Hearted Youtube comments on TIKhistory (@TheImperatorKnight) channel.

  1. Not a Fascist, not a Nazi, not a Racist........sad that we live in times where a disclaimer is necessary.
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  2. The scariest thing about Hitler is not that he is a monster The scariest thing about Hitler is that he is a human
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  3. I know I said this a few months ago, but have any of you watched the full video? Seriously, every point in every article or video that you post has been refuted, backed up with sources, all displayed in the reference bar. You can even jump to different parts of the video with the timestamps in the description, though you should watch Section 5 first. You have no excuse.
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  4. "Farmers were encouraged to stop producing meat and eggs." Waaaaait a minute....
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  5. In other words "Hitler cant be a socialist because I'm a socialist and Hitler was bad"....
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  6. Just take your time. Nobody that watches you is concerned with how long it takes you to produce content.
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  7. Germanys contribution to winning the war is massively underrated
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  8. "Marxists share your vocabulary but they don't share your dictionary." I'm nicking that bastard.
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  9. My history teacher threatened to give me a detention when I pointed out they are not the same thing, people these days jeez
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  10. My favourite form of "free trade" is when a guy with a gun tells me what and whom I may trade with and promply puts me into a slave labour or death camp if I disagree with him. A truly free market....
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  11. I'm an Iranian, listening to the channel of a British guy who is answering the question of a Czeck who lives in Sweden, about Poland based on the comments of the Russian president.
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  12. Just got banned on the bad history for partially agreeing with you.
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  13. Definition of Fascism in 2021: Anyone I disagree with.
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  14. Oh boy, the comment section is going to make Stalingrad look like a nice sunday picnic in the park
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  15. Vegetarian, Dog lover, Man of the year and Nobel peace prize nominee.
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  16. One correction: there were no bridges across the Bosphorus in 1940. The first bridge was finished in 1973. Otherwise nice video :)
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  17. Tik: Are ya'll with the cult? Cultist: It's not a cult. Its a dialectical science ending opression and ushering in utop- Tik: Yep, this is it.
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  18. I know the majority of your audience is here for war history and tanks and whatnot, but I'm thoroughly enjoying your videos on history of economic thought.
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  19. They had a food crisis because Goring ate all the food.
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  20. "A marxist system can be recognized by the fact that it spares the criminals and criminalizes the political opponent." - Alexander Solschenizyn
    1900
  21. "Attack this target" "Nah, I'll do what i think is right" "exterminate these people" "oh well, guess I have no choice but to follow orders, whether I think it's right or wrong"
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  22. One House in Stalingrad lasted longer than all of France
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  23. Former dialectic here, the trick is using emotional manipulation to override your higher reasoning skills. The Amygdala overrides the cortex in situations of fear or pleasure.
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  24. Just the pure fact that a third-rate, lazy philosopher was literally WORSHIPPED as a god irks me.
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  25. While there are other important factors to consider when discussing "why Germany lost", this is nevertheless an outstanding video. Loved every minute of it!
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  26. I was born in Soviet Union and Communism was a religion and Lenin was as Jesus Christ. We had to learn about Lenin, read books about him even in primary school. Schoolchildren were called grandchildren of Lenin. Crazy times 😂
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  27. Very well deserved. If you need anything, holler. Big fan.
    1700
  28. Hitler belived there was food in a communist nation? Truly a madman. 100% mad confirmed.
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  29. “Socialism has a record of failure so blatant ... that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.” ― Thomas Sowell, Economist
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  30. It never occurs to me, how it came so far, that historians like TIK have to explain, that understanding and explaining evil worldviews is not the same as agreeing to them. The older I get the more I get the impression that many people do not want to know, so that they can indulge in their dark desires again, without being conscience stricken.
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  31. Shouldve said,capitalism is an economic practice not an form of government
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  32. It's pretty bad when other SS units complain about your unit.
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  33. Lol, did he even play HOI? Try invading through low infra mountains and across a sea gap?
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  34. I think the socialism in National Socialism cuts a little too close to the heart for many historians, so they'd either rather not talk about it, or even outright deny it.
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  35. I reject it because it’s dishonest and make it seem like ordinary people don’t have the capacity to do great evil.
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  36. State-controlled labour. State-controlled prices. State-controlled vacations. Truly a free-market capitalist government!
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  37. Manstein , Rommel , Guderian are basically the wehraboo gods
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  38. Why didn't Germany just click "More Ground Crews?" It only costs 20 command power and you get +10% air efficiency in the zone.
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  39. It is the same as the other MIRACLE victory - the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The French had 35.4 billion men against 3 Englishmen.
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  40. Marx: "The German government is not real anti-semitism. Real anti-semitism has never been tried yet."
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  41. Many years ago, I wrote a paper at university with the thesis that National Socialism was a religion meant to replace Christianity. The title of that paper: The Crooked Cross.
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  42. As a college student studying history, I learned that your quote "But is that really the case?" is pretty much the motif and theme about learning in history. Thanks for inspiring me TIK.
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  43. Marx truly was the first redditor.
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  44. You do not owe anything to anyone. Take your time and relax.
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  45. The strongest cults are the ones that are never perceived as cults.
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  46. We need more people's like this that explain things without being afraid of YouTube TOS.
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  47. It's the same logic as calling every terrorist a "psychologically troubled mad man". Many people, especially in the west, refuse to acknowledge that there's a genuine train of "rational" thought that culminates in ideologies (as much as they are based on false beliefs) that lead people to commit terrible acts of horror. Understanding this "logic" is vital to dismantling it. Censorship never succeeds in changing minds.
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  48. Normal people: wait, MEFO bills? What's that? Hoi4 players: finally, after all these years...
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  49. Every Hoi4 player wanted this
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  50. You can see this depicted over and over again in the film Downfall. All those who commit suicide at the end aren't doing so to avoid punishment, but because they genuinely believed that there was no reason for continued existence if the Reich were to perish. They saw the end of the Reich as the end of history, and they didn't want to experience what world would exist past it. They really saw themselves as the last Elf on a hill surrounded by a sea of Orcs.
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  51. what a hot take that wikipedia page is "fascists mobilize the nation to prepare it for war" because Italy was famous for spending its 20+ years preparing and trying its best to start a war.
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  52. The nazis can't be socialists because 1) I am a socialist. 2) I am a good person. 3) The nazis were not good persons. Therefore the nazis couldn't possibly share any of my poltics. As we all know, the way the world works is 'the person who shares the most words in common with the nazis loses'. I don't want to lose, so the nazis were not socialists and I remain a good person. Me. Me me, me. Me.
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  53. Fortunately, nowadays no one is being called a fascist for having a different opinion
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  54. Now that I think about it, none of my highschool textbook even attempted to explain why the hyperinflation inGermany happened. Convenient isn't it ?
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  55. Remember, TIK did not killed himself.
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  56. "Let us go to holy scripture themselves" I'm dying
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  57. Damm, tik fought back harder than the people in my basement
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  58. Thank you for telling this. My grandfather is a veteran who fought in the Battle of Kursk, he was furious when he saw Enemy at the Gates. That movie is very hated in Russia.
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  59. It really can't be said enough, fascists and communists don't hate each other because they're so different, they hate each other because they're so similar, and both require total dominance of culture and power.
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  60. I'm one of the viewers who has fallen behind on the Stalingrad series, but I do appreciate the effort you put into each video. That being said, if you are burned out on the subject then I agree with the pause and finding other subjects that would reignite your passion. Happy New Year.
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  61. On behalf of the Russian people, I'd like to show my appreciation for you clarifying the situation on logistics and land lease, as well as your other work. Many people around here would prefer to underplay the importance of Land Lease as a reaction to the widespread western stereotypes about the USSR in WW2 and the red army in general, which they find offensive. I think neither viewpoint is fair towards the people who fought and won that terrible war. You are one of the most bias-conscious historians I've ever seen, and it is a breath of fresh air, especially considering how many historians both here and abroad tend to be skewered towards one or another agenda or political perspective. Thank you for what you do.
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  62. The reason Hitler built the Maus was because he watched an episode of "Tom & Jerry" and he realized that in a game of Cat and Mouse, the mouse always wins.
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  63. "If only Germany had more, used more, produced more." As if resources are limitless. This argument often used is historic fantasy.
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  64. UK prime minister try not to be unpopular 5 seconds after being elected: Challenge level Impossible
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  65. I'm Irish. If anyone should hate England, it should be me, but you know what? I don't. Whatever passed between our two countries in the past, it IS in the past. Britain is NOT an evil country. By any objective measure, it's existence has given more to the world than it destroyed, and that's counting every bad thing the Empire ever did. It's not a perfect country, but despite all the history, I absolutely hate what's happening to it now. I don't want this, and nobody with one scintilla of humanity or forgiveness in them wants it either.
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  66. I came for the invasion of Stalingrad, but stayed for the historical context behind the Nazi's rise to power.
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  67. 49:48. I think he lost it at this point forward.
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  68. This would be one hell of a origin story for planet of the apes
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  69. Lets go. This is for all the people who say TIK is biased and wouldn’t cover allied crimes. Proof he’s a legit historian, and a good one.
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  70. Hi tik my daughter has watched your video she’s in agreement with you she’s just got to just agree with them and move on she realises she’s banging her head against the wall. il get her the book you recommended
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  71. We live in a period where arguing with your teachers which already is showing more interest in the topic than most students will lower your grade.
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  72. "Nazi Germany was a capitalist society where the government froze everybody's wages." - Historians, unironically.
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  73. Jenny Marx after she left her fiance to get with Karl: " This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever."
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  74. I think one of the major issues of discussing Socialism in America is that Americans tend to conflate "Socialism" with Marxism/Bolshevism. Many of the arguments I've heard against German National Socialism being "not true socialism" are really arguing that it isn't Marxist.
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  75. People who have berated me for "not knowing what socialism is" consistently refuse to define socialism except to say how wonderful it is.
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  76. It’s amazing how logically, peacefully and respectfully you confront these folks.
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  77. Why didn't Manstein simply turned water into oil?
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  78. I love how he makes the angry evil voice, for some people, and then a normal voice for other things. 10/10 acting.
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  79. Interesting how everyone talks about how Hitler didn't have the mind or intelligence or military training to understand what was happening, but it appears he was the one who did in fact understand.
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  80. I am Indian who lived in London for 4 years. All the r@cism I faced came from people of middle eastern, north and sub saharan african descent. I urge the native brits to take their country back. Rule Britannia, God save the King.
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  81. Time also made Stalin Man of the Year in 1939
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  82. I studied history and ww2 for 23 years. I have never heard someone talking about that. GREAT WORk
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  83. "I was a business man, doing Business"
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  84. I 100% agree with you on the fact that poorly done History Documentaries do more damage than good. I've seen some horrible WW2 documentaries on Smithsonian Channel that are so inaccurate as to be misleading.
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  85. 7 minutes in, and we already know today Marx would be the top mod of r/antiwork on reddit. Resents the idea of work, relies entirely on parents for money, resents religion, has to be reminded by his mother to bathe at least once a week...
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  86. I love that they describe you as a Wehraboo yet you’ve got an entire video dedicated to debunking myths about the Wehrmacht
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  87. TIK had taught me more about economics and the origins of society than all of my schooling has. Always backups his claims, level-headed, logical, and concise. Thank you so much, sir.
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  88. Jeez, spoiler alert, buddy. I thought Paulus still couldve broke through in late January.
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  89. I will unsubscribe if "It was revealed to me in a dream" isn't in S+ tier
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  90. People watching in the future really will have no idea how epic this 4 year journey was
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  91. 🗣️WE DID IT GUYS🎉
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  92. "Let's be Halder", I immediately reached for my Luger to shoot myself. It didn't work.
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  93. Times like this are never easy. We are all sorry for your loss. Take all the time you need! Wishing your family and you the best, TIK!
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  94. I think your entire script would be around 187-190 pages? That's practically a small book... This video is insanely in-depth. Truly incredible work - massive respect for you putting the time and effort in this series and your channel as a whole.
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  95. Saw this pop up on my lock screen. Saw the title. Was like "Welp, some people are about to be pissed and not like historical facts and citations." I guess some part of Reddit is going to get really frustrated lol.
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  96. If you ever wonder how normal rational people can do this, you only have to look back a year or two as to how we let ourselves be divided and declared some people as 2nd class citizens
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  97. He hated the Kaiser and the Kaiser hated Hitler. Also, the ones who turned on Hitler during the war was most often aristocrats (Stauffenberg and co)
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  98. Treating prisoners humanely encourages other soldiers to surrender. This is an obvious and well-known tactic in any war. If, however, the soldiers know they will be murdered they will fight much harder.
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  99. double standards: when germany amasses up to 40:1 manpower ratio on their main attack areas it is called "soviet lost to german genius tactics". when soviet union amasses up to 15:1 ratio at their main attack areas it is called "soviet hordes storm german positions". pathetic ^^
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  100. Your opening statements are a truly revealing and a honest indictment of the political correct climate that prevails today. That being said thank you very much for having the courage to tackle this extremely sensitive and difficult subject. My granddad was a holocaust survivor and I can honestly say that I 100% support the freedom to ask any questions about any subjects even the most painful ones. Censureship and dogma hurts the truth much more then the deniers do. It only feeds their feeble arguments. So thank you TIK for taking this subject on.
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  101. I will enjoy the hate comments coming. Thanks for standing up for truth, and absorbing the abuse. Many of us thought this for years, but you can't say it because people have been brainwashed by educators that wanted to rewrite history.
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  102. In Soviet Russia, economy collapses you.
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  103. I am from a broken family and it is true, we need a good family system. A broken family leads to broken children and destroys societies in the long run.
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  104. Glad you finally brought up the hostility between the Austrian Fascist and Nazi Parties.
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  105. "All within the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State" and "our press is the most free in the world, so long as they support the regime" are the two statements that people tend to forget Fascism revolves around. That the State may CHOOSE to ALLOW private ownership and operation of ANY part of the economy was the point - and yet even so, IF it was allowed it was only for purposes of furthering the regime. That's not capitalism.
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  106. Just because someone misjudged something doesn’t mean they’re insane …it just means they’re human 😂
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  107. As an American I'd like to apologize for the existence of The View... Thanks for talking about this TIK.
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  108. I think the big thing is that people are scared by the fact that a human could be so evil yet be so "logical".
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  109. Japan did have a few technologies that outclassed their American counterparts at least in the beginning of the Pacific War. Their Type 93 torpedo (long-lance) and A6M Zero were better than the American Mark 14 (even if it worked properly) and the Wildcat respectively. However, their ships were largely equivalent or inferior in terms of technology but were initially superior in terms of training and command. Eventually the Japanese were outclassed in pretty much every aspect (I would say around mid 1943).
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  110. It actually stands today in the US, to retreat without the order is desertion, and desertion while in combat is a capital offense.
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  111. If you ask this on reddit people will blame Trump
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  112. But this wasn't the real Marx. Real Marx was never tried before... Real Marx would work
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  113. "Those who believe in the Manstein, shall receive the gifts of the Manstein." - TIK
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  114. And just to point out, it was the German Logisticians who told everyone they would not support an invasion of Russia and it should not be tried..The army just ignored them
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  115. Adоlf: "I love democracy" Czechoslovakia: "Me too" Adоlf: "Great, I vote for you to not exist"
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  116. I thought WW2 was the part of history I knew the most about. It turns out I didnt know anything.
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  117. I have been absolutely disgusted with all UK politicians. They are a disgrace.
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  118. I was in a communist feminist group in college (In the UK). when I started watching other content online (some people may disagree with certain people I watched and read, but that's beside the point, It made me not an insufferable freakshow who hates everyone who disagrees with me) When I left said group in college, I was threatened and cajoled to stay on the threat of being beaten and slandered in various circles. but I didn't care I wanted out for my sanity. so I left. managed to finish my college studies. I was then contacted on repeat by the morons who made the threats to me. that they'd find me and stalk me. hence why I'm still anonymous to this day.
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  119. thanks for the shoutout(s)! Just watched the first 9 minutes, so far, great work! Gotta get a stream ready, will watch the rest later!
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  120. "He's completely clueless" TIK: hundreds of on-screen references and hours of well-researched opinions
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  121. If you own a car but can only drive it when and where the state tells you, do you really own it?
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  122. LMAO IM WHEEZING AT HOW HITLER JUST ROASTED ITALY AT 2:06
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  123. I'm shocked the Stalingrad series wasn't better received. It's a huge achievement. Not until having been mesmerized by the series have I realized I never before really understood the encounter despite the mountain of books published about it. It was through you I was led to an incredible historian, David Glantz. Best wishes in the new year.
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  124. "Don't waste your cereal Timmy, those poor Germans in the 6th Army would be so grateful for it!"
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  125. War is a continuation of politics by other means. You can’t really discuss military history without discussing politics and policy.
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  126. Because supplying a quarter of a million men from the air is sort of difficult. Especially when people are shooting at you.
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  127. It makes me quite disappointed that you receive such a severely negative response, especially when your sources are solid and your analysis is reasonable. If there is a criticism of this video, I can only hope it would go to an equal depth of research instead of just accusing him of being a revisionist. An accurate understanding of history reflects an accurate understanding of life. Thanks for the lesson
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  128. SEASON 1? Heavy breathing intensifies
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  129. My goodness, Karl Marx is a monster
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  130. I like how most of the people insulting you, have Soviet and communist profile pics... That just raises red flag(!)
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  131. I'm honestly amazed at the level of research that goes into this.
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  132. I truly stand corrected, educated and more informed. I have being using the term fascist incorrectly for years without realising. Thanks, much appreciated.
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  133. In the U.S. library of Congress you can find the Lend Lease numbers and it shocked me at its enormity. Absolutely shocked me. 2,500 locomotives cannot be overlooked...Nor can 2.5 million tons of fuel and oil. The numbers go on and on
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  134. "Democracy is another word for Totalitarianism." Good for you for putting these challenging ideas out there. I have been slowly gravitating toward the Mises view (or at least learning more about it) and you make me all the more interested.
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  135. “Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants – but debt is the money of slaves.” - Norm Franz
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  136. SHOUT OUT!!!
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  137. How to make Hitler from total lunatic to brilliant strategist in 46 minutes? Well, watch this video...
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  138. If the operation Citadel was started a week earlier, the Germans would win the war and the Tiger was the best tank of WW2!!!!!
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  139. I sense a great disturbance in the aether: as though millions of philosophasters cried out in terror, and then broke into a cacophony of circular arguments, personal insults, and a vigorous round of "no u."
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  140. Most of the way through Peaky Blinders, currently on chapter 5 with Mosley as the antagonist. He's made a couple comments about fascism and national socialism which came off as modern misunderstandings of the eras ideologies. So, glad you are commenting on this. Perfect timing really 🤣
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  141. the video is good, but there are a few points that are worth adding or correcting: Firstly, Plotinus was not a Christian, he was a pagan, but some of his students were Christians and ended up influencing early Christianity. It's important to define this because the relationship between Christianity and Platonist philosophy changes depending on the period. Secondly, Plotinus didn't just disagree with some Gnostics, his thought was incompatible with any Gnostic strand. Gnosticism is based on dualism, the idea that matter and soul are completely separate. Neoplatonism has its main thesis in the idea of monism, that the physical world and the world of ideas coexist and are not separate. Thirdly, as important as Saint Thomas Aquinas was for the development of Western thought, to associate the Renaissance as a sequence of his thought is absurd. Historically, the renaissance occurred through the reintroduction of Neoplatonist thought in the West, especially by the Greek philosopher Gemistos Plethon, who was an influence on the creation of the Platonist academy in Florence. Fourthly, Kant did not revive Platonism, because the philosophical current never died. Fifthly, Nietzsche was not a hermetic, his thinking was based on biology and materialism, far removed from any dualist theory. His greatest influence, apart from Schopenhauer, whom he sought to surpass, was Heraclitus, who was also not a dualist. Sixthly, although Giovane Gentile was an important fascist intellectual, it makes much more sense to trace the political origins of fascism to Georges Sorel's national syndicalist movement. Seventh, as much as the video identifies the origins of the mystical aspects of Nazism, it fails to identify its political origins which are unknown even to the people who propagate these ideas. National socialism is an Austrian ideology developed by several individuals, but primarily by a man called Rudolf Jung, who was responsible for giving the ideology its theoretical body, in his main work “Der Nationale Sozialismus: Seine Grundlagen, Sein Werdegang, und Seine Ziele”, or “National Socialism: its Foundations, its Development, and its Goals”, which was published in 1919. I've always been fascinated by the fact that people discuss national socialism so much, but few people are able to pinpoint the creator of the ideology (Jung himself considered himself the Marx of national socialism). Eighthly, Julius Evola was never of the third position, Evola was a reactionary with various mystical influences, he was always critical of the political aspects of fascism and national socialism, but this association exists in people's minds because he already praised mystical ideas that existed specifically in the SS. He didn't approve of national socialism because he saw it as a plebeian and anti-aristocratic movement, but he saw something of value in the SS, as conservative and noble. He even has a book called “Fascism seen from the right” in which he criticizes fascism for being a revolutionary and nationalist ideology derived from the French extreme left. Associating evola with the third position is wrong, but there are people who take inspiration from some of evola's positions, but this is generally the meme ideology of the dissident internet right, which associates antogonistic thinkers (it's a question of vibes, not ideology). The video is good, but as the subjects covered are obscure by nature, it ends up creating some meaningless and superficial associations, connecting things that should be more separate (as in the case of the renaissance), or ignoring fundamental pieces (such as Sorel and Rudulf Jung). Despite this, the video is a great starting point to discuss these topics.
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  142. When I get home I’m downloading this video to my YouTube vault. Just in case.
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  143. Here comes the mob of angry Wehraboos
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  144. "Let's talk about bloat in the German Army. And here's a picture of Goering." Ouch, that hurt.
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  145. Thank you for putting this together. Unfortunately today people are more likely to learn their History from memes than take the time to actually listen to actual facts.
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  146. Can you even imagine how hilariously uncooperative a humanzee army would have been
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  147. TIK vs Wehraboos is going to need its own BATTLESTORM documentary sooner or later
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  148. This is why I despise censorship. It doesn't stop people from spreading wrong information, it just makes them believe their information is all the more important and correct. When there isn't censorship, you can discuss and disprove these ideas and clear things up. Granted that can only be done if both sides sit down to talk but still, that can't happen if you censor people from talking about it.
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  149. I 'm surprised Starmer hasn't come for you yet mate!
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  150. While thoroughly annoyed at Google/YT censorship of history, I do admire how well TIK calls it out and how ridiculous it is.
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  151. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  152. Obviously Hitler was a British agent
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  153. "Mom, there is butter in my coal!" - German children, probably
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  154. Oh man, this guy. This is what happens when a serial killer gets handed power and autonomy during the chaos of a war. A perfect storm of unaccountable sadism. What a nightmarish situation.
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  155. TIK, I never was a Socialist or leftie, but I've still learned more from your channel than my entire history degree. Don't give up.
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  156. I literally can’t fathom how many people are saying “I’m not gonna watch the video” like, you literally answer everything they try to counter with, they just don’t want to be proven wrong. It’s hilarious. By the way, this video really changed my mind on the whole thing.
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  157. The July Wehraboo offensive will begin soon. Hope you are ready man :D Good video!
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  158. This series looks more interesting than the whole of Netflix. TIK you deserve every penny you get. Thanks for educating me in economics and politics.
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  159. In the past I would say this video is public service but it actually is private service! Well done!
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  160. Most deserved break ever, you should take as much time as you need. Take care of yourself, we'll still be here when you get back ❤️
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  161. Yea Lewis, this documentary, I dare not call it just a "video", is definitely one of masterpieces of educational youtube.
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  162. Very Interesting topic; it’s about time the establishment historians recognise the truth of ‘fascism’- and it’s basis in socialism. You’re doing a great job at exposing their ignorance. Thank you, TIK.
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  163. "Socialism is when there's no commodities, including food" might just be the best definition.
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  164. The "Come to grips with the enemy and attack, attack, attack" mentality had been a very British thing for a long time at that point. In all of Britain's colonial conflicts it was a rare thing for British troops to face an enemy with anything like the level of discipline, training, and equipment that they had. It was not an uncommon thing for the British army to rout enemies through aggressive action even at a severe deficit of numbers. Prior to WW I it was uncommon for the British to face a peer enemy, unless they were fighting the French. At sea, this attitude was even more exaggerated. Britannia had ruled the waves for countless generations at this point, and not only had an enormous navy, but the quality of her forces ship-for-ship would not be disputed until the Americans (who were themselves heirs to British naval tradition) began asserting themselves at sea in the 19th century. It was expected of a British naval captain to be ultra-aggressive, and many victories were had by the Royal Navy even when under tonnage and outgunned. Churchill came up in an age where strategic and tactical aggression had served the empire very well for a long time, so it is not surprising that his natural tendencies would lean in that direction. His greatest fault in this area, IMO, was in not learning the lessons of the first world war that the nature of warfare itself had changed, and in underestimating the logistical complexity of modern mechanized warfare.
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  165. A warm up for the the Stalingrad marathon
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  166. "Israel has taken over Tasmania" quite shocking to realise I was living in Israel all my life without knowing it.
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  167. Take all the time you need, TIK. I'm very sorry for your loss and I hope you can come to terms with it. We'll wait however long it takes.
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  168. Never heard of Operation Keelhaul before this. Thank you for bringing this to light and can’t wait to see you continue to cover this topic.
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  169. As a Russian, I can't but express my gratitude to you for your great job in debunking those myths about the most smeared war in history. For those who still believe in evil Soviet commissars who shot their soldiers for no reason, here's the statistics compiled by NKVD from August to October 1942: "..detained: 140 755 soldiers who fled from the frontline. Of this number: arrested: 3 980 people; executed: 1 189 people; sent to penal companies: 2 776 people; sent to penal battalions: 185 people; returned to their units: 131 094 people." But of course, all the executed people were innocent victims of the bloody NKVD, and not traitors, panic-mongers and spies that easily disappeared among retreating masses. Jokes aside, I am shocked how lazy people are. There are many reliable sources of information, but it's easier for people to believe in myths and propaganda images. Also, I think it should be mentioned that penal battalions were only for the officers while penal companies consisted of regular soldiers. It is a popular misconception in our country that there were only penal battalions that consisted of regular soldiers mixed in with officers. Anyway, thanks again for the great vid. Keep fighting the wicked propaganda.
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  170. "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead". Thomas Paine.
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  171. Masterful coverage of a terrible battle. Your Stalingrad documentary has already became, and will remain the reference for years and years on, just like David Glantz's books. So many war veterans from everywhere in the world are praising it: that's the best reward you can think of.
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  172. As a Religious Studies student and World War II history fanatic, my two life obsessions come together in this video!
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  173. I've said it before and I'll say it again. You sir provide some of the best, if not the best, WW2 content on YouTube.
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  174. Yes, lets not try to uncover the reasons and ideologies behind his actions and why he inspired so many people to support him and commit horrible atrocities. Lets just leave it as 'he was insane', not learn anything from this period that we could use to prevent anything like that ever happening again and all will remain well.
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  175. People misunderstand this video. Hitler was a socialist in the original sense of the word, not a socialist in the Marxist sense of the word. If more people watched the video instead reading the title and getting mad, I think they would agree with you.
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  176. It’s not futile. Keep making these videos. This is history that needs to be remembered and understood. We appreciate your work TIK.
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  177. I just realized TIK is doing a PUBLIC service announcement. All jokes aside thanks for the warning.
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  178. "its not .. when two girls share one cup" Tik you came close to owing me a new keyboard with that one.
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  179. It especially annoys me when people try to claim that the Wehrmacht did no war crimes.
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  180. The dreaded Wehraboos and Sovietboos offensive. TIK you cannot wage a 2 front war!
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  181. My history teacher emphasized that fascism and national socialism were different ideologies. During the tests, that we had every few weeks, we needed to read both soviet sources and current sources, then explain what was trying to be conveyed. It seems Lithuanian and English education systems are were different.
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  182. Only you can create a 6 hour 30 minute long video with actual content.
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  183. "But is this really the case?" is a great meme. But is this really the case? Definitely.
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  184. This is probably THE best overview concerning the Night of the Long Knives I've ever seen. Rational, logical, and backed up with historical receipts. This has been an awesome eclipse so far. On the other side of it now. Getting brighter.
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  185. You've hit on a point that according to Kenneth Macksey in his book “Why the Germans Lose at War", has plagued the Prussian Army from the beginning: poor emphasis on logistics. Macksey argues that the Prussian idea is a short war concentrating on movement and that long logistical trains were never emphasized. This failing then was transmitted to the Wehrmacht through the predominance of Potsdam Prussian trained officers. Remember, Hitler complained that his generals did not understand the "economic aspects of war"; it seems he was right.
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  186. When they cannot combat you with evidence, they target you personally.
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  187. God, I knew Hitler was evil, but a vampire too?! It just gets worse!
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  188. It's truly a shame how you have to make a disclaimer when talking about history.
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  189. As long as we understand that Gnosis isn't a codified religious doctrine that needs to be taught or passed on, but rather a philosophy derived from human reasoning and human limitations it makes sense. People from different backgrounds can independently reason their way into this position without a common thread other than their own nature.
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  190. Mistake or no mistake , your Stalingrad series is the greatest documentary I've ever watched
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  191. the only gold standard right now is the quality of your productions. keep up the good work
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  192. Reddit hating you is a good sign
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  193. I greatly appreciate your efforts to create this very impressive video about my grandfather, Friedrich Kellner. As I scrolled through the comments, I noticed two people wondered about the authenticity of the diary. I posted a response to Ozdave McGee's question about it and then realized I should have posted it as a separate response directly to you, so it can be shared by all the viewers. I hope it is all right for me to repeat that post here. I am the grandson of Friedrich Kellner and the editor and translator of the Cambridge University Press edition of his diary. I understand how original source documents can raise questions about authenticity, particularly in light of the "Hitler diary" fraud of many years ago. The ten original notebooks of the Kellner diary, which include almost 900 handwritten pages in the Old German Sütterlin style and more than 500 newspaper clippings and illustrations from Nazi-controlled newspapers, were exhibited in Berlin and Bonn by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (associated with the Social Democratic Party) in 2009 and 2010. The diary was readily authenticated not only by age, paper and ink but with a comparison of numerous official handwritten documents written by my grandfather when he was the courthouse administrator in Laubach from 1933-1950. His diary was published in two volumes in Germany in 2011, under the title "Vernebelt, verdunkelt sind alle Hirne" ("Darkened and clouded are all the minds"), and in 2012 the German government subsidized a paperback edition to make it available at a reduced price for educators and students. The city of Mainz, where my grandfather campaigned against the National Socialists, has designated Friedrich and Pauline Kellner's burial site a "Grave of Honor." The town of Laubach, where he risked his life to write the diary, now has a street named after him.
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  194. Considering how insane and random history can seem at times; I don’t blame people for wanting to believe something easier to explain yet more crazy
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  195. I love how they say TIK has no idea of politics but don't even know the words "source" "arguing" and "audio quality"
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  196. When Socialism doesn't work on humans so you gotta create a whole new species 😂
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  197. 31:00 Marx - Never had a job Engels - Mooched off his rich dad Lenin - Only worked for 2 years of his life Stalin - Dropped out of seminary Hitler - Failed out of Art School and lived on the street selling his art for pennies Mussolini - Was a socialist propaganda Anyone notice a pattern? Maybe putting jobless losers in charge of government isn't the brightest idea.
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  198. I'll be honest here the Romanians did a lot better than I originally thought. I was always under the impression that they just folded when a day of the attack.
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  199. Another myth crushed!
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  200. I love that this argument has taken on such a life on this channel. So many people need to hear it
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  201. Being a former Logistics Specialist in the US Navy, I fucking believe this.
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  202. During WW2 my grandmother lived in the eastern part of Kazakhstan (back then part of USSR), and she tells that the only thing that kept her family alive was potato trims made by shovels, that were left over i the soil after the potato had been gathered. They were searhing fields for those potato trims after the crops were gathered (and shipped elsewhere).
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  203. This was about as even-handed, level-headed, fair and respectful as you could expect given the subject matter.
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  204. War doesn't determine who is right, just who is left...
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  205. TIK, your channel has been a trademark in educating myself on the history which I’ve always been obsessed with. I appreciate all your hard work and formality. I really wish you worked with Eastory for your animations. That guys maps and animations are absolutely amazing. Take it easy friend, my deepest condolences and love a stranger can give. 💪🏻
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  206. Besides the usual historical insights, respect for calling out the dystopian delusions of Klaus Schwab. Well done, as always.
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  207. Regarding Wikipedia rewriting history, a perfect example of their agenda pushing is what happened to the Cultural Marxism article.
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  208. Let us not forget that Paulus wasn't just any general, he was deputy chief of the German General Staff in 1940/41. He probably knew a lot more about sensitive stuff than a regular general would. No surprise that Hitler wanted to see him dead.
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  209. It has amazed me the last couple of years, where fascism as an accusation gets thrown around so often, that criticism of communist systems gets excuses and demands to read the communist manifesto or das kapital yet those same people seem to have never considered that fascism has an equivalent book before throwing the word around.
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  210. But was he a real socialist?
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  211. Tik is a legend, nobody works harder then this guy to produce consumable historical documentaries
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  212. As much as I love hearing people bash Marx, it was heartbreaking hearing how his family suffered because of him. The dude was truly a worthless POS, and it astounds me that THIS was the guy whose ideas affected half the world.
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  213. Most deserved break, definitely. Take some rest, maybe enjoy some nature, and come back with fresh energy & motivation. Take care!
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  214. The person who never made a mistake, never made anything.
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  215. For people who supposedly hate Nazis these “experts” hold them in very high regard.
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  216. Finally somebody actually goes over Hitler's time as a communist, often in books and documentary's that cover Hitler's life is this overlooked, they always just offhandedly mention it by saying "He was briefly a communist but he didn't like it and moved on" which I always saw as a cop out, yet it is important to understanding every aspect of his life so that others do not follow in his footsteps.
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  217. Archibald Wavell was an unsung hero of the Desert campaign. Operation Compass was an amazing feat.
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  218. The last time I was this early the 6th Army still had supplies.
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  219. 2023. TIME cant even define a man
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  220. This gives a new perspective. That word "Fascism" gets thrown around a lot, even I was throwing it out a lot. As I look into history, I'm starting to see how bad things are starting to become. Since when the word "Fascists" become just "the person I don't like"? That's a true problem. I'm glad that this video was made to bring more info to the word's true meaning. The more people actually read about fascism, they can understand its true meaning. In the meantime. I hope that my generation can come to a better understanding of what it truly means.
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  221. As someone born and raised in a nation consumed by the virus of Communism, I instinctively recoil at the mention of the word dialectic. Word salad disguised as profundity.
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  222. I thought making someone watch 'The View' was banned as inhumane by the Geneva Convention?
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  223. Wait TIK, I thought you were a Nazi sympathizer ? 😆
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  224. “This question has probably annoyed most of the world... which is fantastic.” TIK: Some men just want to watch the world burn.
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  225. Oh god, TIK accidentally put 1942 for Operation Barbarossa. This entire video is now DEBONKED
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  226. It's Awesome to see so many people excited for what is essentially a very well prepared and produced independent documentary film. Great work TIK! We are extremely grateful for what you do.
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  227. It's one of those things that is so hard for a normal person to believe that even my brother - who loves most of your work and has a masters in history - has a hard time stomaching this one. He hasn't identified any specific flaws in your sources or reasoning, so I think it's more just, how unthinkable it is to him in his worldview. I appreciate your hard work in this front and hope it gets recognized!
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  228. It's like getting upset at using fascists to define fascism.
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  229. I hadn't heard about this but oh my god. That's maybe the most ignorant thing I've heard since some people on twitter said the Empire of Japan was anti-imperialist because they fought against European colonization. Which was maybe a month ago. 😫
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  230. TIK is a global treasure. Please archive this and all your work before it gets memory holed
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  231. How does a person ignore the pre-war agreement between Hitler & Stalin to split Poland as part of their non-aggression pact.
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  232. As a History buff I am super excited to find this channel. It was recommended on a gaming stream. Youtube's algorithm tried its best to hide this channel, but they failed. Fuck Youtube censorship.
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  233. Socialism is a religion. You can never find "true" application of Socialism in history but there always is a utopic socialist state in the dreams of socialists.
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  234. I find it Hitlerious that they consistently mispronounce your name as "teal-k" despite it being an extremely easy-to-pronounce three syllables.
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  235. I once debated with a guy who actually used the term : "The defensive Invasion of France..", I needed to get very drunk after that.
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  236. Next: Halder Rock
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  237. This could be the best chronological series on any event in WW2 on Youtube, period.
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  238. But TIK- your “facts” clash with my feelings and my terrible memories of history class in public schools- thanks for all you do! Keep up the good work!
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  239. Of course you can't win the war with only tanks, if you have only tanks in your divisions you don't have any org!
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  240. Just assuming that Wall Street was being stupid and naive, and thinking in the short term, makes more sense than some involved conspiracy.
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  241. Can't imagine that many youtubers would still have viewers after posting about logistics. Your subscribers are a cut above.
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  242. Its mind blowing that 12 episodes in they still haven’t reached the city, and by now your documentary is 4x larger that any other Stalingrad documentary i have seen. Bravo sir
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  243. The Tories at the end are complicit and responsible for this. The Tories quite literally imported the next Labour party voter base, so this will only get worse with time. Like I've always said, the Tories are just labour with a blue tag and slightly less authoritarian.
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  244. It's a good day when TIK uploads.
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  245. Your work will remain here for people to see for hundreds of years. It's a subject I like and your format is very convenient to the viewer and extremely detailed.
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  246. History is so much more interesting when you look past the sugar coating table scraps you were given in high school.
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  247. I’ve figured it out. TIK isn’t pro German, Soviet, American or British… no TIK is truly pro Canada. Think about it when was the last time you heard TIK complaining about something the Canadians did. And it’s Definitely NOT that the Canadian troops were a small part of the overall force used mainly on the flanks… nope this is proof that TIK is overwhelmingly biased in favour of the Canadians. ;P
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  248. That intro was so clean. LOVE IT!
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  249. Never knew that the situation in occupied Greece was so bad during the war. A real eye opener for me. Thank you for posting this video. My condolences to the people of Greece.
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  250. 19:37 You and higgs are a bit wrong here. There are a lot of civilians that TOTALLY want grenades. just a few laws in the way, that's all.
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  251. I enjoy the phrasing in the title, "weren't as nightmarish." Not good, not mediocre, not bad, still nightmarish but not as horrid as the Germans.
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  252. As far as I can work out. This Stalingrad series has been running for over 24 hours at least. And we've only just reached the start of the encirclement of the 6th Army. Learnt a lot more from this series than I ever could have in a class room. TIK. Your service has been invaluable.
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  253. Arguing with a Marxist is like trying to talk a starving rabid dog out of biting your leg. It’s (almost) a waste of time.
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  254. The most accurate depiction ever of the most critical day in Stalingrad. And yes, 6th Army's diary is sometimes inaccurate, as any other war diary. Watching the events unfold on this fantastic map is a unique experience.
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  255. You should create a series called "But is this really the case?" Its becoming a staple of the channel. xD
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  256. Those patrons look like the Stalingrad casualty list by now!
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  257. Those who believe in the Manstein shall receive the blessings of the Manstein.
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  258. I guess the oil shortage is partly why they used horses to tow a significant portion of their artillery instead of half tracks.
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  259. I get the impression TIK doesn't like the state, commies and central banks. Glad to see this episode
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  260. I love how TIK is so calm when they're throwing so much BS lmao
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  261. Whoever's asking you to dumb down Stalingrad, don't listen to them! I for one am loving the amount of detail we're seeing!
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  262. TiK deserves a medal for listening to this. not sure what was worse, the dudes audio quality or his commentary
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  263. Germany's history is endlessly fascinating, just like Britain's.
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  264. Thank you TIK, for making my day with the map showing West Taiwan. Your small digs scattered through more recent videos like easter eggs are most enjoyable.
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  265. I really love the running footnotes at the bottom! Makes it much harder for someone to claim bad research on you part
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  266. I am 51 yrs old and have been studying the Battle of Stalingrad since I was 11 yrs old. I have literally been waiting 40 yrs for this! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Absolutely amazing!
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  267. Funny thing, this how I was taught in the school by my historian: German declaration was merely only a confirmation of a fact.
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  268. For me the turning point was when the UK refused to surrender. With Britain still in the war it would not end its oil blockade of Germany. Germany could not win from this point. This not mean that the UK could win but it meant that the Germans could not remove Britain from the war. Britain was playing the game that every operation was designed to waste German Oil. Seemingly pointless operations in Norway and Greece when viewed through this lens forced the Germans not only to deploy its troops to areas but also its fleet. The war was an economic one between the UK and Germany and every German operation versus the UK had to be decisive whereas the UK could lose to the Germans but push the Needle ever more in its favour. This was the British way of war and it was very good at it. It used similar tactics verses Germany in the first world war to devastating effects. It used it against the French multiple times over a 200-year period and it would force the smaller nations of Europe to follow its Pax Britannica due its naval dominance. Through the use of positioning Britain could dictate any wars outcome by blocking trade of one side or another. So, what does this have to do with the war in 1939-1945. The Germans like most European states relied on imported oil. For the Germans this could come from two places. One Russia or two the rest of the world. By removing the rest of the world from the axis the British forced the Germans to use Soviet oil. Stalin however was not going to supply one of his rivals with oil. Remember the Soviets believed that war with Germany was investable as soon as it had removed the western allies, it just believed that Hitler would wait to defeat Britain before attacking. Hitler had no choice but to invade the Soviet Union in 41 because of the oil situation. He could have made savings by docking his entire sub fleet but then he would have been letting the UK build up in peace. Same story for grounding the Luftwaffe. Hitler had been forced into a corner by the British one that they knew he could not escape from. Even if Hitler had taken the oil fields in the Caucuses the British would have focused it for their bombing campaign. (There were plans to bomb it anyway). Just to drain German oil. Therefore, every British victory in Africa was decisive and every German victory was not. Unless Germany could take the Suez and push beyond the British could just come back year on year and counter attack with new tanks and new men. Hitler was no fool he knew that he could not invade Britain. The royal Navy was just too powerful, the RAF could replace losses far quicker than he could. Plus, his mechanised troops would be bottlenecked by the amphibious landings. It is pure folly to believe that sealion was a valid plan. Look at the difficulty the allies had with conducting Overlord and they had years to plan and prepare. Some simulations conducted over the years would have given the Germans 3 days of clear channel before the Royal Navy counter attacked and without the battleships to challenge them the Germans who landed would have been surrounded and cut to pieces. So, what does this leave us it leaves Germany with an enemy it can’t defeat who after 18 June 1940 would not surrender throttling the Germans every day of the war. The invasion of Russia may have hastened the wars end for Germany, but it was not the turning point. Germany had already lost the war it was just a matter of who won it and when they finally beat Germany.
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  269. Okay Tik. That's cool and all but like stick to saying things about Karl Marx that you don't actually here about. You know, the type of things which people like me research about and then mention in a politics class which is very left-leaning and then get the diversity officer at your school's attention because some leftist got annoyed. (This genuinely happened to me last thursday for the 2nd time, further proof Britain is an authoritarian state).
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  270. You know a YouTuber is good when he can get you to watch 10 minutes of him pointing at maps
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  271. oh boy This gonna be spicy
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  272. YAAAY Stalingrad is back🎉🎉
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  273. Great, balanced take as always TIK. The answer is not necessarily global anarchy, rather DECENTRALIZATION. As Hans Herman Hoppe put it, there should be thousands of Lichtensteins. Thousands of little laboratories experimenting with systems of economics and trade so as to best observe which practices work and which ones we should avoid. The key is to keep them as voluntary associations, not coerced serfs.
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  274. Personally Id like your video's about the ideology of the Nazi/Hitler and others. So I would love if you can continue making them now and again!
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  275. Well, all hostess of that show have inteligence, attitude and knowledge of average pre-kindergarden child, so no suprise there. Good job Karen...
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  276. Props to TIk for being one of the VERY few historians on youtube who actually cites the sources they are using in their videos. It's sad that this is the exception rather than the rule.
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  277. I laughed when he said we need to start our story a bit in the past and then starts explaining feudalism
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  278. It is strange how the “official” narrative describes the Nationalist Socialists as friendly to the Monarchy. Good job. Nice quote from Beevor. Thanks!
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  279. This is mind blowingly good. I took a class on Nazi Germany and they glossed over ideology without taking on the roots of phrases such as arbeit macht frei. TIK never ceases to ameliorate my knowledge on what really happened in the past
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  280. More people need to see this, and James Lindsay's podcasts on gnosticism and the roots it has in the current climate. Once you realize that the reason all these awful ideologies operate a lot like religion is because they ARE a religion things start to make more sense and they are more easily combatible.
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  281. You have found solid evidence to discredit a false historical source which was by many of us believed to be legitimate until this point. What you did is even BETTER than just continuing with the Stalingrad documentary, which is already cool enough. This doesn't ruin your previous work. It improves it. It also gives you the credit of being a proper historian who can doubt and fact check his own sources instead of just following them blindly and softly rewriting what's in them and then presenting it as "your" work. If anything, this Hoffmann incident makes me appreciate your work and effort more seriously, not the opposite. Keep up the good work! We're all waiting for your next episode of Stalingrad's documentary
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  282. “It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.” ― Murray N. Rothbard
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  283. TIK, please.. DON'T JUST STICK TO TANKS!😁
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  284. I usually get annoyed at movies where a character should obviously have died but somehow survived then I remember that does happen in real life a lot. Chuikov is plot armor personified.
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  285. The collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, like the collapse of the Roman Empire, is a lot more complex and multifaceted story then it looks when you just scratch the surface. There's rarely a single or just a few reasons for why empires and nations have fallen throughout history.
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  286. Hello TIK. I am a 69 year-old Patreon contributor to your channel. During the last few years, your WWII history videos have enhanced my life more than anyone could imagine. The factual and objective video presentations have made me more knowledgeable and thereby, happier. With real knowledge comes contentment. I appreciate all you do.
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  287. Stalingrad is that one topic that just is simply too much for one man to do ALL the work in a detailed manner. David Glantz has dedicated years just to finish HIS books. It's one thing to manually dig through sources to write a book, it's a whole new level to create an animated video with EVEN more digging. Personally speaking, the Stalingrad series should only be done bi-monthly as to give you more breathing room and cover more topics. You shouldn't crank a battlestorm video every week, let alone bi-weekly if the topic is detail-packed as Stalingrad.
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  288. I like how you called socialists "religious". Their fanatical defense of irrationality of socialism is at religious level
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  289. It’s great to see a unbiased historian at work. This is how all schools should be taught when it comes to history and philosophy in the western world
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  290. You've made it difficult to watch other documentaries now! Great work!
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  291. Funny how the side with the fastest firing MG had the worst logistics.
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  292. The Kingdom of Hungary had an Admiral as Head of State as Regent, and that Admiral didn't have a navy as Hungary lost its coast post WWI.
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  293. I have never commented on your videos but I feel it's time to do so. I drive for a living and listen to books on audio or listen to documentaries exclusively. Your channel has educated me more on Nazi Germany and WWII than any other resource I have found. Thank you.
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  294. this is the best history channel on YouTube
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  295. Here is a quote from John Keegan's "The Second World War". "The Balkan Campaign, often depicted by historians as an unwelcome diversion by Hitler's long laid plan to attack the Soviet Union and as a disabling interruption of the timetable he had marked out for its inception, had been in fact no such thing. It had been successfully concluded even more rapidly than his professional military advisors could have anticipated; While the choice of D-Day for Barbarossa had always depended not on sequence of contingent events but on the weather and objective military factors. The German army found it more difficult than expected to position the units alocated for Barbarossa in Poland; while the lateness of the spring thaw, which left the Eastern European rivers in spade beyond the predicted date, meant that Barbarossa could not have begun very much earlier than the third week of June, whatever Hitler's intentions." In essence, the weather was not feasable for an operation in mid May. The lack of infastructure meant that the operation in May would be over muddy roads and rivers that overflowed their banks. Rivers like the Dnieper, Dvina and Bug would be big obstacles. The weather conditions for an armored speared offensive were only achieved in mid June. Balkan campaign had no influence over the start of Barbarossa.
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  296. Apparently, the NAZIS won the war; most of their social ideas and technical knowledge are now the norm in all of the allies countries.
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  297. I've learned that "Man of the Year" has no rating in itself; At least not in an only glorifying, positive way. It's just a person that has done something very considerable/history-changing - let it be for the worse or better - and thus became "Man of the Year". Anyway, love your works. Interesting video & very informative, as always!
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  298. It's funny you have to give all these warnings that you're not a fascist yet if you talk about communism everyone's like hey it's awesome
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  299. Herr Starmer needs to be removed. NOW!
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  300. It would have been suicide for Britain to fight Germany and the USSR at the same time after they invaded Poland in September 1939.
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  301. It seems to me like this means history is alive and well. You are doing your part to keep it going.
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  302. I cant believe it has been 3 whole years since you started this series. I was a 15 yo highschool student back then and now im in collage studying history.
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  303. Its insane how he built an audience so big and got away with it!
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  304. I love that you put Xi as a british politician.
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  305. You should make more of these TIK, it is a good way to get people into history.
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  306. My brain You watched every episode separately. There is no need for this. Me: I know, I know, but...
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  307. We need to throw you a massive party for this colossal accomplishment. You worked like such a madman on this that you deserve your own Get Out of Jail Free card.
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  308. I was also starving for new Stalingrad content. Thanks for airlifting this to here in finland Tik.
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  309. As a brazilian, this is so embarassing. Its actually not uncommon for brazilian content creators to steal from foreign stuff in english, since there is a large amount of brazilians using the internet but without english skills. I hope you and other creators being plagiarized from can do something about this awful situation!
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  310. A few years ago, a local TV channel started showing history docs on wednsday nights (they still do) . I, as a big history enthusiast was naturally very exited. In the beginning there were some interesting stuff, which I quite enjoyed. But now the subjects make me really angry. There are some general themes: Nazis and secret bases in Antarctica, Nazi inventions, Nazi occultism, Nazi conspiracys etc. I have stopped watching those "history" docs a long time ago. Recently I found this channel on Youtube. Having watched several of your works, I keep asking: What is wrong with those TV bosses?!
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  311. You made history TIK, this is probably the longest documentary video of one battle ever published. WTG..kudoos to you
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  312. Hitler wanted to confuse and divide future historians
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  313. Harold James unironically believes that private ownership and property were left untouched while the laws defining property and ownership were radically transformed...? Did he even proofread that? Those two sentences are mutually exclusive.
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  314. They should play this video at the start of every university history class. Daily.
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  315. I like these videos better than tanks. Because I can get tanks anywhere but you are the only one talking about these important questions.
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  316. Remember, if you ever read a Hitler quote you must use in you mind the Tik's Hitler voice.
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  317. Yes but who will build roads wide enough for tank divisions?
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  318. Jesus Christ... this must have been a nightmare to upload.
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  319. The Stalingrad series IS THE best documentary on the eastern front i have ever seen. The detail was fantastic.
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  320. You're going to trigger soooo many wehraboos...
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  321. TIK history DESTROYS child's sand castle with facts and logic
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  322. In my last year at university getting my aerospace engineering degree and I have never been more convinced it is a scam. Professors are useless, and I am paying thousands of dollars a year to teach myself the material. Really wish I (and my parents who are the only reason I went to university) had watched this video 4-5 years ago
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  323. I have my first university history exam tomorrow and I have to say, throughout this first year, your videos have blown my mind and completely changed the way I think about modern history and politics. You sir, have done more for my degree than any internet commentator could. Well done, the most incredibly well researched videos I have seen. Your videos have given me a passion for understanding political philosophy!
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  324. It cannot be over emphasized. Logistics, fuel, spare parts, crew maintenance and specialized maintenance is more important than “the art of war.”! As it had been said, amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics. A tank is nothing more than an expensive pile of metal unless it’s crew has the resources and training to keep it operating. The Russians can’t overcome this so resort to infantry attack. Although the tank is in the mix, it is not alone the battle winning element for either side. Great video.
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  325. I think that's a great lesson: -No matter what you believe in, you should read the "other people's books".
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  326. Why bother even calling themselves fascism if they are gonna deny being collectivists? Musollini was openly collectivist.
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  327. Halder being sacked makes me sad…. TIK bashing Halder in each episode was always one of the best parts :)
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  328. I've known of TIK for roughly 10 years now, he knows me under my personal name, as we played games with eachother beforehand. He's an extremely hard working man and deserves some rest. Rest up my guy
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  329. Hands down the best Stalingrad video series ever made, this beats a History channel or BBC documentary any day.
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  330. Why didn't Germany just continue to fight the RAF instead of giving up during BoB ?
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  331. - Builds an army with clear and massive offensive capabilities. - Builds a navy as an interdiction force rather than a costal defense one. - Builds an air force that favored ground attack training pipelines rather than fighters. No no no the nazis clearly had no business in being the aggressive force.
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  332. New skin unlocked: Tik with headphones
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  333. TIK, when you released a video saying you need to take a break, I was expecting a two-month wait for this newest episode. I believe you certainly deserve however much time you feel is appropriate. But thank you for returning with fresh content so quickly! I started watching this series when episode 18 was the latest, and I have eagerly anticipated each new episode since then. Phenomenal work.
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  334. Denial is a powerful drug Tik. Many still aren't ready to face their own childhood trauma.
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  335. I'm glad you are keeping up the "fight" against suppressing human history. If we dont know how these things happen then we could not prevent them from being repeated. Thank you !
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  336. Communists do nothing but criticize.
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  337. You would be surprised of how many people take that scene of enemy at the gates like an accurate representation of the whole eastern front. I don't get how people can think that the soviets even won the war by sending unarmed men against machineguns. If the germans lost against that, they were probably really shit anyways
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  338. Love how you substitute "to shoot" for "to tax" or "to centrally plan"
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  339. I like how TIK mimics the 1930's radio announcer style voice. Once again TIK delivers a informative and descriptive video.
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  340. I can confirm as a Wehrmacht veteran that Tarzan jumped out of a foxhole.
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  341. germans: wait do you guys get supplies
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  342. It speaks volumes about German's logistical and fuel situation in this stage of war when 700 motorized equipment is just sitting around in a depot far behind front lines, getting dust on, or snow in this case. The oil crisis of the Axis powers is indeed overlooked. Thanks, for enlightening us TIK!
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  344. While I watch and enjoy the military and economic video's, these political video's capture my attention in a way of their own. It really seems so obvious when I think about it, and the way you cover all the bases with contemporary evidence makes things seem so clear. Makes me wish more would listen and consider the evidence like this. Great work all around!
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  345. "You're not in school to learn, you are not there to be educated, you are there to get the grade so that you can then find a career". This is painfully accurate.
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  346. If you stuck to military history without economics, politics and ideology, you wouldn't be doing good military history.
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  347. The difference between the proletarian and the proletARYAN.
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  348. Criminally undersubscribed.
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  349. That part about Luxembourg never having a job. And, although was in favor of Central Planning, was opposed to "planning"... Chef's Kiss level of perfection.
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  350. There's nothing better than a good ol' episode of Battlestorm Stalingrad
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  351. TIK is throwing the "stick to tanks" crowd a bone. 😂
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  352. You know you f'd up when the Sikhs are angry. I pray for my British cousins! Love and strength from USA.
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  353. Tik, please don't stop what you're doing. I'm a first year law student and I love watching all of your philosophical videos.
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  354. Holy shit, straight off the bat I can tell this is video has had a lot of work put into it, aside from the length of the video. All those sources, the fact you share the sources is already great. I love when youtube essayists do that, so thank you, and you're even sharing the sources used for specific parts of the video, so that's even better. Love it already.
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  355. I am tired of simple short-sighted documents of big companies that treat people like fools. You do such a good job ... One of the best documents on the yt
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  356. Make an Album titled "But is this the Case" With such classics as Stick to Tanks Blues Halder's got a Plan Paulus the Unsung Madman Hitler And many more Coming to you whenever he feels like it lol. Also a beautiful thing to come home to considering i just got off a 12hr shift lol
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  357. I know it's been said a thousand times before but this is quite literally the best documentary series on the battle of Stalingrad ever made. That is no small feat, exceptional work TIK. Thanks for all the work you put into this.
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  358. All this "H was not a socialist" comes from Marxism. Under Marxist doctrine only it is socialism; all other forms of society that are not Marxist are not socialist. Further, all other things that call themselves socialism, but are not Marxist, must be overcome first so there is only one, pure, Marxist socialism. Thus, because H hated Marx and some of Marx's theory he cannot be considered a socialist by Marxists. What it ignores is that there are a huge number of socialist theories, many of which are quite different from Marxism. If you look at what H did and wrote, he is a socialist, but he is not a Marxist. However, since Marxism unfortunately dominates the discussion, he gets called a capitalist since if you are not Marxist, you are capitalist under their twisted theory.
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  359. Possibly shortest Tik video I’ve ever seen
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  360. I personally don't mind having everything on one channel.
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  361. Ho ho ho hooooooooly crap man. This video is going to cause obscene numbers of sore ringpieces. What drink do you recommend TIK for the assured hellscape of this comment section?
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  362. Take a break if you need it TIK. The amount of work you're doing is inhumane. You're not only one of the most detailed YouTube historians, you're also one of the most consistent with uploads, and the fact that you're practically doing all the work by yourself is frankly insane.
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  363. Hi TIK, great video! During the pandemic I went deep into the "ancap hole", so I think I can answer few of your questions. 1. Is man always rational? Short answer is yes, but we have to specify that it is a weaker definition (aka more stuff is applied to it) than what are we thinking of as rational in common speech. In misesian understanding, action is necessarily rational. That is when man has goals, he uses means that he thinks are the best to achieve them. It is impossible to think "I want A. If B then A, if C then not A. Therefore I'll do C to achieve A". It does not matter if the action actually results in fulfilment of the goal, what matters is what person is thinking, because it is driving his action. 2. Is there a market for a state? No, because state is by definition coercive. If taxes are optional, so you can choose not to pay and use alternative services, it ceases to be a state. In the words of Murray Rothbard "the State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial area; in particular, it is the only organization in society that obtains its revenue not by voluntary contribution or payment for services rendered but by coercion" (Anatomy of the State p11). If you want the alternative name for ancap, to break negative conotation of anarchy and capitalism, there exists one: voluntaryism. And techically it is better description of what the ancaps stand for - society where all interacions are voluntary. As you are already familiar with the "capitalism" part (thanks God for the Mises Institute), for the "anarchy" part I recommend Larken Rose. He has an active yt channel with lots of content regarding the subject of REAL anarchism and anti-statism, presented in an easy way for everyone to understand. There is also a great compilation of Larken's speeches "Statism: The Most Dangerous Religion" - https://youtu.be/QKfT5zv9WRs There are a lot of other good vids on yt on that topic too. I can link some more materials if someone is interested in exploring these ideas further.
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  364. Hitler killed a lot of Nazis. And he killed Hitler.
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  365. In our time it's curageous to name the mad "political" streams of the last century as RELEGION. Because our "zeitgeist" is exactly as religious - no science, just a uncountable beliefs and outmost bossiness. Dogma comes before argument. But if you name it, you'll get indexed. But Tik you're so right. That's why I love every one of your episodes. Keep on doing the good stuff.
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  366. TIK, in my opinion, the reason that your channel doesn’t get as many views as other channels that deal with the same genre is BECAUSE of the quality and depth you provide, not despite it. Most people simply don’t have the attention spans or dedication required to truly absorb the detail you provide and exhaustive research that you do. This is absolutely no reflection on you at all, of all of the WWII history channels that I watch, yours is leagues ahead of the rest. It takes a fair bit of dedication to watch your videos and to truly understand the implications and detail behind every conclusion that you reach. I can only imagine how much time and effort it takes to produce these masterpieces. On top of that, you remain humble and self-effacing, I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that I have an incredible respect and admiration for you and your work. Don’t beat yourself up, you’re the best at what you do and you are genuinely appreciated by those who subscribe to your work. The travesty is that you’re not consulted as an expert source by mainstream documentary and film makers.
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  367. Freemasonry is something I'd really like to see covered. You hear so much about them through history, but so few documentaries. I cannot remember a single BBC documentary about them.
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  368. Hey tik just want to say we really do appreciate the hard work you put into your content please keep it up nobody on youtube has your quality
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  369. Every time i see one of these uploaded i get so hype. Thanks TIK for creating the most in depth documentary about Stalingrad literally ever.
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  370. I've been at the "infrastructure" between Norway and Finland. Even today it's a small ass road. Back then it was probably barely more than a tractor track. And there is miles and miles of nothing between Kirkenes and Inari, which isn't even half way to the bay of Bothnia. Getting anywhere useful in Finland would be basically impossible at any sort of speed.
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  371. There are so many people who think adult life works like a high school popularity contest. I find TIK is one of the better presenters for carefully considering the bias of a source and recognizing when and how that might limit the usefulness of that source's information.
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  372. That orangatan who died of an aneurysm was the most sane creature in the room.
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  373. Nazis: "Do what we say or we will send armed men to remove you from the business you started." Business men: "No." Nazis: send armed men Socialists: "This is obviously privatisation." Lenin: "Do what we say or we will send armed men to remove you from the business that you started." Business men: "No." Lenin: sends armed men Socialists: "This is obviously seizing the means of production."
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  374. I rarely comment on a video but this one was so exceptional that I had to leave a huge “thank you” for making this.
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  375. I dont know what drives you to do this but this stuff is the only thing keeping me sane at home Keep up the amazing work
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  376. I want to deeply thank you for your content, I started watching your videos a few years ago, and you've completely opened my eyes. i used to not care about politics/economics/history or how the world works. but you have changed me completely. thank you tik! you are honestly the sharpest historian out there
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  377. Thank you tik, condolences for your loss
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  378. I hope you are OK and you have rest a little TIK. Thank you for this amazing battlestorm episode. You already made my week. 🙌
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  379. I really like how aggressive you sound when quoting Hitler.
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  380. I love these stenographs because they add a human element to a otherwise black and white war. One can be easily desensitized by reading statistic numbers and brief overviews of major events.
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  381. You should start a new series, "No References" where you just go over these sorta absolutely crazy conspiracy theories and point out the numerous, blatant problems.
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  382. The fact they even called it Operation Keelhaul is pretty bad
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  383. Hitler was a socialist. He wanted basic rights and treatment for all humans. But he just decided that some simply aren't human. He took a cultural approach. Almost identical to the Communists, who did the same based on class.
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  384. I've have studied the Habsburg Monarchy for most of my life. Austria Hungary is very overlooked when people speak about it. For once people ignore that Austria-Hungary was not just Austria and Hungary. Austria Hungary was composed of many Kingdoms such as the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, the Kingdom of Croatia and many other realms, many of these realms followed the demographics they were seted in. Nevertheless to say this Kingdoms had all their own Diet's/Parliaments [Also, It's not christian Socialists, but Christian Social, it refers to Christian Integralism]. Though I would argue Kaiser Karl was not that irrelevant. Kaiser Karl was more de facto sidelined by the Social Democrats who assumed power in his back and forced him out of power. And once the Kaiser was away, well, the other Kingdoms within the Habsburg Empire started going away since the key factor who united the whole state was the Kaiser. The War also caused a huge famine through the Empire and both supplying the people and the army was a very hard job (also considering that Austria had been fighting in Galicia and Transylvania (fertile lands and historical agricultural camps) heavily affected the Empire's food production. Though the War Grain Agency did not apply to the entire empire. Austria had no authority over Transleithania and other de facto independent structures. However, the social democratic party was very influential in the runing of the late war Habsburg Empire administration (some argue it wa son purpose sinde Karl Renner was a republican and orchestrated the end of the Monarchy in Austria at least). After the end of the Russian War in 1918 austria asked desesperatly for ukranian grain and the fact it came very very late (if it actually came) is subject of some controversies. There was also the beurocratic apparatus witch was.... quite a problem since there was no real central authority but the already mentioned many identitys. About the slavic civilians thats not really that simple. The radicals in the Governament did yes blame them... but both Kaiser Franz Joseph I and Kaiser Karl I neither gave authorization for that. During the war, the figure of both Kaiser's were actually a unifying factor for the people since they were very active with helping the poor and hungry. Kaiser Karl I did also try to ask for peace, but the allies rejected (Sixtus Affair) and Kaiser's Karl many attemps to bring peace gave Kaiser Karl's the Blessed statue. As you rightly said, the end of the Empire was tied to Germany, not bcs of an internal or "huge revolution". Though, in 1848, the Hungarian people sided with austria. The problems in Hungary at the time came more bcs of the historical ruling hungarian class vs the Habsburgs conflict. In 1848 atually the empire's peoples who werent hungarian like croats, slovaks, romanians.. etc etc.... actually sided with austria, one known case was Josip Jelačić. Kaiser Karl also made more than one peace offer, since his first days in the throne in 1916 he had been trying to reach peace, offering compromises and concessions. In the end, Austria-Hungary reason to collpase was, as you said, the will of foreign powers (and I would even add people like Karl Renner). I don't necessarily agree with the Empire being internally deslegitimize (since even in 1918 there were many people like in croatia who was still loyal to Kaiser Karl and even the people of Hungary who helped Karl two attemps to regain the crown from the political hungarian elite (and irony when you consider the historic Habsburg conflict with the Hungarian elites).
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  385. The fact that TIK has to state the bleeding obvious makes me sad for humanity.
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  386. Dear Paulus, Start the breakout Hugs & kisses Love, Manstein
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  387. This series is beyond epic! Absolutely stunning work TIK.
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  388. Dude, you've done more work on Stalingrad than anyone getting a PhD in history would've done. I am amazed by the gift of your work. Take the time you need. Check in once in a while. We're all pullin for you.
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  389. I'm getting a history PhD and I can say emphatically that you should never do this with the intent of making money. The only job that requires this degree is professor and you'll spend at least a hundred grand and years of hazing in grad school and have few if any job offers afterwards. There's still a steady stream of applicants because this job attracts egotistical bastards. Don't ask what I want to do with my degree. I cannot tell you.
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  390. It's impressive that your channel is so notable that even the demographics you'd least expect (Teenage Girls) are tuned into to your channel. Keep up the hard work, it's too great to stop!
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  391. "So I've decided to do what I do best - laying criticism at all sides and unite the balkans in their hatred of me" - Love it XD
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  392. I used to be really deep into these ideologies when I was young. They’re basically a language game that appeals to lonely people with a weak sense of self, you get an exhilarating feeling of being set apart from and looking down on the normies, speaking in a special jargon, having a clearly defined enemy. If you look at internet culture today, you’ll see that modern communists and 3P are the ones really deep into ‘ironic memes’, and irony is all about playing around with double meanings and ambiguity, in group and out group dynamics. In the end though, it’s unsatisfying, if you want to be liked for who you are rather than as an instrument. Great video btw, love your work
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  393. Great work TIK! Two fun facts I want to share: 1) Hungarian Prime Minister, Pal Teleki, who signed the treaty of friendship with Yugoslavia 5 months prior to invasion, shot himself on 3rd of April. 2)King Alexander of Yugoslavia was assassinated in Marseille together with the French Foreign Minister, Lousi Barthou, who was the biggest and most active opponent of Hitler in Europe.
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  394. 34 episodes until the incoming counteroffensive. Incredible level of detail TIK. Great work.
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  395. Very interesting how the things you say just changes most aspects we believed about WW2.The fact that invading Soviet Union was a mistake, but it was done because as you said Germany had little oil and time left.The same with failure to take Moscow as it was a mistake, when in fact it made perfect sense to take the oil fields instead.And most of all, what so many believed that Hitler was irational and incompetent, when if fact he had a great strategic and economic understanding of the war situation, which his much fabled generals severely lacked.Well done sir !
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  396. I don't think he ever said "um" or "like" one time. This man speaks incredibly good. He knows what he wants to say without breaking to think and put it into his sentence. He also seems to thoroughly do his research and fact finding before making a statement or argument. Through the video, I just began to verify and fact find a few things and not once was he wrong on his nonopinipnated facts. His opinion, which I agree with everything he stated in the video, is just that. An opinion. An absolute intellectual. Please keep up you videos. It's hard to find alot of resourceful information today pertaining to the 2nd world war these days. Most of it being the same information and questions over and over. Not on TIKs channel. Everyday is new information.
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  397. I don't normally comment but I thank you for the work you put into your videos. I feel like your one of the only informative channels that explains stuff like this which is very important. I'm very glad your channel exists honestly you cover the topics which quite a lot people overlook. It's important that we keep these discussions and the actual history relevant which this video does well and actually made me understand more about Nazis and the concentration camps. Thank you, TIK
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  398. Really appreciate the use of 40k, meme imagery, and other artwork to both illustrate, add levity, and empathize and every combination! It takes a skilled orator to add levity and engagement without compromising their argument.
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  399. "Das ist mein kampfy chair!" Well, we're off to a great start... Facepalm
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  400. Watched the whole thing... where’s my million dollars?!?!
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  401. Yes! Another Bank Wars! While I do love your Battlestorm content, I find myself absolutely fascinated and intrigued by this new series. I plan to read "confessions of the old wizard" and "vampire economy" soon, after you mentioned them in your previous videos. Keep up the great work TIK!
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  402. Leaving work early, an eclipse over the US, an hour long TIK video, and its only Monday. Today is a good day.
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  403. Nineteen eighty-four was one of those books that left me shook for several days after I read it. Meanwhile Google knows that I am here and am leaving this comment.
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  404. US Marine here, would shoot 50cal from my helicopters during training. Would have 💯's of dollars in brass afterwards. I couldn't take it and recycle it, government couldn't too. Couldn't throw in dumpster illegally, so the only other place it could go was the ocean. Such a waste.
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  405. Everything that isn’t explicitly Marxist, to a Marxist, is capitalism and/or fascism
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  406. I'm so glad you covered this. I came across this story a few years ago, and I found it baffling. I couldn't find anymore info beyond the funeral and Hitler's attendance.
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  407. 6th! Guess i'm getting encircled in Stalingrad..
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  408. How the hell did anyone take Marx seriously?!
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  409. " We need trains load to make sure we can send more train loads " " you cannot have train loads we don't have enough train loads already " " until we get more trainloads there will be no more trainloads " interestingly Halder replacement , Zeitzler , was a logistic specialist , maybe Hitler had a clue where the problem was
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  410. This is literally one of the best history channels on YouTube.
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  411. As I recall about 70% of Soviet aviation fuel was from the US. Just imagine if the Soviet airforce couldn't fly?
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  412. I watched the original 5h video twice. Very eye opening and very much in line with what i learned in school about how fascist Spain operated, how they controlled the unions, the media, people's private lives and means of production, etc. It was taboo to point out the similarities between all these ideologies, partly due to the cold war , that being a fierce anti-comunist doesn't mean that your goals and methods are not in fact quite similar.
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  413. But, but... Generals memories about aryan superiority versus infinite asiatic hordes :(
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  414. I'd blame the Nazis and the Bolsheviks for conspiring to split the European continent between the two of them. The shittiest thing was the Bolsheviks kept their spoils until 1991. Only then did WW2 in Europe truly end.
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  415. I'm in Canada, the similarities to our euthanasia laws are pretty frightening. From the three doctors that are supposed to evaluate the situation (there was a report a few months ago where it was reported that often the dr. signed after the fact), to the whole angle of "mercy killing". Now, I used to be ok with the original stated goal of the program, people who are in a terminal state and suffer needlessly... but this is being expanded to those with mental illnesses in the vein of depression, and even worse to minors (no need for parental consent!). All in the name of, well I'm not so sure.
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  416. Remember kids: the Geneva laws can't be broken if there's nobody to report it.
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  417. Orwell’s truth still rings true.
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  418. TIK: (Sources everything) His detractors: If he breaths he is a Nazi/Commie.
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  419. That's a lot of Patreon supporters. This shows there is high TIK demand and not enough TIK supply.
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  420. TIK have you seen that vid where by a guy goes to a leftwing demonstration and the guy trolls them by quouting hitler,to which the audiance started to applaud! without realizing they were clapping for hitler views hahaha
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  421. It’s very sad that you have to “tip toe” around some persons feelings and preferences just because they hold the levers of power. History is important because if we don’t learn from the mistakes of our ancestors we can never learn to correct them when they happen again in the future. Keep going TIK! The world needs more people like you in it.
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  422. The issue of todays topic is "Too many HOI players in chat".
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  423. There is a Hungarian documentary series called Krónika (sadly only available in Hungarian as far as I know) by Sándor Sára of the 2nd Hungarian Army at the river Don, in which survivors and soldiers give interviews on what they saw and experienced on the eastern front. Some soldiers talk quite openly about seeing Ukranian and Russian women [R]ed and killed by Hungarian and German soldiers. Human life and dignity were of no great value. There were many attrocities comitted on either side, because the civil population is always defensless against armed soldiers.
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  424. I think it's a good idea to let the video, and not delete it. There's no such thing as perfection, anywhere. It's completely normal to make mistakes with such a huge, complex project and with all the strain it contains. Anyway it's a good occasion to talk of mistakes made by all historians, even the best of them. Nonetheless I'm terribly sorry (with Egor) for not having spotted it before and warned you. You're obviously fighting a war of attrition and it's unbelievable how you can cope with the Stalingrad series + the other videos. You definitely shouldn't add too much self-criticism to this already heavy burden... We remain by your side to help you carry on!
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  425. Hey TIK, just wanted so say this to you: Seriously appreciate the HIGH QUALITY Content from the endless of hours spending to read those books, edit those videos and constant citation of the sources. Yes, the average YouTube consumer is not eager to consume a 28 minute long video, but hey, just amazing that you constantly keep uploading these interesting videos Greetings from 🇩🇪
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  426. Fact: Whenever something bad happens to Halder, TIK celebrates with hookers and blow.
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  427. TIK: why don't retailers raise the price on Toilet paper to regulate demand? TIK's Mom: well there are government regulations on this. TIK: But is this really the case? That you even cross checked your mother's statement on this is quite astonishing. Keep up the good work
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  428. Well I think 34 million Red Army Soldiers mobilised throughout the war is a bit of an understatement, according to Manstein's "Lost Victories" book, he claims that there were AT LEAST 4 GAZILLION Red Army Soldiers at any given time of the war and since he would NEVER lie, it must be taken as FACT.
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  429. Youtube is such a sad place compared to 5-10 Years ago.
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  430. Unemployed Redditor final boss
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  431. History is written by the victors. But when it's written by the losers it's even more questionable and dubious.
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  432. 14:30 You are 100% right. Artificially cheap bread, something that was implemented in all communist countries of East Europe led to something (un)expected. People were buying cheap, subsidized bread and - fed their hogs and chickens. This is how cheap bread turn into immensely expensive failure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3twUJTWNYuc
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  433. As a Pole, I find this topic particularly interesting as there were numerous resistance fighters who didn't end their fight following Soviet 'liberation' of Poland (nowadays those fighters are commonly called 'Żołnierze wyklęci' - 'Cursed soldiers' or 'Żołnierze niezłomni' - 'Indomitable soldiers'), who were a cause of quite a headache for fresh Polish communist regime, especially in eastern Poland and partially even for the Soviets in Polish pre-war territory now annexed by the Soviet Union (modern day western Ukraine, Belarus and parts of Lithuania), with the very last one of them being caught (and killed) only in 1963. I've heard a lot about using German troops for potential Operation Unthinkable, but were those Polish resistance fighters also taken into account in this plan?
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  434. Oh my god he's back, over 2 and a half hours on the battle of Gazala, what a treat. Thank you TIK.
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  435. Phase 2 in July: advancing from Millerovo to Kalach Phase 2 in October: taking the western half of Hall 4
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  436. YESSSS, FINALY STALINGRAD.
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  437. This is how I feel about the US healthcare system. Both medical insurance and the health care system are so heavily regulated that I cannot fathom how people honestly call it private or capitalist.
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  438. Can we all just take a moment to appreciate Tik's "evil voice"? My dude should voice an evil henchman in an animated movie!
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  439. One of the points why we (Soviets) used sub-machineguns in numbers - it is better weapon for less trained soldier. If you are not well trained, you have more chances to get to 150 m and kill someone with your sub-machinegun, than sitting in 400 meters and shooting from your bolt-action rifle. One more reason, I read somewhere, that production of one PPS-43 was actually cheaper than a production of one Mosin rifle.
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  440. I'm so glad Youtube is protecting us from modern-day Nyatzees by making sure we can't even talk about the atrocities performed during the war in the context of learning about history. Thanks, Susan!
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  441. To get the full picture, you have to look at sources you might not like.
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  442. So, the guy tried to warn about the coming war in Europe? I guess he was a Canaris in a coal mine
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  443. I'm an history teacher, and none of my university classes taught me as much on history as you did. I never saw someone as good explaining the different sources existing on a topic as you are doing. Everyone needs to take time off from time to time. We are not machines. As for me, I will continue to watch your content even after you take a break, because you are creating something that is unique on Youtube. Thanks and stay healthy Tik ! (Sorry, English is not my native language.)
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  444. "find its food supplies locally" Fancy way of saying "stealing from Soviet civilians at gunpoint"
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  445. Man thank TIK i have learned about a recession or depression and causes more then i have in Schools thank again for make good vids and not "Sticking to Tanks".
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  446. "Personally I think the Chuck Norris subtitled one is the best." Ah, a man of fine and culture I see. Let us all raise our champagne glasses to TIK.
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  447. it's heartening to know that so many of your viewers are as passionate and observant as you are! I suppose this is how history ought to be don, with everyone discussing what they've learned and evolving the story together
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  448. We support you, take all the time you need. We be ready to help however we can
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  449. a million times better than the innaccurate rubbish on the history channel i've been shaking my head at over the last 15 years!
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  450. Just literally stumbled onto your channel. Absolutely brilliant! What a refreshing new perspective on Hitler and his National Socialist Party. By the way, the more you get attacked and vilified, the more you know that you're onto the truth :)
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  451. Fascinating. These videos really put TV documentaries in their place. Exploring all sides on the most difficult of topics in the pursuit of greater understanding
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  452. Seriously, such a tremendous level of detail and accuracy... Far beyond anything ever published in any media for these few days in history!
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  453. I want a “Is this really the case” T-shirt
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  454. All you people saying he’s so calm listening to them talk bs, that’s how you’re supposed to be when looking back at history. This is why TIK is one of my favorite historians, you separate your life expectations/experience/ego from the situation and research the topic.
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  455. I think I share the opinion of most here... This series is bloody incredible... Combined with Stalingrad Battle Data... The level of detail and understanding you have given us is way beyond almost anything else produced in video format about WW2... Ever. Just an astounding achievement, and huge contribution to historians and an important gift to the people all around the world in understanding this most historic of battles that was just a few decades before I was born. Ah my words fail me. But thanks for the filthy detail and epic work ethic man. Truly appreciated.
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  456. "If they can get you to reject reason, they can get you to reject reality." This is, no joke, the central theme to everything influential that Umberto Eco wrote, and is how he himself routinely redefines basic terms and even reality itself to suit his narratives.
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  457. It's a tedious book to read but it is a historical piece of text and worth looking through to get an idea of Hitler's way of thinking and mental state. Banning it isn't going to solve anything.
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  458. Unlike paper currency, all of this is pure gold!
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  459. I laughed my ass off when I got a notification for this and read the title.
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  460. How to recognise the horrors of logistics: Play Hearts of Iron 3
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  461. As a sikh born in Scotland I love Britain 🇬🇧 I love British values as a father im scared for my children
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  462. "Nearly out of fuel" "Gets more panzer divisions" Oh yeah its big brain time
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  463. As i imagine you are aware by now, The Armchair Historian has been demonetized..... the purgue is on. Stalin would be proud.....
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  464. "Is this really the case" makes every episode better!
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  465. It is instructive to note that before WW2 fascist parties, whether German, Italian, or the British variety under Moseley, were deemed to be a new type of socialism, while after WW2 the historians of the 1950s dubbed them 'extreme right' because most, if not all, of the historians, AJP Taylor, Hobsbawm, etc, were either marxists or extreme-left in their politics, and tried to distance the socialist cause from the camps and killings. It just wouldn't do to call the fascists and Nazis 'socialists', which in fact, they were. You just have to look at the amount of otherwise educated people who think of fascism and Nazism as being on the right on the political spectrum to realise how successful these first chroniclers of WW2 were.
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  466. Also you cannot quit you are the one (in my opinion) of the few true arbiters of factual scientific fact in the areas you cover!
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  467. What a great scheme. Sell the stocks of a bank to raise money for rearmament and public works, only to basically keep control of the entity you sold the stocks of. Brilliantly crafty and schemey!
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  468. Guy at a party, shows up with a box: "Here's the case of beers I promised." TIK, already opening it up to check: "But is this really the case?"
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  469. I generally don't watch videos that last less than half an hour. I worked as a researcher and historical assistant to several commercial video productions and have with one exception asked to have my credits redacted. Tik, your work is what I aspired to and should be done. Faced with commercial realities one realises that most producers would prefer that Arnhem (A very bitter example) could be examined with 4-600words. Your work is outstanding and (With the greatest respect) I doubt that anyone without experince in research realises how much time and effort is required in your presentations. I hope that persons consider your work and go on to question held narratives and sources. Thank you for your hard work.
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  470. Baltic states in WW2 was one of the worst cases in history of being between a rock and hard place.
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  471. TIK this is the political content a lot of us fans are desire especially how I think speak for a lot of us that we are on the precipice of a new political/economic crisis. I’m sure most of us would appreciate seeing more of your opinions on our current situation, and some advice on the next steps we should take.
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  472. I like how the last official message from Stalingrad is a meteorological report and he just signs off like a shopkeeper closing up for the day.
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  473. Tik in the course of 5-6 years went from "Hitler was loosely Christian" to "Hitler was Pegan" to "Hitler believed in the Marxian mythology" back to "Hitler was a Norse Pegan"
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  474. Funny how these guys complain about a 5 hr video. Imagine if they actually read the books 🙄
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  475. Last time I was this early Hitler was rejected from art school…
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  476. Well for sure he was right about Italy, we did end up on the right side of the war.
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  477. This is just the best. 2 amazing History YouTubers interacting with no drama or anything just a respectful debate. Wish there was more of this. 😊
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  478. Sees the title: Laughs at the absurdity. Sees that the video is over an hour long: Wait wtf?
