

    • @halo129830
      @halo129830 4 роки тому +20

      This is the way. Aren’t the death korps banned from drinking because they become unkillable or something

    • @TheSlamburger
      @TheSlamburger 4 роки тому +4

      Not sure... I’ve never heard of that.

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 4 роки тому +369

    While you were studying engineering, I was studying the blade.
    *Sapper:* _pulls out entrenching tool_ "What a coincidence..."

    • @EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl
      @EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl 4 роки тому +1

      You again? How lucky of us to find you!

    • @natha3447
      @natha3447 4 роки тому +2

      this isnt even the real one there are fake accounts everywhere now

    • @nelsonquiroz8692
      @nelsonquiroz8692 4 роки тому

      The man that everywhere

    • @EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl
      @EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl 4 роки тому +1

      @@nelsonquiroz8692 This is the 2nd time i have seen him in a series of 1 year.

    • @nelsonquiroz8692
      @nelsonquiroz8692 4 роки тому

      Lol hes everywhere not just in simple history. 😂 and the funny part is there a whole family of just some guy

  • @GorkovenkoY
    @GorkovenkoY 4 роки тому +1165

    My grandmothers cousin was a sapper. He was awarded hero of the Soviet Union in 1945 for disarming 300 anti tank mines in 2 nights during the liberation of Poland

  • @dankovac1609
    @dankovac1609 4 роки тому +45

    Must've been interesting for the long time service sappers to go through so much. Starting with building defences and studying them to be deployed as non standard lower training infantry, and then being the fiercest attacking force of the Red army!
    It was definitely a great morale boost to see these guys roll in town.

  • @anonymousphoenix154
    @anonymousphoenix154 4 роки тому +1065

    Red Army infantry: PPSh-41
    Red Army Sniper: Mosin-Nagant
    Red Army Tanker: T-34
    Read Army Sapper: lots of *Explosive* and a shovel

    • @johnpijano4786
      @johnpijano4786 4 роки тому +15

      Explain the joke?

    • @El-of7bc
      @El-of7bc 4 роки тому +34

      Red Army commander: Go Go Go!!

    • @lonniebailey4989
      @lonniebailey4989 4 роки тому +9

      Your profile pic matches today's Simple History theme. RUSSIAN!!! (I'm not calling you a Russian).

    • @Zoobert321
      @Zoobert321 4 роки тому +15

      Spy and soldier approves of this message

    • @lonniebailey4989
      @lonniebailey4989 4 роки тому +1

      @@Zoobert321 Profile pic funnily matches your comment 😁😁

  • @bobisconsumed520
    @bobisconsumed520 4 роки тому +1472

    In Mother Russia, the barriers dont protect you, you protect the barriers.

    • @cakeboy7782
      @cakeboy7782 4 роки тому +24

      Underated

    • @zeta1960
      @zeta1960 4 роки тому +9

      Nice one

    • @crusty_cookie3099
      @crusty_cookie3099 4 роки тому +14

      True that comrade

    • @cirbam2747
      @cirbam2747 4 роки тому +5

      Ura

    • @SoggyCoffeeAddict
      @SoggyCoffeeAddict 4 роки тому +34

      In mother Russia, wives and girlfriends are not seen as weaker or less capable than men. They are your fighting girlfriend who donate all their worth to the motherland because her lover died in war

  • @isaacdaniel1506
    @isaacdaniel1506 4 роки тому +158

    Still can't believe how crucial the Red army Assault Sappers had to train like.

    • @jamesmortimer4016
      @jamesmortimer4016 4 роки тому +5

      Life ammo is more common in training then you´d think.

    • @jamesmoriarty9433
      @jamesmoriarty9433 4 роки тому +8

      I don't think that word means what you think it means.

    • @jamesmortimer4016
      @jamesmortimer4016 4 роки тому +3

      @@jamesmoriarty9433 Well, what do you think it means?

    • @tacticalfall4505
      @tacticalfall4505 4 роки тому +6

      James Moriarty yeah what do you think it means?

    • @residentelect
      @residentelect 4 роки тому +16

      @@jamesmortimer4016
      Used live ammunition in training with the RAF Regiment all the time.
      It instills firearms discipline and respect for both your weapon system, and those being used against you by the enemy.
      Knowing you're not in any real danger of injury or death affects your decision making during exercises, so the British forces use still use live as well as blanks and computer simulations during training.

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 4 роки тому +80

    "Steel armor is unrealistic"
    Soviet sapper: "May I dig in?"

  • @plolsteg7705
    @plolsteg7705 4 роки тому +194

    4:01 the Germans made so many anti tank rockets even their enemies can have them.

    • @van6115
      @van6115 3 роки тому +9

      I feel like it's happening to Volkswagen right now, so maybe it's an old German tradition

    • @roninski3638
      @roninski3638 3 роки тому +2

      You see Hans, when make many rockets you don't need bullets.

  • @DailyDoseDocumentary
    @DailyDoseDocumentary 4 роки тому +274

    Red Army "Sappers" - because they sap up every ounce of joy the enemy once had...

    • @DailyDoseDocumentary
      @DailyDoseDocumentary 4 роки тому +19

      Did mean to get all sappy in the comments

    • @zero-nh3rj
      @zero-nh3rj 4 роки тому +13

      @@DailyDoseDocumentary the vietnamese sappers trained by the red army vets sure knew a thing or two

    • @sharilshahed6106
      @sharilshahed6106 4 роки тому +7

      No wonder German literature and films remain as dark as ever.