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  479. I just recently got into an argument with a Communist who denied the Holodomor and his big comeback to me was "You're just repeating what you heard from TIKHistory" I took that as a compliment.
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  480. TIK I respect how calm you are listening to these clowns
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  481. TIK versus Wehraboos? Clicks immediately
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  482. Everyone who disagrees with me is a fascist.
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  483. I remember hearing that no one was ever able to trace Hoffman, like whether he died as a POW or died in the battle before then, nor has anyone been able to find his sweetheart whom he mentions in his diary. Now we know why.
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  484. This is exactly what Klaus Schwab preaches today. It's beyond me why people can't see this.
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  485. I can't believe its finally over. This has been a gargantuan effort and its been my privilege to watch it as you wrote and created this top tier documentary. Thank you TIK!
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  486. Excellent. I feared that TIK, like so many others, would be lost in Stalingrad. It’s nice that he’s escaped to Africa.
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  487. This Stalingrad map is pure masterclass.
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  489. well, about Lend-Lease I would recommend my video on "Why Lend-Lease is so complicated" and the follow-up video, because the "pure" numbers are really misleading (see Sokolov) in many instances, since the quality, timing, specialization in production, etc. needs to accounted for to put everything into a proper context. Good point with the turning point(s). I mainly agree with you (except the number comparison in the beginning), although I think it was a bit more important.
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  490. Man, that description of the guy making his first kills at the beginning really got to me. It's stories like these that remind you that all these unspeakable horrors and atrocities are happening to regular, normal folk who probably just wanted to live happy, productive lives with their families.
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  491. If the state gives industry concessions to individuals in society that are part of the governmental party, they cease to be private actors, they are public actors and it becomes a public form of ownership and control.
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  492. "Haha panzer division go brrrr"
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  493. We didn't receive any messages, and Pienaar definitely did not shoot and eat this delicious plump-breasted pigeon, sir! Specksie! AAAHHHH!!!
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  494. You're wrong Tik, the Perfect tank does exist. Armour. No Firepower. No Mobility. No Reliability. No Fuel Consumption. All of It Production. Brilliant Turret Size. No.. Integration With Other Arms. None Physiological Impact. IMMENSE Ladies and gentlemen, the Bob Semple Tank.
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  495. Tik, you've made my day. Although saddened to hear you're burned out from Stalingrad, different battles in the same format of Battlestorm in Bitesize Chunks is fantastic. More of this, and would specifically request the Dunkirk evacuation!
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  496. Ability to say "i was watching this series before Stalingrad was encircled by Germans" feels like being a part of some elite group. Honestly this is too good.
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  497. I had to stop reading Wages of Destruction after he said A.H. took control of all farms. All goods were to be sold to the state at the price the state set. Said if a farmer made milk or cheese from the cows, he "owned" and sold them it in town he would be arrested and put in a concentration camp. Then said it was a right wing economy.
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  499. these BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD series are awesome
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  500. #1 reason to cite newspapers or other such unreliable primary sources is to find out what the general narrative was at that time, and how it differed from reality, and what the various interest groups at play wanted the public to think.
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  501. As someone who has a master’s in history, I completely agree with you on the uselessness of a history degree. If someone asks if they should major in history, I tell them to just read some books. It’s much cheaper and you’ll most likely be better educated on the topic you’re interested in.
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  502. With Chuikov's book called into account, this raises a key question: just how many Stuka attacks did he actually survive? Great work once again, TIK. It is an honor to be a patron in your quest for the truth.
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  503. At this point TIKhistory humbles every single "TV historian" that ever aired a show and every WWII history TV-Expert commentator. To think that without streaming services we would be stuck only at the most simplistic takes on WWII being produced on a big budget.
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  504. This is the first time I've watched a half-hour video on political theory twice through consecutively. Great stuff. Illuminating - and horrifying.
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  505. Us:" We have thousands of questions" TIK:" You get 10, take it or leave it"
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  506. Gotta love knowing that consumers have to bail certain people out and getting nothing out of it in the long run
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  507. I mean, I don't even agree with TIK on everything. Doesn't mean he doesn't have tremendously informational videos.
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  508. Starmer is totally ignoring the non white British people ,like me , who love this country and will fight for for its traditions, values and culture.We will not allow YOU Starmer to ruin this beautiful country and its people who gave my parents , my siblings and I and now my children to have opportunities and freedoms that we may never have had. I ❤ Enland.
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  509. Marxist always try to say Schacht was responsible for the recovery in Germany and was the guy behind Hitler. This was not the case at all, he was only responsible for temporary privatization measures that were also largely a myth. Schacht is a man fired by Hitler and put into a concentration camp for trying to kill Hitler, a man who was called; “An exponent of world capitalism and hostile to the state’s revolutionary approach to economics” by Otto Wagner the head of the Nazi economic policy branch. Schacht was a liberal economically and was against state intervention in commerce. He was against the state-sponsored programs to combat unemployment. He also hated the MMT stuff Feder came up with before Keynes. This is from Adolf Hitler by John Toland, Schacht was told; “I have called you in order to hand you your dismissal as president of the Reichsbank” Schacht took the piece of paper extended to him. “You don’t fit into the national socialist picture it reads”. All this does is indicate that Hitler hated him and this is further solidified in Hitler’s Table Talk where he called him a freemason, a tool, and an obstructionist. The guy was used then removed after he was done being useful. Even when they bring up Big Business propping up Hitler that’s also a flat out Lie and Cope. German Big Business and The Rise of Hitler by Henry Turner, Mr. Turner writes; “To What extent did the men of German big business undermine the Weimar Republic? To what extent did they finance the Nazi party and use their influence to boost Hitler into power? As should be evident by this point the answer in both cases is a great deal less than has generally been believed. Only through gross distortion can big business be afforded a crucial or even a major role in the downfall of the republic. The early growth of the NSDAP Took place without any significant aid from the circles of large-scale enterprise. Centered in industrially underdeveloped Bavaria, tainted with illegality as a consequence of a failed beer hall putsch of 1923, saddled with a program containing disturbingly anti-capitalist planks and amounting only to a raucous splinter group politically, The NSDAP languished in disrepute in the eyes of most men of big business throughout the latter part of the 1920s. The major main executives of Germany proved with rare exception resistant to the blandishments of Nazis including Hitler himself, who sought to reassure the business community about their party’s intentions. Only the electoral breakthrough of 1930, achieved without aid from big business drew attention to it from that quarter. From The Development and Character of the Nazi Political Machine, 1928-1930, and the Nsdap Electoral Breakthrough; After weighing all the evidence. We must recognize that the financial subsidies from industry were overwhelmingly directed against the Nazis. Bulk of the funds in the party treasury came from membership dues.” This an echo of what Peter Drucker, an American writer, and university professor, stated in 1939: “It is not true that ‘big business’ promoted Fascism. On the contrary, both in Italy and in Germany the proportion of Fascist sympathizers and backers was smallest in the industrial and financial classes. It is equally untrue that ‘big business’ profits from Fascism; of all the classes it probably suffers most from totalitarian economics and Wehrwirtschaft.” Explaining this point even more thoroughly is James Pool in Who Financed Hitler; “The party's financial substance was however made possible not just by the donations of the most generous contributors but by the day-to-day income from the average members. Every member of the party was expected to pay his dues of one Mark per month and give whatever his means would permit, but since many of them were unemployed there was very little surplus income. You have no idea Hitler later told Gregor Strasser what a problem it was in those days to find the money to buy my ticket when I wanted to deliver a speech at Nuremberg. Looking back at the financing of Hitler’s political activities from 1918 to 1923 one thing is particularly interesting. Many historians have contended that the national socialist party was financed and supported by big business? Yet as has been seen only two of Germany’s major industrialists FritzThyssen and Ernst von Borsig gave anything to the Nazi party during these early years. Donations came from some conservative Munich businessmen who were at the height of the communist danger as well as small Bavarian factory owners like Grandel, the Berlin piano manufacturer Bechstein and the publisher Lehmann. But none of these men despite their wealth could fit properly in the category of big business. There is no evidence that the really big industrialists of Germany such as Carl Bosch, Hermann Biicher, Carl Friedrich von Siemens, and Hugo Stinned or the great families such as the Krupps and the leading bankers and financiers gave any support to the Nazis from 1918 to 1923. Indeed few of them knew this small party from Bavaria even existed. Most of Hitler’s donations came from wealthy individuals who were radical nationalists or anti-Semites and contributed because of ideological motivation. To a certain extent the wealthy white Russians fit into this category; they could also be looked on as the only real interest group that hoped to gain a definite political-economic objective from their aid to the Nazis” The historian Richard J. Evans even says this in The Coming of The Third Reich; “The Nazi Party depended on such commitment [fiance from the grass roots]; much of its power and dynamism came from the fact that it was not dependent on Big business or bureaucratic institutions such as trade unions for its financial support.” You also have Schleicher a conservative who attempted to "tame" Hitler into cooperating with his government by offering him vice-chancellor and threatening him with an anti-Nazi alliance of parties, the so-called Querfront ("cross-front"). Hitler refused to abandon his claim to the chancellorship and Schleicher's plan failed. In response to this Goebbles said; “The Notion of the Führer as Vice-chancellor of a bourgeois cabinet is too grotesque to be taken seriously.” This entire narrative of fascism and nazism being capitalism in decay is fucking stupid. I can say this as a Fascist, WE ARE SOCIALIST! And Nationalist. Anyways in the modern context I’m more concerned about nationalism vs globalism anyways. Besides one of the people behind Fascist Syndicalism is Edmondo Rossoni; he was a “fascist syndicalist” who was a major trade union leader in Italy and played a large role in formulating syndicalism in Italy, which left its mark via the Italian Corporate System. In Mussolini’s Il Popolo d'Italia newspaper, he claimed that “only the Fascist syndicates could complete the revolution.” In the early 1920s, Rossoni’s trade unions threatened the industrialists so much that it was even speculated by some industrialists on whether to hire communists to fight the fascists. In the book Italian Industrialists From Liberalism to Fascism this is written in the Liberal-Fascism section; “Salvemini continued: “now the industrialists are no longer content with Mussolini. They are not as manageable as they wished.” At the end of actual, referring to information passed along to Donati, editor of the Catholic newspaper Il Popolo, Salvemini noted: “An industrialist of Turin told Donati that in his circle people are beginning to ask themselves if it might now be wise to pay the Communists to fight the Fascists!” In early May, the future Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti wrote to Gramsci in Moscow that “The Industrial classes are rather wary of the new regime, fearing unpredictable developments in the class struggle with Fascist syndicates.” You have a history more so of Big Business financing communists not fascists or nazis. In fact I would just say look at modern social media companies or George Soros with BLM to Antifa. Fuck these people
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  510. As a licensed therapist I am continually having to teach people that understanding their spouse's (or their children's or their parent's) point of view does not mean that you agree. I do it all the time as a therapist, working to understand my client's point of view.
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  511. To be fair tik, '' mad man druggie hilter'' has a ring to it
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  512. Very eloquently said, thank you. Im a 58 year old woman who is worried sick about the state of OUR country. My son is 33 still at home with me a single mum who has no future in this vountry, no chance of owning his own home. We cannot keep accepting thousands & thousands of undocumented males into the country, our small island where our services are creaking at the seams. Im disgusted we are classed as far right, its not true. If we continue to be not listened to then i truly fear for this country. 😢❤
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  513. I'll admit, for me, your political/social/economical series are far more engaging and fascinating. Not that your Battlestorm series are any less brilliant of course :) but I am always hyped for BankWars! In a year or so since I have started watching your videos TIK, I have learned far more than 12 bloody long years of schooling ever did. As always, keep up the great work. Salutations from Iran.
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  514. The reason you should keep doing the videos is this- For every person that comments and condemns you as an evil fascist or snake or what have you, there are probably dozens or hundreds who are on the fence or just ignorant of the situation who take what you say and research as possibly a grain of truth and start them down the ‘right’ path.
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  515. Hi TIK! Good to hear your insights. I use to read every comment I get and am sometimes dumbfounded by the ignorance of people. Especially when it comes down to revisionism and denialism. I think some people are so entrenched in their beliefs it's a waste of energy trying to convince them. Best of luck!
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  516. A waiter quits his job and becomes a cop. A while later his old colleagues meet him. "Hey Jim how is the job?" He replies: "Well the hours are long the pay is low but the customer is always, always wrong".
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  517. People are truely out here thinking WW2 was started by a meth binge
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  518. I had never really even heard of Devers before. shows how much power certain men have over the narratives of history. thank you tik. I actually agree that Eisenhower 100% just favored himself and his buddy.
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  519. Mussolini: I was a syndicalist (i.e. Marxist) anarchist. I want to keep the syndicalism but get rid of the anarchy part. I'll also change the focus from internationalism to nationalism. I'll call my new dialectical spin on syndicalism "Fascism" Hitler: I was a communist. I want to keep the class struggle politics part but reframe it as racial struggle and I want to get rid of the internationalism and make it nationalistic. I'll call my new dialectical spin on communism "National Socialism." Socialist: NoT rEaL sOcIaLiSm!!!
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  520. This video is a masterclass in exemplary behavior in the free marketplace of ideas. Depicted here is the optimal way to interact with people who we disagree with; the principle of charitable interpretation, the patience to hear and comprehend fully the position of the other and most importantly the use of stern, honest criticism without resorting to insult and mockery. Very commendable and inspirational conduct indeed.
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  521. Still not as bad as bot comments.
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  522. I'm an American, commenting on an Iranian who's listening to a Brit answering an inquiry of a Czech who lives in Sweden, about Poland, because of comments of the Russian President.
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  523. Anti-Aircraft effectiveness extends beyond actually damaging or shooting down enemy aircraft. By forcing them to bomb from higher altitudes than was optimal and exposing the bomber crews to combat stresses would reduce their effectiveness. Precision bombing wasn't really all that precise, hence concepts like area bombing and firestorms gain popularity.
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  524. Laid back, fantastic stuff! Thank you TIK! Posting this on my community tab! Merry Christmas man! 🎄❄️🎄❄️
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  525. Thanks for doing this video TIK, as someone making history videos in portuguese. I am a direct competitor of his for a much smaller audience and without some gringo calling this out it is unlikely the situation will change. Sadly this is a very common practice of ripping off international creators entire scripts and video concepts.
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  526. That cut was tasty.
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  527. To think all these years I've been blaming Sean Connery! Seriously great insight into the battle. I've not seen anything quite so well put together as this. Good job.
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  528. when I heard Elba I thought you were talking about the island where Napoleon was exiled
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  529. Its been an honor watching the whole series from the start thank you TIK
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  530. swear to god that I got like 3 inches close to my screen to check the duration of the video, well.. here we go.
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  531. Imagine if we had like a whole community of free thinking (but not "too free thinking") historians presenting alternative theories and fighting it out. Right now most history channels on YouTube present themselves as ultimate truth as if we already know everything even when the evidence is limited. TIK is pretty much alone in his genre. I'd like to see more people doing some actual digging. That would also help to keep TIK in check, because he'd be getting valuable feedback from nondisabled people.
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  532. don't forget soviet troops at Turkish border, soviet troop at Iran and troops at far East on Manjuriya border.. and don't forget that many SS divisions were not german..
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  533. People responding in the first 3 minutes an 40minute is posted online, definitely have nothing to say about the video itself 😔
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  534. I'll be looking forward to the Holodomor vid.
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  535. Out of context, Hitler getting mad at mountaineers climbing a mountain is hilarious to me.
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  536. Glad to see my former teacher in ww2 history, Christian Ingrao, as your reference, it's a very cultivated man, and I really enjoy your content, keep up the good work TIK
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  537. I did watch 5 hours of "I am a Socialist" and it blew my head off! Just fantastic work. Thanks TIK!
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  538. These videos are genuinely some of the best modern historical content you can find. Not only are your sources so thoroughly cited and animations so well done, but you're also actually going through the sources to combat old myths that were previously considered facts and creating your own hypothesis. As I said earlier, this is unparalleled content.
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  539. This was bloody fantastic. The step by step analysis... incredible. Who needs archive footage when this much detail is on offer. Would you mind if I plugged your video in the Community Tab on my channel?
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  540. I don't think there's any documentary in TV as in-depth and accurate as this.
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  541. Marx was more of an Edgelord Redditor type than I initially thought.
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  542. Just a minor correction: it is not called the Austrian school because Mises was from Austria, it's because of his predecessors like Menger, Böhm-Bawerk etc.
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  543. History teacher here, its good to hear your in-depth analysis on this nuanced subject. Thank you for your work, as it bleeds into my classroom. I have felt since university that the historical method is a cousin to the scientific method. Empirical evidence backed by logical, rational thought.
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  544. I am allways stunned that people seem to be surprised when politicans (and their party) think democracy is only good when the votes goes to themselves.
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  545. This is the worst case of "damned if you do, damned if you don't" that I've ever seen.
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  546. Wasn't there a thing a few years ago where a guy built a road in the UK because the "official" road was under years of "repair". He built a road, put up a box to charge tolls and completely ignored the people who refused to pay (ie, he didn't care if people using it refused to pay). Eventually, the govt road got fixed and people stopped using his road. At the end of the day, he didn't make much money but he also didn't lose any.
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  547. France Holder is finally sacked, thankfully he will never live up to his name and be in charge of holding France
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  548. German memoirs: "We did..." David Glantz: No
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  549. "resulting in e x t r e m e l y c h e a p h o u s i n g" I swear that's a Monty Python punchline
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  550. Oh my goodness, I had the exact same argument at University! My lecture labelled Hitler & Station "monsters", I argued that monsters are works of fiction, these men were human, all too real and to make them into bogeyman makes them appear fictional. I got thrown out of the class.
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  551. Tik, I have to say, as a long time fan and viewer of your work, it truly makes me sad to see your frustration. I feel though like I must tell you that your efforts are not in vain. The content you have made has changed lives and made them better. For me personally it definitely opened my eyes and made me better. Never feel like your work is going to waste. If people like you don't tell us the truth we will never move forward. If you have to be the serpent, then do for our sakes.
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  552. Your ability to make both Nazis/wannabes and Communists/wannabes foam at the mouth is awesome...you should see if you can get sponsored by Tums or something.
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  553. Maybe Rommel didn't ask for more tanks simply because he didn't have the logistics and fuel to use more
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  554. "My genocidal collectivist ideology is completely different from your genocidal collectivist ideology."
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  555. But TIK, you are wrong! Marx didnt even invent communism, there were others who inspired my specific version of socialism. Regardless, real socialism hasnt been tried and the biographies of his life are written by his enemies, they cant be trusted!! You should only read the stuff i approve of, even if they might prove excatly what you said!! You are wrong because you havent even read this one specific interpretation of Marx!!
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  556. Wow, thank you so much for the hard work, TIK! Your videos are of higher detail than any other WW2 military historian I could find on youtube.
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  557. I find that the younger generation just calls anyone they don't agree with a "troll". A troll is someone who is just toying with you. They don't mean anything they're saying, or believe some of it, but take an extreme position - and all of it is with the sole purpose of getting a rise out of the one they're playing with. A bad argument, a false claim or logical fallacy doesn't automatically make someone a "troll".
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  558. I just finished a shift in my hospital, here in a northern province in Iran, every time i think about hardship, death, misery of people, I remind myself of hardships endured by people who experienced Eastern Front. And i realize nothing is unbearable. Your videos are very detailed and informative, thanks TIK, keep going.
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  559. I'm only 3 sections in and I'm so glad you've laid this all out. Easy to follow and well spoken. Thank you for creating this.
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  560. This man was an absolute monster. Thank you for this video, history needs to be told despite how hard it is to bear at times
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  561. OMG you keep doing battlestorm! Well done! Go at the pace you need, I can't believe you've kept going. IRON WILL!
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  562. Can't wait for the typical tankies coping in the comments, not watching the video and just saying: "Uuuh, that's wrong" because dismantling their perception of fascism is also dismantling parts of their own ideology.
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  563. thank you for returning to this! I know it's been a slog for you, but this documentary series is absolutely world class!
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  564. I'm a mountain guide and research in cold weather expeditions put calories burnt being anything upto 3500 and in some cases over 4000 per day. this is in temperatures of -0 to -20. The wait loss can be spectacular. Cold temperatures make all government recommended calorie intake inaccurate for anything other than a civilian working a 8 hour shift. Keep up your great work.
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  565. Damn never thought I’d be on a tik video
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  566. This is a treasure trove of info. I've listened to twice and it's still so informative.
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  567. The soviet union had a legislature too, the supreme soviet, this is new to people? In a totalitarian, single party, state it provides stability in grooming successors, and solving succession crises. It also makes coups less likely, than a pure military dictatorship. But its never really a check on power to the executive, as the executive is usually the head of the party, and everyone in the legislature belongs to the party and can be expelled at whim.
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  568. Pretty important, the USA might have built thousands of Shermans but these were not submersible.
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  569. Haha I love it. I actually really find his political videos useful. They really add to my understanding of the background of WWII. I also like his discussion of the economic arguments that led to WWII I definitely don't think he should "stick to tanks". Great job Tik!
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  570. "I think I've said enough about this idiot." No you haven't. Seven hour TIK lectures about the rotten compulsions of socialism should replace Seven hour lectures about diversity equity and inclusion in university campuses. Can't wait until you crack open another video in this style on Democracy and maybe one on "Third-Positionism" even if the latter may be redundant in some areas. Mankind has been forced to bite deeply from the fruits of these botched post-enlightenment "ideas" for too long.
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  571. I can remember a professor from Estonia- before the collapse of the Soviet Union, telling me that a Soviet machine tool was sold to the Japanese. He said this purchase surprised people because it was thought that Japanese machine tools would be far better than something Soviet made. Anyway, they followed up the sale to see why the machine was bought. It turned out, the machine was scrapped- the specialist steels in it were more valuable than its actual purchase price. All the "value added" to make the machine counted for nothing- it was just so many tons of metal. This is what happens where there is no market price mechanism. Generally, when you traded with the Soviet Union, because the rouble was "non-convertible", you indulged in barter and swapped things. On that basis about 1970 Britain sold something to the Soviet Union and in return got a whole load of steel. The government fobbed this steel off on to British Leyland and because of its quality, the company made a large number of cars that rusted badly alienating customers- or alienating them even more than usual.
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  572. I highly respect TIK largely because he admits his mistakes, works to fix them and uses them as an opportunity to teach people about how rumors and misconceptions creep into the historical narrative. Keep up the great work and don't forget to get sleep so you don't go fully insane
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  573. I simply don't know how this gentleman keeps up this workload. Thanks for all your hard work Sir!
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  574. If you spend enough time studying the nazis its inevitable for Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke to come up at some point. He's one of the what you would call required historians. You don't need to know every last detail about the invasion of Norway but once you learn the basics about the nazi worldview a lot of things suddenly make sense and this is where Clarke comes in.
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  575. Hello TIK! I have translated another video to spanish, this time is The Myth and Reality of Joseph Stalin’s Order No. 227 “Not a Step Back!”. As I said, I think I will subtitle more videos in my free times. I really enjoy doing it! Greetings from Spain!
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  576. TIK DESTROYS WEHRABOOS WITH FACTS & LOGIC
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  577. There is no need to apologize Tik. You’ve done phenomenal work and deserve a break. Besides, it will give me a chance to finally catch up! Take care!
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  578. Sorry for your loss Tik. I understand. I lost my grandfather last year. It was a tough time for me. Take the time you need.
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  579. The problem with Nilsson's argument is that it's self-defeating. By his logic, if no one can be trusted at all, he can't be trusted either. And any evidence that could support his argument is undermined by the premise of the argument itself.
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  580. One point missed, but insignificant to the larger point TiK is making, is that why Gold even became the standard. It's not, as the author he quoted said "because it's shiny and people like to make jewelry out of it" but because it has 0 loss. In ancient times it was one of only a couple known materials that could retain it's full weight, hence it's value, over time. No matter how many times you remelt it it remains the same. It does not rust or decay. Yes there were gems that also have 0 decay, but you cant melt it combine it with other gold and use it. Once you chip a diamond, it's always chipped. We now have "rare earth minerals' of which some of these newly discovered materials also have similar qualities, but to the ancients it was primarily gold. Silver also has and has been used in certain nations instead of gold, but because of it's abundance, doesn't have international value for trade that gold does. Nor does it have as many actual uses because simply a value holder. 0 loss is somewhat of a misnomer. Gold does have some loss when smelting, but it so so low it would take constant smelting over hundreds of years for that loss to significant enough to be noticeable. We are talking something like 0.000000~1%. Only extremely low low quality or Fools Gold has greater loss.
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  581. As a 31 year old certified electrician in the US I’m training my 3rd consecutive 23-25 year old college graduate as an electricians apprentice. They’ve all been tens of thousands of dollars in debt and unable to afford their own homes. I genuinely feel bad for them. They all had good intentions but they were sold a lie.
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  582. Goes to show how wars are won by logistics. An eye-opener for those like me that never had anything to do with war.
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  583. A good book about that is: The Vampire Economy.
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  584. What's better than a informational video on youtube? a informational video on youtube with a full citation page!
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  585. It’s sad that I’m 7 mins in and my first thought was I kcant believe YouTube hasn’t taken this down.
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  586. just so you know, your channel is one of the few "must watch" channels on my list. Between you, Drachinifel, Military History Visualized, and Rex's Hanger, I find the best historical content on youtube. So, thank you for your dedication to your craft and I'm looking forward to when you resume!
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  587. Damn it, I wanted that +10% civilian factory construction speed. Love your work TIK
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  588. The ideological rock-paper-scissors graphic is super accurate.
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  589. "Finland was in the Axis. If it walks like an Axis, Talks like an Axis and looks like an Axis.. It's an Axis" _TIK Excuse me as I die from laughter real quick.
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  590. Plotinus wasn't christian
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  591. Hi Tik no wonder that you are so often near the breaking point. You are doing anything to get a lot of people pissed of on all sides. Good luck and keep the knowledge coming.
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  592. Overall situation in Germany sounds as if you were reading about Soviet problems. Interesting coincidence?
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  593. Even if it's late, I'm sure this is worth it.
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  594. -"I read it in a book". -"What book" -"A book I wrote myself."
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  595. I have highly intelligent friends who have been, or were, part of this cult for 45 years now ! Many have managed to escape, and the ones who remain all have some kind of issue from their young life. Most went into teaching and social work. The word will be spread 😔. Yikes.
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  596. "Propaganda ministry... also known as the BBC"
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  597. I really can't thank you enough for all your Stalingrad content. The detailed day by day series you are currently doing has been absolutely brilliant. Your usage of detailed maps of Stalingrad means I find myself following the battle on Google earth on a second screen and seeing where visible traces and original buildings remain on street view. I rank your Stalingrad videos as up there with the books of Beevor and Craig in how you have brought the battle to life for me. Really appreciate it mate and keep up the brilliant work!
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  598. My grand-grand father actually died as a Soviet pilot in the first few weeks of the war. It's quite interesting to learn about his circumstances in his last days.
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  599. Don't know a single YouTuber who deserves it more. As someone who really appreciates the amount of work and research you put into your videos, I wish you all the best and will be looking forward to your return.
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  600. I hope I can find someday a girl that looks at me like Eden looked at Stalin. What a crush he had.
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  601. I bought a book about Hegel once. After 10 pages I got a headache because of the complexity of the language and lack of actual content in the sentences. I have been having similar discoveries around the ideological types. I've found the best way is to just ask questions. Usually they get agressive when you dont understand their obvious gibberish.
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  602. Dear TIK, politics,economics and TANKS are conected. And you are correct. Continue in this path, Sir. Thank you very much for your videos.
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  603. I admit: I chuckled when you said "go pro" with a straight face. Damned this youtube algorithm and its overlords.
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  604. I am a Romanian, and I might have an explanation, the thing is there were ukrainian CITIZENS fighting for the germans, BUT, as discovered by the romanian army when they entered soviet territory after the liberation of Basarabia, so when advancing in Ukraine, the romanian army discovered tens of villages which had either a majority romanian ethnic composition or a significant proportion Romanian ethnics, and this happened all the way till they hit the Dnieper river, after the Dnieper river there were very few romanian villages. so some of the so called ukrainians fighting for the germans might have actually be ethnic romanians, ex soviet/ukrainian citizens of romanian ethnic origin.
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  605. This is clearly off-topic but, man, you deserve a Nobel prize. I wish we had a beer or two some day and discuss history. This is what the Internet in its finest is supposed to be: an endless continuity of eye opening ideas challenging everything you know and forcing you to re-evaluate. I'll be watching your content until I die ;-)
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  606. Could you do a video on what aboutism? It's a strategy used to justify the actions of the Axis powers. For example "The Holocaust? What about the allied bombing of German cities?"
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  607. Thanks for talking about a very overlooked and downplayed part of history. We often look at maps and battles but rarely look at what happens to humanity after the battle field moves elsewhere. Great job.
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  608. I’m just 20 minutes in but I can already tell this is a masterpiece
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  609. You would be surprised how often this happens with sources that just get accepted as fact. Not at all WW2 related but one of the most common things said about Henry VIII's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, is that the King thought she looked like a 'Flanders Mare'. However, the earliest mention of that is in a book written in 1679 (nearly 140 years afterwards!) by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, saying that Henry "swore they had brought over a Flanders mare to him”. Not one mention of this before that date so, unless he discovered some long lost source that has since disappeared, it was more than likely made up. Unfortunately, even to this day you get stories like this just get accepted as fact and even after being debunked, it takes a hell of a lot of effort to shift public perception on it since it has become so accepted.
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  610. After a rough night shift, this really comes like something to help me get my energy back up! Welcome back Battlestorm!
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  611. Your channel is a masterpiece.
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  612. I took the same political journey as you. I'm ashamed to say that although I didn't realise that's what I was (I was an idiot and not thinking of the impact of my beliefs) - I was essentially an authoritarian communist. Thank god I got passed it.
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  613. I was very sad at the end of EP24, since Halder was gone and we lost the amazing criticisms Tik gave to these incompetent German generals. But now we have Manstein and I feel that my life is complete again.
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  614. Love European Union on the map to illustrate a threat. TIK, you are King of the Trolls.
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  615. "It starts with welfare check and ends with concentration camp" - Yuri Bezmenov
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  616. It’s pretty clear that Wall Street funded the Bosliviks but they never received whatever they were promised for this funding. Merchants think in terms of cutting deals with power but power is adapt to tell the merchants to sod off when it comes time to pay. Merchants never rule even if they get delusions about being in charge from time to time. Any power they gain is the scrapes tossed back at them from the actual people in power in return from merchants funding them and doing power’s bidding. Ironically Stalin had a better relationship with capitalists than Lenin did because he paid for American factories and engineers building his industrial base on a cash basis. No secret promises required.
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  617. You're slowly making your "H1tl3r was a socialist" narrative less deniable.
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  618. Imagine making a “first” comment This post was made by the everyone else gang
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  619. Speaker: (mistakenly said 1 number off) Everyone: REEEEEEEEE
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  620. Breaking his nerve or not, Chuikov is still a hero to me, just like many other defenders of the city. Loosing confidence in defending the city, under overwhelming pressure from the enemy, only shows that Chuikov is human. Asking for retreat or not, he stayed in Stalingrad, stood his ground facing his possible imminent dearth. If this was not bravery I didn't know what it was.
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  621. As one of my profs said in 1981, "no lie in history is greater than the lies told about the WW2 era". As we went through that era in his class, he constantly emphasized that almost nothing in any historical reference could withstand actual scrutiny against primary sources. Now, this was long before a lot of primary information became available from Russia, Germany, Japan, Italy, and indeed, even the US and UK. Over the years, reading many history texts on the period 1930-1945, I agree completely that almost everything written prior to the mid 1980s is shyte and 95% since then is shyte.
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  622. WW2 isn’t usually terribly interesting to me, but your videos present the war in a way that does interest me and make me want to look into it more
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  623. My vote for what you should do is fairly simple: Leave the video up with a disclaimer either in the video or the description, and correct the information in the final compilation video(s) when the series ends. I think this is the best way to be respectful to both the audience and your own time schedule.
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  624. is that your Salient or are you just happy to see me?
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  625. Tik clearly cheats at Scrabble!
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  626. After watching this video I can only think: WTF Halder, WTF... Personally I don't even buy the argument that logistics was the main problem to get reinforcements to the Don bend and Stalingrad just beyond. TIK I don't know if you are familiar with how the Germans reinforced there divisions in the field, but I will explain regardless because of my argument. Basically every German infantry division was raised from a number of regiments which originated from a certain part of Germany. Germany was divided into a number of military districts called Wehrkreis. These conscripted, trained and raised regiments which in turn where formed into divisions within the Wehrkreis. This meant that divisions originated from a certain part of Germany with its own local customs, dialect etc. When mobilised and deployed these divisions still had there ties to there Wehrkreis. This is where there corresponding Erzatsheer units, the replacement army where located for the units in the field. One such tie where reinforcements. These where trained and marched in battalion size to a division and distributed there over the units. This ensured that the division remained homogenic in terms of manpower. It also was meant to encourage the acceptance of replacements into the ranks. They came from the same region, they might know each other from back home, same customs etc. Forging the brotherhood right from the start so that veterans would also look out over them to keep them alive and make them wise to the do's and don't of combat. It was a very good system in that regard. Therefore in the German system a replacement is not a statistic to be send somewhere at random. No, they are recruited and deployed to divisions tied to the same Wehrkreis. That makes the process of replacement not very flexible. That of course works both ways. Now TIK, you demonstrated that the Germans where reinforcing all over the line. That makes sense with this system. It however does not explain why 6. Armee was starved of reinforcements. I don’t know to which Wehrkreis the divisions in Stalingrad where tied, but I can hardly imagine that there respective Wehrkreis ran out of reinforcements and all others didn’t. To me it seems that the troops in Stalingrad basically got denied reinforcements because some other divisions belonging tot he same Wehrkreis, but in a whole different army of even army group got priority for some bizar reason. It would make sense if the units in Stalingrad belonged tot the same Wehrkreis as the units fighting the battles of Rzhev, but that sounds rather unlikely seeing as there where seventeen German Wehrkreis. So I am back tot the original point, WTF Halder, WTF… This is just a massive strategic blunder. If you attack with one army group, make sure they get reinforcements because they will lose the most men. Sure, the Rzhev sector needed reinforcements because of constant Soviet attack, and so did Leningrad, but the south needed it more. This also puts into perspective why the Germans attacked Stalingrad, and why they stalled. I think I have some reason to doubt that Paulus would have attacked if he knew he would not be reinforced any time soon. The city was destroyed and well within artillery range so why bother if you can't make up losses? Sure, taking the city shortens the lines and covers the flank, but the prime objective of the entire army group was flank security and blocking the Volga, not taking the city. That objective could be done without taking the city. Denying any traffic on the river for a prolonged period would virtually cripple the Soviets. This because they would lose access to 90% of there fuel production, regardless of German success in the Caucasus. That fact alone should have been worth sending tens of thousands of replacements of just keeping some divisions in the area as a reserve and deploying them, rotating a few battered divisions out when necessary. Holding positions along the Volga would have killed off virtually the entire Soviet tank and air force, as well as cripple there economy. I would trade the Rzhev sailiant for it and order a withdraw, no questions about it. Yes hindsight, I know. Still, the OHK must have known about Soviet fuel production and there shipping via the Volga.
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  627. Better than any tv documentary ive seen.
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  628. This is the exact reaction I came away with when I read Karl Marx, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao. It has all the hallmarks of a religion. This is why the Soviets hated the presence of the Orthodox Church or any religion that was not Marxism and why they promoted "science museums". 12 million Orthodox Christians died as a result of the purges against the church.
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  629. Damn Tik, the way you bark the german quotes makes me want to clean my room.
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  630. TIK providing us with yet another chapter of the most impressive docu series ever on any ww2 subject! A big salute to you :D
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  631. I think one of the most impressive and overlooked bits of allied tech was the proximity fuze used on anti-aircraft shells. Before that, fuzes had to be preset to a certain height or timer. They used them very sparingly though since they were afraid of them being stolen by the axis. Also Italy doesn’t get enough credit for their ships. Overall great video!
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  632. You can hate Stalin, hate the Soviet Union, but you can not deny the fact that the only reason we can live our life this way is because the bloods shed by those brave souls. I simply cannot understand how naive does one have to be to disregard their sacrifices. The record has to be set straight. For their faults and for their rights. The soldiers of the Soviet Union deserve their respect. Thank you for doing this TIK, now whenever I saw someone spitting the enemy at the gates crap again I can just link the video.
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  633. I wasn't aware you got stick for the "format" of your content, but, to be honest, don't change a thing. Every video you publish is a captivating in-depth analysis. And when your library is digested as a whole, your uncompromising approach on WW2 is a breath of fresh air.
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  634. that Tomas Sowell earned an interaction to feed the algorithm
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  635. I have studied Stalingrad for 40 years by reading most of the same books you have. You have provided the most complete analysis ever. Just like the actual battle, it draws you into such detail,just like the German general staff, the flanks and casualties were ignored to get to the end goal. You have been brilliant. Take your time to keep an even keel, mentally, physically, and emotionally. Your content has been amazing about Stalingrad. Thank you for your efforts. 100 yrs from now historians will use your content to further explore the greatest battle in history, and add to it.
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  636. „Wir mögen dich nicht!“ - what a terribly rude thing to yell in battle! 😂
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  637. Yeah, not the first time I hear about "blaming all white people" for some atrocity. A certain historian I know claimed the trans-Atlantic slave trade was "defining of the white race"... because I guess the African tribes catching the slaves and selling them to the Portuguese were also white? It's an unfortunate side effect of much of the "critical" theories dividing and classifying by power while ignoring truth.
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  638. Anyone who studies history should come to the conclusion that, "the road to Hell is paved with good intentions".
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  639. the ratio of 2.4 likes to 1.2 dislikes for this video cracks me up. The video is well presented, clear, concise and impeccably referenced. The arguments presented have greatly changed my perception of the Eastern front war I have built up over the pst 25yrs
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  640. I'm a teacher and you're quite right. I have started telling my students that they shouldn't go to university unless they're going into a job field that requires a college degree.
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  641. So racial colectivism
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  642. Very interesting! Perhaps those under the wrong impression that you stand on the side of the Soviets can now rest easy, knowing you bash propaganda myths on both sides.
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  643. Kindergarten teachers could learn patience from you 🥂
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  644. The problem with Churchill is he got too involved with military strategy and decisions, for instance his diversion of veteran soldiers to the Balkan’s cost the North African campaign in the earlier years just as Richard O Connor was on the verge of driving the Axis powers out of there for good.
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  645. having an argument based on actual reason and evidence rather than emotions is rare these days
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  646. Who here waits for TIK videos like he's your dealer
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  647. Thanks for making hoi4 more immersive
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  648. Your videos make the initial 5 or 10 years of the History Channel, their best years, look like a complete joke and a waste of time. Thank you for making this content, it is appreciated.
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  649. I had to try to explain this to my socialist brother a month ago or so. He wouldn't believe me, he still believes that 'renationalizing' the railways will make things better. That this is all a fault of capitalism and the free market. Such a headache.
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  650. I've known about this for a while. Wikipedia mentions it as does Richard Evans. I believe a book called "Becoming Hitler the making of a Nazi" covers it too by Thomas Weber
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  651. "All Chamberlain had to do was *stand firm*..."
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  652. Nice one! I read the same a while ago in Germany and the Second World War (Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg) and was like "hmmm", but never took the time to re-read all the other books. Gave it a share on fb and rt, hopefully you get some new subs!
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  653. For the first time this series, I can see the end truly coming.
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  654. “Nobody believes the German resistance!” Sounds like a Monty Python quote.
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  655. Can’t believe fall Blau was a failure, did hitler not know that 40 width divisions were the meta?
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  656. I appreciate the way you pay more than just a mere mention on the consequences on the population off the occupied countries conquered by the glorious Wehrmacht. That immense tragic aspect is too often disregarded by what we get taught as history and in 'popular' history. This applies to all wars and 'glorious conquests' in history.
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  657. This is an excellent video. It should be played to all students in every school.
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  658. What stands out about this channel is how from the beginning, even if you'd like to agree to a certain theory, you point out potential probles and inaccuracies with it and analyze it fairly. Another awesome vid
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  659. When you set off down this rabbit hole, I hoped that you would go deep. You have not disappointed. Outstanding work, TIK.
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  660. Hey, since I'm early, I wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for your videos. I genuinely enjoy how you bring attention to lesser-known aspects of World War II, which I might not have discovered otherwise. It's really fascinating, and I hope you'll continue making more of these informative videos. Keep up the excellent work!
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  661. Thanks for debunking the "clean Wehrmacht" myth.
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  662. If anything, that response shows you're probably one of the few rare Youtubers who nailed what Nazism really is (even if it displeases commies and socialists).
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  663. "Clone Warrior" all debate is always helpful, but arrogance isn't. Calling other people's work a <farce>, specially after the invested time and effort is disrespectul. We are happy to have a valuable contribution, but not like this.
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  664. I rarely comment on videos…Thank you for your hard work. You truly are a gift to the military history community.
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  665. Still havent reached the city and we are already at season 5 man that is DEDICATION
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  666. Mass Slaughter, Endless Agony, Warcrimes 24/7 Me and the rest of the TIK fans: Can't wait for it to start!!
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  667. Captain Youtubecensorship - i love that guy.
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  668. On the other side of the world, the Manhattan Project was given the highest level of emergency production priority during this episode.
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  669. After each episode, I'm always like : "How can the Soviets hold such a narrow terrain ?" And then the next episode, the terrain gets even narrower. This battle was crazy. Really looking forward to Operation Uranus, like Chuikov I guess.
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  670. "Stalin was not happy." The life-ender for a lot of Soviet generals and officials.
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  671. last time i was this early the germans still had fuel
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  672. Thank you Manstein for fixing the video, which was initially caused by Madman Hitler creating Adobe Premiere (probably).
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  673. Hagrid busts down the door and says "you're a historian, Harry".
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  674. This is absolutely one of the best breakdowns I’ve ever heard on YouTube. You had me in stitches explaining things with colors. 😂
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  675. Saying that Adolf's NSDAP Germany as having done privatisation has always felt weird to me. Even if, EVEN IF privatisation of SOEs were a thing and big businesses (which support the war effort) were given some leeway in their operations, the extent of the party's control over the livelihoods and the daily ongoings of the people would make whatever "leeways" moot — so even assuming the NSDAP did privatise things, they would still have unofficial say over so many things anyway.
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  676. I'm a teacher myself and I have to agree with Tik, depressingly enough. If the viewer's daughter had submitted that paper to me then I would have given her great marks (I WANT students to think for themselves and come to a reasonable conclusion based off their work), BUT, depending on the standard and the assessment, I would have warned her that the conclusion REQUIRED is different because the writers of the curriculum are idiots... so she may have to alter her responses if she's writing for a standardized test. It's depressing, but it is true. You're there to get the credits that allow you to move on, and frequently those who write what is to be taught have agendas to push and could care less about "truth" (which is relative to them anyway). It's just depressing...
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  677. War is economics by other means.
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  678. Best sentence: Does not survive the Battle of Stalingrad.
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  679. I got here faster than the 7th panzer division
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  680. TIK your channel is a blessing during COVID-19. This is the only excitement I get other than studying 10-12 hours/day. God Bless
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  681. DROP EVERYTHING!!! CANCEL ALL PLANS BATTLESTORM STALINGRAD is on!!
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  682. It seems that any soldier, no matter their race, culture, background, etc, given the proper training, equipment, and leadership are all as capable as one another.
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  683. To the people of the UK: Don’t ever stop fighting for your country. There’s nothing wrong with being patriotic, no matter what politicians say. As an American, it pains me to see this happening to the UK. Your culture and values are worth fighting for. We are dealing with the same issues here in America. We will get through this together. God bless us all. Greetings from Pennsylvania, USA 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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  684. Chuck Norris' best movie is Star Wars. He played the Force.
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  685. Flawless pronunciation of "pen-ness" every time. Well done, sir.
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  686. Great content Lewis! No suggestions here, keep doing what you’re doing. We all love it
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  687. You know the actual narrative for why National Socialism came about is far more nuanced and interesting than any traditional or Marxist narrative that dominate the current sphere of media. Imagine a TV series that accurately depicts the events as they really happened. I think it would capture the interest of many. Not making Hitler and his Nazis the cartoonish evil bad guy that we must always look at from the outside, but looking at the organization from within and showing it for what it was. Also the idea of a scene in which Hitler walks into Röhm’s hotel room with a whip would be pretty funny.
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  688. Honestly Tik. You are doing the best history content on youtube.
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  689. I'm honestly having trouble deciding what to vote for because TIK covers all these topics in such a professional, in-depth manner.
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  690. Once in university our lovely professor said to us, 'don't read memoirs'.
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  691. Another great stalingrad episode. But don't feel pressured to put out the next at the expense of yourself. This is incredible content worth waiting for
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  692. Remember bart, you can send men to their deaths, but for gods sake you cannot slap them for some reason
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  693. To add my own two cents as a native German speaker: "Gleichschaltung" in this context has very clear connotations of making everybody behave the same. "Gleichgeschaltet" is an adjective used to describe people who completely gave up their individual thoughts and are only following an ideology. Since in this context, it refers to humans, the concept expressed by the word is literally "flipping the switches in everybody's heads to the same position." Since the only thing you can "switch" in a human is their mind/behaviour. Edit: For historical context, it was first used in the context of incorporating the "Länder" more closely with the central government; and that's what the Nazi Gleichschaltungsgesetz refers to as well. "Gleichschaltung" in an industrial context would then be central control. And it appears that the Nazis didn't come up with the term, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't mean exactly what it says on the tin. (The meaning is plainly obvious in German.) Edit 2: Kind of funny seeing people say that the term got nothing to do with the Nazis when they literally had two "Gleichschaltungsgesetze" ... "It's only an electrical term" is about the same level of thought as telling somebody "Concentration camps are there to help you concentrate, for example when you want to study for an exam."
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  694. Jokes apart, this episode was great. We get a very clear picture at all levels, from Grand Strategy to local tactics. Interesting as well, the analysis of Paulus's (in)decisions. He seems to have his hands tied, but it's yet a few days before all Soviet units fall back on the Volga, so he and Hoth still can try and catch them in their nets. Five seasons before reaching the city... Here we can grasp the sheer dimensions of the campaign, and the significance of the fighting prior to Stalingrad itself.
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  695. This comes at the perfect time. Just yesterday I was called a "typical right wing fascist conspirator" for providing a link to your "national socialism was socialism" video.
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  696. I know how I'll spend my next 6 and a half hours.
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  697. Chuikov has been dodging stukas, artilleries, mortars, nebelwerfers, a river of burning oil, almost getting buried under the very earth and other calamities. Even without taking the dire situation of the battle into consideration... No wonder why he was always on the edge
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  698. This is easily the greatest documentary of any single battle. I can think of no other series which goes into as much depth as this one. It's a real testament to your work ethic, especially given you are releasing the Weimar hyperinflation series at the same time (and that one too is well worth watching). Thanks TIk.
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  699. In order to land 2 armies in Sicily, an armygroup sized force, the Allies assembled up to 3000 ships. Most small ships, landing craft, transports, but also cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers. Not even the Soviet Black Sea Fleet and its Axis fleet counterparts together could match that. I think that explains pretty much why no amphibious operation of Armygroup size was possible. The biggest amphibious operation that the Reich ever did was Norway, which involved transporting 7 divisions by air and sea, and it took the entire Kriegsmarine surface fleet, luftwaffe air transport units and some seat on the pants improvisation. And that had the advantage of being fairly close to their logistical bases, having to cross only a short distance from Germany. And even then the Kriegsmarine suffered critical losses. Hey TIK, currently in the last volume of Glantz's Stalingrad quadrology. I thought you were almost there now that you're covering Operation Uranus, but having read what happens after, to quote from Quantum Leap, oh boy.
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  700. Given that the English treated the Irish as badly as Indians, it was some combination of nationalism and social class rather than Roger Taney or Pitchfork Ben Tillman racist attitudes.
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  701. “When we consider history, we know the end before we consider the beginning. So, we can never see the beginning as it actually was.” ---Cicely Veronica Wedgwood (1910-1997)
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  702. can you do a full video series on the nazi economy and one on the soviet economy because theres a lot of misinformation surrounding both
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  703. “In the grim darkness of the post truth age there is only shrieking” - I died
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  704. As a retired academic and author, this is infuriating. The rigour and effort that goes into legitimate research is demanding, time consuming and only sustained by passionate commitment to, first, deepening one’s insights and understanding, and secondly, to share one’s analyses of data to further the dialogue surround our subject matter. To have some unscrupulous ass capitalize on your work is an outrage. I should hope that YouTube would take such plagiarism seriously and shut perpetrators down.
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  705. That close up map of Stalingrad 30 minutes in makes me very hopeful for a close examination of the street fighting period
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  706. I remember being told by my teachers to stop reading around the subjects because my answers were outside of the scope of the marking criteria and they were having to mark me down. Biggest ones were history, economics and critical thinking ( they were actually teaching critical theory and I was pretty must derailing the whole class). I did my coursework on the "privatisation " of the railways. Hadn't even thought about that in ... I think it's literally 20 years now
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  707. Perfect real life example of why you shouldn't get rid of a flawed source. a few years ago I was walking around town and heard what I thought to be a gunshot at about 12:35. It turned out not to be a gunshot but a "parked" car rolling backwards into a telephone pole. I told the officer that showed up to the scene what I heard. My account was incorrect as to what happened but is the sole source for when it happened. Just because some of the information is unreliable doesn't mean the source is useless.
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  708. Just 3 more episodes then we hit 30 into this epic Battlestorm documentary. Amazing work TIK. Looking forward to more of your work in the future, and the end of this epic work of yours.
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  709. 2:31:00 This is crazy how historians just decide that privatization in Natsoc Germany was real, when in fact it was a transfer of ownership from the former public sector to the Nazi Party. This is the most important point when refuting the argument that National Socialism was capitalism—There was no privatization, it was a crony-in name only state enterprise... similar to how Public Sector departments have CEO positions and executive boards.
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  710. Now that is a slick intro
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  711. Any platform that can't handle the word R in historic reference should go F itself.
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  712. Lewis, this is a monumental undertaking. I'm not surprised you're burnt out as the work involved would stress a team of researchers. Taking a break is an absolutely necessity.
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  713. Gotta hand it to you for that entertaining theory while the world watches Kabul.
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  714. I can’t believe he made an hour long video just stunting on his critics. What an absolute lad.
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  715. TIK, I disagree with many views you have, most notably on economical ideology. However, as an historian, I look with high regards your work. It is not flawless, no work is and yourself admit that, but it is honest, and this is the furthermost importance: you admit your affiliation, you notify your public on which areas you may come with biais, and don't try to hide any political agenda (not saying you have one). Many historians try to hide their agenda, with false pretention of objectivity. Yourself admited you are not objective, but only try to be, and never hide your political or ideological affiliation. This mean what you seek is the truth, through knowing you won't certainly uncover it all (for none can), at least, your intentions are sincere, your work serious. I regularly promote your channel, often with a warning to say "this guy have this ideology, but his videos are worth being watched". Your stuff is sourced, your video have a very rare quality in doing so for a youtuber (and I see a lot of "historian youtubers" who say a lot of crap, and very few who have a trully worked content), we can argue on many things, but for the most, your interpretation of the war is for me correct. Beyond that, as a military historian, I can say it fit well many patterns on military history to some point: neither germans nor soviets were perfect war genius, and in fact were full of flaws both. This is a regular thing. Amateurs in history tend to search for "military genius" or "tactical superiority", for example speaking of the romans legions or Gustave Adolphus army or Napoleonic armies. They first forget that soldiers in war are not standardised units on a video games with "stats". They are people, and the fight they do is a unic event in history, and history never repeat itself unlike what many says. You have only one battle of Austerlitz in all history, it appear the french did won that fight, less because their plan was "masterfull" than they were actually a bit braver than their enemy that day. The next day at waterloo, they were more scarried. The better veteran troops can be shattered in fear by the most new recuits of an untrained army. Surprising things happen all the time, and sometime, even if you can explain many things, you can't explain it all. Its like looking at a car crash accident: you can have some elements of answer as to why it happen that way, but you cannot have it all. Keep on your work, you are doing great.
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  716. maybe they should give him more skill traits in hoi4. XD 0:36 I can already tell it's Manstein by the silhouette.
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  717. Factual, clear, cautious and questioning: the real historian's approach. So glad to contribute to both of you, Lewis and Egor. Thanks for the shout-out! And there's some for Brad too 😄
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  718. oof. But the wehrmacht was so "clean" and the knights so knightly.
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  719. "Against stupidity, the gods themselves, contend in vain." World War I was also a zombie apocalypse. Meanwhile, we go down the same censorship path. It's an abomination that you need to use euphemisms and circumlocutions in order to have a meaningful conversation on Censor Tube. Thanks for your efforts.
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  720. "But who’s gonna build the potholes?"😂
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  721. It's crazy that a year later the germans came back to their same old artillery positions and found them still stocked with their shells :'D
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  722. The funny thing about patton's "killer" mentality is that it's actually the opposite, if you take prisoners and offer the enemy an easy way out, they will fight less. If you show them that there's no mercy, they'll fight till the last to save their lives. Patton was using terror tactics here, same terror tactics that caused huge problems for the germans in Russia
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  723. Take a break brother! Don’t blame you at all mate, you make more content than most you tubers and it’s always quality
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  724. TIK: Triggering Commies one week, Nazis the next.
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  725. Could you please make a Video where you are playing the Guitarr. I saw it and i Wonder if you can play it ?
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  726. You know you've touched a nerve when Facebook suspends your account for sharing this video. Double thumbs up and continue the awesome work you do. Never surrender.
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  727. There will always be a demand for TikHistory. Please continue making videos forever. They are timeless and will be watched forever.
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  728. Honestly, the recklesness and deficiencies of Churchill is nothing new to me at this point, but thanks to this video, i have new found respect for Archibald Wavell, given such a huge responsibility that is incomparable to little resources he got, and with the boss who has the same military instinct as a kid in Call of Duty lobby, he still manage to pull it out Too bad he sunk in the middle of big names of Zhukov, Montgomery, Eisenhower and Rokossovsky
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  729. I hope someone makes a clip show of all the times Chuikov almost died at the end of the series.
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  730. 6:38 "Canaris and Heydrich [...] lived on the same street and had a personal and friendly relationship, even though they were enemies." I can only imagine how they must have interacted. These people are experts at leading double lives.
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  731. "Why did Lenin kill the Mensheviks?'" After 5 minutes of browsing Reddit, you will understand.
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  732. Let's all take a minute to recognize what TIK goes through to bring us these videos. Clearly suffered a few flashbacks in the process...
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  733. "and there's also Himmler's polygamy farms" Oh boy, the rabbit hole just gets deeper with each of your videos!
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  734. If you want a forgotten war, I reckon at least some people have heard of the Syria campaign, the Madagascar campaign on the other hand is completely forgotten. And the Vichy French there lasted for longer then France did against the Germans in 1940. Also Wavell, as a commander, must have been one of the most underrated and unnecessarily maligned commanders, considering he had 4 fronts to fight with never enough troops to properly fight one of them, plus Churchill breathing down his neck, who was probably worse then Mad Man Hitler when it came to meddling into military matters. Luckily for Wavell Iraq and Iran were relatively short campaigns that didn't sap his limited resources as much as Libya, Greece, East Africa and Syria did.
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  735. Hell even "Peer Review" is flawed because its more of a "you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" system.
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  736. I think it's right that ideology plays a large part in how Germany ended the war. However the fact that Himmler who was more committed to many of these ideas compared to even Hitler, was attempting to negotiate with the allies would contradict this. I would say the main motivation for many millions to fight, given how quickly people turned against nazism in defeat, was the threat of the Soviets. The eastern front was a long list of war crimes on both sides and i definitely think the view of many within Germany was to keep pushing on both fronts with the hope of forcing a more positive ceasefire from the west. Potentially protecting themselves from Nuremberg and their place in power.
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  737. TIK, thank you for showing both the faults and courage of both sides, many of the troops on the ground were just people trying their best regardless of how pop culture demonizes or aggrandizes them today. You do the good work of telling the truth as best you see it instead of making value judgements that are based on the overall evils of one side (although sometimes those judgements are fair, but you don't leave them out when they are). I don't always agree with your videos but your skills as a history communicator are outstanding and your work is certainly worth supporting, thank you for your hard work and effort. Godspeed, and don't let people pressure you into overworking yourself to the bone, it would be a major loss to the history community on YouTube if you burned out.
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  738. Your Stalingrad series are and gonna be Intellectual heritage for future generations. It's just a masterpiece. You've done fantastic work. I hope pause will not last long. Anyway Tik, happy New Year. Wish you all the best.
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  739. Congratulations on the 1 year anniversary! Here's to many more.
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  740. I do love when TIK talks economics. Always shows how most peoples perceptions of modern day capitalism is wrong.
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  741. When discussing German army tech development, we must always take into account that they were developed with the resource crisis in mind. So, Germany was "Theoretically superior" as they had some nice designs but couldn't build them to their full potential. I believe that the main cause of the Engine and final drive problems in the Panther and Tiger were due to the Germans having to produce machinery without access to many rare metals and chemicals, not because the Germans didn't know how to build an engine. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
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  742. the logistics part of this is the best i have ever seen. only surpassed by the oil video
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  743. I really love TIK's "catchfrase": But is this really the case? The real value of such an approach is that it is not limited to history, but can be applied in virtually any field of expertise. I work as a software engineer, and every time I'm presented with an idea, a concept, a piece of code or whatever, I test it by trying to make it fail. If I can't, then it is (probably) ok. I see TIK's standard question along much the same line, and I think it is using the "Scientific method" of proving a theory by being unable to make it fail.
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  744. If you liked Peikoff’s book he has a lot of content on the philosophy of history. ‘The cause of Hitler’s Germany’ was a republishing of part one of Peikoff’s original book ‘The ominous parallels’ in which Peikoff identified similar things in the modern USA. A later book called ‘The DIM hypothesis’ is Peikoff’s more comprehensive theory on the history of ideas.
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  745. Thank you for bringing this up, as most of my history studying is in the middle ages and classical era, people really like to diss on the Industrial Revolution yet completely ignore the benefits.
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  746. Try telling that to a lefty and they will put their fingers in their ears and shout LALALALALALA at full volume.
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  747. It's impossible to have "generous social welfare" because being generous with other people's money is not strictly speaking generous. Especially if you close the private charities, clearly a control measure.
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  748. i'd like to argue politicians are also, in fact, unemployed. they contribute nothing to society.
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  749. Oh, my God!!! It is the History of the last 80 years of my country, Argentina, related in 39 minutes ....... that's why I now live in Italy. Great video, I congratulate you !!!!!!!
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  750. I love asking ( Champaign ) socialist supporters “what’s your definition of a fascism?” Most don’t even understand what NAZI stands for or that fascism originated in Italy. Thanks for the content 👍🏼
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  751. "There's a problem with national socialist ideology." Only brits can understate at this level with a straight face 😎
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  752. You are using Jones history to state that Chuikov lost his command. Are there other sources that agree with this assumption? I'm not trying to be a smart-ass but I am curious about something that seems pretty relevant to the story of the battle of Stalingrad.
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  753. The thing I love about this video is that this is a 5 hour evidence rich documentary on the clear and overwhelming evidence of hitler being a RACIAL socialist. Meanwhile if you look up "Was hitler a socialist" you just get a bunch of left-wing talking heads saying he wasn't a socialist in small 20 minute videos just proving he wasn't MARXIST. Of course that just might be my results when searching, but seriously TIK, I come back to this video many times and every time it impresses me with the amount of amazing detail and facts you bring to the table, all clearly talking about hitler's socialism, whilst also being clear he was NOT Marxist.
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  754. TIK Imagine you are a Commander of any unit at this time. You have your task and you need everything you can get to have better chances and you would try to do so for your troops - for good reasons. With that number of divisions and frontlines, Berlin has requests for resupply from Northern Africa up to Norway, from the coastline to England to the endless frontlines in the east. As this commander, you have experienced how thousands of your men have been killed in battle, you want to prevent more deaths in your ranks and you know every other General tries this for his own troops. What happens now is a distortion of reality. the Generals begin to overate their difficulties (not even on purpose). In that situation, it depends on who is more CONVINCING to Hitler. In one of your episodes, you described Paulus as a General who is not the man who stands up and argues, well...there it is. It was difficult for the HQ to determine the grand picture with all real needs and Center Group has outlined their situation more convincing than army goup south.
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  755. "maybe one guy did throw himself under a tank with grenades and this tale got blown way out of proportion like he did" oh no XD
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  756. He unironically told you to STICK TO TANKS AHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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  757. It's sad that you have to spend ten minutes explaining you're not a 'Nazi,' before you can get to the point.
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  758. Another reason why I'm a fan. Well thought out, well reason and well researched!!
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  759. Those poor brave men did as much as anyone could have asked of them with such equipment shortage against overwhelming everything really.
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  760. You got a like and a satisfied “ooooh” for that cut TIK.
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  761. Dear TIK, I am writing to express my heartfelt gratitude for your extraordinary coverage of the Battle of Stalingrad. Your dedication to recounting this pivotal moment in history with such depth and detail over more than 30 hours of coverage is truly commendable. Your ability to bring to life the complexities, the strategic maneuvers, and the human stories behind this historic battle has been both enlightening and profoundly moving. Your meticulous research and passionate delivery have not only shed light on a significant chapter of World War II but have also provided invaluable insights into the resilience and courage of those involved. Your work serves as a vital bridge connecting past events with present understanding, ensuring that the lessons and legacies of Stalingrad remain alive in our collective memory. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to historical accuracy and for keeping the spirit of those times accessible and engaging for us all. Your contributions to the field of history are deeply appreciated and will undoubtedly inspire future generations of historians and history enthusiasts alike. Sincerely, Arthur Oliveira from Brazil.
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  762. Deserves a thumbs up for the thumbnail alone!
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  763. I think putting the references to the according "scenes" is an excellent idea, well done.
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  764. as for Rand and Social Security - she earned millions as a novelist, paid millions in taxes - and thus was 100% entitled to get social security in her old age. People who make that idiotic argument that she "didn't live according to her own rules" are worse than worms.
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  765. That poor women being arrested for standing up for what is right
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  766. "The name is Hitler. Adolf Hitler. I'll have a bowl of vegetable soup, stirred."
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  767. Keep piling it on. I’m loving it. Still recommending Eugen Weber’s “varieties of fascism” written in the early 60s as another source in your arsenal. He understands basic differences between fascism and national socialism. And he takes the radical (as opposed to reactionary) aspects of them very seriously.
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  768. "The way to hell is paved with good intentions." I believe this describes the evolution of Germany from the late 1920's until 1945 pretty well. Nobody was "mad", these people all thought they were doing the right things to progress Germany forward - except they were going for a head on collision with the doors to hell.
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  769. You don't get it, TIK. If you had just awoken your Hyperborean blood, you'd get it. Lol.
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  770. When i was in college studying history and political science I bit my tongue and said whatever the professors wanted to hear my first two years to establish my gpa but i couldn't take it anymore my junior year and started rebelling and my grade suffered for daring to dissent. I graduated as the president of my national honors society with the worst gpa in the department lol. I debated a professor in the philosophy department live on his podcast and he ended up never publishing it afterwards
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  771. This is definitely the most detailed documentary by far
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  772. "Hitlers third reich wasnt real national socialism." - the Next Dictator.
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  773. This is a little known fact even in Italy: thanks for your work.
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  774. “They want to be Peter Pans” I’m dying here 🤣
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  775. "I think what happened in reality was more realistic" - TIK, 30:19
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  776. No matter who has a technology advantage, that advantage is useless if you cut off access to the required resources. For example, squeeze bore AT guns requiring cobalt, Jumo production jet engines being built of inferior materials because they didn't have enough cobalt and nickel, or tank armor needing molybdenum to avoid the brittleness issues later German tanks had to face.
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  777. Halder is gone? Admit it, TIK, this is one of the brightest days in your life, isn't it? =)
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  778. Maybe Hitler went vegan and did not want to gobble up Turkey?
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  779. I can understand why they say Hitler is capitalist tbh. It's because as per Marxists, if there are any businesses, it's capitalism. For many Marxists, even Stalin was a capitalist because he didn't give democratic control to workers over industries, for others, only Hitler was capitalist because he didn't gulag all industrialists. For some socialists, capitalism is not free market so they do agree that Hitler was not free market but they think he's capitalist because he was authoritarian. In my opinion what Hitler did was another version of Mussolini's corporatism which I see as an alternative to capitalism and Marxism. His version was less pro private property in practice than Mussolini's fascism and it put emphasis on race. We can see a version of this is China and Russia today. Even Nordic countries practice a form of corporatism.
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  780. Didn't expect a lesson in the fascinating history of pre-historic languages but your content is often surprising. Keep up the good work.
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  781. That two girls joke was on point! Great video as always
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  782. Cheers for the opportunity Lewis. Fun little chat. Hope I've not traumatised your subscribers too much!
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  783. I chuckled when you replaced "bastard" with "tax man."
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  784. TIK is completely wrong with his account on the discussions about the airlift. It should be common knowledge by now that Goering was in possession of a prototypical teleportation device (a prototype of the kind that would later allow Nazi forces to retreat to the Arctic and later the Moon), which is why he was able to go from Paris to Hitler in East Prussia to reassure him that the airlift could be done.
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  785. I think looking at the disparity in the effective range of their respective armaments makes Soviet counter-attacks look a lot more reasonable: what use was there in sitting in defensive positions and being shot at by the Germans when you could insted counter-attack. Getting close would both take away the Germans plentiful fire support and give the advantage in small arms after all.
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  786. It's a lot easier to cope with the Holocaust if we assume that those involved were insane or delusional rather than assume that they were operating under flawed logic born out of ideas that were by no means uncommon in their time. It's hard to accept that what motivated Hitler was actually not that unique in his mindset and that what he did was a fairly logical next step if you accept a worldview built on race. In a way, calling him insane is a way of isolating the guilt to one man and absolving similar ideologies of their guilt in creating an environment where Hitler made sense.
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  787. TIK I love the way you can cite your discussions from written sources and authors, then converse them into a sensible and based argument. You are a scholar and gentleman. Although I enjoy your battlefield discussions, I commend your efforts to educate people that nazis, marxists, fascists, and communists are all based from socialism and to correct the misconceptions that capitalism and free market economies are attributed to nazism and fascism, are much more critical and important discussions to have considering our current events.
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  788. I hereby apologise that I was part of holocaust. I was sadly not born yet, so I couldb't do anything
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  789. TIK, you’ve gone from Close Combat III let’s plays, to history, to economics, to politics, and now to theology- it’s been quite entertaining at every stage!
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  790. I was in an infantry division in the US Army. No division is fully squared away.
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  791. Thanks for adding front lines again, it's so much easier to keep track of now
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  792. A nazi called von Oven? And some people still deny the holocaust...
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  793. cue the wehraboos.....
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  794. Possibly the best lecture ever on the subject. It's not just about reading the written material on the subject, but it's interpretation and delivery. Actually, this work is amazing. 👍🇦🇺
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  795. This was really enjoyable. A nice change of pace.
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  796. your Stalingrad series has been nothing short of a masterpiece bro!!
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  797. 29:40 Therapist: “Pirate TIK doesn’t exist, he can’t refute your work” Pirate TIK:
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  798. Communists : Im gonna pretend I didn't see that
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  799. Lukas König… thanks for your effort in helping TIK to make this channel great ❤️
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  800. As someone who is interested in history, but is also a politicly minded person I found your videos qute logical and interesting
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  801. Ive heard 34 million before, (and the ~26+ million dead, mil+civilian), but given the population was around 170 million, the scale is just mind boggling, and easy to forget. They needed to produce 20+ million rifles, ammo, mine all the iron, ship it, food, clothes, everything, with 20% of the population enlisted at some point and everything else.
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  802. As one of the Patreons, I do not expect videos every week. But I do want military history videos with high quality and you are a master in this area. Once a month is sufficent. Your Battlestorms are the reason I am a Patreon. If you do short military histories as well once a week besides that, that is only a bonus but not necessary. If you take a break one week, just do it man. You gotta live as well. We want the highest quality possible and no one out there are better than you when it comes to WWII-history and your Battlestorms (both the shorter and the longer ones) are awesome. Looking forward when Battle Storm "Schisselsnitt" (Ardennes 1940) are coming out some time in the distant future! Not to be harsh, but libertarians enyoying your libertarian politician work at Youtube are probably the crowd not giving any money. So stick to bloody tanks TIK!😉 You have a solid fanbase of military historic crowd. So I fully support your decision to draw down, the most "important" crowd - the core - we will still watch your vids even if they are not spred by algorithms. I am spreading the word about you among other who are into military history and especially WWII!
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  803. Why arent you more popular/known? havent missed an episode since i first discovered you. Thanks for your work, keep it up!
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  804. Britain's foreign policy has always been to keep European nations/states fighting eachother. That was the whole point, keep the continentals divided so they can't gang up. This has been the policy with variations for a thousand years give or take. This was also the policy for a lot of European countries but they didn't have the luxury of being on an Island.
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  805. This is exactly the reason why each year I go to Chuikov’s grave on Mamayev hill and lay down flowers
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  806. Es bleiben im Raum Keitel, Jodl, Krebs und Burgdorf
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  807. "How do you know if your worldview is true if you don't listen to people who disagree with you" This cannot be said enough.
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  808. TIK doesn't study this stuff, he straps it to the bench and dissects it under bright lights and a microscope. Suberb understanding of these things and real depth of knowledge.
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  809. Thanks for the video TIK! "Language should communicate, not obfuscate". You are right. If definitions, words, and terminology used by An-Caps confuse us, then Anarco-Capitalism will be like other religions/cults (especially all cults you mention).
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  810. Frankly, I suspect Halder has something to do with this.
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  811. so all I have heard is the Wehrmacht should have shipped itself through amazon.
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  812. I love how nonchalantly you mentioned the British accidentally destroyed one of their tanks trying to make tea lmaoo I had to do a retake to make sure I heard that correctly
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  813. How to Flunk your way to Victory: The Video
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  814. God I love this guy, the ending was spectacular, everything I experienced in minutes in the comment section. Why are they defending the Nazis?
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  815. I'm a Brazilian ESL (English as a second language) teacher and this has become relatively common in the last few years, sadly. Only about 5% of Brazil speaks English at an intermediate level but the vast majority of people, even in slums, (in a country of 210+ million people) have Internet access. So lots of Brazilian content "creators" see Youtube channels as a dollar making machine while being "sure" (because of the massive Portuguese/English language/algorithm barrier) that the original creators will never even realize they exist. Some Brazilians are so detached from non-Brazilian Internet that they think it's literally impossible that some "gringo" would ever care or notice. You can count on me to help you in fighting this!
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  816. Great job sniffing this out! Most people would just shrug and say "Oh well". The problem comes when these fabrications are used to support other research. I well remember S.L.A. Marshall's book, "Men Against Fire" used to support military doctrine. Then a few people started running the numbers and came to the conclusion that he had not talked to all the men he claimed and most of it was a fabrication. It is still in print and still quoted by people that don't know it has been debunked.
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  817. What a legendary thumbnail! The Stalingrad Saga continues 👏🏻
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  818. Whoopie!!!! TiK's on again. Waiting for the Tobruk vid, but any TiK video is better than no TiK video. Cheers from Tennessee
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  819. Suvorov is the alias for Vladimir Rezun who, when a captain in the GRU, defected to the UK in the late 1970s.
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  820. Stalin's calling and asking "How are things going." Haha I'm in danger.
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  821. "This is Wehr the fun begins."
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  822. "There's more balance in the Force" great Jedi Master TIK, 25th June 2018
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  823. Finally! You deserved that TIK. Also, you'll be way more productive and have a better life on top. Everyone needs a break every once in a while. Enjoy! That's an order. ;)
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  824. The topic of YouTube and censoring historical content of quality YouTubers is getting worse day by day
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  825. Always remember, lads. The goverment is NEVER your friend.
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  826. I can't wait to see if the Germans win
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  827. When are you going to write a book. Busting the myths of WW2
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  828. I'd love to see a video on why Stalin ignored all the signs that the Germans were going to invade.
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  829. As someone who has a disability and is a history buff I knew about this horrible program for years Thank you for covering it and shining more of a light on it.
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  830. Good to see you having fun with the "Real socialism" part. It's relieving to see you relaxed about it after years of fuming.
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  831. Concerning 10:25 how much Heinrich is complaining about Karl spending 700 thalers, I did a little math to accurately figure out just how much that equates to. From Wurtemberg's historical records, the average stonemason in 1835 made around 5 florins a day. Assuming a 6 day work week, no working on the sabbath, comes to a clean 30 Florins/week. 52 weeks in a year makes for a yearly income of approximately 1560 Florins a year. Conversion of Florins to Thalers is 2 Florins = 1 Thaler. So average salary for a stonemason working 6 days a week, every week in 1830's Germany was 780 Thaler. 700 Thaler is 46.7 weeks worth of work. Heinrich is effectively saying his son was frivolously spending nearly a year's worth of an average workman's wages while being unmployed.
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  832. I have to wonder about the Kotluban casualty figures. 80:1 is ridiculous, and losing 33% of your men in a single blunted offensive? This sounds hard to believe. Not just a matter of horrid tactics and callousness: soldiers don't keep charging into blazing machineguns after they watch the first wave get massacred. I'd have to ask "is this really the case?". It would make a lot more sense if most of those casualties are minor injuries, or even just soldiers who rout but soon return to their units. Unless the bulk of the forces got cut off in a pocket... as it feels like soldiers were better off getting encircled than to be sent in at Kotluban.
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  833. Oh Tik, don't be a grump. This book is comedy gold! Of course I will not reward the writer with my money but I treasured your quotations. I laughed out loud so many times. Cheers!!!!
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  834. The best work on Sweden in ww2 I have ever heard. As a Dane, I have always been a bit biased against Sweden in the period, but TIK makes it plain, that Sweden had very little choice in the matter. You would be either drunk or suicedal to play tough against Hitler in 1940, with the forces Sweden had at their disposal!
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  835. I must admit it was very weird you talking about Beevor while dressed as a school girl, sucking a lollypop. I think removing them was the best thing.
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  836. More stories about logistics please.
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  837.  @personaa422  The didn't watch the video though.
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  838. I actually wrote my bachelor based on this topic, it is very interesting :D However I dont really agree with everything you state in the video, since the versailles treaty and the topic of reperations had many more consequenses than just the amounts paid. The currency the reperations was to be paid in, and the political consequenses of the lack of german payments is just as important to keep in mind, especially for Germany. There is also the topic of the treatys impact on international economic coorporation, which was also affected by the treaty of versailles. This again impacted the world economic crisis due to lack of international coorporation in many instances. However it is important to underline that the treaty itself was not what caused the economic crisis in Germany, and the world, it was an element that made it worse. Germany among other things, had become heavily reliant on exports to US and loans mainly from US to get foreign capital, to pay reperations and remain liquid/competetive. When the crisis hit, the german banks had major issues to replenish their reserves either from foreign loans or the reichsbank, which contributed to the crisis in the country.
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  839. Stick to banks.
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  840. What a fascinating project! It is really of great value to historians. I respect that you dedicated yourself and graphic designer to improving the historical accuracy of this map.
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  841. "Money bad, statism good, all hail Stalin" classic curmudgeonly TIK. Love it!
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  842. On the topic of the Italians, I would say that pretty much all the soldiers of the major countries of the WW2 were interchangeable in quality. Some ran, some fought like hell. Italian issues were mostly doctrinal, equipment and industry related.
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  843. One of the few History Channels who will openly owe up to their mistakes and remake an entire video. Others would probably have just put up an annotation or a pinned comment. For that, I tip my hat to you sir.
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  844. Chuikov and everyone around him must have been terrified for days at a time. So would I.
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  845. Honestly, I don't find it boring at all. I don't learn history for its instrumental value - I learn it because it's interesting to me for its own sake. If I had to choose one practical utility of history, it would be that it explains much of WHY the world today is how it is.
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  846. TIK is that one channel that combines historical events with actual, critical thinking (peeking outside the box just in the right amounts). It does not matter that much whether we are treated to another Stalingrad episode or another video, be it the social background and/or the lead-up to WWII, we invariably receive a thought-provoking material inviting us to think for ourselves and to evaluate that which has already happened with the benefit of the hindsight. Prolific work, kind sir, please, do continue to provide in the times to come. I can only wish there were more channels like yours in the depths of the interwebs.
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  847. Once again, TIK is right. Even though Buchanan might be a bit "off" on certain things, that doesn't make him less quotable than Hitler and Rommel.
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  848. i always wondered why schools and parks were called public. It's not because anyone can go, it's because it's owned by the government
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  849. I love seeing shit like this in my sub feed every Monday. I can't recall many other HistoryTubers who'd go so in depth about a commentator's question and turn it into an informative video. Gold standard shit right here.
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  850. "Hitler was a Socialist Change my Mind" - TI(L)K Edition
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  851. YES! Honey, wake up! TIK just posted Battlestorm Gazala!!!!
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  852. Hey, at 2:00 you say "millions would die of starvation". I first thought "no way". I couldn't get a clear figure for number of Ukranian who died of starvation during the German occupation, because the Soviets did some damage themselves, but after some light internet digging it seems to be 5 to 7 millions dead to hunger and disease. I. can't. believe. this. They lost something like 20% of their population total (military + civilian).
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  853. I came in expecting to be cautioned to treat the Table Talks with caution because they were compiled by Bormann (because Bormann was Bormann), but stayed because of the excellent discussion of historiography and source material. Well done.
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  854. I have heard so many conspiracy theories about ww2 but this must rank the most absurd
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  855. I give up this man is never gon go on a break no matter what
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  856. I'm glad to finally hear someone mention the babysitting scheme and it's economic purpose. I've been trying to explain this to people forever, but get the most blank stares of any argument.
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  857. Sounds interesting, not many other content creators talk about this topic!
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  858. Millions of people got to start new lives after WWII and yet we thought it was okay to deny 2 million people the chance. Whether a legal crime or not, it’s an absolute stain on our countries’ histories that we can never come close to repaying.
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  859. I'm honestly surprised you didn't stop sooner, considering how incredibly detailed that series is
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  860. The one thing Lindsay seems to have stayed away from is the very thing that you point out eloquently. That is the ideological similarities between Fascism, Communism, and National Socialism which are all rooted in the same belief.
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  861. You're really killing it with these economic videos.
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  862. Hey TIK my wife is Russian just forward a list of the names and I'll have her pronounce it and upload a private video to youtube of all the names for you.
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  863. I loved the part with chaptermaster Pedro Kantor. It implies space marines riding horses, which is quite hillarious.
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  864. Hey TIK, I wanted to say that your Operation Crusader videos every week are extremely fantastic videos to watch. They are something that I look forward to seeing in my subscriptions every Monday, can’t wait for the next one.
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  865. I vote we turn "If only he had magic" into a meme among us TIK watchers.
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  866. This must’ve felt like being back in retail dealing with 2 awkward customers.
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  867. Tik, when you hit on ladies at the pub, do you first talk about the drive on the city itself or the precarious situation of German logistics?
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  868. Even the NHS is quicker than TIK at responding to questions
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  869. Manstein clearly wins this one since he can single handedly fend off against the Red Army with nothing but his fists
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  870. I have biggest respekt for you TIK ! The work you put in your videos is unthinkable. Thank you for that. Will become patreon.
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  871. Funny how people who say they dislike money really seem to just dislike the people who have any.
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  872. Everyone: The election is tomorrow. Get out and vote! TIK: Here is a video about the German oil crisis during WW2.
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  873. I am a Christian and thank you for covering this. It is my opinion that you can tell a society's moral character by how it treats the most vulnerable.
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  874. I can't describe how much i love this series. I am sure your channel will get the attention it deserves in the future. Thank you for being awesome!
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  875. Always remember that socialism is not the "goverment ownership " of the means of production... it is the "government control " of the means of production It matters not who "owns" something, if someone else "controls" it It is always about power. It is only about control.
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  876. Did I really just watch a 50 minute long Video that explains why Hitler was aggressively trying to expand even though I did agree to this 100% before even watching the whole thing. Thats a good statement to TIK making stuff interesting!
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  877. I've learned more about WWII in 6-7 videos with you than 3 yrs of HS and 4 years of BA. Thank you
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  878. Don't forget to add a catchy title. Not many people other than war nerds know the name of Gazala. But people do recognize the name of Rommel. Other than that, merry Christmas!
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  879. I agree that open, honest exchange of ideas is critical for understanding history. Censorship is very corrosive to society.
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  880. I was in 3rd Armored Division in the 1980s. We studied this campaign extensively as it has obvious parallels to the cold war scenario in the Fulda Gap. The consensus at that time was that delay in withdrawing from St Vith denied 3AD the opportunity to mass and attack as a unified force (not to mention delaying the reorg of the 82d). 30 some years later I am still not sure this is the case, but heavy divisions tend to think in terms of offensive opportunity in order to bring their combined arms power to bear on a decisive point rather than spreading it over a defensive front. This makes sense when you understand that the primary strength of heavy divisions is mobility, not armor. Defense normally deprives the commander of mobility both at the tactical and operational levels. It is the operational level that matters, frankly. Also, the logistical requirements of heavy division are simply not supportable via airhead.
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  881. As a historian, I can appreciate the absolutely colossal amount of work and research that has gone into these videos. I don't think the average viewer can even begin to comprehend the number of hours you must have spent compiling the data from the various primary and secondary sources, comparing it, evaluating it and reassembling it into a coherent picture. For that, you have my utmost respect. Keep up the good work!
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  882. Since when did we start using military losses as a method of who fought the best or hardest?
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  883. Yes, my surname which means wheeler in Latvian comes from Rat (or Rad in German and Rota in Latin) and derives ultimately from the proto-European word Ratha from about four thousand years ago which means "spoked-wheeled chariot". On another matter but still relevant to this interesting video, my father said he asked those who bore the SS runes on their uniforms after they arrived in July 1941 in Latvia what they meant- and they told him they meant 55. Obviously, they thought he was dopey or they were just having a laugh.
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  884. Indoeuropean linguistics and what they sparked in the minds of some crazy people are some of my favorite topics, well done! Also the Horse, the Wheel and the Language is a great book, thanks!
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  885. You are not letting us down TIK. Your responsibility is #1 to your own self and health and then #2 to your family /friends in real life. We are #3 at best and we can and will wait.Take the time you need and comeback when you feel ready too. Life is a marathon NOT a sprint. I have had and do continue to have differances with your opinions on certain economic things but so what. Your real contribution to online history and military analyses are important and you have already achieved unique things. Don't worry you are IRREPLACABLE and we WILL wait!
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  886. Иazi Ideology: Unite the Aryan race against Judeo-Bolshevism Communist Ideology: Unite the Workers against the Bourgeoisie Hmm...
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  887. All this talk about "peaceful revolution" over "violent revolution" only reminds me of Fabian Socialism and its counterpart, American Progressivism. I think it would be worth going into that topic, because that's really the missing link between the evils of Axis ideologies and the similar evils of Allied governance both pre- and post-war.
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  888. A brilliant entry and much relieved to hear the next Stalingrad installment is in the works. You sound energized and much refreshed; the break clearly served it’s purpose
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  889. Paris fell AFTER Dunkirk. The French Army was on its heels, and trying to stabilize its lines. War is chaotic and with many unknowns. It would have made sense to keep units available for the attack on Paris, just in case. -- Even if this is not the main reason; it could have been a factor.
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  890. That pop up picture of Klaus Schwab caught me so off guard...too funny. Clever, clever man.
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  891. These videos should be downloaded and distributed everywhere before they are taken down and deemed to shocking for us sheep to see. Amazing insight.
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  892. No battle plan survives the first shot, but they do give you a framework for how to get the mission accomplished. I feel like war games/simulations are kind of the same. Things will never go according to plan, but they give you a framework.
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  893. Good luck TIK. Getting people to hear what you are actually saying not what they want you to have said is almost impossible. Especially if they have an agenda.
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  894. Just when my tea is warm enough to drink and I found the last piece of cake. I'm going to enjoy it profoundly.
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  895. Chuikov loosing his nerve for a while is no surprise. I mean, he must have been tired beyond belief at that time.
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  896. Keir Starmer is not my Prime Minister. Keep up the good work.
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  897. I visited Stalingrad (now Volgagrad) back in 2006 on a history tour of the Eastern Front. One day we were bused out west of the city into the Steppe, it was summer, and my overwhelming memory even 14 years later is how damned hot it was. It really is just flat and open, with yellow crunch grass under your feet. Just flat yellow ground as far as the eye can see and the hot sun shining down on you. It helps give some context when I read those quotes of your about how unbearable the weather was during these summer battles.
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  898. The man behind the slaughter (literally)
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  899. Tik you are a legend and spearheading a genre here on YT. Thanks for the transparency and give yourself some slack. Happiness and balance is key. Health and energy is key. You need a life too. With this regained you’ll maintain high quality content and nobody would feel offended if there was only a single long form in-depth video per month. Keep it up, look after yourself and reconnect with yourself and the joy you have doing what you do. People sharing your passion will follow you regardless.
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  900. When I was in-country 1970-1971, we were pretty sure that Abrams and Giap weren't chucking calculators at each other. Estimates of relative combat power are possible, and even necessary, but estimates are not predictive calculations. Hence the time-honored military nickname for situation reports: the SWAG...a scientific wild-assed guess.
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  901. (Insert "Yes Prime Minister" quote on why England is in the EU)
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  902. Im glad I became a patreon after knowing youll be doing political videos,specially hoping for more Weimar republic and fascism videos I cant say how much I appreciate the fascism vs nazism videos,since many people tend to confuse them as one
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  903. I got my wife a keir starmer t shirt, so far she's been spat at, sworn at, kicked and threatened, I'm waiting to see what happens when she leaves the house
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  904. there is no "correct" answer to this debate. From a purely military perspective, the decision to attempt a breakout or not is so complex that any decision made was likely "wrong" at the time. Having spent 30 years in the Army, I know how hard such a breakout move actually would have been. Stripping the defense against the Soviet units in contact may have worked for a short period, but it is incredibly hard to predict how it the operation would have gone.
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  905. Hi Tik. First, let me say that you produce exceptional content. Secondly: I, as a Brazilian, am deeply and extremely ashamed of what this guy did. It really is a regrettable thing. This means that you produce exceptional content and that he does not have the capacity to do the same. I hope you manage to solve this problem. Hugs!
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  906. Great topic! Top notch and intriguing. Thank you for the time and research you put into your work. I’m sure the vast majority of viewers like myself genuinely appreciate your channel.
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  907. As the series draws to an end, I want to say a heartfelt 'thank you' for all the tremendous effort you have put into this series. Bravo and well done.
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  908. Holy HELL. I had no clue that the situation at Stalingrad got so desparate at this phase that they employed workers' militias that literally created the Enemy at the Gates rifle meme.
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  909. We now need to create an ideology called villageidiotism.
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  910. Side note: I think you did a good job of not insisting on perfection in this production and also covering a good bit of ground without going too deep. If anything you might have given a bit too much detail in this one. But I just want to encourage you, we're getting a lot of value out of videos like this and you can dribble it out even more gradually and keep us happy (and you sane) 😊
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  911. I absolutely don’t agree with the deification of Churchill, but I have to admit I felt a jab of cognitive dissonance when I read the title to video. Interested in what you have to say.
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  912. This series is amazing. There is a feeling of joy in seeing this appear in recommendations.
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  913. In 2 years when Stalingrad series is done haha (not a comment on the episode rollout I know it’s a bloody big job and encourage taking breaks), do you have any plans to cover anything else
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  914. Everybody says the Germans couldn't take Stalingrad because the "blitzkrieg" didn't work in close combat. It sounds MUCH more the case that the germans couldn't achieve concentration of force in any area in order to properly mount an assault. How are you supposed to take a factory that has 100 soldiers dug in, when you have 150 soldiers. It just doesn't work like that. I get that the germans have air power, but that doesn't seem to help very much. This offensive has all the tell tail signs of being a shit show.
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  915. I became aware of what kind of person Starmer is when he said, to a business man during lockdown 'I don't need lectures from the likes of you'
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  916. I remember as a 12 year old in 1988 visting Dachau concentration camp with my family and seeing the gates phrase 'Work sets you free'. My father explained to me that political prisoners where sent there in the early period and later the Jews. Your explanation makes total sense. Thanks.
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  917. That border gore was a nightmare just to think about. It makes HOI4 AI border gore tame by comparison.
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  918. World War II historiography? Moustache man BAAAD. Voila.
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  919. A good General doesn't get assassinated... +1 for Manstein
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  920. Idk about this Mr. TIK. I read in a book, "Lost Victories" that Manstien is the greatest general ever. Anx I can't imagine any reason for the author of that book to be biased. So it must be true.
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  921. "But is this really the case" Best quote
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  922. I live near the area where these events took place. In some places (mostly in woods and near certain roads) you can still see marks of trenches.
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  923. Accidentally setting your tank on fire from brewing tea is the most British thing ever 😂
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  924. Correct, he was an average socialist.
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  925. I love this cultured academic discussion full of love of truth rather than resentment of eachother
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  926. you broke this guy's spirit, TIK.
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  927. Welcome to the broken (music) copyright hell..
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  928. That opening... Hehe, Halder is a meme at this point.
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  929. How can u keep up with the channel, doing these types of videos and at the same time doing the Stalingrad documentary? Keep it up man
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  930. Glad to have ya back, sooner than figured, Stalingrad seems to be a marathon not a sprint, been amazing series this far.👍
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  931. It's honestly sad how easily some people dismiss all your work and the work of the authors themselves in extend.
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  932. TIK's weekly videos makes every Monday bearable, change my mind.
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  933. What gets me every time is that people who clearly want to defend Hitler do so by denying his policies. Trying to frame his policies as harsh but necessary, and thus getting people to recontextualise Hitler, that I can see. But what kind of Nazi sympathiser tries to defend Hitler by denying National Socialist policies?
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  934. Tik>Pornhub
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  935. l love the battestrom Stalingrad series
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  936. Relax and take your time coming up with new stuff. People are here waiting to see stuff. One week or One month, who cares. Content is always good. Maps are great.
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  937. No plan survives first contact with the British high command.
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  938. Funny to immagine that just seconds ago I was watching a relatively boring aviation video and now im jumping into Stalingrad. This video could have not come at a righter time!
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  939. This is the most important topic you can possibly cover on your channel. Yes, there are other distortions of history out there, but none that are this important to correct, as it still greatly affects politics and society to this day.
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  940. It is an interesting theory, and does fit in with the way Hitler seemed to make strategic gambles, such as the Ardennes Offensive. And also in that he (correctly) thought that the only Soviet whose opinion really mattered was Stalin, so to pull off Barbarossa he needed to play Stalin. The Soviets had mountains of evidence that Barbarossa was about to happen, but since Stalin didn't believe it none of it was acted upon. If true it does raise some serious questions regarding the Battle of Britain and operation Sealion. Was the former a real attempt to batter Britain into submission? If not, why even attempt it given the losses to men and equipment that could then not be used in Barbarossa? And though we now know that Sealion had about a 0% chance of success, was it ever actually on the table? Or was it just a great bluff? And who was he trying to bluff - Churchill or Stalin?
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  941. "Amazon, stick to sell books".
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  942. I was talking about this with my grandmother just the other day. We are italians of jewish origin and my grandmother lived the first 5 years of her life in hiding. It was other italian families to help them hide here and there in exchange for a little bit of money (which was more or less symbolical since they were actually risking their own lives by doing so). She said that even fascists saw italian jews as italians first and foremost and that the real threat was actually the nazi presence in Italy in the last years of the war rather than the fascists themselves precisely because the fascist ideology had nothing to do with racism per se. Of course there were racist people, but the point TIK made is on point.
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  943. It's a crying shame how long it took for the baltic to gain their freedom.
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  944. What a series! Firstly thank you so much for the effort you've put in to Stalingrad! Have a deserved break and looking forward to Gazala
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  945. For what it's worth, when I was in the Army I was instructed, during basic training, to obey only lawful orders. Those which do not violate national and international laws, treaties, etc. That hasn't stopped certain officers from giving unlawful orders and having them carried out, of course.
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  946. This is prob my favorite topic that gets discussed on the channel.
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  947. When I was in secondary school I actually used a lot of TIK’s work to help formulate arguments and essays, and because most of my history teachers didn’t care, they privately told me that they were convinced by my arguments, but not to rock the boat too much as it would confuse the rest of the class.
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  948. "Oy! You got a Loicense for that free speech?" - UK 77th Brigade
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  949. That explanation of the family was 100x better than what I had been taught in school and uni.
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  950. I live in the middle of kurland and long time i wondered why they dug long trenches north from Kuldiga (Goldingen), near river Venta and in forests. In archive, local newspaper from 1944. 22. September, is article that all men and women from 14 to 55 years old must participate in building an digging fortifications. It did not make sense until i so those green lines in map at 9:28 Thank you for your documentary series.
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  951. TIK making some 4D Chess moves with his video plans
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  952. Those numbers are just insane. One case of rape is horrific, but that scale is incomprehensible.
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  953. Good grief. The astonishing detail, graphics production and research that you have put into this series is world class and an important contribution to the historical record. What I find even more remarkable is that anyone would have the gall to criticize your hard work. Kudos and thanks.
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  954. I keep saying it across your most recent videos but I'm absolutely loving these sorts of videos, off the beaten path and not stuff that is usually covered, but is very interesting! Keep it up TIK!
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  955. TIK, never stop. Thank you
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  956. The real question is, why does the British AI never invade Syria when Vichy uses it to capture the Suez all the blooming time?
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  957. God bless the UK. Take your country back. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧 Proud Anglophile in the USA
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  958. 53mins Battlestorm Stalingrad...thats what we like to watch. Amazing job in this series. Thanks TIK.
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  959. Honestly, this is mind-opening. Color me mind blown. Thank you for explaning Tik.
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  960. I myself was a Socialist at one point. My parents supported me when I went into further education. I did work and contribute towards my own food. But back in my mind I really wanted to become Independent and work full time and move away from my parents. At the time I was really Altruistic I had low self esteem and poor social skills. I was co-dependent on the needs of others. Growing up I saw my Mum as a Saint and my Dad a disciplinary. I had a good childhood but parents were dysfunctional they still kinda are. I worked in a Public sector job and a Corporate job. It just showed me how people pray on altruistic people. I'm a good hard working person but do attract more narcissistic type of people because of my Altruism. I watched your Public vs Private video and listened to Thomas Sowell which made me try working elsewhere working in IT but now working in Security. I do believe I became Socialist because of my state education and environment brought up in the North East of Britain which is more a left-wing socialist part of the country. And also has a lot of deprivation and lack of opportunities. Over time I've became more Independent and more understanding of psychology, finance, entrepreneurship, relationships. I watch videos like yours which helped me try different things and have a growth mindset instead of a fixed mindset I had. I now work for myself. I own my house and car now. I try to work away as much as possible I've experienced better environments and more opportunities. And also better people!
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  961. more tanks
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  962. It always amazes me how many historians don't understand the historical method....
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  963. TIKs enemies: "Here, this is him saying it! He had a bad cough, which is why he sounds strange but it is him saying it!"
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  964. I was out working in the garden and my wife yelled "Honey, TIK just uploaded a video." I threw the shovel across the yard, sprinted in and clicked. Knee Deep, in Mud, stuck in a trench with no way out!
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  965. Since we've been exhaustively lectured on how much of a horrible racist HP Lovecraft was these last few years, maybe we could discuss how shitty a person Karl Marx was now, eh 'progressives'?
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  966. "Damned if I do, damned if I don't eh?" - Paulus Ah yes, I get the 3rd place bronze medal.
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  967. I'm only ten minutes in and TIK remains calm while ODS just responds with a stuttering explanation using words like "dunce, trash, worthless"
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  968. Books are biased!?!? Shocking!!!
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  969. Who needs graphics or animation? We've got fingers! Another excellent video.
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  970. It would be really interesting, on a Timeline, to see when Hitler changed his Opinion about important matters and views. Hitler was not the same person in 1919 as he was in 1930/1940/1943 after Stalingrad/1944 Putsch ..
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  971. "You are only supposed to blow the bloody doors off" said a Soviet commissioner on the bank job!
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  972. > no, we call that Keynesianism based and Sowellpilled
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  973. One of the most informative ww2 channels
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  974. Requesting that TIK do a The Clash parody called "I fought the Red Army and the Red Army won" by Friedrich Paulus
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  975. 10:34 Why didn't they just make 50 width cav divisions with MP and use that as the occuparion template?
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  976. The sad but funny thing is, the guys who made the initial "response" video, if they see this, will only watch the first 2-5 minutes of this video and immediately proceed to make another video claiming they have defeated TIK in debate.
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  977. Wait, I’m confused. Was this before or after he trained in the Tibetan occult?
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  978. A counterargument: Britain had a centuries old strategic tradition of how to deal with a single European nation trying to dominate the continent. This involved: using the might of the Royal Navy to curtail their overseas/colonial activites and impose a blockade upon their shipping; seek to bring as many allies into a coalition against their enemy, often supplying them with money/arms to fight; and by using the comparatively small but solid British Army to engage them in fights around their periphery - i.e. not into the enemy's heartland. This strategy is best on display against Napoleon. An economic blockade put serious pain on France. Then caused Napoleon to institute the Continental System - a largely inneffectual economic counter-blockade of Britain. Russia eventually pulled out of this due to the harm caused to its economy, leading Napoleon to invade Russia -> Napoleon's downfall. Similarly the (later) Duke of Wellington's army fighting the French in Spain and Portugal helped to cause a huge drain on French manpower. I could go on. But if you're trying to put together a coalition to attack a really strong power then boldly attacking them at multiple points to gain many minor victories is an excellent strategy. It both bleeds your enemy of men and resources and helps to convince current and potential allies that your enemy can be defeated. Especially if you can knock some of your enemy's allies out of the war in the process. I believe that Churchill understood and embraced this strategy. This is the thinking behind the Gallipoli campaign in WWI. Norway and the overall Mediterranean campaign in WWII. When your enemy is too strong to engage directly, attack around the periphery. Attack his allies. Bleed him of men, money and resources while you draw upon the resources of the Empire and the rest of the world. Churchill's problem was in its implementation. He wasn't a military man and so didn't understand enough about logistics, organisation etc as you have pointed out. As such he made a lot of mistakes. But I disagree that this was because of an immature/brainless schoolboy brawling attitude. But instead as an integral part of this long standing British strategy. Just not as well implemented as it could have been.
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  979. 16:35 I also am a proud communist Revolutionary and therefore demand the formation of an evil Kapitalist free market
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  980. Excellent work Lewis. Battlestorm is back and it was a great episode. Your new teammate must be working well for you
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  981. 0:14 Halder is infinite. Halder is eternal. When you are driving to work, halder is there, whispering "you shold turn around and head towards Moscow" When you are getting gas, halder is there, whispering "Logistics? Who CARES about logistics" When you go to bed at night, Halder is there, keeping you awake by asking "what does the word 'strategy' mean?" There is no escape from Halder
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  982. At 11:22, you have the metric equivalent of the 2 pounder and 6 pounder guns round the wrong way? The 2 pounder is 40mm and the 6 pounder is 57mm
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  983. I love the subjects which you have been addressing lately which touch on how some of these political ideologies and worldviews are de facto extremely destructive religions, or how political ideologies seem to be repackaged Gnosticism. I’m so happy that you are also aware of the works of others such as James Lindsay on the subject. Thank you so much and keep going in this direction!!!
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  984. “And then it got worse...” — The pessimist's History of Russia
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  985. TIK, never stop covering ideological topics. You have a gift. We need that gift
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  986. Following the ancient Russian tradition - 'If in doubt, launch a Kotluban Offensive'
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  987. I discussed this night after night with a friend of mine (who was a devoted Freudian and psychoanalist) for years and years. This is just scratching the surface, you'll find there's a lot more to this "Psychologically predictable Socialists" hypothesis than you might think at first. Such as the suppression of sexual desires, the looking/need for fatherly confirmation, and other "offbeat" hehaviour being a core-part of the "socialist psyche". And no, it's not a coincidence that hordes of socialists are against the "white cisgender male", in fact this is a core idea in their worldview... No idea if they are aware of it themselves though! Man this is gonna catch a lot of Flak...
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  988. The amount of research you did to produce this video is pretty impressive. The effort definitely shows in the end product.
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  989. Last year the fascist dictatorship of Russia arrested 400 people for their social media posts. In Great Britan last year 3,500 were arrested for their social media posts. What the hell is going on?
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  990. With a co-author named "The Spymaster", who the hell needs primary or secondary sources??
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  991. This is fascinating! I grew up in Scientology, and through this i can see that Scientology is in the same religious category as well.
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  992. This is a textbook example of historical analysis and critical thinking. Well done.
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  993. Hey TIK! Thanks for talking about the bombing of Rotterdam. As of today Rotterdam is a modern city; its old look dissapeared in May 1940.
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  994. The fighting on Mamayev Kurgan must have been beyond description. How that "hill" hasn't been leveled with the surrounding steppe from all that shelling and bombing is hard to fathom, as is the number of lives lost on it. What a senseless massacre. TIK, I have to say that your work is immensely appreciated. The scenarios and graphics, the details and bits of humor are setting the bar far above anything out there.
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  995. I'm starting to understand, how it all will end. They will never get into the city. Each week they'll be getting infinitely closer.
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  996. You know its bad when the historians are getting involved
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  997. But is this really the case?
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  998. Another outstanding presentation on a difficult topic.
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  999. I wanted to throw my two cents in for this, and I think its actually a good thing that you're explaining this, because World War II (your primary focus) cannot be decoupled from economics and politics. Not many aspects can be looked solely through the lens of what was happening on the ground, and especially on the eastern front not many aspect can be fully explained and reported on because of the geopolitical and economic circumstances involved in the decision making. Chieftain's video on soviet tank doctrine was another good example of how you really can't decouple doctrinal development in the soviet union from the politics of the higher-ups, and it added a lot of perspective as to why people made the decisions they made. It may be a political video here, but in the context of soviet decision making on the eastern front and the context of Hitler and fascism, its the right video to make in the grander scheme of things.
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  1000. I greatly appreciate TIK for always including his sources. Do not just take someone's 'word', check your understanding and check their sources. Great job TIK.
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  1001. Real TIKism has never been attempted. Were it not for the attempts of wreckers and external enemies We would all be able to get a million dollars upon finishing the video.
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  1002. In addition, in McCullough's biography, "Truman", during and shortly after the Potsdam conference Truman thought of Stalin as amiable and reasonable. Truman thought of Churchill as problematic and obstructionist. Truman was literally learning his job at the time. He would later acquire a more realistic view.
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  1003. I'd love to see an updated version of this in a few years.
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  1004. Woo, immortalized in a TIK video. This is the greatest moment of my life!... Dont tell my wife and children.
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  1005. The title already has me cracking up.
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  1006. Gotta love the whole, "It was a market economy that doesn't have any market influences." I don't know how somebody could have wrote that and not go, "Wait that doesn't sound right...."
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  1007. One of the best channels there is, glad I found you
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  1008. 'I don't drink beer' horror revulsion, reaches for unsubscribe 'I drink ale'; smiles at a kindred spirit, alls good in the world.
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  1009. Into the motherland the German army march!
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  1010. Young TIK: Who brought these toys during the night? Mam: Santa, a magic old man that comes down the chimney. Young TIK: Let me just check that.
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  1011. I always wondered why socialists are so anti Christian, christianity at it's root promotes the individual over the collective
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  1012. Why does this channel only have 10k subs? There's so much work going into these videos, I think youtube should be promoting channels like this rather than comedy central junk.
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  1013. the loss of the Hipper as an operational asset was far greater than simply "one cruiser". The Kreigsmarine was already far less of a threat to the RN in terms of numbers, but also capability. As no new cruisers were on the way, the loss of even one was significant. This battle essentially eliminated the ability of the KM to operate meaningfully in the Arctic area. The later sinking of Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape was a direct result of the Battle of Barents Sea. While not decisive in itself, this battle shaped the operational area in such a way as to force Germany to send additional resources to northern Norway, depriving them of those resources in the Baltic.
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  1014. This is eye opening. Other histories i've read, largely through omission or scant detail, make it appear the Wehrmacht broke into Stalingrad with little resistance en route. This goes a long way to explain why they had such difficulty subjugating and ultimately failing to capture the city: the 6th army had been badly mauled just getting there. Thanks as ever TIK!
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  1015. You know Chuikov had it rough when getting his HQ bombed and a giant oil fire next door doesnt reach the bar of advancing the almost died counter.
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  1016. “I didn’t watch all of it I watch about ten minutes.” That would explain a lot 48:03
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  1017. I came into this waiting to hear about how somebody I don't like, Montgomery screwed up. And then you wound up convincing me that somebody I really like, Bradley, really screwed up. I like that. It's really good to challenge all of us
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  1018. Having watched the previous version of this video then doubling back to last year's first part of this Korsun-Cherkassy mini series, your continuation of covering this battle feels coherent and surprisingly somewhat seamless despite the gap. Great work as always, TIK!
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  1019. “I already watched two minutes and I can tell this guy has no idea what he’s talking about.” That argument makes you sound smart, but really, it just looks reactionary. It reads to people who think for themselves like this: I watched two minutes of this guys video and I know this guy is going to challenge my beliefs, so I’ll just insult his intelligence and hope people read my comment and stop watching this video.”
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  1020. Sees TIK notification Clicks TIK notification It's become a recurring theme in my life...
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  1021. This is revolutionary in terms of understanding the operational picture of the whole opreation in a timeline setting. I have always tried to use google maps, and maps from different books to try and get an overview, but it's hard to get the whole picture to the extent I get here. These series makes it easier to understand the decisions various commanders made, for better or worse, at any time. It really takes my understanding of the strategic situation leading to the Battle of Stalingrad to the next level. Thank you TIK for yet another superb piece of work!
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  1022. Socialism is a religion
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  1023. BlackRed CrossStar!
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  1024. Holy shit, this video makes a lot of things make a lot more sense.
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  1025. Haven't seen anyone mention it yet; but the allies had the proximity fuse. These fuses were a force multiplier of several magnitudes to anti-aircraft and air burst artillery.
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  1026. An hour and 8 minutes very well spent. Great stuff TIK.
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  1027. Absolutely no one: Tik: But is this really the case?
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  1028. There was a point I almost fell into despair: I have a beloved sibling who has diven DEEP into ultra-far-left Marxist/socialist thought. He did this in large part because he bought into the idea that Capitalists were totalitarian fascists and that Nazis represented the inevitable outcome of capitalism. I've tried to show for years (I have a history degree and background, this sibling didn't) to show otherwise, but he's been taken in utterly by their ideological blinders. I showed him your Hitler's Socialism, other videos... he said he had watched them and doubted you had sources to back your position up. I asked him how many of your sources he'd reviewed... he didn't seem to know you had posted them OR how many direct quotes you used. Which told me what I needed to know: Like most, he simply didn't pay any attention at all to what he didn't want to agree with. When I shared a compiled link to your sources directly, he refused to actually open and look at it, saying he didn't have time. Yet he has a bookshelf full of books written by socialists and even two by Bernie Sanders... and they conveniently were all placed on a bookshelf in their guest bedroom. When I visited, I went through them all to see how many had scholarly bibliographies and references. Almost none did. FML. What alarms me most... is my sibling is -smart-. He has a Master's degree and maintained a 4.0 GPA basically his entire life. But that intellect seems utterly incapable of immunizing him from these ahistorical propagandists who twist words until they have no meaning, and weave self-contradictory hogwash together and then smugly proclaim their logic as unimpeachable, when it is, and their conclusions the "scholarly consensus" when it is anything but.
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  1029. Hats off to you for sticking with it as long as you did. Fantastic series but I agree with being burnt out on it, a break will be nice for everyone.
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  1030. The real reason the Germans lost was not playing enough Close Combat 3
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  1031. There seems to be a misunderstanding that you're defending Soviet atrocities by being objective. Of course if you feel this way I would recommend you watch the video again instead of seeing a commie under your bed.
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  1032. meanwhile in hoi4: Just take iraq and the axis wont have fuel problems anymore, the fuel just magically gets refined lol
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  1033. I thought it was so that Japan would have felt obligated to open a front in northern China, Mongolia etc against the USSR who were quite stretched out
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  1034. This overview shows that Hitler did listen to his generals, and was not always overriding them as was described in Halder's diaries and by others. In this case he followed the advice of 3 generals who told him air supply and a breakout was possible.
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  1035. These patreon lists are starting to look like stuff missing from the stalingrad air lift.
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  1036. TIK your a legend that changed many views and perpectives on WW2, keep putting the facts out there.
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  1037. Hey, Tik. I discovered your channel not too long ago, and I must say, you truly know how to present facts and arguments in an enlightening way. Figured I'd let you know that I believe I know your pain when it comes to talking with these supporters of socialism. In fact, the person I'm about to refer to called himself a lenin-marxist. I'll try to summarize and keep it brief... Big shocker, he was in denial about Hitler being a socialist, one of his arguments being that socialists cannot be socialist if they murder other socialists. Eventually, as I pressed on with my own arguments (while referencing your videos on occasion), he resorted to calling me a fascist (insisting that it is a right-wing ideology). He claimed that business owners (capitalists) weren't really doing any work themselves. I tried to convince him that Burger King workers shouldn't think that they are the ones creating the profits on their own, because it is the owners/managers who are paying for the locals, electricity, tools and other supplies, so that the workers may work. He then actually asked "what is preventing the workers from paying for the supplies themselves", despite having gone on about how much these common workers struggle financially. Soon enough, I basically asked "so, you think it's right that workers can just walk in the door of a private business, and then 'democratically' kick out the rightful owner once you become many enough?" Without hesitation, he said that is they way it should be, because these "evil capitalists" should find work like "the rest of them". At that point, I believe I got the explanation on how he could ask such a stupid question to begin with. It's hard for me to believe that people like him are nothing more than petty thieves. But that would actually give him too much credit. He didn't simply not deny Lenin murdering farmers for "the greater good", but that it was justified, because they "sabotaged the farmers with less earth". And wouldn't you know it, this lenin-marxist is a history teacher. But yeah, that's basically it. And they did exactly what they did to you; they dismissed any and all sources provided to them. And every time I questioned his sources, or said "but that was then, it is different now", he resorted to throw around 'fascism' again. It... It really is a case study when you talk with these people yourself.
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  1038. It is genuinely quite distressing how, just 70 years after these events, people have already begun to forget the human aspects of the war, and started hyper-focusing on the military matters. People talk about the Wehrmacht like it wasn't the Military Arm of a Genocidal, Mass-Murdering dictatorship that devastated the World. I think that the problem is that we in the west; Americans, Frenchmen, Brits; The war that we waged against the Nazi Regime was an ideological war, but it was also a political one. We are white, Christian, Westerners. We weren't the group that Hitler sought to exterminate. That's not to say that American or British soldiers were treated well by the Germans, but, what they went through was positively an all expenses paid vacation in comparison to what Soviet prisoners had to endure. I suspect that the War of Extermination in the East is one of those things that you can't fully comprehend if you weren't there to see it yourself. The systematic destruction of an entire people is not something we have experienced in Western Europe since the days of the Thirty Years' War, at least. When we are studying the Eastern Front, we must acknowledge that we are coming to it as people who don't fully understand just how devastatingly tragic it was. You can look at a book and see that millions of Soviet civilians were murdered, you can do some quick maths and realise that 14% of the Soviet Population perished during the conflict, you can know all of these things, but I don't think we can ever fully understand it. Our minds simply aren't build to be able to even imagine millions of people, never mind comprehend their deaths. I suppose this is partly a good thing, since it can be argued that we are more objective. But, at the same time, I think we should be highly hesitant to single out any one action in the East as being particularly barbaric, because the entire context of the conflict was that the Germans were seeking to completely eradicate the Soviet peoples. We can sit back and laugh at the Soviets, make fun of them for their immense losses, and downplay their sacrifices, but, in doing so, we are more or less ignoring what the conflict was actually like, and instead, projecting our own experiences on the Western Front onto the Eastern Front even though the two were different by an order of magnitude. This isn't a new thing, by any means. When Zhukov met Montgomery for the first time, he was very annoyed because Monty tried to convince him that El Alamein was a similar battle to Stalingrad. Zhukov got very exasperated trying to explain that not only were they very dissimilar, but that Stalingrad was about an order of magnitude larger. I'm not saying any of this to claim that the Soviets were "the good guys" or even that they deserve our respect, just that, I'm tired of Western Historians sitting in their armchairs and judging the Soviet Peoples for their immense sacrifices without even trying to understand just how destructive that conflict was.
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  1039. Fewer animated maps, more static maps, might help with the time crunch. As far as which content to produce, make what you want to make.
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  1040. This video expands our understanding. As you stated, the answer was in front of us all the time but we didn't see it--until you put it together. The 'cult' not only explains the continued German struggle in the face of defeat, but also the underlying psyche for starting the war in the first place. Really, it appears that Lebensraum, etc. were really rationalizations.
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  1041. Once i got called a quote "materialist jew" Because i disagreed with a Corporatist (fascist)
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  1042. Tik never stop making these videos as it's highly interesting, and very informative without any bias.
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  1043. TIK, you've awoken an interest in history, and ever since I watch your. Videos, read books. Etc Thakk you so Much!
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  1044. Better to secure the flanks with army group south and north, no need to race for Moscow. Take care, thank you for all your work!
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  1045. I get the feeling that some people will still want you to 'stick to tanks'.
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  1046. Tik you are wrong with regard to the G------- Gangs. The Labour party did take a stance and it was "Shut up for the sake of diversity".
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  1047. Your videos are goldmine... so valuable to the point if people made aware of this could avoid history from repeating itself. Thank you, it's sacred for humanity for you to have more views and awareness to shine light on the dark censored info treasure troves. God bless you.
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  1048. I think you've made a very practical decision. Remember that you set standards and judge yourself more harshly than your audience does. We just like your content. And honestly, if sometimes a video is just you talking to the camera about what you're reading and your thoughts about it, that's cool! It gives the rest of us something to think about.
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  1049. I absolutely love that you actually cite from the sources you list. Many channels from what I've noticed, if they even bother putting their sources in, rarely add direct citations.
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  1050. Sorry for your loss, TIK. I pray that your pain dissipates with the passing of time, at least to a manageable level. Much love, from your subscribers.
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  1051. As a hobbyist historian I completely agree with your conclusions. Some people have an agenda, doesn't make any difference how you can try and engage, they will always disagree. Please keep up the good work
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  1052. You see comrade, right now there are too many mouths to feed. But what if! there were only half as many mouths to feed?!
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  1053. What on Earth.. people believe that defense in war isn't an valuable strategy?
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  1054. Anybody who said" you should cut details about Stalingrad series" they need to be send to penal batalions ASAP.
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  1055. woot he actually read comments. poor guy
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  1056. To steal a Discworld joke. He strongly believed in "one man, one vote". He was the man and he had the vote.
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  1057. How do you fight an idea that you can have everything and not earn it?
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  1058. you are actually one of the few youtubers that tries to picture a realistic view of the ww2 . only thing i hate now is that i cant watch discovery/national geo anymore knowing how biased and propagandized the modern documentaries are
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  1059. It is scary how simple and short-sighted are the common ideas about this war. And it is all about a war that was like 70-80 years ago which is a tiny fraction of time. Thank you for the videos! You and Military History Visualized are the top historical channels on this platform! Keep up the good work!
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  1060. LOL at "We have finally reached the beginning"....
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  1061. Pal, instead of getting so emotional over it, you have to just push on and say what you believe is true. The internet will always attack you, even if you were the most uncontroversial person on the planet. You have to take a break sometimes, perhaps just watch a movie, go play some video games or play some sports. Do literally anything that isn't connected with politics, or at worst is tangentally related. You put a lot of passion into this, but you have to accept that you will have your detractors. I'm not saying that you should ignore all criticism, but you need to also give yourself some space to rest.
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  1062. I'm sure all of the comments on this vid will be civil and well-reasoned.
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  1063. Critical German ammo shortages certainly give Hitler's dislike for the Stg44 a new facette.
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  1064. I have to say, this may have been the most thought-provoking vid on WW2 that I have seen since I started studying the war about 10 years ago. Like every other WW2 fanatic, I have read and pondered all of the 'mistakes' made by Hitler and company and accepted them as most of us have but, this video has really made me reconsider everything I thought I knew about those missteps Germany took. Of course, I had heard his (Hitler's) comment regarding the economics of war but didn't really know what that entailed until now. This video has finally provided that aha! moment. Thanks for the WW2 educational breakthrough.... seriously well done. Now, I would really like to read a book about the logistics of the war. Any suggestions?
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  1065. What an unexpected gift to find under the tree this year! Merry Christmas, TIK
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  1066. Jordan Peterson does some amazing talks/lectures looking into Hitler's personality. One of the scariest was when he told a class if they were alive in 1930's Germany 99% of them would have been Nazi's.
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  1067. Wow, 2 Battlestorm Stalingrad episodes in a row? Christmas came early this year! And happy christmas and new year to you, TIK. You're probably going to need it.
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  1068. One guy in his apartment does a better job delivering history videos than the "history" television channels are willing to do.
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  1069. Oh boy the comment section is going to be interesting, also inb4 "stick to tanks man"
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  1070. Well, most historians agree that the real slaughter of battle begins when the enemy begins to run away so the Germans really had no choice but to hold on.
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  1071. 3:15 "Capitalism was to be destroyed, today it marches stronger than ever." Well there goes the theory that Hitler was a capitalist.
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  1072. Got a worthless degree, worked in Universities for several years in a non-academic role which allowed me to see a lot of how things work behind the scenes. At first it was pretty easy money, chill job until I gradually realised what an unethical shitshow it all was. Providing quality education was nowhere near the top of priorities for the sociopaths in charge, not sure it even factored into their plans at all. Left nearly a decade ago and by all accounts things only got a lot worse after that.
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  1073. Hi TIKHistory, I’d like to say I appreciate you for including references. I enjoy educational / infotainment type videos a lot but I hate how many don’t include references or sources for their information making it difficult for me to learn more about a subject. It also allows me to fact-check information to create my own opinion as well. More content creators on Youtube NEED to do this if they seek to “educate/inform” people on subjects.
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  1074. New Zealander here. Thanks for making this TIK!
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  1075. Can't tell you how good this stuff is TIK, I have never seen any documentary/youtube vid that comes even remotely close at detailing the real events of the war.
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  1076. I'll say this, in hindsight it made perfect sense to go to war with Germany in 1938. But given how WW1 had traumatized the UK I can sort of see how Chamberlain wanted to prevent a war at all cost. War with Germany might be a risky uncertain thing with no guarantees. A peace deal would seem more preferable. That argument can be made. Although, if he knew the German army would move against Hitler if he started the war, and he had the French and Czechs on his side. And potentially the Poles and the Soviets too? You'd have to be a pretty risk averse beta male to sabotage all that in favor of a piece of paper.
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  1077. That is TOTALLY acceptable. The only change for us is the space between 2 videos. We lose nothing by waiting a little more! We have tons of ways to keep busy in the meantime. I actually like channels with tons of space between quality videos. It allows me to consume 100% of my favorite creators. I probably favor those who create less often so I can be the completist nature intended me to be. Keep on the awesome work!
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  1078. I fully support any decision you make that you think is best for your personal health and for your channel's growth. Taking a month, 6 months, or even a year or more off from Stalingrad sounds good to me. I look forward to seeing what you do with the channel going forward!
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  1079. It worked exactly as it’s intended to work, and hundreds of millions of innocent people died as a result.
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  1080. Judging by just your face, I would say 2 weeks is an absolute minimum. Don't brun yourself out TIK. Have a great vacation!
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  1081. This channel doesn't have more subscribers only because British engineering
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  1082. Are your critics considering running for political office? They seem to share the same bizarre standards of sifting facts.
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  1083. Favourite ww2 channel. Thanks for the well researched videos.
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  1084. when they get angry and refuse to watch, you are doing something right. Denial on these people is wild. In person they start screaming and some turn violent. They usually threaten. All of that to AVOID confronting how wrong they are. And.... step by step, this has all happened before, deluded people included.
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  1085. 30k being frontline troops out of 300k troops is astounding, didnt realise it was so unbalanced.
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  1086. The only think I can say is. TIK you are amazing, your dedication to make all those documentaries is a example to all of us. I can imagine the amount of work it takes to make all of this and still you do it without a paycheck. Thank you very much.
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  1087. Since Gallipoli its was obvious he was no military genius. But then again we don't remember him just for the things he got wrong, but for the things he got right on the end. Overall its a positive balance.
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  1088. I had originally intended to go to my local university for a 5 year master's degree in architectural engineering until the pandemic hit. Everyone lost their collective minds, we switched to online learning, and I, someone on the spectrum with a preference for hands-on learning, couldn't adapt. I withdrew from classes, and while I was depressed and felt like a failure at the time, it was probably the best thing that could have happened to me. Right now, I'm at the local trade school halfway through my associate's degree in precision machining, paid in full by scholarship, and I've got a paid internship position at a machine shop thanks to my instructor and his industry contacts. It may not be as fancy or prestigious as a piece of paper and an office in some downtown highrise, but I found what works for me, and life is finally looking up.
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  1089. Germans be like: why every time when tiny road crosses tiny river there is no ferroconcrete bridge?
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  1090. I feel your pain. Here in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria), we experienced the horrors of Socialism and were ecstatic when the Iron Curtain fell. And yet, Socialism is still alive and well. Plenty of people, young and old, want to build a Socialist society again. The former Communist Party, just renamed itself to Socialist, and has been part of the government, even leading the government several times.
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  1091. YOU CAPITALIST PIG EVERYBODY KNOWS THE BEST TANK OF THE WAR WAS THE STRONK KV2 MADE OF STALINIUM. EVEN THE GERMAN SHELLS WERE AFRAID OF IT AND WENT THE OTHER DIRECTION!!!!!!!#
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  1092. “We all know how accurate American journalism is, especially during a war.” DAMN
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  1093. Ordinary British citizens never wished harm on the citizens of Ireland, we are both the victims of bad governance
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  1094. I'm so distracted. How do you open the door that your bookcase is resting against? This is the true logistics issue.
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  1095. "The Soviet Union had collapsed into a Communist Paradise" Hahaha
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  1096. I added Croatian subtitles.My great great grandfather was a part of the unit.He was in the artillery,and I guess what better way to show him respect than by making possible that more people understnad his story?Thanks for making such a wonderfull video!
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  1097. Some how I get the feeling I'm watching the unveiling of an epic series.......one that will be considered a classic for decades to come.....and a definitive work on the subject done in the video documentary genre .......its more than exciting.......its like watching history unfold.....on a couple levels.........or like watching Rembrandt paint.......you just know its gonna be so over the top its silly
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  1098. honestly the fact that this is so rarely talked about yet so pivotal worries me about what else is wrong with the perception of the ostfront, do you think we will ever get the true story?
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  1099. I have always found it ironic that the best books about economics (Hazlitt's and Sowell's) are mostly non-technical. Once you figure out that economics is a non-technical discipline, not a technical or statistical discipline, you see immediately the great fallacy of the modern economic systems in place around the world. The statics used in economics are merely representations of aggregates, not proxies for human behavior. But the economy is merely the interactions of millions of interactions between people. Then you realize that this means monopoly, inflation, recession, and depression are merely the inevitable consequences of government policy. That is when you realize that government control of an economy is a net evil. Period. On that day, you shed your diapers and realize that both "liberals" and "conservatives"--in the modern meanings--know literally nothing but government policy and nothing at all about economics...which immediately makes you realize that all of the ills of the modern world were literally voted for--by you. Nothing in my life was more frustrating than the realization that the world I live in is voter approved.
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  1100. I think your right on the whole historians wanting to defend socialism and want to shatter the mirror when they look at Hitler and the Nazis as a whole. they don't want to look at themselves and see the similarities that they have with the lot.
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  1101. You breathe life into an epic battle we've read about, but didn't experience developing in real-time, the way you present it. I like your pointing out how exhausted the Germans were from all those months of fighting, and then getting hit in the rear with fresh, well-fed, well-rested Soviet Armies. The Germans were probably doomed from the instant the Soviets broke through their lines, with no realistic hope of escaping the pocket.
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  1102. the stakes are high. I'm not sure what a high Steak is. But it sounds delicious.
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  1103. 13:51 *Shows War Thunder picture* – "...World of Tanks 2..." 😂😂😂 I love these little jokes he fits in all his videos, those details make it all so much better!
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  1104. The intro. Pull the book, open it. And we dive right into the pages of history. 😎
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  1105. One of the things I love about TIK’s vids, there isn’t 2 minutes of ads or 5 mins of schlepping 1 square foot of land in Scotland. Come to think of it tho, it is very sad that YT doesn’t believe his work is worthy of sponsorship. Merry Christmas TIK, and a very blessed New Year!
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  1106. You don't understand! That was not real national socialism.
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  1107. Thanks Tik. My Grandfather was in this battle. He was on the HMS Onslow. He spent most of the battle, keeping the Onslow floating and functional. He was a petty officer in the engineering department. All cheers to the crew of HMS Onslow.
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  1108. One concern I have with the narrow front strategy is it assumes the Germans could not scrape a decent force together to slam into the flank. Also, Monty's insistence he command the thrust was politically suicidal, Ike knew it. If SHAEF ran it, the politics would be better and more palatable to the US and others than if Monty ran it. Monty reminds of MacArthur; a semi-competent commander who believed his own hyped and thus angered many around him. Unlike MacArthur, Monty did not manage to irritate someone who was willing to can him outright for being the insubordinate jackass he was.
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  1109. In short, fascism is any thing I do not like or approve of. Therefore Liver and Onions must be fascist.
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  1110. I like this documentary because you're showing full well how much trouble the Germans were already having BEFORE they even took the city. Common narrative pretends that everything was fine until they stomped into the city then suddenly everything went south with the counter attack. Keep up the good work and hope you're feeling better.
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  1111. it is hard to imagine doing a better documentary on this subject. perfection has been reached in my judgement. hard to imagine that this can be done with so little manpower. it deserves respect.
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  1112. Hello TIK, Just yesterday I watched your latest Stalingrad video. I am stunned by the huge amount of work that you put in your vids. It is simply amazing! Realizing that you do this work on your own makes it even more hard to believe. The amount of effort you make to produce these vids, the graphics,, etc. I am a huge fan of your work. It is so easy to understand that you need a break. Terri is right! Take that break. And maybe in the future, take more time between two videos. After all, there is no reason to hurry. Get well soon TIK! And if you need more than 2 weeks, TAKE more than 2 weeks! It would be such a waste to burn out over this. Again, I am a great admirer of your work!
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  1113. The Italians stopped using their new rifle because it was designed to be used at 200 m (short barrel and sights fixed at 200 m) and they were fighting in Africa at greater ranges so they went back to the old rifle with adjustible sights and longer barrel that was more suited to the longer ranges.
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  1114. Hope you're keeping your head up TIK, you continue to make engaging, intelligent and honest content on all topics and many historians, professors and political commentators could learn a lot from your style, sources and willingness to be wrong and truly explore topics from a realistic and applicable stance. Thanks for all the amazing content and especially on creating the single best documentary on Stalingrad that we will likely ever enjoy, the most complete work on the topic. Your name is right up there next to your sources at this point. Keep it up and love from America
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  1115. "What we have is the veneer of capitalism on the coffin of socialism, and a lot of people believing a lie" That hit me hard.
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  1116. The book “The Devil and Karl Marx” also goes into detail Marx’s racism and anti-semitism... also how much of a lazy mooch the man was.
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  1117. I graduated in Philosophy and Theology, and I look back at it often and just facepalm and think that I did not learn anything of practical value. That's not to say that knowing philosophical history has no value (it has value like learning history in general), just that I sense that I learned more about people's rambling thoughts than anything useful. Today, what I respect is the labourer. By that I don't mean in a Communist sense - I simply mean, anyone who produces or creates something. The act of creation influences reality. Building a building, putting up a podcast, writing code, painting art, managing a business - while philosophy and thought go into these things for sure, my essential thought is that the bulwark and foundation of society matters more than wondering what reality "is." The true philosophers are those who do something.
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  1118. After the 20-odd years I have been reading books and watching documentaries about the Second World War, I can confidently state that your Battlestorm Stalingrad series ranks amongst the best I have ever seen. Over the span of many years, you have brought to life a singular battle that the major production companies tend to devote a single hour to at the very most. You have presented information that I have never even heard of before, and torn down the myths that the Red Army and the Wehrmacht, and the world in general, have propagated over the decades. This documentary series, your documentary series, stands almost alone for the scale and completeness that I have only ever seen a few times in my life. It is my earnest opinion that Battlestorm Stalingrad has set the gold standard for in-depth documentaries, and that the bar it has set is a deserved high one. I eagerly await your series on Gazala, and I know it will be of the utmost excellence that you continually strive for. Thank you TIK for all of your hard work, and thanks again to those who helped you make this landmark series possible.
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  1119. Tik you’d be the guy who’d lose jeopardy...not because of your lack of knowledge, but because the show would be looking for the wrong answers 😂👍
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  1120. Holy crap EVERY country actually knew what was coming and NO ONE acted on the information ! Never knew this. Shameful.
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  1121. Hi TIK, I'm from Nigeria and I find virtually all your videos very interesting. This one was informative and filled a lot of gaps in my knowledge of the background beliefs of these people. Thanks and well done 👍🏿
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  1122. Getting an early comment in. 1: The title is very important, as we finally see rid of Halder. 2: Your video on German Losses and the figures around the 20 minute mark in the video. Really help and illustrate the problems going on. And takes us a nice step back, at the overhaul picture of the war. Well done, brilliant move.
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  1123. This is awesome, I sometimes try to explain to people the origins of certain ideologies, but it is a lot of different threads to tie in, having it all explained in one place is super useful
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  1124. I do need to get a reading list drawn up on Nazi Germany. Its a State I've been fascinated with for years. Best way to understand things is to expand your knowledge. Once again, appreciate your work and keep it up.
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  1125. Looks like that little vacation revitalized TIK too well. He's churning out videos like a "Hero of Socialist Labour."
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  1126. Hang in there TIK. We all got your back brother.
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  1127. Wow, insane that I finished a +9hr youtube video, even more insane somebody actually made this. Incredible work!
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  1128. Im locked in due to CO19 and it's snowing outside, feeling very low. Then I see Tiks Battlestorm Stalingrad and now I'm on cloud 9. Thank Tik for helping me get through this lockdown !!
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  1129. I'm looking forward to hearing about the East African campaign. It's almost completely neglected in contemporary ww2 history it seems, along with the early Pacific campaign fought by the Australians
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  1130. LOL seeing tik rail against these redditors was the most satisfying thing I’ve seen in a while, Reddit is a cesspit of a website and these anti-work reditards deserve literally everything they get and more. They’re like cockroaches crawling around in the shadows, they’ve traded their individual identity to become part of the group collective, and as such it’s very hard to call out specific people spouting nonsense. Tik please don’t stop defending history, you inspired me to keep on learning about history even after my passion for history was completely destroyed by school history classes and post modernist rubbish. 👍
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  1131. Where is the “But is this really the case?” shirt
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  1132. Fascinating stuff as always, keep up the great work Knight!
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  1133. "And the SS were NOT nice people . . ." Thank you YouTube for enforcing such a hilarious understatement.
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  1134. "When they start reading the Guardian, they're too far gone." 😂😂😂
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  1135. Why send in the Italians? Because when their brilliant plan fails they need someone to blame it on.
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  1136. Another amazingly well-researched and documented exposition. Bravo. In school I remember being confused by the missing details about the Weimar Republic and Hitler’s reaction to it. Now it does make logical sense. Thanks.
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  1137. I think that you are - even though you present the naked facts - outspoken anti-Nazi and against fascism and antisemitism. The only reason they hate your guts is because you point at similarities between the biggest totalitarian ideologies of the 20th century. That leads to cognitive dissonance by many people who want to believe that they are completely the opposite of the Nazis, because you undermine their unnuanced dichotomy. Keep up the good work!
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  1138. BEST MILITARY HISTORY SERIES EVER! BY FAR!
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  1139. I NEVER CLICKED SO FAST
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  1140. "You can go jump off a cliff... There is nothing stopping you" - Inspirational quotes from TIK :D
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  1141. I cannot praise your patience enough when dealing with all these people online, who fundamentally misunderstand the topics in your videos. To go so far as to accuse you of being a nazi or a Hitler idolater! Thank you TIK for bringing so many greatly detailed videos on WW2 and beyond
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  1142. Hey TIK, would it be possible for you to upload the English subtitles? Amazing video as always!
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  1143. 1 subscriber a day keeps the customer away xD 24:40
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  1144. "No" is the right answer. Someone needs to keep reminding the Utopians about the realities of their failed projects.
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  1145. You already deserve a like just for that thumbnail. Well made, brother.
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  1146. I know you're not a tank guy, but for Soviet tank killers the 122mm gun is on the ISU-122 not SU-100. The ISUs (122 & 152) are based on the IS-2 chassis, whilst the SUs (76, 85 & 100) are based on the T-70 (SU-76) or T-34 chassis
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  1147. Even funnier is that we are still trying to figure out who was in what building at what time 80 years later. It has been 80 years and we are still asking the same questions as german and soviet command asked back then
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  1148. ​ @lights473 False, neo-platonism was merely an influence on some Christian scholars, notably Augustine, but certainly not the basis. Fundamentally, Christianity rejects Platonic forms and the "One" as monistic heresy, opting instead for a transcendental answer to the One-and-Many question - The Triune God.
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  1149.  @aquilatempestate9527  Have you been paying attention over the past 20 years? Yes, Wall Street has a long history of prioritizing short term profit over long term stability. In fact, it can only be this way. If the average life span of a person is around 76-80 years, and the working life span is say, 20-65, then focusing on short term rather than long term profits makes sense. After all, in the words of Lois XV, "Après moi, le déluge". Greed is an interesting factor in all this. These people want their riches now, not in 50 years. How does waiting until after your own death to get rich benefit you? These are people who will create fortunes, but cut off their own children from that wealth.
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  1150. Glad to see Mierzejewski getting some recognition. Years ago I attended his classes ranging from the war economy and logistics, to the postwar Erhard era economy. His office was adjacent to the often cited Citino.
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  1151. 7:32 i unfortunately went through this chart minus the religious upbringing part. I undid the hatred of reality and capitalism, but still working on the laziness and fear of independence. Wish me luck.
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  1152. Dear TIK, Thank you for covering the Maus and I think you did a good job on most of your points, certainly better than almost all other Youtube videos out there. You have, however, missed some points that would greatly support your thesis and make more sense of the situation. 1) The doctrine of the heavy tanks. Unlike what you mentioned in the video, the Germans did not switch doctrine mid-war. The breakthrough role for the heavy tanks dates back to 1937, when the Infanteriwagen (formerly Begleitwagen verstaerkt) was renamed into Durchbruchswagen (literally breakthrough vehicle). This role would remain with German heavy tanks all throughout the war, up to the E100. You are correct that, until Barbarossa, this development of heavy tanks kind of languished, and picked up only after that, with the heavy tanks first appearing on the battlefield in 1942. Now, it is interesting to have a look at this doctrine. It involved battalion sized independent units (schwere Panzer Abteilung) which would be used when a strong enemy defensive line was encountered. The unit would be transported to behind friendly lines (by train, truck) and then used to punch through the enemy defensives and do limited local exploitation. They were supposed to be able to handle any terrain (hence the insistence on waterproofing, wadding and low ground pressure). After the breakthrough and limited exploitation was done, the Panzer Divisions would move through the gap created by the heavy tanks and carry out the proper exploitation. The sch.Pz.Abt would then be withdrawn behind enemy lines for maintenance and repair. This explains why they were allowed to be gas guzzlers: They were supposed to be used infrequently for a limited time and distance. This explains why they were maintenance heavy: They were supposed to receive regular maintenance before and after the action, with large breaks between combat. That they mostly never got to be used like they were intended to is a wholly different matter. I know you mention this, but I don't think you stressed it enough or gone into it enough. 2) You overestimate the involvement of Hitler in the project. Yes, he was important, but there were other important players in the project, notably Heydekampf, Wa Pruef 6 and Krupp. 3) The most important thing to note is that the Maus was cancelled in October 1943! While there was some limited design work still being done (and the E100 being constructed by Adler, which is a very interesting can of worms by itself, but was only considered a test chassis), it was never at the intensity or even with the chances of seeing combat from before. The P1000 was only worked on from June 1942 to 17th December 1942. Then it got murdered and bye bye birdie. A couple of other smaller things to note: Yes, a large number of Tigers have been lost to self-destruction rather than enemy action (probably not half), but the main issue were neither the spare parts nor the fuel (both of which were important problems, though), but the absolute lack of a recovery vehicle that could extract the vehicles from where they broke down and bring them in for repairs/etc. For the breakthrough doctrine idea, both the French and the Soviets are probably far closer to the Germans than the British. The Tiger's development line goes back to the Durchbruchswagen, not to the Grosstraktor. Yes, you can draw some more fanciful lines to the Grosstraktor, but the clear line of development starts at DW. Otherwise, excellent job, nice to see people actually looking into the history and the sense behind these vehicle and not just going for the memes! Congratulations!
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  1153. I don’t always drop everything I’m doing, but when Tik uploads I have no choice.
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  1154. Hey TIK, I just wanted to tell you that, imho, you have reached a new peak in your performance as a youtuber and in this nerdy niche you are working in. The way you are presenting your content has improved a lot over time, small things like added information inbetween phases of the battle, you talking directly to the audience as a "intermission", the provided context about units and commanders... you are getting better and better, and I hope that you will be succesful for many years to come. Thank you so much for your work!
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  1155. Everyone needs their sleep TIK! Never feel bad about caring for your health first. I think I speak for most of us when I say we want the best for you.
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  1156. A similar thing happened in Yugoslavia. The British set up camps for Yugoslav refugees in northern Italy. In 1945 they handed over more than 200,000 people (mostly Serbs and Montenegrins) to the partisans. In today's Slovenia, which borders Italy, it has been confirmed that there are 581 mass graves with over 100,000 bodies. Yugoslavia does not exist for 30 years, but no state security agency of all the new states has disclosed how many people were shot by partisans at the end of the war.
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  1157. I think it's fair to criticize Ike and Allied High Command for not really making plans for after Normandy, but I think it's mainly that no one really thought the Germans in France would collapse so quickly. Everyone must have thought that by the time they got to the Rhine, the logistics issues would have had time to be sorted out. Hindsight gives us all sorts of great ideas!
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  1158. Great to hear your input on this topic. Since you mentioned the Kaiser, are you considering making videos about the First World War? Your video on the reason for Germany's defeat in WW2 was very well made, but I am also interested in what you would consider to be the main reason for WW1's outcome.
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  1159. I was in tears when you reached the Hitler's Tibetan practices part, it's so glorious
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  1160. That's my afternoon sorted, thank you TIK.
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  1161. This is an excellent video, this, and many of your other videos, have given me a greater understanding of; politics, history and the meaning of words, this is truly an excellent channel for anyone wishing expand their understanding, I love your work TIK keep it up.
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  1162. " the grain in it is burning, the Russians seem to have set light to it themselves. Barbarism." This sounds ironic given what germans did to soviet farms episodes ago.
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  1163. I watched the video to the end, and I am glad that you came to the conclusion that you did. There is an American idiom that expresses the problem that you have, "you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink." It never was your fault that some people wouldn't listen. Their problem was that they will not listen. They never will. Thank you for your videos.
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  1164. I remember you giving a non-committal answer to a question just like this in a Q&A video long ago. Your reasoning being that since you hadn't researched the matter fully you didn't feel right giving a solid answer. Great to see you following up on this and now, research done, tell it how it is. Bravo!
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  1165. I cannot stress more how important these videos about the various forms of socialism are, in this time we're living in. You're an invaluable resource.
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  1166. Can’t wait for the Incoming commie barrages
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  1167. The weary Tik released from the field hospital, handed a rifle and ferried back across the Volga to finish the job
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  1168. I actually prefer the economics videos now, its much more relatable to current day. I've always looked at history from a more military or political viewpoint rather than analyzing the economics, so its nice to see this perspective.
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  1169. 'turn your silver into bullets' So....we're fighting werewolves now? damn, the germans weren't kidding when they put together those underground werewolf units
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  1170. So the Germans got there first with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter?
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  1171. I am polish and I am truly worried about Britain. I remember leaving Poland in 2007 as unsafe country with low paid jobs. Today living costs in Poland are at same level as UK but Poland is far better in terms of safety. Poland showed the world in 2023, how to protect the borders by building wall and sending army. I am sure UK can do the same. God bless United Kingdom
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  1172. The map really brings home how insane this kind of fighting was. At least, it helps me grasp it better.
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  1173. The REAL reason...I was waiting for you to say, “OIL”. 🤣
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  1174. The "doppelgänger Hess" flying 10000 feet behind the real Hess keeps me laughing in my mind. What was he thinking about? What were his goals in life? Did he have a family? Children? Was he thinking "I know I am leaving my family and beloved ones behind, but I am pursuing an utter purpose. They will understand it in the future, when I accomplish this mission".
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  1175. I have watched your 5 hour video three times. So much there to digest. Great videos!
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  1176. This guy is inspirational and explains it so clearly.
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  1177. I wish u were my History teacher.
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  1178. the unit symbols represent the unit type: For infantry, the X represents crossed rifles; the artillery dot represents a cannon ball; the horizontal E of engineers represents a bridge, the oval of armor units represents the tracks of a tank, the zig zag of the signals unit represents a bolt of lightning, or electricity.
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  1179. Considering how misunderstood inflation is in the modern times; I’m looking forward to more Bank Wars. Also I bought that Henry Hazlit book at your recommendation. Great read. Edit: I love how you call them komissars :)
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  1180. I may show your documentary’s in my future history class.
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  1181. Hi TIK, a longtime fan here. One thing I've been thinking a lot about recently is ideological Nazism, Volkish Blood and Soil Philosophy, and the link between it and the socialism of the Nazis. You explained this a little bit in a previous video, talking about how, unlike Marxism which focused on class struggle. Nazism focused on racial struggle. In this vein, I've been reading Darre and other volkish philosophies. and they strike me as inherently collectivist and lend themselves to a socialist worldview. I think this link between the philosophical underpinnings of Nazism and the practical economic realities, presents a cohesive worldview that the Marxists can't explain. Why would a philosophy grounded in the group Aryan identity and continuation of the race via "blood and soil" be some hyper-individualistic, pro-capitalist, "the individual matters" in economics? These aren't compatible worldviews, and the philosophy and racial theory of these leading Nazi thinkers directly support social (racial) ownership of the economy.
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  1182. I remembered the bits and pieces of Churchill tantrums you mentioned during your North Africa Battlestorm series, but bloody hell! My view of Churchill went from "stubborn, if rash" to "utterly reckless" in a span of just 28 minutes. Good job as always
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  1183. TIK's videos should be shown in schools and academia. As someone who lived in a Socialist country with a single party (called the Communist Party) behind the Iron Curtain, his videos struck a cord.
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  1184. I don't always agree with you 100% of the time, but the 5% of the time I don't I always find what you have to say to be well researched, well thought out, well articulated and honest. People who don't like you are free to start up their own channel where they can have an echo chamber of idiocy. Keep up the good work TIK 😎🤘🏻
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  1185. This series is epic. Good job TIK.
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  1186. It's amazing that saying the Holocaust and Holodomor DID happen is seemingly controversial, I guess that's YouTube for ya. In my opinion the history of the "Eastern" front is inseparable from the history of Nazi ideology and practice, so it's great to see you taking this on
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  1187. This is my FAVORITE topic of yours. Including the videos on Fascism, Public vs Private, Hitler's Vampire Economy, and the follow up supplemental and reaction videos etc. They've helped me understand, to the point that I've actually changed a few minds myself. Please keep at it, if you have more. Any and all information and evidence on this topic is especially important in our modern day. This giant historical misunderstanding/lie is possibly THE key to having a "mass awakening" to the control and oppression that socialism/Marxism/fascism/collectivism have held and still hold over the modern world.
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  1188. Lord Manstein, bless us with your Holy Tactics.
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  1189. "I'm going to crossbreed humans and chimpanzees, but I have a problem!" "Oh really, what is it?" "My orangutan just died." "Wait, what?"
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  1190. TIK being savage. Love it. As a bit of a history nerd myself I have learned more from this channel than almost anywhere else. Listening and having an open mind will take you far in life.
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  1191. Noticing the outline of our lord and saviour Manstein.
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  1192. ​ @bhangrafan4480 TIK has stated many times how buissnesses weren't doing well in nazi germany
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  1193. 00:04 🧠 Ideologues often evade providing clear definitions or answers, resorting to vague, abstract concepts, making meaningful discourse challenging. 02:55 🤯 Ideobabble, characterized by complex, unintelligible language, serves to exclude those outside the ideological circle, perpetuating confusion. 06:12 💡 Ideologues prioritize abstract ideas over concrete reality, communicating in nebulous terms to assert superiority and justify entitlement. 07:59 📜 Hegel's philosophy, influencing Marxism, Fascism, and National Socialism, centers on the idea of humanity as a mirror reflecting God, seeking self-completion. 16:14 ❄ Early philosophers like Thales and Pythagoras, influenced by mystic beliefs, laid groundwork for ideologies merging religion and philosophy. 19:56 🔀 Heraclitus' emphasis on change and contradiction profoundly impacted philosophy, despite some notions being logically flawed. 22:11 💡 Hegel's concept of "Aufheben" influenced Marx's Historical Materialism, emphasizing change. 23:02 🔄 Fascist and Marxist ideologies derive their emphasis on change and struggle from Heraclitus's philosophy. 24:54 🌍 Movements like Marxism and Fascism prioritize change and abstract concepts over concrete policies. 26:43 🤔 Heraclitus's philosophy challenges the concept of reality, proposing two realms: Appearance and Reality. 28:33 🕵‍♂ Cults manipulate followers by undermining self-esteem and promoting blind faith over reason. 30:56 🧠 Plato's World of Forms suggests a reality beyond the material realm, influencing subsequent philosophical thought. 34:37 🎩 Hegel's dialectic aims to reconcile contradictions, leading to the transcendence of material reality. 38:20 🔄 Hegel's dialectic mirrors the Christian Trinity, emphasizing a process of synthesis towards higher understanding. 39:42 🌌 Dialectical Materialism seeks to transcend material reality through the reconciliation of contradictions. 42:55 🕊 Hegel's approach to God avoids defining Him directly to avoid self-refutation within his dialectic. 45:35 💭 Hegel aims to destroy his conscious mind to approach unconsciousness, believing it brings him closer to God, echoing a desire for unthinking obedience seen in cults like National Socialism. 46:57 🧠 Coercive persuasion in cults leads to dependency on the group, eroding critical thinking and reality perception, fostering unthinking obedience. 48:22 🚶‍♂ Marching in movements like National Socialism served to divert thoughts, kill individuality, and foster a sense of community through mechanical, ritualistic activities. 49:43 🌟 Destructive cult leaders often possess messianic visions, seeking to change the world for their own purposes, echoing traits seen in Marxists, according to Ross from "Cults Inside Out." 50:39 🎩 Hegel's pursuit of Absolute Knowledge parallels cult leadership, with followers like Marx, Gentile, and Hitler adopting similar tactics. 51:31 🌐 Ideologues avoid defining terms like socialism to maintain a magical abstraction, preventing concrete definitions that could undermine their ideologies. 52:52 🔄 Ideologues resist defining concepts to preserve their magical abstracts, aligning with dialectical materialism's rejection of materialism and preference for abstraction. 53:46 ⚠ Ideobabble perpetuated by ideologues seeks to manipulate minds, leading followers to delusion and mental instability, urging viewers to ground themselves in objective reality.
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  1194. And I'm reading it as a German
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  1195. "Unable to stomach the situation anymore" Is a prime example that nothing is too dark to stop the British sense of humor.
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  1196. They should thank their lucky stars that they cancelled Operation Sea Lion and so didn't have contend with British speed bumps
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  1197. Historians: Hitler was a basket case! TIK: But is this really the (basket) case?
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  1198. I'm so happy you're are devoting time to combating Holocaust denial. It needs to be said. Thank you TIK. Carry on the good fight
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  1199. I lost count of how many "aha" moments I've had from this ideology series. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
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  1200. Are there still people who think economics have nothing to do with war?
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  1201. If a Corporation issued enough new shares to double the number of outstanding shares overnight, they'd face hell from all their investors from the resulting share dilution, and the stock price would plummet from both dilution and loss of confidence. But when a Central Bank issues new currency...it's totally different!
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  1202. Thank you for your content. I'm sorry to hear about your grandfather. I lost a grandmother in December. That wasn't easy to cope with. I only joined your Patreon a few days ago, but I hope to support you in the future.
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  1203. Just started the video, and I'm going to just say this. TIK is rarely wrong. And he makes the effort not to be, and gives disclaimers when something is up for interpretation & debate.
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  1204. When you said ''The unknown mass socialization on the Eastern Front'' I burst out laughing. I'm curious, why didn't you just say ''seizing the means of reproduction''?
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  1205. Ah, My soul is filled with joy when TIK shows that we ask these people if they've even watched the video. Its such a consistent problem
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  1206. I can only imagine the decades of research that went into gathering up all these small details over the years. Even with errors even books with errors provides vital information that make things like this possible. all brought together into such a wonderful video in a capacity that I imagine many of those involved could of only imagined so many years later.
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  1207. It's impossible to study a war correctly without including the related economics.
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  1208. Canaris must have been pulling his hair out because nobody wanted to listen
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  1209. It's so hard to find history that is free of contemporary political correctness.
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  1210. It's disgusting that people actually deny the Holocaust.
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  1211. Hey TIK, can I recommend you read Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning? It talks a lot about Reserve Police Battalion 101, and how regular German policemen ended up participating in the mass murders.
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  1212. Perhaps each episode can focus on a specific political topic or philosophy, or be a response to a common bad take that you as a historian disagree with.
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  1213. This has been highly influential on my thinking, together with Economics in one lesson. Thank you very much TIK!
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  1214. I didn't know I needed to see a great historian analyzing the biggest trash program on American television. Now that I know, I need this to become a new series!
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  1215. Boxer the horse has entered the chat, worked himself ragged, and left the chat for the glue factory
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  1216. 1 hour video? COUNT ME IN!
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  1217. Another mindblowing video from Tik. My brother-in-law was getting involved in Gnostism a decade or so ago. I had a very simple understanding of what it was then. It all makes more sense now.
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  1218. You can’t please everyone , the keyboard warriors will always have something to say.
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  1219. Here come the dislikes.
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  1220. To check if someone is a scammer, just ask them if they have ever heard of the Tragedy of Field Marshal Paulus the Wise?
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  1221. Thanks for all your hard work on these episodes. Battlestorm is awesome.
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  1222. I contribute nothing to society yet I feel that it is unfair that I do not reap the same rewards as those who do contribute are getting. At the same time, my existence is entirely dependent upon the charity of my family and friends or the obligations of the government to provide for all of its citizens a basic standard of living. My conclusion, I am faultless in my plight of poverty and powerlessness and the system is to blame for my inability to succeed. My lack of effort is just a symptom of a society that does not reward its best and brightest, as I certainly consider myself to be amongst that class.
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  1223. Phenomenal. Without your map, I would never be able to keep all this information straight. I could read Glantz's Stalingrad through two or three times and still not have any idea what happened. The map gives me the ability to keep track of all the moving pieces.
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  1224. "Describe WWII in one brief statement" "Truck beats Foot" - TIK 2018
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  1225. Here we go! 🔥
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  1226. Yes finally another episode. I think i am getting addicted to this series
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  1227. As a former soldier, I got chills when an Air Force pilot informed me "We aren't your flying artillery."
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  1228. I hope this didn't cause you to have another burnout. Thank you for more Stalingrad. Here's to your health.
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  1229. I thought the first rule of History Club was not to talk about History Club?
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  1230. "Because the sun is a big ball of flame and quite hot" -TIK 2019 I am just going to laugh for a while hold on
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  1231. Very interesting episode today. My aunts husband was one of the 40'000 or so soldiers that surrendered and survived. Sent to a GULAG for many years, he finally came home after being declared MIA and KIA. She opened the door, saw him standing there, turned around and said "you have to leave now" to her new husband. Side note: As a kid I played chess with him, and he had some strange GULAG-only rules, and was a master at using his Knights. First game he won easy, the next I sacrificed everything to get them both, turned out he couldn't play without them, and he surrendered (again).
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  1232. Dang what a twist, I really thought Paulus would pull it off :hand-purple-blue-peace: Great work TIK 😍
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  1233. Chuikov: "WHO DARES DISTURB MY SLUMBER?"
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  1234. From your brethren across the pond who fought 2 wars against you and 2 wars by your side, you have our full support. Godspeed
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  1235. Some people only want a revolution when they're in charge of it...
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  1236. I was formerly a business owner. Specifically, I owed a retail franchise that is very well known, which rhymes with 7-Beleven, and at the end of my franchise term I sold my stores to another franchisee. Now, my business was a mini state. It was a complex economic entity, it was a complex social order, and as much as I tried to eradicate it, it was also unfortunately political. What it was not, is coercive. However, that does not mean there weren't rules. Oh yes, there were rules. Lots of rules. I worked under rules, my employees were subject to rules, and my customers were subject to rules. (Every company has rules for their customers, they just like to lie to you about it and make you think that you can do as you please, but you can't. It's just not good marketing to tell a bunch of entitled jerks that they can't be entitled jerks while on the premises.) And the only penalty for breaking the rules - with the exception of theft or violence - was loss of money or income, or being banned from the property. So I say all this to make the point that all of the relationships in this mini state were voluntary and consensual, but that does not mean that these voluntary arrangements are without rules. Even in Ancapistan, there are rules, but they are agreed to by consent, not force.
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  1237. Critics make 15-35 minute long videos often relying on a handful of sources and resort almost entirely on reciting often without context. TIK makes book long video essays of 30min-5 hour long videos with a welcomed amount of citations and a hefty sum of sources. Not just reciting but also explaining and discussing. Then they wonder why it isn't as effective.
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  1238. Holy moly. Never seen this much patrons
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  1239. Another thing almost all historians of the German State ignore is this: how did the DDR stand up and succeed so quickly? How did the Eastern part of Germany so seamlessly integrate from a Capitalist state to a Soviet style socialist state so fast? Well, as one DDR veteran told me after the reunification (I was stationed in Germany at the time), "the DDR was simply a continuation of NAZI Germany under new central management--a socialist state became a socialist state. There was no transition at all, simply a rebranding of the old system. In fact, the people in charge rarely changed at all". Mr. Brandt was a man wise beyond his education and I have never forgotten his insights into how what we mistakenly call "fascism" is nothing but a branding of socialism for marketing reasons.
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  1240. Thank you for the clarifications TIK To everyone who is giving TIK a hard time (about mistakes, waiting times etc.) I would like to remind you guys that TIK is a one man operation (with some occasional help) so give the man some slack, he is not omnipotent, and he is doing hard work just for our entertainment and education. By all means call out the mistakes so they can be fixed, but drop the idiocy like saying he should have known about the temperature thing (Beevor with possible researchers, proofreaders and definately an editor, and without having to worry about the added complexity of a video format didn't catch it, so why should TIk be held to such higher standards?)
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  1241. "You are selfish and inmoral!!!" - The person who wants your money and thinks has the right to take it I had a friend like that, with everything you said, it didn't end well
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  1242.  @personaa422  then how come they bring up arguments that are refuted in the video?
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  1243. A video this long? Youtube has been blessed with greatness
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  1244. How on earth did Halder keep his job for this long when he keeps making massive strategic mistakes over and over again?
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  1245. Funny how the cementary of Döllersheim is still intact and is the best preserved part of the town, just as the church (mostly) is. The churches roof was only destroyed by soviet troops after the war when they used it for mortar practice (at least that's what I was told on the plaque there) It actually makes a lot of sense to use the place where Döllersheim once stood as a military training ground. It's one of the coldest regions of Austria while not being mountainous and is one of the least populated areas of Austria.
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  1246. The fact that we still don't have a TIK made tshirt merch that says "stick to tanks" with a big Hafthohlladung mine picture is a crime against humanity...
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  1247. I would really love a video going over the plunder the Germans did during the war to sustain themselves, and how they used the economies of occupied areas. Your video on Greece was excellent in this regard but one in the same vein on France, Belgium or in the East would be insightful.
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  1248. One day those two lads will look back on that video and realise just how embarrassing they sounded.
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  1249. In 20/20 hindsight, the best chance to save the 6th army was to retreat immediately. However, in reality, no one would retreat based on past experience and then current available information.
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  1250. The world needs people like you, TIK. The myth that the Fascists and Nazis were rightwing is still pervasive and needs to be dispelled at all costs. This distortion has done irreparable damage to our understanding of politics, and you're doing good work in undoing that
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  1251. Reddit seethes knowing that TIK posts!
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  1252. I don't like how you refer to the Soviet Eastern Front. Couldn't you say "against the Germans"? In a Soviet context the Eastern Front would be the divisions in Siberia standing guard against the Japanese.
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  1253. ... Himmler was a chicken ... farmer .... ahhh TIK you crack me up little buddy.
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  1254. Every episode feels it ended with a cliff hanger, although not intentionally directed by TIK it still feels that way. the eager to get my hand on next episode is overwhelming. The story is so well told by TIK. Thanks over and over again for your hard work.
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  1255. Based. Empathizing with every side to understand each other and attempting to successfully work together to find effective answers to complex questions.
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  1256. “Poverty babies” is the best term I’ve all day
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  1257. Even the "Behind the scenes" has good analysis, jokes, great rythm and debate. What a huge Work TIK.
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  1258. Keep it up TIK. Everyone should appreciate the amount of work and research that took to make this video.
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  1259. That last bit about people identifying themselves with the nation and ignoring the individual island that they are was spot on. If we're ever going to get people to take responsibility for their actions, including the murderous ones they engage in during wartime, it will come from stressing that point about the individual and the individual's agency.
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  1260. Loosing a family member is always tough. We're all very sorry for your loss, wish you the best, and will look forward to your return!
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  1261. 3:22 Some bonus facts: Giannola lived until 2016, when he passed away at the age of 99. He wrote a detailed report in 1947, which nobody wanted to listen to because of political reasons (friendship with USA being the primary one), until 2004, when it was redescovered and later recognised by the Italian Republic. ...as a personal note, probably there weren't any italian snipers, but only the airfield crew, Giannola being an "Aviere Scelto" (which i believe it's the equivalent to Aircraftman for the RAF)
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  1262. Another thing about British India is try as they might the Brits couldn't fully destroy the caste system. The Rajputs were the military caste and traditionally held a lot of power and refused to associate with other castes. The Brits didn't care and formed units from every caste, some of which were partially integrated with others. And since India is actually several countries forced into one colony, many unit recruitment were segregated on region as well. A system which continues even now.
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  1263. We told you to take a bloody break
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  1264. Actually, in regards to this topic, there is a source right from Hitler’s mouth that can be cited. A book compiled by Martin Bormann, Hitler’s table talk, has Hitler‘s lunch and dinner time conversations with his close associates Word for Word over the course of several years late in the war. During the entire Fall Blau period, Hitler only mention Stalingrad two times – both in early September 1942. In each circumstance he refers to Stalingrad only from a secondhand point of view. And in both cases he only refers to Stalingrad from the point of view of either Britain or Russia‘s interest in the area, not his own.
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  1265. May I wish you a Merry Christmas TIK
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  1266. Well done for speaking out on a risky topic. All history needs to be remembered, especially the worse stuff. Respect.
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  1267. The vast steppe of nothingness before Stalingrad and the impossibility of German forces to live of the land like before, thus resulting in a major food crisis is really a fresh and important reason to the failure of the 6th army. Even if OKW had realized it would take more troops to take Stalingrad it really shows they would not be able to just send reinforcements (like the 11th army). This is going down as one of your best videos (so far) TIK.
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  1268. I tried reading it once. Mainly to see the mindset of the early Nazi movement. I gave up. It was unreadable gibberish. Not the offensive content, that was bad enough. The way it was written, it is the rantings of a madman. If I transcribed a homeless guy yelling at a telephone pole I could write a more coherent political commentary.
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  1269. I can see the socialists and communists defending the mad man view. They don't want throw too much shade at a socialist
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  1270. Well, screw me, that's what I call an epic episode.
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  1271. Great vid!! As a former USAF logistician this makes sense. People from the US have a hard time of relating to not having access to oil which clouds their viewpoint, I think. It’s a huge consideration. The US had a virtually unlimited supply of aviation and other fuel during the war. It gave the Allies options the Axis did not have. The Allies stumbled in 1944 due to not being able to get fuel to units approaching the German frontier. A Fascinating subject!!
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  1272. Prime minister of England had me laughing hysterically. Your humor and knowledge definitely go hand in hand. Great video.
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  1273. God I love it when TIK makes these kinds of videos. His first private vs public changed my worldview for the better
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  1274. You have to admire how many people complaining about the past two videos completely overlooked the fact TIK himself said large portions of the people deported to the USSR did not have Soviet citizenship… so all these people going “well what’s wrong with sending citizens of a country back to their country?” literally did not listen to what TIK said.
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  1275. I wonder what future planning of wars might be like, I imagine some super AI tries to predict outcomes of battles, but humans by nature are unpredictable and chaotic, so I don't know how successful it would be in the end.
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  1276. Thanks for answering my question TIK. As always great work. I actually came to the same opinion you have in this video during the time I was waiting for you to get a chance to answer this question. That being that if the event happened or not it doesn't really matter. As for what I said about him being a low rank I got that from the fact that after the Gleiwitz Incident he was apparently kicked out of the SS and then redrafted back into the military as a sargent (or some other lower rank, I forget now). So when he was captured I thought that was the highest rank he ever had.
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  1277. Nice to see you back, take care of your self. We need you and your vids.
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  1278. Dude you may refer to this as "only a video" but I've learned more watching You than most of the books on this subject. You produce the equivalent of short well written books every other week. Don't sell yourself short.
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  1279. In this quarantine you've literally become my history teacher. The research and effort you put into your videos are applaudable. Thank you for your content sir. God bless and cheers from Bangladesh
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  1280. Ah yes, the legendary aryan super saiyans. I love that phrase so much xD
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  1281. It's amazing how long the Battle of Stalingrad really took and all the turning points and decisions that led to its outcome. Thank you very much for your efforts in providing an accurate account of the events TIK
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  1282. TIK: Why didn't Hitler restore the monarchy? Me: Uhm, hmmmm, perhaps because he was a socialist?
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  1283. This channel is probably hands down my favorite history clip Channel. I'm fascinated consistently coming across questions or ideas in my head and you already have a well explained, highly detailed and always accurate video out it. Or it's something I've never come across. Thank you for your efforts for history buffs like us, Salut' 🤘
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  1284. I think this is the reason it was so powerful because it wasn't just a political movement, it tapped into a deep spiritual reservoir that was just bursting to get out of the German people
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  1285. I've never seen any documentary with such meticulous references. Kudos!
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  1286. Halder, the same man who wasn't able or willing to supply Rommel in North Africa wasn't willing or able to supply Paulus in Stalingrad. We might see a trend here...
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  1287. Picking your battles is important. If the girl goes along with the teacher just enough, the teacher will hold her opinion in higher regard - and having an authority figure say you’re smart is better then them saying you’re dangerously wrong. Don’t abandon the truth, but package it in a way that’s digestible for the teacher. (Remember you’re the smarter one) Instead of saying “this proves they were left wing” say “this was uncharacteristic of the right”. People don’t like being corrected, it’s easier if you give them the information so the “click” can happen on their own time (since she’s already aware of your views, you may have to tone it down even more for a while)
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  1288. I have a bachelor's degree in history and a post graduate degree. I agree with TIK 100% here. For my undergraduate history degree (1985), I had the good fortune of attending a conservative college with mostly good professors. For my post graduate degree I was taught by a collection of mostly buffoons who had zero experience in the real world. Within a year of working in the real world I started to shed the idiocy that my post-grad professors advocated and finally started to educate myself. At the end of the day, all education is self-education to one degree or another.