    • @g-ants7547
      @g-ants7547 4 роки тому

      no the sappers sapped up all of those bullets lol

    • @19nguyentranhoangnghi92
      @19nguyentranhoangnghi92 4 роки тому

      Soviets sapping my happiness

  • @henmack7751
    @henmack7751 4 роки тому +387

    Animated Soldiers: Simple History, please don't turn me into a marketable plushie
    0:01
    Animated Soldiers: SIMPLE!

  • @justyouraveragegamer8733
    @justyouraveragegamer8733 4 роки тому +122

    I love the enthusiasm of the narrator when talking about the plushies.

  • @lucasvandekerkhove3769
    @lucasvandekerkhove3769 4 роки тому +37

    I don't know whether you're American but I have to say how much I appreciate you also using the metric system when giving measurements
    It certainly makes the videos easier to follow in contrast to other history channels

  • @КурсыиностранныхязыковвМоскве

    "don't worry, Hans, they're just engineers."

    • @justineallandevelos6491
      @justineallandevelos6491 3 роки тому +2

      @Jarod Grave Russian assault engineers: *wears steel body armour and loads PPSH 41* is that a challenge?

    • @KoishiVibin
      @KoishiVibin 3 роки тому +4

      @@justineallandevelos6491
      "...yes." *SMG fire deflects off 3mm steel plate*
      "...wait. Wait no!"

    • @justineallandevelos6491
      @justineallandevelos6491 3 роки тому

      @@KoishiVibin Russian Assault engineer: *tosses a RGD-33 grenade*

    • @roninski3638
      @roninski3638 3 роки тому

      Wait why are they charging at us with just their shovels...

    • @thatexitsignuser
      @thatexitsignuser 2 роки тому

      They are battle heavy armored engineer sappers

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob 4 роки тому +878

    War: **begins**
    Soviet Assault Sappers: *I don't know who or where I am, all I know is I must kill.*

    • @El.Basado
      @El.Basado 4 роки тому +12

      😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😀😆😆😀😀😀😀😆😆😀😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😀😀😆😀😆😆😆😆😆😀😀😀😀😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @jamesmoriarty9433
      @jamesmoriarty9433 4 роки тому +42

      So basically Joe Biden on a good day

    • @Imnotsmg4bob
      @Imnotsmg4bob 4 роки тому +9

      @@jamesmoriarty9433 Pretty much, yeah

    • @echo8481
      @echo8481 4 роки тому +11

      Germans: *Understandable, have a good day.*

    • @SoggyCoffeeAddict
      @SoggyCoffeeAddict 4 роки тому

      This sounds like something jason bourne would have said in a movie

  • @SAUBER_KH7
    @SAUBER_KH7 4 роки тому +114

    "We're Builders, not Killers! Why are they shooting at us!?"
    -CoH2 Combat Enginer

    • @ArtjomKoslow
      @ArtjomKoslow 4 роки тому +20

      Zhe Americäns alwäys compläin about Pioneer-Späm...

    • @mustafaabboud98
      @mustafaabboud98 4 роки тому +16

      Need something to build
      Or blow up

    • @hansmadani8687
      @hansmadani8687 4 роки тому +7

      "Build it or blow it, it's all same to us"

    • @Moon_Cricket_Stinks
      @Moon_Cricket_Stinks 4 роки тому +1

      ENGINEERS, its called walking that means you Johnson
      Join the army they said, it'll be fun they said
      Building complete, I see one more bag of fucking dirt

    • @dandondera2618
      @dandondera2618 4 роки тому +1

      @@hansmadani8687 I was an engineer in the army back in the days, that prety much describes what we did ;)

  • @gings4ever
    @gings4ever 4 роки тому +391

    "okay comrade, you join engineers"
    "oh good. I'm afraid I suck at frontline combat"
    "in the SAPPER section of combat engineering, comrade"
    "blyat"

  • @AlphaArcturus101
    @AlphaArcturus101 4 роки тому +402

    "Once i'm gone, i'm gone"
    Me: ah yes "people die when they are killed"

  • @alexreznov45
    @alexreznov45 4 роки тому +232

    1:29 "Dimitri, ready the flamethrower."

  • @PanzeDivision
    @PanzeDivision 4 роки тому +40

    3:53 LPO-50 adopted for service in the 50s. ROKS-3 was used in World War II.