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  1289. Dear Santa Can You please stop the artillery barage We had enough shells. Hans
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  1290. He's a WW2 military historian, OFCOURSE he likes dark humour! xD
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  1291. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Your videos are the best, most carefully researched, and thoughtfully presented lectures on the subjects you choose I’ve ever seen. Better than any documentary on TV. I’ve read much of the source material and after watching you I come away informed. Everything else seems like mindless propaganda. Please keep up the work. I don’t know what you do for your day job, but not devoting your time to this work full time would be to deny us the work of the best military historian of our time.
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  1292. This series is the definition of quality over quantity
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  1293. “And the SS were NOT nice people” 😂😂 There’s that TIK we all love.
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  1294. British Union of Fascists, British United Fascists... All this sounds like a Monty Python sketch
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  1295. I enjoyed Friedman's answer when asked what sort of economic system is Capitalism. He said it WASN'T an economic system. It's merely allowing people to trade and contract freely. Capitalism is freedom. All the other "systems" are force.
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  1296. Sweet Jesus how time flies. I was a high school senior when this series started, and now I’m in my second semester of college. These videos are like a checkpoint 😂
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  1297. TIK studying Rockstrian Economics:
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  1298. Yes leftists are quite hypocritical that way, they believe they are somehow 'exceptional' and 'superior'. They believe fascists are idiotic beasts that should be shamed and that communists are peaceful freedom fighters, not being aware that the differences between them are not that big.
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  1299. Dude, I can’t even imagine how much work goes into your Battlestorm documentaries, you take as much time as you need, those things are television quality (or beyond in some cases) productions. Even if you were just turning Glantz’s work into a documentary of that quality it would still be a massive undertaking, but you’re obviously not, given the amount of other sources you reference. Take whatever breaks you need, sane people will wait
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  1300. Adam Tooze in 'The Wages of Destruction' makes a pretty good case that Germany had lost the war by the time it invaded France. If they didn't invade the USSR they'd run out of resources and lose. And if they did invade they lose to the Russians militarily. All of which makes me think that Nazi foreign policy was inherently flawed from the start - it only looked like it was working around the invasion of Poland and Dunkirk but it was doomed in the long regardless of what Hitler did. And as Tooze said, people like Hjalmar Schact pointed out very early on that Hitler's money printing to finance rearmament would be inflationary if it were done in peacetime. I.e. Hitler could only do it because he believed that Germany would conquer a vast empire and essentially abolish capitalism inflation could be finagled in some way - a sort of leveraged buy out of your neighbouring country's assets. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wages-Destruction-Making-Breaking-Economy/dp/0141003480
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  1301. I just checked the like/dislike ratio of a lecture by Suvorov - 9.16, whereas this video has like/dislike ratio 12.3 (slightly more, but comparable). Hence youtubers find the two videos more or less equally convincing. This video focuses primary sources whereas Suvorov shows pictures and makes jokes. It makes me sad to see how much more effort and professionalism you have to put to present an unpopular truth. Keep up the good work TIK. In the end, only the truth matters.
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  1302. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  1303. Messervy went on to distinguish himself in Burma as a corps commander in the 14th Army. Under a very capable commander in Bill Slim and without the rivalries and hatreds that abounded in Auchinleck's MEC, Messervy was able to function as a very capable corps commander who played a big role in both the battle of Kohima and the capture of Rangoon. One of the lessons Messervy seems to have learned from his time as 7th AD commander is the importance of combined arms. He insisted that the 14th army should use medium tanks, not just light ones, and had Grant tanks shipped out to India for use in Burma where they proved crucial at Kohima. Ritchie too has a redemption arc. He returned to the UK and was given a division to command there. He did well enough and was given XII Corps to command in the British 2nd Army in NW Europe where he did a very competent job and showed good leadership throughout. In both Messervy's and Ritchie's cases it looks like they were undermined by the command atmosphere and chaos of Auchinleck's MEC. Whilst some of his strategy was sound, he allowed far too much infighting, chaos and confusion amongst his subordinates therefore the defeats and setbacks in North Africa under his command lead me to think he bore the lion's share of the blame because he didn't control his army in the same way that Slim and Montgomery could.
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  1304. As much as I enjoy the Stalingrad series, episodes like this are tremendously relevant right now, and quite welcome. The more times you expose such truths, the better. Thank you for all the work you do, and all you have to put up with from it.
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  1305. Tik i would really appriciate if you could high light the specifik divisions, regiments, betalions when you mention them. I find i have to rewind multiple times to understand what's going on because i "struggle" to find the unit before your on with the next piece of info. I suggest if you make them "blink" once mentioned. It will better translate. Especially with this many units shifting hands.. and in general more units than on the Crusader map. Keep up the good work cheers.
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  1306. Thanks so much for the Stalingrad video TIK. We all really appreciate your hard work.
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  1307. Amazing work, TIK. Love the series!
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  1308. wow-another battlestorm thing, TIk you are doing a insane amount of work, very much appreated
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  1309. They hate Tik videos the most because he actually backs it up with sources. Is it all 100% correct? Impossible, but no one can claim that he's just making crap up (they do, but they are 100% wrong about that.)
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  1310. I'm an American, I think you are the least biased person I know. You've given good reasons for all of your criticisms of various figures of history. You were the first person I've heard criticize Rommel. Particularly his dash to the wire which abandoned his main army for days. I considered your points to be valid. So ignore those critics and keep up the great work you do. Thank you
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  1311. TIK you are the best man. Seriously. If you decide to write history books one day, I guarantee that you would go down as one of the best historians ever. Keep it up man.
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  1312. Your videos depress me now because I know so many people won't even listen to them. Still someone's got to do it, keep up the good stuff.
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  1313. It’s crazy how much of what we know of the German military of WWII is Nazi/German/Cold War propaganda. I was accused of being a communist for saying that the USSR defeated Germany in the battlefield, rather than the conventional narrative that they threw bodies at the German’s until they collapsed.
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  1314. Expressing the truth will always trigger the extremists. They don't want truth, they want ideology.
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  1315. The only issue I have with this episode is that I will have to wait two weeks for the next one. Keep up the great work, it’s time to become a patreon now. 👍
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  1316. Hey Tik, glad you decided to go through with the video despite the possibility of stepping on toes. And as a Christian I found it very interesting to see how Christianity relates to gnosticism, it was especially interesting to re-read John 1:3 as I had never realised what it had actually said before, goes to prove that we can always learn more.
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  1317. "Stalingrad is killing me." - Vasily Chuikov, October 19, 1942 "Stalingrad is killing me." - TIK, October 19, 2022 History may not repeat itself (subjective as it may be), but it sure does rhyme!
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  1318. I love your politics/economics videos, they are so refreshing in this day and age
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  1319. Among of those 60 000 Estonians deported to Siberia were my great grandmother and grandfather, who were allowed to move back to Estonia after Stalin died and followed more flexible times. For that time my grandfather had married Volga-German woman, my grandmother and both my mother and aunt were born in Siberia. This kind of stories were common, except the coming back part. Quite the lot were coming back as late as 70-s, 80-s, some after regaining independence and some are still living in Russia having their families there.
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  1320. As an American I am so proud of our British, Canadian, Polish, Scottish, Irish, Australian, and every country who fought to preserve the western ideals and our democratic/republic ways of life. If push came to shove and there was a draft as a result of another major war I would be proud to serve with my brethren.
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  1321. The lady has an excellent speaking voice. A welcome addition to your videos.
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  1322. I actually did a high presentation on this particular brigade and when researching them it’s pretty terrifying what these men did.
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  1323. Commando: Knock, knock... Guard: Who is there? Commando: ehm... Ze hotel servicen
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  1324. The last time I was this early, Spain still was a Republic.
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  1325. I think I would like history class much better if TIK was the professor
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  1326. Different flavors of the same failed economic system.
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  1327. The renaming of Persia into Iran took place in 1935.
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  1328. Currently working on listening to this whole video, it is very good so far. Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War by Ludwig von Mise, is a great book on this topic.
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  1329. I always wondered why TIK makes that fake voice, now it makes perfect sense.
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  1330. The evils of the Far Left are simply not acknowledged. The evils of communism are not taught in schools. In my experience, many young people today know of only two historic evils: the Nazis and "Imperialism". It's very disturbing.
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  1331. Im very slightly left wing and a reformed socialist, i found your pro capitalist arguments very persuasive fresh and interesting, its very hard to find pro capitalist arguemnts now, you definatly changed my mind on a few things and anyone who can change a stuborn mind like mine is worth listening to, also i think its healthy to listen to people you dont agree with as they are the people you can learn the most from, as long as they are smart and well researched of course !
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  1332. so, what i think your trying to say is, han shot first?
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  1333. But the best line in this episode was: "I'd send you idiots to gulag but they're already full..." I just loved that little comic relief insert, Mr Tik... Please do keep up the good work and thank you for a great episode!
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  1334. The Battle of Stalingrad is taking it's toll on everybody involved. Even on TIK. I wonder if that's Halder's fault. 😉
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  1335. Gonna be real, overall history is more interesting than military history. My dad and I both watch your channel and some of his favorite conversation topics are related to your more political videos
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  1336. Battlestorm Stalingrad HYPPPE!
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  1337. Battle of Megiddo gave us the word Armageddon. Stalingrad: Hold my vodka.
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  1338. Good laugh at the end. But after watching the video I'm more curious than ever about what you have to say about the holocaust. Can't wait for those videos.
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  1339. Just a point to Orwell's 1984: the book was strictly banned in the socialist/communist countries until the fall of the regimes in 1989/90 - I wonder why...
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  1340. Can we all stop for a moment and appreciate TIK for going through the trouble of properly captioning every video he uploads (even for an over hour-long Q&A) just for the sake of accommodating the minority of people who need/like to have captions turned on? I, as someone who regularly uses captions, would just like to say thank you so much for your thoughtfulness, TIK!
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  1341. 0:46, just stop talking about tanks, you're embarassing yourself, stick to economics! :D
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  1342. “Please Halder, let me kiss you 😚” “mmmm Please Halder, give me more...”- TIK October 2019
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  1343. Your video was not 'way too long'. It was excellent. Thank you for doing the work and bringing the receipts.
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  1344. Also Gamergate, Gamergate 2, and Sweet Baby inc, the latter a gaming consulting company that is basically making a mess of the video game industry. Wikipedian activists are intent on slandering a lot of people just unhappy with corruption in their hobby's industry.
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  1345. The fighting outside Stalingrad was truly incredible, and to think that they still haven’t entered the city yet. The fighting inside the city will be even more brutal, as Chuikov fights for his life, and later Paulus as well. Great series!
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  1346. Dude I love your content. You routinely blast holes in narratives I've thought to be bullshit for years, more importantly you use REAL facts and not winner's propaganda. Thanks for what you do man!
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  1347. This video needs to be shown to every student who is considering university, and shown twice to those who are planning on going into a degree program without guaranteed jobs
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  1348. HEY TIK !! I lived in Germany from 1986-2002. My wife is from Poland. We're Jewish. I was in the US Army, State service and the Railroad. All 4 of my kids are Marines. All that just means that I'm open to hearing all sides of an argument AND expect a lot of gaslighting from the weaker side. I frikking LOVE your channel, it's presentations, and your constant, consistent drum beating on discussion and self study. You remind me of James Lindsay. A LOT. "Hitler was a Gott Verdammt Socialist" was a Masterpiece in research and presentation. These attacks on you, Jordan Peterson, James Lindsay and others just prove the real effect that you are having on the public. Preach on, brother.
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  1349. I lost my girlfriend two weeks ago, I know the meaning of pain. Yet we are alone with what is left. In your case an outstanding career on this platform. Thank you for your willingness to persuit truth.
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  1350. God TIK, stick to economics.
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  1351. I mention to my dad about yours video on oil and mortar impact on Eastern front. He was commander (logistics and morale not combat) of some 15.000 ad hoc reservist formation in 1999 Kosovo war and artilleryman. He was amazed with details and context. His words: " Men like him in generalstaff are worth their weight in gold".Now i am forced to translate your Stalingrad videos ( he doesnt know about rest of your WW2 videos thank God). 😀
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  1352. I immensely respect you for getting into this topic. And I will be looking forward to seeing this comment section soon. Keep up the good work!
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  1353. Advice of history nerd from Balkan: JUST DON'T TRY TO UNDERSTAND WW2 IN BALKANS!
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  1354. When no one wants you in their kampfgruppe, so you make your own one man kampfgruppe :(
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  1355. Recently discovered your channel and have been enjoying ever since. Love the detailed and passionate explanations/research. Best of luck to you Tik and thank you very much!
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  1356. Who else laughed when Fidel Castro's son made an appearance 24:30 nice one Tik 😂
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  1357.  @TheImperatorKnight This is why I like following this channel. Provoking thought, smart courtious audience and TIK is always such a sweetheart.
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  1358. Paulaus should have broken out at the beginning. Before Manstein is even put in command
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  1359. TIK, for this outstanding series, you've earned a Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, the Hero of the Soviet Union and a Victoria Cross (since you are British) in recognition to your service to history. Cheers!
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  1360. Outstanding work! Your passion for this stuff shows man! I’m considering becoming a patron for the 1st time, that says a lot man! I’ve been a lurker on all kinds of channels for years. I just think this solid enough to take that step to encourage you to keep it up! Have a good week!
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  1361. You absolute mad lad! Loved the first bunch of Stalingrad vids. Can’t wait for this.
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  1362. 3:40 They still don't know what 'real' socialism is TIK! Everytime you ask a socialist for an example of a socialist state that hasn't failed and they always state "It's not real socialism!" Sooo... I don't think they really know either :D
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  1363. No minecraft player ever thought that because when you load the chunks in the world they are loaded for everyone on the server, that the players should thus create an all encompassing collective state in that world.
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  1364. I'm really enjoying this series. It's convinced me to get Joly's 4-volume series of books on Stalingrad, which I have not read before. Thanks for your efforts and keep up the valuable work.
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  1365. Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Or the desert fox in this case.
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  1366. "chose Plato's world of forms" as euphamism for suicide is absolutely genius
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  1367. THREE logistics videos in a row? You're on a roll, can't say I don't enjoy the videos though ;)
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  1368. Commies don't hate fashies because they're opposites, they hate them because they're so similar but both require cultural and political dominance. There can't be 2 tigers on one mountain.
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  1369. BUT BUT TIK...! MY FEELINGS! I CAN'T BE WRONG MY COMMUNIST PROFESSOR SAID SO!!!!
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  1370. This was also discussed in Leftism: From DeSade to Marx, H;tler to Marcuse. Socialism may as well be another form of Gnosticism
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  1371. This is a really interesting to learn about, this isn’t a topic you hear about often.
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  1372. Roses are red and it'll cause a great schism to imagine that possibly fascism isn't national socialism
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  1373. It amazes me just how many dots you are able to connect when pointed in a direction. Keep it up TIK, we need more people like you in the world.
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  1374. I really love these in depth analysis of certain important decisions. It has helped me understand why people do the things they do. And yes, the execution of the strategy was the main problem, not the strategy itself
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  1375.  @SirBoggins  Socialism is the socialisation of the means of production, syndicalism is the socialisation of the means of production within syndicates, so syndicalism is a form of socialism, but it is not different from socialism since it is socialism. It is just one variant of the same thing, so it is 100% socialism. Socialism is an idea, not a system by itself, syndicalism is a system of socialism just like Marxism is, and they are both equally socialisms
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  1376. "Is this really the case?" has become one of the most important questions I found myself asking when I have questions about already covered history, so thank you for indirectly teaching me to ask questions I'd otherwise haven't. I really enjoy learning things with your style of documentation, especially since I have to say a lot of what you covered here is new to me. Really appreciate it.
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  1377. “Gavin from the 82nd Airborne, just kidding” bwahahaha 😂🤣😂
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  1378. Understanding that our conception of reality is valid based on our logical analyse of the evidence given to us (it being right or wrong is another thing), is what also lead me to get out of the subjectivism rabbit hole of just being unable to find any truth. However beforehand I didn’t know what to really call it, so I appreciate this video for explaining it in a bit more detail and creating a new catchphrase for the channel. One of the best videos I think you’ve produced Tik/Lewis.
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  1379. Thanks TIK! No one else told me the ideology of National socialism, fascism, Marxism and socialism so explicitly than you. I never learned in school that National socialism were socialists. I even ask at one of my teachers at some point and he just respond: „well not really, they more likely wanted to trick the workers, or with socialism they mean something different“. But after searching the Internet and watching many videos, I found yours. At first I was like „nah 5 hours? Really?“ But I can verify it was the best 5 hours investment on history, policy and economic that I could have taken. Still to this day the best Video about National Socialism on YouTube. Man I am really glad that I found your channel. Thanks for reading :)
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  1380. American here. Go for the truth and the damn the torpedoes.
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  1381. The amount of work is mind blowing
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  1382. They’re using their basic intuition of what socialism feels like to them in an attempt to merely understand the video, let alone refute it. Problem is they’re doing so from a post Marxist 2020 worldview rather than from an understanding of what socialism meant to people of the time.
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  1383. wow, the way this battle is taught in documentaries and schools you would think the Germans simply walked into Stalingrad before getting stopped, here we can see that both sides were battered before the rat war began, its mad, great series
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  1384. His sudden change of tune and losing faith in Hitler doesn't pass the smell test.
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  1385. Honestly this is something that needed to be said as it is always a detrimental flaw to underestimate your opponent
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  1386. This was another fascinating TIK discussion of the “WHY” background of the complex origins of WW2. Thank you and keep up the good work.👍
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  1387. I really do hope the thread won't be overrun by a holocaust denier like in the last pinned comment
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  1388. The word "TIK" in Lithuanian means "only" - "ONLY History" - I like it.
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  1389. You seem much more relaxed and laid back in this video. Seems like a less demanding format. Honestly loving the book reviews, maybe it's something you could revisit
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  1390. Man your uploading schedule is insane. An inspiration to other content creators
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  1391. "Jawohl, ich bin General von Schleicher" -Kurt Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann von Schleicher, 30 June 1934.
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  1392. Despite graduating in Politics and economics at Glasgow University, the alma mater of ‘arch capitalist’, and free marketeer Adam Smith, this argument never even saw light of day. Thanks a mil for sharing it. I personally believe that many of the beliefs and doctrines of what is today branded as Socialism can have validity, independent of the anti-Semitic views of Marx. After all, What historic scholar/philosopher did not have certain beliefs or make certain statements that we might today consider bonkers? That said, your argument really helps me understand why an anti-Jewish undercurrent still seems to run through parts of the UK Labour Party. Bravo! I came for the tanks, but I stay also for the politics. 😉
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  1393. If you name yourself something absurd like "Owning Dishonest Shills", there's a very good chance that you are a dishonest shill. Considering I've read some of his comments in your past videos, I have to say that his insults and childish behavior most certainly proves that.
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  1394. As a history student I can not express in full the gratitude I have for this channel. I love history but the education system presents such a narrow-minded and politically packaged teaching that it's great to complement it with channels such as yours. I've learnt as much from watching your videos as I would via reading a dozen books, and its all free. Thank you TIK - keep up the good work.
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  1395. I really enjoy your work, it's like being at the University having a lecturer, who cares about the subject makes it much more enjoyable.
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  1396. Why did the British lose Operation Market Garden? ALIENS. It's always aliens.
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  1397. This is why Wikipedia can be utter trash on political subjects. They limit which sources they will accept, like the New York Times, and reject The Federalist. I have followed both, and both are politically biased, and both are fairly careful in their reporting, but they are near polar opposites in ideology.
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  1398. TIK, when are you going to recreate the downfall scene? Think of the rant potential!
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  1399. Tik, I stumbled across your YouTube site about a month ago. I’ve found it to be a superior site in the history of the Eastern Front. You magnificently explain each key battle and the strengths of key leaders on the German and Russian sides. I became an instant subscriber.
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  1400. Having worked at 3 universities over the years plagiarising is a thing ingrained into many cultures (some countries are a lot worse than others). Even when caught out many do not feel they have done wrong and act like they are the victim.
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  1401. They also capped the profits.
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  1402. I'm an auto mechanic. Over the years I've self taught basic electrical engineering and gotten every bit of training I can get. I'm now making 120k+ a year. It's hard work but I make double what the teachers in my area make.
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  1403. Learned so many synonyms for the b word watching this videos
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  1404. The personal quotes are some of the most beautiful things about this series. Checkhov's quote was really heartfelt, especially when you've actually lived through a war.
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  1405. Why is this well informed and entertaining channel not bigger?
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  1406. Last time I was this early, the Afrika Korps still had supplies.
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  1407. Mentioning the possibility of abandoning the 6th Army in order to concentrate on stabilizing the front and holding on to the gains in the Caucasus alone make this video worth the time. It's something I almost never see discussed and was always out there as a viable option. Instead we see never ending debates about how 6th Army could be saved or that they should've broken out, et al.
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  1408. Trying to decipher politics in Yugoslavia... "It's complicated" Best summary I have seen to date. Thank you for answering this question!
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  1409. The summing-up with the Thomas Sowell insight was brilliant. Indeed, the Truth will always discover who its real friends are.
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  1410. I heard that one Wehrmacht soldier could fight off a hundred soviets at a time . That they could catch shells in mid air and throw them back at the senders.
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  1411. This gets 'The Auk' stamp of approval!
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  1412. Japan had arguably the best torpedo of the war. They did produce the Arisaka which was very good. And their cruisers and destroyers were pretty good. Their carriers were good in some respects and poor in others. I would say technologically they were fairly on par with the US and British, but had severe logistical and economic issues, ie raw materials for making steel and eventually fuel oil.
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  1413. You know a battle is crazy when we are talking about halls and rooms.
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  1414. You should make this a new series, disputing people who may be in the wrong. This was very entertaining
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  1415. I'm interested in quality, not time hacks. It's OK.
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  1416. This is just unbelievably well written and produced. You, TIK, have reached a level of quality which is comparable to large TV stations, eventhough you have far fewer resources in money, time and expertise. Let the Series begin!
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  1417. I did a pretty much similar comment on another video you did about Nazi economics and food shortages, in which you also mentioned Syros. My grandpa was a kid during the Italian occupation and had told us a couple of stories. A few things that pop into my mind is that if someone managed to find some bones to make some soup, the entire neighborhood would use the same bones to make soup, just to add that little bit of flavor. He also worked in an Italian kitchen, soldiers would have all kids who worked there whistle the entire time they were preparing the ingredients for cooking so they wouldn't be able to eat anything without them noticing. The kids would throw potatoes and other vegetables out the window so they could go and pick them up later. In Greece ( and I suspect in many other places the axis passed through) many elderly people insist in overloading dinner tables with more food than needed and would always push younger people (especially children) to eat more. We call this behavior "Occupation Syndrome" (Σύνδρομο Κατοχής) for obvious reasons. Thank you for your work on this topic.
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  1418. It only means you are so good, they cant do any better. :)
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  1419. TIK really needs to stick to central banks
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  1420. Now he thinks I'M an idiot! Now I'm offended.
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  1421. As someone who found your channel by stumbling upon your 9-hour Operation Crusader supercut and watching it over the course of two days, I'm quite happy to be back in North Africa again. Stalingrad is all well and good, but some of the lesser known campaigns need a little bit of love now and then.
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  1422. There's no doubt your material will be used by future historians on Stalingrad..... We know you're finding it tough to get to the end, but your work is very much appreciated.
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  1423. Hi Tik, nice video. I think you made a small mistake at the start of the video: Italy officialy unified not in 1871(the year in which Rome was annexed) but in 1861(when both North and South Italy were unified). Still, this video is really informative and shows how the Axis was an alliance of convenience.
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  1424. And people still hope the Germans would've won..
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  1425. Tik, you do a great job. Are you always right? Nope, are you always wrong? Nope. But I can see from your videos and the way you present your findings, that you have a grand love of History. In that I count you a brother. Keep up the good work and don't let those who have no other arguments than name calling and hysteria, change your love of History. Semper Fi.
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  1426. Fourth!!! Just like Angela Merkel's reich...
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  1427. TIK just take a break
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  1428. It was Halder.
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  1429. Hard to believe YouTube has restricted this video . This is something everyone should know about
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  1430. No point in modelling east side of Volga...'There is no land for us beyond the Volga, no step back....Uuuurrrraaahhhhh:)
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  1431. How can your definitions not be wrong if idealogues change the definitions every few years to invalidate the utility of the words?
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  1432. Unrelated to video topic, but relevant to TIK: "Fascism entirely agrees with Mr. Maynard Keynes, despite the latter's prominent position as a Liberal. In fact, Mr. Keynes' excellent little book, The End of Laissez-Faire might, so far as it goes, serve as a useful introduction to Fascist economics. There is scarcely anything to object to in it and there is much to applaud." -Benito Mussolini, quoted from "Universal Aspects of Fascism", page 113-114.
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  1433. already 2 Marxists disliked without watching in the first few minutes, brace for impact
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  1434. Really hyped for this episode. I admit that I didn't watch all of the recent episodes immediately when they came out, but now I'm really curious about how the battle will continue. Thanks for all your hard word TIK, much appreciated!
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  1435. Gentlemen, we have finally answered the question, "Based on what". This is truly the most foundationally based video on Youtube.
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  1436. To all the socialists (both kinds ;-) )about to demand that TIK stick to history: there's the door --->
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  1437. This guy is great at examining the details often overlooked by others.
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  1438. "Hello ladies,ooh yeahhh" lol
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  1439. Hi TIK, I don't usually comment on youtube but I just wanted to take a moment to say I really appreciate the work you put into your videos. Your channel has helped me realise how much more complicated a lot of topics are than some would want us to think, and your insight has encouraged me to do a lot more of my own research. I wish you a happy new year and can't wait to see what you put out next.
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  1440. The KDF is SUCH a fascinating thing to study because it was such a cradle to grave program that they built the cars to transport workers on vacation to the resorts. Volkswagen spawned from the ashes of the KDF. Its weird tho that the same people who insist that Nazism isnt socialism think that the KDF was a corporation or something
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  1441. Boy, judging by the title, the comments will be spicy as hell
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  1442. Tik's videos often talk about different military unit sizes and I can never keep them straight. He inspired me to create a mnemonic to remember them; here it is: Some Poor Chap Baked Red Bricks During Christmas Afternoon Squad Platoon Company Battalion Regiment Brigade Division Corps Army A rule of thumb is that 3 of each smaller unit makes up the larger, so 3 squads to a platoon, etc. I hope this helps someone.
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  1443. Encountering the limits of growth and scaling a business up is always a very major challenge. It is critical that you take the necessary time to develop human capital but always have a back up plan because employees have a tendency of leaving for more money or less stress or both.
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  1444. I see why your friends and fans are telling you to give up, but please don't. It is so important that you continue and make even more "user-friendly" videos so that thousands people would then be curious and watch the 40 minutes video and then, even more curious, the 5 hour video.
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  1445. I can't imagine how much work it takes to research a topic, make a script, keep track of references, and put it together with animation. As much as I've enjoyed the Stalingrad series and other videos, I can understand your needing to take a break from it. If I tried tackling on a huge undertaking like this I'd probably end up spending time in a padded room. Looking forward to whatever subject you choose to cover.
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  1446. I'm disappointed with the lack of Star Wars jokes in the comments.
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  1447. This is an amazing video, well researched and thoroughly insightful
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  1448. Don’t always agree with tik, but this video was excellent. We have to think independently of government and groups wanting to manipulate our emotions and biases whilst starving us of truth and information. We are all individuals.
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  1449. I agree with your analysis of Stalin and his thoughtprocess. However, while your Dunkirk theory is worth considering and has merit, I don't think your evidence proves the theory conclusively. Simply, we don't have enough sources for this. For me, the military concerns are still more likely, since the explanation is simpler and less complicated. Let's not forget Hitler is directing a war and Dunkirk is an unforseen circumstance, so has to be inprovised. So I would use Orkhams razor to point to military matters, but your theory definitely has good points and deserves attention and research.
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  1450. I'm surprised that you didn't mention Margaret Sanger and her influence on the American eugenics movement.
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  1451. I think this Is difficult to understand only from an aglo-saxon point of view. You have a different political mindset: for me, as an italian, it's obvious that Hitler's political roots lay in the left spectrum of the political compass. And the differences between italian fascism (even if Mussolini has always been a socialist) and german national socialism are also very clear
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  1452. I love how you replaced normal Stalin with panicking Stalin at 26:06. Absolutely hilarious!
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  1453. I have watched this video in its entirety while working on my own projects. If I can do it and understand it, you can too. I have watched this video and followed the PDF attached to this at least five times. I love this video and thank you, TIK.
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  1454. Another video about economics? "A blessing from the lord!"
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  1455. Was expecting the Hyperinflation series, but this is a welcome addition!
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  1456. Perfectly said. Well done!
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  1457. I honestly thought TIK was going to get blasted for this video like no other he has produced. I have to say that this audience is pretty solid and many of the comments bear that fact. Very nice that most of the discourse is civil and people are actually responding with thought and ideas instead of lashing out with name calling and muck raking..
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  1458. Part 2: It's ok, everything is fine. Narrator (TIK): Things weren't fine.
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  1459. I went back and started watching from the beginning. It's amazing the difference between the start and now. So much more polished presentation.
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  1460. You saved my Monday. No idea what I’d do without this today.
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  1461. TIK, will you ever consider doing a dedicated "Capitalism Defined" video like you did with Fascism?
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  1462. So, steampunk Germany could have won WWII?
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  1463. I just got banned from a FB history group for saying this claiming I was saying white nationalist propaganda. I guess it doesn't matter that I state it's a terrible thing but they're pretty authoritarian about this.
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  1464. Can this be used to actually explain why Soviet Union collapsed at end of day? Strong military industry and extreme military spending did not helped Soviet Union rebuild after WW2 and possible prolonged it?
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  1465. I am a Soviet Soldier and i'm digging a hole Diggy Diggy Hole Diggy Diggy Hole! I am a Soviet Soldier and i'm digging a hole Diggy Diggy Hole Diggy Diggy Hole... Seriously though, what a hellish day... To those soviet soldiers who survived, the shock alone would be forever etched into memory
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  1466. TIK, i would like to thank you. You have helped my discover my interest in the second world war and completly renewed my perspective on the eastern front with your countless hours of content, and teached me to do my own research and look at the sources and their origins to better understand the war. Keep doing what your doing, its absolutely wonderfull! (Excuse for any grammar errors english is not my first language)
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  1467. One thing is sure, Kellner is winning the sarcasm war.
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  1468. And this is why I love watching your videos you’re not basing this on your emotions you’re basing this on the facts that are presented with
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  1469. "we all want to go back to the Eastern Front, Don't we? Yay Stalingrad, woo!" - no German soldier ever
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  1470. I think even if the axis had the superior tech, they did not have the resources to both make and use, as you have shown
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  1471.  @TheImperatorKnight  That is being against Communist bastards rather than Canucks in general though. 😁
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  1472. When bel implied that the nazi party was a private organization, i was confused as hell. The nazis were a POLITICAL party and thus a public organization.
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  1473. About what I'd expect from reddit.
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  1474. Wouldn't defeating the British lift the blockade of Germany and also give Germany access to "British" oil from the Middle East as part of a peace deal? Surely the simple explanation of the halt would be that Hitler and his generals believed the Luftwaffe could destroy the encircled British Army and sink a good proportion of the Royal Navy in the process? If Hitler and the generals believed the Luftwaffe could destroy the encircled British Army and sink a large chunk of the Royal Navy then the halt order makes perfect sense. Why waste Panzers in attack on an army with its back to the wall when those same troops can be destroyed from the air? Such an overestimation of the abilities of the Luftwaffe would be entirely understandable given its success in Poland and Western Europe. If Hitler.and the generals made such a fundamental mistake of overestimating the abilities of the Luftwaffe then retrospectively finding other reasons for the halt might save them from embarrassment. This seems a much more likely explanation than anything else. The whole it was not us who made a mistake, it was not a military decision but a political decision made by Hitler smacks of retrospective reputation polishing. Surely if the generals didn't believe the Luftwaffe could do the job there would be stronger contemporaneous evidence of them objecting vehemently to the halt order at the time the Dunkirk evacuation occurred. As for Hitler's comments about it later, he was hardly the sort of person who would have said "Yeah I got that totally wrong. I wildly overestimated the Luftwaffe`s capability and wildly underestimated the British ability to evacuate troops. I should have sent the army in straight away. Unfortunately by the time we realised how successful the British evacuation was a large proportion of their troops had been rescued. As soon as we realised we went the army in, but it was too late really". Not the sort of thing Hitler would say is it, but pretending it was out of some altruistic respect for the British Empire sounds just like him. Hitler was never a man to admit errors of judgement, he was in his own eyes an infallible genius.
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  1475. That 20 minute set up for the pun was genius...evil genius
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  1476. I used to work in a hardware store and we had a sale on pretty much everything once. Wouldn't you know it someone wanted to buy floor tiles, not from the shelf no but from the actual floor of the shop. He got mad when I said they're not for sale and he said its misleading advertising as it says EVERYTHING is on sale, it was so bad the security had to physically escort him out of the shop. I never knew people could be so dumb until I worked in retail.
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  1477. Quality is more important than quantity. I know YT's algorithm is a b*tch, but the people who love your content are not going to stop supporting you just because you can't upload videos all the time. Please don't burn out.
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  1478. love how all the commies praising you just disappeared with this video
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  1479. Thank you, sir. Your Stalingrad series is one of my all-time favorite series on YouTube. I cannot even begin to imagine how much research, time and efforts you put into preparing these videos. Keep up the good work!
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  1480. Never knew about Hoth’s failure to break through, interesting how the narrative that some German generals pushed actually affected how we see history. Great video 👍
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  1481. Ah yes, TIK. one of the few ACTUAL historians on youtube. Keep up the good work my friend!
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  1482. God bless you Tik. 95% of YouTube videos reviewing eastern front battles do it at such a surface level that it bores me, and i am being VERY fair by saying 95%. They give us the appetizer and you give us the appetizer, full main course and desert.. and a to go box lol. You sir are truly doing the good Lord's work. I salute you brother. I'd LOVE to see your standpoints on Bagration and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria
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  1483. Halder’s sacked, Hitler’s sacked, everyone’s sacked in the new Reich, perhaps the 3rd Reich was all about been sacked.
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  1484. Even knowing the outcome in detail, this account is thrilling and informative.Well done as usual!
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  1485. Tik, hammer the heck out of this. During the second video you did on this topic you blew my mind. I've a number of interests ranging from religion and theology to history (especially early medieval, Reformation, Civil War and French Revolution) to folklore and occultism, the latter in the sense of a regular person having a grim fascination with true crime. You really threaded the needle with the gnostic relation to socialist ideologies. I found listening to their talking points and understanding where they were coming from both unsettling and strangely familiar - like when Bilbo says "it's mine, my precious" and Gandalf responds "Its been called that before, but not by you." When you hear it for the first time it sounds, forgive my language, batshit. The occult aspect of National Socialism has long been seductive and the domain of fringe pseudo-history, but you've approached this with such academic rigour it's beyond doubt. This field has been so neglected for ao long and it is of such importance for the understanding of modern history and current affairs, not to mention the very nature or humanity, and I can't help but feel your work will be of huge importance to future generations. It's making me reasses how I view the religious conflict from thw Reformation onwards - there are more than a few Protestant denominations I'd now perhaps recognise as having gnostic elements. By the way, my daughter is looking forward to the school holidays she can binge your videos so she can "learn history properly" as she put it. I know you're not a Christian, but God Bless you
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  1486. Discussing these things are extremely important, despite the rational distaste towards even imagining just a few the crimes that had happened. It is criminal to ignore these atrocities, though, because to ignore is to forget, and the more possible that these things — if not repeat — rhyme. A local example here, in Indonesia, is the irony of local wehraboos and imperialjapanoboos worshipping both regimes, when the former would have classified Indonesians as untermensch whilst the latter had enslaved or murdered (or worse) millions of Indonesians during the war.
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  1487. "History is lived forward and understood backwards"
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  1488. Vaush: communism is cool, Mao did nothing wrong. Censors: cool. Tik: the history books aren't entirely accurate, fascism, Nazism and communism are all derived from socialism. Censors: REEEEEEE!!!! FASCIST!!!!!
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  1489. Back in the day, I studied central banking in grad school. TIK has a pretty good handle on how this works so I respect his opinion.
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  1490. This topic is usually ignored by most arm chair historians, great for you to take on but I think you have just scratched the surface. You are entirely correct that inter service and even inter component (think infantry vs armor vs artillery) rivalry and incompatible doctrine is the key issue. What kind of communication technology available is only the a secondary issue. I spent 28 years with the US Navy, much of that attached to the USMC. You might not believe this but staff officers would spend literally days in meetings planning an operation that if all went well would be executed in just a few hours. Amphibious operations, planned at sea were the hardest. Long conversations over blinker light still occur in the 21st century. I am perhaps biased to think the USMC is the best among US Forces in getting combined arms right. There is a focus on the infantry, and ALL other forces understand by doctrine and training that this is were the effort is. This includes Air, Heavy weapons, transport, communications, engineering and logistics. This might not always been true - but it certainly is now. When things happen quickly then training and doctrine take over. If you are unexpectedly attacked, you cannot take days to plan a response. That is when you need to depend on all other components to know their job and keep up with the commander’s orders. You make an excellent set of points in regards to tactical radio being early in development but strategic radio was well established. The usefulness of the technology improved during the war and this was evident by radio sets being issued to smaller and smaller units. If you truly want to understand how commanders make decisions in times of war, you must understand how staff work is undertaken, it’s importance and it’s flexibility or lack there of. A commander, above the company level might say I want to go and attack there. If his (or her) staff can’t make it happen then his or her desire is irrelevant. Tactical and strategic alternatives are limited by logistics AND staff ability to plan/execute it. Although not as sexy as studying a brilliant flanking maneuver, studying how this was ordered, planned and executed has more to say about the successful outcome then the concept alone. Great topic. Charlie
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  1491. I feel like Frodo and Sam just after they destroyed the ring and completed their quest, laying on a rock remembering the taste of strawberries. That's like the first episode of this series, looking back we've been through so much in our lives to get here. And I've got you to thank for that TIK. Getting me through some difficult times.
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  1492. Hi Tik, I hope the algorithm doesnt hurt you for this one, this video is pretty important. In weird corners of the internet, people are pushing the same stuff as before, with disastrous consequences. I think to some degree it is taking off again because as a society we're concerned with going back to the source and cutting it off, like you're doing here. Thank you. I'll share the video if I get a chance.
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  1493. This is one of your best videos. I mean no disrespect but we have to remember that every politician is a complete hypocrite and nothing more than lies. Keep up the great work.
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  1494. Love the new graphic presentation!
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  1495. Another great subject TIK. My hat is off to you.
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  1496. So I always got confused even as I tried putting myself into the shoes of an American of that era seeing that. This give me so many more answers and I really am impressed by how you use one part of the past, to give nuance and answers to other questions, especially how the narrative changed. You're right. We need to look back as if we were there as much as possible, not our current standards. This gives me a surprising insight, the subversion of the west started much earlier than we expected, as you described. I honestly has no idea that the fist decades of the Cold War, the Holocaust was unknown. Though I should not be surprised as much as I am that the Marxists are the ones behind the narrative as the west accepted it. This falls in line with the time Herbert Marcuse and the other academic Marxists had taken over education, Paulo Freire being the one who changed education for the worse. I look forward to your videos on eugenics, not because I support the idea, but because you're the right guy to present that kind of topic. Tanks are fun to learn about, and I love tanks, war strategy, but sticking to them has allowed some truths to get buried. This is why I say don't "stick to tanks!"
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  1497. It takes special talent to make cliffhangers out of something that happened 80 years ago.
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  1498.  @thefrenchareharlequins2743  Did he just delete all his comments in this subthread?
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  1499. I like how, after this video, the next video you get if you leave autoplay on is a more contemporary college lecture instead of more of the uploader's videos like suggestions usually do. In fact, it tends to happen with most of TIK's vids now :thonk:
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  1500. Hot dog and damn! I'm loving the improvements made to the visual aids in your videos; having Cyrillic spellings, explanations of unit symbols etc. adds an extra layer of clarity to what is already an extremely polished & well-written video. Amazing work!
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  1501. @TIK You have over 100K you can request a verification mark, in this way it will be easier for your fans to recognize these fake accounts from yours.
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  1502. A. J. P. Taylor had long argued Hitler was not a mad man for the same reasons you have said. If Hitler had been captured and put on trial his lawyers could have pleaded the Mad Man defence claiming he was not responsible for his actions.
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  1503. By far the stupidest cases I had was ppl who thought that if they buy wifi router they will have internet...
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  1504. Me publicly: Hey man, take as long as you need, your heath is important. Me privately: Good I can catch up.
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  1505. I know the joy of working with the public, after doing it for a few years I had to find a job in which I could hate my clientele and treat them like garbage, and after looking I found my perfect place of employment, I became a jail guard.
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  1506.  @TheImperatorKnight  Nobody likes a f'ing "rage quitter".
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  1507. Hitler become depressed and withdrawn at the exact same time his empire reached its maximum extent, coincidence? I think not he knew at this time this was as far as his 3rd Reich was going to go.
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  1508. So he was a socialist who was upset that it was the "wrong type" of socialism that had a revolution. Seems about right.
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  1509. I watched the 5 hour version of this video. It took a long time but I finished it and enjoyed it. I am now going to watch this one. I find it so funny how people will not even bother to watch it and then say you're wrong and stupid. If you do not listen to someone how can you state that they are wrong.
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  1510. Mad respect to you for speaking the truth and for speaking on something that people would get bashed for. People looking after idiotic pop stars and shit today instead of people like you, and no im not trying to flatter you or anything TIK, im just speaking from experience. Thats why I have immense rep towards people like you. And thank you for introducing me to the beauty of Close Combat games long time ago! Keep making videos, your knowledge is astonishing, and you have a lot to share my friend :)
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  1511. Last year I completed a thesis for a masters in public history. I did it in a lot shorter time than most people probably did and it about broke me I had to get an extension and it was a very tumultuous experience but it gives me some insight into how much work you have to put into these to make these high-quality videos and I wasn't even doing anything like an animation! The end is near since February 1943 is closing in, and the height of the fighting has died down it's only a simple matter of sixth army being destroyed you're so close.
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  1512. Yay for TIK Mondays! It really doesn't matter whether you're talking economics, niche sideshows, or in-depth "Is this really the case?" discussions. You never disappoint. :D Any possibility we'll see your "Penultimate Close Combat Game" video, now that you're on break? I know it's an older video idea and I've been asking constantly for several years, but I can't find your old CC videos on Youtube anymore, and it feels like a loose thread that would be satisfying to tie off...
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  1513. I can hear how smug they are through my headphones....
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  1514. And then there was another famine right after the war. Man... Russia has never had a break.
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  1515. You make a very ood point, that for the SS divisions, each has to be examined on a case by case basis. However, I would suggest that such a separation into different cases should probably also include the various divisions for the particular battles/campaigns - for example, the 1st SS-Panzerdivison did (tactically) pretty well at Prochorovka, alright (or even good) in Normandy (for the most part), pretty bad in the ardennes, and absolutely disastrous in Hungary in 1945... the simle reason is that the division had been nearly destroyed several times druing the war, and after 1943, the reestablished division was worse than before...
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  1516. in soviet union even the snow carries the ammo and supplies to front , so to not be sent to gulag 😁
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  1517. It irritates me that Richtofen is constantly criticizing Paulus and the 6th Army for being slow and other perceived failures yet his Luftwaffe is facing a very weak and ineffective Soviet air force and minimal flack except on the East side of the Volga. He seems to have no conception of the casualties and difficulties facing the troops in urban fighting.
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  1518. Hey TIK, I like these explanatory snippets from history. Especially about Mussolini, a fascinating and intriguing figure. After typing this all out I realize this goes way beyond the scope of your video. Nonetheless, your comment 'everyone supported the war, the SPD, Lenin, the French socialists' got me thinking and reading a few books that happened to be on my desk. As such, the short comment is: would it not be a good suggestion for a follow-up video in one of your Q&A vids to investigate the war sentiment in respective countries. Especially the social-democrat parties are fascinating case studies, as they were linked by their Second Socialist International and 'international socialist solidarity', so to say. I think your Q&A template would suit an in-depth explanation of these topics. I'll post my sources at the bottom of this comment, in case you do find it interesting. You are right about socialist parties supporting their respective governments becoming the norm, but the SPD was one of the first and it caused a row among socialists (and especially Lenin). You said Lenin supported the war, but this was a little bit more nuanced. The parties that opposed the war indeed were few and many Russian parties numbered among them. The fact that the German socialist party (SPD) did support the war really struck the wrong chord with socialists all over the continent. The SPD was the largest and arguably most influential party of the Second International (1889-1914). During the Stuttgart Congress of the Second International socialist parties agreed that they should do "all in their power to prevent their governments from waging war in Europe or elsewhere." (Service, 225). Consider their surprise (and subsequent anger) when they heard the news that the German SPD, the party most socialists thought would be the vanguard of the proletarian revolution, voted in favour of Germany's war budget! The notes of an informal conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) show a resolution condemning the German SPD (and the French social-democrats for joining the 'bourgeois cabinet'). The RSDLP (and Lenin), at the beginning of the war, explicitly stated their first and foremost task was resisting and fighting 'Tsarist chauvinism' instead of being 'plotted as wage slaves against wage slaves from another nation'. As a small historical footnote, Kropotkin (the well-known anarchist) supported the First World War as he saw Wilhelm II and the German Reich as the biggest autocratic threat and evil. Now here's where it gets really interesting (imo). After some deliberation, Lenin decided Marxists should "welcome German success at war with Russia". Lenin compared Russian Imperial soldiers (drafted from peasants and workers) to radical right-wing thugs (the Black Hundred gangs). Lenin faced an extraordinary amount of criticism from his own Bolsheviks. He just compared men that were supposed, according to Marxist theory, to advance the revolution to anti-semites, criminals and no-good thugs. So much for class alliance. Anyway, Lenin did 'support' the war, as you said, but for the complete opposite reasons the SPD, the French socialists and Kropotkin supported the war. He wished victory for the enemy of Russia, in the hopes that it would allow him to wage his own revolution. As both of us know, this was closer to the truth than many of his contemporaries would have guessed. Just a minor detail to be honest, but I happened to read about it a while back. I found the fact that Lenin loathed the Russian Tsar more than a foreign imperial power interesting. Lenin, V. I. (1946). VI Lenin. Selected works. Vol. II. Foreign Language Publishing House, Moscow 145-147. Robert Service. Lenin: A Biography (Pan Macmillan, 2000) 225-227.
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  1519. I am sorry but "Gott strafe England" dosen"t mean god save England but rather god punish England. Therefore "strafer" means punisher. Greetings from Bremerhaven, Germany and please keep up your wonderfull work
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  1520. People believe frauds. They do crazy things when you promise them some free cookies.
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  1521. This Senate sound much like the Central Committee of the Soviet Politburo
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  1522. Cigarettes raise the metabolism 20%, so the body was burning those low calories at a faster rate which is deadly.
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  1523. Pronounciation of German names is always excelent. Except for Hoth. There is no th in German. In fact, a H following a T is now obsolete in German spelling. It's Hot.
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  1524. This should be interesting.
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  1525. 17 days, 20,000 troops lost, a quarter of them sick. Astonishing.
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  1526. Player Pol: "I want to try and persuade the sentry." GM: "It will be nearly impossible check and will require natural 20 to be rolled." Player Pol: "I want to try it anyhow. Maybe I'll get lucky." GM: "Okay then, it's your funeral. Roll 1d20 for the persuasion check and we'll see what happens." Player Pol rolls and gets a natural 20 from his roll! GM: "Not again, what's wrong with these dice ...Well the sentry just starts opening the gate right away probably because he is the loneliest sentry there ever was or he is just completely mad. You get a grand tour of the whole beach area and you are almost ready to start the next phase of the operation. Oh and add a few pieces of chocolate into your inventory, the sentry guy gave you some."
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  1527. 1st :-) A little disappointed it’s not Stalingrad though
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  1528. this was more entertaining than i could have imagined. Atlanteans, hyperborans, they forgot poor conan, and the cimmerians.
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  1529. Dear TIK, thanks for the video! Just a small note - in Russian PPSH is a three-word, not a four-word acronym. Pistolet-pulyemet Shpagina. So it is pronounced Peh Peh Shah rather than [pi:] [pi:] [es] [eitʃ].
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  1530. TIK always beaks common misconceptions and thats why i love his vids
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  1531. Careful Tik, Halder may come back from the dead to cherrypick the archives to make himself look better. ^^'
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  1532. This is my favorite part of any major battle- the end phase. Uncovering the desperation of the Sixth Army, and the growing confidence of the Red Army
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  1533. A skilled artist can paint any one thing in isolation, a smart sophist can make any theory internally consistent. The moment that theory is required to explain more than one thing at once, it might just fall apart. Sutton correctly identifies many facts but misappropriates them to generate an overarching narrative that is not externally valid and that doesn't encompass the whole. If you get rid of this overarching narrative, you can start talking about individuals who absolutely contributed to awful movements in the 20th century with monopolistic intentions, but there's too many flaws with the grander conspiracy theory.
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  1534. Madman TIK didn't upload a Barbarossa video today...
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  1535. A deserved rest for producing possibly the highest quality history content
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  1536. As a left leaning centrist, I love this channel. I dream about a TIK annotated Bevor series of books. I never would have guessed that TIK was on the right and what the point of this post is I don’t care. TIK history lessons are amazing. That political discussions in the comments force political posts rather takes time away from good historical content but I get why you are doing this TIK. It’s all related. That all said, I don’t want to add anything political just to say I look forward to more history content! Thanks TIK.
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  1537. Still a mistery is the source that fed important info to the swiss government it must have been close to the power center.
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  1538. I can't see any bias in your videos. Nobody makes better, more objective and detailed videos. I appreciate your work. People are people. Having no critics means living in a bubble. :)
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  1539. I love how you challenge ideas i had about history... with solid research and making a lot of sense
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  1540. You're a champion! I owe you a beer of 10! Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, I know my students will appreciate it 😄
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  1541. Tik is a great example of someone not needing a degree and mountains of debt to be a good historian. By all measures he is more successful than myself and 99% of graduates. I have not used my degree for history ever and here he is making great videos and series that 10s if not 100s of thousands get to learn from. A tip of the hat to you good sir.
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  1542. In gold (and silver) I trust. Everything else is just credit. Oh, and ask the Canadians how great it would be to have a (cough, cough) government issued digital currency that could simply be turned off with the flip of a switch should you cross the wrong person.
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  1543. I love how you two are basically having a civil debate through your videos.
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  1544. Tik was so deeply affected and emotionally convinced of those messages that he was in tears and could hardly speak.
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  1545. This series is gripping and heart-wrenching at the same time. You know how to tell a good story! :D
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  1546. If a man chooses to travel the middle of the road he puts himself in danger of getting run down by traffic coming from both directions. So good luck TIK. The only comment I would make is that comments defending Stalin or the Communists are not necessarily posted by left wingers. The Russian state now has a whole army of official trollers crawling popular sites on the internet. Also the rise of nationalism in Eastern Europe means that it's just as likely to be some right wing nationalist spouting 'patriotic' lies regardless of politics.
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  1547. How DARE you use swastikas in a video involving Nazi Germany!!
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  1548. I think this book falls into the category so bad it becomes good again.
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  1549. Pro tip confirm the location of a general berfore trying to kill him.
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  1550. I gained a 2:1 in history back in 1988 from a well known 'redbrick' UK university - roughly equivalent to US 'Ivy League'. I had no problems finding well paid jobs, though totally unrelated to history of course! I ended up going into IT and have pursued a successful career in this field. Not sure what the situation is now as when I went to university only 15-17% of 18 year olds did so in the UK. The problem is that Blair destroyed the implicit value of a degree by opening the door to almost anyone, and this is what has caused problems. Would I want to go to university now? Probably not. I would say that if you want to become a doctor or dentist then university is a pre-requisite, but for other careers it's just not necessary. Even to become a lawyer it's not strictly necessary as there are avenues for those who want to train with A levels; likewise for accountancy, IT and other relatively well paid careers.
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  1551. Imagine russians going on full "Only NKVD units did that" mode.
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  1552. Thank you, TIKHistory.
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  1553. The best explanation I have EVER heard about the differences between National Socialism, Fascism, Marxism and Socialism. This video should be required viewing for every Poli Sci major!!!
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  1554. You are a incredibly hard worker with a massive catalogue filled with deep knowledge. I would be too excited if there was like a 3 part series about D-Day, Operation Cobra, Patton in Sicily, or anything to do with USMC Good luck, Tik
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  1555. Never give up this aspect of your history. It's arguably the most important and most interesting aspect of ww2.
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  1556. It's fascinating to see that the current problems are so universal and serious that centuries-old grudges are being put on hold.
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  1557. I had to stop reading "The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy" after he wrote that AF had collectivized all farming and hired 11 thousand bureaucrats to monitor them. And called it right wing.
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  1558. Really good video on a side of the battle that doesn't get that much attention. Also very emotional since it makes you think about all the civilians that got caught up in bombing, the hunger and general suffering. I noticed that you are using your are talking more slowly and keeping longer breaks after you made a point. It might just be me but it better than before.
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  1559. Lamestream narrative: AustriaHungary had too many ethnicities, it was bound to collapse Also Lamestream narrative: "MuLtIcUlTuRaLiSm iS tHe WaY"
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  1560. I was a secondary school history teacher for many years.I am amazed at these tales of indoctrination. If I could get my students to begin a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop I was happy. For higher levels, getting them to write in paragraphs was the ultimate, almost unattainable goal.
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  1561. George s Patton stars in "The slappening"
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  1562. If I had a critique, you once noted the importance of keeping things in chronological order. The map itself is pairing people on a vertical axis that are not paired in time. Marx and Gentile on the same axis, Marx and Darwin not on the same axis (or close to it). The entrance and circulation of their ideas concurrently, or successively, alters the zeitgeist and how it develops.
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  1563. As an American, I have no problem at all with the British involvement in the battle, in fact, I'm sad that they have been, for the most part, left out of it. So, I'm glad TIK and others in recent years have been correcting that. I'm happy they were able to help. And Montgomery, from what I've heard from TIK, did the right things. So in the end, an American victory, with some good British help.
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  1564. Hope you have a good Christmas TIK
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  1565. This was the question that sparked my interest in WWII. I remember as a boy of 14 raising my hand to ask my history teacher as he used the term "what does unconditional surrender mean, sir?" He paused and said "Good question" then diverted the lesson into a lengthy discussion of it's meaning and the ramifications for Germany. A good teacher can have a powerful effect on a young mind. Tonight nearly 40 years later, Tik has provided a deeper insight into the meaning of these two words. Thank you, sir.
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  1566. Ah, that temporary dictatorship which is FINALLY going to achieve REAL Socialism!
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  1567. Rommel uses Rommel Dash, it is not very effective.
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  1568. Wow, 1944 meincraft is hyperealistic, thats a nice texture pack
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  1569. Good question.
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  1570. Caught up to your videos TIK. Well done, I like your analysis of Monty's role during the Battle of the Bulge.
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  1571. I know this is not directly related to the battle of Stalingrad but i think Erhard Milch would make a good subject for a video himself , Given his Seniority in the Luftwaffe he is not as well known by a lot people as you might expect, There was a little known plan that he put to Hitler for a airborne invasion of Britain shortly after Dunkirk that not many people know about and I have only seen one brief mention of in one WW2 Documentary
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  1572. literally releases dozens of hours of essentially free content for us "Sorry, I need a two week break" Bro, take 2 months, enjoy the end of the year (if youre allowed to)
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  1573. There was nothing to oppose them!!
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  1574. There were approximately 3000 - 3500 German generals who served during WW2. Tik has hit the motherlode - this series could go on for years....
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  1575. Did I just spend five hours listening to a justification of something that I have known for years and yet have been astonished that people refuse to acknowledge? Yes, and it is essential listening. The evidence is detailed and overwhelming, and the presentation is entirely clear. Well done, my man, superb work!
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  1576. So it seems Hitlers economy had elements in common with the China economy today? Commerce is permitted, but ultimately all owned by the State.
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  1577. I need a laugh like this
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  1578. I think there are still some genuine German language memoirs and diaries of German soldiers who were at Stalingrad. Good thing you spotted the discrepancies, TIK. Historical accuracy must be maintained.
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  1579. I honestly feel sorry for you. Like... imagine doing all this work relying on a source, and then discover it's a fake~ All those thoughts rushing in: 'It's ruined!' 'Fuck!' 'Now I need to edit and remake ALL OF IT!' etc. Even when one ultimately reasons to leave it as is, the gnawing feelings of the work being imperfect as a result are very painful to any creator. So... you have my sympathies, TIK.
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  1580. My condolences for the 96% yes vote on "Want me to review it?".
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  1581. "you don't have a degree in history" So? lmao
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  1582. Tik please just stick to exploring the hysterical inaccuracies of Halder.
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  1583. I don't think you have an obligation to get through those people. Deceit or emotional appeal is not really a good idea, because that would just take them to another cult. People need to just not be afraid of other opinions and accept that they might be wrong. At some point seeking the truth, I just got to this realization. If I am seeking the truth, and there is no guarantee that I hold a truth, then I should not get attached to anything I hold. Nothing is holy.
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  1584. Haters gna hate! Your videos are awesome.
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  1585. Now I can't wait for the Soviet storm to break; never before have I had the chance to know what sort of panic happened when the Romanian armies were hit. Looking forward to your next video TIK
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  1586. Last time I was this early, you just stuck to tanks
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  1587. Before we start...5 hours, dam TIK have mersey for those socialists and marxists 😂
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  1588. I agree completely with your assessment. I studied sociology and social psychology. The glide towards a narrower "corridor of opinions" (as we say in Swedish at least) was obvious. Since I mixed work and studies, my studies took a longer time and I could observe the shift over time. The sociology department is quite progressive and it shows that there are close ties to the gender studies department. I've also question what I've been taught about the Nazis. It is part of what we studied in sociology. A lot of indoctrination, without proper thought. At least at my university the history of ideas is very Marxist and still very left leaning. I have also faced the tactic of ad hominems. It was not popular when I questioned the gender studies "saints" because of shoddy science and flawed methods. So TIK, I agree after I have studied the issue.
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  1589. I may be wrong, but I think the Soviets had an army in the East to guard against Japan - in which case the Soviets weren't fully committed, either. Edit - ah, you got that point, too.
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  1590. from a recent Alexei Isayev's live Q&A stream: - question: do you watch TIC? what do you think of him? - Alexei: yes, I do, enjoy it. TIC is a really smart guy!
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  1591. The Battlestorm Stalingrad is the longest documentary... And the battle hasn’t even entered Stalingrad yet
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  1592. It was an honor marching with you through this "campaign" TIK. All your videos are well documented and very digestible and this series (51 EPISODES!) shows it. Thank you for your time and hard work!
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  1593. So Manstein wasn't Omniscient?
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  1594. I always find it funny how revered Manstein and Guderian are, because of their totally unbiased memoirs
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  1595. "Check out Obsession for Stalingrad, the new fragrance from Adolf Hitler." -Historians
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  1596. About the dates: memory is a bad witness. Specially from a person who is in a bad mental state, such as severe anxiety, depression etc. And loosing a war, getting caught, standing trial etc can certainly give just about anyone those problems.
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  1597. I'd also like to add that when someone like Hitler or Goebbels is talking about "races" - there's a lot of conceptual polysemy going around. Normal polysemy is when a word has different meanings in different contexts (i.e: "I'm going to play outside." vs. "I'm going to see a play tonight."). Conceptual polysemy does this with the concepts, i.e: "race" meaning one's skin color vs. "race" meaning <insert cult version of race>. In the Nazi case, influenced by Helena Blavatsky, "races" are a spiritual thing. "Aryans" become the "Fourth Root Race" (if you're wondering, according to Blavatsky / theosophy, we're currently in the Fifth Root Race, and apparently Atlanteans are one of the earlier ones, if I'm not misreading the craziness). So, when the average German was hearing "race", they're thinking, well, Germans, and Poles, and Romanians and Jews and so on, but the actual Nazi? They're thinking of all this weird gnostic cult "spiritual race" stuff. How would you get Gunter the farmer to believe the guy at the head of the government is talking about "spirit races"? That'd be nonsense, no one is that crazy, certainly not the leader of Germany! Hegelian Dialectic at work: take two things which are not the same (race defined on biological terms and race defined in the cult 'spiritual race' styling), see them as the same the same in kind, but different in degree, and conflate, conflate, conflate, conflate... until the war ends, and the German citizens tell you they were caught in a spell. Turns out, they weren't exactly lying.
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  1598. These videos have helped me come to look at substantial amount of history in a different light. I have taken your phrase of "But is this really the case" and use it constantly. Your Videos inspire me to be more critical of the "established" history Ive heard. I have applied myself to be informed and to put the work in required to do so. Your Public Vs Privet video changed my friend from being a raging marxist. Thank you TIK.
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  1599. Thank you TIK for informing me and allowing me to discuss topics with national socialists in a way that they believe that I half agree with them, while fervently telling them to drop their socialism because it doesnt work. Also, replying to the commenter at the start: its the nationalism that pointed to the target and the socialism (food shortage resulting from it) that made them pull the trigger. Genocide is always ideology + circumstance. You dont just go from hating to murdering without any reason.
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  1600. Oh boy. TIK’s impending mental breakdown is finally here
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  1601. Regarding armored trains. The error of calling trains 677 ("Uzbekistan") and 708 ("Komsomol of Uzbekistan") "BP-43 series" is encountered in some russian books as well. Usually in those that are not dedicated specifically to armored trains. The reason is rather mundane - after losses of 1941 a number of non-standard armored trains were constructed. On the one hand, they were made from whatever builders had immediate access to and could be constructed quickly, on the other - a number of new ideas were tried out by different plants. "Uzbekistan" and "Komsomol of Uzbekistan" were built at the end of 1941 and used more compact cars with a single tank turret per car (older cars were larger with two turrets) and new armor layout. BP-43s were developed in 1942 (the first train was built in November) as an amalgamation of "what works best" of these experiments, including single turret cars. So a lot of historians don't bother with deeper research. "It has single turret cars - it's BP-43, why look further?". The main difference is that these two trains had weaker AA-armament than later BP-43s (a couple of quad 7,62 machine guns instead of 37-mm autocannons), so "Uzbekistan" was really lucky. And after Stalingrad, at least №708 was upgraded to BP-43 standard. Which helps the confusion greatly :) Also, to add a little bit to the confusion (but it may help in the research for further events, as these trains were prominent throughout the entire battle) - researchers usually call them №677 and №708, but they received these numbers only in December 1942. Prior to that (including events at Abganerovo), their numbers were 1/28 (or simply №1 in some documents) for "Uzbekistan" and 2/28 (№2) for "Komsomol of Uzbekistan".
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  1602. I will pray for your family as I’m headed to church soon. Sorry for your loss. I’ll paraphrase the great coach Vince Lombardi ‘God, family & Tikhistory’. If you live your life in that order, you’ll turn out fine.
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  1603. I think Kampfgruppens represent the pinnacle of German tactical strategy in combination with the independence they gave their field commanders. But as you pointed out in earlier videos, tactical victories may not always be on par with the overall grand strategy.
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  1604. Watching from Hong Kong. Stayed up to watch the new episode just in time of being released. TIK is simply the best and most analytical Youtube channel out there. Thanks for your hard work week by week!
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  1605. Best part about being a licensed Pipe fitter or Electrician is no matter where you move, there will be a need for your service.
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  1606. Sorry TIK, but it doesn't matter whether you list sources, people will still say that you're a lying propagandist because people have ideological and political goals that won't be dentured by irrelevant sentiments such as "reality" "facts" and "logic.
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  1607. A lot of times it isn't even the sources, it's how people perceive sources and their legitimacy in general, almost like holy relics. I find it very annoying when I here someone say "TIK is lying because the sources he uses contradict his arguments." It's baffling to me personally because, just because someone uses a specific source doesn't mean they agree with said source. TIKhistory can cite any source he wishes, even if he doesn't agree with the conclusions the author comes to in said source. How someone doesn't understand that, and believes if you're citing a source, that you have to agree with the author's conclusion and not doing so is some how manipulating history is beyond me. That isn't how it works. Did these people ever take Composition 1 and 2 in college? When I try to explain to them that the reason TIK doesn't agree with said author is because that author does a great job describing "Red" but then concludes it's "Blue." Since author concludes it's blue often the author's readers believe it's blue, as if they didn't understand what they were actually reading. The contradiction is already there, but since TIK doesn't say "Blue" he's the one who is some how the contradiction.
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  1608. You said it yourself. Rather quickly Kesselring has two corps worth of divisions available for defense and the counter attack. Whichever corps commander lands, even if it wasn't the tumid Lucas, has to 1. Land successfully (not easy) 2. Secure the beach and begin offloading essential manpower and equipment 3. Build foothold capable of holding against counterattack. 4. Establishment a logistical supply point to support further ground operations. 5. "Punch out" to the hills eastward to take off pressure from Cassino and to impede the lines of communication from Rome. How is that possible with a single corp? That corps shortly after landing, based on Sicily and Salerno, is going to get hit by a large force of panzer and panzer grenadier combined arms attacks, as well as other infantry and Luftwaffe divisions, plus under air attack (the Allies did not have air dominance yet). Would it better to have the corps strung out a dozen miles or so from the beachhead? Remember that for any advance, units must be positioned on the flanks of the lines of communication to protect it (further bleeding off manpower)? Or to be in a consolidated position closer to naval guns that can support (as proven in Sicily and Salerno)? If you go in absolutely knowing you don't have the proper strength, that you're conducting an amphibious attack against an enemy that outnumbers you, you'd be a damned fool to send your most capable and mobile forces outside of the range of the beach before further forces could be landed. Both Clark and Lucas both stated emphatically beforehand that there were not enough forces available to be allocated for the landing and side operation. Basic military training says you don't conduct an amphibious landing in a completely separate operational area against numerous corps defending using a single corps. Its not going to work unless the enemy are demoralized or led by fools or cowards, neither of which apply to the Germans. The Anzio landing and flanking operation, as pushed by Churchill, Alexander, and others, was just a stupid idea, they didn't have the forces for it, being that Italy had turned into a side show for the expected invasion of France. In fairness, it wasn't executed well either, both Clark and Lucas screwed up very badly in their own ways. But they were handed essentially an impossible objective to start.
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  1609. Thank you, TIKhistory..
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  1610. just before Germany started using the Euro, there were still commonly used silver coins of 5 Mark or 10 Mark. I still have quite a few of those. their "value" as compared to the exchange rate between German Mark and Euro is now WAY above what I would have gotten for them had I exchanged them at the bank when the Euro was newly introduced.
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  1611. I find your cheeky ways of mocking Nazi military jocks delightfully funny. A nice cherry on top of a good presentation.
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  1612. "Yellow-bellied fatherless children" lmao
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  1613. 2:46 I enjoyed the reference to the fact that German Shepards were called "Alsatians" for a time.
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  1614. I believe that by the end of the war, the indian army was actually the largest volunteer army on earth at that point. Pretty interesting history
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  1615. Communism is socialism but socialism is not communism.
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  1616. Glad to see this series is back! Again our condolences TIK
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  1617. Using your degree in a field doesnt mean that you are an expert. Those who attack you for allegedly not having one try to undermine your effort. This clearly shows their hypocrisy.
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  1618. "If Socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be Socialists." - Friedrich von Hayek
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  1619. You don’t sugar coat history you say the taboo that people don’t like to hear. I respect your channel.
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  1620. Chuikov was mentally spent and the anxiety in combat makes it worse. Can't blame him and you can have thousands of voices in your head telling you what to do to survive. So when you write them down shit won't make sense.
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  1621. Wargamers see all those tanks in games and get a false sense of scale. James Dunnigan did a scenario for Talonsoft's East Front, emulating the real East Front. It was an infantry fight. Great vid. Thanks again, TIK.
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  1622. I was so miserable and hated the world before Objectivism clarified how reality works and how to navigate through it (how to properly THINK). I have no doubt that an Objectivist mindset will bring more joy in your pursuit of great historical videos, as it made the pursuit of my own goals in life infinitely more enjoyable and meaningful. Since you are relatively new to Objectivism, there's so much more to learn, but doing so will unpack so much joy as the world makes logical sense and you feel more confident that you can, and deserve, to handle it.
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  1623. Tik found the series on friday all caught up by now and i can say that this series is absolute gold and by far the best documentary I've ever seen
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  1624. Hjalmar Schacht, one of the only three acquitted at the first Nüremberg tribunal. The others being von Papen and Fritzsche.
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  1625. I swear you justify my positions so well. I had been making horrible arguments on these topics for years and my lack of education hurts me so but seeing these videos just keeps my fire for knowledge burning and I keep deep diving into this stuff and sharing your videos. Thank you so much for the insight! Keep up the great work!
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  1626. Based tikhistory
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  1627. Living in romania, you really opened my eyes when you first talked about privatisation. We had plenty of this after 1989 and all of the former state enterprises were either kept in the state like the one you describe now, or they were simply sold to other states (public corporations).
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  1628. in defense of the T-26: it was probably the best tank in the world when it first entered service in the 1930s. it definitely was a force to be reckoned with in the Spanish Civil War. even in 1941 and being vastly inferior to the German tanks in everything else, its 45mm gun still packed enough of a punch to be a threat to the Panzers of the time. greetings from Berlin.
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  1629. I started in july 2021, and watched the whole thing in order to catch up. I'll always believe that this is one of the greatest pieces of historical content ever produced in the internet, and is a huge achievement. I joined half way up but I enjoyed every episode. Thanks for all the effort tik, you made it to the finish line.
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  1630. Once again a phenomenal video. You have showed once again why I support you and your channel. P.S. I saw your HOI4 Germany First Gameplay and I must say it was great...just saying if you decide to throw out some HOI4 for some views, you got a customer in me.
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  1631. Is a 1945 testimony in exchange of freedom worth something?
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  1632. I always didn't understand when people claimed nazi Germany was "far right" considering in the general terms by US perspective it was extremely libertarian and anti-government especially with examples of the founding fathers. When looking at the German regime they were extremely centralized and very obviously less free so for facism to be considered "right wing", capitalistic, or even libertarian seems extremely false. My guess is political infighting is attempting too twist truths into biases.
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  1633. I would recommend reading the book about Ravensbruck by Sarah Helm. It's pretty obvious that, during the early years, it was expected that the women sent there would be reeducated from being "dissolute" and turn into upstanding members of German society. Working them till they dropped would not achieve this. But once the war started things steadily went to pot, as everywhere else.
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  1634. Hi Tik! I love your videos so much. I assosciate myself strongly with Voluntaryism and have been doing so for about half a year now. I came to this video a bit skeptical as to what you were going to say. But, after watching it all, I must 100 agree with you. It would indeed be oxymoronic, as a Jew, to deacribe myself as a "capitalist" because "capitalism" isn't what we make it out to be. The government, the coercive state, can indeed partake in capitalism, but it cannot partake in a free market, because it would cease to be a free market. You have no idea how many times I've been bogged down by other capitalists about my own views on free markets and Voluntaryism. They think I want complete lack of any 'assosciations' or 'authority' when I don't. I'm fine with authority, I just don't want it to be coercive.
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  1635. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was inherently unstable since its inception in 1867. Before that the Habsburgs ruled in personal union over all the different people in the Austrian Empire in an equal way. The Austro-Hungarian Empire to the contrary favoured two of its many ethnicities over all the others (germans and hungarians). Which of course did not go well with all the other ethnicities who now were subjugated to either Austria or Hungaria. So it was not multiethnicity iself, but putting two of them over all the others, which fueled disharmony.
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  1636. Being a bit of a Mises fanboy myself, I always like it when you do an economics video.
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  1637. History has long been corrupted by deceitful redefining of language.
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  1638. Magnificent! Never could understand why the history on post-WW 1 Germany always seemed so confused and lacked any kind of logical narrative. Turns out the cause of the problem is not that unusual - the information has always been filtered and processed through an academia saturated with Marxist dialectic. Something we experience constantly in today's Woke world. The excised quotes are classic examples of deliberate misinformation embedded in current sources! And the exhortations to advancing the cause like a religious fervor amongst the masses... absolute gold! Bravo.
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  1639. I think the problem is they can’t even give you a decent counter argument back with evidence just diss everything it shows to me basic level of intelligence the fact they say haven’t watched videos. I’ve always find your videos informative and well researched
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  1640. 18 episode intro. Talk about that exposition going into setting up this grand story. hehe
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  1641. As a professor, and having many patents, this is the best simple description of why a free market system works I have ever seen!
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  1642. I rarely comment on YT, but feel this is a good time to say: take as much time as you need, Tik-- you deserve it. We will be here, ready to consume when you are ready to produce. Don't be too hard on yourself.
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  1643. Simply put, Cyrenaica was a cursed land. Lacking in logistics (all of them have to go through coast), easy to encircle (single straight line to cut off the peninsula) and vast desert (hard to keep frontline and recon, a lot of possible shuffling of forces).
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  1644. The intro was epic. Probably triggered some people just by that.
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  1645. Good man there TIK. My dad was one of the British soldiers who went into Belsen when it was liberated. Needless to say he had strong views on David Irving and his kind. That said, please stay away from social history. I think your strength is in describing battles. ✌
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  1646. Would you be interested in making a video on the differences between syndicalism and socialism? I've never heard the term syndicalism before and I am a bit fuzzy on the distinctions between the economic systems
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  1647. You can Glantz if you want to, or you can leave history behind, but if your friends don't Glantz, and if they don't Glantz...well then, their no friends of mine....
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  1648. Graphics have been superb. As a guy whose spent last three years recovering from a brain tumor extraction & titanuim mesh patch, taking pain pills and a puff of green bud each morning, war docus on youtube are my life. I am very grateful for all she has done!
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  1649. One of the joyous things about these videos is watching our heroic host rise up to narrate a bit of commentary and then recede downward for a return to the main thread.
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  1650. To do an atrocity is one thing but defending them is arguably worse
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  1651. I don't agree with your point of view, but you are still a credible researcher that has made very good points in the past.
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  1652. The suspense almost killed me. My nephew came around to know what is it I'm groaning about so much. I said "I'll throw something on the screen if he does it one more time!" Was it all worth it? YES! Great video.
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  1653. That's barely asking for anything. Take your time. Your content is gold.
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  1654. Richard Weikart's excellent 2017 book, "Hitler's Religion: The Twisted Beliefs that Drove the Third Reich", goes excellently into detail about Hitler's religious beliefs and Nazi religious policy toward the Churches in general. Written partially as a result of New Atheism-Christian debates in the 2000s and 2010s amid cheap-shots about Christianity and atheism/evolution/materialism lobbed by each side. The book is a great addition to the study of the Kirchenkampf (Nazi policy toward Christianity and the Churches).
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  1655. Who would’ve ever thought that someone (TIK) could make the coal shortage issue in Germany during World War II – a fascinating topic? Well you did! Thank you!👍👍👍
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  1656. I really LOVE the exchange of radio messages with that forward observer. "The enemy is here" "No !" Was grima wormtongue feeding lies and casting a spell on that officer like in lord of the rings ? (Saruman attacked ! No he didn't!)
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  1657. I'm a Patron because you apply a rigorous approach to WWII history, economics and all, and I don't want you to change a thing.
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  1658. Please stop talking about tanks. Lots of people do that. Your crimes against humanity videos are much more important. Too many people want to sweep these under the table.
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  1659. I don't know why but I get the impression Tik doesn't like Karl Marx 🤔
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  1660. I was actually planning on donating to your patreon and asking you about how the great depression happened with the q&a's, I'm glad to see you talk about this!
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  1661. Your economics and politics videos are what I mainly watch. The integration of the historical origins of ideas with how they are framed in today’s strange climate is what sets your channel apart from any other for me.
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  1662. Christ. I got out of school before this BS took off. And what lunacy as well.
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  1663. this is meme-tastic!
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  1664. "Lend-Lease supplied the boots that marched to Berlin" Me: yep the trucks certainly helped Video: No, Lend-Lease literally supplied the boots that be marching into Berlin, 14.5 million pairs sent to the Soviets from 1942-43 Well that got a chuckle out of me. Edit: Also TIK, of all the videos I enjoy the most the ones delving into Logistics. It really shows how important such a system is and that even the greatest battle plan is worthless unless one has the capability of ensuring said plan gets the necessary material needed to make it a reality. And that materials can even be something as mundane as a new pair of boots or toilet paper; something I even forget when taking account of the parts, ammo, food, fuel and other essentials just one soldier needs; let alone a division or an entire Army Group.
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  1665. Those gaps in the lines reminds me of when i was reading It Never Snows in September and German soldiers were describing retreating through already occupied towns and stealing Allied food/equipment as they marched through at night. In the first Chapter. Reminds you how chaotic a fluid mobile war can be, with no established lines.
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  1666. Your channel is a gem of military history youtube. P.S. What in-depth history channels do you watch on YT if any?
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  1667. That thumbnail photo though. You just know he's the person you call to get shit done. Massive props to the person who colored it.
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  1668. Hopefully the forthcoming struggle will foster a sense of détente among the various European cultures
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  1669. Fair play to you TIK. Serious students of history need to stand up to this nonsense where it's voiced. It's likely you never envisioned having to but you are well placed. Thank you.
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  1670. Good analysis--but keep in mind some of the stated discrepancies may just be translation choices or errors. E.g., "snipers" and "Tommy gunners" may have been the words chosen by the Russian translator and not Hoffman. I.e. if Hoffman existed, he didn't actually use those words... he would have used something in German that has been lost in 2 translations (Ger>Rus>Eng). But I would agree that unless the original diary can be found, anything supposedly written is entirely suspect.
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  1671. This is perhaps the first time, where I would say I disagree objectively with you. Claiming that Paulus is not to blame, is to deny the responsibility and power he has as an army commander! The encirclement itself is also at least partly his fault... That Manstein had a big part of the responsibility, does not exclude Paulus, Paulus has first hand evidence that the airtransport does not work, he knows the conditions of his troops, and the situation he is in, and he is a staff officer, so he should know logistics! That Manstein can use the 6th army in Stalingrad to pull the two armies out of the Caucasus, thus sacrificing 6th army, does not remove the real position that Paulus is in... Most of his sub-commanders (on the general and colonel level) agreed on the idea that it would be better to pull out... Add to that, Prussian tradition, that a sub-commander can disregard order if said order does not correlate with the situation on the ground, points to the inactivity of Paulus. Was he sorely to blame, or should he even have the majority of blame, that is a question I would be far more interested in... But claiming that he is not to blame, is to make Paulus an even more passive cataract that he seems to have been.
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  1672. Wouldn't it be better described as a philosophy built on defiance of reasoning and limitations of the world we see and experience under the premises of escaping "imprisonment"?
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  1673. TIK's scholarly work commands my highest respect. I have a Master's degree, but I don't just trot that out to throw weight behind my often unscholarly opinions. I mention it here to add weight to my studied opinion regarding TIK's work. Also, I contribute financially. TIK's work is unique and brilliant in addition to rigorously researched.
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  1674. This pumped me up so much...it's like pre-fight footage showing the stats of both fighters designed to hype you up for the big fight! TIK, you've seriously set the quality standard astronomically high for future documentaries from other "historians" in the realm of historical details, their accuracy, and lack of bias. So much so that I just can't watch any of the other documentaries on YouTube (or anywhere else for that matter) without feeling as if something is missing. Stalingrad is going to be a masterpiece!!! TIK for life..Thank you for creating these vids btw.
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  1675. The massive import of logistic vehicles (lend-lease) also meant that factories otherwise needed to construct those vehicles could now produce tanks, I think part of the reason why the Soviets managed to produce so many T-34's. Regardless, I'm grateful Overlord did occur. At the very least the second front saved my country from becoming a puppet state to the Soviets.
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  1676. This is both the stupidest and smartest theory I have ever heard of in my life
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  1677. This video is exactly why we should fall in love with history and civilised discussion.
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  1678. ok as some1 who has kina stumbled into TIK over the last week or so, generally iv got good feelings about these videos i like that you dont try and appeal to the lowest intellectual denominator and you have faith that your viewers can manage an attention span slightly longer than a gerbil (long in-depth videos exploring multiple different viewpoints and interpretations, without the tedious moral lording over that some see as the victors almost mandatory prerogative, many thumbs up). HOWEVER when your using graphs, stats, and other material that has ovs been researched (not just direct quotes), an on-screen reference, or caption reference or reference in the description section below would be great. Im not saying that you made them up or anything nefarious of that nature but references are reassuring to a cynical viewer and would certainly make me feel better. even if ppl dont actually check them their good to have. keep up the good work (y)
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  1679. The scale of this conflict is so shocking compared to the West. This is a really good elaboration of what Glantz tries to get across in that Youtube lecture where he is comparing the two theatres. Really eye opening.
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  1680. This video paints a fantastic picture of the unmitigated, catastrophic, (sometimes literal) trainwreck that the German logistics had become by this point in the war. I feel that I properly understand this historical event so much better because of this series. It feels truly real now rather than a legend or fable.
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  1681. Pretty remarkable (and appalling) to see how much of a meat grinder this campaign is before we even get to the events WITHIN the city and its immediate surrounds. Great material as usual.
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  1682. thanks for that TIK, i'm greek and this is of special interest to me. as a child i used to ask my grandparents about the war, and i didn't get any answers until i was big enough to unerstand.
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  1683. Silver and gold are weighed in Troy ounces and Troy pounds. 12 Troy ounces = 1 Troy pound.
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  1684. At first I thought this would be a pointless video, but I thoroughly enjoyed this dressing down. Very entertaining, well done
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  1685. The whole “but there were private companies in Germany” is so weak. If I walked into a private company and in effect held a gun to the owners head and said produce for the fatherland what would you call this? Oh but he still owns the company despite my gun to his head!! Right sure he does.
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  1686. Communism is a branch of Socialism, there is no real difference. Just as fascism and national Socialism are all branches of Socialism. The core is the same with semantic differences. The result is death, destruction, poverty and misery regardless of which branch you choose.
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  1687. i just love his cool calm logical reasoning as he dismantles these people
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  1688. I think the point of this video is that you can counter argument everyone, but should approch It in a nice & correct manner, you can't simple go and say you are wrong and you serve an agenda, etc etc
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  1689. Let's take a minute to appreciate TIK's effort in making this serie Keep it up mate, great work!