  • @numberninelarge3121
    @numberninelarge3121 4 роки тому +477

    "It was very heavy" *weighs less than their smg's*

    • @colewalton1340
      @colewalton1340 4 роки тому +45

      yeah i read 7 pounds and i instantly thought "i can carry like 12 times that on my back for hours"

    • @cesaraguirre2134
      @cesaraguirre2134 4 роки тому +49

      @@colewalton1340 I’m pretty sure my plate carrier weighs more

    • @gooby8953
      @gooby8953 3 роки тому +16

      @Thomas B Have fun with back problems

    • @ewanwhite4644
      @ewanwhite4644 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah but after running with it, it’ll feel heavy 😂

    • @piece6382
      @piece6382 3 роки тому +2

      See having something on your head is different to having it on a sling around your torso

  • @nomnomxddd8157
    @nomnomxddd8157 4 роки тому +226

    "Shock Troops have arrived"

    • @messageinthebottle1673
      @messageinthebottle1673 4 роки тому +11

      Company of heroes 2 😃

    • @dirtysniper3434
      @dirtysniper3434 4 роки тому +10

      I swere to god shock troops are Chad troops. I have had just a crippled weakened under man squad destroy conscript after conscript, I saw one just one of them some how defeate 3 wehrmact pioneers. I swere to god Chad troops are just anti living organisms

    • @LucasCunhaRocha
      @LucasCunhaRocha 4 роки тому +3

      @@dirtysniper3434 shocks are very resistant against infantry arms but take way more damage against any vehicle weapons due to how penetration works, even a kubelwagen can do good vs them.

    • @adivtayudhatama3926
      @adivtayudhatama3926 4 роки тому +2

      @@dirtysniper3434 of course. shock troops are equipped with SMGs and light body armor. So, they are effective for storming enemy positions and close quarter combat

    • @youdonthavetoknowsssh8154
      @youdonthavetoknowsssh8154 4 роки тому +7

      Shock troops+ For the Motherland + Flamethrower tank= AntiOKW.exe

  • @iamjoeysteel
    @iamjoeysteel 4 роки тому +119

    Seriously, thank you for making a video that doesn't demonize the Red Army at every point. You actually show how the Red Army, largely peasants and laborers, improved their tactics as the war progressed.

    • @FPScanadaPC
      @FPScanadaPC 4 роки тому +10

      people don't demonize the army.. people demonize the commies (like you obviously) who made it and directed it.. and the political commissars who constantly reminded the soldiers what they were supposedly fighting for

    • @trololoev
      @trololoev 4 роки тому +14

      @@FPScanadaPC so soldiers constantly forget why they fighting for? wft are you talking about?

    • @FPScanadaPC
      @FPScanadaPC 4 роки тому +4

      @@trololoev look up what a red army political commissar was

    • @LuckyPhox-j4i
      @LuckyPhox-j4i 3 роки тому +9

      ​@@FPScanadaPC Hey, did u forget about american generals, who were killing thousands of their own soldiers, who didnt want to fight? Over 300k people were killed on western front by their own armies.

    • @lichkinggamer5708
      @lichkinggamer5708 3 роки тому +4

      And the fact that the red army is the strongest

  • @tximino_baztanga
    @tximino_baztanga 4 роки тому +1230

    Normies: -The soviets weren't organized at all, they just won because of winter
    Actual Soviet army:

    • @stquitxxiv4830
      @stquitxxiv4830 4 роки тому +51

      Thank you

    • @skyhappy
      @skyhappy 4 роки тому +171

      *The soviet army when led by competent commanders instead of party figures and ineffective officers. Or really, any army that exists. Stalin's purges before the war decimated the general and officer class. Many of the brightest were executed like Mikail.
      No doubt hundreds of thousands of soviets died due to poor army leadership. Stalin was the biggest cause of this. He didn't even give commands for the russian soldiers on the western front to be on the defense when there was clear credible military intel showing a invasion from germany was imminent.

    • @OCTAVIANVS_AVGVSTVS_CAESAR
      @OCTAVIANVS_AVGVSTVS_CAESAR 4 роки тому +40

      @B A They got 5 summers since 1941-1945 and still lost.

    • @OCTAVIANVS_AVGVSTVS_CAESAR
      @OCTAVIANVS_AVGVSTVS_CAESAR 4 роки тому +9

      Actually this was Red Army. Because Soviet Army appeared later.

    • @RJ-ol3xk
      @RJ-ol3xk 4 роки тому +21

      @@skyhappy Millions. Millions died due to poor leadership.

  • @bois6245
    @bois6245 4 роки тому +334

    "Soviet sappin mah tank!"

  • @animeyahallo3887
    @animeyahallo3887 4 роки тому +255

    5:15
    German officer : I must fire at his armor and not his unprotected parts.

    • @jfrm_559
      @jfrm_559 4 роки тому +8

      True

    • @DontEatGaming
      @DontEatGaming 4 роки тому +78

      he looks injured so he might not be able to aim properly
      feel free to woooosh me lmao

    • @kameronjones7139
      @kameronjones7139 4 роки тому +6

      @@DontEatGaming wooooosh

    • @DontEatGaming
      @DontEatGaming 4 роки тому +30

      @@kameronjones7139 Thank you, you may now claim your karma

    • @theminuskai7453
      @theminuskai7453 4 роки тому +8

      @@DontEatGaming r/ihavereddit

  • @bluecup1129
    @bluecup1129 4 роки тому +567

    “What is the most powerful color”
    Soviets:

    • @Interdictiondeltawing
      @Interdictiondeltawing 4 роки тому +31

      Soviet: RED IS SYMBOL OF OUR COUNTRY

    • @detectiveamevirus8
      @detectiveamevirus8 4 роки тому +11

      Red and yellow

    • @josephstalin364
      @josephstalin364 4 роки тому +24

      Red is a Blyatiful colour

    • @jamesmoriarty9433
      @jamesmoriarty9433 4 роки тому +9

      *Laughs in capitalism*

    • @ArtjomKoslow
      @ArtjomKoslow 4 роки тому +17

      @@Interdictiondeltawing The russian Word for "Red" is the same as for "nice/beautiful". So the Red Square can also be the "nice Square" or "beautiful Square".