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  1690. 😂😂😂😂
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  1691. Mexico was the only nation that stood with Austria in 1938. We have a place in Vienna called Mexikoplatz bcs of that event.
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  1692. As both a history nerd and a nurse here in northern Italy, working in a pediatrics ward with Covid19 affected children, I was really looking forward to your next episode of Battlestorm Stalingrad: very interesting, and a great way to distract my mind from the current situation. Thanks, TIK. Much appreciated. Love form Italy, cheers
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  1693. As an A-Level student in my second year, with a mock on Germany 1919-1989 on Thursday, this is brilliant revision!
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  1694. It's unfortunate that you have to leave a disclaimer like that, I thought it was obvious you were simply educated people on it and not supporting it. I wish I could say people just say you are those things to try and justify their own beliefs but something tells me people REALLY think you're those things. Sad times we live in. Keep up the good work TIK, you're amazing and the quality of your videos is amazing, great research and factual. Thanks for all you do and all you deal with
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  1695. funfact, Schleicher means creep from german language. soooo, it litteraly mean "colonel creep".
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  1696. TIK just puts out an entire thesis every single video and it's some of the best researched stuff out there putting professors to shame. Outstanding work and dedication
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  1697. As somebody living 50 meters away from the birthhouse of Marx a fantastistic watch. Thanks for the video!
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  1698. Sad that people do this, thanks for warning us TIK !
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  1699. After I've been told by my history teacher the French State was a tool to "help the people in their daily lives" ,it's nice to refresh myself with actual reason
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  1700. They could not do anything against superior german not-counter attacking
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  1701. Hi tik I forgot to ask where is the best place to buy the book you recommended her read
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  1702. Whether race is biological or genetic is irrelevant. If people act on the belief that these separations exist, then it's relevant. There is good evidence that we are hard wired genetically to perceive difference as a threat and, on top of that, to aggregate those perceptions, it takes conscious effort not to do this and that's why the conceptions that come from that are so hard to eradicate.
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  1703. Hello Tik please also do the map of the liberal/libertarian movement ideology map we really want that and also all the post-materialist political ideologies Feminism/enviromentalism .Thank you and also i really want to see the origins/history of psychology that you mention . Everyone that wants the same please like for the support of the creator
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  1704. Rosa Luxemburg is literally the meme about leftists' memes being just sheets of text.
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  1705. A lot (if not all) full time revolutionaries have never had jobs...Those that have usually work in "soft" jobs like being academics...They have very little concept of real workers..
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  1706. Hi Tik! Great video! As an economist at the University of Barcelona and a former student in Bel's lessons, I must say that his views on social affairs are basically biased because he has been a committed socialist since he was young. He was part of the PSC ( Socialist Catalan Party) and even a representative for Barcelona (province) of this party. He is not even a historian, just an economist, so maybe this is why he makes this oversimplified statement of the III Reich market, just taking into account the ownership of the stock market shares and not counting on the regulations that the nazi state enforces. Or maybe it is just to reaffirm his point because the whole picture of the labor organization in Germany in those years contradicts his point. And by omitting this, he contradicts himself because he is a great defender of state regulations as the basis of market problems, especially in the design of infrastructure. So I think, as you say at the beginning of the video, he is just trying to assimilate nazism to the free market in order to justify his socialist views.
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  1707. The thing about the binary divisions i think is still pretty misunderstood. The idea was not to "Enlarge the army without enlarging it". The idea was to make smaller divisions with more firepower per men. The idea is not bad actually. It even make sense for operating is poor enviroments were logistics is an issue. A smaller division could also be transported by a smaller number of trucks (for a strategic movement with no rails available, not talking about motorizing it). The problem is that this reform is made in 1938. 2 Years were simply not enough to train the officers and NCOs needed for the new concept. The italian army in 1940 is not ready to fight with his new organization and is too far in the reform to fight with the old one. Point being: it was not a bad idea and it wasn't made just for show. There was a logic behind it that was rather sound, as one can see that smaller units replaced the division as the main large unit, it was a step in the right direction, so to speak. Mussolini simply went to war at the worst possible moment for the italian army. The screw up was not the binary division, the screw up was the timing.
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  1708. "For the censors: no, I'm NOT a Nazi" which is EXACTLY what you would say if you were a CLEVER nazi!!
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  1709. Thanks for taking the effort to subtitle your videos. Not being a native english speaker, i have an easier time keeping up without having to pause or rewind.
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  1710. Glad to have Lewis doing this full time now, many of us suffer from withdrawal symptoms when we dont see the TIK video notification at least once a week! And hopefully all of us will be able to maintain this channel so that you dont have to counter-attack straight into retails POW camp Lewis!
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  1711. I thought this was fair and to the best of my knowledge very accurate, so would like to see you do a video about the end of the USSR. The narrative usually goes something like socialism is terribly inefficient and the people wanted freedom, so the system collapsed. It is much, much more complex than that, so I'd be keen to hear your take (I am a history and ancient history major). Some examples of this complexity: In the West we are still told how inefficient socialism and the public sector is. But Soviet industry had proven itself to be very efficient and productive. WWII for example. After the war it continued, with the huge numbers of MIG fighters and T-54/55 tanks being produced. Shipping, farm equipment etc. Massive post war expansion of industrial and social infrastructure. Space exploration that was ahead of the West for a time. So was it really inefficiency to blame? A referendum later during the Gorbachev era resulted in the Soviet citizens actually voting to keep the USSR together and continue the socialist system. Ukraine and the Baltic states abstained from this vote, but the rest of the republics voted in favor of the motion. Whether it was a clear majority, or more of a tight race, the idea that "everybody wanted freedom and celebrated the fall of the USSR" does not seem to hold true. That disrupts the narrative that there was a popular revolt against socialism that was supported by the majority of the people. In the satellite countries, yes, but it was not so clear cut in the USSR. Support for socialism was still very strong, so was it really a mass yearning for the capitalist American Dream? The empty supermarket shelves did not happen from the end of WWII through to the very late 1980s, yet are portrayed as normal life in the USSR. Many of those photos are from what Russians call the 'hard years' and they associate it with 'liberal reforms' i.e., privatization. If life was so bad during Soviet times, then why do Gallup polls tend to show that Russian people think life was better then? It can not all be nostalgia surely. To portray life in the USSR as empty shelves and bread lines would be like taking photos of staving farmers in early 1930s USA during the Great Depression as being typical life under capitalism. it is typical life during times of severe economic crises and is not exclusive to one system or the other. The Soviet economy ran out of reserves. This is always put down to communism failing because it simply does not work. There is little factoring in the impacts of Chernobyl, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan's arms race setting out to "outspend the USSR into oblivion", etc. The USA is on record as setting out to make Afghanistan into the USSR's Vietnam. They set out to make the USSR collapse by several methods and did very well at it. So was the collapse of the USSR only the fault of communism? The USSR depended on oil exports, but the international price of oil was deliberately deflated. It left the USSR with a budget shortfall, that combined with disaster and war caused them to turn to the World bank and IMF for funds. Those loans came with privatization strings attached. Socialism can not continue to function if socialist industry is privatized. -- p.s. We are currently seeing the tail end of another deliberate oil and gas price deflation aimed at hurting Iran, Russia and Venezuela. There is little grasp of the effect of US money generously distributed to Soviet officials and officers from their embassy. When Yeltsin and the communists came to a head, tens of billions were distributed from the embassy to ensure Yeltsin had enough allies. The USA would act again to ensure that Yeltsin won elections and even boasted about it in Time magazine. Probably a coincidence but a popular saying among the USA's wealthy at the time was that everybody has their price. Coincidence or not, US money bought Yeltsin a lot of friends. We are told that communist officials were corrupt and the people had had enough of it. Many were corrupt, but who was greasing their palms? There is a lot more i could point out, but obviously even from this much it was a lot more than the simplistic ideologically driven 'communism collapsed because it does not work' talking point we were given by the BBC and CNN etc.
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  1712. This has got to be the only time you can joke about killing babies without the internet losing its mind.
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  1713. Is strange, after I discovered TIK, his videos help me to understand better my religion, as a Christian I was confront in many cases to negated coletivism and embrace individualism, but only after TIK Public vs Private I understand that, in some weird way, thank you TIK to make me a better christian and individualist person
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  1714. 40,000 men used to occupy France... so much for almost everyone thinking that the French Resistance was the best resistance movement evar.
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  1715. Come out ye moron who keeps reporting my comments, Come out amd fight me like a man
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  1716. Discovering your channel was one of the best things that happened to my intellectual development as a history addict! Thank you for your incredible insights! Greetings from Egypt.
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  1717. This is one of, if not THE darkest time in human history, how you can spend so much time researching it and still keeping your sanity is beyond me. Much respect.
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  1718.  @joshdrexler8773  you don’t say?
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  1719. I love that you show all the Patreons while the content is still in progress. It serves to thank them better than showing them after the content, plus it lets the viewer know that the end is near with enough time to load up more videos in the playlist. Handy all around. :)
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  1720. Impressive. You'd be wasted in a University, even though they need people like you so badly.
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  1721. Yeah, there are no virtually no historians on the history subs. I think it's a combination of the zero entry barrier, popularity contest, and anonymity that allows a tens of thousands teenagers and socialists to spam weird stuff and harass. There's at least one mod on r/askhistorians that will remove anything and everything except their own posts.
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  1722. I saw a really good video just recently about Lend-Lease. The person being interviewed was talking about a T-34 that he saw being refurbished, and discovered that most of the steel, all the aluminum, many of the tools used to make it and a lot of the parts in this signature Soviet tank were made in the US! He also commented on the bulk of aviation fuel used by the Red Air Force was made in the US as well. And mentioned how troops that could have fought in Russia were siphoned off to face the Allies elsewhere during the war. He didn't add that almost all the trucks and radios used by the Red Army, as well as one-sixth of the Red Air Force, were all manufactured in the US. Nor did he mention the large numbers of British and American tanks that were used on the Eastern Front either. Plus all the food that was given to the USSR by the Allies. So no, the Soviet Union did NOT win WW2 alone.
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  1723. Highly interesting, TIK! You're one of the few youtubers to dive so deeply into the the thought process of the Nazis. You're doing highly important work here, as only by understanding their ideology can we effectively oppose it today.
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  1724. I'm a communist and i hate those tactics that you showed at the start. Keep up the good work👍👍
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  1725. This video has earned you a lot of respect from my part, it really shows how much you are committed to history and its facts. keep it up!
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  1726. MOTHER ANARCHY!
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  1727. Hi TIK, I`m from Serbia.As you already know,we had a very ugly civil war in Yugoslavia.Due to that civil war we in Serbia had hyper-inflation.Believe me,inflation in my country between 1990-94 was almost like in Germany 20`s.It was really madness and unthinkible.So,this excellent video is great lesson for anyone who didn`t live in hyper-inflation...greetings and all best I wish you in your life and work😉
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  1728. Hitler NEVER had a base in Antarctica. Only the moon. (Where we never went.)
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  1729. Just finished the video and wow…. this book was something else.
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  1730. I expected much more from this video and as such I want a refund of the youtube money that I've spend here !
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  1731. Good job tik, love this kind of investigating work. The man hours you put into this Project is unreal.
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  1732. Wow. So Hitler and Marx agreed on stuff? LOL. It now makes more sense that both were socialists.
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  1733. Poor TIK omg. TIK as a loyal viewer who has watched you for ages, please do not give up on making amazing videos for your viewers who want the truth. Personally, I am very grateful and appreciative of your content. Don't listen to these clowns who make pointless arguments and dialogue for the sake of it, without any evidence whatsoever.
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  1734. Thank you for this amazing series, TIK. We are all thankful and salute your efforts 🫡🫡🫡
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  1735. One thing I've noticed when becoming educated on any subject is a distinct 3-step process. You start out in the field saying, "I don't know." and then you learn quite a bit, and you say, "Okay, I think I've got it." and then the final stage after spending a ridiculous amount of time on a subject is something of a crisis of faith where you come to the conclusion, "I don't know, but I understand why I don't know a little better." Moral philosophy was this way for me. There is no final resolution between the relative and the absolute, the subjective and the objective. There are philosophies that are rationally irrefutable, but must be rejected nonetheless (solipsism, nihilism, fatalism - to name a few). But I understand things better now, and have insight into why people act the way they act. We all have to live with a certain amount of paradox. It doesn't have to stop us from being good people or pursuing truth. TIK - the commenters who are bothering you simply don't understand nuance. They want a black and white world that simple doesn't exist. History obviously isn't 100% objective. Neither is it 100% subjective. It's somewhere in the middle. I see nothing controversial about that opinion. The investigation is part of the fun. We do our best, and knowledge can still be extracted from it even if we don't have a fully clear picture. And those denizens of that cesspool called Reddit can go to hell. They'll disagree with your work just because they don't like your haircut. Disregard them. I forbid you from getting demoralized :^) PS - 40k Battlestorm series when?
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  1736. People have this caricature version of Nazis in their mind, ranting madmen foaming at mouth, spewing hatred and nonsense. Nobody is actually taught how mistaken principles can lead people into a form of reasoning that logically leads them to evil. More than tens years ago, I was in college, and took a course on the Holocaust. It was for higher level history students who, presumably, knew a bit more about history than the average student. But when it came to primary source readings, they'd see something like Alfred Rosenberg or Gottfried Feder, and they could not believe those men were Nazis. Their arguments were entirely too rational. These people were too intelligent and educated to be Nazis. They believed Nazis were only the unwashed, stupid, and hateful masses. That's the problem with dehumanizing evil people in history. They become other-ed so much that people can't ever recognize similarities they might themselves bear to those people.
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  1737. This reminds me of Paul Harrell's classic "Rebuttal".
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  1738. If even people like Glantz make mistakes, then TIK is in good company. I don't sweat the details this much, as I'm mostly interested in the bigger picture. I appreciate your honesty and maturity in addressing these matters.
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  1739. I was expecting this more than Christmas. Thank you TIK!!!!
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  1740. That was a magnificent presentation, I learned a lot from it, thanks for the effort keep up the good work 👌
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  1741. Nobody is perfect, we can only do our best and admit our goofs! Your videos are still top notch!
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  1742. I’m so pumped for Battlestorm Courland!! Popcorns are ready!!
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  1743. Another thing a lot of people are missing. The declaration of war on the USA doesn't sound so crazy when you consider the situation on the Eastern Front. Basically, Hitler believed it would be surely no longer than a year before the Soviet Union was defeated, and when that happened Germany would be practically invincible (which was probably a correct assumption). He believed it would be at least 5 years before the USA would be strong enough to launch an invasion of the continent. While this was a serious underestimation it wasn't until 1943 where the Allies launched a partial second front (operation Torch in North Africa) by which time the decisive battle of the Eastern Front (Stalingrad) had already been fought. It wasn't untill 1944 where the Allies finally launched their major Second front and by this time the war was already overwhelmingly won in the East. When you think about it the US declaration of war on Germany wasn't even very important in defeating Germany. Now to be clear, the Americans definitely DID play a decisive role in defeating Germany: without American Lend-Lease the SU would surely have been defeated. However their deicisve contribution was really just that; lend lease, something they were already doing before they formally joined the war. By the time the Americans finally put boots on the ground the war had already been decisively won by the Soviets. This is also not to say that D-Day and Torch were pointless: Without them, the war would have dragged on for many more years and millions of more people would have died, plus the Communists would have dominated post war Europe, but the point is the Soviets still would have won the war without them.
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  1744. now this is what youtube is for, thanks for the good research :)
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  1745. BUT IS THAT REALLY THE CASE? Seriously, how is this not a meme yet?
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  1746. Wouldn’t the siege of Stalingrad have been pointless if it was only on one side of the river ? Reinforcements and supply could have just crossed the river from the east at night.
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  1747. I pretty much totally disagree with TIKs political and economic analysis (the contentious parts, at least.) That is why I listen to it.
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  1748. I certainly care about the bread the Wehrmacht were eating! I think the food situation, especially on the Eastern Front, is often underlooked when you think of how many of the soldiers were fighting underfed, distracted by hunger pains and weakened from lack of energy
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  1749. definitely Gavin and browning who is to blame. The objective of the drop was to capture the bridge, not land and defend the heights. Gavin should know the importance of speed and surprise in an airborne assault and should have diverted resources to the bridge straight after touchdown. If Browning argued otherwise Gavin should have protested.
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  1750. You're right and you're doing the Lord's work. I get so tired explaining national socialism is socialism; just because there is variety in socialism doesn't mean that national socialism isn't socialism.
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  1751. Thank you Tik, I was a socialist who thought the nazis were capitalist. I’ve woken up from my views. I now see the errors of my ways. Thank you sir.
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  1752. Should of just titled the video, The triggering. This is why i subbed Tik, unabridged truth with no sociopolitical bias. Keep it up.
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  1753. I have been a student of history my whole life. I have always maintained that you can only use objective truth to verify events and the word games used by modern politicians, reporters, and of late just about everyone creates "my truth" arguments. While you may learn different lessons from the truth, there is only one truth. Thanks for the video.
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  1754. Awesome video. Shame YouTube disabled dislikes, really wanted to see how many this series would have gotten.
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  1755. Have you read Nathan Otto’s contemporary analysis on the Nazi Economic system (it’s a primary source)? It’s so detailed and gives so much information on the economic interventionist behaviour of the Third Reich.
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  1756. 7:19 - This didn't stop the British from jointly invading neutral Iran with the Soviet Union a little later in the war.
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  1757. 0:44 For some reason I almost thought that you were going to start a joke here in the style of three men are in a bar: "three Axis armies enter the Caucasus, one was German, another was Italian, the third was Romanian..."
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  1758. You all hear it right? They are coming... They are close... The angry wehraboo
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  1759. Popov's claimed AFV kills do 'nicely' balance out his own losses.. ok, sure my losses look bad but, boss, you should have seen the other guy..."
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  1760. Oh boy here we go. Thanks TIK all your videos man, you do great work.
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  1761. The worst part of the video: "...... We will find out next time. Thanks for watching, bye for now". The waiting game starts again.
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  1762. Britain was ahead of the Germans by about 2 years with air to air radar; with centimetric radar (the Germans eventually copied the magnetron but never deployed it); with alloys for jet engines. Oh and antibiotics. Japan had the Long Lance torpedo and the Zero ( a winner early on).
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  1763. I learn something new with every video you post. And I thought I know everything about Eastern front. Good work.
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  1764. That is absolutely horrific. When i first heard of the Canadian assisted suicicde I my first impressions were not negative. Why would anyone be against the voluntary termination of self for someone with a terminal condition I thought. But then one hears stories of how it is reccomended to combat veterans. The fact that it can even be reccomended sent out alarm bells for me. It is not a doctors place... It is absolutely terrifying.
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  1765. Hey TIK, loving this series on the history of eugenics. You may want to look into Tom Sowell’s theory on middleman minorities. I think it would tie in well I’m the context on WW2.
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  1766. This video is proof enough as to why you should always remain skeptical of "experts". Kudos.
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  1767. I'm now working on your 4-hour rebuttal; there are many who simply have not read sufficient history to understand the issues, or are so invested in their beliefs that there is little chance of changing minds. Applause to you; my progression of understanding required much research, but arrived at similar ends.
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  1768. Jay Dyer is great at combatting this topic. Often people will say "there are only subjective truths" or "there are no objective truths" Both statements are making objective claims, instant self refutation.
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  1769. I'm mostly in the same boat as you. Definitely a free-marketeer but I find the idea of a society existing for long without a state to be dubious. Especially when all anarchic societies I've seen used as "proof" that it is possible always end up being conquered by a state.
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  1770. Very refreshing to not only see military history videos on Youtube but also economic and videos about society at the time
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  1771. "Soviets faced hordes of germans" I could almost hear pro-germans crying when Tik said these words. A very exciting video, thank you Tik.
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  1772. My theory: the authors basically got the story right, including all the conspiracy theories, but then added a bunch of ridiculous stuff so that the book doesn't get censored before it reaches masses, and then people will realize that a lot of these things might as well have happened
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  1773. "The beast races" What is this, The Elder Scrolls of Zion?
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  1774. The length of this series has given us an appreciation for a seemingly endless battle. Thanks for soldiering on. Fantastic job.
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  1775. Always good videos even when I don't always agree. I don't really see what is wrong with having public police, firefighter, road, or railway services. Comparing public roads to Fritz Todd ( unsure of spelling) seems a bit too far. Keep on the good videos tik. I specially liked your oil crisis one.
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  1776. TIK I don't give a shit what anyone says you are the best online historian out there. The level of detail in your videos is fantastic. Stop listening to these clowns criticizing you, you challenge their pre conceived notions of history and it makes them butt hurt.
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  1777. You deserve much praise for your detailed explanation of many events in history that do not receive enough attention. Well done.
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  1778. Honestly the first time I've seen that meme. It's brilliant. It's like the Spiderman pointing meme but evolved.
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  1779. Brilliant. Much better than history learnt in school.
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  1780. get well TIK! we need you and wish you good health!
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  1781. This post interrupted my other TIK video learning about hitlers “democracy”
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  1782. Don't just stick to tanks
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  1783. Let's try "democratic socialism", because socialism has always been implemented wrongly. Image someone suggesting to try fascism again...
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  1784. Well according to reddit, it was Trump. He's also a time traveller, along with all his other superpowers. And also, he's an incompetent bafoon. It's all of those things.
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  1785. Bruh you act like two weeks vacation isnt something everyone with a job takes. You good. Keep up the good work
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  1786. Hi Tik. Had a rough month; dropped a lot what I was doing. Getting back into your videos. Need to finish Battlestorm, but your video on Eric Hunt was interesting, so was the issue of Hitler and the heavy tanks. Hope all is well.
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  1787. This channel separates the true history nerds from the casuals. "TIK posted another logistics video - aw hell yesss!!!!"
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  1788. “Carbon”….as in “The only carbon they want to reduce is you!”? Love your tongue in cheek humor. Keep up the good work Lewis.
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  1789. Karl Marx realizes he should get a job Two hours into his two-and-a-half hours long biography 😂
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  1790. The Maps kept my attention throughout the whole 1,5 hours! Masterpiece!
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  1791. I can't wait for the r/badhistory nonsense.
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  1792. damn tik, i hate you, there it goes my perfectly productive monday.
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  1793. The work that you did with these 2 videos is amazing. I cannot imagine the amount of hours and research put so thank you. Also I have a small “curiosity”. I am new to your channel, so am I curious if you lost a lot of subscribers and in what proportion :)
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  1794. Your return to the Western Front means I gotta rewatch your Operation Market Garden series, for the fourth time!
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  1795. Not harsh words😭😭😭
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  1796. The fact that I’m learning this on YouTube is really frightening. This should have been taught to every single high school student since 1945!
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  1797. One of your best videos. Bang on description of the Nazi economy and the different types of socialism.
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  1798. Thanks for this TIK great to see the Stalingrad train is still chugging along! Long live Battlestorm Stalingrad!!!
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  1799.  @TheImperatorKnight  That's an interesting thought- a kind of temporal relativism. Another example of this is saying the Roman Empire was weak since it succumbed to barbarian invaders, when in reality this glosses over the complicated and complex wars and relations between the Romans and the Germanics... I wonder how many other events are unduly simplified due to being so far removed from them due to time.
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  1800. I downloaded the video in case it gets mass flagged and taken down.
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  1801. I had missed this series, I am glad it's back
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  1802. "haldered" 1- a failure of massive proportions "you really haldered everything today"
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  1803. Modern TV documentaries are targeted at people who don't care about history so that they don't change the channel TIK is making history for people who care about history Truly excellent stuff, keep up the great work
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  1804. You got thrown out of class... IN UNIVERSITY???  FFS, has it got to that stage now where university lecturers treat their students as Secondary School kids? Is it actually worth getting a degree anymore?
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  1805. Our lord has returned to the shadow realm
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  1806. The non-partisan scope of history you provide TIK is one of the most important parts of watching this channel for me. In the beginning as with all channels I expected to find yet another set of bias viewpoints but was ultimately proven differently
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  1807. The fact some people think they need some written law treaty or rule for something to be considered a crime against humanity is insane. Obviously these people are not human. Shame on y'all.
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  1808. Thank you so much for taking the time to edit them all together! I honestly loved this series as it shed some light on a not so welll known part of the Eastern Front
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  1809. Welcome back TIK ❤️❤️ hope u doing better now :-)
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  1810. Great video. ... BUT IIIIIS THIS REALLY THE CASE?
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  1811. Regarding the bezos comment in the beginning of the video. Big corporations did something similar with with Obama care. They pushed for government healthcare for everyone because they would make money off of not having to provide their employees insurance
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  1812. Good luck TIK. Wikipedia and reddit have been almost completely corrupted with "argumentalists" that need to prove Ben Shipiro wrong. They cite an article that claimed Germany was "privatized", but the actual article isn't on the internet. You gotta keep hammering these kids with cited facts to stand a chance
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  1813. I can confirm, I wasn't always a capitalist either and it was purely by chance because I was really interested in learning things that I eventually jumped ship. The problem is that collectivist ideologies are very subversive so they convince you by twisting the beliefs you already have by redefining words etc. this is why it's very difficult for them to change their minds. The biggest thing that made a difference for me was really understanding the dichotomy of individualism vs. collectivism and since I'm an Englishman I'm naturally, culturally individualistic and it helped me to see through a lot of stuff and correct my own beliefs. Collectivism is absolutely irreconcilable with the things MLK said in his "I have a dream" speech, for example, and it wasn't long before my entire worldview changed.
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  1814. I’m American and I too agree with you Tik, we often idolize our heroes that we can’t imagine that they have bias and jealousy as part of their makeup.
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  1815. My daughter is 1yo and the news about Southport chilled my blood. She barely avoided death or grevious injury which was dreadful to live through and I can't begin to imagine what the grief the parents are going through. How Starmer is handling this all is truly pathetic and I say it as an outsider looking in. (Unfortunately my country's leadership isn't any better)
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  1816. Love this video TIK! Nice and succinct. Ideobabble: 1) Verbose, typically non-descriptive words 2) Text Wall.
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  1817. You live up to your motto: History lies at the heart of the debate.
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  1818. All this hatred and abuse thrown towards someone arguing for a rational historical narrative of the historical nazi defeat. The response to your video explains a lot of the context for itself; packs of nazi-infatuated imbeciles obviously still have the capacity to intimidate or at least whine enough to, at least to their own audience, shape the continued narrative of victimized nazi armies (somehow important to their own self narratives of being victimized for admiring those nazi armies), and have been permitted to do so for the whole of the 20th century in the interest of including even the unrepentant aggressors of world war 2 on the democratic side in the cold war. I say it's time to leave these wolves out in the cold.
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  1819. It didn't occur to Irving that taking Jews to concentration camps as hostages (presumably where they would threatened with death if the Western Allies didn't meet German demands) is in of itself profoundly immoral.
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  1820. Your work is a voice of reason and sanity.
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  1821. Best ending ever! "Comrade, the economy doesn't provide for us!" "Well comrade, it's sticks to tanks."
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  1822. Now this has given me a whole nother view of my own country, sweden. You went in more depth than what the history teachers did, way more in depth actually. Thanks for the history lesson and thank you Peter for asking that question!
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  1823. I had YouTube open when the notification came in for this. Me: drops life to watch Battlestorm
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  1824. TIK is having a Chuikov moment. It's OK, fall back to Zaitsevkiy Island, relax and come back across the Volga in strength.
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  1825. Mate, long time watcher but first time commenter. I’ve was motivated to comment to urge you to keep making your videos regarding the economics of war, even if the left is unconverted. I would describe myself as a conservative, and I love the way you distill the facts down into something comprehensible. I have learned a great deal from your videos. Please keep them going!
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  1826. Thank you TIK. I came for the battle dissertations, stayed for the socio-economic discussions. It has been an eye opener to say the least. Calling into question of our education systems since the late 70's. Keep on with this tack, I think you are steering a steady course.
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  1827. I was banned from r/Libertarian for posting something similar. LOL
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  1828. It is always a good day when TIK releases a new video
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  1829. 1:16:24 international Jewish Marxist Capitalism, I honestly as to pause and laugh at this great vid so far tho
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  1830. Pienaar and Halder would probably get along well in a pub chat.
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  1831. Glad you took a break Tik.
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  1832. 100 minutes of TIK... I like this Monday now! :)
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  1833.  @mdtrw  Not really. From my personal experience (I've recently finished liceum [Polish equivalent of high school, I think]), the one who got blamed the most was FDR, with Churchill far often being called the most sane Western politician, who wasn't blinded by the fasade of the Soviet regime, but was powerless to stop spread of communism, though the feeling of this 'Western Betrayal' or 'Yalta', as it's quite often named, includes the British just as much as the rest of the West
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  1834. I think doing the occasional long QA video is just fine. They are interesting and entertaining which is about all you can ask for. Also, just because you might be mostly reiterating points from other videos doesn't make it a bad thing. Learning takes repetition so hearing important facts and concepts applied again in a new context improves understanding.
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  1835. Finding and discussing it just adds to your credibility in the long run; once you get over that sick feeling that one of the paints you used in your masterpiece turns out to be defective. Not your fault, and hopefully other historians will benefit. And be as conscientious when it happens to them.
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  1836. THIS ONE IS SAFE TO LIKE EVEN BEFORE IT COMES OUT!
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  1837. Fun game, take a drink anytime he says "desperate" or "desperately".
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  1838. Despite knowing exactly how it's going to end, the series never fails to give the sense of "who's going to win"
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  1839. Typical, the article writer seems to have an agenda to push or a reputation to attempt to build, after all writing outright lies is justified... despite the fact that actual sources are constantly mentioned in your videos for us to look up ourselves if we have doubts. (Or at least, the commentators using him as a source anyway...)
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  1840. You need a week off brother, not just a few days. You deserve it. Thanks for the video, best history lesson i ever had.
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  1841. One should always be suspicious of memoirs particularly from leaders. The writer is publishing these things usually with an axe to grind: either taking credit for successes or deflecting blame for defeats. What is frequently done is blaming the dead as they are unable to defend themselves.
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  1842. Haven’t watch this episode yet but it appears Paulus had failed to establish a concentration point, thus leading to his already thin forces to be spread out and couldn’t go deeper. This is not necessarily his fault though as you would have to deploy forces to ensure all flanks are covered and take as much ground as possible when the enemy was weaker. Similar thing appeared to happen in the Caucasus with List’s 17th army when he initially drove deep but as the front gets narrower, terrain gets more difficult, and resistance stubborns, it just became a scenario of thin forces hugging enemies’s less thin forces,and little advances could be made. And by that point it might not be possible to just shift forces across for one sector anymore as all units had to held what s in front of them.
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  1843. TIK you're doing an amazing job. Dont listen to the commentors telling you to rush it.we love the detail.
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  1844. My grandmother-in-law was from Gleiwitz and was a teenager at the time. Some years ago (she's passed away now) I asked her about this. She told me contemptuously it didn't happen and it was all 'American propaganda'. Given her terrible experiences as an East German during the war I don't think she's an unbiased witness however.
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  1845. @TIKhistory, the Italians dropped their new M38 Carcano rifle because of logistical issues. The new rifle used a larger bullet which they thought was deadlier and they were in the process of converting existing rifles to take the new ammunition. They weren't able to complete the transition by the time they joined the war so to simplify logistics they went back to the older type, meaning some units had both types and consequently two different ammunition types to supply. Forgotten Weapons made a video about that entire situation if you're interested.
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  1846. Congratulations on reaching 50K subscribers!
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  1847. Welp was hoping to accomplish something else today but this will do this will do
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  1848. Hi Tik, I've been thinking on the topic of influencing for years. Here are some takeaways: -Some people can't be influenced, I believe it's due to the self-determination principle of each individual. If someone simply says no, no matter what, you simply can't get to them. You can provide truths, but truth is, many people simply don't care about truths. Their values are misplaced, and so, they keep reverting to those values every time you present them something. Also, changing yourself is hard and painful, especially when not done out of your own free will, but due to someone else's criticism. -The best you can do is present positive subjects, as historically accurate, entertaining and helpful as possible, which would naturally extend your influence to the maximum. So rather than present:"why socialism is wrong", maybe go for:"why capitalism is wonderful". Also, maybe link the good in the socialist ideas(fairness, having security, the state being kind to the individual, helping the poor) and present how capitalism does just that. -Avoid direct criticism of the people you're trying to convince These are just a few of the conclusions I reached, I could go on but I don't want to bore you. Thanks for your work, I like getting accurate information on WW2.
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  1849. I'm having a read of the PDF you've mentioned in the video. To say the least I am facing it with cold revulsion with what happened and they did. We don't need to make stuff up to demonise people of beings like this. They just do it for us.
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  1850. "are political activists and therefore illiterate..." Love TIK's needling.
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  1851. This is a colossal battle already, and we're not even a month in! Thanks for being such a good storyteller. Never at any point was this video boring. :D
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  1852. Whether or not Paulus made the "right" decision, he made a logical decision based on the information he had at the time. I do think we can conclude this no matter what. It's important, because it means that we can't say he was negligent or incompetent, which would be the only real purpose of this exercise.
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  1853. In my opinion Hitler's declaration or confirmation of war was in his perspective one rare instance of him calling a spade a spade. Hostilities existed, both sides were fudging the edges of neutrality to the point of being in open conflict. The hindsight that FDR would manage to direct the U.S. effort and populace into focusing on Germany first and how quickly the U.S. was able to mobilize its economy, military, and people is something he simply didn't have at the time. The historical precedent he was aware of was the inverse of this. The U.S. had no Army to send to Europe in WW1 when war was declared. The U.S. AEF only managed one division on the front line by October 1917, five months after the declaration of war. Also what he did know at the time as any casual researcher of history can see is the U.S. through its whole history had been willing to to forcefully enforce the idea of Free Trade since a very young age and as such U.S. cargo being intercepted or sunk on the way to Germany's enemies would inevitably lead to war. Both Japan and Germany lacked an understanding of how things had changed in the U.S. since WW1. Both in society and governmental policies that really only someone living in the U.S. and working with the peacetime branches of government and military related to being able to mobilize could have known. Because while the U.S. had stood down after WW1 the liasons between industry and military had remained, quietly cataloguing what various needs would be required to rapidly mobilize again. What industries could produce what, on what time tables they could be shifted. How to recruit, transport, train men on a vast scale. The "Great Depression" was also a silver lined boon to mobilizing the country because with FDR's "New Deal" experience in mobilizing and equipping manpower was gained and fresh. But again to the outside world it simply looked like the U.S. was only beginning to recover from it.
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  1854. "Blood Lands" was one of the toughest reads. Excellent book, but I had to put it down after a while, take a break, then come back to it. Heartily recommend for anyone who wants to read about that chapter of the war.
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  1855. This is the best explained video of the WW2 situation. This guy is amazing!
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  1856.  @TheImperatorKnight  If there's one thing he got right is to continue fighting Germany after France surrendered, same as De Gaulle. Even if at the time it seemed hopeless and foolish it proved to be the best choice in the end. Even if he did got some help from Mr. H.for going to war with both the USSR and the USA at the same time.
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  1857. Tik, been binging on your videos for a little while now, you do OUTSTANDING work, among the best war documentaries I've ever seen. To say I'm excited about the Stalingrad doco (all 24 hours of it!) would be an understatement. I'm probably more excited about the Stalingrad doco than I have been of any movie, TV show or otherwise for as long as I can remember. (Huge fan of David Glantz, and knowing that he'll be a key source excites me no end.) Keep up the fantastic work. (Glad to see your gaining subs quicker and quicker too, you deserve a massive audience).
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  1858. Your take on history taught in schools is spot on. When I entered college I was a veracious reader of any history I could get. Would have lefty students threaten me for disagreeing with the dogma of history. Much like you but 15 years ago being called racist and fascist for having taught myself to read from every angle.
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  1859. 00:23 Question 1: German Strategy in 1942 07:07 Question 2: Slides for different ideologies and Third Positionism 11:06 Question 3: Why I don't use Russian sources (Google Translate) 23:28 Question 4: Soviet Storm series vs US/UK Curriculum 33:54 My story about school education and teachers 39:06 Question 5: Home Schooling and Copying my videos 44:26 Question 6: Teacher in California, WW2 Fiction, Richard Darre and the German economy 52:11Question 7: Nomothetic and Idiographic, and the Bible. 1:01:10 Question 8: Russian defense of the Ossipov-Lancaster Equations (Nigel Askey) 1:11:04 Question 9: Channel management, Patreons, financial situation and workload. Fixed the timestamps so that you can click and go directly to the question you want to watch.
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  1860. I love your sustained attack on the legacy of the Nazi generals. So few channels show them as they were, instead too many just accept their self written legend... great stuff. Thanks.
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  1861. Rosa Luxembourg, a socialist, had never held a job and came from a wealthy family many such cases
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  1862. This is endlessly more interesting than grinding over the details of the war. This is the more interesting bigger picture
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  1863. You are amazingly patient with a guy who cannot even pronounce "tik". great respect for that. Please keep up your great work, the world needs more people like you.
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  1864. Thank you for this video tik. In my opinion this is one of your best and most important videos you have made to date. Made me understand so much about antisemitism!
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  1865. I was waiting for this video. I get this questions quite often. Thanks TIK!
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  1866. I marathoned this. I think the overlooked part of this is the British Navy. Even if Rommel had taken Tabruk, those ships still have to cross the Med. German factories could barely produce enough to keep their forces going the supplies didn't have to cross a body of water. The German's may have been able to win a tactical victory here, but sooner or later supplies were going to catch up with them.
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  1867. I was actually waiting for you to finish the series, so I can marathon it, so this is extremely convenient.
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  1868. The maps are pleasure to looks at! Good job, TIK team!
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  1869. Well, in russian language sources (from personal accounts to huge studies) medical service is mentioned quite a lot. Basically, the image of girl nurse pulling the wounded from the battlefield is one of the main parts of WW2 narrative in all former USSR. And there are a lot of studies in russian, but I don't know of any translated in English. Basically, the Red Army medical system was less focused on medical attention in the field, but more on triage and evacuation. And, according to official figures at least, it worked rather well. Lethality rate among the wounded was on par with americans - 2-3%, while lethality rate for wehrmacht wounded on the Eastern Front was about 10%. And 72,3% of the wounded soviets were returned to the frontline. For example, there are some figures for one of Stalingrad hospitals from July, 1 1942 to August, 15 1942: 13,6 thousand wounded received, 262 died. ("История военных потерь" Б. Ц. Урланис, 1994. (Urlanis, "History of military casualties". I have no idea, whether this book was ever translated though)). However, there are some caviats: 1. This system worked well for the wounded, but was terrible for the sick. The latter were sometimes openly disregarded. Basically, "You don't have gaping bloody hole anywhere, stop bitching and get back to the frontline!". And this disregard for the sick still present in the modern russian army even in peacetime. Until you have serious fever and can't stand straight anymore - don't even think about complaining. 2. The Red Army had a lot of well-taught surgeons, but was rather low on atnibiotics. Allmost all of the penicilline was lend-leased. 3. Triage and evacuation system worked well, when there was an opportunity to send wounded back. Lightly wounded were treated on the divisional level, more severe wounds - in army's or front's hospitals (and even further back). But the frontline medical units didn't have any facilities to treat the wounded. Their job was to stabilize your condition to a degree and send you back. But if your regimental\batallion medics can't send you back - you're screwed. And also (frankly, I don't know, whether it can be applied to WW2, but at least since the 60s it works that way) in russian army every single instance when a soldier get at least one "day-off" from the medics (to treat cold and fever for example) - this is reported as "sanitarium casualty". And every single time when this treatment period is prolongated - it's another "sanitarium casualty".
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  1870.  @personaa422  you obviously didn't watch the video. TIK breaks it down for you. Hitler absolutely was a Socialist. In name and in deed. Either refute the arguments in the video with your own arguments or stop lying to continue the Leftist propaganda we've endured for 75 years
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  1871. As a credentialed historian, I DO agree with you!
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  1872. Nicely done. Your ability to explain concepts is exceptional.
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  1873. Just extraordinary. You shine a light on this conflict like no other. The deficit in supply to this primary objective would beggar belief were the argument not backed up so convincingly. I find myself almost gasping in astonishment. A period i thought i knew well and was so well documented there's nothing more to say until, that is, you enter the debate. Its striking that you can effect an almost visceral response to a well worn subject with such insights. I wont say new insight for the facts are there all along. You bring them to the fore, making history anew. A commentator below jokingly suggested making you professor of history in his fictional dictatorship. I would humbly suggest this to be a real career option for you at any progressive university. My heart felt thanks to you, sir.
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  1874. Kia ora TIK, honestly thankyou for covering not just NZ military involvement throughout the whole war, but also the Māori battalion as well, you might be the first to go into this much detail about it and I'm glad to see this after having followed you for several years now. 🇳🇿
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  1875. Hi Tik. Thanks for answering my question. I do apologize for any blowback in regards to the video. I've read a lot heavy history where there are no happy endings. My question was only to seek common ground with other historians. I interpret military history at my current job, and it sometimes takes a heavy toll even if you try to disconnect from the story. I'm sorry that my question sparked controversy. I hope it doesn't impact your channel in a negative sense.
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  1876. I also had some disagreements with TIK...however, I still come at these videos with an open mind. You are allowed to disagree, but don't be intellectually dishonest.
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  1877. Wignats after watching this video: "Wtf, I love Marx now!"
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  1878. As a Veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division from 1990 to 92 and then 2005-2009... C/1/325 Airborne inf regiment, and D/313th MI (Lrsd) I approve of this message... Sometimes the truth hurts and without the truth in history we are screwed... Well done TIK and dont let the Dirty nasty legs bring you down.
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  1879. If Hitler didn't want to wage a war of aggression he could not get the Lebensraum that he needed to achieve his goals, it doesn't make any sense! Good video TIK
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  1880. 16:41 "I don't really want to get into French politics because it's stupid" Agreed.
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  1881.  @TheImperatorKnight  I usually hear things like ,"Hitler killed communists, so he hated communists, he can't be a socialist or a leftist." LOL. Ya, that's kind of what they do. The history of socialism and Communism is filled with inner rilvary and group on group murder. What I've always thought is that he didnt like "communists" because they were internationalists. Where in, his socialism was built on nationalism. Basically the ideology and its interests verse the nation, the people, and their interests.
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  1882. Historians don’t seem to understand that Germany is the birthplace of modern socialism and that the vast majority of the German people were simply in different sects of socialists. Everyone, including the Nazis, were engaging in the same argument people on the left do when they see other forms of socialism, “that’s not real socialism though” “if I were dictator, this is how my utopia would look”. Little do they know, they have quite a lot in common with Hitler, who said the exact same things.
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  1883. Glad to see your health is good enough to have the video come out on time. Has it passed over or are you still under the weather? Best wishes, regardless.
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  1884. "... view the Axis and Soviets with equal disgust." Why have I never heard anyone say this before?
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  1885. Hi TIK, as a long time fan of your work I wanted to give you a bit of feedback that could help your mental health greatly I belive. If you compare old Q&A videos to the recent ones, nowadays you put so much more time and effort into answering a lot questions, seemingly reading entire books just to answer a person, which is very time consuming on your already stretching-to-the- breaking point work limit. I think majority of people here would still enjoy a lot of your Q&A answers, If you just lay back and answer them from the top of your head, perhaps even just giving your personal opinion on them other than hard researched facts with multiple sources. You are such a knowledgeable person who seems to overwork so much and I think if you would try to answer some more simple questions this way most of your followers would be still satisfied, you could catch up a bit on the long list of questions and most importantly get a well deserved break for the weeks when you need it the most. Thanks for all your hard work.
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  1886. U keep giving me great shit to unwind. As a nurse who has to deal with the current health issue, i thank you.
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  1887.  @TheImperatorKnight  https://www.jstor.org/stable/24005566?seq=1 is an example but is a common knowledge in italy the story is mentioned pretty much any time you grab a book who talk about libia, italo turkish war, libian history etc. (of course no wikipedia or on line stuff i am talking about books and university papers production)
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  1888. Thankyou, Sir/Madam. Share our values and you deserve our friendship. I'm a blue-eyed whitey, my wife is east Asian, our son is halfnhalf. Yet Smarmer would describe me as a far right extremist.
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  1889. I hate how they use the term far right. Far right is socialism. This marxist way of twisting language is annoying. They have carried out destruction of words. I wish previous generations and baby boomers educated themselves on politics perhaps we wouldn't be in this situation. Had they not allowed the first labour government in 1946 to nationalize everything things could have been different.
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  1890. Tik I find your material informative and helpful to understand what different ideologies today are trying to accomplish today from seeing what ideologies did and why in the past
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  1891. You forgot the part where the USA blatantly violated its own neutrality perimeters. FDR set up neutrality a zone from the US coast to South of Greenland and the Germans respected this, but FDR and the Democrats started sending out destroyers to help patrol and guard convoys past that and attack German Uboats on sight. He even sent forces to help with the British occupation of Iceland and three Battleships (Mississippi, Idaho, New Mexico) to be stationed there. America had de facto declared war on Germany!
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  1892. 24:00 "yellow William the conqueror" Oh, well done, sir. Well done.
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  1893. You are a first class historian. For me, you have shown something of the confusion the fighting men faced. Thank you for your work.
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  1894. 2:21 Downplaying an Italian tactical victory are we?
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  1895. I doubt they watched any of his videos completely.
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  1896. Hey Tik why don't you accept my greek translation for the oil video? Keep up the great job and congratulations for the 100K Subscribers.
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  1897. Hello Tik! I hope you got better since your Wrong Numbers video, don't work yourself to death. There are still an awful lot of mondays that you can make better for us. Thanks for the video!
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  1898. Dude you are absolutely fantastic!!! Thank you for your videos and appreciate honesty without bias ;)
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  1899. Wow, this guy has less than 50K subscribers! Good and comprehensive explainations, good and clear voice, english subs for non native speakers, good editing. New favorite history Youtube channel!
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  1900. I know you have more detailed videos of the Reich, but the foundation you lay before describing the conflict with the SA here is perfect. You have presented a very clear and easy to follow comparison of Marxism and National Socialism.
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  1901. This is where you excel ; lucid descriptions of important battles , detailed but fast moving . So well presented with supporting maps etc. quoting well supported by references to sources so easy to see .love the humour too. TiK at his best , better than so many other presentations on WW2 .
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  1902. I really appreciate this work. Look at you, getting back to your Socialist roots, thinking for those who can't or won't think for themselves and distributing the product of your thoughts to them for free.
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  1903. THIS is why I'm a supporter. You have stumbled into the elephant in the room, and you have the skills to make it visible, both to those who are under its spell, and to others who deny its existence. I've vaguely known about the Gnostic problem for years, but I've not been able to work out how it's been made to work in the modern, largely secular world. This is utter genius, TIK. All power to your mega-zord! Or not. Please keep digging, but be careful. it's easy to end up seeing a Gnostic under every bush.
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  1904. Finally found what I was trying to formulate for the entirety of my academic life. Highly appreciate your video.
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  1905. Serbian propaganda spreaders in the comments amuse me
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  1906. Personally, I think Deniers are not so concerned with denying the Holocaust as they are with distracting us from other topics surrounding the Nazis. Every minute we spend proving the Holocaust happened, something only a very small minority genuinely don't believe, is a minute we are not addressing the misrepresentation of who the Nazis actually were politically and its consequences for social discourse today. In other words, the Holocaust being denied is arguably less important to address than the fact people don't know who the Nazis really were and are using them as analogues for modern political movements that are decidedly un-Nazi, thus promoting dangerous political movements that do share commonalities with the Nazis. By way of example, as noted by TIK, Nazis were socialists and authoritarians. They were not pro-Capitalist and definitely not libertarian, but due to decades now of letting mostly left-wing historians set the narrative that Nazism was the opposite of Marxist Socialism because Nazism saw Marxism as a primary opponent, people use the term Nazi today to describe libertarian movements when it should be obvious that is not the case. How can people who argue for less government, more personal freedom, and individual responsibility be associated with a political movement that demanded complete obedience to the State? Because kids read that the Nazis were "right wing extremists" in books written by left-wingers, libertarianism is considered right-wing by Socialist standards, and no one is making a serious effort to correct the misperceptions because socialists benefit from people not supporting libertarians because those people think the libertarians are nazis. Makes one wish one drank heavily...
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  1907. you defiantly make some of the best military documentary's on youtube also thanks for the topic, besides "The Soviet-German War, 1941-1945: Myths and Realities" nobody truly touched this side
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  1908. Your half-arsed/mocking commissar voice is even funnier than your Halder one.
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  1909. I'm one of the madmen who managed to watch your 5-hour video. I did it at some point in recent years. It blew my mind. It made me think "wait, if that was a lie, what else is?" I've been diving into the rabbit hole since 😂. I can't thank you enough. Edit: I'll add you're not controversial. You're truthful. Just because you're outside the Overton window doesn't mean the facts are disputed. Instead, the facts are denied. That's not controversy, that's grifting, denial, delusions, or a mix.
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  1910. Hi TiK, just to support this, while studying Soviet Cold War politics I read a few accounts (including Khrushchev, though he is about as reliable as a German General) which stated that by the early 60s the leadership recognised that they were economically trapped: on one hand the population could see the lack of consumer goods and they needed to start producing them; on the other their industry (and reading between the lines their strategic self-concept) was not capable of producing them, and there was no capacity to do so without taking production away from elsewhere.
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  1911. Thanks a lot. Each of your videos give an entirely new perspective and opens up a new chapter in this war. I eagerly await your uploads. Thanks for the great work.
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  1912. I feel compelled to defend Chuikov, at least as a person. We have no reason to believe that any personal account that he wrote was not heavily edited for use as propaganda. His original manuscript, if there even was one, may have been very sparse and full of nothing but facts. What we have, however, has clearly been gone over by the Soviets and cannot be trusted without corroboration. An in-depth analysis of his writings, including a chapter dedicated to this Hoffman sidebar, would be in order. Oh, the work still needed by historians!
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  1913. Please don't tell Lindybeige about the superiority of the MG42 over the BREN. ;-)
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  1914. "And apparently these people can hold contradictions in their heads at the same time, which is strange to me. It's literally insane." Sounds a lot like double think to me, suppose that is what the dialectic is? Double-plus good description.
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  1915. At first I was disappointed that you steered somewhat away from WW2 and towards politics and religion but damn it, this is just as interesting as your work on WW2. Great work TIK!
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  1916. Statement Analysis says that the people do that (never clearly define things) as "hedging their bets", allowing them to say later on that you "miss understood them" and then change their meaning. Rinse and repeat.
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  1917. Orwell had some good observations on language and the evolution of meaning of words. Now i wanna read some more from him
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  1918. OK, this one "hit home" because my Great-Grandfather survived this 1945 raid as he lived in Dresden (all his life 1871-1957). But no worries, I am not triggered (especially not by these number discussions). Bruno Robert Gelbrich, having been a teacher, made handwritten diaries in Old German handscript. I can read it, but many German cannot. It is appalling to read his own witness account on that. But, You may be surprised to hear that he expressed no hate nor anger against the allies; he would always write rather neutral. But and the end of the war, his only single ranting ever in that diary (6 volumes BTW) was about the WINDBAG Goebbels ... TIK, I need to thank You personally for this video because You - of course unwittingly - You brought home to me what I was missing in my own puzzle about it. Guess what: the only two books I have about Dresden were from Irving (a 1964 issue) and McKee (1983). If or not these books were worth reading was not the question for me then in the 80s, when I started reading as a teenager: I was just lucky to find any books at all about it ... and there were many more, but they were beyond my budget ... today I have MANY more books also about Hamburg and Berlin (also where parts of my family come from) on the same topic, of the WW2 air raids. What triggered me 40 years ago was not the "number battles" nor even the cruelty of it all. It was the few stories my relatives told me. And I wanted to know what happened, and why. The What is easiest, the Why is hardest. So over 40 years I was on a private hobby-historian hunting, but what I could never do like You did, was a comparison of all these sources to draw a conclusion. Please continue. Stick to tanks and banks. Thanks
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  1919. I hope you're doing well tik :)
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  1920. What if Russia have been Capitalist in WW2 This is one of the best "What if" i have ever heard ! p.s. before i watch - i think russia in ww2 as capitalist ( depends when it becomes capitalist ) would preform the same level as russia did in ww1 - BADLY
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  1921. Imagine being a single man and trying to pull with a man like TIK around. The ladies would soon realize that we just can't compete with 9 hours of Operation Crusader trivia.
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  1922. My mouth is literally watering at the thought of a Battle of France or Okinawa Battlestorm documentaries.
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  1923. I saw a documentary on Leningrad a few weeks ago, but yours is far better at illustrating the sheer scale and brutality of the story.
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  1924. Whatever you do man I’ll still watch your channel. Good job on owning the Marxists and revisionists throughout the years.
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  1925. wow, just stumbled upon this. As an Austrian economist, this put a smile on my face. Keep up the good work TIK.
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  1926. Hi TIK, I've enjoyed every episode you have made, and I've watched most of them several times each. its the definitive history on the subject, and the level of detail and dedication to your craft is evident in each one of those episodes. Take all the time you want to explore other areas, and come back to it when you are ready. But please do come back to it oneday! I'll be here watching! Many thanks for your years of effort on this Herculean project!
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  1927. I think people believe in marxist or hegelian dialectics because it's a rationalization of history that puts you in a very comfortable situation which gives you the answer to most of the problems. Same happens to other ideologies but marxist fall into this many times.
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  1928. YES! We did it! Thank you, TIK, for the best-ever documentary on the Stalingrad campaign. I will go enjoy my fodder and wrap my head around the many souls lost during this campaign. I'll also reflect on how privileged we are not to be ruled by tyrants and war-mongering politicians like the past generations were. And be glad that we learned from the Second World War and their experience so that we don't ever repeat these calamities again. Or did we...?
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  1929. You and your peers in the history community does a great job of educating about a war that should never be forgotten. Today, however, I cannot stomach to hear about the human suffering. That you manage to study WW2 and educate us, without going crazy, is an amazing feat.
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  1930. Perhaps the reason Army group B wasn't receiving enough replacements is because they were not getting enough supplies to support the extra replacements.
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  1931. The variance could be that they were using different mix of aircraft, some being the dedicated transport aircraft and some being retasked bombers.
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  1932. You are finally using powerpoint! It's like seeing a panzer III transform into a tiger. :D
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  1933. After watching this i can actually understand this order. It's not "not a step back or else we'll shoot you" it's more like "i'm sick of my officers disobeying my commands and the commands of their superiors". In the US army if you do go AWOL and actually abandoned you could be subject to prison time and/or be convicted of treason (which to my knowledge is a death sentence).
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  1934. TiK thank you for more of the Interwar political analysis ...... The problem as I see it is there is no view of the "opposition" viewpoint- The view of other politicians in Germany as a counterpoint for why you have the melting pot of German politics, with the additional points of view in Germany. That would give other viewers an all-round view of the political spectrum in Germany.
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  1935. Starmer is not clueless he knows exactly what’s going on which makes it even more worse and worrying
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  1936. Having watched your videos for years, I thought I had developed a pretty thick skin. The actions described in this video, however, had me feeling pretty queezy and I ended up having to stop watching every 5-10 minutes and take a break. Thanks for all the great work.
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  1937. Man, massive props to Petrakov's unit for holding out for so long with their backs to the Volga, hoping for the 13th guards rifle men.
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  1938. "It's distortions all the way down?" Wait a TIK, I thought it was turtles all the way down?
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  1939. That was strong, I'd say, mind-blowing. My parents are soviet people, and the information I received from them and the media, and school didn't seem to be providing a complete picture. I knew that something crucial was missing, but I couldn't figure out what that was. Your content is awesome, and this video is ... wow. It covers so much more than promised in the title. With all that is happening now (China's screwup with the coronavirus, constitutional changes in Russia, just to name the few), it gives you some sort of closure. History is indeed not just about dates and names
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  1940. I agree absolutely !!!
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  1941. As a small content creator struggling to even monetise my channel it's infuriating to see someone build a channel that size on stolen content. And I can certainly understand how frustrating it must be to have content that you have worked so hard to create be tossed out on a schedule we can only dream of.
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  1942. I'm a simple man. I see a TiK video, I watch immediately. Thanks TiK!
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  1943. 00:04 ⚔️ Paulus refuses surrender, commits to orders despite grim situation at Stalingrad. 00:28 🛡️ 14th Panzer Division left with minimal troops, lacking supplies and artillery, facing certain death. 01:27 🏙️ Gumrak airfield falls to Soviets on Jan 24, grim scenes of frozen German casualties discovered. 02:22 ✈️ Last aircraft leaves inadequate Stalingradskii airfield; wounded left behind face dire fate. 03:15 💔 Airlift fails, 6th Army's situation dire, horses and wounded suffer amidst harsh conditions. 05:33 🦠 Typhus spreads, affecting 90% of men; becomes significant factor in aftermath. 06:03 🍞 Rations fail, devastating consequences; German resistance weakens. 07:20 🇩🇪 Swastika flag raised, symbolic stand in apocalyptic conditions, but meaning lost. 08:19 🗡️ Epidemic of self-deletion among German soldiers; dire medical conditions. 09:14 🇷🇺 Stalin praises troops for significant victories, but Stalingrad remains unconquered. 11:55 🔄 Hitler orders creation of new 6th Army, leaving the besieged 6th Army to its fate. 16:48 🏰 6th Army split in two, each pocket containing roughly 50,000 men, half of them wounded. 17:43 🚧 German units disintegrate, leaders struggle to maintain coherence; priorities shift to survival. 19:34 🤝 Generals debate surrender, but Paulus refuses; conflicting accounts emerge regarding Seydlitz's actions. 21:25 🇩🇪 Some want to surrender, others want to fight; divisions and decisions become complex and varied. 22:48 🕰️ Historical narratives suggest Paulus may have been perceived as a puppet, but evidence is inconclusive. 23:15 📜 The portrayal of Paulus as a fanatical Nazi was avoided to deflect blame from German generals and white-wash the German Army's image. 25:03 🔄 Soviets withdrew the 24th Army for rest and refit, emphasizing the shift towards relying on artillery and tanks rather than infantry. 26:28 ⏳ Soviets conducted a slow, methodical approach to minimize casualties, as they knew Germans were on their last legs, starving, and exhausted. 28:21 🛑 Critical shortages of medical supplies and overcrowded hospitals resulted in grim conditions for wounded soldiers. 31:24 ⚔️ Reinhard's attempt at a breakout failed, leading to the disintegration of the 103rd Panzer Battalion. 34:09 🏳️ Romanian resistance at Stalingrad ended, culminating in the surrender of Dimitriu and his men. 35:34 🚀 Shumilov's forces closed in on Paulus's headquarters, marking a critical turning point. 38:45 🏳️ German resistance in the southern pocket collapsed, resulting in a large number of prisoners. 41:25 🇩🇪 Some Germans were unwilling to surrender and attempted to break out, despite grim prospects.
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  1944. my favorite quote so far: "You can look up Wikipedia."
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  1945. Dude this is BEYOND EPIC work on your part TIK. I’m a YT premium user and this series is saved to my phone so when my internet goes out (happens a lot sadly) I can still watch these. You deserve a freaking medal for your hard work. Have a great day man, you deserve it ❤
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  1946. I appreciate your understanding of the economic aspects of National Socialism and economic systems generally. Otto Strasser provides good insight to the NSDAP’s ideological roots. Central planning never works.
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  1947. There's a giant disconnect between TIKhistory, who is unabashedly anti-Nazi, and many of the people in the comments section, who clearly are praising Hitler while pretending that they're not.
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  1948. Hi Tik! To me, this a truly moving video. Still, I would encourage you to not be frustrated after all. I think your economics and politics videos provide highly relevant insights into the history of the last hundred or so years and are MUCH more digestible to the casual viewer than any book might ever be. That is a huge achievement and will be a tremendous legacy. And given the Internet's possibilities, it might be around for thousands of years. If humanity might ultimately prove to have the cognitive potential to come to terms with its issues and move into a bright(er) future, I am sure that your work will prove to be invaluable as you helped tieing such a huge number of open ends in some essential spots. However, I personally would ask and encourage you to find a way to "move on" from the verbal fire your critics are directing at you: I strongly believe you should not suffer from the knowledge you acquired and shared so bravely but rather bring its potential to bear, eventually reaping any benefits. Therefore, please do not let your critics tie you down in a debate where your opponent can and will negate any of your successes by not complying to reason with impunity. I cannot imagine that this is anything but a waste of your precious time. (Somehow I figure some of the historians and economists whose works you keep on citing seem to have been in a similar position. What did they do? Some of them seem to really have moved on from what surely must have been similarly disheartening experiences.) Also, I don't think it is appropriate to keep on attempting to persuade those who actively refuse beyond reason. Instead, once you have certainly fulfilled your duty to give everyone an honest opportunity to debate the subject and to learn and develop their knowledge and world view, I kind of think that it is not only reasonable, but also your ultimate duty to leave behind all those who still are evidently not interested in accepting facts even despite overwhelming evidence. (Some will figure it out sooner or later, others won't. Why bother? I wouldn't think that an individual is to blame for the group failing, ultimately letting down all the group thinkers, but I might be mistaken.) Humanity does not evolve if the most curious don't leave the cave until the least curious are leaving, too. PS: Please also realize that what you do and did has afaik never been done before with such clarity to such a huge and diverse audience on a unified platform, thus certainly bringing an unimaginable number of world views and biases to the table. While it certainly speaks volumes about your work ethics and what crazy high standards you seem to impose upon yourself, I guess you really shouldn't focus on the summit you might have not reached yet, but rather give yourself the well deserved praise for any step you move upwards on a maddeningly undesirable route that I tend to think no one has ever gone before.
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  1949. You did the right thing TIK, you can't win the fight against total unabashed radicalism on either side. I'm pretty far left, but I have had to deal with the same issues on my channel from both sides. Both sides have their lunatics. David Irving is a lunatic, really nothing more than a charlatan who knows how to market to angry White Nationalists.
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  1950. Oh TIK, you want 'em marxists to downvote your video back into 2020, do you?
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  1951. Monday = TIK's day!
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  1952. I love how TIK hyped up Zhukov, reminds me a lot of ring announcers. The speech bubbles were a nice touch too.
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  1953. I always thought is was weird how the mainstream pushed the narrative that a nation couldn't work because it was multiethnic. Since when was the mainstream a fan of ethnonationalism?
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  1954. Sorry for your loss TIK, my prayers go out to you and your family during this difficult period. We will be right here when you get back.
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  1955. I love how it says in the statement they fall on for reprivitazation actually states they regained "privatization" by selling to the central offices to the reich. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you sell to the central powers is that not still making it a nationalized bank?
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  1956. Interesting piece of history that nobody knows about and is often overlooked by most people. Thanks for sharing your work with us again mate ❤😊
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  1957. I saw your comment on Leonard Peikoff’s the History of philosophy lecture series, but I didn’t expect this.
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  1958. Rationing I was alive and living in the UK just after the war finished I remember that the ration was reduced from war time levels until the early 50s and did not finish until 1953, this was bankruptcy of Britain and not the U-boats. Rationing was worse after the war than during it. As an aside bananas were absent from Britain till 1952 and most of the children from the 40s had better teeth because of the lack of sugar to make sweeties. I think the problem may have also been that Britain's credit was in the doldrums and it was difficult to get people to supply and that was the object of the food mission delegates to persuade people in free countries to support GB by sending food; this continued for 8 years after the war. Kind regards
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  1959. We live in a world where it's now so common that when someone disagrees with you it's their automatic assumption to accuse you of being dishonest. It's a really sad indictment of where we are as a species. TIK I think your videos are incredibly well researched/put together and entertaining, which isn't easy to do at the same time. Keep up all the great work.
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  1960. You can lead an idiot to water but you can't make him drink. Even when he's clearly dying of thirst. They remind me of the Black Knight in Monty Python too.
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  1961. Ever since your video on Hitler's socialism convinced me that he was an actual socialist, I've been recommending the video to anyone and everyone who still thinks he wasn't. No takers so far. I wonder if it's because they genuinely don't think it'll be convincing, or if they're worried it might be too convincing? Or, maybe it's just that it's enormously long and people these days have the attention span of a hummingbird with ADHD. Lol, could be any of those. In any case, I appreciate you and your work and once I finally start getting paid (just found out this morning I got the job I've been chasing all year!) I'll show you my appreciation with some legal tender. Hopefully the dollar hasn't completely collapsed by then and I won't just be sending you individual sheets of strange looking green toilet paper. Cheers
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  1962. As much my old-fashioned self adores books, this video format is clearly superior for the story you wanted to tell. Being able to narrate over the interactive map is a paradigm changer.
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  1963. Excellent video. One 'pick'; the U.S. flag you're using has 50 stars; it should only have 48, as the 50 star flag was adopted after the 1960 election.
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  1964. TIK, if you dont get some kind of award from the Internet/WWW community for this series it will be a travesty. Your work here explaining and diagramming the most devastating battle in modern history needs to be acknowledged as the pinnacle of the documentary style of teaching history. You and Eastory, along with Anton, just broke some very important ground.
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  1965. I love how your rather critical of different sources. Too many people are just willing to accept them at face value
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  1966. Lol. I just imagine a platoon leader begging for for reinforcements and ammunition, when the company CO goes "sorry, the neighboring company had a boy with a rich dad, we have to fight with sticks."
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  1967. Man tik is really pumping these videos out, loving the content tik, can’t wait for more of your Stalingrad series
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  1968. Things usually get worse before getting better, hold on tight TIK. And I have to say, your thinking process behind the boom and bust in views due to Covid is one of the finest examples I've seen of Austrian economics in the wild, indeed a rational view of the world I wouldn't expect seeing on YouTube if it wasn't for you. Hope things get better!
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  1969. Extinction of the dinosaurs...Too soon TIK.
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  1970. I was a socialist for a brief while a couple years back. In my opinion you can't pull someone out of socialist thinking, they have to pull themselves out. The best thing i think you can do is provide the motivation. For me it was the demonising of Kyle Rittenhouse.
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  1971. "...A gang of thugs got on trains and buses, went to a community that is not their own..." Are people not allowed to travel outside of their own neighbourhoods now?
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  1972. i can understand the 22nd div. and their rodent problems. a few years ago, i went out to start the truck. i thought the fuel pump was out. nope. a mouse had chewed through the 3 sending unit wires and the 4 fuel pump wires. all 7 wires were cut. a very efficient mouse.
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  1973. The lend lease that was the highest number was high octane petrol, which I believe was 90%, critical to high performance aircraft. The Germans also lost 50% of all casualties in the last 10 months of the war. I suspect the Soviets would have suffered disproportionate losses also. Both sides in the East were not following Geneva, also creating heavier losses. The playing field was not even, as TIK pointed out
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  1974. Hey tik, I just wanted to thank you for making mondays a much better day. Unfortunately a long time ago I had to cancel my Patrion subscription due to a horrible injury and ongoing battle I have but your hard work and adamant dedication to NEVER miss a monday video makes a dark world a bit brighter place. Much apprisiation from London
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  1975. Playing with fire but I like it, also think everyone should have to take micro and macro economics, probably make less dumb ppl
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  1976. Having your girlfriend run off with your bestfriend, your beloved pet of many years dying and being made redundant for the fourth time can certainly create depression. 😉👍
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  1977.  @Edax_Royeaux  "In addition to this, delivery of some public services produced by public administrations prior to the 1930s, especially social services and services related to work, was transferred to the private sector, mainly to several organizations within the Nazi Party." Now, read that again.
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  1978. I really love how you include Haupt's exclamations.
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  1979. This is beyond Youtube - this channel has some of the best historical journalism ever produced. Period.
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  1980. SUGGESTIONS for "not 100% perfect videos": You can make videos answering Q&A like you used to but also shorter videos on random topics that you find interesting. You also can take bigger topics that would go into a longer video and break them into parts, especially if the video is over 10 minutes long. Then you can post a single video containing all the parts if you want. You also can do book reviews where you go over a book, chapter by chapter (or a couple chapters per video) explaining the main ideas, reading select quotes, and giving context / criticism. I personally would find that an invaluable resource as someone who doesn't get around to reading much. For instance, you have a couple of books (vampire economy etc) that you have referenced often. That would make an interesting read. It would be like a book club / classroom analysis and you can incorporate comments from your viewers into the analysis or give feedback on them as we all explore the topic of the book. Even if you completely agree with a comment, people love when big channels interact with the comments which is a place you can incorporate it into your video. I don't know if you read the Gulag Archipelago but that is a book I would find interesting as well, but I know that in your videos you often refer to a couple books on economics or battle in NZ germany or SVT Russia which is where most of the audience would be probably interested in your expertise. There are a lot of ideas for increasing the number of videos while producing interesting videos without them requiring an amazing amount of research because many of us are not too familiar with what you are much better aquainted. God bless and don't burn yourself out.
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  1981. (1) Businesses were subject to immense bureaucracy determining practically every facet of production. There were strict wage/price/rent controls, employers were not allowed to fire, increase/decrease wages, or basically do anything without the approval of the local NSDAP party bureaucrat. (2) Savings were not allowed; if you were saving money as a business in Nazi Germany, it means you were not 'loyal' enough to the State and that you didn't support it's 24/7 armaments programme. Savings of businesses (Jews and other 'undesirables' were just totally annihilated in every way) were redistributed by the State to fund it's armaments bonanza. The government was constantly leeching off of all forms of private capital, as the bureaucracy grew ever larger and larger and more ridiculous. (3) The NSDAP programme openly called for central planning in wartime; the 'private property' scam was just an illusion during supposed 'peacetime' economy. Even the 'big business' people who originally supported Hitler earlier on supported him because the Social Democrats were also sucking Germany dry and making business immensely difficult with their insistence on labor unions. They were bamboozled by the flowerly rhetoric of Hitler. Also, the people who cry 'privatization' don't know what private means. If a government sanctions a "private" company to do services for it, by definition, the company is being propped up by tax-payer (i.e. public funds) dollars, which means it's NOT private. It's just a public entity outsourcing it's dirty work to an entity that's slightly less 'public'. Historian: bUt hItLeR pRiVaTiZeD hE's a cApItAlIsT!!!!!
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  1982. Dictionaries need to add a definition for "ReAl SoCiAlIsM" where everyone has their dream job, a lot of money and women regrow their virginity every week. Would settle the debate for good.
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  1983. This is the payoff we get after years of guitar hinting Thank you
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  1984. 52:45 I totally agree, and I hate when people say "we" when they are referring to actions taken by the government of the area they live. As if they personally had anything to do with the decisions that were made by their overlords. It's like thinking of yourself as part of a sports team you root for when you have no influence over how they play, except its a more harmful mindset.
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  1985. Thanks TIK, I really need to learn a lot more about economics. Keep up the great work.
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  1986. Speed up Battlestorm: Stalingrad? FUCK THAT SHIT! More videos! More details! I need a week-long playtime playlist! Also more logistics videos. I like those videos a lot.
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  1987. TIK, my condolences for your loss. You’ve made what I think is some of the best military history content on you tube, and I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future!
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  1988. As time goes on we start to see more and more about what 40 years of propaganda is capable of shaping the perception of the people. For instance we’re never taught that the Soviet supply lines began to shorten while the Germans extended given the Soviets an advantage. And for some reason many people can’t understand that someone can absolutely have patriotism and love for their country but despise their government. Great video keep bringing history into the light
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  1989. Man, I need to give credit to this channel and this series. Astonding, I can't wait for you to upload new video. That's how much I like your content
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  1990. Use of dogs was absolutely ridiculous, I saw multiple videos of them pulling out aggressive attack dogs even in protests were there was no signs of violence.
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  1991. 3:35 being a nitpick because I know someone will eventually use it out of context, at 3:30 you say it is "the passage of time that makes secondary sources more useful", I would add "the analysis of sources over the passage of time..." or something to that effect, though it is implied by surrounding statements.
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  1992. Not-so-fun Fact: Indian troops were used even after the Japanese surrender, specifically to quell local, nationalist movements in South-East Asia, such as in Indochina and Indonesia. These forces were comprised of Indian, Gurkhas, and British troops in the British-Indian Army, and around half a dozen or more divisions took part in this. Actually, they formed the largest component of British Indian forces in the largest battle involving British forces after the Second World War: the Battle of Surabaya, 10—31 November 1945, against Indonesian youths and nationalist troops. About 18 thousand British Indian troops took part in this battle, mostly from the 5th Indian Infantry Division (two brigades and other non-brigade components) and the 49th Indian Infantry Brigade, against around 30 to 50 thousand Indonesian fighters.
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  1993. I never understood what many historians wanted Paulus to do, If he abandoned his positions and broke out on foot even on the 20th, they would abandon defensive positions and free up the other soviet armies in the north and east. If they were delayed in escaping, as they would as the soviet calvary and motorized units racing to kalach had better mobility, they would have been slaughtered on the steppe. Looking at a map, its absurd, casualties would have been atrocious, morales would be low if abandoning stalingrad, it would be a rout. The blame should be that all reserves had been committed to stalingrad and army group b didnt have sufficient reserves at kalach to do much to stop the soviet advance. Paulus sent what scraps he had west.
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  1994. Ah, back to socialists fighting socialists again. All is right with TIK world!
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  1995. There is no better time to make this series as the one we live in right now. Funny how many people think printing money has nothing but benefits and inflation is a right wing mith. Nice job Tik
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  1996. Pretty soon the patreon names are going to have to start scrolling before the episode starts so they can all fit in.
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  1997. Oh wonderful, a ideology that has killed tens of millions more than nazism. Still has its book in amazon.
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  1998. Another factor is the inherent inefficiency of centrally planned economy. The incentives for factory directors are different than in a capitalist economy. It resulted in factories hoarding everything: machinery, input materials, even extra workers to deal with spikes in demand. They would also prefer to make machine parts, etc. in-house, since outside supply was unreliable. Overall this resulted in USSR using about 3 times as much energy as USA per unit of goods. The planners lamented that their country had everything, from natural resources to great mathematicians and engineers, but the economy just didn't work.
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  1999. Thank you, Tikhistory.
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  2000. Thank you for your tireless work. You’re leaving us a great piece of historical work, that will no doubt be studied/enjoyed for generations to come. Great job, your work is very appreciated.
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  2001. Great presentation! Market-Garden was a flawed plan as it assumed the Wehrmacht was defeated enemy. They were still capable of putting up determined resistance. In hindsight for logistical sense for the entire allied offensive cause, the clearing of the Scheldt estuary and capture of the vital port facilities at Antwerp needed to be given priority. Once they decided to go with operation it was a combination of factors that led to its ultimate failure. 1 XXX Corp only having one road to use...a logistical nightmare. Very easy for the Germans to delay and harass. 2 1st Airborne being dropped miles away from the Arnhem bridge! For D Day we had dropped a detachment of 6th Airborne in gliders right next to Pegasus bridge! The RAF were too risk adverse about losses. You have to break a few eggs to make an omelette! 3 Browning for his ego. He was the Airborne Corps commander. His job was to command. A job he could have done from behind his desk in England. Saved the transports for 1st Airborne to use. 4 Browning and Gavin for not giving top priority to capture Nijmegen bridge on D Day 5 Not having 2 Airborne drops on D Day. 1st Airborne were fighting at half strength at best and it is remarkable that Frost actually made it to Arnhem bridge in first place and hold heroically for such a long time. Anyway a few suggestions for possible presentations 1 Monte Casino 2 Clearing the Scheldt Estuary and Walcheren Island 3 Hurtgen Forest Many thanks for a wonderful channel TIK
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  2002. I 100% support you TIK, glad you're fighting back against the onslaught of Reddit 'historians.' I've been targeted by thousands of them in the past as well for 'using Wikipedia and not citing my sources', which anyone who clicks on any of my videos will know is simply not true. The irony is that their goto source is Wikipedia.
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  2003. “Totalitarianism is the highest form of Democracy”. Superb. We see that in the UK with Parliament claiming absolute sovereignty over everything else.
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  2004.  @TheImperatorKnight they can’t help themselves lol
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  2005. That last bit about cultish language is actually quite interesting. It applies to other aspects of life beyond cults. Even detecting manipulative behavior, especially language, exhibited by some people. Whether it is to appear to others as victims, shift the blame, etc. manipulative language in personal relationships of all sorts has the same effects.
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  2006. Great video. The logistical situation always appeared to be glossed over in some ways. Your assessment points to this in a way to explain the events of the time.
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  2007. There were no bridges connecting europe to anatolia like you said. Only in the 70s was the first bridge built. There were only ferrys moving from anatolia tot europe on the bosphorus
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  2008. I think you did probably the best analysis I have ever heard on the Battle of the Bulge. I have been fascinated by this battle ever since I saw the old Henry Fonda movie as a kid. I have read everything I could find on it. And you answered the last few minor questions that I had, thank you.
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  2009. Thank you Tik for bringing this deep rooted myth to justice. Here in Greece this myth is especially popular since the official narrative is essentially that the Greeks delayed the Germans and they in turn postponed Barbarossa resulting in them getting stuck in Russia during the winter. However, when the topic came up in history class I remember (it was a long time ago) that I openly objected to "The Narrative" since it just wasn't true. The most disheartening thing was that everyone stared at me not knowing that you can actually challenge what you are being told (crazy right). At the end, the teacher read the book which I had brought to school it was Alstair Parker's "The second world war" where he argued that the Germans didn't not postpone the invasion due to the Balkan campaign but rather due to some troops needing training (which couldn't be really earlier) and because of the weather conditions you mentioned (the river boug was overflowed). In addition to that, what is worth mentioning (adding to the video) was that nobody in the German high command was worried one bit. The Germans thought that ten weeks would be enough to pacify the Soviet Union. Thank you for your videos tik ❤️
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  2010. Anyone willing to admit they got something wrong is almost a miracle these days. I commend you for both that and being willing to listen to others, which you told Laurance you did. I look forward to the "I can do better" version.
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  2011. He cites this book a lot, coincidentally.
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  2012. I'll be a lifetime viewer of your economics/ideology videos. I never realized what a confusing, garbled mess I'd been taught about WW2 until you came along and beat my head in with a thousand sources.
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  2013. The translators obviously know this. Why would they then capitalize the word Creation in English? Because they infer from context that Hitler means to communicate the religious capital C creation (probably "Schöpfung"). So it's the opinion of the translator. If the translator is correct, TIK's argument is not defeated by your objection.
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  2014. How can a man help others if he can't even help himself. Charity is great but only after you've gotten the solid foundations of your own life.
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  2015. The moment I logged in, long past my bedtime, and saw the notification I knew that "I ain't gonna get much sleep tonight!" Thanks, TIK. Stay awesome.
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  2016. No, dont stick to tanks. Even if I don't always share your view, I still appreciate a well researched point or topic.
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  2017. Spot on Tik! Mortar/RPG formations is how the Taliban fought the Soviets in their Afghan war. Mortars stripped off infantry support leaving Tanks open to RPG ambush. To counter the Soviets had to assault mortar positions, who would pull back and set up new positions. That's how that conflict went. Air power and Helicopters were an added dimension.
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  2018. Just yesterday I was looking for videos that looked more in depth into fascist economics, and TIK once again provides what I'm looking for. Cheers mate!
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  2019. Even though I disagree, I don’t automatically hate on TIK because of it. At least he’s supporting arguments with historical sources and not some Twitter fucker.
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  2020. As an AnCap, I'm impressed by this bit of honesty on your part.
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  2021. I generally do not agree with your views, TIK, but they definitely put me in a state of deep consideration. For that I thank you! Keep it up
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  2022. Glad we can have a serious discussion about this, and I trust it interests many people here :) I'll definitely release an answer in the coming weeks, because there are many things to say and the structure of this response video has already formed in my mind as I watched yours. For the moment I'll only say this: in my opinion hindsight is point #1 to consider, not #7. Everything depends on this. And YET, even without hindsight, I'll argue that: 1. A breakout would not have been a 100% logical decision during Uranus, BUT it could have succeeded with much better chances than you put it (I'll develop, but my main argument is that at this time there was just a very theoretical screen by Soviet troops around 6th Army, and those red units that took position here and there were at the end of their resources, had absolutely not formed any solid defense even locally, and so on, so that it was not a credible blocking issue). But again, I agree this was not a decision to make without hindsight. 2. A breakout during Wintergewitter was way more logical to consider because by this time the precarious situation of 6th Army on the long-term was becoming very clear. It was definitely something to consider (and was very much considered by 6th Army's Command) even though it was more difficult than before, due to Soviet units having time to entrench around the cauldron. But here again, I believe people generally underestimate the benefits of a breakout, even a chaotic and disastrous one, AS OPPOSED to the "benefits" of staying in the cauldron. As for the interviews, I agree of course that it was easier to speak like this 30 years after. But I'm sure by the time of Wintergewitter many officers genuinely thought like this. So it's a very, very different thing to discuss options during Uranus than during Winter Storm...
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  2023. I guess all of those comments about the German General Staff being second to none during World War II was in fact an overstatement.
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  2024. Privatize TIK!
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  2025. Haven't watched it yet, but if he really was a British agent, he didn't do a very good job because Britain was done after WW2.
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  2026. Wasn't really expecting a new Battlestorm yet. That's a nice surprise to get out of the blue. ❤
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  2027. Could you guys imagine if TIK did all of WWII chronologically like this? I feel like we knew nothing about Stalingrad until the visuals make it clear. Just imagine the whole eastern front getting done at this level of detail.
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  2028. Sorry for your loss, TIK. We know how hard you work to offer high quality content and how taxing it is. Mourning is very personal and it has to be dealt with in one's own way. Hope you are well. Take all the time you deem necessary.
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  2029. What frustrates me is how critics cannot see socialism as anything but the Marxist form. You can quote Marx ad verbatim acknowledging other forms exist, and that's not enough. No other socialist party gets this much skepticism/denial
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  2030. Your standard of excellence is what makes you rise above the rest. Take as much time as you need. To be honest even if i watch every episode the moment of release i will still go back and watch the long form videos.
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  2031. "People sitting in cities waiting for miracles" sounds like modern day ppl won't follow work they would rather stay in there 100 square foot apartment then take a chance
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  2032. I have to say I love the long videos a lot but even these shorter videos are still great to get once in a while. Keep up the great work!
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  2033. My dad told me something similar when I was in school. We would discuss what was fact and what was fiction but he always told me to just tell them what they want to hear because they don't care about the truth. Using a Prussian Model school should tell people our education systems are not for the betterment of the population but we sit here 20+ years after I dropped out having the same conversations. Humanity is doomed.
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  2034. Soviet rifle squad in 1941 consisted of 1 sergeant and 11 riflemen (12 men total). Source: army.armor.kiev.ua/hist/strelpolk-1941.php
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  2035. When anyone resorts to demeaning you for "playing semantic games" that is a red flag. Semantics IS reality, or at least a facet of it; words and language (semantics) is how constitute the real world in our communications and thus is important in every debate since you ought to define your terms from the outset. Love your videos TIK!
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  2036. Yeah, yeah we get it TIK. But is it done yet?
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  2037. You've helped me to understand your perspective. I was basically a socialist without realizing it. Many of those who dismiss you are simply not ready to even hear your perspective. Some times information like yours will leave a nagging doubt that will start a chain reaction. Some people will never change. So, thank you for your videos. I truly enjoy listening.
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  2038. There's nothing wrong with your focus, as it is to bring us quality and highly interesting content :D, Honestly there is not a single youtube channel upload I look forward to more than yours, keep it up!
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  2039. and this also explains why the Soviet economy was so shitty. If all you build is weapons, it doesn't help your economy.
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  2040. Amazing work TIK. Stalingrand, was no longer a battle by the end of series 1. It was a Campaign, at the start.
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  2041. is this operation crusader or operation misunderstandings?
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  2042. I seen people chalk the bad decision up to Goering's drug use. Turns out to be Fake News!
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  2043. Have you tried reporting them for the threats? Of course even then sadly there's no guarantee anything will be done about it, but worth a try at least. Sorry that's happening to you.
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  2044. Good effort. I just want to say that I am grateful for your contribution. Many thanks.
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  2045. Controversy aside, let me just say I appreciate the bee puns.
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  2046. Interestingly, this actually reminded me of something. Versailles responsible for WWII? So why wasn't the post WWII reparations the leading cause for WWIII? A lot of people forget that after WWII, Germany faced Reparations light years worse than even Versailles, and Germany is still paying those reparations today, yet is among the ten largest economies in the world.
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  2047. I'm still baffled how Richthofen managed to get the fuel and ammunition necessary for that 1200 bomb run! It was nothing short of a " mini " battle of Britain, just instead of an island, there was an already levelled city. Political shenanigans at one side and the abysmal logistical situation at the other. Yet Luftwaffe was swimming in resources.
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  2048. Get sponsorship and still be monetized. Replace the usual symbols with chocolates. Hershey for Americans. Cadbury for British. Ritter for German. A potato for Russia.
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  2049. Great episode, well put together. Glad you're taking the time to do this and not binding yourself to an arbitrary schedule.
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  2050. I’m a big fan of your channel! Happy New Year & thanks for the excellent content!
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  2051. ​ @Edax_Royeaux  He directly addresses that in the video: the state cowed the business owners into line, or else seized the businesses and then gave it to ideolgoical allies. It was creating a "german" social class of superiority, in other words. It may not have had DIRECT control but it was pretty damn close.
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  2052. Know thy enemy! The fastest way to do that is to watch them and listen to them. Their carefully crafted writings can give insights if you do not just skim over the surface.
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  2053. TIK History, I'm super excited to start reading "Vampire Economy" by Günter Reimann and "Depression, War, and Cold War" by Higgs as soon as possible. I ordered them off eBay, following your recommendation. Thanks so much for making these well documented videos on history! I've also come to find out that Economics and Politics play a central role in history, and to have a balanced view of the subject you need a good understanding of both.
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  2054. It's nice to see you are tackling other subjects besides Stalingrad; I know focusing on one event can drain a person really fast. Hope you are well Tik!
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  2055. Hey Tik, don't apologize for not putting up your "normal" content. Your takes are always refreshing and worthwhile to hear, regardless of the topic. A lot of the time when you put out videos like this, I think you're imagining that people will be disappointed much more so than any actual disappointment. The videos you're putting up this week sound really interesting and cool. As long as you're speaking authentically and from your heart, which you do basically all the time, your work is fantastic. Keep it up mate!
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  2056. TILK?!
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  2057. It really shocking to see that some people try to separate the eastern front into categories. Ive seen alot of people who solely look at the fighting or frontline and ignore what was happening most of the time i.e looting of food and starvation of people. Ive seen this in too many books an example is actually one i really enjoyed reading. It was "Last Victory in Russia" by George Nipe, he covers the Third Battle of Kharkov particularly the German side mainly the SS Panzerkorps. He covers the battle very well indeed as i have Glantz for the Soviets and i have Nipe for the Germans. Within this and alot of books it rarely talks about what a earth was happening inside Kharkov throughout the occupation and never mentions what the civilians went through at all. I feel overall when talking about the Eastern front everything must be talked about not narrowed down to Battles and Politics. The Eastern front should be seen as all linked together. Surprisingly one author did it well recently was actually Beevor with Arnhem, he showed just what Operation Market garden meant for the Dutch and also the intense looting that took place in Arnhem and yes even some 1st Airborne lads took part in looting a few houses.
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  2058. At this point it might be referred to as "The Bottle of Stalingrad".
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  2059. The Soviets were ill prepared for war as clearly seen by the outcome of the first days of the war. It is ridiculous to think they were the aggressors. Fantasy to escape the hangman's noose....
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  2060. Some people seems to choose one propaganda (Hitlers 'defense of Europe against Bolshevism') but somehow are supper critical about straight up facts (there were no human wave tactics on Eastern-Front and West did not 'trick' Hitler to invade Poland ..)
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  2061. Richtofen can go pound sand. Paulus may have made mistakes but it is clear that Paulus was strapped for supplies and men long before he reached the Volga, and the Sixth army was in a greatly weakened state long before Operation Uranus. Even retreating from Stalingrad would have been dangerous due to the strong Soviet forces to the north and a lack of supplies and vehicles to actually move the army out of the city. It seems to me that he was already trapped, and I don't believe an "active commander" would have done any better.
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  2062. RIP to the millions of innocent civilian Germans, Russians, and Eastern Europeans who suffered in this conflict.
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  2063. I felt a great disturbance in the dialectic, as if millions of leftists suddenly cried out in incoherent screeching and were suddenly silenced
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  2064. I can't believe this is a video that needed to be made. People are so beated down by propaganda it's stunning. Thanks for it though, TIK - always a pleasure !
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  2065. Tanks for sticking to historical analysis!
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  2066. (German) Economist and former civil servant of German central bank here, I have to say I enjoyed a very competent video, imho. Well done, respect. But when the definitions of inflation and deflation are discussed, well, historically you are more accurate, nevertheless it would be useless to fight the modern definitions as rising or falling prices that are by now all too well established and cemented in the public mind. From a Misean, Rothbardian perspective however your position on this is concise, agreed! PS: my much preferred Italien pizzeria here just recently raised most of his prices by 15 to 20%! 🥶
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  2067. Fricking scammers are everywhere, but wasn't aware of this happening on YT. Absolutely hate scammers so thanks for highlighting the problem.
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  2068. The comparison of Japan and Italy really made me laugh. Italy was just totally unprepared for the war.
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  2069. Note to Youtube: This is why free speech works. People making dangerous claims that might have currency can be debunked and ridiculed. Speaking personally, I have become so cynical at the virtue signaling and cultural marxism permeating our media and academia that I was prepared to give Irving the benefit of the doubt. I'm not now. Thanks for the education.
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  2070. Yeah I don’t trust any military history channel with robot narrators. They never cite sources like you do. You’re one of the only legit researchers on YouTube.
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  2071. I think this is the PERFECT point to end the Stalingrad documentary if you wanted to. We know everything we need to about Stalingrad! It’s pretty evident what happens after that point. On a side note, honestly you’re right. I kinda fell off watching the series BUT I WAS JUST GETTING INTO IT AGAIN! I love the series dude, please take your time as much as you need!
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  2072. For myself, I am nowhere near burnt out on the Stalingrad series -- I wish we'd have a new one every week! That said, I completely dig that you are weary of it. You've done so much fantastic work on it for several years now. I'd say you more than earned a break from it. And happy New Year Tik!
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  2073. Would anyone happen to know which song it was the Soviets were playing?
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  2074. That is whats so brilliant about this plan, doing the same thing they have done three times is exactly the last thing the germans would expect, it will catch the watchful hun totally off guard. (Blackadder reference)
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  2075. One statist government beats another statist government so clearly capitalism is inferior. Ugh that's 2021 logic for you
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  2076. You really get a feel for the desperation of both sides here. I think deep down all of the soldiers must have known/suspected they were at a tipping point in the war, its the only way I can think to explain the tenacity and desperation of the fighting here.
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  2077. "A pattern developing here" Very good TIK, made me smile :)
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  2078. Retail on Merseyside? Thats, like trying to run a Woolworths in Stalingrad.
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  2079. the selfishness, the lack of discipline, the lack of decisiveness and tactical and strategic calculation of British high command in this battle is mindboggling, and once again, you nailed your battlestorm TIK, i like that you put color radius around unit boxes now, small changes but it shows more of the size of the units and the area they occupied.
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  2080. Well seems like I won't go to bed early after all, thanks for your hard work TIK
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  2081. Great job as usual, sir :) Let's put some fuel in the discussion about the city's evacuation. There is plenty of archival data on evacuation orders, and there is none about Stalin's alleged ban. So the authors claiming the latter tend to indicate anti-Soviet propaganda. But Let's stick to facts. In 1939 the population of Stalingrad was 445,000 people. From June 1941 to March 1942, another 441,000 refugees from threatened cities of the western part of Russia proceeded to the evacuation center of Stalingrad. It thus increased by two for a total of about 900,000. Yet by July 17 (the official beginning of the defensive period), the city was back again to 400,000. That is, even less than the initial population before it doubled due to the refugees. And that's because evacuation from Stalingrad was already going on since the spring of 1942, when the Wehrmacht was still hundred of miles away... From July 17 to August 23, even before the first extensive bombing of the city, evacuation was going full swing: another 100,000 had been evacuated in just over one month. Before August 23, evacuation went according to plan, and the crossings more or less coped with the load. Then after this date the situation became complicated. Crossings were mercilessly bombed, and there was no time to build new ones. Nevertheless, 28 crossings worked constantly, through which civilian population and wounded soldiers were taken to the rear. Apparently, also contrary to "instructions" from Stalin. Accounting for the evacuated in such conditions, of course, was difficult. Therefore, the data varies. In his memoirs, M. A. Vodolagin noted that 150 thousand people were evacuated from the Tractor, Barricades and Red October districts from the end of August to October. Academician A. M. Samsonov believed that from the end of August until the first days of October, 65 thousand were evacuated from the sole Voroshilov district, and 60 thousand from the Red October. I. A. Piksin, Secretary of the Stalingrad Civil Committee of the CPSU, noted that 300 thousand people were evacuated from August 24 to September 14. B. S. Abalikhin believed that from August 23 to October 14, about 400 thousand people were evacuated from the city. There is discussion about precise figures only. There is no arguing whether evacuation actually happened or not. There is no documentary evidence of Stalin’s order to forbid evacuation from Stalingrad. Neither verbal nor written. Evacuation proceeded through crossings, along three bridges, and with the help of the Volga Flotilla. From Saratov to Astrakhan, 50 ferry crossings were carried out for more than 130 ferries to concentrate troops and materiel in the Stalingrad region. Engineers built several additional bridges. Between September and November 1942, the flotilla ships transported 65 thousand troops to Stalingrad, up to 2.5 thousand tons of various cargoes, and more than 30 thousand wounded and tens of thousands of civilians were evacuated over the river. During the evacuation, the main task was not to document the number of people removed from the city, but to take out as many women, children and wounded as possible. About 100,000 civilians could not be carried over the Volga and remained in Stalingrad. The vast majority of the population remaining in the city sheltered in basements. For instance on September 8, the Deputy Head of the NKVD Directorate for the Stalingrad Region, Major Biryukov, reported to the secretary of the regional Party Committee A. Chuyanov, that about 1,000 women and children were located in the shelter at 69, Republican Street. "The shelter is crowded, there is no lighting, they use a torch light. 250 g of flour a day is given as food. Water is taken from the Volga. No medical care." The remaining population continued to take refuge in basements and bomb shelters even during the occupation of most of the city by German units. It often happened that whenever Germans occupied a house, civilians remained in the basement. Almost all German memoirs of veterans tell about such a "neighborhood". In the famous Pavlov's House, there were dozens of refugees in the basement as well. So in summary: evacuation had been going on a long time before the fighting reached the city, and no one forbade it. On the other hand, it could arguably have been accelerated so that all Stalingrad citizens could have been evacuated. Logistics were a common issue in the Soviet Union, and it's also true that the Army had complete priority on civilians: there was unfortunately no choice, if it was to win the war at all. So few had been written so far on civilians during the Battle for Stalingrad. Owing to recently released archival data, it becomes possible to study this topic on new grounds.
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  2082. TIK, When Halder said "good progress at Stalingrad", was he reading reports from that day or report that were 48 hours or so old ?
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  2083. That is a good birthday present
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  2084. “Limited time” 1 hour
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  2085. Love the thumbnail! "Doppleganger Hess" 😂
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  2086. According to Stephen Kotkin, in his talks about his book: "Stalin, Waiting for Hitler", Chamberlain's critics wanted to do a deal with Stalin to fight Hitler over Czechoslovakia. They viewed it as a far better strategy than to appease Hitler. To which, according to Kotkin, Chamberlain raised a very interesting question: Fine, but explain this to me....if we do that and we win, then how do I then get communism out of central Europe? For all of Chamberlain's bumbling and mistakes in appeasing Hitler in 1938, Kotkin credits Chamberlain as recognizing a fundamental dilemma (the Cold War) here that his critics were overlooking.
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  2087. Regarding section 3: The Value debate. I remember reading an example of the same topic from Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers where it was explained very clearly that work itself is not valuable but the quality of the work is. A bad cook can ruin good ingredients giving his work negative value. Whereas a great chef can do better job than a regular cook with the same effort.
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  2088. Why is that question so important to you? Are there any insights to be had by sorting one state or another in a specific drawer?
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  2089. Excellent work TIK ! I appreciated the variety of sources you used, the wonderful graphics, plus the switch in perspective by inserting a segment where you were visible & spoke directly to your audience. Furthermore, i feel that you did a good job of keeping things interesting by switching between info & events of different 'scales', all the while maintaining a perfect balance between describing the fighting using the map & symbols, versus the 'big picture' strategic picture; versus info & anecdotes involving key individuals or small-scale events. Overall, there were no moments when I felt flooded with too much info, nor were there any points where the presentation lost momentum, became repetitive, or lacked relevance to the discussion. The pacing was perfect. I know that you've been working very hard on this battlestorm, and IMHO, the final product reflects your thorough research, your attention to detail, and your abundant passion for the topic. Well done TIK, and thank you! 👍👍
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  2090. But is this really the case?
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  2091. 40min video uploaded 8min ago, already 5 dislikes. Someone got triggered.
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  2092. Just here to say if you find yourself disagreeing with TIK here you are entitled to your opinion. State economics and labour markets are more complex than under 40-minute video and there are good reasons for having a minimum wage and unemployment tariff payments. Go read his sources, try thinking about them with an intelligent approach and please, I urge you, try to imagine that you might be wrong about some things and there might be value found in other peoples points of view.
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  2093. Thank you, Tic. You're rational discussions are very calming in these days of idiocracy.❤️ You're appreciated.
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  2094. Correct about Pliev's 3rd Cavalry, but don't agree about Malinovsky's 2nd Guards on the Myshkova on19th December: at this date only a few advanced elements had reached the line, nothing to do with the almighty army which was fully there only 4 days after. But anyway, these are but details, the bottom line is: YES they lacked the means for a proper breakout, BUT should they have tried an unprepared one, would less than 10% of the entire army have succeeded in escaping? Certainly more than that. Even if a little more than that this would have been enough to justify it, as opposed to stay in the cauldron. So again, not necessarily a coordinated retreat, but just an uncoordinated one still would have been a better solution than nothing. Of course it's hard to imagine an Army commander issuing such an order as "leave everything and just run for it!" and yet whatever crazy, this was the least crazy solution. And thumbs up for the space marine voice over 😂
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  2095. I was never interested on Mosley but these videos have been too Great and undestandable. Thank you TIK for another interesting topic I didn't know I wanted to learn. Keep the great work.
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  2096. Woah. That was amazing! Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I hope you won't stop here because this type of videos is just to good. Maybe something about Operation Overlord or Warsaw Uprising?
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  2097. Those points that Kellner’a list all sound like what is happening in our world to various extent.
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  2098. Absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much for the insight!
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  2099.  @TheImperatorKnight  The thing I've noticed about people who try to "correct" others on history, ESPECIALLY politics, is that they all follow the "insult people and tell them to shut up, that way they know you're right" doctrine.
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  2100. That is no excuse. You bigot.
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  2101. TIK I’m a plumbing and electrical contractor and you are spot on in your assessment of going into the trades vs university. For years those in charge have degraded the tradesman as menial labor and pushed a university degree.
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  2102. Intellectuals are not attracted to Marxism because of the compelling truth in it. They are attracted to it because of the power that they would gather to themselves under such a system.
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  2103. How can people not see the pattern...
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  2104. TIK you should create YouTube short videos which would answer common questions about WW2 for laymen, and also dispel common WW2 myths.
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  2105. Jesus christ, what a Christmas present! A 90-minute video of counter argument👍
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  2106. Good video, Again. I would like to point out that no historian gives multiple accounts to his viewers when the source material disagrees( 07:10 ). They call it like they see it, and present that version. TIK even when making his decision in such conflicting areas has enough respect for his viewers to present both sides and give you his conclusions. Not very egocentric of him and he does not seem to mind telling his audience "there is doubt". Not only is this the opposite of most historical presenters, UK members have been known to favor themselves "with bias". Again, well done TIK.
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  2107. Wehraboo - I learned a new word today.
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  2108. Thank you for giving these people a 5-hour verbal ass whooping that is absolutely irrefutable
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  2109. I had seen Irving books recommended before but had no idea thanks
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  2110. Only 19 minutes in so far, but this is a already a fantastic video. It is good to see someone who takes epistemology seriously and knows which points to hit.
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  2111. Can’t wait for episode 3 of this series!! Keep it up! I like those trolls getting pushed down a peg or two!!!
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  2112. Thanks for all the work that goes into these. Much appreciated.
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  2113. Preventively: "TIK didn't gulaged himself"
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  2114. Some intellectuals are reluctant to argue with these hair-brained theories, but TIK will take on Nazis or Commies or whoever. It is good, not talking about these theories gives them a sort of creditability, like they are some "secret information" that no one can argue with. Thank You TIK
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  2115. You mean like every single fucking argument I have with idiots who don’t understand what Fascism is and only use the Marxist definitions of it?
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  2116. As far as I'm concerned this series is worth a doctorate in history if TIK doesn't already have one. Absolutely amazing series. I truly believe that if it stays available that future generations will study it and learn a lot from it.
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  2117. Because of this channel I enjoy Mondays again.
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  2118. Merry Xmas, TIK. (Just coz they claim it, doesn't make it theirs.)
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  2119. Ah, TIK becoming/being a libertarian is like christmas. <3
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  2120. I think simply calling the german generals "Incompetent" is just another side of the "madman Hitler" coin. Its always a bit more complex than that, and TIK ironic remarks are more a jab at the divine status wehraboos give to people like Manstein and Guderian than trying to imply they were actual morons
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  2121. I guess this is exactly why many people became patreons. Perfect, TIK! This is groundbreaking.
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  2122. Remember when that guy was calling you Tilk
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  2123. I got my start from watching documentaries, and now I’m an avid reader of books, and I realize that documentaries leave out so much material. Your work has made me buy so many books on the war, and I’ve been doing so much research.
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  2124. I really appreciate how genuine you are as a person. It’s a small thing but it goes a long way to me when a youtuber is relatable. I hope you’re doing as well as you can after your loss, and I am super excited to see where the channel goes when you’re back on level ground.
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  2125. Appreciate your candor & willingness to admit error. Everybody makes mistakes. Make enough mistakes, and you become wise.
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  2126. Some people that are unwilling to face their shortcomings or react with hostility because an uncomfortable opinion violates their comfort zone won't get persuaded because they can't face their fears which is why to me comfort is a silent killer. As for me your 5h video changed my perspective on some things years ago and I most definitely enjoyed your videos focused on economic aspects of Ww1 and ww2 and period in between. I certainly look forward to videos explaining Mosley socialism and Italian fascism so keep up the good work mate.
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  2127. Because the Marxists after WWII and when the horror stories from the USSR came out all ran and hid in the western school system and have essentially taken it over. Why? Teachers do not have to deal with the real world, they get to preach from bully pulpits about their utopia... with them in charge of course and us peasants kow towing to their magnanimous presence.
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  2128. But i did my best guys :(
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  2129. I cringed when I saw the comment in the thumbnail.
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  2130. You have just resolved my twenty year old dilemma on perception and conception of reality. Thank you.
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  2131. Now we're giving around red pills Keynes wasn't an economist either, he took one course of economics and yet the current mainstream economic thought is based on this guy. You should do him sometime in fact.
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  2132.  @TheImperatorKnight  Dictators are experts at telling people what they want to hear. It's how they rose to power in the first place.
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  2133. I always hear about how stupid Hitler was for declaring war on the U.S. Good that someone finally adresses this topic!
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  2134. 15:34 The Russian army marched into Hungary to prop up the Austrian Empire. You make it sound like Russia was invading, not helping out.
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  2135. YES DADDY YES!
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  2136. I think some people do personally believe it didnt happen, I was a denier about 2 years ago, I have since changed my mind. Part of it is the wanted to believe that Germany was more innocent than other nations during the war as well as the overall want for Germany to have won. That is the main way that it stems from I believe, just the desire for germany to have won. Once you enter that mindset you start trying to debunk history and what they have made the Nazis out to be.
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  2137. I was literally just discussing you with my mother, that you're an independent documentary "channel" (she isn't into Youtube) as we were discussing socialism and I mentioned your ideas. I usually take a while to get through these, but they are very good. I didn't know I wanted your take on Patton, but usually I learn a lot
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  2138. Please do an in-depth video on the Strasserist branch of Nazism! People like to say that they were the "actual Socialist" branch of the Nazis but in saying that they're acknowledging you can have a non-Marxist version of Socialism because the Strasserists were anti-Marxist like the Hitler branch and Mussolini's Fascists were.
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  2139. I think it is the Nationalist China who was got hit by air raid only targeting at civilian masses but not valuable target first. The Japanese, both the army and navy bombed city like Changsha and Chongqing lots of times. Clearly with AA guns equal to none and a already drained up air force, along with poor management on evacuating civilian, heavy civilian losses was inflicted. There is even once a air raid shelter got hit at the entrance, damaging the door and ventilation system, causing thousands simply suffocate.
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  2140. Respect, i can only imagine the amount of work behind...
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  2141. This might be one of your best videos and I love all the battlestorms. Damn.
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  2142. Good stuff. I was casually interested in the early 20th century period for a long time before I accumulated enough reading experience to notice how a lot of what the Germans wrote is considered fact, while a lot of what the Soviets wrote is considered false. This seems to be done by default, and when there are conflicting views, the German side is almost always preferred. I imagine this has to do with rebuilding Germany to act as a wall against Soviet expansion in Europe after WW2, like how the army was acquitted of the sins of the government. Also, of course, to demonize the Soviets as per the Cold War needs for propaganda on both sides. Now that the Cold War is over (or is it?) and the Soviet archives are opening step by step, I hope that we can get past not only the obvious myths of the Soviet unwashed Asiatic hordes running forward unarmed on fear of being shot by their own, and the heavily motorized and armored high tech German supersoldiers beating the odds like the Spartans wished they could, but also the more subtle and still secret intricacies of the conflict.
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  2143. Now oh boy.. I bet you're going to catch a lot of flak from this!
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  2144. Something for everyone: great graphics; simpleton strategy; terrible tactics; subordinate squabbles; ludicrous logistics; mangling minefields; tank technicalities; getaway general; mystery mortars; paradoxical Pienaar; gobs of guns; problematically mental Prime Minister; roaming Rommel; Indian infantry; malicious Malta; walloped whisky; and tea brewing tank busters. And it was all well done. I behold a workman's wonder. Thank you TIK.
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  2145.  @TheImperatorKnight  that makes sense. Especially as most of my knowledge on the eastern front came from a series of books that time magazine published in the 70s.
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  2146. "Stick to tanks" Someone whose ideology is challenged by the information presented in this video.
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  2147. That's going to be a long evening. Thank you for providing the script! Also those timestamps are realy convinient. Great work
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  2148. This is why I love your video's. You ask the questions that so many people dare to ignore. Finding the truth means stepping into territory most will ignore or follow the narrative we are all accustomed to. Keep digging and continue to show evidence of an alternative narrative.
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  2149. I admire how this video already starts with subtitles while it was uploaded, it shows that you really have time and patience for your detailed content. Good work!
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  2150. I love this. I work 6 days a week, but I always find the time to watch these. On Christmas, I am planning to rewatch the whole series to remind myself how far it come. Your work is amazing.
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  2151. YouTube needs to recognise that historians have an obligation* to be as honest as possible about past events, otherwise there's little point in studying history. We shouldn't shy away from the fact that human history has been bloody and violent, but what we can do is treat the subject matter with sensitivity and respect. Historians should not be put in the position of having to self-censor content just so that they can pay the bills, and viewers will generally understand that they will often come across unpalatable or upsetting content. I can't imagine that many sane people will derive any enjoyment from seeing horrific imagery, but we can't pretend that these events didn't happen either. *I'm not suggesting that historians have an obligation to anyone other than themselves, but if they wish to maintain credibility they have to be honest.
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  2152. My deepest condolences TIK. Take as much time as you need. We'll wait for you. You have one of the best fanbases on youtube thanks to your honest and hard work.
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  2153. A lot of tank pictures this week - well done. You obviously needed that break to come round to my way of thinking. Forget the economics and show the tracks! In all seriousness you are looking well, putting 100% into it all the time is not a stratergy for longevity. A little planned laziness is often a good idea.
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  2154. I'm a firm believer that if you're presenting content that you love working on, the quality will be much higher and your passion will shine through which makes the final product much more enjoyable for the end user. No one wants you to do something you've grown to despise. Screw busy work. I'm excited for what we're going to see next!
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  2155. ​ @werrkowalski2985 just sounds like projection. The anti fascists must act like fascists to eradicate the fascists etc.
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  2156. You should do more of these! There’s so many dishonest channels out there pushing economic fallacies, an example would be a channel known as ‘Unlearning Economics’.
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  2157. TIK, since I started watching this series I've looked up everything I can on this battle. It's always good to get different points of view. I have been having dreams/nightmares about fighting this battle which is kind of funny but I come out of these dreams exhausted and depressed. What a hell on Earth. You really bring so much detail to these videos, I feel like I am there. Sounds silly but I thank you for your hard work!
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  2158. GOAT history channel
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  2159. God dammit Paulus you had one order! Wait a moment...
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  2160. I’m gonna remind everyone that TIK spent 2.5 years of his life dedicated to the Battle of Stalingrad, be thankful
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  2161. Congratulations on this video. It’s excellent in every way. The subject is grim, but it’s a balanced account that shows all of the statements on both sides for what they were. Well done!
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  2162. "SERIOUSLY WHOSE SIDE IS THIS GUY ON?" Gotta admit I legitimately started laughing out loud.
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  2163. Hi Tik, I appreciate your open dialogue with you audience in this video. From what you are telling about yourself, I see we went through a similar development. You were a socialist/anarchist and became a libertarian/ancap. This change didn't occur because your values changed but because you understood the real world better. I used to be a political conservative (and still a social conservative). I used to believe government should be used to further the conservative agenda. Through a lot of reading and experiences (too much to discuss here) I realized that government isn't the solution but the problem, which converted me to libertarianism. Your videos are a great source of knowledge which can help people go through a similar process. The hardcore lefties will not be converted but many people who haven't made up their minds will be. We can't do more than consistently speak the truth, which will slowly but surely chip away at the leftist paradigm. People tend to scream the loudest when they are most in doubt. There was a time when I was bitter about the stubbornness displayed by leftists too, and sometimes it still scares me. I take consolation in the old Jewish saying: 'it is not your responsibility to finish the work but neither are you free to desist from it'. This is our responsibility as human beings. Take heart and know that you are doing God's work. I am sending your videos to family members and friends and they help spark discussion..
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  2164. Grammar error in title should read: "what if Russia had been capitalist..." not "have been"
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  2165. I bought "When Titans Clashed" months ago because of your videos explaining the casualties in the Great Patriotic War. A must have for any WWII enthusiast.
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  2166. I need to rekindle the amount I watch this channel, I forgot how down to the smallest details these documentaries are.
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  2167. Love your video. Also, glad to see how butt hurt all the socialists in the comments are. I would point out one thing: I think the confusion in academia comes largely from a complete misunderstanding of capitalism, as much as a misunderstanding of socialism. In order to argue that Hitler was a capitalist (not a socialist), one must adopt an absurdly expansive definition of capitalism, whilst at the same time adopting an extremely narrow definition of 'socialism' as Marxism. In doing this, one can acknowledge the evidence of Nazi socialism, whilst denying it and saying it was capitalism. They may think gov interventionism is part of capitalism. If they didn't, they'd have to admit that western countries aren't capitalist, and they couldn't blame all the problems of society on that bogeyman. They might have to consider that gov interventionism is part of the problem (a large part in my view), but most academics are ideologically opposed to doing so. It's so much more 'rational' to centrally plan everything, they think. Free markets are too messy, too unpredictable, too unequal. Oh, also I subbed to your channel, on the strength of this video. I was looking for a well researched history channel.
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  2168. >32 minute video >1 dislike >Video uploaded 2 minutes ago 🤡 on YouTube
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  2169. The fact that you're able to discuss and explain these ideas at all, let alone as objective as you're doing here, is a rare thing indeed and speaks volumes about you as a human being
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  2170. Hey TIK. Only a couple of days left till the start of Lent. I'm giving up Alcohol and chocolate for the next for see able 40 days. Should be interesting, and I hope I can push through it with my head held high at the end. In the mean time. Onward with your BankWars, and an excellent demonstration to people. Why mass printing money is extremely bad. Just like socialism.
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  2171. The last time I was this early to a TIK video, Stalin and Hitler were allies.
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  2172. Just like to thank you TIK for all these informative video's on both the multiple battles of Courland and Stalingrad through a series of videos! You can really get a good grasp of the progression of the battles and the units involved without reading up loads of books on any of the battles, these episodes break it down very well!
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  2173. This is the best educational video I’ve seen on YT for a good while, brilliantly researched and presented. Thank-you!
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  2174. This channel should be a qualification. I degree in TIKhistory... i have learned more on this channel of history/politics/economics than my entire school education. Thank you for what you're doing.
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  2175. My husband and I are big fans of your videos about Stalingrad. We are of Slavic origin, so this element of the story is very close and important to us and we did not miss a single episode. So we would like to thank you for such a high quality video. And we are very sorry that their production exhausted you so much. By the way, I had an idea about what could help you get more views. Unfortunately, not many Eastern Europeans speak English as well as we do, but the history of the Eastern Front is one of the most popular in our countries. I am sure that if you could find people who would dub your videos into Russian, they would gain millions of views in the countries of the post-Soviet space. We really hope that you will feel better soon and could find some time to relax, burnout is a terrible condition, as a programmer I know this well
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  2176. My deepest condolences for your loss TIK. The community you have here stands with you always, especially in times like these. Take all the time you need
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  2177. Again, TIK hits us with a thorough examination of a past event—while addressing multiple perspectives! As a bonus, he actually holds each regime to the same standards. It is no wonder he’s the best history YouTuber we got.
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  2178. Engels was incredibly racist
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  2179. This made my day again!!! Better than Netflix
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  2180. TIK, the pirate voice you putting on. Slow clap of applause and very amused smile on my face, well done, great context, great work.
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  2181.  @TheImperatorKnight  From the idiocy and flat out malfeasance for short term profit seen in the US housing crash (2010 was a helluva year to be a business school senior), I can believe most of the interwar financing activity was just greed blinding prudence. I have personal reservations on some specific actors within the markets at the time, but a blanket statement indicting the entire sector is an extreme stretch, especially given the recent history at the time.
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  2182. The Allies could have been technologically superior if they wanted but they saved a lot of big innovations for after the war, (new tanks, aircraft, doctrine, etc.). The Americans were way beyond the Germans with the M1 Garand, which cost way more than the K98 or the Lee Enfield. The Sherman was an overall better tank than the Panzer IV and British and German aircraft were more or less on par. Naval comparison wasn't even a contest. Considering the biggest early wins were with Panzer IIs, IIIs, IVs with short barrels and tons of horse drawn equipment, it wasn't really technology which was the biggest factor.
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  2183. TIK has proven quite well that context is almost everything when it comes to communication. I've never seen the phrase "Committed/Committing S-Word" replaced with other words so beautifully, and I swear TIK didn't use the same phrase twice, I had no issue understanding what he meant, and even started smiling after a while.
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  2184. Halder : Hitler was an Idiot who lost us the war, oh yeah and I helped too! ( I get the idea that Halder would say just about anything)
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  2185. I live in Southport and we are heartbroken and angry and all we are hearing is we are far right and he wants to protect muslims. Concentrate Starmer on what happened to those innocent girls.
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  2186. Paulus could have escaped the encriclement if he had done his daily prayer in front of his picture with Lord Manstein. Amateur mistake if you ask me. Leaving the joke aside, I am 15 mins into the video and it is great!
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  2187.  @TheImperatorKnight  Okay, here are some materials I have on top of my head: The Myth of Authority (Video Contest Winner) - https://youtu.be/0k4pXwmis7A The Philosophy of Liberty (HD with voiceover) - https://youtu.be/8GazZBvHhgQ Law without Government (2022 Remake) - https://youtu.be/fZ0Qkhnt6bQ Political Authority - An Examination - https://youtu.be/S7zaR-qwZz4 The State Is Too Dangerous to Tolerate | Robert Higgs - https://youtu.be/RILDjo4EXV8 The Ultimate Red Pill (Complete Video) - https://youtu.be/ln3niFI0Mas What is Anarchism? Mark Passio, Larken Rose & Keith Knight - https://youtu.be/ircn5bJfTEU Anarcho-Capitalism: The Solution To Law - https://youtu.be/8HhWhqTCKUI In Pursuit of Liberty - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYxecbGotUyOGDXLw2M4NR4uK6WrAFbt This is what I can provide quickly from yt, but it already is over 12h of material (or 6 if you listen on x2 like me :P). Some of this vids are short, some are on par with your "Hitler was a socialist" vid. When it comes to books, here are some of which I have read (at least partially) and recommend: The most dangerous superstition - Larken Rose Anatomy of the State - Murray Rothbard The Voluntaryist Handbook - Keith Knight Busting Myths About the State and the Libertarian Alternative - Zack Rofer The Law - Frederic Bastiat A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism - Hans Hermann Hoppe
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  2188. I thought the Snorkel was a Dutch design, not Danish. Can you confirm which it is?
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  2189. Always a good sign to get a vídeo from you, Tik!
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  2190. "you're all individuals" ... "I'm not"
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  2191. That ending was exceptionally good
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  2192. From now on TIK, please refer to Halder as either Halderp or, Haldrick. (That's one for you Blackadder fans out there, and me.)
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  2193. When your big critic is named "red russki" you know you get those "valid" opinions.
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  2194. Outstanding video and assessment. I went to trade school (A&P tech). After wrenching on aircraft for a few years, I left for the operational side of aerospace at the bottom level. I self taught and educated myself in business and advanced aerospace technology. 10 years later I’m leading a team in Advanced Aviation Mobility. This was done with (still) no “degree”, simply self educating, continuing to challenge myself, and surrounding myself with great mentors. Many peers I work with are buried in college debt. No college debt, no degree, working in the advanced aerospace industry, with a house, wife and kids. I’m 35 years old. Advanced degrees are really only applicable in STEM fields, especially with the access to information we now have. Plus state run schools (including universities) here in the states are more about indoctrination and selling a activist mindset than educating.
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  2195. Great video man, keep it up. Couldn't agree more. Griff
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  2196. Don’t get me wrong, TIK’s videos are great, but you gotta love the thumbnails 😂
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  2197. You have the look of a vindicated man
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  2198. Wait for it....Wait for it...THERE! Off in the distance - I can hear the faint chorus of "Stick to tanks!!!!!"
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  2199. Thank you for connecting the dots between far left ideology and anti semitism. I had noticed the relationship, and how it worked across country boarders, and could never figure it out.
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  2200. Thank you ONCE AGAIN for doing this. I am so grateful for your channel.
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  2201. I may disagree with some of the things you have said, but I have never thought you were a Nazi or even a supporter of said ideology. I want to thank you for your commitment to dirty ugly history. This is an important lesson for folks to learn. The roots of which stretches back for damn near ever. There is a particular Canadian psychologist who has taught that Hitler did what he did to increase the chaos of the time because he was a complete madman. I don't like that it removes the evil intent behind the actions. And by labeling his actions those of a crazy person it allows some the ammo to try and excuse what they are. Pretty sure I learned that from you. So keep teaching the truth and the ugly history. I learned the necessity of not blaming it on crazy Adolph or crazy Joseph.
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  2202. I love that cover..... damn that's a nice cover.... worth the purchase.
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  2203. Communists: Every human being. Every man, woman, and child deserves to receive from the bounty of the state! Also Communists: We decide who is human!
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  2204. You're a good man TIK. I like and respect your videos very much. I have read several of Beevor's works and I find him frustrating. He is a better historian/researcher than me, yet he always has this anti-Monty or anti-somebody jag on which undermines the rest of his work. I was taught to let the evidence decide things. Opinions and prejudice might sell books, but it isn't history as such. I think the British can look after themselves, but re-writing history for the American market just to make money is disingenuous. I dont think its fair on the American people to tell them they never make mistakes. They are entitled to the truth as much as any other culture. I think TIK's videos are some of the clearest and most self-disciplined historical interpretations available anywhere. Well done sir!
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  2205. Tik I really appreciate that you put subtitles on all of your videos, specially for deaf people, and that makes me wonder how long it takes you and if you have ever considered stop doing it
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  2206. The humans aren't doing what the math says. The humans must be broken.
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  2207. You nailed this one TIK . Well done
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  2208. TIK's mental health when 31 minutes of content which took so many hours of research are dedicated to a single day in Stalingrad: chuckles "I'm in danger!"
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  2209. Aye more North Africa, I feel like I got burned out on Stalingrad, my game group started a Stalingrad campaign in bolt action when you started the battle storm, and now it feels like a grind. Good to have something else
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  2210. 27:27 This video is chock-full of important information, but the prostate exam joke had me in stitches
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  2211. Holy crap, no matter what conclusions are come to in this video and whether or not I agree with them. I truly have to commend the great effort you put towards producing this. I equally like how you barely teased it at all besides a few comments from your last video.
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  2212.  @On_The_Piss  I wasn't saying youtube doesn't have these problems, but it does have the advantage of being much more open. You know who creates the content on a channel and you can build rapport with the creator to judge credibility among other things. And that doesn't change the fact that both youtube and reddit are secondary sources at best, and practically always tertiary. Like I said your're best of with reading books or speaking with the people behind them.
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  2213. I have a feeling a lot of people have just thumbed down this video without even watching it completely
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  2214. After your last vid someone commented that you can't fight the holocaust deniers and the socialists at the same time. I replied "why not both? " Well played sir. Well played.
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  2215. More than anything else, especially post war accounts, the fact that they withdrew horses & vehicles "for the winter", while bringing in what amounts to specialised siege stugs in my book, tells me that the Germans on no relevant level anticipated the 6th army having to withdraw from Stalingrad, even just to momentarily counter attacks on their flanks, Rumanian sectors or otherwise. They equipped themselves solely for a push further towards the Volga, even at this point of the battle.
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  2216. Added Spanish subtitles
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  2217. That scam is well thought out. They must be using Manstein's god like tactics to fool people.
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  2218. this book is a prime example of a "historian" using confirmation bias with an hint of making shit up. thanks mate needed this laugh today
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  2219. I hope that book is just some kind of historical shitpositng or something. But still, seems an interesting (and weird of course) thing to explore.
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  2220. "Stalingrad in killing me" -TIK... (And the German military before him...) 😉
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  2221. U know TIK is mad when he does an 3min vid just to debunk one stupid idea
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  2222. Fantastic stuff TIK! For decades I've been preaching (excuse the pun) everything that you've said in this video. This is one of the reasons why National Socialism tragically touched so many people in one place at one time. It literally provided those who were open to it's beliefs answers to everything, and a complete worldview; politically, racially, socially, economically, AND spiritually! Thats it's real danger (even today). People have always searched for answers, and unfortunately and if a persuasive and charismatic individual is able to provide them then they'll follow him/her regardless of the consequences!
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  2223. Tik making another vid debunking Marxism? YES please
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  2224. Loved the Maiq the Liar reference
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  2225. Darwin? Houston Stewart Chamberlain and his crew more likely created Uncle Adolf.
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  2226. If the book doesn't give further details into Hitler's Tibetan occult practices then it's a 1/10 for me XD
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  2227. The dislikes are Halder's alt accounts
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  2228. You need your own tv show..love it
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  2229. 10:33 hilarious. dude I spat out my coffee..
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  2230. It's so weird hearing about lockdowns as no one was ever forced to stay inside where I live. And I actually never stopped working.
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  2231. tl;dr war is bad for the economy, don't have one
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  2232. Yes a video like this needs to be on YouTube yes things happened in the Soviet Union that really weren't good overall but they did play a major role in World War II and it should not be downplayed or distorted you're doing an incredible job with these videos keep it up!!!!
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  2233. Damn you! Yours is one of those channels you can't just let play in the background while you do something else. You force me to pay attention and hold my attention with your energetically researched facts. Well... when I explain it like that it's more of a compliment, isn't it. Hmmph.
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  2234. First and also you’ll soon have caught up with the actual battle timeline 78 years ago
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  2235. I really am glad to see that, after receiving all the feedbacks you did and taking down a video, you made an other one, and a 45 minutes one. Not many creators recognize their faults, even less take the time to redo their work. Thanks very much for that, and thank you even more for opening my eyes on WW2. I'm quite young but passionate about the subject, and your videos made me realized how much I was willing to blindly believe any author that was a form of authority like Beevor. You're doing a great job, keep it up !
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  2236. Sometimes I wish commenting and thumping up/down should only be open to you if you finished watching the whole video.
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  2237. Anyone who has read the political theory books written by these people, like Mein Kamp for example, would understand the ways in which National Socialism was in fact a form of socialism (descending from marxist language and marxist theory) and the ways in which it wasn't. Politics are language, and Nazism and Marxist-Leninism belong to essentially the same language family. Spanish and English are not the same languages, but they are of the same family especially in contrast to Mandarin (which they have little relation to). This applies to political philosophy as well.
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  2238. STICK TO BANKS
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  2239. When I went to stay with my aunt in the USA back in 1978, she showed me a whole load of silver rings- which she said had been made from melted down silver coinage during WW2. What I did not ask her was at what point she acquired the rings- be it in Germany or in Latvia. It was most likely in Germany. Basically, this sort of thing- and cigarettes, especially became the currency for many.
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  2240. I'm so glad this channel exists, thank you for your hard work!
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  2241. Less than minute club here! No pun intended.
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  2242.  @TheImperatorKnight  thank you yes she knows it’s the grade at the end that what counts Il find out which format she wants
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  2243. He wasn't but his neoplatonic philosophy created Christianity and developed further by Augustine. The source of Christianity is ultimately Plato.
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  2244. So you can boil it down to : Marxism = International Socialism - Fascism = National Socialism - Nazism = Racist Socialism?
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  2245. Dear TIK. 3 minutes into you're video, and I know I'm going to enjoy it greatly. My Father's Father served in India on the Punjab Rifles and has many stories about his and his families time there. From what I know of the Indian Army at the time. They were very reliable soldiers and have a good record for themselves. Some black spots on it I know. But dependable soldiers. "But is this Really the Case?" Well, let's see what the rest of your video says. Also. 'It ain't half hot' down there you know.
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  2246. What if I told you the YouTube comments were moderated by a Sith Lord?
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  2247. When you quoted Henry Hazlitt, I became relatively assured that you were competent in what you speak of in economics terms. Subbed, maybe a future contributor.
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  2248. 48:03 The guy: Yea I only watched 10 minutes of the video because I think he’s wrong. TIK: Hand in his face and disappointed
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  2249. Been waiting for the 'Dismanteling Fasicm' video. i have not expected a new video about the National Socialism religion. A surprise to be sure but a welcome one.
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  2250. I think we just failed to defeat both of them. Just because one was bad doesn't mean the other wasn't also bad.
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  2251. Hitler financed his rearmament with MEFO-bills. That is, he used debt to pay for everything. The debt was so big that the German state would never have been able pay it back. And the payments were to start in the early 1940's. Hitler was never going to pay the debts he wanted weapons for a war!
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  2252. Thank you for your outstanding work! Hope you are not tired.
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  2253. Less than a minute in and I can already answer the question. No, Stalingrad isn't about prestige or refusal to let it go. Had Hitty made the decision to win at all costs he would've been sending reinforcements the way Stalin was. This was Halder's fight and Hitty was gonna let him lose to publicly humble him. This may also have been a way to get the troops onto hit's side rather than blindly trusting the generals. But... Hit did make a lot of public statements about how and when the city would be taken but still no reinforcement, retreat, or food, allowing encirclement, and generals to be captured.
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  2254. What is amazing is how the soviets soldiers did not give a centimiter of ground for free . Those guys are everything but cowards .
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  2255. Thank you for covering this! Makes me a tad misty eyed as an estonian :( What the people here mustly remember from this period are the purges, everyone has grandparents or knows someone, who has, who were deported to siberia, and a lot of those did not return.
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  2256. I'm a simple man. I see a TIK video, I press like!
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  2257. I appreciate the amount of effort you put into your videos
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  2258. At first I thought you’d gone totally mad. I saw the GDP graphs at the beginning and I just drew a straight line between the 1940 and 1946 data for myself, skipping the war years, because they clearly stood at from the pre-war and post-war tendency of the curve. English not being my first language, makes it sometimes hard to recognise your sarcasm… 😉 It all fell in its place during the rest of the video though. It’s just hard to imagine how you create video’s like this one all by yourself, in such a short timeframe. TV corporations have whole production crews digging on a subject like this for weeks and come up with less… Again, a great ”correction” of history.
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  2259. This also shows how the nazis and in particular uncle Adolph saw the regular german people and soldiers. They were real people with lives of their own and families that needed and depended on them but were treated as disposable pawns, almost as disposable as their victims on and outside the battlefield. A regime that has no consideration for the dignity of the lives of their enemies has, not surprisingly, no respect for the lives of their own. Odious and inhumane, through and through.
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  2260. Thanks to TIK, I now know the German 6th army was already in trouble way before Operation Uranus.
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  2261. I haven't had the time to watch this yet, but the socialists reeing in the comments assures me it's going to be good. Looking forward to it.
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  2262. You asked for opinion....please consider the following TIK. Having left school truly semi literate (that may be an overstatement) I am for the most part self educated. A huge part of my ongoing education is the inspiration of your channel, and the books that you recommend. I cant express how much you have inspired me to learn and grow. Stop being so hard on yourself, please do not take down the last episode, the correction is more than enough as an action! Your channel and content are brilliant, please excuse the long reply.
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  2263. As Romanian, I did not hear that Romanians fought near the Grain elevator in Stanlingrad in September - November 1942. I will try to dig a few romanian sources to check if an independent small unit was attached to one of the divisions in the 6th Army, but it is very unlikely. TIK, keep up the good work. As someone living in the UK, I appreciate your work.
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  2264. Simple answer is. Hitler didn't want war with the USA, you can argue "YET" that he would maybe one day. But Roosevelt most definitely wanted war with Germany, at the very least, for Germany to win the current war it was in. The USA was an economic, and industrial trade hub, and honestly if Germany become a dominate power in Europe, created a closed European economy with Germany at it's center imagine how much that would hurt American economic interest? Japan also wanted to create a Autarky with the Co-Prosperity Sphere they gloated about. This would of left the USA with only South America and the British Commonwealth nations as trade partners. USA at this time was always for open world trade, with half if not two thirds of the worlds stuck in closed economies imagine how much that would effect the world market?
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  2265. Me: These tales are based on memory, and since memory is dinamic this can't be factual. TIK: CLASS A MORON
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  2266. You have pushed quality and details of Battlestorm videos to the next level. There is no competition out there, you have outpaced them by 100 lightyears. It's a niche market, most people don't care or are happy with reading one Beevor book. Disclaimer: I really, really like ALL content published on this channel.
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  2267. I thought the Red Army already was indifferent to what kind of food they eat.
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  2268. I love overanalyzing everything and this channel fulfills my desires. The level of detail in the episodes is simply astonishing.
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  2269. ​ @TheImperatorKnight Hi Tik. I'm Brazilian and I follow your channel. I can certainly help you!
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  2270. Let me tell you a true anecdote. Most of my life, I was doing statistics and math for biologists, many of whom were Hegelians. Many times, they wanted Everything to converge Perfectly and Everything to lead to the same conclusion, without even a slightest deviation. In order to test them, so I know how to approach them, I used a following example: Djokovic played against Nadal. Djokovic won. He won 3:2. However, Djokovic scored 21 games, while Nadal scored 30 games. Djokovic had more aces, but without statistical significance, while Nadal had... blah, blaah, blah.... Who Won the game? Who is better player? 100% of simple people (farmers, photographers, truck drivers, contractors...) will give you a funny look and say - Djokovic won! Who cares about the stats? About 80% of PhD Academic Minds will tell you: well... I think that the total number of points... Wait! Tennis... Is played to 3 sets. Djokovic won, 3:2. Djokovic has the trophy. Djokovic is celebrating. Who played better? Who won? Well, I think that your point is... Who won? But the games and sets, so... -------------- At that point, I just give them the simplest option, and don't even try to explain anything, because they cannot comprehend nor appreciate anything. BTW, in biology, 90% of Facts comes from authority, 3% from Logic, and the rest is marketing (my personal estimation)
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  2271. Congrats TIK. You have left a legacy.
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  2272. "But Tik! Hitler was an atheist! No religious person could do what he did! Also, atheism is a religion."
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  2273. It’s a shame that it’s the end but really good job TIK!! I have always looking forwards to these videos during the week. Thank you
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  2274. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  2275. The wait is over!
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  2276. Best history channel on yt
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  2277. Another battlestorm Stalingrad video. Great. Long time enjoying this series. Greetings from Slovenia.
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  2278. I just want to point out how this man maintains his top shelf content regardless of video length - Many thanks for your efforts !
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  2279. Unfortunately given the current political leadership in the UK I would not be surprised if TIK has to take time off to deal with the governmental investigations that are sure to come his way.
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  2280. That reading of Halder's words was fantastic
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  2281. Energy and fuel is still the Achilles heel of the German economy
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  2282. Okay I was a little taken aback by this one. I don't doubt this is an honest endeavour. I think it would have helped if you had gone a little further into what socialism means before you began. If you just mean state welfare then Otto von Bismark could be called a socialist. (Sorry for using wikipedia here. I don't claim any special knowledge.) "State Socialism (German: Staatssozialismus) was a term introduced to describe Otto von Bismarck's social welfare policies. The term was actually coined by Bismarck's liberal opposition, but later accepted by Bismarck.[1] They refer to a set of social programs implemented in Germany that were initiated by Bismarck in 1883 as remedial measures to appease the working class and detract support for socialism and the Social Democratic Party of Germany following earlier attempts to achieve the same objective through Bismarck's anti-socialist laws.[2][3]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Socialism_(Germany) I thought this was interesting because it gives some context to Hitler's rhetoric. (Although this was 50 years earlier.) Socialist ideas had been in the air for a long time in Germany, when Hitler wrote Mein Kampf. He would have had to deal with this somehow whether to condemn it or condone it. It looks like he managed to do both.
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  2283. I loved it when you refused to "stick to tanks", and the resulting in depth analysis of politics and economics. Going down into the foundations, in philosophy are also fantastic.
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  2284. Omg more TIKecnomics I love it. I'm so glad you are devoting more time and creating a series covering politics and economics which is so important especially right now. Currently doing micro in college and I can't stand all the edgeworth box math equation crap. My professor had no idea how to model the concept of saving other than saying the budget constraint would account for that. So many leftist intellectual blind spots in these fields right now.
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  2285. I'm a simple man. I see a notification that TIK has uploaded a video, I click immediately.
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  2286. I think there's a point that TIK has not considered, even though it strengthens his position even further: Had Paulus simply ordered his men to pick up their rifles and start walking, what was to prevent all the Soviet forces on the north side of the pocket to start a general advance south? If Rokossovsky's forces had been able to advance south over positions abandoned by the Germans, the pocket would have collapsed even before it was formed. Consequently, I think that an uncoordinated withdrawal was not an option. Of Course, Paulus could have ordered his most exposed forces to withdraw first, while the rest of his forces held their positions and then gone for a "staggered" withdrawal - but wasn't that, more or less, what he tried? To some extent, isn't this what Luigi suggested. Free up forces to create unit capable of operation against the southwestern Pocket frontline. However, I this would take time and events would (and did) overtake such attempts. Or perhaps Luigis suggestion was simply to have each division split their forces up in two groups. One left behond for a suicide mission and the other to fight it's way out as independant Kampfgruppen? I seriously doubt this would work, as TIK has already shown that it was the combat units of the German divisions that had taken the heaviest casulaties, and now those depleted units were suddently to double their workload? I do disagree with TIK that Paulus must have believed that the airbridge "could" (realistically) have worked at this time. I have argued that the Germans basically failed to supply the 6th Army while they held the rail lines open, so hoping for an airbridge to succeed where the rail system had failed, must have been more of a prayer than a realistic hope. But I do agree that that prayer must have seemed the best option open to the Germans at this particular point in history. Also, an airlift doesn't either "work" or "not work", it will automatically work to some degree. Paulus may well have hoped to recieve a significant portion of the needed supplies by air, leaving his forces able to defend until a counterattack by superior German forces from the west (Der Manstein Kommt).
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  2287. That intro was unreal. Do more
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  2288. "critics of mine that can actually read" shit man, love your vids. didnt know you were a riflemen? out here shooting shots like that. lol
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  2289. I want a "But as always, Socialism destroyed the economy." T-shirt.
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  2290. If only my socialist and "anti-capitalist" friends would watch this video...
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  2291. Gotta say that Smekhotvorov has been the unsung hero of the past several episodes. Dude was a beast.
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  2292. FDR had some fascist-leanings himself, emulating Italian economics and such. Keelhaul sounds like a political decision not a military one.
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  2293. I am not sure if this is what polish history class teach but every Pole I talk to seems to favour the argument that Churchil was the big bad guy who sold Poland out, and that Britian was an imperialistic power that does not care about Poland. Was this an argument made in Polish history class?
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  2294. Good to see you are discussing Tooze as I wondered when that may occur. Looking forward to this one as the uneducated on the subject like to point to this subject so as to ´win’ arguments that they do t remotely understand.
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  2295. Hope you are looking after yourself Tik.
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  2296. Really nice to hear you're doing better, but I think you should consider taking a few days off frequently. Your channel won't burn down if you leave it unattended for some short time. Please take care!
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  2297. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  2298. I am just going to say, the meteorological station being the last is the best. Makes it sound like they were doing the best job of anyone there. Keeping us updated on the weather to the last. Way to go man.
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  2299. This is interesting and all but I still see TIK missing the real questions: What if Paulus had the Urban Assault Specialist trait?
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  2300. Last time I was this early Fall Blau was still working😳
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  2301.  @samlosco8441  Same way being anywhere right of Lenin is equivalent to being Pinochet.
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  2302.  @TheImperatorKnight  Ohh, I'm sorry sorry for the confusion. As soon as I saw the bracket "English (" my mind just went, "yeah it's English (Auto-Translated)". My father and I watch your videos together, but his English is below par at best. Thanks a lot!
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  2303. the Gleiwitz radio wasent powerfull enough to reach Berlin. There was no way anyone in Berlin could have heard the broadcast. saw that in a ZDF history docu about the the incident. years ago.
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  2304. Tank you very much...
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  2305. "Rommel overran Tobruk using THIS one weird trick! The British HATE HIM"
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  2306. Well "pushed" and if "ThemTube" is listening - they should grow up. Excellent, explanation and conclusion... ...
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  2307. Nice, another hour of TIK goodness. <3
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  2308. You hit the nail on the head when you asked about the market demand for a state. That was unknowingly a sticking point I had when entertaining ancap ideals and how you would practically implement them. The only other thing I would say is that the bridge might have been requested by some grandma or whoever writing in to a politician, the key problem that needs to be solved is to give an alternative for a community to pool resources to contribute to road or bridge they think would be good, but that isn't what is typically government.
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  2309. Took me a while to realise why that is a bad sentence
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  2310. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  2311. An outstanding vid, Lewis. As an American (Wisconsin), I was taught that Mosley was a Fascist, UK crazy person. Thanks for the info in this and the other Mosley vids. I never realized he migrated from UK party to party in search of an ideological home. An analysis well done!
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  2312. My Grandfather served with the 2nd NZ Div during Nth Africa & Italy as a truck driver (4 6 RMT), I never really got to talk to him about his experiences and according to my mother didn't really talk about it. I do know he drove his truck into a minefield and when told, reversed out, was often tasked with collecting the dead after a battle, and also drove Ambulances. And probably most importantly in the family somewhere is a key to the brewery in Cairo. Kia Kaha Tik.
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  2313.  @TheImperatorKnight  My understanding is he has nothing against the free market - it's mostly that he takes a "stricter" view of the term socialism, I think - one that requires direct state ownership rather than being distributed among a social class or being associated with state control. I think that's the barrier most people have with it. The parallels to today are very interesting with the various influence systems the government has developed and continues to develop over private corporations.
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  2314. That comment of the person who changed their mind really got to me; Every time I watch a documentary, YouTube video, hear people talk, etc., I always have to deflect the annoyance of people calling it "Fascism" as if Hitler and Mussolini are both the same ideological goons.
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  2315. TIK, I´m really surprised that you´ve managed to create so many high-quality videos in only a couple of years. No wonder that you feel utterly shattered. It was just a matter of time I reckon... and yes, it´s definitely the right choice to do some alterations to the channel under these circumstances. Do whatever you feel it is necessary to do and have some rest in the first place. Incidentally, many thanks for letting us in on. Take care!
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  2316. Oh boy... Bracing in for the angry comments
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  2317.  @TheImperatorKnight  The Neo-Commies will probably say you did it for the exact same reason THEY would; to cover your rear and deflect any such criticism. They will also say it is a one-off and wouldn't count unless you ONLY talk about the crimes of the Western Allies for the rest of your life ... once again, just as they themselves have to do. Wait and watch it happen, probably right here in this very thread.
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  2318. I guess this 95th rifles didn’t had a soviet Sharpe to carry them
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  2319. Tik, the videos you have made since your break are BY FAR the most interesting that I think you have ever produced. So much food for thought and introducing me to Lindsay and Voegil; just brilliant. Thank you so much for what you are doing and I am really enjoying the multi part examination of the dialectic religion and it’s influence on history. It’s just blowing my mind in the way that great academic discovery does! Thanks so much! Never stop!
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  2320. I love how the other guy just come every now and then just to say "YES"
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  2321. The 77th Brigade is "involved in manipulation of the media including using fake online profiles" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom) Sounds like a UK version of Russian election espionage.
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  2322. Sees TIK notification Clicks TIK notification Happy Armistice Day! :D
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  2323. Everytime I see you talking about capitalism/sociialism etc. I am realy afraid to go down the comment section. Even with my biohazard chemical suit on. I am suprised you still dare to go down there :O Anyways keep up the good work, you are my favorite youtuber! :D
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  2324. You might not believe this, but what you've expressed here sounds exactly like how ex-muslims describe leaving Islam.
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  2325. "Not even Manstein" that ought to be memed
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  2326. I grew up with broadcast tv, before the proliferation of channels and before the internet existed. The gold standard ww2 documentary was the World at War. You Battlestorm Stalingrad series is the only thing I've watched that has gripped my attention in the same way. I believe it will never be matched by a commercial undertaking. If you chose to finish your series I'll be here waiting.
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  2327. This is amazing and supports many points ive made in debates in the past. Thank you, I love your videos by far the best factual history videos on YouTube
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  2328. My great grandfather was a romanian sergeant who fell prisioner to the russians in this phase of the battle in Stalingrad. He was sent to Siberia and returned after 4 years a proper comunist sadly. I was lucky to have caught him in his late years, for some reasons he told me war stories which never happened to any family member before. Thanks for the whole series, I was able to see the whole journey of his.
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  2329. I would consider a voluntary commune a private entity
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  2330. TIK, I just want to say that I've been subscribed to you for several years. Your content has really changed my perspective on politics and economics. I like to listen to your videos including your 5 hour one when I'm doing long hours of work on my computer. I even downloaded it as a back up in the event that it gets taken down or your channel gets terminated.
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  2331. This is literally the funniest video I’ve seen on your channel. In a world where people can fight over who’s the football GOAT, but never define or agree on what the qualifications are required to be said GOAT, I can’t imagine how hilarious the comments are gonna be.
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  2332. Tik your work is solid and pure gold. I wish you a long and healthy life, you're a man with so much to enrich people's minds and hearts.
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  2333. I love how these video’s do such a great job of separating the truth from so many falsehoods. I always find myself so enlightened after watching these video’s having learned something new every time. It helps that he puts everything in perspective, because so often I’ve found that my perception has been so wrong.
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  2334. My God...history may not be repeating itself, but we as a society sure aren't heeding its lessons. Very educational TIK. Cheers👍. Looking forward to that next Stalingrad vid.
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  2335. Only just starting the video. Even assuming the Allies had the men, material, and will to immediately attack the Soviet Union, just imagining the sheer logistical nightmare trying to support such an invasion gives me headaches.
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  2336. Wow TIK, this is incredible. I really think you should look at this in more detail and bring us a docuseries about this topic, it is complex and i think it deserves it. I'm sure we, your viewers, will love it. Love your work
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  2337. I have now garnered TWO Facebook suspensions for pointing out that Hitler was a socialist.
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  2338. There are few people as loathsome as Marx, and yet he is praised up and down by academics.
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  2339. It seems weird the soviets are always attacking just before the anticipated german offensive, thinking it will weaken it. What is the rational? Has it ever worked? If you are seriously inferior, and know you are about to be attacked, shouldn't you just fortify and prepare? It seems completely irrational to me, is there a merit to it?
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  2340. Sure you can. Individualism, or collectivism. The reality is that one side of the line respects liberty, and human rights, while the other always leads to totalitarianism.
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  2341. It's nice to once in a while to find someone who agrees with you, you deserved this video TIK, just so you for once could let someone else flip the finger at the nay-sayers. The enjoyment you had making this video was very apparent, and I hope it have given you fresh energy to continue the fight against all the misconceptions of WWII.
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  2342. Hi TIK! I want to thank you for your work. Recently my world views had changed, or with other words i realised how ignorant i was due to the limited knowledge i had and the mainstream media feeding me with toxic leftist propaganda, so i started to enlighten myself, listen to liberal debates, interviews (thanks to you i discovered Dr Sowell), read literature in politics and economy, etc. A complete new world has opened for me! You are a big part of it! Thank you so much!
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  2343. I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of fans cried out in shock and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened...
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  2344. Excellent and digestible, with actionable reading. While I truly loved the 4+ hour version, this might be your best and most important video on this topic. (Banking and hyperinflation series was great).
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  2345. Heh, in army we had exercises of attacking and defending entrenched positions. Even with small automatic arms fire it's obvious that it's impossible to charge well defended positions no matter what ratios.
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  2346. Hi TIK, thanks for the amazing video, I just watched it! Stellar work as always! I kind of feel bad about asking cause this sort of thing might usually for patreon users and If this is the case feel free to reject my request (due to personal circumstances I’m not able to become a patron) but I was hoping for a book tour. I know you have your sources in ur vids (so awesome btw, currently burning my way through “when money dies” wondering y fergusson stated that “the initial stages of inflation started in 1914 when he goes onto state that the currency was inflated by the bank law of 1875” page 9. Oh wait, back on track sorry.) but I was hoping for a brief tour of your sources and briefly what the books contain in case we haven’t seen them. (From the vids I’ve been able to make Out Hitler and his generals, pol of sed, both on ur left side (now own the new zeitelmann book ^-^), the black book of communism, black cross, red star 4, behemoth and a few others, but some are kind of hidden behind you or other books or have small spine texts. As someone who has bought 3 mises books, the new zeitelmann book, vamp. Econ, when money dies and the downfall of money, I would be thrilled for a relatively short book tour. Either way, thanks for your amazing vids and once again, sorry if I’m asking for a vid which should be covered by Patreon.
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  2347. I did not expect Razör to watch TIK. I probably should have, though. thumbsup inb4 Sargon, Styx, Shad, Metatron, Skallagrim, and Drach (Drachinifel) all show up as well. Hell, if George Carlin would be alive, I'd bet he'd watch TIK too!
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  2348. Hey TIK, Love your videos and I totally get the struggles you are having "showing your work" to ideologues. It is great that you are trying this outreach, but I wouldn't let this derail your entire channel. You make great content and you are totally right about what makes yours stuff awesome. I don't want a 5 minute video about the eastern front... I want your extremely detailed analysis about the tactics, politics, economics and equipment. So, I would hate to see you burn out trying to convert people who are not going to see your reason no matter what you do. If you want my feedback, I would say keep doing what you are passionate about. Let the comment section be a dumpster fire if thats what it takes. If you have the energy to respond to people with legit arguments or reasoning, then do it. I am a long time watcher of your stuff, and have never commented before, I can only assume that this is the case for most of your viewers. We are the silent majority and we don't want a noisy, disingenuous minority to ruin your channel! Keep up the good work!
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  2349. When are you going to make a video that I can disagree with you about something? Having said that, I would recommend two memoirs (with all the caveats that apply) that give a better idea of what the penal companies and battalions were about: Nikolai Litvin's "800 Days on the Eastern Front", and Aleksandr Pylcyn's "Penalty Strike". Litvin served in a penal company in the early days of Operation Bagration, while Pylcyn was a junior officer in a penal battalion. When you realize that Pylcyn volunteered (like all the other officers and NCOs) for this duty, it becomes obvious that most of the tales of suicidal charges and attacking through known minefields is utter bollocks.
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  2350.  @laurapearson3370  Completely agree with you.
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  2351. Thanks for the update. Your explanation of your feelings is exactly the same I had when I finished my PhD, almost no feelings. The job was done, time to move on. I think the work you do is at that level. Congratulations on completion, have a good Christmas and great New Year. I’m glad you’re energised again.
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  2352. Great topic TIK! As a follow-up you should maybe look into more modern iterations of this in “Esoteric Hitlerism”; Savitri Devi, Serrrano etc.
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  2353. downloading this before it get's censored. thank you for making this video.
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  2354. Sees TIK notification Clicks TIK notification
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  2355. Im quite fond of listening to your videos while working. Thank you for the video
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  2356. Oh man this was too funny. I’m all down for more content like this.
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  2357. TIK, whatever you do please do not "stick to tanks". Your economic assessments are a revalation and in simple terms destroy the economic BS fed to us in the wider media. More please.
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  2358. The futility and the ineptness of German command was highlighted to me -not by Glantz - but by Jason Mark. Specifically page 222 where a series of pictures show an advance across exposed/open ground where 24th Panzer Group Edelsheim was caught in a minefield. They advance across open ground... didn't reconnoiter... and didn't clear the minefield. Fail. Tik is fantastic for the details. And his sources are impeccable. Off to his Patreon page now.
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  2359. TIK, I have studied history and dealt with anthropology, sociology and the importance of concepts and I see that you are a really, really well read person. You made a very long video, with a lot of conceptual discussion, and I am afraid you were missing a mark: your critics do not realize the importance of proper grasping the concepts they use and the more you explain them, the less they will understand. Maybe have a proper video (series) dealing with the importance of concepts and using WW2 as a case study. I am rooting for you, though, because I like the way your videos make me raise questions on the topics you discuss, which is like you say, the essence of history - make you want to debate. Cheers!
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  2360. Recently, when I was reading Robert Gellatley's book "Backing Hitler", I stumbled across a section regarding the Nazi T4-program. I usually take reading such harrowing events on the chin, but the part in which it was described how doctors would lock mentally disabled children in rooms to starve to death really punched me in the gut, and I had to put the book down in revulsion. As I did so, my two nieces and one of my nephews (all of whom are toddlers) came running into the room, laughing, playing, and enjoying their lives. Something about the juxtaposition of what I had just read, and the presence of those kids---free and innocent of the evils of the world---really made me see things differently and made me appreciate things so much more, once I put everything into perspective, and not to take ANYTHING for granted. Needless to say, I became the fun uncle since that moment.
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  2361.  @patman-bp3qg  money is the only way to scale trade up to a larger scale. A chicken farmer can't carry chickens around with him everywhere he goes in case he wants to make a trade, and not everyone wants or needs chickens. It would be pretty annoying if he had to trade chickens for shoes so he could trade shoes for corn, so he could trade corn for wood, when all he really needed was wood, but the lumberjack didn't need any chickens or shoes. So we come up with a currency that represents X amount of chickens, or Y amount of corn, and so on and so on.
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  2362. Quality takes time, and i must say i really enjoyed the video, the examples were brilliant and its fantastic how you answered not only my question to some extent anticipated my follow up questions, great work, great channel
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  2363. Erich Von Manstein.... Sigh A Prussian Field Marshal should know better
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  2364. Comments: Stick to Tanks TIK: But tanks need oil, and oil comes from economy and economy comes from politics
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  2365. Hi Tik, Thanks for your hard work. I need to play catch up. It’s important to remember how all these events in WWII are happening at once. While fighting is raging in Stalingrad, the US Navy is reeling from one of their worst defeats in the predawn hours of August 9th, off Savo Island. Anyway, keep up the good work. Hope you are well!
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  2366. TIK, you obviously put a lot of effort in your videos and if you need a couple of weeks off that's perfectly fine.
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  2367. Oh something new. Maybe you can do this for the allied prisoners
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  2368. Haters wiil hate! Tik dont stick tô tanks
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  2369. To hell with them all, I enjoy how the political and economic explanations give a more rounded and academic perspective and GASP something different to contemplate.
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  2370. YT suggested something about Hitler from you. Despite you automatically being a Mazi for reproducing his image, I love these long lectures addressing the fallacies of socialists. You are a true David against the hugest Goliath existing today. I tell people the Mazis were leftist but they don’t agree, now I can send them to your channel.
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  2371. Many commenters here need to develop a clearer understanding of their terms! "The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of a planned economy crudely into the open. "The main characteristic of socialism (and of communism) is public ownership of the means of production, and, therefore, the abolition of private property. The right to property is the right of use and disposal. Under *fascism*, men retain the semblance or pretense of private property, but the government holds total power over its use and disposal." When they get that point into their heads you'll find most of their disagreements melt into only one thing: dictatorial statist control of an imaginary Collective [here German]!
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  2372. I only recently found your channel, watching the entire Crusader campaign. Watched several others now, you are doing a valuable job in these days of newspeak. Keep it up squire, appreciated
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  2373. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos. I learned a lot about the world works from you than I ever did at school. Please never stop and dont let the social pressure get to you. Your work will be looked at for many years to come and many other people like me are learning from them.
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  2374. It amazes me that Keynesian thought is still seen as valid. Then I remember every generation has to re learn the lessons of the last all over again. Is there a name for this phenomenon?
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  2375. Your historical work is the best on youtube mate.
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  2376. "The mystery of volodina and the armed hiwis" is probably my favorite scooby doo episode. It also a very good example of how wonderfull the internet is.
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  2377. I love your no-spin analysis. I appreciate the fact that you challenge specific narratives. Excellent Tik! Definitely enjoy the different types of topics you discuss😊. I know everyone generally is all about your Stalingrad videos and criticize this type of stuff. Nonetheless, I think it’s great you are starting a conversation regardless of personal views.
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  2378. I find these counter counterfactuals very informative. They show how what happened at Stalingrad was, in many ways, nearly inevitable.
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  2379. Interesting, I will have to digest this. It does remind me of Wolfram Wette’s discussion on Italy being chided by the Third Reich for not persecuting the Jews in their region more. I’ll have to dig that book up and check the notes. Hope you are well Tik.
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  2380. This series is incredible. I devour each episode, and re watch old ones while waiting on new releases. Thank you
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  2381. Have you read Jonah Goldberg's "Liberal Fascism"? It's about the roots of modern liberalism , and his perspective is pretty close to yours and Zeitelman's view.
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  2382. Be well, Tik, we appreciate your efforts.. Thanks for posting..♥
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  2383. The quickfire QnAs are back baby! I have no doubt it's going to make my day
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  2384. Should I finish work and go to sleep, or watch this the rest of the night into tomorrow?
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  2385. This was a spellbinding episode, thanks, TIK! The details of what the Soviet commanders were going through, and a light, economical sprinkling of anecdotes from the soldiers, really put those movements on the map into context. And entire regiments being down to mere dozens of men, or less, yet still expected to hold the line, is an absolutely haunting reminder of how desperate these days were.
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  2386. I hope the hyperinflation series will continue in a few years.
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  2387. TIK, brilliant summary of a thorny question that deserves more elaboration. Especially since Patton, Bradley & Montgomery all favored competing narrow fronts instead of Ike’s broad front strategy, it’s fair to ask if broad front prolonged the war.
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  2388. TIK, I know you struggle with people fighting against the evidence you put out there, but I have to give you a pat on the back for how well your scripts are written. Your wording and explanations are very clear and precise and easy to understand. That may be part of the pushback you get as your information is so clear on its face that Dorian Grey dies when he looks at his painting. Keep up the videos and don't be disheartened. You are making a huge difference.
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  2389. The history of the Reich has been a point of interest for me since highschool; granted with the large mixture of heated debate and stigma generated by the current crop of "socialists", as well as the obvious atrocities committed by the Germans during those times, it has become one of the most stigmatized discussion points in the past 20 years. I have always had the notion that the Nazi Party had only its own vested interests above everyone else, the story of the Volkswagen Beetle is a perfect example of this... but to see that one of the longest running claims that "Hitler wasn't a real socialist" being rebutted and put down by extensive research, proper citation and detailed recounts of Hitler's own words is astounding. I commend your efforts and am thankful for this entire video essay.
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  2390. Very interesting topic! I have always been interested in the Monarchists in Nazi Germany. I understand that a lot of them threw in with the National Socialists once they seized power, but that they were largely against the Nazis, only going along because the National Socialists were willing and able to counteract the far more dangerous (in their opinion, and mine, unfortunately) Communists
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  2391. You've outdone yourself TIK. Absolutely brilliant. The linking of Nazism as something "right wing" (for the purpose of using as a club that can be used to beat free market conservatives) was one of the greatest intellectual slights-of-hand of the postwar period. Essentially, the Nazis and their sisters the Fascists were corporatist; why take over the means of production when you can just boss it around? Nationalization of industries being out of fashion these days, modern left of center political parties have essentially drifted to corporatism from socialism, economically speaking, and actually have more in common with Fascism than they dare admit.
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  2392. Yesterday was my birthday, i was thinking "boy a new Stalingrad episode would be a great birthday gift". A day late, but appreciated nonetheless. Gonna smoke a nice joint and enjoy this video. Big salute to you Tik and all of your work. Truly groundbreaking. You've set the bar VERY high for future analyses of battles. No shortcuts, no copying, no speculations.. the amount of study you had to put in for this amazes me every episode i watch.
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  2393. The issue I see with Ancapism is that it relegates every governmental ill to monopolistic/statist issues, and disregards their basic origins. The courts and police don't cheat you just because there's no alternative service. In fact, some of governmental ills are 'market-forces' as it were (not to assert that socialism or some such is immune, quite the opposite). Why should a company of armed men decide to abide by arbitration (forget separating it at all with corporations just because the state doesn't exist) instead of asserting its dominion over a certain place? Corruption doesn't vanish in the face of competition. Law and order is absurd in an anarchistic society (NAP's and "today we don't have it either!" aren't rebuttals). And the whole anarchist project of rejecting authority in all aspects is a lost cause. At best it will fracture civilization into hundreds of pieces (perhaps desireable, though those pieces certainly won't be anarchist themselves). At worst it will be swept aside alongside countless failed revolutions (even assuming you get there peacefully instantly) that served only to prop up those who could actually enforce their will.
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  2394. Always love TiK's political perspective, it adds a lot more nuance to history and the modern day.
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  2395. TIK, I know you get a lot of crap for your economics videos, but I honestly prefer those over your WW2 ones. Please keep these type of videos coming!
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  2396. Those battles when division numbers start to represent number of men in those divisions.
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  2397. I wish some of the historians that Tik uses as his sources would give him a lot more shout out and attention which he deserves. It would be amazing to see something like this series actually getting mass promotion for its dedication to history, fact chasing and story telling
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  2398. 1944: "Send us Wheat or Coffins" 2020: "Send us Weed or Coffee"
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  2399. Ironically, I watched a video, on Fascism/fascism (upper case, as that video depicted the capitalization for Italy specific), stating that he wasn't a Socialist, and was only fascist, because he privatized things and killed the unions. It is like nobody can think independently, from everything written. This is why I appreciate your work, TIK. You use sources, but you don't parrot the sources.
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  2400. Very so to hear that Tik, take as much time as you need and I hope you'll feel a bit better
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  2401. There was actually a Neo-Commie that tried to :"de-bunk" that one, the Dummy never even watched it all the way through! and then TIK turned around and did a de-bunk that demolished the whole thing in an instant. Classic!
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  2402. This is so forehead slappingly evident I think my grandfather felt it when I face palmed. I then proceeded to bang my head into the wall praying that these people don't actually exist, then watched the video again and realized they do. TIK I'm sorry you have to even respond to this. Nazi did a good job changing previously innocent symbols into something that can't be used today.
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  2403. I could have sent you a PDF copy of that book and saved you 400 pounds my good man! This is good stuff, so back to the video!
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  2404. I absolutely love all your economics videos and as some who's actually read and had interest in hermeticism and gnosticism i really love how all my interests get merged (you even managed it include Warhammer refs so it feels even more geared for me)
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  2405. I find this video a little bit disappointing. Chuikov hasn’t been strafed in his car by a German airplane once! Just kidding TIK. Being a parteon always pays off with the videos you make.
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  2406. Hard to think that this is done by a one man army!
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  2407. Your content is excellent, I've shared the "public v private" video with all my friends it's the best thing I've ever seen to tackle this subject. I'm not sure why you feel the need to defend yourself, surely the vast majority of us understood your video and digested the well organized and researched material. It was easily the longest single video I've ever watched and I couldn't pull my eyes away from it. If someone wants to disagree just to be disagreeable I'm not sure reasoning with them will help, or I should say it obviously won't.
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  2408. Week passed?!? Yes!
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  2409.  @TheImperatorKnight  Also posted elsewhere here but just in case: The World War Two channel hosted by Indy Neidell for some reason called Your video about how A.H. was a socialist in the comment section quote:"abomination of a video, full of nonsensical anti-epistemological drivel" although they did not prove any of Your arguments wrong. Perhaps they are marxist leaning. The video that they did on the same subject was very sketchy to say the least.
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  2410. I own this book and it is good. The origins of the Cold War are many, but the Potsdam conference should be a good starting point. Also Halder and Hausser are to blame for the revision of German WW2 aims, leading to a change of attitude among the British, Americans and Canadians that the Soviets were no longer our allies and somehow the Germans were our friends.
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  2411. TIK really has eye brow goals. Seriously though, yet another informative video, thank you.
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  2412. Wait, Uncle Adolf was complaining about Polish general mobilization? That's the equivalent of "stop throwing your face against my fist".
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  2413. I'm from the USA and can say I have always felt the battles in North Africa were very interesting and important in telling the story of WW2 before the USA got involved! I have no judgments against any British general since it was so early in the war and the British were on their own with only the help of the Commonwealth countries! I will always watch any video you put out regarding WW2 since you are easily the best at this task!
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  2414. I'll watch any battlestorm video you create. They are extremely well made and the most informative of the topics they cover. It's what has kept me here watching year after year. Name for check-in videos: "TIKhistory News". When it comes to history content, most just tell the main story and gloss over details. What people that watch TIKhistory should have learned in their time watching his videos, is the devil is in the detail. The driving force behind the major events is found in the details, thus they are extremely important to knowing wholeistically what happened, when it happened, how it happened, and why it happened. I applaud TIK for his detail oritented content. This is why I watch - even when the given topic doesn't interest me. You know you'll learn something new that most others have not touched upon. Thanks Tik!
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  2415. Plot-twist: The current Stalingrad Series is merely the precis for a much much more detailed Platoon and Company command level blow by blow breakdown of the entire engagement :)
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  2416. Two Stalingrad videos in the same month? Tik must be gaining some gray hairs recently
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  2417.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you man, you really have provided a completely alternative stream of knowledge to so many people that are only taught elsewhere what they're meant to think. An absolute breath of fresh air!
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  2418.  @MaconMedia  Badge of honor lol. I didn't know r/Libertarian was that bad.
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  2419. Amazing how seriously logistics affects military campaigns. It was short of miraculous how most supplies had to cross the Atlantic and get through makeshift or partially destroyed ports, railroads, roads, etc to the frontline armies. The supply troops/logisticians were unsung heroes.
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  2420. So thats why USA is in a never-ending war spiral - debts.
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  2421. Tik, I think that you and what you did on this platform and as an influencer is nothing short of a priceless demostration of what a sharp mind can do when it applies itself, logically and rigoursly to the discovery of the truth in this world. When it never gives anything for granted and searches all sorces and opinions in persuit of the most objective rapresentation of reality. Thats why I was exeptionally grateful when I heard you mentioning objectivism in your previus publication. I really hope you unveil much more of that idiology and what you think of it as I regard it as probably the best hope for humanity. Sorry for not having supported you more directly but I intend to change that soon. Hoping you are doing fine and are healthy as you read this.. best regards.