  • @commanderkei9537
    @commanderkei9537 4 роки тому +21

    5:41 This guy finally unlocked the bipod for his flamethrower

  • @chrystales6169
    @chrystales6169 4 роки тому +41

    I read the title as "Red Army Assault Slappers" and thought they went up to people and just slapped the crap out of them.

  • @johnwillyard9857
    @johnwillyard9857 4 роки тому +119

    Sun su: attack your enemy where he is weak.
    Sapper: hehe panzerfaust go boom

  • @darthkillhoon
    @darthkillhoon 4 роки тому +94

    As a US Army Engineer I can attest to the fact most officers don't understand how we are supposed to be used

  • @sadface7463
    @sadface7463 4 роки тому +177

    Russian sappers: exist
    Engineers and their sentrys: *sweating intensifies*

  • @astosarro6184
    @astosarro6184 4 роки тому +33

    2:44
    Death Korps of Krieg: *happy muffled crying noises*

  • @johnmarston2466
    @johnmarston2466 4 роки тому +37

    Engineer : spy sapping my sentry!
    Spy: no not me
    Engineer: than who?
    Heavy: me!

  • @cromwell4029
    @cromwell4029 4 роки тому +78

    2:35
    When you accidentally select hard mode on tutorial

    • @SoggyCoffeeAddict
      @SoggyCoffeeAddict 4 роки тому +3

      When you go from minecraft hard mode, thinking you're an expert gamer
      To halo legendary because the hardest difficulty was easy on one game so it'll be easy on the next

    • @sharilshahed6106
      @sharilshahed6106 4 роки тому +2

      *angry game journalist noises*

  • @johnnyoak4894
    @johnnyoak4894 4 роки тому +154

    No one:
    absolutely no one:
    Red Army Assault Sappers: URAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @El.Basado
      @El.Basado 4 роки тому +4

      😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

    • @abersonwilliam1675
      @abersonwilliam1675 4 роки тому

      Jesus christ thats a lot of emjis

    • @Persona-Is-Trash
      @Persona-Is-Trash 4 роки тому +1

      ua-cam.com/video/5Qy-czF7rfA/v-deo.html

    • @johnnyoak4894
      @johnnyoak4894 4 роки тому

      @@Persona-Is-Trash don't like it don't communt. Simple 😂😂

    • @johnnyoak4894
      @johnnyoak4894 4 роки тому

      @@Persona-Is-Trash ua-cam.com/video/mc4GZm0rbSg/v-deo.html

  • @hafidzin
    @hafidzin 4 роки тому +2

    It's nice to see how much this channel has grown. I remembered the first times I watched their videos, only few minutes (2-3 minutes) and the graphic was not very complex...

  • @BakkuIa
    @BakkuIa 4 роки тому +38

    0:40 I am watching a crescent wrench make ratcheting noises.

  • @hiimryan2388
    @hiimryan2388 4 роки тому +314

    5:23
    Germans: how did he die
    Another German: a commie just... walked up to him menacingly
    Germans: oh so he had surrendered?
    Another German: no... the enemy... is bullet proof

  • @hiimryan2388
    @hiimryan2388 4 роки тому +70

    In a few years this channel will literally cover the names of every janitor in ww2

  • @miksuko
    @miksuko 4 роки тому +8

    That Hill battle animation was phenomenal

  • @roughseas3455
    @roughseas3455 4 роки тому +56

    5:17 "There is no point in resistance."

  • @yurikovRUKR762
    @yurikovRUKR762 4 роки тому +73

    Steiner: HANS, SOVIET IS SAPPIN MAH FLAMMENWERFER!!!!!

    • @Cobretsov2022
      @Cobretsov2022 4 роки тому +6

      Hans: JA JA I WILL GET ZE LUGER!

    • @alexblau820
      @alexblau820 3 роки тому +1

      @@Cobretsov2022 He gez an breastplate from steel. Hans you need the Kar89k

    • @michaelsepah8309
      @michaelsepah8309 3 роки тому

      Reznov: FIRE ZE PANZERSCHRECK!!

    • @spacecomma9589
      @spacecomma9589 3 роки тому +1

      So many times, I have heard, "Spy is sapping my sentry!!!"

  • @jakefromstatefarm6793
    @jakefromstatefarm6793 4 роки тому +45

    Last time i was this early, the Bismarck was Sailing.

    • @MiškoĆetković
      @MiškoĆetković 4 роки тому +1

      last time i was this early, the germans were still winning.

    • @jackietang3789
      @jackietang3789 4 роки тому

      And the Yamato

    • @jamesmoriarty9433
      @jamesmoriarty9433 4 роки тому

      Last time I was this early, Bruce Jenner wasn't getting surgery for attention.

    • @SoggyCoffeeAddict
      @SoggyCoffeeAddict 4 роки тому

      Last time I was this late. The Titanic already crashed and sank before I reported that the engine exploded and no one repaired the hull

    • @dirtysniper3434
      @dirtysniper3434 4 роки тому +2

      *Swordfish want to know your location*

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 4 роки тому +88

    "Sappers"
    Me: Soupman, Roofcamper, Camper, Round Delayer...
    Some of You: Blood & Iron?