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  2422. Incredibly extensive layout of all of the relevant points. Thinking about the amount of work that must have gone into this makes my brain hurt, but then TIK's videos are always well researched & thoroughly backed up. Big fan, a very enjoyable & informative 5 hours. All collectivism is fascist by definition. Anything that makes the individual subservient to the State, for any reason whatsoever, is fascist by default. Of course, leftys are going to bitch about the video. The ENTIRE POINT of leftism is to replace Truth with manipulative in-group mythology, via mindless repetition, vehement insistence & idiot-pressure. It devolves into pure coercion & chimpanzee threat-signals the moment it encounters any mind that does not wish to join the hive. I gave up attempting to converse with people who try to foist their own fake version of reality upon me a long time ago. My life has been quite pleasant ever since.
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  2423. Excellent video Tik! Now, you have to be careful because you are putting too much truth lately. Maybe put on the record that you are not suicidal and don’t think about suicide at all! All joking aside, great work!
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  2424. I always find it so horrid to see all these icons on the map, them being armies and units, and then hear "this unit or army was destroyed". Thousands of deaths. Insane.
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  2425. My question is always just: why would a market for security be a market? What would stop it from instantly devolving into security companies effectively owning you because if you stop paying them you get raided? All that security companies need to do to get your business is to keep other security companies out of the territory.
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  2426. One small thing that I figured I should mention - those books might be incorrectly named "Downfall of Money" instead of "Downfall of Currency" because authors often don't control the name or cover art for their books. Very often the publisher decides what the book will be called for the purpose of advertising, or what sounds best. Even if they did decide, they may have felt like "Money" was a more appealing word and would draw more readers, and named it accordingly.
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  2427. This has to be just a troll book collection of all ridiculous Hitler theories. Female Hitler, Jewish Hitler, Buddist flying oriental magic baby Hitler, Magic Hitler, Robot Hitler, Hitler surviving after ww2, Reincarnated Hitler. I thought I heard it all. This is a great joke book.... right? Please tell me this is a Troll effort please before I lose faith in humanity. PLEASE.
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  2428.  @TheImperatorKnight  University of Leicester, known locally as the madhouse because it was built as an asylum in the late 1790's. Little has changed!
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  2429. MEFO was de facto a tax, as well as modern interest rates and QE. No doubt. The same is with just printing money. The question is: is there an economic system where government does NOT steal your wealth on a daily basis (albeit from offshore loophole countries whose days are counted)? Or is the entire history of humanity just an evolution of stealing from the poor by those in power?
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  2430. Thanks for all the info and not sticking to tanks
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  2431. "The Nazi State massively intervened in business, but business still kept a good deal of autonomy" Yeah, the only way I can think of to square that circle is to massively shrink your definition of "a good deal of autonomy" to the point where it would be indistinguishable from serfdom to most people.
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  2432. It always annoys me when people sneer that National Socialism wasn't socialism, because rich fat cats still owned the factories, mines, railroads, etc. I sneer back that "control of the means of production" is indistinguishable from "ownership of the means of production"; the end result is the same anti-markets stance, and pretending otherwise is just the kind of quibble usually reserved for politicians and lawyers.
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  2433. I keep forgetting that these aren't full sized units. They aren't human waves crashing into one another, its groups of men fighting other groups of men while shells and bombs scream down around them.
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  2434. What an absolute disgrace. It's just sickening when you think of the things that are done in our name. Never believe the official narrative. Never trust government. We are always and everywhere being lied to by these self-serving, power hungry, sociopaths.
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  2435. I have to say I would not have expected this exploration of gnosticism from TIK, who was one of my military history subscriptions years ago. He just burst unexpectedly into another area of my interests. Yet it makes sense because we want to understand what drove people to do the things they did in war, to understand the impact of their ideas on events and motivation, to try to get inside their imagination. That's always a dangerous endeavour because the risk you run is simply projecting all your own stuff on to others and claiming you understand them or seeing peripheral similarities between different movements and ideologies that really don't mean that much. Then the labels you give them start obscuring things more than illuminating them. But there is the common stuff of our shared humanity in this and I suspect he's on to something real. I was made to read Eric Voeglin decades ago by Prof. Tom Langan. I have to say that reading it now is a brutal reminder that the younger me didn't have the imagination to be able to appreciate what I was reading then. I think that growing in empathy and humility have really helped me to better understand and appreciate the past. And for me those are not primarily intellectual virtues.
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  2436. I'm in a sort of minority, an atheist conservative, sort of, I'm somewhere between conservative and libertarian, but I'm definitely an atheist and I'm definitely not on the left. It's very bizarre to see the overwhelming majority of atheists replace traditional religion with a creepy, cult like attachment to politics. It really makes no sense, "I believe in science, I'm too smart to believe in fairy tales like those dumb Christians, but also, men can be women and socialism will definitely work this time."
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  2437. Never has a 54 minute 'truth bomb' been so enjoyable..... Keep it up Lewis!
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  2438. Oh wow those simple maps, envisioning the current Stalingrads maps. Grown much lol. Great Job and Congratulations TIK, proud to be a Patreon.
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  2439. This was glorious, hats off to you. I needed to cleanse my soul after watching an abhorrent video here on youtube from a socialist activist (Second Thought) denying the socialist part of national socialism. Keep up the good work!
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  2440. "a short video" as you say TIK. Well, you deserve a break my friend. The dedication & devilishly hard work you put into your intensely researched videos is nothing less than a series of stupendous achievements! We treasure them all...even the short ones! Now go find a cold Guiness, a big fat expensive cigar & an easy chair!
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  2441. This is one of your most important videos ever, Lewis. Probably in the top 3. Incredible revelations! And very grave ones at that.
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  2442. Excellent presentation. I confess I never understood the real aim of Market Garden, although I have often wondered what one armoured division over the Rhine at the end of a tenuous supply line would have been able to achieve, if the aim was to capture the Ruhr (and then on to Berlin). Regarding the Broad Front versus Narrow Front debate, because of the politics of Coalition Warfare, the Narrow Front was never going to be an option and it would have been better to have accepted that in advance. Thanks TIK!
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  2443. To clarify: the few German 7,5cm AT guns with Group Lascar were older French guns on German carriages and lacked overall performance compared to the German PAK 40. And there were so few of them, even any a better gun wouldn't have helped. That German "Army Command Tschir" was an incredible mish-mash of units and individuals. Soldiers returning to the front were taken out of the trains to form ad-hoc companies. Anybody resembling a tanker was pressed into a tank battalion that officially didn't exist and which was equipped with tanks from rear workshops and supply trains. Soldiers were "trapped" in supply depots and frontline theatres. However the formation barely reached corps level. Edit: You already did an excellent video on the airlift ! I think you should watch it again. 🙂 IIRC, the whole idea was to supply 6th Army until further measures, i.e. breaking INTO the pocket. German optimism was based on the successful air supply of the Demjansk and Cholm pockets last winter and spring. Even under perfect circumstances, that is with bombers dropping supplies, air supply could only barely keep 6th Army alive, which is not enough for a breakout. A lot of (transport) aircraft had to be diverted to Tunisia, which was another nail in 6th Army coffin. You imagine a real life situation when the CEO and head of sales ask you if a 10 day shipment is possible in 3 days. You explain to them that in a perfect world under perfect conditions their wishes may become true and they take that for granted. Bam.
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  2444. TIK, this entire Battlestorm series has been magnificent work. I daresay it might even be your Magnum Opus; I've yet to see a history channel that covers topics in this much details AND discusses associated factors in history like politics and economics. However, I must say that at face value, Glantz's estimation of 1/3rd casualties taken during Zhukov's offensive are straight-up hard to believe. The only way I see those casualty numbers being even somewhat realistic is if the Germans were dug into defensive positions in rough terrain, with the addition of their superiority in air power, local tactics, and materiél. You've seen the casualty reports and strength reports of the German units and I haven't, however I believe a casualty ratio of ~10 000 German to ~40 000 Soviet is more realistic.
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  2445. I think the enemy of the Italian soldier was not the soldier he was fighting, but the officer standing behind him
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  2446. My Nazi grandfather bought this hook, line, and sinker. He lived until he was 98 and railed about "Those Pollocks attacked the radio station." We just rolled our eyes and fed him applesauce.
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  2447. The capitalist can’t stand to do the work that capitalism demands of him? The horror! Nah just kidding, take it easy man 👍
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  2448. Don't wear yourself out everyone needs a break every once in awhile. Your content is top notch, we will always come back :)
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  2449. Hey Tik Leftist here. I have never found your content to contradict my belief in social policy's like social security, free health care, minimum wage etc. I also believe i capitalism but the government needs to be used to protect people from the worst aspects of capitalism, and the exploitation it encourages. Also I could do without a revolution. Wether that makes me a socialist I don't know. Getting to the point I think you place to much emphasis on the most vocal part of the left wing community. The most vocal tend to be the most extreme. There are plenty of people who are left wing and like your videos. I found them well researched. I personally don't think you should change this aspect of your work as this is why I watch your work In particular your Market Garden series although Starlingrad is becoming my favourite. The comments are only a fraction of the viewership, extreme left or right. Even then I still see mostly positive feedback for your videos. But most important of all people are still watching. Even people who angry type at you in the comments are coming back to watch your content. So you must be doing something they like. I don't always agree with your points but I never had the impression that you were out to decive me or anyone else and all you interpretations were always backed up.
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  2450. Hey TIK can you do a video on the recent economic crisis and the effects of it? May be a bit outside of your usual stuff (just a bit) but it would be interesting to see what you think of it and what people should do in response (since I don't trust the government to provide proper help).
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  2451. Calling people who care for their country far right is something they learn at their elitist WEF club, same tactic is used here in the netherlands
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  2452. It's 2am and I've never clicked on a notification harder than when this happened
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  2453. For me, this episode is the climax of the entire series. I had a general idea of the sequence of events at Stalingrad. But seeing everything laid out in detail, and most importantly with CONTEXT. Even if Paulus had wanted to break out of the pocket, where was the 6th army supposed to go? They're literally hundreds of miles away from anything approaching safety and they would lack transportation and heavy equipment. The German general, who said a breakout would be of Napoleonic catastrophe, was spot on.
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  2454. How can I give you a million likes? This issue is so important for understanding history and yet at the same time so often misrepresented. The only real difference on the ideological level is that nazis are national socialists and soviets are international socialists. Nazis were just as opposed to conservatist or classical liberal (depending on which net of definitions you use - US or European), i.e. "right wing" ideals as the soviets. How can a political party, whose program literally included the complete destruction of their own capital city and rebuildilng it in a postmodern style to represent "the new order", widespread social works and wealth redsistribution, state controlled enterprise and a a centralised economy subservant to the military be referred to as right wing. I thnik this is because left leaning politicians are so dominant in contemporary politics, they need to invent newer and weirder ways of differentiating between themselves for the benefit of the voters so they make up absurd stuff like "well, they said <God> once at some point in their life, so it must mean they're right wing", which has little to nothing to do with the actual problem. Ron Paul is a right winger (in Europe I would struggle to find any real one at all, that's not completely obscure...) and nobody needs to subscribe to or like the ideology or policies he promotes, but tell me how the NSDAP's policies were more like those proposed thereby rather than soviet ones. Also just got to the point about the government type and economic system being issues in need of separate analysis. Ok thats it, I might just set up a patreon account just to support you.
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  2455. Outstanding! I knew you would not leave this epic series incomplete.
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  2456. This vid made me hungry.
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  2457. Hey Lewis! Pointing to others' books is good, but what about writing your own book using the many scripts you've written? The bulk of the work is already done, only need some compiling/editing... Surely there's something here :)
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  2458. "But is this really the case?" for the win!
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  2459. Very informative video tik, before this video I never knew that national socialism existed in Czechoslovakia and that it wasn’t all that anti Semitic
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  2460. May God have mercy on us and never allow us to forget that even heroes can act as monsters. P.S. God bless you TIK
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  2461. Best mondays are the ones where you forget there is another stalingrad episode coming and only remember it when there is a notification on your phone. Thanks TIK!
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  2462. Politics and philosophy is your best content in my opinion, keep at it!
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  2463. Regarding the Don flank vs. Stalingrad city conference: I agree with your version, TIK. I'd like to add just one bit of thought: it's not the first time the German High Command got themselves into a tight situation with no solution. From a purely military standpoint, the problem they were facing was not solvable. But something had to be done, so they went after Stalingrad: obeying the military maxim of focusing on one decisive task at a time. Therefore, the "sending 3 German divisions into the trap" (as putting it after the fact) could actually be "send 3 German divisions into the city to speed up its capture" (at the time of the conference), so the Army Group could then focus on securing the flank. And the rest is history.
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  2464. the level of detalization is amazing
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  2465. A word that should be completely retired from political and historical dialogue, unless it refers to Mussolini's Italy.
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  2466. Hitler made his plans public of invading USSR for the sake of getting living space in Mein Kampf, so even if USSR was planning an attack that would have been a preventive strike, so not a genuine act of aggression by the authors own logic.
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  2467. My friend, I know it’s exhausting to have to deflect the “silver bullets” that leftists think they’ve got on you, and we so vastly appreciate your efforts and the way you handle the scrutiny so well. All I can hope is that this particular type of burnout doesn’t make us lose you. I speak for many when I say we’re pulling for you, and we need you.
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  2468. This series is definitely going to get me invested in the North African champaign
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  2469. I'm a yank, and I think your analysis is spot on concerning Eisenhower . Politics is Supreme when it comes to the US military.
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  2470. This is funny, I was actually just thinking “it’s been a bit since we’ve heard from Tik, perhaps I should check the channel” and then I got this notification.
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  2471. @Bhigr Bond I don't think TIK is in any way inteestd or supports holocaust denial
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  2472. Lol I just realized that "National socialism imperialism" is literally "Socialist socialism's socialism" 🤣🤣🤣
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  2473. Videos like this are how I know TIK isnt an ideologue or anything they say about him. He says I was wrong. Explains why he said what he said an then walks you thru how someone in the comments was right. Then gives you the up to date facts. That's real History. Just keep doing the vids like this Those who want to find the facts will
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  2474. 185 triggered extremists disliked this video
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  2475. Respect for calling Kursk properly [Koorsk]! And Bagration too. You definitely have a Russian adviser, don't you? What the source of the claim that 50% of trucks were lend-lease? The biggest number I heard of is 30-35% in the spring of 1945.
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  2476. The hypocrite....... How could he.... My heart aches
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  2477. Hey TIK, thanks a lot for this very thoughtful video, I would love to see a continuation of this debate. My thoughts are as follows: - The outbreak of war in 1939 must be solely blamed on Germany for obvious reasons. Yes, you could argue that Poland was unwilling to accept the German annexation of Danzig, which had a German majority, but in my opinion Hitler had already shown his colours with the destruction of Czechoslovakia just half a year earlier. In addition, and this is very important, UK and France were in no mood for war just 20 years after the last devastating war had destroyed an entire generation of their young men und wasted enormous ressources. Just look at the UK: they were in financial trouble even before the war, and althought hey ended up on the winning side, they were basically bankrupt and lost their empire which had lasted for centuries. France had even less intention to fight a war with Germany, as the last war had taken place on French soil and probably so would the next one. In fact, I would say that UK and France carry the least blame of all nations involved (although this is clearly up for debate) - However, I would argue that the conduct of Roosevelt before the USA's official declaration of war was highly belligerent towards Germany, TIK does a fantastic job of pointing this out in the video (I mean, supplying war material to one side while simultaneously officially ordering to shoot at the other side's naval vessels is hardly neutral). And the reason therefor is, in my opinion, quite simple and has more to do with practical considerations than political ideology: France and UK had nothing to gain from a war with Germany, however, the USA had everything to gain, and they gained everything. WW2 transformed the USA from an isolated economic powerhouse into a militaristic superpower, and I would argue that the USA were the only true beneficaries of WW2 (the Soviet Union also became a superpower, but was it worth 27 million lives?) In 1941, Roosevelt basically saw things like this: the war would exhaust UK and France and destroy their colonial empires, and both Germany and the Soviet Union would grind themselves down, so if he played his cards correctly (which he did), he could establish the USA as the world's dominant power. If you dont believe this, then just look at the Suez crisis of 1956, you will see that the USA had absolutely zero interest to help uphold the power of UK and France. Now before you hate on me, I am not saying that the USA provoked WW2, but i think that Roosevelt decided to become involved for his own benefit. Even if the Western powers in 1939, UK and France, were planning a war against Germany (which makes no sense, they declared war only to defend themselves), this does in no way justify Germany's terrible atrocities, especially since they were no part of the war effort. TIK, i would love to hear your opinion on my arguments. And keep up the great work!
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  2478. Using Google Chrome icon for... chrome (the alloy). Why not? LOL I hope it doesn't confuse the younger audience unnecessarily... :)
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  2479. I don't thing "incompetent" is correct. Manstein was not an incompetent general. The failure to reach Stalingrad was less to do with him and more to do with the Soviets making it an impossible tasl with the available resources. However, both were VERY good at PR after the war and making it seem like they could do anything if not impeded by Hitler.
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  2480. You're by far one of my favorite history channels. May the fickle machinations of public opinion never fuck you over. Please never ever just stick to tanks.
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  2481. Thank you so much for these long-format videos that put the entire documentary series into one single place; they're very useful for long trips and work. This sort of thing is practically unique on youtube and is always great to listen to or watch.
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  2482. I love the skepticism for sure. However, wasn't the 68 million tons also including non food goods? obviously luxuries and other imports would greatly reduce during a time of war. While 68 million to 26 million tons is clearly a fail , preventing starvation or even hunger is an awesome achievement given what was going on..
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  2483. Standing up for the truth, shows integrity and character. Respect! 👊👊👊
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  2484. Amazing work! Love the fact that you point out exactly where on the map some of these iconic photos were taken! This really rubs me the right way. Also Sacha's name is indeed pronounced as Sasha( Са́ша) , with a sh sound not really with a k sound. Keep up the great work!
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  2485. I love that you question "truths" like these that get endlessly repeated, even by prestigious historians.
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  2486. Hey TIK, hope you are feeling better this week! Thank you for the episode today
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  2487. June 22nd 2020 - 1700 hours TIK has launched a new video offensive attempting to break the lines of YouTube algorithms and faced stiff resistance by the stubborn forces of the Madman Marxists and Wehraboos which eventually ended in a stalemate. TIK has reported on the day minor losses with less then 50 dislikes after intense analysis of the battle. Clearly, this was a good start to the offensive as the subscriber forces were getting panicky feeling that there would be no video offensive until the next week. Sources argue as to why TIK did not post a video about Barbarossa with some biased sources (read a certain German general) blaming Madman Hitler for this setback and others claiming that TIK's shortage of biscuits and tea supplies was to blame for this minor setback.
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  2488. I love your channel TIK. It is actually the best history channel and exactly because you are sticking to Banks and you are not just listing factoids and parroting expired interpretations but explaining history.
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  2489. Your face when you said "Yes, they gained a tank" cracked me up.
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  2490. Clicked on this faster than the German generals blaming Hitler for their mistakes after the war
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  2491. Dear TIK, i think it is just incredible that one man alone is putting all of this together in such a conviniend video format, so we can watch it. You are sacrificing so many hours of your life time to give people access to knowledge. You are a real hero to me. Thank you.
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  2492. What I’ve learned about socialism is it’s like Schrödingers cat. Every form of socialism is simultaneously socialism and NOT socialism depending on whether or not socialists like the results lol.
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  2493. This dude is an absolute boss. Love the unedited takes on factual history.
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  2494. I hope the next Q&A goes for over 10 Hours, its so much fun and interesting to listen. Greetings from Germany.
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  2495. Last time I was this early TIK was a socialist!😂
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  2496. oh! Only 3k to 200.000 subscribers! This is great: congrats Lewis!
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  2497. TIK, you really really really need to write a book on this subject that Hitler was a socialist, as was his party. Particularly as referencing and seeing through the clatter is a great strength you have.
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  2498. One thing you didn't cover in this rapidly evolving situation situation is that Paulus probably didn't know exactly what was going on at any given time. It would have been very difficult to make decisions
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  2499. Hey TIK, if you are receiving insults then you are doing you job right because any person with common sense will see that those who spout insults and threats instead of debating the topic are people who don’t want the truth to be told. They only want their truth to be told and that is that they are right and everyone else is wrong. Don’t let it get to you or force you to quit, it’s as the saying goes. The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. In this case it’s the only thing necessary for the triumph of hypocrisy, deceit, misdirection and lies is for the truth to be silenced without question.
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  2500. the best way to spend an after-work Monday evening - history channel by TIK
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  2501.  @Arkantos117  I don't buy the 'I didn't kill them, I just didn't feed them and they died' defense.
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  2502. Imagine being so innocent and thinking that democracy us good because you can vote who will steal from you lol.
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  2503. I love your discourse with Anton Joly. Keep up the amazing work.
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  2504. The fact that this video will get dislikes at some point is mind boggling
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  2505. This just continues to prove that the Germans absolutely sucked at the operational and strategic levels. They were great tacticians but the Soviets were vastly superior at strategy although they sucked at tactics. I also did an interview with a university professor that pretty much confirms what we are both trying to convey to the wider public. Obviously he may have his biases since he is half Eastern Europe, but alas TIK, we are getting there.
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  2506. I've liked the final part very, very much. You are rare bird in the history enthusiasts ranks. Most people when they go very deep into a problem loose sight of the broader picture, but you don't. I have another 8 hours of sentry duty to go but now I have something to keep my mind occupied. Thanks!
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  2507. I swear to god Franz Halder is slowly becoming a Hotzendorf.
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  2508. Loved the chess vs. Go analogy!
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  2509. As much as i love the economic and battlestorm videos, Q&A videos are the ones i really look forward to
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  2510. As a Russian, I can confirm that this, and similar accounts to me and my friends who are fond of history, have always been cringe. I was surprised to learn that they are taken seriously in the west.
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  2511. The kvetching and nitpicking always gets me. I worked in television production and know people haven't a clue as to the work involved and we can tell most television doesn't get researched.. I can understand comments like "Hey mate, I think you got this wrong." or "When do we finally get to see this?" but some..... You have an amazing body of work on this channel and there is so much detail I often have to watch them multiple times. I think you do an awesome job.
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  2512. The basic ability to challenge what you've been told divides the men from the boys.
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  2513. I remember back when you had just started this series, it seems so long ago now. You've come a long way Lewis
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  2514. Essentially Amazon reviews on literature, Movies and Music demonstrate one of the few absolute truths in life. Opinions are like backside, everyone has one. Some are just fuller than others.
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  2515. I find it funny when people think its crazy that German troops used meth during the second World War when US troops were using Rip Its in Iraq to stay awake for days.
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  2516. At around 20min the best advice someone can give regarding history.
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  2517. If you really think about it, the 6th army would only have been able to breakout within the first 2 or 3 weeks of the encirclement. Any attempt after that, would have been annihilation. Within that time, Paulus would of needed an order.
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  2518. Your last speech was amazing. It suits totally our today's world. Thank you TIK!
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  2519. o7 Sir. Take a break and rest some. Please don’t burn out. Gives me time to rewatch the other series.
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  2520. The Baltic elections is proof of what Joseph Stalin used to say. I'm paraphrasing because I don't speak Russian [It doesn't matter how many vote, it only matters who counts the votes.]
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  2521. Keep up the great videos TIK. Some people are so obstinate in their views that they will never change, but please know that your work is truly appreciated (as a history and politics student myself). Some of the most insightful and informative videos on the platform.
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  2522. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. Unfortunately, people are not rational. You nailed it when you mentioned people tend to follow their emotions. Its all about tribal identity, being able to convince someone you are on the same side of the argument, then introducing a dash of truth…. it is a slow painful process, much easier to send them all to the Gulag lol keep up the good work I look forward to your next history lesson
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  2523. Criticisms of Pienaar can be found in David Brock Katz' South Africans versus Rommell. A few days ago I added comments re.Pienaar in your Patreon section (Blue Moon Rising). I will repeat them here : I have just completed watching your Crusader series. I was intrigued by the conduct of one of the South African Commanders, Pienaar. A recent book 'South Africans versus Rommel' by David Brock Katz gives more info on this controversial Afrikaner soldier. I wonder if Pienaar's unusual background explains why he was so obstinate and oppositional? His family fought the British in the Boer war of 1899. Pienaar was only 5 or 6 back then and was sent to a concentration camp with his mother and four siblings. His family farm was burnt down by the British. Now that, surely, is enough to develop a lifelong ambivalence and contempt towards the Brits. I'm speculating here, but these experiences would be hard to shake off. Katz, like you, is critical of Pienaar's conduct in Crusader and is dismissive of Pienaar's 'mythical' victory against German Panzers at Taib el Esem (on Nov 25th 1941). This so-called 'heroic victory' was a 'non-battle", according to Katz. But Pienaar's reputation survived: "Despite being difficult, obstinate, and temperamental, flouting orders or just disobeying them, or being lethargic in obeying orders, his ability was not doubted by the popular press." Katz writes: "His relationship with Gott was fraught with animosity and he actively disliked his commander. His view of orders was not one of accepting them blindly - rather, in accordance with Afrikaner military culture, he saw them as the opening position in a debate." Another observation on why Pienaar's reputation survived: Katz says that Pienaar "achieved close to hero status in South Africa, a situation no doubt propelled by his untimely death in an airplane accident on December 19, 1942, at age forty-nine."
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  2524. What about Pavlov's House Tik
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  2525. From my own observations, I don't think YouTube hits channels as hard for not having weekly content once they cross the 100,000 subscriber threshold and you are well safely past that milestone. Things will will take the time they take and I for one am not going anywhere; I find your channel to be the equivalent of striking gold. Its unfortunate more channels aren't as useful to me with their chosen content.
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  2526. “The problem isn’t me.” Im so glad to hear those words said and said so confidently as well because to be frank, you’ve done the work to be able to say it. I hope this newfound confidence will be enough to go and spread your message further afield (cough Triggernometry cough) because I know that you can back your claims up. Either way I’m buzzing for you.
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  2527. Haven't watched yet but.....without Lend Lease plus the U.S. keeping Japan busy it's hard to imagine a Soviet victory.
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  2528. "I couldn't tear myself away from this disquieting vision. All along the vast horizon, the Russians had lit hundreds of braziers, not to warm themselves, because they must certainly have kept their distance from them, but to dazzle our observers. And in fact, when the eye traveled to the east bank, it remained fixed on those fires. Everything else, by contrast, was plunged into darkness, and this enabled the enemy to effect numerous changes which we could reduce only with difficulty. We were able to see little with flares, but their radiance, although intense, was reduced at least to half strength by the enemy's arrangement of alternating light and darkness." (Forgotten Soldier, Sajer, Pg. 74-75). ^ memoir excerpt from a German logistics gefreiter, who was present on the Don River bend during Operation Uranus. Not sure how accurate this memory is, but it's interesting nonetheless.
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  2529. Good to see TIK sticking to banks! Reading What has Government Done to Our Money was a huge eye-opening experience for me, so thank you for suggesting the book in one of the Q&A videos ages ago.
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  2530. Just want to say thank you Tik for your video on Hitler's socialism. It's sad that too few historians (and people in general) understand national socialism. It was a fantastic video.
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  2531. A reminder of the true horrors of war. A reminder of the cruelty and callousness of totalitarian regimes. Excellent work TIK.
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  2532. Every time my wife hears your voice, she imagines a big hairy red bearded viking (re how to train your dragon), and finds the reality is quite a contrast. Can you arrange some costuming to help with her cognative dissonance? 🤣 Thank you very much for you hard work in putting these videos together.
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  2533. Do you think you could ever do something like a Glossary video explaining the various terms and euphemisms used by Nazi Germany and/or the Soviet Union during World War II? I still have trouble understanding the things like the difference between OKH and OKW, Einastzgruppen and Einastzkommando, and so forth. It seems like a resource you could use in future videos instead of needing to potentially re-explain constantly.
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  2534. TIK you’re making a real and substantive contribution to the historical understanding of the topics you cover. Thanks for all your hard work 😓
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  2535. I liked this video before I even started watching it because I knew it would be great, but it was even better than I expected: one of your best videos yet! I'd love to see you dig into some more post-War/early Cold War topics in the future, as it definitely ties in very closely with the events of WWII, and the Cold War could benefit from your analytical "revisionist" exposition at least as much as WWII.
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  2536. Tuning in every Monday now for the latest episode. These are easily the best WW2 programmes I've seen on YouTube.
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  2537. The battlestorm Stalingrad series is why I became a Patreon supporter of you. It is the most exciting series that I watch. Every time the new battlestorm comes out, I am eagerly watching it. I understand how strenuous this can be for you. I don't anticipate withdrawing with my support, but I would greatly appreciate a conclusion to the series in the future
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  2538. I don't think this series will ever be bettered in a generation. It may have come at personal cost but you should be proud of providing such an invaluable resource
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  2539. American sources almost always paint Montgomery as being way too cautious. It's cool to get another perspective.
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  2540. It always comes as a surprise when you upload a new chaper TIK and much welcome one at that. Thank you for amount of work and dedication put into this! You are the definition of a one-man-army; researcher, writter, animation, narration, edition. I think I can speak for everbody here, we really enjoy and apreciatte what you are doing mate! Cheers from Barcelona
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  2541. Outstanding - lucid, lively and well researched. All very engaging - wish you'd been around during my history class days! Probably the closest we can get to casting a critical eye over these events with the benefit of well-dredged sources now the 2ndWW generation has almost gone. I notice that apart from Barrie Pitt (editor of my grandfather's The Second World War magazine in the 1960s), it's taken everyone else 75 years (and some frank final interviews with veterans before they check out) to ask sharp questions and face some unpalatable truths about our forces and leadership. The graphics help make it all easier to follow for visual learners. There'll always be some who disagree or a veteran with a genuinely different recollection - but this stuff is so enjoyable, maybe teach it in schools to ensure the younger generation keep a grip on this stuff! Keep it coming TIK...
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  2542. The map for the city itself looks amazing. Can't wait to see how you use it
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  2543. His ideas were the poison, not the antidote
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  2544. TIK A word from the wise. Plan in proper breaks to your schedule that way everyone knows when to expect content and when not to. You are only human. I would go for a minimum of 20 days holiday a year, or you won’t be alive to take any at all. Holidays are like supplies and what do you constantly teach us about poor supply lines!!! Take your own advice. 😊
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  2545. This sense of favoritism, and in fight is really depressing. Halder trying to sabotage Rommel in North Africa in the Crusader series, and the possibility that he also did the same to Paulus with the 6th Army. If so this in fighting crippled some campaigns.
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  2546. Stick to economics Tik! ;)
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  2547. The "Blood is Spirit" concept hit me the same way it hit you. An epiphany. I instantly started cross referencing the idea in my mind with every religious tale/practice, fidelity ritual, phrase, folklore, myth etc I could think of & it checks out. It's been there all along, over & over again for millennia after millennia. I want to say it gives so many blood references a whole new meaning but that wouldn't accurate. "Signed it blood" practically spelled it out. Vampires it couldn't get more obvious. The concept is everywhere. Something to think about next time I donate blood. Hmm...Bled=the loss of spirit past tense? Bleeding- losing spirit present tense? I'm gonna give the vid a second watch, cause I didn't catch everything & you gave me enough information to investigate on my own for now. Kudos!
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  2548. Hold up 3:40 Not 34:00 !? WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU NOT STICKING TO TANKS??!!
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  2549. Tik, stick to horses.
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  2550. Let's learn.
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  2551. I think taking a break from this is a great idea, ur own mental well being should always come first regardless. However, the battlestorm series is still an amazing accomplishment
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  2552. bUt ThE pRiVaTiZaTiOn!!!
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  2553. This is pure philosophy of histrory, tik you are going really deep , moving the boundary' of yt history again, awesome job man.
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  2554. (right after saying that a Romanian division had 6 battalions and a German one 9) "Antonescu observed that the typical Romanian infantry division's strength was about 2 thirds of a German one" no shit, the Conducator had some serious math skills.
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  2555. Thank you for making such an epic work about my country. My grandfather was born in Soviet Ukraine, liberated Poland, was wounded. However, his war did not and at 9th of May, 1945... he was brought to Latvia to fight national partisans until early 50’s. More than 6 years of fighting. This war and these regimes were so devastating for our people. Turnig brother against brother, people who wanted their country to be fre against those forced to fight...
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  2556. If i were to collect all the tears in this commentsection that could do for a pretty profitable saltine buissines
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  2557. I'm not entirely sure why people doubted this. The nazis used foreign volunteers in the ss and then there was that russian army lead by a russian general that fought for the germans
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  2558. man this video legitimately cheered me up, every atom in my body hopes this entire book was just a shitpost
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  2559. Thank you TIK. I have looked for accounts of this battle many times. Yours seems the most detailed. My late father was there. He was in 2nd Battalion Royal Durban Light Infantry. I recall him telling us that he bent the barrel of his 303 Lee Enfield rifle in the crevice of a rock and smashed a captured Beretta pistol he had picked up as a souvenier when the order was given. He said that the scariest time of the war was: 1) that one day of battle. 2)The trip to Italy as a POW in the hold of an Italian vessel while the Royal Navy submarines were active and 3) The flight back home in Dakotas with all those freshly trained pilots. There were a lot of plane crashes at that time.
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  2560. You're .... not a machine? Oh my. 😄
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  2561. Only 27 minutes? I was getting used to the 5 hour rants about tanks.
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  2562. I've often been amused that socialists are pretty eager to assure you that socialism isnt marxism yet when the nazis claim to be socialists, just not marxist socialists, the socialists claim that it isnt socialism.
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  2563. An Australian company raided and captured Rommel’s radio intercept company?? Now I need a video on THAT!
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  2564. I have been watching TIk since around his MarketGarden series, and these Stalingrad vids are definitely my favs. I am immensely happy whenever one of the is released. PS. Manstein is a living god. My source is "Lost Victories".
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  2565. Poor Wavell lost his generals and also has Churchill to put up with.
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  2566. TIK, gotta say that you connected a few dots I had somewhere in the back of my brain again. I knew about the discrepancy between German and Soviet units and that might explain some things about performance, but I didn't make the connection on the massive burden this would place on an army commander. The Germans tended to do there reconnaissance well to identity a weakness and exploit this by concentration of force. If you then figure out that one enemy division is way understrength, you have your tactical schwerpunkt. I therefore was thinking more along the lines of having several small units which the Germans could easily defeat in detail because they lack coordination and the ability to support each other. It only goes further as you point out. If you have a bunch of "infantry blobs" with little organic support units facing off against a German panzer division, then I can imagine why they utterly fail to hold them for even a day. Try holding the line with a 5000 man division or brigade with a few AT guns and artillery pieces and mortars. Descending on you is a full German Panzer division divided into three Kampfgruppen with a panzer battalion, two motorised infantry battalions, and an artillery battalion. They can easily overwhelm you. To make matters worse, there is barely any communication with neighbouring units. Even if you can ask them for help, they can't help you. They are probably being shelled by German artillery and are pinned down. So far I connected all the dots. Then the problems get even worse. All these units are screaming for help at the same time to the army commander and his often inexperienced staff. This happens all across the line because the Germans are probably attacking or shelling the entire army sector its front line with the full force of a panzer army and probably some artillery attached from the army group level, and the Luftwaffe. So you as a Soviet division commander ask for help from the army commander. Well, he is receiving these screams for help from every unit along the front line. Some want artillery support to counter German artillery fire. Others think they are being attacked while there are not, while others are being attacked. Utter chaos ensues. Try getting al those separate units to help you and this one division, where it matters. Even if support arrives, nobody is actually in command of all these units. That allows the Germans to utterly destroy these "armies" in detail. The command system and the massive information overload on army commanders only makes the job easier for the Soviets.
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  2567. Said it before and will say it again - we are not just watching a series about history, we are watching a series that IS history. The combination of such immense research, superb critical analysis, magnificent presentation skills and awe-inspiring dedication have changed the way I now want to feed my historical appetite - an appetite now grown substantially thanks to your regular deliveries of such feasts!
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  2568. I've been waiting for this for such a long time...
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  2569. Enlightening as usual TIK. Appreciate the detail and 'clarification' of the edited commentaries used to sell the socialist and communist arguments. Too often we are taught and told they are different.
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  2570. so, because some corporations donated to the Nazis, they aren't socialist? Do these guys know how the Bolsheviks were funded? Or any socialist party for that matter...
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  2571. Meatloaf was a Hegelian who truly understood the meaning: "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that..." WHAT, MEAT?! WHAT WON'T YOU DO?!!!
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  2572. I can't imagine how much work is required to do this epic series. Don't lose sanity TIK! Also i wanted to thank you for your videos on economics, they are eye-opening! And you really don't like Halder, don't you?
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  2573. I agree with the commenters TIK highlighted. These videos are excellent.
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  2574. TIK!!! BEST WORLD WAR 2 CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE!!! I ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING!!! AWESOME STUFF!
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  2575. I’ve fallen in love with the Eastern front because of you. Your channel is awesome.
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  2576. New series URAAAAAAAAAA. Ps I hope you are well.
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  2577. Very good video, especially since you don't normally do in the "what if" scenarios and you prefer to stick to historical facts supported by a strong literary erudition.
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  2578. Gleichschaltung is one of the words in german language which is very specific but is hard to translate to other languages. I think "getting everyone (people) and everything (companies+media) on track" would be a "good" translation. I mean as good as it can get.
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  2579. Thank you for making this. The world needed this concept defined.
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  2580. By far the best and most informative video of 2020
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  2581. I see a notification that TIK has posted a video, I click said notification. I'm a simple man.
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  2582. The Stalingrad video spree is still alive and well I see? Nice! Was a good video, keep ehm coming TIK.
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  2583. you're an interesting WW2 historian. currently favorite :) Thanks for the link to the video. There's a good lego version of the battle, but that's not what we're here for, are we
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  2584. The similarities between Nazi economics and Monetarism are striking. U.S Savings Bonds = MEFO bills. Quantitative easing = masked inflation and taxation. Selling debt to foreigners = exporting inflation. Emphasis on price stability = skewed markets. No surprise then that I embrace the Austrian School.
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  2585. Schacht's words regarding government expenditure and inflation could be relevant today.
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  2586. Might not support his ideas but gotta admit his timeline and statements on the theory of the of each idea is 100% on the money
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  2587. Agreed.
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  2588. Geez!! That didn't take 'em long? Anyway, that was rather good!! You are the Heinz Guderian of Tank Blues. Think we just invented a new music genre?
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  2589. It's a small thing, but I absolutely love the blue background on the German unit markers!
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  2590. Wow, this is not the first time i watch one of your videos and get my face turned red of shame for not being critical enough of the historical sources... Great lessons though, everyone of you who feels the same should support his Patreon asap so that TIK will keep on slapping our faces red with accurate historical facts!
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  2591. Yes! This 59 year old's favorite and best WW II battles history program EVER! Thanks TIK, at this, you are unparalleled!
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  2592. Had never heard of the communist Holy book original title. Makes my joke of calling my Vbcw communist forces political officer a communist preacher even more true.
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  2593. "Socialism needs to have a egalitarian aim" - What a bunch of horseshit. They have just defined "socialism" as good guys doing good things. That is no definition.
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  2594. Uncritically classifying National Socialism as a far-right ideology is an easy way out. It's become commonplace in the academic and amateur history communities to call Hitler "far-right" without actually examining the ideology.
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  2595. “Socialists learning how money actually works”….lol you’ll have better chances finding hitler alive and well in Argentina😂😂😂
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  2596. Objective truth does exist but it is not reachable by man, we can only persevere to get closer to it.
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  2597. My monocole is ready.
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  2598. #TheKnightImpirator I am going to contradict you and the sources in terms of economics in the UK during the 19th Century. Britain was not following "Capitalism" in its economics (the control of capitol) but "Mercantilism" (Control of Imports and exports where the country imported less manufactured goods than it exported). This is partially why the British military strategy was to control the seas and sea-lanes rather than the land and land boarder; as such that we invest far more in the Navy and ships than a standing Army. It also helps when the Navy also controls the effective countries national border (the coast) but its the control of Trade which mostly pays for the navy and its ships not internal taxation.
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  2599. Literally nothing I can comment can impress you, but thank u for this valuable content
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  2600. I don't have anything witty or dumb to say, great video.
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  2601. "Historians":HE WAS MAD SO HE WANTED THIS CITY.[Next they explain how National socialism was kapitalism]
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  2602. 43:25 he's right. It is fascinating that the same people who speak about global overpopulation and environmental footprint for this Island in Space we call Earth can't see it for Great Britain...
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  2603. I love stalingrad <3 That came out wrong.
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  2604. Unfortunately the average TV viewer, even if they're interested in history, isn't going to sit through the amount of detail TIK gives us and wait for the next toothpaste commercial. I'm so happy the internet exists and gives us this as an alternative!
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  2605. Official History = What the state wants you to believe. Keep dropping dem red-pills TIK!!!
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  2606. Love this highlight chasing the text you're reading. You really go out of your way to make it easier for us to follow. Thank you TIK
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  2607. @34:00 imagine being in that particular march battalion used up to cover losses vs Luidnikov Island, getting into Stalingrad and into the fight the last day before the counter, thus getting encircled with the rest...
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  2608. It’s interesting how both the Soviets and the Nazis seem to avoid calling each other “socialists” or any derivation of the word. The Nazis unusually often refer to the Russians as “Bolsheviks” and when I was in St Petersburg 25 years ago what struck me was all the war memorials I saw referred to the Germans as “fascists” and never as “Nazis”.
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  2609. Those two doing the nazi salute are aiming it at the police who they see as nazis doesnt mean the two of them are
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  2610. Oh this'll be a good one. My answer is no, especially in terms of boots, trucks and aviation fuel, as well as the Allied fronts in North Africa, Italy, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Air War, and all of the Lend-Lease.
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  2611. Why would YouTube go and sensor a video like this, Which is important history, Something we need to learn from from the past. It’s a True disgrace
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  2612. 8:22 100 million Reichseuros 😆
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  2613. I very much enjoy your manner of dismissing ridiculous, contradictory ideas with the irreverence and mockery they deserve. 😆
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  2614. While your military history videos are top notch, I honestly prefer your economic, historiography, and debate of certain topic videos more. Because these kind of videos really stimulate the critical thinking which unfortunately I currently lack. Thanks to you, now I will try to use your phrase "Is this really the case ?" to every source and certain topics I encountered.
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  2615. 17:08 Now lets put this up to the test and search for the proper german term, which would be "Das kommunistische Glaubensbekenntnis". Turns out TIK is correct, even Wikipedia admits this, the title is slightly different ("Entwurf eines/des Kommunistischen Glaubensbekenntnis" -> Draft of a/the communist confession of faith), but not to a meaningful degree. It also says that this was an alternative title for "the principiles of communism", which is the foundation of "the communist manifesto/the manifesto of the communist party", but this is also not a meaningful difference. So yeah, seems that even Engels (who wrote the paper) saw it as a faith.
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  2616. Lmao the Italy quote
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  2617.  @TheImperatorKnight  RIP the people who are planning to marathon
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  2618. I don't think I have seen anyone say this but congratulations on 100k Subscribers! 🍪🎂🍪🎂🍪🍺🍻
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  2619. Personally, I'd also keep in mind that any discrepancy could be more than a mere mistake, there is a very real incentive for powers to artificially inflate their role/numbers in any given campaign. Particularly in authoritarian states where it would be difficult to verify or discredit such claims. (Though admittedly that incentive still exists for non-authoritarian states, it's just somewhat easier to verify) Not necessarily saying that is completely the case, but the USSR and Russia definitely take great pride in the role they played in fighting Hitler even today, and at the time it surely would have been easier to get concessions/make demands by highlighting what you sacrificed to win. Stalin spent YEARS trying to expedite the British/American invasion of the continent so as to open up another front and divert the Nazi army's attention from the East. Just something to keep in the back of your mind. I by no means want to downplay the astronomical cost that was paid on the Eastern front.
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  2620. The Axis powers ww2 were so bad but i had see some people say the world would better if they won!
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  2621.  @TheImperatorKnight  My commitment to logic I suppose, which is ironic considering that I arrived at Fascism at the first place. The first thing that cropped up was Fascism's open Totalitarianism,, which coincidentally was also the same thing that drove me from what little connection I had to National Socialism (I was only connected with the ideology at an aesthetic level, as the only policy I liked was the non-territory grabbing element of "Heims Ins Reich" and your "Hitler's Socialism" video rapidly drove me from that ideology), as well as warded me off from Marxism-Leninism. I had already read George Orwell's 1984 at that stage and was wary of anything Totalitarian. The next was Fascism's economic policy, specifically Autarky. Everyone's tried it, from Mussolini to De Valera to Franco to Hitler to Stalin (though Stalin's was part-forced part-imposed), but nobody can make work an unworkable policy. Import substitution is one thing, but deliberately not importing goods that you actually need is insanity, and squandered Italy's early lead in Aviation and Combustion Engines. I also found issue with Militarism, for obvious reasons. Corporatism is massively flawed. Class Collaborationism is the best of the bunch. Ultimately, when you presented me with points that I could readily access the sources of if I so wished, I wasn't willing to put commitment to ideology over commitment to the truth and logic.
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  2622. But is that really the case?
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  2623. I'm so sorry to hear that one of my fellow countryman has resorted to this, as a Brazilian viewer of this channel I couldn't help but feel ashamed. All the support for you TIK, I hope this burglar gets taken down.
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  2624. People who add emotes to every single sentence could not and would not be taken seriously
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  2625. "Where people are comparing [youtube censorship] to what Anne Frank went through". I laughed so hard at this!
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  2626. I wouldn't mind paying a toll to use a private road. Will save me from having to replace bushings, shocks and struts and tires on my car due to potholes.
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  2627. In 2014, English businessman Mike Watts of Kelston, Somerset - Faced with months of roadworks and a 22km diversion around a busy commuter route, rented a nearby field - and became the first private individual in Britain to build a toll road in more than a century. Watts spent £150 000 building the unofficial road next to the A431, where a small section had been cordoned off.
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  2628. This is not totally related to the videos topic, but it’s funny to point out the excerpt at 11:00. It’s such a stereotypical thing for a socialist state to do, “Here workers, are your great facilities mandated by the state! Aren’t you grateful for living in a socialist state.” Meanwhile no one wanted it, or asked for it, and it was simply mandated by an out of touch bureaucrat official. But socialists will still somehow cry that it wasn’t REAL socialism, and that they themselves would have somehow known the complex needs of millions of individuals, and that they would “actually” know the needs of the workers. LOL
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  2629. “History lies in the heart of the debate” And you have once again won this round
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  2630. I think you make a really good argument for why it is socialism. People don't like to think about things that completely upend their world views. No wonder they get so mad.
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  2631.  @joevlogs4473  So, someone does all the hard work of starting a business, which is a f***ing lot as I can attest from personal experience, and then, when he starts reaping in the fruits of his labor and hiring people (giving them jobs and income by the way), it should all be taken away from him. Although rather then a bullet you give him a little above average stipend for his hard work. Why would I want to start a business under those conditions? I might as well sit back and do jack shit. Try starting a business, see the hard work that goes into it, and once it starts to make some money where you need to hire some workers, give it all away, cause your workers deserve a say in what you have created. Whenever someone says they're a marxist leninist they should be ridiculed as much as when someone says they are a national socialist. More even so because they killed more people.
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  2632. I have not yet commented on your videos but I feel compelled to let you know that I absolutly love them, they are really mind blowing when compared with the narrative I was taught. I never really were into history but watching your videos makes me want to make an actual effort to learn the truth about certain events.
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  2633. After watching it a couple of times (yes, I know, a more than 18 hour-long marathon), I can conclude that this is the best WW2 documentary on YouTube. I´ve always been interested in the North African Therater of Operations but, Crusader was a big challenge to my linear-oriented mind. So, for the first time I was able to understand what really happened on those fateful days, at the end of 1941. Thank you for the hard work.
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  2634. I found your channel last week and have been binging a ton of your videos. They are so educational and great.
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  2635. TIK. Your videos on this topic are so important in my opinion as to be priceless. Until a few months ago I believed all the myths about the “capitalist” nazis. And so did most of my friends. Now I haven’t gotten any of them to watch the 5 hour video, but I’ve shown them clips and I’ve used your references to show them primary sources. The look of realization on their faces when the see the misinformation for what it is was amazing. I explained the origins of Private vs Public to them and they get it. You make AMAZING content that my friends and I would’ve been ignorant forever without. I feel that as a content creator you have a limit as to how much you can influence any individual person. It takes people like me and your other viewers; who are close to these radicalized people; to show them where they are wrong. Not everyone can be convinced this way. But plenty of them can be. It takes a village and all that. By encouraging critical thinking we all work to better society. Thank you humbly for the service you provide to us all!
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  2636. I think this disparity of views, is due to the Cold War, and the need to move on. The first needs to make the soviets as savage and a preview as to what expect is the red army invades western Europe, oversimplistically. The second is all those millions of wermacht soldiers and officers had to go back to civil life, etc... After the war ends you can see this pragmatism in France, Italy and Germany, Netherlands, to name a few countri
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  2637. The standard for any historical study, you've set the bar high, and well done, sir.
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  2638. For all of TIK's hard work, I find it discouraging that only 10% or so of his viewers "like" the episode, that should be way higher. While I don't know the dynamics of youtube algorithms, I'm sure if more of the people who watch his videos did him the solid credit of clicking that like button...he'd get better numbers of views and whatnot. Just for you folks who don't know...Apathy is not attractive. Anyways, if you watch his videos, at least respect the amount of work that goes into his fairly epic saga here and click the like button (unless you dislike). All the best. Cheers.
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  2639. TIK, I have a lot of respect for you and you’ve opened my eyes on many things. Thanks you.
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  2640. As someone very familiar with anarcho-capitalism and a libertarian myself. This is very interesting
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  2641.  @TheImperatorKnight  Love your vids and your work, but dam you goofed up a little.
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  2642. If anyone starts nit-picking this man’s hard work leading to another addendum, I’m going to be truly disappointed. Don’t make TIK post a new “reality of retail” video, you just might be referenced! Great work TIK.
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  2643. This is literally HOI3 AKA SUPER GRANDMARSHAL MICROMANAGEMENT ARSE PAIN 101. Good video tho
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  2644. Censuring "Mein Kampf" helps Nazis and socialists. It keeps their enemies from learning about them.
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  2645. These complaints from the Axis are jokes that write themselves. Mussolini taking no responsibility for screwing the pooch in the first place. Herman Göring complaining about hunger when he's probably the leading cause of famine in Germany. Then complaining that Britain is being mean by not allowing shipments that circumvent the blockade of belligerents.
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  2646. Hey TIK! Please DON´T stick to tanks, your insights are very insitefull and educational. I don not agree with all your statements, howeverm they are thought provocing :) Keep up the good work
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  2647. Never stop with these videos. The people who comment are only a fraction of those who woke up because of you.
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  2648. Its more of a business thing i think for his channel more videos mean more money and better algorylthem however it spelt, i agree i want the battlestorm series with tik you get to really live the battle high and lows quotes from ppl who actually in battle he uses adds to feeling like we on this journey together can see and feel it the usual history doc "a huge battle took place...and one side won" we appreciate the extra detail and miles he puts in to his videos.
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  2649. I'd like to say TIK, at 6:23 in the video, I've got an unsettling feeling about this. The things happening in Germany, the shortages and surpression of things, and all this happening in 1939; more or less before things really started kicking off. And this is giving me misgivings about today and now. Will definitely finish watching the video, and give an updates comment. But right now. Yeah, patterns repeating themselves.
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  2650. Yes, but as TIK implied, if the loss of just 1 cruiser is crippling to your navy, your navy never had a chance to begin with
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  2651. This video is a masterpiece, an Opus Dei. Mystery and drama mixed with history, informative, very entertaining while still being factual.
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  2652. There's a whole book on this matter which is very well documented and sourced, karl marx: Racist by Nathaniel Weyl. marx was A LOT more than just anti Jews, he was anti Black, anti Slav, anti Asian, and anti practically ALL races except Caucasian. He was also quite the imperialist in many ways, promoting through his articles published on his communist newspaper a German overtaking of Russia and throwing of all Slavs and minor races into Siberia.
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  2654. I have come to this conclusion: Socialists hate reading.
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  2655. Oh shit, I'm early again. Keep up the good work TIK!
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  2656. Thank you, for the detailed Stalingrad documentary. Good Monday ✊
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  2657. Nigel Askey: "Even in Kursk in mid 1943, incredibly, they were mounted a serious offensive when the 'overall force ratio' was well over 2 to 1 in the Red rmy's favour." First of all, the 'overall force ratio' in the battle of Kursk was not well over 2 to 1, it was theoretically 1.7 to 1 in the Soviets favour (780,000 vs. 1,338,000 in total) but the 1,3 million Soviets were garrisoning all around the Kursk salient extension and all of its depths and lines, and the Germans didn't attack the whole Kursk salient, they attacked only two points hoping to achieve a breakthrough... So in the places where the Germans attacked they had a massive local numerical superiority because not all (not even a half) of the Soviet troops at the salient were involved in the battle since they were located at the front's section between the two German pincers or at the front's section outside them or in the last lines of defence which the Germans didn't reach Remember when you said something about to "concentrate at two or more locations simultaneously on a long front, they can attack with massive local superiority, achieve a breakthrough and encircle the section of the front between the two breakthrough points." in order to diminish Soviet victories? This actually describes German strategy and can be applied here in the battle of Kursk more than any other in any other battle
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  2658. @TIKhistory I watched your video a few hours ago and I have been thinking about it. I grew up middle class in the US and taught that hard work and education will bring success. All of my friends were taught the same. It has worked for me. I grew up in a rural area with mostly middle/middle lower class and we all believed that hard work would bring success. I knew 0 socialist as a child. The only time that I have met people who stated they were socialists were in college and while volunteering with my non-profit group. The only socialists I have ever met in the US have all been college educated. I grew up with a bunch of friends who could not afford college and worked blue collared jobs who became very successful with their own businesses. I also sailed on cargo ships all around the world for a number of years and the one thing that struck me was the concept of social class, especially in western Europe. (I met a large number of socialist in western Europe.) In the US most are taught that class is temporary and can be changed with with hard work. I spend a year sailing out of the same town in southern England. The one thing that struck me was the class system of England. (I know that England as well as the rest of Europe has more "old money" so moving up the class scale is more difficult than the US. I noticed that more people thought of class as family based and one was born into it. I met a large number of people who just assumed that they would just do what their parents did. It was almost like they accepted that fact that they could not change social class and it was kind of depressing talking to them. I did not understand this classism. I asked why cant they just change their status but I was told that this is the way it is. (I was dismissed as not understanding because I was a "Yank". ) I kind of think that this accepted classism leads to people being socialist. Its almost like people are subdued by classism thus leading them to socialism. This is just my thoughts as an American sailing cargo ships out of a small town in the UK so maybe my thoughts are way off. Thank you for posting the video. It really go me thinking.
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  2659. 11:37 "platoon bridge" - did you mean pontoon bridge?
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  2660. "They don't give two messershimitz about the Veichle" best video coat kkkk
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  2661. You're not alone in thinking the media is only a few companies acting like a bunch of separate entities.
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  2662. Our Feldmarschall who art in Headquarters. Hallow be thy panzers, thy orders be followed as is in the frontline.
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  2663. In Blender, if you want to move an object from one Folder/Collection you can select an object and press [m] to move the object to a different collection. Constraints can help you streamline unit movement. The pink you see in some of the images is Blender telling you that textures are missing. Blender started as a 3D modelling program 25 years ago, Grease Pencil/2D is something that's only come along in the last 5 or six years. Grease Pencil might be a better way of animating the frontlines moving, instead of a bezier curve. Blender isn't exactly designed for what you're doing to it. Animation takes a lot of time, regardless of what program you're using.
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  2664. Yeah! Just as i finished the 100th page of When Titans Clashed.
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  2665. The weather played a huge factor here too.. There was a massive white out blizzard in the middle of all of this then followed by days of super dense fog.. these guys couldn’t see more than 20 feet in front of them for the most part
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  2666. When I was taught about WW2 Germany, and I asked how the German people could have supported their fascist government, I was told that many people just went along and were afraid to speak out. In 2021, with its virtue signaling, canceling, wokeism, social media censorship, we have a similar societal model. Just not directly in support of a government and without the gulags, for now.
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  2667. The last time I was this early, Richard O' Connor was still roaming free in Libya.
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  2668. being a german I already enjoy just based on the title you have chosen. 👍
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  2669. Same here, it was a surprise bomb by TIK, but a welcome one.
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  2670.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think that a big part of the answer is simple, that they welcome the chance to avoid conflict whenever possible and, in turn, to appear urbane and sophisticated. In the case of the USA (and probably the UK, too) the public likes black and white questions and quick-resolving conflicts. We have little patience for nuance and drawn out conflicts. This had a lot to do with the results of Vietnam and Afghanistan (although there were other factors). At the end of WWII the public was looking forward to the end of the war and to prolong resolution due to a conflict with an ally would have put the leadership in a very tough positon.
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  2671. TIK, maybe you did it for the algorithm but “negro” in 1945 was NOT a racist term. If the algorithm is that bad it probably picked up on the utterance of the phrase “n-word” and “black” would probably be a better substitute
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  2672. Thank you TIK. Outstanding content, commentary and coverage. Shout out to all channel donors, Anton, Brad, Indy & mark f.
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  2673. Most of the time I'm just listening to this while doing something else, cooking, cleaning, playing etc. 25:00 "Oberst löjtnant Zintel, his replacement was 'many' " I was like: "His replacemant is many? How many?" Figured out it was Menny, but it was a comical moment. Chaos is great.
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  2674. Calling a thing evil that is evil is not a surrender of integrity.
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  2675. This is, in my opinion, the greatest and most important video on the internet.
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  2676. This is one of the best videos I have ever watched. Thank you so much for putting so much effort into this. You gave me a brand new perspective on Germany's position in WWII.
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  2677. Great video! Explains a lot about Hitler's actions. It pays dividends in history to assume your subjects are rational actors, as if they're irrational it explains far too much with far too little evidence. So with the evidence at hand, it seems best to conclude that Hitler was in fact aware of the strategic situation even more than his generals. I've read Ostkrieg as well, so I'm wondering: you didn't mention that even German estimations of how long it would take to retool and import from Caucasian oil fields were woefully optimistic. Just like their estimations on how long it would take to start importing Ukrainian grain or start using Soviet rail lines. Was this because there's contradictory evidence, or was this out of consideration for time? Because from what I've read, it seems that even if the Nazis took all their strategic objectives in the south, it wouldn't help them in time to win the war, or even hold onto their winnings.
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  2678. Emotion can easily cancel intelligence. Thomas Sowell observed that many chose an emotionally satisfying position over reason. There is also great social pressure to be polically correct.
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  2679. I was recently watching a documentary on the Battle for North Africa, the narrator was an Ulster man and soildier. His jingoism and utter over estimation of UKs worth in the war was laughable. In the first few lines of the documentary he said.... "Forget Stalingrad" this is where the war was won and he seemed to have a hard on for the fact some ulster men commanded on that front. Never trust an overly patriotic person recounting history.
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  2680. Astonishing Video. Week after week ....more and more solid work. You deserve more patrons. I´ll be one soon. Congratulation again Sir.
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  2681. Every day is a good day if theres a new TIK vid
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  2682. You mean, we can't just take words to mean whatever we want them to mean for political expedience?
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  2683. Ah, ya cheeky bastard with your cliffhanger. :) Can't wait for the next episode.
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  2684. The changing of history so they can do it again.
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  2685. Greeting from greece tik,hope you make a documentary about us after Stalingrad or around the one at africa!
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  2686. Nice city map TIK! Can't wait to see more of it!
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  2687. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I love telling people NAZISM is socialism and they send me links of International Socialists saying that they're not real Socialists... Just like all the Socialists say that every failed Socialist state wasn't actually Socialist.
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  2688. I’ve been watching your videos since your series on Stalingrad. I’m so glad you decided to delve into the Political side of the ideologies involved.
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  2689. Got Milch!? :D Love how you sneak in the hints that you're not too buried in the history to miss the here and now. :)
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  2690. Hey TIK congrats for your 10.000 subs happy to see your channel growing :D
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  2691. I am so stoked for the full Stalingrad Battlestorm.
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  2692. I started reading Mein Kampf at my library a couple years ago and fell asleep reading chapter 2. He was not a good writer. Makes sense he said it was only for the party faithful and true believers, not to recruit.
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  2693. Good to get a video about the rather neglected southern sector of the campaign in France.
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  2694. Finland may have not a committed to the tripartite pact with pen and paper but by being a CO belligerent they signed it with blood.
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  2695. This is absolutely awesome. There are lessons inherit in this video that every liberalistic American citizen should be made to watch. And I'm only 45 minutes into it. Phenomenal.
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  2696. Holy shit, this video is so good TIK. Thank you for this video, there is so much censorship and so few to refute these claims with evidence that it had me reluctantly believing some of these things. Having a reason and evidence to the contrary is seriously awesome
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  2697. The problem with the "contribute to society" argument is that in some people's eyes, they owe nothing to society because society owes THEM. So hard economic facts don't kick in before that paradigm shift. If politics rewards people for not working, and it puts politicians IN power, than the lesson in economics doesn't matter anyways. This is really the hurdle: Ideals sound much better than economic realities. If economics mattered at all to idealists than half the world wouldn't be tied up in socialist/over-regulated squalor. These people go from one vague cliche or fake factoid to another, and when even the world around them crumbles, the press and politicians convince them that it's still capitalism to blame.
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  2698. Hi TIK, I'm starting to like the new design for the thumbnail. It's simple, easy to read, and give the general idea about the subject. Keep up the good work.
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  2699. The whole Space Marine voice thing was utterly hillarious.
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  2700. HUGE eye opener. The Wehraboo's wont even watch this one. Once again ; great work TIK.
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  2701. Should've also mentioned how the bulgarians blocked all exports to the rest of Greece from Thrace which was the breadbasket of our nation
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  2702.  @adamhickey396  Frequently. I quickly learned that there were right and wrong answers so I just got on with it, got my degree and moved on. I advise my child not to bother unless she studies STEM.
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  2703.  @YekouriGaming  You are off your rocker. The housing market is easily one of the most highly regulated markets in modern economies, every single aspect of it other than price is a product of central planning and social engineering.
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  2704. Hi TIK, just wanted to say Thank You for inspiring me to start my own YouTube channel! I'm a big history buff and creators like yourself inspired me to make a hobby of my passion for history!
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  2705. Hi TIK, I´d like to say a big thank you for all your work and effort. And even though I cannot 100% agree with everything that was said in this video, I admire the research you did in the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party. It´s really not an easy thing to do for a non-Czech researcher. PS: I´ve done quite thorough postgraduate research into Sudeten-German nationalsocialism and its main protagonists. So, should you ever need any information, I´ll be happy to help. Keep it up! ;-)
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  2706. That's why many of us teachers are woking hard trying to critique and change the education system but one can go so far against policies established by higher powers. I still retain my hope in humanity for the most part and truly hope people get to learn using critical thinking skills no matter what the curriculum says.
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  2707.  @TheImperatorKnight  agree. I have been a voracious reader of history since at least 11. I often had to correct teachers or professors in my classes.
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  2708. You are perhaps one of the few persons that understood this situation. Thank you for sharing.👍
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  2709. Which is EXACTLY how railroads were built. Private companies looking to make a profit, built railroads to connect markets so they could ship goods from one market to another.
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  2710. The problem here is that you are merging two different things. I'm not defending the marxists position, I'm just explaining what they believed. You are mixing in your references and in your summary of Marx position two different levels. Two levels that were extremely separated and well defined in the marxist doctrine: structure and super-structure, aka economic structure and political/cultural structure. In marxist theory the real deal, the real essence of the society is the economic structure. The super-structure is just determined by the underline economic structure. (Again I'm not defending this view here, I'm just describing the point). When you talk in the video about "democracy and freedom", accusing Marx to lie about that, you are just missing the context of the Marx doctrine. Marxists socialists/communists didn't believe you could have a "democracy" if the underline economic structure was a capitalistic structure. This is what they call "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie". Yes of course you can vote, and you can have a limited amount of freedom, but this is just an illusion. Under the "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie" you will never have a real democracy and a real freedom, because the economic structure is not changed. And the economic structure is all that matters. This two levels cannot be mixed. Did Marx want a dictatorship, as you insinuate in the video? To answer that you have to clarify first what is the level you are considering. The economic structure? Than yes. Marx clearly and plainly said that the worker class should conquer the political power to change the economic structure to enforce a "dictatorship of the proletariat". Are you instead talking about the political level? Than the answer is: your question has no meaning for a marxist. Because the political level is determined by the economic structure. You cannot have an economic system where the worker is in power, and at the same time a super-structure where the worker is oppressed. And vice-versa. (Again I'm not defending this position, I'm just reporting it). So for a marxist if you change the society, remove the class system, changing the economic structure of the society, you will necessary have a society where the workers will have the power in the super-structure too. Is not an option. About the role of the State, this problem occupy a lot of space in the marxist literature, with many different ideas. The core concept however is that the State exists only to handle the class struggle, to protect the dominant class. If there are no classes, there's no need for a State. The end goal of the communist is to reach a classless society where there's no State. At the core of Marx ideas there's infact anarchism, like Bakunin (the famous anarchist). The problem is what to do during the transition. The very next day after the revolution, the working class is in power, do we still have class conflict? For Marx the answer is yes. We still have the class struggle, because the bourgeoisie lost its power but it's still there. So the State (in the hands of the working class) has to protect the revolution. All the concepts of "totalitarian states", "democracy", and so on, are meaningless for a marxist. There's no lying, everything is explained in plain sight. If the working class has the power (inside the STRUCTURE!) than necessary they will have the power in the super-structure, therefore the State will be used by the working class to protect themselves. The State is just a tool for the working class, in the same way as during the "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie". Why social reforms are bad? They are bad if they are used to preserve the capitalistic economic structure. That's the entire point. Because, as we said, for a marxist is the economic underline structure that matters. If you give something to the working class to keep them slaves, that's bad, even if the little something you are giving them is locally good. The king can keep all the power for himself and, at the same time, be generous granting something to the peasants. Is it bad giving something to the peasants? No it's not. But the structure as a whole, the society as a whole is terrible, the slave system is not abolished, and the king is still the king. What makes the king a king, for a marxist? The economic structure. Again, everything is written in plain sight. For marxist the "capitalistic democracy" is just slightly better than the "capitalistic dictatorship" (super-structure concept), because the real deal, the economic system (structure) is the same in both systems. If the working class wants to be really free has to change the structure. All of this may be very wrong, but this is not a totalitarian idea masked as "democracy". Marxists don't want a democracy at super-structure level. Marxists simply don't value the political system (super-structure) as much as the economic system. If you want to understand them you cannot mix these two things.
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  2711. I don't really agree with your central point, but I certainly enjoy being challenged. So thank you for the rec, I will run out and get Zitelmann's book. My thesis, which will inform how I read this to the extent I cannot set it aside, is that post WWI the idea of "socialism" was very much up for grabs and there were a lot of conflicting opinions about what it really was - to the point where the word lost meaning. So if Zitelmann can make a case that the connection is relevant, I'll be interested. Having said that, your most central point of all, that the "madman Hitler" routine is at best lazy, is spot on. The logic of Nazism is compelling to people to this day and needs to be understood. Dismissing it makes it considerably more powerful in the underground and that has consequences, aside from simply being wrong. I cannot thank you enough for your work on this point.
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  2712. Lewis needs to give us a reading list at some point! I throughly love this content/information, but I feel (justly) that I could get a lot more out of this with a good foundation. Keep up the good work! Stick to banks! (Although I enjoy the Battle Storm series a lot)
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  2713. This guy does his homework. Thanks!
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  2714. The skit at 28:40 was a great addition.
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  2715. TIK, some weeks ago I found your channel, and I have watched your videos nonstop, as a student of history you are doing an excellent work, I admire you, my favourite video is your 5 hour long Hitler "I am a Socialist" video
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  2716. Everything was fine until the Ardennes? what drugs did Goering take?
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  2717. Don't those soviets know that if you want to rob a bank in WWII, you need at least one tank with paint shells and another you've swapped from the enemy? (Hippies not included) It's like they've never even seen the film.
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  2718. This will be an interesting video for sure :) Suvorov's hilarious "Spetsnaz" book has been discredited so many times that I would take anything he ever published with a large grain of salt.
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  2719. Ok the civilian predictions are actually scary accurate
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  2720. Gleichschaltung: “Everything within the state, nothing outside the state”
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  2721. God the African theater is my favorite.. and i love your Africa campaigns. This is a pleasant surprise and a nice break from the grind of Stalingrad! By the way TIK - love the green and red box around the divisions when describing the two groups - nice visual aid. also i love the unit insignia at 50% opacity (or what it is) for troop movement/planning before it is set in motion. Really clearly setup the following actions - some really nice experimentation with clarity here. Damn Rommel like to do bold manouvers. Edit: i always read the patron names when they scroll by to look for my own.. and i noticed my name was absent. Apparently there were issues with the payments. So i guess vanity has some benefits some times.
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  2722. former leftist here! pls, go on with your outstanding work, as a historian myself I absolutely appreciate your thourough work and effort you put into all your videos. it is a pity you are running out of fuel like a panzer VI in 1944! btw, I know what it means to finally open your eyes, get a totally new view of world and history after reading some "Austrians" like von Mises, Hayek, Böhm-Bawerk and Rothbard. now I deeply understand that a liberterian approach to society might be the only way to secure a peaceful and prosperous future of mankind. but as a long-haired left-winged student in the 80`s I despised people like you are now. well, it is never too late to get educated! ;-)
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  2723. Truth, and humility and self improvement ... impressive!
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  2724. best comment I've seen on this, it was a public sector recession in 1946, not a private sector one, as you point out, the private sector was stuck from the start of the war producing public goods (weapons). this makes it unqiue in the 20th century.
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  2725. Ah I see TIK is finally heeding the advice to "stick to tanks"
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  2726.  @TheImperatorKnight  thx man it cost me 300h of research i even talk with Zaloga becouse his order of battle where quite wrong (wrong commanders-period), probably he didnt find (or have back then) the russian sources we have at our disposal now. Btw i follow you since your close combat period :) soo many years.
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  2727. "Mein RechscomiStarmer" God I almost fell of my chair laughing.
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  2728.  @zupalan2265  Ah, you must be a delusional Maxists socialist playing pretend games as if you have never been to a college or inside a teachers union which are all or nearly all Marxist socialists in power and are blatantly lying to cover up their incompetence. And every school is based on memory learning as 95% of schooling is just swallowing, and not much thinking until last couple years of high school and college.
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  2729. If I had to bet, it was Chamberlain that saved Hitler.
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  2730. Mr. tik, i noticed your right eye is swollen and a bit, tired, would you like to share? I noticed it alot during this video, i was wondering if you maybe got hurt or something. Or just tired :P
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  2731. This video gives the most accurate and comprehensive explanation I have ever seen for why video editing software lacks functionality that you would expect to be essential 🤡 Full marks!
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  2732. I'm starting from a point where I am probably at odds with most of your arguments. However... listening to the first ten minutes of this video has convinced me to listen to it all. I might still not agree, but I know you will have made me think. Made me question. That is enough for both of us, and it's what debate should be all about. Listen properly and then respond. So, until I've gone through the entire video, there will be no further comment from me.
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  2733. Yet nobody seems to call Stalin a conservative for outlawing homosexuality and abortion.
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  2734. Now you got both the sides mad! Uh oh, unbiased history!
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  2735. 8:14 Spoilers!
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  2736. I grew up with socialism being evil. But the place where i was born has done a backflip and is pretty far left now. I dream of being free from government and would gladly pay for anything i use in society the rest i choose. Great video. Just how i think....
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  2737. Always a must watch. Great passion for your content.
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  2738. 12:00 a big factor in Stalin's thinking was simply his political education: Marxist-Leninism. At that stage of the war, he simply thought it was a war between competing capitalist/imperialist powers and simply thought they would tear each other to shreds. Eg. the correlation of forces dictated Soviet foreign and military policy throughout the war.
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  2739. John Maynard Keynes “Economist” Love it.
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  2740. This series just keeps getting better. Reading books is great but it can be a bit annoying switching back and forth between reading and looking at the maps, especially when the maps are stacked together in one department. This on the other hand is like watching the battle from above while listening to an extremely knowledgeable guy narrating it.
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  2741. I think this channel is going to became my favorite channel. TIK thanks for all your work.
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  2742. This seriously feels like an ironic schizoposting thread on 4chan. Honestly, you should turn this into a series! Some light and fun to do content to release in between more serious and time-consuming videos. Perhaps David Icke next time?
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  2743. Right... I'm not gonna spoil it for myself by clicking the timestamp... This should be good...
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  2744. TIK! Awesome content as always. I have a question: Considering you renamed this channel "TIKhistory", do you think you'll ever make one about philosophy/economics? I'm thinking like "TIKonomics" or "TIKethics", etc. Not so much that you'll make a million different channels for different subjects, but moreso if you'd make one specifically analyzing ideology (as you do here a bit) and other schools of economic thought. I ask because I think you're probably the biggest AnCap Youtuber, and it's funny because your channel isn't specifically AnCap-focused per-se, but I think if you had another channel that was, and focused on things like Argumentation Ethics and what I've already mentioned, it would be pretty cool.
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  2745. THANK YOU again for this video! I had been saying something similar before but you explained it much better and more coherently.
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  2746. As a regular viewer of this channel, i have to say that i do like every type of video you publish (economics, non battlestorm military videos, Battlestorm, politics, etc). I think the jewel of this channel is the Stalingrad series and as such, quality should always be the priority, no matter how long it takes to release. Even once a month would be fine, as you said, most of your financial support comes from the Battlestorm viewers. They will keep supporting the channel. You can publish shorter and less demanding videos every week about the other topics (economics, politics, etc.) To keep the regularity of the channel. By the way, i want to say that your health, friends, family and private life comes first, so take all the time you think you need to rest, chill, or do other activities. Very few creators provide the quality you do.
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  2747. The only thing that should stick to tanks is the Grenade, Hand, Anti-Tank, No.74, aka the Sticky Bomb;)
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  2748. Yes, play back what they want to hear and then make your own decisions
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  2749. ​ @eduardoocampo9901  Uh you do realize that prior to that those areas were actually Polish lands historically but Poland was forcefully partitioned in the 18th century with Southwest Poland going to Austria, Northwest Poland going to Prussia, and Eastern Poland going to Russia. So from Poland's perspective following WW1, they weren't conquering other people they thought they were just reuniting Poland onto one nation again.
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  2750. TIK is going to have to start asking for yes or no questions only so he can catch up lol
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  2751. "I can't help it, but it makes my blood boil to think of a yellow tax man being babied." TIK being based as always
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  2752. What is the reason YouTube doesn't like this type of historical investigation?
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  2753.  @TheImperatorKnight  I was going to make similar points to MrsPrgames, but much of what I wanted to say is there. A few additional things. 1) As someone who has studied Aquinas' thought, you need a line connecting him to Augustine and Christianity. Aquinas' project (which he succeeded with) was to merge Aristotle's philosophy with the neo-Platonic Christianity of Augustine, and is at least as influenced by Augustine as it was by Aristotle. You might also want to add Aquinas' sources such as Maimonides and Averroes, but maybe that complicates things too much. 2) Plotinus was also heavily influenced by Aristotle. 3) I think you need to add the stoics to the ancient Greek section. They had an important influence later. 4) In the Medieval section, Ockham is very important and needs a mention. He largely wrote in reaction against Aquinas (though still as an Aristotelian), so there is a connection between Aquinas and Ockham, although a significant departure in the ideologies. Ockham is seen as the father of nominalism, which was influential in the mechanist and empiricist branches of modern philosophy, while Aquinas is the main supporter of moderate realism. However, Ockham was also a fidelist and suspicious of the power of pure reason, which leads into Kant. (Where it goes depends on which parts of Ockham's philosophy you take and which part you neglect.) Modern Roman Catholicism follows directly from Aquinas (with very little difference, except in those parts of it which have been influenced by liberation theology which is influenced by Marx). 5) The Renaissance largely emerged from Ockham's thought and ancient stocism. 6) Combine Ockham and Augustine and you get Luther, who was an influence on Kant and the Hegel (although I doubt that Luther would have agreed with much that they wrote). 7) I agree that Rosseau needs to be added. As a philosophical father of the French revolution, his influence was important, especially on the German philosophers around the time and just after Hegel, and there was some influence on Hegel (although this is an area I don't know that much about). His thought influences everyone descended from Kant, although tracing the precise line of descent needs someone more knowledgeable than me on this part of philosophy to figure out. Rosseau was influenced by the ancient Greeks, but most importantly in reaction against the thought of Locke, and his descentants such as Hobbes.
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  2754. As always, great job TIK! A true historian detective!
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  2755. I'm trained as a scientist and the idea of revisionism in history is highly analogous to the scientific process. The chances of a scientist, or historian, getting everything correct the first time around is pretty slim. More data (or sources) comes to the fore, and different interpretations of what is already there emerge. People who are sceptical of scientists feel that changing the accepted explanation is a sign that we 'can't make up our mind'. But it's a feature - not a bug! The issue is when people "revise" history to completely change everything (distorting it, as you discuss in the video) and then verging into conspiracy theory where the facts are selectively chosen to fit the theory, rather than the facts used to determine the theory. We see similar things in physical science like flat earth people, or climate change denial. The people who believe in those things are doing the same sort of mental gymnastics as Holocaust deniers.
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  2756. So cool to be getting vids about the Western Front from ya, TiK.
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  2757. Hi TIK, many thanks for this video! Many people claim this so it's good to have your "is this really the case?" take on it.
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  2758. There you go again, picking on my beloved Halder. Franz was warm! Franz was kind! Franz could dance the pants off of Churchill! Keep up the good work, TIK. Another fascinating episode.
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  2759. Stars seem fine as long as long as the methodology is clear.
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  2760. What an amazing work you a done TIK. Is monumental. Thank You. This series should be preserved for posterity. Never before a battle was so well analized.
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  2761. Immediately clicked as soon as I saw the title in the subscription feed, love your BATTLESTORM documentaries really gives insight into the history of the Eastern front. I hope you decide to make operation husky or something along the lines of the Gothic Line one day.
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  2762. Even though I knew exactly what your point was going to be all along, this is one of the best videos I have seen in quite a while. Pure awesomeness!
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  2763. If you're going to read the comments, breathe in deeply and pinch your nose, because it'll be a deep dive to find comments that are cogent arguments on either side that don't fall into they very trap that Orwell was describing.
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  2764. The missing reference to the 7,5 cm PaK characteristics is probably Ian V. Hogg: German Artillery of World War Two
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  2765.  @TheImperatorKnight  People don't like the truth TIK, but please don't get discouraged. You are teaching a lot of people valuable, and important pieces of forgotten history. It's been forgotten by most for a reason, and you are doing God's work by bringing it to light.
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  2766. Thanks for avoiding clickbait here. First 30 seconds: "IT WAS GERMANY, NUMBNUT!"
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  2767. You repeat yourself way too much making it quite unpleasant. Otherwise it's well documented, sad.
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  2768. As a non-Lutheran, it did kinda seem like you were taking a dig at Lutheranism. I wasn't offended, but I can see why Lutherans would be.
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  2769. I am shocked shocked to learn that centrally planed economy’s didn’t work in Germany. I mean it worked so well in CCCP and China and and and and. Oh I think I’m seeing a pattern.
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  2770. Dear TIK. I have watched through your entire video. And all I have to say is this. Amazing, get wrecked, well done. The evidence of everything you've said, shown and quoted in your video. Is out there and referenced in all of your videos. Even Wiki was made to agree with you, that most holy of sanctions of trustable information. And I didn't know you could make butter from coal. Looking forward to more of your videos. The get wrecked part, was for your so called critics. Just wokest screeching and screaming and attacking your character because they have no argument.
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  2771. Once again you've given solid evidence that National Socialism is socialism! (THAT is redundant) Thanks for the continuing lessons that so many need. 😎👌
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  2772. Logistics is useless when determining why Germany lost WW2. The real problem is that Germany had a failure of a Chancellor, and an incompetent OKH Chief of Staff after September of 1942. Try reading my war diaries if you want to be a war expert, TIK.
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  2773. Ya, but shit rolls down hill. In all seriousness, I loved this video. One of your best. You are my fav youtube historian. Keep it up, and thank you.
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  2774. Video Suggestions: 1. How many Germans did know about the Holocaust ?(and other crimes) 2. Battlestorm Verdun 3. The History of Gnosticism (and Judeo Christian Individualism) 4. Churchill amd the Bengal Famine 5. Soviet Mass deportations in WWII
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  2775. Hi TIK. Notifications are always on for great videos like yours. Keep up with the great work.
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  2776. It bears mentioning that gradualist socialism is not purely a reaction to the failures of the Bolsheviks. For instance the Fabian Society in the UK whose whole purpose was to bring about a peaceful socialist revolution through gradual legal means was founded in the 1880s.
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  2777. Never expected stories about logistics nightmares to be so absolutely hilarious.
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  2778. Thank you for quoting Mises and Hazlitt. The Austrian insight into war economics is underrated.
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  2779. TIK, about (27:00 -31:00) and the misallocated replacements: I think that the situation of Army Group Center (and partly Army Group North) might be worse than it seemed to Liedke; The 'front line' between Demyansk - Cholm - Velikiye Luki was still a "bleeding wound" of small outposts and a few strongholds, regularly infiltrated by large masses of Soviet Forces, becoming partisans and "bandits" in wast stretches of those army group's rear areas - right up until Riga and Daugavpils (hundreds of kilometers), with almost no security forces to fight them (those were partly securing the front line, or were securing the alleged 'rear', unknowingly becoming the 'front'). I have this as part of a "Army Group North Monthly Situational Reports Jan - Dec 1942", where the front lines at that sections is respectively marked and soviet activity noted. This huge gap had to be filled, sooner than later, as the soviets might not have strength (logistics) to push forward from there at a time, but would become so in time. The rear areas of Army Group Center needed to be cleaned up as well, from partisans and broken up smaller soviet forces, up to larger formations in rear-area 'caldrons'. Those areas were mostly forests and swamps, very infantry heavy. Without shortening the line and releasing thus a lot of locked soviet forces, this wouldn't have been possible. I assume, that this had an impact on the replacements. I can't tell in more detail, as a greater picture on this is not available to me.