    • @rgm-96xjesta31
      @rgm-96xjesta31 4 роки тому +5

      Ah yes, a fellow robloxian!

    • @thepolishdinosaur9015
      @thepolishdinosaur9015 4 роки тому +3

      Soop

    • @thepolishdinosaur9015
      @thepolishdinosaur9015 4 роки тому +6

      I was playing a game and a guy and me built a soop shop, and we wanted entertainment so I became a fife player for music. Then other players on the team started coming to the shop and guarding it, as the opposing team was getting hostile towards us. It got to the point where we went into a house and barricaded it up. It was the crusade but with soop.

    • @eleazarp.4808
      @eleazarp.4808 4 роки тому +5

      I remember bugles too. I always go up to the roof and play dans le hussards

    • @randomboi5244
      @randomboi5244 4 роки тому +6

      Oh yes, a Man of culture.

  • @eugeneoliveros5814
    @eugeneoliveros5814 4 роки тому +57

    These guys remind me of the soldiers from Jin Roh: The wolf Brigade

    • @krizhernandez4154
      @krizhernandez4154 4 роки тому +9

      I mean give the sapper a DP28 and a face shield and now you have a Soviet offbrand armoured MG42 guy

    • @axelpatrickb.pingol3228
      @axelpatrickb.pingol3228 4 роки тому +2

      @@krizhernandez4154 In some circles, we call those "Lord Tachanka"...

    • @dovahkiin3526
      @dovahkiin3526 4 роки тому

      @@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 LMG, mounted and loaded

    • @yoboikamil525
      @yoboikamil525 4 роки тому

      Face plate, a DP28, some more armor and boom, low budget.

  • @SB-km7uh
    @SB-km7uh 4 роки тому +16

    Sappers basically made a career in engineer gaming

  • @Jok3er271
    @Jok3er271 4 роки тому

    I can’t believe how big this channel has grown. It makes me really happy, I remember when they had like 50,000 followers and I bought the books

  • @revmedia8108
    @revmedia8108 4 роки тому +161

    Someone: What do you guys do in the army?
    Them: *No.*
    Much love, your friends at Rev Media!!

    • @amirsharaf
      @amirsharaf 4 роки тому +2

      I dont get it

    • @vb1194
      @vb1194 4 роки тому

      @@amirsharaf same, but 142 people apparantly do

  • @jd-dayepicgaming1902
    @jd-dayepicgaming1902 4 роки тому +95

    I was going to get major mike, but he was like $50 Canadian after tax, shipping and converting us to cad

    • @flasher6597
      @flasher6597 4 роки тому +10

      Yikes

    • @AlexT-md9df
      @AlexT-md9df 4 роки тому +3

      I’m a Canadian too friend

    • @flasher6597
      @flasher6597 4 роки тому +4

      I don't get why content creators charge so much for bullshit items made by little fucking sweatshop workers that cost like, 18cents In the area there produced.

    • @smoothestofbrains
      @smoothestofbrains 4 роки тому

      @@flasher6597 They gotta make money too. Idk why it's more expensive in Canada? Exchange rate and shipping through customs maybe?

  • @imalright2837
    @imalright2837 4 роки тому +74

    A grizzled solider should never ever say the word “plushie”

    • @fuzzaybunnay8532
      @fuzzaybunnay8532 4 роки тому

      I mean... Lots of abdl former soldiers, I've found.

  • @anoriginalname410
    @anoriginalname410 4 роки тому +3

    I LOVE your channel Simple History, you're the one that got me into learning history again!!

  • @nemesis6680
    @nemesis6680 4 роки тому +8

    German Soldier: * gets out MP-40 *
    Soviet Assault Sapper: Forget it bro

  • @Dr.Redcon
    @Dr.Redcon 4 роки тому +58

    4:00
    Серьёзная историческая ошибка. Во время Второй Мировой Войны Красная Армия использовала огнеметы РОКС-42 и РОКС-43, а также фугасные огнеметы ФОГ. ЛПО-50 появился уже после войны. Это очень серьёзная ошибка.

    • @targetdawg
      @targetdawg 4 роки тому +1

      I agree

    • @TheRascal767
      @TheRascal767 4 роки тому +1

      Yeah he said it

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 4 роки тому +1

      good words, my man

    • @TheRascal767
      @TheRascal767 4 роки тому

      @@jwalster9412 yeah but why did he have to be so political

    • @jwalster9412
      @jwalster9412 4 роки тому +1

      @@TheRascal767 I think it was his point of view, we can't judge him on what he thinks

  • @laksmitaniken5425
    @laksmitaniken5425 4 роки тому +11

    The plushie is the last thing i want to see walking around at midnight in my bedroom

  • @20yearsspentinthecan
    @20yearsspentinthecan 4 роки тому +5

    Red Army: What equipments you want?
    Sappers: Yes.

  • @leehyun6513
    @leehyun6513 6 місяців тому +1

    TF2 Heavy: I promised you, pain without end!

  • @Gothicc_senpai
    @Gothicc_senpai 4 роки тому +1

    i have knew about you guys (this channel) for a few years but never subbed because most of the content i already knew myself but now i find myself watching more of your videos to learn these small topics and its great to learn the small details, most interesting. you have grown now to 3 million subs and 500,000 views. i must sub now and congratulate your success you guys make great video for history lovers, may we never forget.

  • @loods2215
    @loods2215 4 роки тому +28

    5:00 wtf you talking about lol? 3.5 kilos is extremely light for body armor... The backpacks modern soldiers have to carry weigh 25 kilos alone and they still fight

    • @LordShenanigan
      @LordShenanigan 4 роки тому +7

      Yeah, if someone finds an effective body armor that weighs mere 3.5 kilos please let me know. Apparently I've been wearing stuff that's five times the weight for no reason.

    • @danielwilson5102
      @danielwilson5102 4 роки тому +1

      It doesn't sound right. 2mm of steel would not stop a pistol bullet especially one fired out of a longer barrel smg

    • @loods2215
      @loods2215 4 роки тому +2

      @@danielwilson5102 wdym, it's been a while since I watched the vid

    • @slavic_viking9638
      @slavic_viking9638 3 роки тому

      Do you think soldier used modern backpacks as body armour in ww2 because they didn't

    • @loods2215
      @loods2215 3 роки тому

      @@slavic_viking9638 are you fr? I obviously know they didn't use them as armor, you know, they're fucking backpacks. What are you on about dude

  • @AdamCeladin
    @AdamCeladin 4 роки тому +66

    Brave Comrades !!!

    • @adampaul5237
      @adampaul5237 4 роки тому +1

      Did you like your own comment

    • @alrn1282
      @alrn1282 4 роки тому +4

      no, I liked his comment

    • @adampaul5237
      @adampaul5237 4 роки тому

      alrn1 I mean there was only a single like at the time

  • @leehongjin6884
    @leehongjin6884 4 роки тому +34

    Spy's sappin' mein sentry!
    -German engineer

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 3 роки тому

      Which is ironic, as in Red Army sapper = combat engineer.

  • @NayaChann
    @NayaChann 4 роки тому

    Jesus you guys grew so much and I wasn’t paying attention. Last I check you guys has 100k but look at you guys now! 2 Million! Keep it up! And thank you for the history.

  • @magsiccm9346
    @magsiccm9346 4 роки тому +1

    This is another masterpiece, you cant beat this content.

  • @jamesmortimer4016
    @jamesmortimer4016 4 роки тому +35

    You forgot the most important piece of equipment for the assaultsapper...
    Any gram of explosives the quartermaster does not hug while falling asleep. Soldiers steal... soviet soldiers redistribute supplies

    • @nikitaastakhov9252
      @nikitaastakhov9252 4 роки тому

      Pls explain

    • @redbaron3281
      @redbaron3281 4 роки тому

      Mass assault vs firepower doctrine ahh yes, much hoi4

    • @jamesmortimer4016
      @jamesmortimer4016 4 роки тому

      @@nikitaastakhov9252 what exactly did you not understand?

    • @nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659
      @nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659 4 роки тому

      Simply history isn’t exactly known for their excellent research

    • @jamesmortimer4016
      @jamesmortimer4016 4 роки тому

      @@nickrollstuhlfahrerson8659 True. I couldn't find any mention or pictures of the multifaustpatrone either

  • @Rifin-pu2hb
    @Rifin-pu2hb 4 роки тому +53

    Bruh,just hammer the ground and a bunker will magically appear. Easy!
    or you can just shove the ground for 10 second and *boom* A trench.

    • @jamesmortimer4016
      @jamesmortimer4016 4 роки тому +4

      In case you did not know, that technology only came along in 1944. It´s depicted falsely in most games for gammeplay reasons

    • @spots_therizo
      @spots_therizo 4 роки тому

      Foxhole in a nutshell

  • @toast6494
    @toast6494 4 роки тому +5

    "Haha these guys wasted their money on armor"
    *"OH GO-"*

  • @holybread7975
    @holybread7975 4 роки тому +1

    I love the thought of some assault sapper running into combat with a shovel

  • @cr0sad3r70
    @cr0sad3r70 4 роки тому +1

    The animation gets better every episode tbh

  • @rinoz47
    @rinoz47 4 роки тому +6

    Sapper: ah, defensive operations! In the rear with the gear!
    Stalin: ha, yeah... But no.

    • @justineallandevelos6491
      @justineallandevelos6491 3 роки тому

      Stalin: ahahaha.....no you lead the charge comrade
      Sapper: ahhhhh....cyka blyat😑

    • @lichkinggamer5708
      @lichkinggamer5708 3 роки тому

      @@justineallandevelos6491 Sapper: maybe after I can go home?
      The great Stalin: Here, take flamethrower tank that kills anything that breaths

  • @swedichboy1000
    @swedichboy1000 4 роки тому +4

    5:55 Reminds me a tad bit of those "Endless Wars" flash games.

  • @user-leshiy99rus
    @user-leshiy99rus 3 роки тому +29

    In the German trenches , panic began in 3 cases: 1) They saw black caps and telniashkas; 2) they saw bright green caps; 3) they saw steel vests!
    Bright green caps were worn by Soviet border guards. In the first hours of the war, they took the whole blow on themselves and showed incredible heroism and perseverance. There were cases when small outposts (5-15 people) held back entire divisions of the Wehrmacht for several days. The Germans have not forgotten this. They say that our people sometimes specially brought a border guard's cap to the trench and walked in it in order to intimidate the enemy. One cap was enough for the Germans to start a panic.
    Also, the Germans were very afraid of the Soviet sailors, or rather, the marines. These guys were desperate. They always went on the attack in full height and in their naval uniform! These were suiciders who were thrown into the most difficult areas of the front. For their assertiveness, strength and fighting spirit, the Germans called them the "black death".
    And you have already looked at the sapper-engineering special forces just now.

    • @robertclark1669
      @robertclark1669 2 роки тому

      You are right, but German soldiers would rarely panic when spotting any of these items but rather they would simply be more alert, it wasn't easy to make German troops full on panic.

    • @kiennguyenanh8498
      @kiennguyenanh8498 2 роки тому

      Sound like Soviet propaganda to boost moral, always started with something like in early days, small group stopped entire German divisions.
      Somehow the Soviet keep assumed in their propaganda that the Germans called them this and that while most of cases the Germans probably did not know who the heck they were and did not even write in their record.
      In the case of Soviet sailors, the German overuns them by days, weeks. So quick they did not even recognize the difference between branches of Soviet Navy

    • @user-leshiy99rus
      @user-leshiy99rus 2 роки тому +1

      @@kiennguyenanh8498 These are generalized and simplified historical facts. It is written according to the memoirs of veterans and archival documents. Ordinary infantry units of the USSR were not distinguished by great training and knowledge of the most modern methods of warfare (And the fascists were not very afraid of them.), but there were also special branches of the armed forces, as now special units. Actually, the Soviet special forces were born during the Great Patriotic War. I'm not going to talk about intelligence and SMERSH now, it's a completely different story. I meant infantry, military units.
      I read the memoirs of one sapper, one of those with bibs. Once they were sent into a frontal attack on the German trenches. So, it turned out that a non-Soviet machine gunner was shooting in the sector where he was walking. The sapper decided to pick up the machine gun. He was very angry, because the machine gunner was killing his comrades. He went straight to his full height at the machine gun. And the psychological attack was successful. Although the machine gunner fired at him, he could not kill him. That sapper wrote that when he got cheap in a tight and shot that German, he saw that the German had peed himself out of fear. Later, when he recovered from the shock, the sapper realized that he had a bullet in his shoulder, in 2 places.
      Being a border guard in the USSR was very honorable. Protect the state border from spies and smugglers. They had excellent combat experience (in the 20s and 30s they fought with large gangs in the south and east) and a high patriotic spirit. True, a couple hundred soldiers could not stop an entire army. There were cases when a couple of border guards held back an entire division for several days (although these are isolated cases). The Germans themselves wrote that they were afraid to see a bright green cap in the Russian trenches all through the war. And our polizovali this to demoralize the enemy. Sometimes they took a border guard's cap, put it on a stick and carried it around the trenches.
      And Marines have always been the elite, not only in the USSR, but also in many countries. However, during the Great Patriotic War, this concept has not yet been formed. They were simply sent to the most difficult sectors of the front, where there was a shortage of ordinary infantry. At the beginning of the war, the Germans sank many of our ships and ordinary sailors joined the ranks of the Marines. The sailors were distinguished by a cool temper. They preferred to go into battle, not in infantry uniform, but in vests and caps. They performed well in the defense of the Crimea. They defended Sevastopol for almost 2 years. The Marines also proved themselves in the defense of Leningrad, Stalingrad, during the Battle of the Kursk Bulge. The Germans themselves wrote about the terrible wave of black-and-white death, which cannot be stopped.
      My grandfather was also a Marine. His last fight was on the Kursk Bulge. His squad had to go before the main offensive. Sneak up to the river at night, cross and wait at the high bank. And before the main forces attack, break into the enemy trenches of the first lane and tie them up with a fight. Thereby allowing the main forces to cross and go on the attack. His foot was torn off by a splinter. He lay on the field for 3 days. It occurred to him to cover himself with corpses, as if to create a dugout for himself. The fact is that all these days separate groups of unfinished Germans were retreating and great-grandfather had to shoot with them. On the third day, he was somehow miraculously noticed by a passing rear artillery. He was picked up and taken to the hospital. His leg had to be amputated, but all his life he rode on one leg more cheerfully than many on two.

    • @robertclark1669
      @robertclark1669 2 роки тому

      @@kiennguyenanh8498 It's partly true, I have read of German units actually dubbing the Soviet Naval Infantry the "Black Death" but by no means did the Germans panic in their trenches seeing them. It was a lot more of a "Alright these guys won't give up without a fight, be alert". German units were also weary of Soviet Assault Sappers especially in close range. As far as the green caps go I haven't heard anything about them, they were worn by Soviet Border Guards and they were swept aside by the Germans early on albeit with heavy fighting.

  • @lou2408
    @lou2408 Рік тому

    Sappers don't get praised much but they have a long distinguished past. They are almost always the first ones in and clear the way for the infantry.

  • @exmilint
    @exmilint 4 роки тому +1

    I believe one need to understand that it was more complicated. There were engineers in every infantry unit, and they were not assault engineers. Also there were separate sapper brigades of 3 different types - Engineer special brigade (main purpose to put different mines, also were used behind enemy lines for sabotage, destruction of railroads, tunnels and bridges), Motorized engineer brigade (main purpose to clean the obstacles, minefields and etc, put own mines and support offensive units) and Motorized assault engineer brigade ( those who were shown in this video). So there were a lot of different sappers in Soviet Army, not all of them were assault sappers.

  • @rooseveltingudam6354
    @rooseveltingudam6354 3 роки тому +5

    5:17
    German soldier : *Shoots* *his* *pistol*
    Soviet Assault Sapper : "You should have gone for the head !"
    *BapBapBapBapBapBap.....*

  • @GlitchedRed
    @GlitchedRed 3 роки тому +4

    "In the later parts of the war, the assault sappers had even invented a weapon that launched ten Faustpatrons at once."
    That sounds like a bunch of engineers to me

    • @justineallandevelos6491
      @justineallandevelos6491 3 роки тому +2

      I have a good feeling those group of engineers just stumbled into a Panzershreck/Panzerfaust supply dump and just decided to try to make those stockpiles fire all at once since they're bored

    • @ID0NTFUCKRATS
      @ID0NTFUCKRATS 3 роки тому

      What were those things called?

  • @michaellynes3540
    @michaellynes3540 3 роки тому +5

    Skip to 0:28

  • @firstnamelastname9596
    @firstnamelastname9596 4 роки тому

    The video is only 7 minutes, but it felt like 20 minutes. This channel has some good stuff.

  • @ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available
    @ThisHandleWasTheOnly1Available 4 роки тому +1

    Those small shovels with sharpened edges are no joke. In the late 80's (maybe to this day, I'm not sure) youth gangs would use them in street fights. People lost limbs.

    • @ceu160193
      @ceu160193 4 роки тому +1

      Apparently in Stalingrad, quite a lot of Germans got decapitated by them.

  • @lemonsucc8169
    @lemonsucc8169 4 роки тому +6

    "Ivan lay the barbed wire faster we have a death charge at 3:00!"

  • @AnonEMus-cp2mn
    @AnonEMus-cp2mn 4 роки тому +14

    The Flag Must Fall _(Call of Duty: Finest Hour)_

  • @atrociousbean4096
    @atrociousbean4096 4 роки тому +18

    5:15 Tachanka’s grandfather in action. (1943 colorized)

    • @zeta1960
      @zeta1960 4 роки тому +1

      Ahh, man of culture i see

  • @ryanbright7496
    @ryanbright7496 4 роки тому +2

    You guys are baller! Getting sponsored by Bolt Action is an amazing achievement. I'm so proud of you guys. Way to go. Bolt Action is a phenomenal game that everyone should try.

  • @midwestmike613
    @midwestmike613 4 роки тому

    This channel is great I love the simple animation! Any channel that can keep you entertained and teach you some important history is special in my mind.

  • @christophesarraf3972
    @christophesarraf3972 3 роки тому +6

    My great grandfather was a sapper he fought on the Ukrainian front, went from the Caucasus to the Alps and liberating Budapest

  • @yourlocalcr0w319
    @yourlocalcr0w319 4 роки тому +111

    Germany: We can invade Russia easily
    *Russians rolling right through their defenses*

    • @lovepeace9727
      @lovepeace9727 4 роки тому +2

      With great casualties, but also with great success.

    • @maximilianodelrio
      @maximilianodelrio 4 роки тому +9

      @@lovepeace9727 everyone suffered great casualties, not just the soviets

    • @zombiehalo9588
      @zombiehalo9588 4 роки тому +1

      Into the mother land the German army March

    • @rhysnichols8608
      @rhysnichols8608 4 роки тому +3

      Um Russia was getting steamrolled until the allied lend lease and Russian winter saved them.

    • @ritz1598
      @ritz1598 4 роки тому +1

      Why everyone is reffering USSR Russia but not Ukrain or other SSR

  • @alanwestmoreland6152
    @alanwestmoreland6152 4 роки тому +19

    1:29 *burn their wheat fields, with them in it*

  • @Starfals
    @Starfals 4 роки тому +1

    I love the Sappers in Company of Heroes 1 and 2 :P Super useful unit indeed.

  • @GaboG3
    @GaboG3 4 роки тому

    Animation has gotten better I see. Keep it up guys!

  • @Aaleg
    @Aaleg 4 роки тому +3

    *”no simple history dont turn me into a marketable plushie-“*

  • @YiAtlas
    @YiAtlas 4 роки тому +3

    Wait, LPO-50 is designed after WW2 in 1953. During WW2, red army flamethrower is named as ROKS. ROKS 2 and ROKS 3 are widely used during the war.
    I am kinda surprised about the mistake...

  • @josephstalin7654
    @josephstalin7654 3 роки тому +3

    1:35 hold on, USSR troops carrying PANZERFAUST?!?!

    • @MrQuezzon
      @MrQuezzon Місяць тому

      Captured Panzerfaust Groß i think. (?)

  • @Sukabkyat123
    @Sukabkyat123 4 роки тому +1

    German engineer:sapper sappin mah AA guns
    Sapper: *back dig the german engineer*
    Sapper:CYKABLYAT

  • @nikolajelovac1648
    @nikolajelovac1648 4 роки тому +1

    The Combat Engineers of Close Combat III - the best infantry unit, they took out tanks from close range, they overwhelmed enemy infantry with machine guns, explosives and especially the flamethrower - well worth the 54/56 points.