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  2780. Just thinking, would you like to come on and do a stream about the importance of history in general to forming people's world views? Hayek wrote a whole book on this. I happen to think history is one of the great hidden weapons of the left, whereas it should be a weapon for the anti-left.
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  2781. Five hours of debunking this "Hitler wasn't a socialist" argument? Holy shit. I'll have to throw this into a watch later playlist, because yikes do I not have the time in a single sitting to get through this monster. EDIT: It seems I was wrong. I'm not sure how much I absorbed really, but I let 'er play, and sat up straight on more than one occassion. Excellently done. I'll stick around for more vids (probably the shorter ones to start.)
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  2782. Considering this is an issue of history, I think a edited reupload is the best call. Mad props to you for addressing this!
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  2783. I envy your book collection, and I will always respect you for highlighting the sources you utilize for your videos. You are one of the VERY few historians on Youtube that actually knows what he is talking about.
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  2784.  @jkotekvolnycz  you do realise this is supposed to be done for comedic purposes, right?
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  2785. Halder is the Hotzendorf of his time.
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  2786. Outstanding video. You've out done yourself TIK. The new graphics features really help. And thankyou for the scale of kilometers AND miles! It is truly appreciated. I get a much better scope of the battle. A HUGE thankyou to Terri Young for the superb map work. Well done!
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  2787. That's it! Thumbs down and unsubscibed! The pen you smoked wasn't even lit! I WANNA SEE YOUR MANAGER!!!
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  2788. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  Admit it, you make videos purely for the pedantic comments 😀🐢
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  2789.  @Edax_Royeaux  Great job on not watching the video. This quote was addressed pretty damn early, dude. It's a complete non-sequitir.
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  2790. In my country all the major corporations (including multinationals) are forced to include members of the Socialist Party on their management boards. If they refuse to do that, they will face plenty of "business restrictions" (thus the reason why Amazon refused to set a branch on my country). So, in theory, private business does exist. In practice all businesses are forced to comply to the interests of the government, or risk severe losses.
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  2791. He thinks that he can get away because his video isn't in English so the English speaking historian that he plagiarized wouldn't notice.
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  2792. YouTube doesn’t like this topic. It’s cool the audience does, so please more. Thanks TIK
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  2793. Well I clicked, so now I got to see it through to the end.
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  2794. As someone who has listened to Dan Carlins hardcore history from the beginning I have to say your work ethic and output compared to him is commendable. You really put him to shame with your content output.
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  2795. Thanks TiK, John Lewis here for answering my question. A few things that I didn’t mention in my question that my grandfather said. 1. Actually running into Panzers was very rare. Mostly Some form of Self propelled guns. 2. When they did run into panzers they where usually broke down or out of fuel. He recalled only two actual encounters with operational panzers. 3. He was sure by 44 most crews where not well trained as his two encounters with tanks in the open they made huge mistakes. 4. The Sherman 76mm could penetrate German armor and had 8 speacial rounds to engage panthers. 5. I know he bailed out of two Sherman’s that where taken out by anti tank guns.
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  2796. I think a mix of both is good. If a point can be addressed in ten minutes, then by all means do so, don't stretch it out longer for its own sake. Other topics need an hour, so give them an hour.
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  2797. I'm just glad it's monetized, only channel I don't skip the ads on.
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  2798. There are very interesting photos about this uprising. Thanks for sharing this, TIK. Especially the action photo on 33:38 is incredible to see.
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  2799. People can indeed hold contradiction in their heads. It's called cognitive dissonance. When you can't admit you can be wrong. Helpful for gnostics.
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  2800. When I used to research and footnote a response to a post on other sites invariably the response to me was an ab hominem attack. Your original video on Hitler was a Socialist is well presented. I appreciate the detail and understood why it was so long. Sadly I knew it would not be the last word...
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  2801. Just wanted to tell you that you've really inspired me to be more productive! I have a mound of history books that I just let lay around but after watching some of your videos I decided to read one I had on Barbarossa... I finished it in one night and picked up another one today on James Gavin! Thank you man.
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  2802. This is the gems of this channel: checking original documents and put them into context.
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  2803. You really deserve more subscribers, this was very well thought out and well articulated.
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  2804. Don't be so hard on yourself - you do wonderful work and your output is tiptop.
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  2805. A counter view FWIW :D Although Churchill's stripping away of divisions at the apparent point of success made zero military sense, it was politically inescapable. In early 1941 the Greeks became the only European nation to actively start fighting the Nazis. The British had zero choice but to support the Greeks, or else what message would that send to anyone else who was potentially going to enter the war against the Nazis? That they'd be left hung out to dry by the British? The attempt to help still HAD to be made even though it was known that it was likely a lost cause, and North Africa was the only place that troops could come from to get there in any reasonable amount of time. Fast forward to the end of the year, and Pearl Harbor was almost as big a surprise to the British as to the US. The Brits had woefully undefended colonies scattered all over the far east, and India and Australia/NZ were absolute cornerstones of their Empire. Churchill knew darn well that he was once again potentially snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, but politically it had to be done. In the event it was still pretty much a disaster initially, but there was no choice but to attempt to defend those scattered nations. So yes it's easy to point and laugh at Churchill for being some military chump who broke two operations just as they were succeeding, but you are just looking purely at the military picture. You will need to think on the global scale and in the political sphere to understand that there was just no choice, even if it was all suspected to be a fools errand from the start.
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  2806. Thank you for your effort in making the video. Revisionist historians like yourself are the ones that bring out the truth into the light for the world to see.
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  2807.  @TheImperatorKnight  Oh yeah, if you can’t, then prison it is! Truly an example for the best kinds of democracy
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  2808. Don't know why the South was ever considered as you can see from the maps at 9:06 it would just drive the Allies further and further away from their supply lines at Cherbourg, whereas the North is closer to the Channel ports and it's the shortest route to Germany and leads to the benefits of cutting off 65 percent of German war industry. The Scheldt should have been prioritised from the start over the Brittany ports and Brest. Logically it makes sense.
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  2809. Love the one off videos answering questions about lesser known events and seeing how they fit in and influence the larger narrative.
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  2810. Me too. Ex- RLC supply specialist. Dad was an RAOC supply specialist. The stories! xD
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  2811. Can’t wait for all the wehraboos to crawl out of the woodwork here 🙄😏😏
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  2812. I think name of the spectrum you are looking for is "Collectivism". We all recognize Socialism and Communism are basically the same. You are going to lose some less educated people who think Marx's theory of progression was actually correct. People that believe Communism is the successful utopian end goal, and not just mirage on the road to Collectivist Hell, will always insist Communism is different because it is perfected.
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  2813. You blow my mind with every new video you make, even our schools don't teach this and it's mind-blowing how many people have been fed this propaganda and still continue to pretend that they aren't immune to it
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  2814. Wait a minute... a 89% like ratio?
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  2815. Ok - so a very well put together video on political ideologies rather unexpectedly had me laughing out loud 😂 thank you!
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  2816. "YESSSS, FINALY STALINGRAD" - Unknown German soldier(1942)
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  2817. I'm really enjoying the back and forth. Hindsight is the hardest tool to put down as a historian.
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  2818. Hey TIK, I think you should have put a warning notice before the start of the video so that the people won't watch this while eating—I could die of asphyxiation almost 10 times when eating my breakfast and lunch and watching this at ths same time. I must confess however, every second was worth it. Thanks a lot for this comedy gold! I have also seen the name Emmanuel Goldstein on the patron-list at the end of the video. It is quite an achievement for your channel, that leather of the Brotherhood is a Patron! Goodbye for now..
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  2819. 24:12 Dear TIK, first syllable in the name of the river Chir is read like in "cheerful" not like in "shire" (unless eagles will save Paulus in your version of Stalingrad battle)
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  2820. i just listened to "Ivan's War" by Catherine Merridale on audiobook. great booktip for anyone interested in the everyday life of the ordinary soldiers in the red army between 1939-1945
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  2821. Damn, seeing all that nonsense must be really irritating. As a guy who also does studies on russian WW2 history, I can say that your stuff on these topics is one of the best avaible on YT, you're doing hell of a job with english translated sources being pretty limited. Your recent fascism defining vid is also great, btw. Keep up the good work!
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  2822. A guitar? Just stick to violins! Well, good Christmas!
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  2823. TIK does not fear to touch anything regarding WW2, nice :). It is becoming more and more apparent, even to the general public, that no participant of the war did heroic things, rather the opposite. I hope that someday it will be known to most, that all wars of greater scale are manipulated from beginning to the end. And thank you for the ´recommendation´ of the book ´Hitler was a british agent´. You were right, the writing style is terrible, which in total undermines the already partly (or mostly) controversial content heavily.
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  2824. Utterly shameful that you send people back knowing 100% they're going get into very serious trouble, possible death. The west knew what Stalin was capable of as the purges had been committed before the war.
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  2825. I really appreciate the excellent subtitles work, thanks TIK!
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  2826. Shirer's book was one of the first history books I read as a child. That inspired me to try Mein Kampf, which I never finished. 😉
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  2827. Very well put together video as always TIK! Although one thing I really dislike about your position is that you seem to think that anyone who believes in one aspect of socialism believes in them all. While their support of socialism may inherently support antisemitism if you look at it from the most top-down perspective, I think that it is very possible to agree with some aspects of socialism while abhorring others. In these instances, should they simply not call themselves socialists and should we not label them as such? Or would you still call them socialists and continue to lump them in with the antisemites and extremists? I feel that sometimes your arguments apply very broad strokes on society, as most people do not believe in every aspect of something the purport to believe in. In my eyes, this muddies a few of your arguments in a way that seems insincere.
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  2828. I was always skeptical about these claims of "British rail was privatized and look what happened". It always sounded like BS but I had never got around to doing the research myself to debunk it. I had no idea about Network Rail or the role it played in controlling British railways. Makes me wonder about US rail, too, and what government corporations interfere with its operation.
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  2829. 95th rifles? does it have a lieutenant Sharpov?
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  2830. Former dialectic preacher/follower. I was lulled into a very vague gnostic group during a tough time in life which made it easier to fall into. It was just more comfortable and reassuring to believe in whatever they said and it also provided a community of people in similar situations echoing and reinforcing whatever the ‘preacher’ said. I never got beyond the casual stage though as the group disbanded before then. However, I ended up recreating a cult once I realised I had knack for it and the ‘followers’ enjoyed it. Of course, they were just feeling what I felt in the previous group, but the false positive reinforcement was so strong that I started believing in my own words too. I told myself it was helping them just be happy and that sheer willpower and belief held power far beyond what was realistic. Thankfully, I snapped myself out of it when I saw how devoted some people were becoming and left. I couldn’t bring myself to denounce everything I had ‘preached’, but I hope they all came to the same realisation. On the tactics used by gnostic cults, mostly lonely folks or people going through some form of crisis would voluntarily accept and even seek out the cult so that they could feel some sort of higher ‘purpose’. This was the key to getting young men in especially; the women would also be drawn by the higher purpose, but the sense of community and trust in a higher figure was what got them most of the time. It was essentially just gaslighting people, teaching them to gaslight themselves, and then the cycle would continue. Purposefully using vague terms and words made consoling them easier and it had mystique that the younger ones deemed ‘cool’ - like an insider club they want to get in on. On the structure of gnostic cults, there was always a natural hierarchy that formed on a personal level. The first preacher would connect with a few people; those then started openly supporting the preacher, making them look somewhat legitimate to outsiders; this accelerated the pace of newcomers .etc. An interesting to note is that the first few followers would entrench themselves into the hierarchy by using ‘seniority in the organisation’ as their power. I didn’t even try to reinforce that, but it simply formed by itself at some point. Favouritism from the head preacher would dictate what order people grouped themselves in, and the old guard would vehemently suppress any rising stars that got my attention. This created a lot of infighting once the group got large enough, and this was the main cause behind the previous cult’s disbandment. It was essentially a two-way feedback loop of gaining and returning favours. Other interesting note: we openly called our group a cult when talking between insiders, but this just heightened the sense of exclusivity and in fact, some newcomers were drawn by that word specifically. I talked to someone from the first cult a long time after the disbandment and we pretty much just both view it as a cringy period of our dumber times. I’m glad the second one never reached the point of devotion as the first, but I definitely manipulated what I said unhealthily even if I believed it was good for them. If anyone reading this recognises my username, I’m sorry and hope you are at a better point in life. TL;DR, gnosticism preys on crises during people’s lives and has a parasitic quality that corrupts the top as well as the bottom which then destines itself towards fracturing.
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  2831. Another great episode TIK, good to have you back on the western front. Seriously I think your are really progressing the history hear especially with your maps that make it much easier even for historians to comprehend. I always wondered why the British did not have more divisions in north west Europe in WW2 compared to WW1 and now I know. Paton the second coming the equal of the “great” German generals who thought by racing off to Metz and seeing the Rhine while outrunning his logistics he would some how win the war was not dissimilar to some of the German plans in Barbarossa of Gedarian. No doubt Monty was an Arrogant ****hole however with guys like Bradly and Patton commanding along side you for 2 years it’s not hard to see why. Thank god for Eisenhower.
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  2832. You are my official WW2 historian and I’ve referred your economic videos to people who’ve asked me such questions when I couldn’t describe the answer properly.
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  2833. I need more videos about Hitler's socialism, this really needs to be known.
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  2834. Ending with a Sowell quote - perfection.
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  2835. Nothing better than seeing a TIK video pop up on a cold winter evening. Your mastery over such a broad scope of sources is also deadly accurate, I'm starting to wonder if you're a computer, so I imagine you're even schooling other WWII historians at this point. And look at that when sick you stick to your deadlines, what a great mindset you have. Get better soon.
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  2836. On the "airlift debate" debate: we should consider that this wasn't a well-prepared debate, but closer to a crisis meeting where people spitball suggestions. Also note that they're not planning for a full-winter airlift, but just to supplement Paulus' supplies until Manstein can break the Soviet line. Likewise this isn't to keep Paulus operational, just to keep him alive. With that, it could well be that Jeschonnek just spitballs the idea of an airlift (but unsure how much it could actually do). HItler phones Goering to prepare it, and asks Jeschonnek to calculate. Then goes to East Prussia, where Zeitzler expresses his doubts and points out the calculations are a perfect-case scenario. From this, 6th army gets the estimate. This all seems reasonable enough. Jeschonnek isn't flipflopping, he's just offering help but unsure how much it will be worth. Finally, a part may be that they didn't have the same idea. Perhaps Hitler mainly thought of a short-term supply to keep Paulus' forces alive until Manstein got there, while Zeitzler was thinking of an airlift alike Demyansk that would last for months. We tend to take the latter view due to General Hindesichtes' information. I think that resolves most. The point of Goering agreeing with Jeschonnek may not be odd: it's not the first time Goering loses the war by overestimating his grandiose plans to win it.
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  2837. I can't wait for the battle inside of the city, I hope it goes into mega detail, but if Tik misses the rosebush North West of the Canning Factory I will be furious.
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  2838. "Revolutionary conservative". How does that work in that guy's mind?
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  2839. Before people write hateful comments without watching, I challenge you to watch. After all, if you're right, what are you afraid of? Great work as always TIK
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  2840. Hello TIK, thank you very much for this titanic work you're doing, it's unique. We really appreciate your hard labor. I wish you all the best and keep the good health. Regards from Argentina.
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  2841.  @lukenodag5784  I'm not quite sure what you mean. Our childhood effects how we assess the world whether we like it or not. Yes, I too dealt with abuse as a child. Understanding my personal limitations, like the things which illicit negative emotions in me, shape all of my opinions in some form. There is a faux-familial framework that Socialism offers and those of us who have been abused are particularly vulnerable to it's teaching. My family is awful so I can co-opt others' is a common self soothing type exercise abuse victims go through.
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  2842. Well, the Allies won, sooooo... Their tech did exactly what it was supposed to do. Was it all genius engineering and technologically marvelous? No. But the Allies, particularly the US, were VERY good at putting large numbers of "good enough" weapons in the field. If anyone thinks German tech was always superior, I would like to introduce you to the ME-163. A plane which literally dissolved its pilots alive.
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  2843. put a like for the puns :)
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  2844. Very interesting and overlooked topic!
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  2845. You asked to hear from reasonably sane people and as a Rothbardian I don't know if I'm sane but I don't think I'm crazy. The most interesting thing, at least to me, in discussions with people about the transitions of Western Civilization Circa mid-20th century is the absolute scramble that they undergo in trying to discuss the concept of private property. Specifically in relation to the German iteration of the mid-twentieth century if they don't like what happened there in Germany had perfect private property laws in spite of the fact that anything you had up to and including your life could be confiscated at any time and if the person being discussed with liked what happened there then there was no violation of private property because any activity undertaken with State approval is not a violation of private property. Absolutely astounding mental gymnastics, 10 out of 10 scorers for some of these folks.
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  2846. Definitely worth the time. Very happy I found your channel.
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  2847. Take your time - an episode every 2 weeks, knowing that you're not stressing over time, is still more than enough imho. Don't burn out - you're basically putting in double the hours of what a full-time job would ask of you, and you're doing pretty damn good if I may so. About the sponsorships: it once again blatantly shows you put your heart and soul into these historical documentaries. You've obviously thought it over and while I (and with me many others I believe) would not even for a second hold ill thoughts towards you putting in sponsor advertising, it is perhaps especially because of that that is even more commendable that you refrain from doing so.
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  2848.  @werrkowalski2985  Oligopolies and monopolies do not exist in a free market. Most examples of monopolies, such as the aluminums production in the US, was caused by state given patents, contracts and legal protection. An oligopoly was literally caused by antimonopoly regulations in India Even when it was a monopoly, the company still lowered their price because they had to compete against wood, metal and any other material that aluminum could be replaced by. Read Thomas Sowell's basic economics. Unless you have a central authority or a method of oversight, it is basically impossible to maintain a cartel, that is, what would be a oligopolies. A monopoly must be able to protect itself. If it cannot remain a monopoly, it had no power as one. Competition isn't a single road and how to establish what is and isn't a monopoly is nothing short of extremely complicated and requires an actual analysis of the market so properly understand whether or not a company holds any real power. Most antitrust lawsuits were bonkers. Like preventing a merge of two shoe companies that would account for less than 8% of the total shoe selling.
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  2849. You had me delving into existential dread at the midpoint. Excellent points and a great video.
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  2850. Keynes spoke of a "barbarous relic" but I think it's safe to say that Keynes and his grotesquely irrational economic policies are the barbarous relics.
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  2851. "Will they succeed? We'll found out next time!" I can't believe you left me hanging like that!
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  2852. Damn you! I just got off my lunch break!
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  2853. So, you're telling me the 5 grand I just donated to FIK won't get me mentioned as a sponsor on your videos!?
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  2854.  @TheImperatorKnight  Western leaders of certain parties are NOT fans of representative rule. They love tyranny and see themselves as the elite of a new tyrannical world order. This is why these parties loved Fascism as a noble "third way" and even to today put forth only tyrannical "solutions" to problems they created in the first place.
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  2855. Really impressed you tackle these things head on, especially on such a toxic platform as YouTube. Keep it up!
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  2856. It seems that after the Battle of the Don, it would have made sense to instead concentrate on heading south to Astrakhan and reducing the Don bridgeheads, since that was the main objective of Army group B, to cover the flanks, not to capture Stalingrad. Additionally, the soviets were not deployed to easily prevent this move from occurring and may have to divert forces that were defending the Grozny oil fields.
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  2857.  @TheImperatorKnight  agreed Also keep up the great content bro
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  2858. It's said that laughing can contribute to extend your lifespan, so this author is truly helping us! 4 stars well deserved !
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  2859. Wow this video was pretty hard to watch, even compared to the usual stuff that gets covered. The images are pretty harrowing.
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  2860. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  2861. This is an excellent video, and I appreciate the fact that you make sure to list all of the sources for the arguments being presented. It just depresses me that the people who need to watch this video will refuse to do so, and simply dismiss it outright because it contradicts their pre-established worldview and political beliefs.
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  2862. The whole "politically correct/SJW" approach of never studying the works of people you disagree with is useless for understanding history. And everything else.
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  2863. Who skips a 46 minutes TIK video? Im watching it all :D
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  2864. Should I put Adblock on?
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  2865. I never got the “Jews never had a nation line” Hitler said. What about the Kingdom of Israel?
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  2866. Woah that's a bold title. Looking forward to hearing this one.
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  2867. TIK, it's fine! I admit that while I've been watching your Battlestorm Stalingrad videos, I do watch them late, waiting until you release two or three episodes first. That said, I do (and I suspect lots of others too!) always look forward to your videos on Mondays, so do know your efforts haven't gone unappreciated. Do what you feel is interesting, man!
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  2868. Haven´t read Marx so i can´t really agree or disagree with the statements here, however i always found it weird how people automatically call any form of racism "right wing extremism" despite the fact Hitler called himself a national socialist and hated the jews partly because of their supposed obsession with wealth and money. Or in other words, why would a racist person or ideology automatically be pro-capitalism? That never mady sense to me but assuming you´re right about Marx, that whole "racism is right wing and anti-racism is left wing"-dogma looks like something socialists came up with to hide their own anti-semitism basically.
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  2869. 13:05 “The Dark Ages” is a pseudo-historical term often used by people trying to push the idea that the world was a stagnant wasteland until Insert Key Event/Idea (conveniently favoured by the one using the term) came along.
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  2870. When I saw this I decided to watch I figured I would not like it. But I found it very informative.
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  2871. That West Taiwan is amazing!
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  2872. I didn’t know German soldiers were into bondage lol
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  2873. "in other words, don't stick to tanks!" I couldn't have said it better. I really enjoy all your videos and while I understand the personal toll you pay for producing them I am always grateful for your content. I do wonder if you have thought about branching into other areas of history (other than WW2) I know this increases the burden of understanding but I also know that people that are interested in history seldom stick to a single topic, do you have any other historical periods you are interested in?
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  2874. Well... This video needs to go viral today more than ever.
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  2875. I'm gonna donate to Your patreon one day just so you don't have to go back to retail.
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  2876. Just watched this episode 39 and allready waiting for number 40. As allways, good job done. Greetings from Slovenia.
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  2877. That's the world we live in today. You have to wrap everything in disclaimers or people jump to moronic conclusions.
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  2878.  @TheImperatorKnight  We demand more Tiks. Can't you clone yourself? :)
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  2879. Excellent review. I have been saying this for 40 years but 'Mystery Man' has such a cult following i am shouted down...
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  2880. A suggestion: If the information is avaliable, could you add percentages to the division representations on the map to give a better picture of the situation on the field. Just put them on the side of the card for instance. Great production as always :)
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  2881. But there's 6: 144, 240, 360, 480, 720 & 1080p
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  2882. As a lithuanian I could say this is by far the most accurate explanation of Baltic situation at WW2. Great stuff.
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  2883. You are the best
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  2884. When you just finished the last North African Battlestorm part yesterday and wished there was more, TIK has you covered :D
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  2885. I find it funny how battles have been forgotten...only by the younger generations. I have been studying war since I was a kid (in my 50s now) and crusader was often spoken of in histories of the time. Yet now it seems forgotten. Why? because of cable TV. I have been giving this a thought since Tik 1st called crusader a forgotten battle and came to the conclusion that because cable TV is so focused on a few big name battles that other battles get missed. You have countless documentaries on El Alamein. D-day, Stalingrad, market Garden, Cassino/Anzio, along with docs on the Bismarck, taking her from a good battleship to some fantastical super battleship that the RN did not sink, but sunk herself. The results are that many people today have a slanted view of History, missing elements of the war such as crusader. I hope that Ytube and videos like Tik's helps fix that as few read books as their main source of knowledge any more.
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  2886.  @Edax_Royeaux  Free market= When people exchange goods and services freely without coercion
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  2887.  @TheImperatorKnight  "Rommel's showdown against Grand Moff Tarkin and the Galactic (British) Empire!" or "Churchill tries not to endanger the African front challenge (impossible)!"
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  2888. Yet another mind blowing video. I can't imagine you have much time after research to do the ordinary things like eat, sleep and other mundane things to keep going!
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  2889. Quite weirdly it might be useful for my History A-level, thanks TIK!
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  2890. I've always wanted to know more about nazi mysticism, always seemed wild to me. Guess I was right
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  2891. 'Halder is sacked' Seeing these words made me irrationally happy
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  2892. Anyone who supports socialism either doesn't actually know what it is, or is an authoritarian looking for power.
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  2893. 14:15 I can kinda see that took you some effort to say. Props to you for having the guts to put that out there TIK. Please take care of your mental health man. You matter and there are people that care about you.
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  2894. as soon ill take the command in my country ill offer you the position of head professor of history in our military schools
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  2895. Tik it's the first time i make a comment on a video of your's. As a greek i thank you for the good work you have done, it really depicts the reality back then. The fact that you mention the example of syros really shows how much you have studied. Keep up the good work! Ζήτω η Ελλάς!
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  2896. kind of sadly ironic that your stalin reference is so spot on.
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  2897. The problem with the "Oh, they just tricked the socialists" argument is that it raises the question, "So socialists will vote for violent racists if they think they're socialists?"
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  2898. @TheFlyingSquirrel From my experience, when it comes to cases like this (a person espousing/upholding/defending a particular belief, ideology, religion, etc by claiming that all others are 'wrong' and 'evil' while clearly knowing little to nothing about the thing they are upholding), I don't think that for your sibling it even is about Marxist-Socialism at all. I suspect that he doesn't even really care about it. I have a similar problem with a family member; he upholds and espouses Christianity, yet clearly has never read the Bible and understands nothing about the religion. I eventually realized that it's not about Christianity, and just about his ego; using it as both a shield and a weapon to make one look 'better' than other people. I recommend observing your sibling if/when they interact with other Marxists. Watch for behavior that may hint that he is only using Marxism to try to make himself look 'smart' or 'better'.
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  2899. I like your videos. I think you've been fairly clear on your definitions. Yeah the conflated definitions are exactly how they trick the workers. The Soviets started out with the workers trying to run the factories but it didn't take long for Lenin to get his party activists in charge of the Soviets instead. They put the state in charge of the means of production once they had control of the state.
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  2900. TIK have you considered avoiding coments cause I dont think youll find much civil discourse there
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  2901. Don't worry TIK, we're all insane as well for having watched 21 hours of this.
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  2902. Congratulations on your major discovery in the realm of history. I knew you would go through history. I never knew you would make it!
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  2903. Yeah, this is spot on. When I started university one of the first things I had to wrap my head around was the fact that being a 'revisionist' historian is not an inherently bad thing, in the way its always used in popular culture. Some of the best history is revisionist, after all.
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  2904. I was just reading about this topic... And that book... TIK did you read my mind?
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  2905. I've been following you for a year now and have watched most of your videos over the course of that time. However, your more recent videos attempting to explain National Socialism and it's philosophy has been quite the adventure. I find myself viewing this series several times and have ordered many of the books you've suggested. Needless to say, you have opened my eyes to a whole new way of understanding this topic, and for that I think you. Moreover, I am sharing this knowledge with others with mixed results and for some, I (we) have peeked their interest.
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  2906. This is not easy , but very interesting !
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  2907. Congrats on 100K, Tik!! Known you since you had 6K
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  2908. I’m amazed at your patience Tik, there is no counter- argument here. let alone support in terms of references, sources, etc. Just “ his suppositions are moronic”; no attempt to engage with the actual arguments. Well done for working through this.
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  2909. I saw the Hitler's Socialism video a couple of times at least. It is a great video to learn English, since I am Brazilian, I believe that these guys could see him too and thus learn to speak English in the video answer. The best part of the video is when they say, "TIK is anarcho-capitalist".
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  2910. And people wonder why there is so many Poles in uk/usa/irl when our Economy was in ruins until 1989...
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  2911. Until we invent a time machine and go back in time to view past events in real time we will have to depend upon those who wrote it down. In that case we will always have to question what motives those authors may or may not have had.
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  2912. I had a dog and love dogs and I love astrology Am I a fascist now 😨
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  2913. quality work, as always
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  2914. The BIG Reason the Luftwaffe Failed at Stalingrad | Airlift Statistics and Demyansk Comparison Let me guess before watching the video : Lack of fuel? Lack of unaffected runaways, and maintenace problems? Just guessing. I will dive into the video to ge the info. This guy, TIK is one of the most knowledgeable WWII commenters I have ever seen so far as 100% of what he presents precisely collates to the rest of the info I have had as well as to the most logical propositions for all those grey areas that is difficult to get the exact picture even if using all sources available.
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  2915. TIK. I know I am just one of many and that I also sometimes disagree with you (and am often no doubt wrong then) but as a fanatical history buff who has studied history in depth (in particular WW II; being half German AND British) and WW I. I have never seen such a thoughtful, original and brave historian as you. Without any thoughts of 'pleasing' others you rationalize the available information and draw clear logical conclusions. You are a light in an ever darkening ignorant time!
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  2916. So epic, I live in Duisburg and as you put old maps of Duisburg as your background, I even saw my house.
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  2917. Greetings from Czech republic ❤ Jaroslav
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  2918. first. Great video TIK. I appreciate how much effort and research you put into your videos.
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  2919. I wonder when people realize that root cause is not Muslims, but politicians and act accordingly.
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  2920. Hello Tik, would you consider doing a video which elaborates on how an ideal logistical system would work in an army which uses currency and the free market to allocate resources?
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  2921. I love the way he pronounces "MUSCLElini".
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  2922. Hello Tik ! Great video as usual, i am quite satisfied that you continue talking about the origins of National Socialism ! And if you read this, i would recommend you to check out Rudolf Jung and his book, he is considered the "Karl Marx of National Socialism", i think he will be a good addition on what National Socialism really is !
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  2923. This is a very important topic. It's important for people to understand what made the Nazis what they were. Too many people have a mistaken idea of what they were.
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  2924.  @TheImperatorKnight  Honestly yes, the information presented about the Indoeuropeans was correct. The distinction you made between linguistics and "race" is very important, though often misunderstood. Pinpointing the PIE homeland has sparked a lot of debate in the past, the linguistic approach used in the video is fascinating, and as you most probably know the pontic-caspian steppes have been indeed recently confirmed through genetical analysis as the correct location. If I can add something I know that in some Veda passages noble aryan peoples are described by some uncertain translations as blonde, of course this doesn't prove they were actually blonde, but this inspired many baseless hypothesis that traced them back to Germany or some Nordic location. This plays a role in the "corruption of the blood" idea: as the original aryan people from Germany mixed with the lesser local peoples unpure populations were born. Another very interesting fact is that actually naz1 propaganda and Hitler in his speeches usually emphasized more the concept of the "nordic race" compared to the aryan one, in fact german supremacist intellectuals had to cope with the fact that also Latins, Slavs and others spoke "Aryan" (indoeuropean) languages, so they came up with an internal division that saw the "nordic" peoples of scandinavia as the top and originally the most aryan one. I can confirm thid based on the references Hitler makes about race I read, he speaks more often about "Nordic" or "Germanic" peoples rather than Aryan ones. It should be kept in mind that these ideas were not homogeneous and different thinkers had different hypotheses over the course of decades. It's very interesting nonetheless that a real discovery in the field in linguistics inspired so many baseless ideas that had a great impact in world history, I feel this is almost a forgotten story today and this confirms you try to go deeper than what conventionally taught. Keep up with the great work!
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  2925. Yo tik you are like the friend that complains about needing sleep but stays up all night man God damm go on a break
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  2926. I’m so glad I stumbled into the cutting edge of eastern front historiography Thanks a ton to both you and Anton jolly!
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  2927.  mike mcmike  tiks video is full of solid arguments, but your only argument is the straw man. Having no facts you can only attack people's characters.
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  2928. An extreme case of the representation problems you bring up is in Turkey, where elections are intentionally rigged in favor of the incumbent party. Most Turks vote for tiny parties, representing specific classes of persons and/or small communities. But the minimum threshold for getting a seat in Congress is high while the minimum threshold for forming a government is low. Meaning that small parties MUST ally with big parties or let their votes go to waste. And the incumbent has access to the censorship apparatus, appointment powers, and national budgets so they can easily bribe some parties and shut others up. Needless to say, every time an incumbent President dies there's a small war.
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  2929. That is a very interesting episode. I am not a historian but was digging in the Dunkirk affair without getting any satisfying answer. Thanks for putting this idea on the table.
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  2930. So far these battlestorm series have had me on the edge of my seat, perhaps because this was a crucial turning point. It's also amazing to see how much your channel has grown. Keep up the excellent work!
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  2931. This is such a great and genuine conversation; it felt as natural as it was educational :)
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  2932. "Better bread than dead" is absolutely the most german thing one could ever hear! As insane as it sounds, a german can indeed go on without a beer. However, a german and his bread is one of the 3 inevitabilities in life: Tax, Death and a German with his bread :D
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  2933. May I chime in with a heavy-handed facepalm... 🤦‍♂️
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  2934.  @lights473  Totally correct. The theory of the soul and the Holy Trinity of Christianity, comes from Plato and Neo-Platonism (the philosophy, not Plotinus) thanks to Saint Augistine. On the other hand, we have Thomas Aquinas who brought the ideas of Aristotle into Christianity, all thanks to Averröes and Avicenna (the muslim philosphers). Stoicism also influenced Christianity about rejecting slavery, the love of the neighbor, piety, etc.
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  2935. Hi TIK. We have a similar 'privatized' railway system here in Sweden. The poor commuters have been suffering for years, e.g., between Uppsala and Stockholm, with countless delays or complete train departures vanishing. A newly introduced traffic scheduling system without sufficient trials caused train operators severe losses and disturbances to their customers. Train derails due to lack of rail maintenance, and the list continues—any political reaction - None.😱The lack of accountability is staggering.
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  2936.  geheimschriver  well it shows that Germany is authoritarian if that comment is illegal
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  2937.  @MrReco12  "opened up her own successful newspaper" She co-founded a newspaper, which was a strictly political organ of her party. Her whole adult life revolved around politics. From what I can see in a quick search, she really never worked a proper job. Maybe as a tutor, that could work, but a quick search does not even mention that, so I suspect she didn't do much of it. ""not truly capitalist" because they have a central bank" Is it, though? If the currency is controlled by the government, if they can (and arguably do) hyperinflate it at will, thus robbing everybody of their savings, how does it relate to the central tenant of capitalism, which is the private ownership of the means of production? How much do you really own, if all the numbers on your account can be made worthless at will? What's going to happen if you can't pay all the taxes, which can also be administered at will? Your property will be taken by those who actually already own it, that is the government.
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  2938. A Razor/TIK crossover is one I did not expect but greatly approve of. And yes, taking regular breaks is fine man. We'll all be here.
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  2939. I’ve watched this series since day one, and I’ll say it’s been an hour watching all your episodes, you are one of my favourite history YouTubers
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  2940. @ 51:45 I'm laughing way too hard: they're saying all this, and your own video is literally loading up exactly what they're about to say. They're literally agreeing with you, and the don't even realize it! This is priceless! They literally proved your point!
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  2941. 2:59 I think the elimination of the trade unions was more about the Nazis not liking organizations they could not control. But you are right, they created their own trade union (that they had complete control over) and crushed all the others.
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  2942. I’ve watched your channel and work for 2+ years now. I find you to be professional, well read and educated, and an excellent unbiased historian. I don’t understand why you get hate and spin from various communities. Is it due to your main focus on the channel? This is like “hating” an actor because of the roles they play on screen.
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  2943. When I discovered your video on Hitler's Socialism last year, you taught me much that had answered many of my questions on th political ideology of the National Socialists, and why they are Socialists, because i never believed Hitler and the National Socialists were/ are a 'far right' ideology and not Socialist. I still have so much trouble when I being up this truth that the National Socialists are Socialist. I still use your original videos on it as my evidence, and still get fire aimed at me. You've become one of my favorite Historians, among others like Mark Felton. I respect how detailed you go into everything, and address the hard truths. You're right about the Critical Theorists and Social Justice movements. I have increasingly been seeing the Critical Theorists and other western Socialists on a mirroring path, so I have now come to call rthem 'Racial Socialists' or in case for gender, Gender Lysenkoism. I still hear so much that National Socialists were 'stakeholder capitalists', but I disagree with the concept of them being Capitalist. We must know the truth of history, so that we can anticipate and improve our future. and right now. certain National Socialists near Russia concern me, but everyone is denying their existence too. I'll be buying this very soon mate.
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  2944. Holy cow I can't believe this series has come this far! Congratulations TIK you have so much to be proud of
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  2945. The most epic historic series on YouTube. I rarely leave comments, but I can only bow to TiK. Time and energy you must have put into this makes me speechless. I think we’ll never see such undertaking ever again. Again, TiK, you Sir are the GOAT of history on YT.
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  2946. Oh boy, a heavy heart subject. Really hope the idea of the "Money Changers" sticks with any Socialist who may watch this videos and where the origin of the very idea of a "Capitalist" came from.
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  2947. Your point is brilliant because there is even more to learn. Not only can humans do terrible things but other people can Overlook the evil and follow terrible people to do terrible things in large numbers. Thank you for your precise analysis of why we study history.
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  2948. Not bad but the best tik quote is always going to be "The soviets won because they didn't lose"
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  2949. Please keep the economics videos. It's great to hear historical economics from something more realistic than boiler plate Keynesian models. Especially, when dealing with 20th century wartime economics. Also, there are too many similarities between the 1920s and the 2020s. Keep up the great work.
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  2950. Contradiction: Neujocks had to stay in Gleiwitz for two weeks, the German attack had begun the day after the supposed Gleiwitz incident... He describes masses of German soldiers and equipment getting ready for the attack while returning for Berlin... I find it a contradiction as the times do not match...
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  2951. If I have a dollar for every time I screamed "WTF Pienaar"....
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  2952. I don't have a hard time believing that the soviets could find motivation outside of fear to get their soldiers to fight. The atrocities committed by the Germans in the war alone would be sufficient for that, but Russians in general are patriotic people so its easy to see why they would be motivated to defend their country, communist or not. But I'm seeing a rather troubling trend among a lot of youtube history channels, they seem to be taking a more and more apologetic tone when it comes to discussing soviet atrocities. I've read a good number of books on the subject and i don't think it can be reasonably denied that fear played a huge role in how the soviets governed. I'm hearing a lot of "well people weren't afraid of Stalin they just respected him, all that is just right wing propaganda". I think the current political climate is causing a recycling of the old "man of steel" myth.
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  2953. Hearing Zeitzler say "YouTube himself" is quite hilarious. Joke is sincerely on YouTube.
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  2954. Great video. I've been trying to articulate this point for a few years now. 18th and 19th century German philosophy left a wake of destruction that the world is still dealing with to this day. I'll have to read Peikoff's book.
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  2955. Chuikov; damned plot armour! lol ;-)
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  2956. I’m in management over drivers at UPS and this talk of drivers and proper care of vechiles has me lmao
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  2957. I definitely prefer the political/economic content, not gonna lie. you can find the tanks elsewhere, but you can't really find a reasonable take on the economics OR the politics.
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  2958. I stand with you, TIK. For me, the work of thinking about all this is very stimulating. It's difficult because I have been indoctrinated earlier, but it's also fun.
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  2959. So yeah i was planning on going outside for a walk but then i saw this vid.. I was like screw that i'm whatching this:D
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  2960. I don't quite understand the Keynes bit: If he did think the value of the marks were going to go down (but just not as much as in practice), why was he investing in marks to begin with? what was his plan there?
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  2961. 27:28 - weren't Brits like done economically after WW2? Maybe it refered to Britain being known to be unable to pose any demands, therefore weren't actually a side in negotations and only watched from sidelines. Not that it excuses them, but it would be a possible explanation, especially after talks with a guy that was supposed to ensure war is economically viable.
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  2962. A suggestion for a potential video: talk about how Denmark and Sweden send "soviet citizens" back, which in the case of Sweden was Estonian and Latvian citizens and soldiers, who escape the soviet union and many of them try everything to not get sent back like breaking their arms or legs
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  2963. "quantity has a quality all of its own"
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  2964. re: toilet paper shortages - you should have seen all the people on Reddit talking about empty shelves in a “capitalist” economy (the US) and how fast you would get downvoted when you pointed out that price controls are not capitalist. I live in Florida and every time a hurricane is headed towards us, we face all sorts of shortages because it is illegal to raise prices in an “emergency.” When I point this out, people think that prices will be astronomically higher and that the 99% will go without gas and toilet paper. They also suddenly ignore how shitty it is right now, even though everyone in Florida knows it sucks.
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  2965. Tik, you've become an expert at roasting these clowns.
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  2966. ​@TheImperatorKnight super-serious. ( Or maybe Uber-serious. )
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  2967. TIK, next time this issue arises, you could make a review of the Schlinder's List movie, analyzing how it depicts the way the main character has to run "his" business. It's interesting how Schlinder is initally not depicted as an entrepeneur who owns a factory or who wants to invest capital, but as a pennyless adventurer who starts the movie befriending the nazi officers in order to be assigned a contract and a factory to produce supplies for the army. Then we have that lovely scene were Schlinder's jewish accountant, Itzhak Stern, explains to him how much money he must pay to each kind of worker according to state regulations (depending on if the worker is a german, a pole, or a jew). Then we see how Schlinder's factory is moved by the nazis to a concentration camp, and how the one calling the shots in "his" factory isn't Schlinder, but the concentration camp commander, Amon Göth, who not only provides Schlinder with the workforce but also reserves the right to massacre and replace it whenever he likes. As the movie advances, Schlinder expends more and more of his time trying to protect his workforce from the guy who has the real authority, and expending more and more of his profits to bribe nazi officers in order to save the lives of his employees, ending the movie effectively pennyless again. So, throughout the movie, we can see how the Nazi State provides Schlinder with the Means of Production (the Factory), tells him what to produce, assigns him production quotas, sets the prices and wages, provides the raw materials, and even owns the Labor (the jewish slave workforce). So much for capitalism and private-owned-and-run business!
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  2968. I greatly appreciate that you are still continuing on with your exhaustive Stalingrad series, TIK. I completely understand the personal stresses that you’ve honestly let us know about. I think I speak for most of your other followers by saying that we are edified by your research and detailed exploration of such an important event. You are Top Shelf, TIK. We’ll enjoy your content at any pace that is best for you.
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  2969. Whilst I have always regarded you as a supreme historian especially of the WWII Eastern Front I must now regard you as a top class theologian. Nobody has better explained Gnosticism better.
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  2970. Great comment and great reply byTIk That’s how “discourse” is done !
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  2971. Happy Birthday and keep up the good work. May our lord live. One question, did you drunk to much at you birthday?
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  2972. TIK take care of yourself. Don't let this burn you out. Then we'd all be fucked. Pick up a little lady and fly to Florida. You can stay at my house. There are great blues bars down here. You will have a good old time.
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  2973. 29:44 Small correction (kinda). "Looking" can mislead the viewer. Looking at something like a subatomic particle isn't like looking at a screen. You need to use incredibly powerful technology which will interact with the particle. The change in behaviour comes from the interaction between the instruments and the particle.
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  2974. Under 1 minute squad!!!
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  2975. Hurry Rothbard... Good name
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  2976. ''You have not read Manstein'' that was the funniest and stupidest thing I've ever read
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  2977. The anti-free marketers from my experience pay less attention to actual poverty and living conditions than they do relative poverty. The poor may have gone from starving in the streets to being fat and clothed in the streets, but look at how wealthy these other people have also become. As many have said, it is not that they love the poor, they just hate the rich. Cain and Abel.
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  2978. The open-book/author profile/text screens are a really cool upgrade. They allow for the viewer to better understand who-wrote-what-where. I may need to copy that style. Congrats TIK!
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  2979. This division symbols could be a in a card game
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  2980. How is it I know the end result of Stalingrad, and these episodes are STILL cliffhangers. Well done!!
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  2981. Last time I was this early, Anton Drexler was still head of the NSDAP.
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  2982. My favourite Wehraboo talking points are how German Generals are incapable of long term planning, how they didn't get overwhelmed by (literal) waves of Russian soldiers and that highlighting Wehrmacht warcrimes throughout the entire war
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  2983. Nobody cares that you’re first
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  2984. 🤣This is so good. I lost it around 28:40. Please keep up your good work.
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  2985. 100% on your media comments mate. And the rest was your usual high standard, excellent video again.
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  2986. DONE! I'm now a Patreon! I just love your work mate!! When I receive the notification I know I'll have something worth watching when I go home... Thanks for your work and I hope in the future to be able to support you in a higher level!!
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  2987. You're content is beyond amazing my friend. The amount of attention to details and great visualizations of the battles is incredible. If there is someone who deserves this break its you Tik.
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  2988. Private A.A. Semmens, 25th Infantry battalion, 6th Infantry brigade, 2nd New Zealand Division. KIA at Point 175 23/11/194. RIP.
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  2989. Great timing for the vid! It's the Restoration of Independence (1990) day today in Lithuania :D
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  2990. Commenting before flame war
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  2991. its called the pawn star channel
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  2992. I picked up Ostkrieg on your recommendation, and it's really an excellent book. Everybody should read it to get the feel for the meatgrinder that is the Eastern Front.
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  2993. Wow! AH is angry. I never knew he took it this bad. Thanks for the insightful video TIK!
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  2994. I love that you explain beliefs of the Nazis and why they believe instead of “Hitler was a bad bad poopy man, the end.” Obviously the ideology is abhorrent but it’s important to understand why and how it got people.
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  2995. New logo? Maybe I just noticed now... good look though.
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  2996. dude bbc are not nazi they are communists
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  2997. Something I always thought was that the war was won with British Intel, American Steel and Soviet Blood.
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  2998. As Leonard Peikoff said, “Knowledge is contextual.” I enjoyed the video! It felt like another objectivist lecture (and that is a good thing).
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  2999. Lol this video is like a best-of collection of TIK's remarks to piss off as many ideologies as possible
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  3000. I had a customer try and bring back some car mats because the Mercedes dealer told him that you should only use Genuine Mercedes car mats. Apparently if you put other car mats it can cause all sorts engine problems! So he had to buy some £200 Mercedes car mats from Mercedes. For some reason he couldn't understand why he didn't get a refund and we all laughed at him.
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  3001. ​ @YekouriGaming  yeah man gov't just makes everything so smooth
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  3002. Just like those idiots that tried to "refute" a 5 hours long video with more than one hundred sources and quotes, with an obscure 20 minutes long video of an italian communist saying that the making of profit is the basis of fascism. Just unbelievable
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  3003. You have high standards, that’s why we rate you and the content so highly. But that doesn’t mean every video needs to be top tier. I’d argue that a “B” grade video from you will still be some of the best historic content on YouTube. Also don’t feel bad for taking time off, everyone needs to take some time to recharge their batteries and rest can actually improve content as you feel refreshed/how time to think of new ideas. I’ve seen many content creators quit due to burn out, see this as a job and make sure you protect your down time. We will still be here if you publish every other week, your friends and family are more important then views/subscriber numbers.
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  3004. Make more economics videos, they're so much more entertaining and interesting IMO.
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  3005. Alright this is weird. I am a history buff with an emphasis on WWII, interested in Austrian Economic theory, and my favorite genre of music is blues. I guess this is why I'm a patron.
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  3006. lol BBC News XD
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  3007. Great video. What a courageous individual to keep this diary. His words are a clear record of what was happening on the ground in Germany. One can only imagine what would have happened if the Nazis had discovered his writings.
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  3008. Tik is the best History creator by far, keep it up my g
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  3009. Thank you for constantly making these. Thought I may not agree with certain points, its great to see someone this analytical and thorough. Keep going, all the best for the future!
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  3010. The most sane crazy historian on YouTube. Carry on the good work Tik
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  3011. I am russian and i dont think that your videos (at least those about Stalingrad) are anti russian. As for describing Chuikov's fears it is in my opinion far more interesting to know how grave was the situation in Stalingrad rather than an epic tale of undefeatable warriors.
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  3012. At last someone who gets it, I’ve been say it for years. Thank you. I did a whole a paper about the argument for renationalising or fully privatising the railways for my Welsh Baccalaureate. I came to the conclusions that it was for the better for them to be fully privatised as I explained what circumstance lead to the railways being nationalised as well as then comparing to how they were run and profitably. As most people don’t understand why the railways were in such a state before being nationalised and that in effect they were nationalised from the out break of the war till its end. Along with the fact that before the outbreak of the war the big four companies that ran Britain’s railways were world leader of railway technology and advancement as for example the Southern Railway had the worlds largest electrified network with planning for the complete phasing out of steam but the late 40s or earlier 50s and that London North East Railway A4 Mallard broke the world speed record in 1938 beating the Germans by about 1.5mph. Finally a fun fact is that the LNER were planning another attempt at the world record but this didn’t happen as it was scheduled for September the 3rd 1939 and with the out break of the war it was cancelled.
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  3013. After reading histories of this period for upward of fifty years, I've never had the comprehensive understanding of Stalingrad that this unique video document has enabled. Truly a marvel! Thanks for the massive effort.
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  3014. Sounds in line with leftists today, they hate Israel. I guess some habits really do die hard. Thank you TIK, a very neccasery video.
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  3015. Love the maps! It makes things clearer!
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  3016. TIK needs more reinforcements. Halder neglected that request. He need to cover a too extended flank with too few elements. Keep it cool TIK. We can wait. Stalingrad can wait. ✊
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  3017.  @TheImperatorKnight  The point Tik is that you are creating a solid body of work which will only increase in value and relevance whereas your detractors will wither on the vine. IMO 😊 Be patient.
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  3018. Tik you probably won't see this but I just wanted to say that I appreciate the dedication you had to this series I remember watching it pre pandemic when I was in my first year of undergrad back in the States and now I am halfway through my MA in History at the LSE. Your series has been a much needed distraction from and backdrop to my own studies on Vichy France. If your ever in London pint on me. Cheers mate -- this was a monumental assessment of the historiography and a contribution to the field. So many myths have been taken as gospel, you really looked into all the cracks on this one.
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  3019. My tought on this: It depends. The counterattacks at smolensk for example were very effective at atritting the Germans and costing them time, but many others were a waste of lives and materiel. One would have to look at them individualy to evaluate.
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  3020. One has to be a fast klicker.
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  3021. Teleports behined you
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  3022.  @TheImperatorKnight  Sadly I think you're running up against the worse aspects of human nature, and tribalism. In my own debates with friends, I have presented evidence that they posses no counter for. I have laid them bare, and they still often refuse to concede. This isn't always the case, but it often is.
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  3023. "Crusader gotta come first" DeusvultIntensifies
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  3024. Judging by the cover art the first mistake was putting the rail under the track ties instead of on top.
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  3025. I'm originally from Venezuela, there is this current wave of Western Lefties Chavez apologist and defenders that now are trying to rewrite the Venezuelan History of the past 40 years justifyingd the short commings, ineptitude and failures of the Bolivariana Revolution, when I go into an argument with them dismantling their Telesur taught Talking points with Chavez own words, video footage and historical recorded events in the Official Government and economic data they always end up with Character attacks: [ You are probably one of the rich "WHITE" Venezuelans] [you are a troll paid by Guiado] [You probably living in Miami] [ because you are writing in English well enough that means you went to an exclusive Private school of the wealthy elite opposition] [you are a Yankee-wannabe] [you are just mad about Chavez and Maduro because your family couldn't steal the oil money any longer, they expropriated your family business for hoarding Goods] BTW I'm brown, My lastname Indigenous, and From a working class neighborhood from Maracaibo, and I learned English while playing Videogames and watching history documentaries
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  3026. 07:49 - TIK is not a God? sits down in shock
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  3027. First off, there must be a lot of people who love just to see you talk in front of camera. Well, could you please carry on, thank you.
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  3028. The kampfverbands had the better music compared to the kampfgruppe.
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  3029. Man TIK you are gonna have to fight a war against tankies and wheraboos with this, You are my favorite history-youtuber!
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  3030. Yes! More economy videos. The best kind.
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  3031. Turns out the "guns vs. butter" argument we learned in Econ 101 had a deeper meaning - you needed coal to make both. Who knew.
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  3032. Appointing Neil Ritchie as Army commander of the Eighth army was a disaster. I imagine the outcome here would have been much different if either Richard O Connor hadn't been captured or Auchinleck was running things.
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  3033. TIK, you've done a completely marvelous job with your Stalingrad series. I have been so entranced with your work, and I commend you. If I could offer my own idea, I'd ideally suggest you taking a look towards the Greek 1940 campaign, or perhaps Burma. Regardless, I love what youre doing.
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  3034. The same people yelling “stick to tanks” are probably now yelling “where’s the next Stalingrad video???”
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  3035. Haven’t seen yet, but I imagine it had to do with a shortage of raw materials, fuel and being tied up in the East.
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  3036. good to hear from you , Mr TIK
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  3037. Fascinating analysis. I had to watch twice in an effort to digest the many points you bring up. This word 'fascism' has always bewildered me as to its true meaning. The present generation doesn't seem to have that problem. For them it's been boiled down to someone, or some group, they fundamentally don't agree with.
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  3038. Once you notice the ring light reflection in TIK's eyes you can't unsee how it makes him look like an android.
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  3039. I love your channel. You actually know history, not just propaganda. I'm a US vet living on very limited funds so can't financially support you at the moment. But please keep up the great work.
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  3040. Just subscribed now, excellent channel- you sure do amazing research!!
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  3041. Subbed. They don't want to debate you; they want to silence you.
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  3042. (Revisiting this), I don't completely agree with your more or less absolute take on capitalism at the end but the video as a whole is fantastic. Great work!
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  3043. I'm really happy with where you've been going with the channel lately. Thanks for all you do.
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  3044. The information presented in this video seemed obvious to me personally. In class my history students need to compare both systems and come to the conclusion that they are in fact very similar totalitarian systems. In another class I let students compare modern political parties and let them come to the conclusion that the classic 'left vs right' is a redundant system to classify parties and political views on. LvR is just a mere guideline (at best) since all it does is polarize society, you have to look at the specific topic at hand to gauge if someone's viewpoint is either progressive or conservative. History is never, ever black or white and I believe this video tries to prove that point.
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  3045. Great content as usual TIK. It’s so absurd to listen to how the German objectives have been reduced to trying to take single halls and small stretches of the riverbank. Absolutely unthinkable how brutal the fighting must’ve been.
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  3046.  @jkotekvolnycz  - Oh, jeez, of COURSE there's going to be at least one - and no doubt multiple - socialist philosophies that officially call themselves "Real Socialism", but are only "Real Socialism" for as long as they are being tried, and once they go completely defunct, then "Real Socialism isn't REAL socialism - real socialism STILL hasn't been tried, which is why we need to try Real Socialism again, but really try harder!"
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  3047. I like that in my opinion your material is more honest. More honest enough that you actually are holding my attention for more than 30 seconds.
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  3048. I really could keep watching this indefinitely. It’s an absolute masterpiece. Even once it’s complete, I hope another Battlestorm series follows swiftly after.
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  3049. I hope this has given you (TIK) some moments of such hilarity (as it did me) to relieve the pressure of your work load over the last couple years. It gave me a great deal of satisfaction to see you laugh so much. Kind regards
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  3050. Tik... is laughing? And not for a video where Halder gets owned? The world must be opening a new page
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  3051. Thank you TIK I was really depressed because I felt bad for all the Afghans now having to live under Taliban rule, I have female friends from there and been quite involved in refugee work and raising awarness about human rights through Amnesty International, so this hole situation dragged me quite down. But your video cheered me up a bit. Thanks mate.
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  3052. Hell yeah I like sauces.
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  3053. My son worked in a large bottle shop. Coming up to Christmas, he was approached by a woman who said "last year, I bought my husband a case of beer and he really enjoyed it. Do you know what it was I bought?" My son ... blank stare, twitch in corner of his eye
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  3054. Hey Tik - Happy New Year.
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  3055. What a brilliant production, you've hit the nail squarely on the head. Thank you for the education, GO TIK!
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  3056. Glantz is the man!
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  3057. Quite true. I'll actually delay watching a Tik video if I'm feeling tired, because I want to be fully alert to take it all on board.
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  3058. I’m sorry for your loss TIK, take all the time you need. We’ll all still be here patiently awaiting you.
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  3059. This series is better than the old World at War television series.
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  3060. perhaps they just want you to stick to tanks
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  3061. Not long ago I would have been skeptical of this account because I would have been sure that my country (USA) would not have been responsible for such a thing. But now that we can see what is happening in Afghanistan, I am sure that it occurred just as stated. It is a bitter shame done in the name of people who would never had consented to it.
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  3062. Nothing like a bit of war crimes to end of the day with, eh?
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  3063. This sounds very similar to the USPS (United States Postal Service). It's a supposed "private" company, but is controlled by the state and has price controls, the easiest example being that it's one stamp to mail a letter to the next town over or from Miami to the middle of nowhere in Alaska. Working conditions in the USPS were (might still be) so poor from running at a loss that the phrase "Going Postal" comes from all the postal workers shoesting up their offices.
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  3064. tiggering communist and national socialist in one video awesome job tik
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  3065. Imma have to watch this a dozen times to make it stick.
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  3066. They're building a sidewalk on the main road by my apartment, they estimated 2 years, to build about 1 mile of sidewalk, 2 miles if you count both sides. Keeping in mind "2 years" in Houston construction language is typically closer to 5 years. Not the most glaring endorsement of publicly funded roadways.
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  3067. Hey Tik. Almost caught up on Battlestorm! Episode 29. Well done so far!
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  3068. I love the Thomas Sowell quote to top it all off.
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  3069. Now TIK, you're not allowed to tell the truth about Hitler and Socialism. Stick to to Tonks!
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  3070. Oh dear, delving in to what is probably one of the most entitled areas of the internet (excluding parts of reddit). Should be fun to watch.
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  3071. 2:36 So can we say this episode is basically " The end of the beginning" ?
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  3072. The fact that a dog detachment went into battle really puts the whole thing into perspective
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  3073. Nice to see new content Tik. I'm switching back to the European front after being focused on the Pacific for my job. Focused on the Battle of France for the next few weeks. May I use your video from last year as a source? Hope you are well!
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  3074.  @TheImperatorKnight  that's cruel and unusual punishment, and banned by the Geneva conventions
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  3075. I wonder if someone here can help me understand why socialists say that socialism is not about the exspansion of the states power even though all the socialists that i know of advocate for a bigger public sector
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  3076. It's funny when the people say that the Nacional-Socialism is the child of capitalism, bourgeoisie product, etc.
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  3077. Really excellent job on this video. Cogent and well-supported throughout. Worth every minute!
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  3078. This series is so great. I often check TIK's channel once a week to check for more battle storm stalingrad videos. Thanks a lot for the work put in to this content, tik.
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  3079. 0:40 onward; when people speak like that I assume they want to be heard but not understood.
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  3080. lets play a drinking game - take a shot every time TIK mentions a new unit :D
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  3081. Tanks for the video!
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  3082. I remember reading about this battle by Douglas Nash's Hell's Gate book. What a crazy battle that both sides claimed they both won. Tactical victory for the Germans but strategic victory for the Russians. The Germans lost alot of equipment in their and those 40,000ish casualties were a real problem.
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  3083. You need a best of TIK
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  3084. Great to see this series back in action. Honestly shocked that this only came out to less than 3 hours. Then again, Crusader was arguably a more confusing mess of a battle to piece together (then again this one sorta is too). As an American, I place my hand over my heart at the admission that the Grant tank was far superior to anything on both sides at the time, even frustrating Rommel with it's effectiveness. It's something I never hear get brought up in various videos going over the tank, writing it off as a piece of junk stop gap before the Sherman.
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  3085. Gotta say, for like a umpteenth time now, I do sorely miss the upbeat music at the start of battlestorm episodes and when major action happens
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  3086. I ordered that book Hitler & His Generals cause you mentioned it on a previous video you did. Great book. Anyone who thinks Hitler was just a bezerk, screaming, bad decision maker should give that a read.
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  3087. Haven't even watched the video yet and already liked, thank you TIK for your dedication to history and sharing your findings with us.
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  3088. Ike had NO plan for what do after the break out from bocage. He gambled with Monty and Market Garden. I think Ike was paranoid that a spear head advance would result in a worse failure than Market Garden did. In 20/20 hindsight Ike was covering his future political rear area. The red ball express was stretched to breaking using broad front advance but Ike had his butt covered. The upcoming Battle of the Bulge IMHO was a DIRECT result of Ike's myopic view of broad front advance, as I think Ike thought the germans would do a broad front defence, and thus did NOT predict a counter attack. The thought at the time was the germans were beaten and the war would be over by christmas (propaganda). Without supplies they had to stop. On the eastern front Bagration had the germans in almost a free fall retreat. So rounding this up... I really think Ike pissed away the ability to do a spear head advance directly to antwerp and then onto the german frontier. IF this crushing defeat was pushed combined with crossing the rhine AND bragration defeat and timing are considered it would have left the germans with no ability to reorganize for a "battle of the bulge".
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  3089. Hey Tik, hope you are doing better this week. You been doing ok dealing with the workload?
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  3090.  @zupalan2265  i'm an italian history teacher. When receiving the abilitation 10 years ago, one commission member openly stated: ce l'hai la tessera? do you have the card? (The sindacate card) my Answer was: not interested. Allora questo lavoro potrebbe non fare per te. Then this job could not be the one for you. You call him delusional, i'm thinking not.
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  3091.  @TheImperatorKnight  Rommels greatest battle / The Desert Fox Strikes (back) / Showdown on the Sands / Rommels Right Hook / Steel and Sand
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  3092. I graduated with a law degree a week ago, and it took me a few days to figure out what I was feeling: it was difficult to comprehend that the suffering of doing that degree was at an end, and the predictability of the future was now uncertain. I did take some new decisions to end the uncertainty but I did sit for a while really having to reconcile myself with it.
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  3093. Great video, as per usual. How is Stalingrad coming along? (Notice that I didn't say "When will it be out?")
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  3094. TIK is one of a kind man
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  3095. Thank you! Love the channel, love this series and have been waiting for this next video. Deeply appreciate and admire your hard work.
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  3096. I hope you're feeling better TIK!
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  3097. 4:25 so glad I saw this video I had the exact same problem with teachers in school and I'm still in school. I can't believe I found someone with the same view against our socialist government, I thought I was alone.
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  3098. We have to clone TIK so he can produces more videos ! One of the best professors in YouTube!
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  3099. And Russian soldiers were told they are fighting against 'fascists'. They believe there to this day. Yes, fascism do existed, but in Italy.
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  3100. Instead of "sudoku" you could use "canadian health care".
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  3101. I was greatly disappointed that the Chuikov near-death counter did not increase at 32:00 or so. Perhaps you thought that running through a burning oil field in the middle of the night was simply routine for the man at this point.
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  3102. It's the final blitzkriiiiieeeg synth solo
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  3103. Okay, about a decade ago I spent a week in a mental health facility(It's a long story but I am better now)and now I work with people with mental disabilities and I have to say everything from the way this book is written, to the made up people as co-authors, and even the way it seems to try to explain everything that has ever happened as part of a vast conspiracy bares all the hallmarks of it being written by someone suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. I can't put my figure on it but it doesn't feel fake to me, this sounds like the way the mentally ill people I know talk in real life, this also explains the size of the book as these people don't know when to stop talking and they will constantly repeat themselves. I don't think this was done for laughs. Thanks for the video, I really needed a laugh today.
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  3104. Excellent! Very funny. My career was in the law and coincidentally I came across the same people who you met in retail👍
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  3105. "He failed because Socialism always fails." 🤣Gold!👍🏼
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  3106. Take all the time man. Sorry for your loss, best youtuber on the platform.
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  3107. I never thought i wii addicted to this channel.I still remembered the main reason I sub to this channel is Close Combat content
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  3108. "Why is this fallacy taught in schools/ truth not taught in schools" The answer Litterally always marxism
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  3109. Thank you TIK for your dedicated commitment to this series, as soon as I got my notification of your upload I know there's so much pain and suffering in making it. It's similar to the chesse wheel run, whereby as soon as you start it's basically impossible to stop and we are the audience watching you fall tumbling down hitting your face chasing something for our entertainment but you always manage to get back up again while we cheer you on. Keep up the fantastic work brother.
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  3110. Hi tik my daughter managed to find that book on kindle for free so even better she gonna start reading it. Big thank you again
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  3111. "But that wasn't a real trade union" - some guy trying to defend socialism (AKA the politically correct term for economic authoritarianism) I forget where I heard it but there was an interview with a coal miner who said that he and his co workers decided to go on strike and the first people to tell them to stop outside of their bosses were the union. It puts it into context quite well that unions are not the salvation people are indoctrinated into thinking they are.
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  3112. Yet another great contribution to history. Your personal battle of Stalingrad takes no prisoners! As valuable as your series is, I feel that you have corrected such a large number of previously held conventional wisdom on this battle that it is necessary to produce your own written volume, something which will hold up far better than youtube for future historians. Perhaps written as a PhD thesis?
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  3113. Wow, I remember hearing Hoffman's " diary " being quoted repeatedly in the BBC series "The World at War" in the early 1970s. Never suspected it was fake. Great job TIK!
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  3114. As a subscriber who never really watches the Stalingrad episodes, I’m happy to see you take a step back and focus on other topics. But the most important thing isn’t what I or someone else wants, but what you want to do. Burnout is real and I’m glad you’re prioritising and rejigging things to overcome it. Best wishes for 2023, I look forward eagerly to what’s to come, whatever it may be!
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  3115. Engels was just as bad as seen in the marx engels letters.
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  3116.  @TheImperatorKnight  Living in Germany, we learned a lot about the time from the 1920's to 1949 in school. A bit of reformation and French Revolution at the beginning and then only Third Reich all the time, nothing else in history class. It is of course important to learn about these things, but I feel like every politician or civil servant who has to decide what we learn in school want's to be the "good guy" who thinks that raising awareness of our dark past is the most important thing. So nobody wants to be the guy who says "ok, enough of that stuff, there are other things to learn". Because of that, we never talked about communism and its problems. We never even talked about the GDR. I knew of course that bad things happened with communism, but no one ever explained to me that these things were direct consequences of the communist ideology. In addition to that, the teachers, the media, and the surrounding society in general, lead me to think about politics in one dimensional terms, where right is egotistical, violent, old school and outright evil, while left is thoughtful, critical, modern, empathic and just cool.
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  3117. Hey Tik, I cannot watch the video right now, but I nearly busted out laughing in the middle of the library after seeing the thumbnail. Can't wait to check this one out!
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  3118. I was in Venezuela in the 80's and there was a 5 Bolivar silver coin in circulation. It bought things. It wasn't monopoly money.
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  3119. you know he's lost when "I have decided to start banning TIK cultists. The stupidity is starting to hurt. If you have nothing to offer you do not belong here."
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  3120. Please do read: Stephen Fritz, The First Soldier: Hitler as Military Leader (2018). The Halder debate is there in detail.
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  3121. Welcome back, I really enjoy your series. I remember countless times in books or documentaries, where it was stated that the attack of "such and such" simply did not succeed, without offering a reason why. Was it lack of air support, ammo, leadership, or weather? In your series, I know why each and every attack either fails or succeeds and the exact reason why. That is very refreshing.
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  3122.  @TheImperatorKnight  that's why we need Socialism, so you don't have to work everyday and can have time off after we steal the capitalists stuff. (This is a joke.)
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  3123. All Soviet attacks seem rushed. The main reason seems to be that they quickly needed to get pressure off another Soviet unit that is under a well prepared, thus effective German attack.
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  3124. The Patreon question is very relatable to me, I do enjoy learning stuff about military history to have a good understanding of it but I find it simply fascinating how simple economic knowledge can recontextualize my vision about World War II regimes or even today's governments Keep making these it's awesome
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  3125. Hey TIK. I have no idea how long it took you to put this together. But boy of boy did you do a damned impressive job of it. (In a positive way, not negative or poor) I can't help but notice near the end of the video, going through the aftermath of the bombing itself. That the general line of the event itself, kinda went like this. "What you say is factually correct. But politically incorrect." Add an extra zero please deputy. And keep up the propaganda of these figures please. Anything against this, is misinformation. Honestly Irving just an antagonist in all of this, and much more. I'll definitely be sharing this about with my friends, one of them we have touched upon Dresden bombing. On a slightly better note in all of this, I've come through Lent very well. Lent ends this Friday and I'll definitely be raising a pint to you and all your work. This can't have been easy or nice to research to say the least. See you next week, and I wish you well.
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  3126. TIK, dude, take as LONG as you need!! Enjoy the vacation! Love from Canada
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  3127. In regards to your comments about the StG 44, there were quite a few produced, about 425,000. Not an enormous number by WWII standards, but small arms weren't going to win the war anyway. For comparison, about 400,000 MG 42s were produced. Speaking of which, the MG 34 and MG 42 were superior to anything the allies had for infantry base of fire. The MG 42 derived MG 3 is still in service today.
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  3128. Happy Market Garden Anniversary. just had a trainingsflight near the landing zones :) great weather for a flight! Greetings from germany
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  3129. Fix bayonets! They don't like it up 'em
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  3130. It's been an excellent series, Tik! Very well done, indeed!
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  3131. I deeply enjoyed all the alternative terminology for discontinuation of biological processes.
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  3132. Keep up the great work TIK you’ve come along way from the old close combat videos lol
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  3133. "tank" in this video is obviously a code word for "the labor theory of value"
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  3134. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  That is a pro-Canadian statement.
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  3135. I don't necessarily agree with your politics or how much of it you put into your otherwise excellent videos, but you are clearly not a supporter of either extremist side of the political spectrum. anyone claiming the contrary is probably blinded by being himself on the other extreme. I do find that you are slightly more critical of the Germans. I think as a reaction to all the love they get from certain history fans.
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  3136. On 39:45 in Russia we have joke about General frost , heat Pasha , Colonel rasputitsa and major mouse
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  3137. I noticed that to, a good point. The Germans in the pocket mostly only had the mobility of walking.
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  3138. Thank you for your hard work putting these together.
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  3139. With that monocle you are more like Walther Model.
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  3140. "In the grim darkness of the post-truth age there is only screeching" I see what you did there. The Emperor protects.
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  3141. Love your videos Tik it's been so refreshing to finally find someone who speaks sense. I'm not an ancap but I linger somewhere between anarchism and nihilism. I used to be a socialist but Covid pushed me over the edge when "societal pressure" tried to force me to clap for the NHS, I have lots of experiences with the NHS and they're no heroes in my book, this was what got me thinking outside of the bubble I was in and I started to imagine what private health care would actually look like and how great systems like this could actually be if they were free from the government. Most likely no one will read this but I'm happy to help with the algorithm regardless
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  3142. >"I'm not a Nazi, Fascist, Communist, Totalitarian, etc..." But you are late :P
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  3143. You get standing ovation from me for this video, this was great stuff.
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  3144. I recently left a company which recently implemented a DEI committee. The CEO of the company said that the purpose of starting the committee was to encourage to "do the work" of "liberating their emotions, and I thought to myself, "Do the work...of liberating... does he not hear himself?" I have been wondering about the actual intention of the Notzees behind this meaning, so this video is quite timely. I wondered this because you could call work a way of expending energy now to make life easier later, but the intent of the NSDAP, and now the Woke with them, is clearly sinister.
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  3145.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for answering my comment TIK!
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  3146. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  3147. Of course TIK likes 40K, and of course he's a son of Dorn. In all seriousness, polite discourse shows something lasting and of real quality. It's hopefully the destiny of good media, like a good history book, a good history channel entertains, informs and is willing to discuss and interact with a few other sources and viewpoints.
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  3148. Who cares about things like battle tactics. Economics is where wars are won and lost.
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  3149. interesting I hadnt heard the bit about Freyberg being limited in his use of the intelligence at the battle of Crete, instead he was just blamed very harshly for ignoring the intelligence. Alot of things just arent as they seem once theyre looked at a little deeper
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  3150. I didn't know that Freyberg had his hands tied over Ultra in Crete. Good episode.
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  3151. This is better than many college history classes... Probably because it is history worth knowing, not gender fluid womens food studies for social justice in pre-history.
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  3152. "The goat story is true though. The person who told it was killed soon after telling it" sounds like one of those "I died in my own story" creepypastas
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  3153. Now I'm hungry
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  3154. Lol it’s amazing how irritation can spark innovation.
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  3155. i love your voice changing dynamically while you quote something or someone, not so many people can do that correctly and immersively
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  3156. How can you "debunk" an ideology? It's not science. It's mythology, belief and faith, just like religion. 😮
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  3157. I think one of the biggest issues people often have is they fail to understand what Nationalism even is. A Nation is an Identity, not lines on a map. It can mean almost anything under the sun when you break it down. Why do you think almost every Community thrives to make flags to represent themselves? Because they've created a Nation. They've not created the Nation State that they live under, they're often hostile toward the Nation State. But they've created their own nation within an already existing Larger Nation. The Nation State system has been confused with Nationalism, and many people actually think Nationalism is exclusively racist or Statist. Which isn't really true. A lot of Nations have no "State." But the Nation exist. Many Nations existed as slaves of other larger States, and throughout most of European history there were no Nation States, the Nation existed under the surface ruled by Monarchs and Lords who often had little in common with the people's they ruled. Why today is the era of the Nation State is because most of those Communities formed their own "States" often built around some kind of similar Identity, ie Nations, Nation States. But this happened after the fall of Monarchism, so their National Identity was the glue used and at times failed when forming their new "States" again hence Nation States. In this context, the Working Class is an Identity, it is a Nation. As TIK has explained many times, it actually makes Marxist Nationalist who mascaraed as Internationalist. Because Marxist don't understand what a Nation even is. You see this with a lot of Leftist today who are obsessed with Pride Flags, they literally created their own Nations, their own Identities, and proudly go around parading it in front of other people's faces. They're Nationalist even if they refuse to admit it. Nationalism in short is a very gray, murky word when you really break down what it means to be a "Nation." The American Nation for example wasn't built around Ethnic or Racial Lines. American Nationalism as little to do with Race, though some white supremacist, and black supremacist will argue otherwise from opposing camps. Nationalism doesn't = Racism in short, but Nationalism can equal Racism. Today many consider Nationalism and Racism to be the same thing which is just so blatantly wrong that it openly shows those who think that, literally fail to comprehend what a Nation even is.
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  3158. TIK, I'll have to say, your dedication to your work, in my opinion, is unmatchable as of yet. I hope the research for the following videos would be easier, and the Stalingrad video to do well. Excellent work.
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  3159. Unfortunately I think the critics will still say that you are biased and only look at the crimes of one side. Keep up the good work.
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  3160. "2% of the population grows 30% of the crops." -Thomas Woods
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  3161. "commieservatives"....I'm so stealing that one. What a delightfully insightful term of art!
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  3162. Was just getting into Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East II (4 hr run time) and feel it is a trade off between the convenience of watching episodes chronologically and having a marathon that allows for greater continuity. The Courland Pocket is a story worth telling, as much is made of the conquests of the Hitler's Germany, first in the West and then in the East, though not as much as when they were on the back foot and withdrawing back to Germany and pockets of resistance as you have outlined in this series.
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  3163. "El NO" you just made me spit my coffee hahaha
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  3164. Honestly these four videos seem really cool. I’ve been doing some research about this British privatisation that you teased about a while ago, but nothing came out of it. Can’t wait and thank you for your work !
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  3165. Good to see you qouting the great Thomas Sowell!
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  3166. What is even happening, does anyone, German or British even know what is going on? My head hurts just thinking about this mess. Amazing video thank you
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  3167. The peak of socialist stupidity: To have leaders like Stalin, Mao or Pol Pot, and to be angry when someone proves that Hitler was also a socialist. 😄
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  3168. You´re absolutely on point. Hitler promised the industrials a lot, who´s biggest fear were the takeover of communist forces in Germany, but once Hitler was in charge, he controlled the economy like otherwise only in socialist systems. In most cases he did not push the owners formally out of office, but his programs totally dominated the economy, those rich people were relegated to being spectators in their own companies. Greetings from Germany !
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  3169. Hey TIK. Heck of an opening scene in the Stalingrad series. 😁 "Oh Heck! I'm late for my boat to Stalingrad!" In Warhammer 40K, there is a character called Commissar Ciaphas Cain. He's a comedic joke thing within the Franchise and I've read nearly all of the books on him. All amusing. All entertaining. This scene remind me of something relative to him.
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  3170. Woho Battlestorm is back. Can´t wait for the continuation of the Battlestorm Western Desert series. Can we expect a closing second video of the Korsun pocket this year? If I am not totaly wrong you spoke about East African campaign a time ago, is it planned after the Gazala Battles(Although playing out before Gazala) or be a total different Battlestorm series? Great videos, many thanks!
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  3171. isn't it interesting that the most brilliant minds in history didn't come from academia and were even shunned by them. And oh how the left love to try to discredit the person instead of the message
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  3172. To be fair, Gustav Schwartzenegger did fight on the Eastern Front so it might have all been him.
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  3173. Thank you for this video TIK, I'm a NZer and loved your Crusader Battlestorm series, and your channel in general, especially the economic ones on oil, food and trains. My step-Grandpa fought at Monte Cassino and lost most of his hearing there. I have had the pleasure of visiting the location and seeing the defensive undulating terrain. Tough Old Gut is right. I really appreciate you putting the time in for this video. I've learned a lot that I didn't know about my own country's adventures in WW2, and am looking forward to your Crete Battlestorm. I hope you include Dual VC Charles Upham's exploits, running around Crete with an onion sack of grenades taking out MG nests with a Bren gunner for support. His book Mark of the Lion was a short and gripping read for me. I've heard that Crete delayed Operation Barberossa, and cost Germany precious weeks which would have come in handy in front of Moscow later in '41. I don't know how much of all that I believe but I would love to hear your take on it. Very much appreciate your sincere attempt at an unbiased view on these things. Excellent work here TIK.
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  3174. It is your channel, do what you ever want. You are doing great on all your topics, so please keep up that work.
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  3175. I'm really excited with your Interwar history project. I'm learning a lot form your interwar economics and politics videos such as MEFO bills video
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  3176. 18:48 people fail to understand that an entry level job is an ENTRY. LEVEL. JOB! You are meant to work on it for 6 months, maybe an year, then move UP, where you will earn more and leave that job position for the next generation that will do the same. However, people think just because cashier is a job, you should be able to sustain a whole family and retire as a cashier. So not only the minimum wage preventing creation of the new entry level jobs, there are a lot of people working on the same entry level for years, clogging the system and preventing the new generation from get the job positions those people should had move from years ago.
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  3177. I am kind of surprised that there is no comment about US Armored Division in WW2. Americans did the same thing by reforming their Armored Divisions from 1940 T/O&E, to 1942 T/O&E, then to 1943 T/O&E to finally reach the perfect tank/infantry/artillery 1:1:1 ratio. They also mobilized numbers of separate tank battalions to be attached to Infantry Divisions and abandoned the specialized, heavily tank concentrated Armored Corps idea.
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  3178. As a subscriber to your channel thru Patreon I for one do not need any updates. I vote for you to continue making great videos! Thank you for a great 2018!!
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  3179. Is it done yet? And the challange is accepted
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  3180. i used to be more of a social democrat but after watching you and learning more about how economics and free market work I totally changed my mind thanks for your great effort but honestly if some people are constantly trying to destroy your arguments by swearing and being sarcastic you can't do much best I would do when I face these people is to ignore them
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  3181. I love these kinds of videos where you answer questions from fans
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  3182. Hey TIK, I've watched alot of your videos and it's shocking to me the amount of detail you put in them. You've been an inspiration for me to look deeper into history beyond what the historians say. Thank you for your work.
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  3183. I cannot stop thinking Brits are mostly disarmed, completely vulnerable, and dependent on the government for their self-protection. That is one of the reasons I would never move to the UK.
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  3184. In fairness to them, to be demonstrably told that their most terrible bogeyman of the 20th century (apart from Mrs Thatcher of course) was actually a socialist, and all you have to do is exchange "class" for "race" and both ideologies are virtually inseparable, must be a very very bitter pill to have to swallow. Before TIKs video I had absolutely no idea this was the case, but once seen you can’t unsee it. It’s so obvious once you apply some critical thinking, Jews/Kulaks are both the objects of each regimes hate. TIK you’re doing a great job, keep it up.
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  3185. Hahah you're such an epic person.. your enthousiasm is awesome! Thanks for the vid :)
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  3186. Something to consider from Otto Dietrich himself apparently ignored or not noticed by Shirer and so many others, "Hitler never allowed financial considerations to affect his decisions. The industrial barons did not buy him and bend him to their will. Far from it. On the contrary, he slowly but surely imposed his will upon business. He fitted business into a planned economy and placed it under absolute government control which in the long run could only smother all economic initiative and which culminated in a total war economy." With regard to capitalism on the same page, Dietrich then wrote, "That in its course of evolution society had outgrown the traditional form of autonomous, private capitalism, and that reason demanded a new and more functional economic order, in other words, a planned economy.” This is from his book, "The Hitler I Knew." Not everything Dietrich says is wrong. This is right on target since it is so consistent with what is already known about National Socialism when the lens of political ideology is removed.
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  3187. OMG TIK - my already high respect for your professionalism and work ethic has gone up enormously! What a star! Thank you so much and I really hope you get support to make things easier. I shall keep watching your entire output. Take care Stephen
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  3188. A tad long, but deservedly so. Keep up the good work. Got 2 BS, and worked several real jobs, including as a UAW member and then survived a PhD in History with exactly your observations. I am starting to conclude that any BA excepting Philosophy has become simply indoctrination.
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  3189. The only reason Stalin aligned with Hitler at the time was they were both against capitalism.
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  3190. Marx: the captalism opress you so it's ok to kill, stole and rape the women and daghters of the ones who have more than you Eagles: come on dude we cant just write that way Marx: ok what about this: the proletarian will take the means of production and break any kind of possesion of the evil captalists, and that include the marriege and family possesion, every thing of them will be collectivized. Eagles: lmao perfect
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  3191. You put alot of work into your videos, it is noticed and much appreciated.
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  3192. Finally someone stating the obvious!
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  3193. I'm a socialist, and yeah, Nazis were socialist. Doesn't mean socialism is bad, just that bad people used socialist ideas.
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  3194. Okay hang on! Things I picked up on in this episode. 1: Hitler was in the Communist Army for a short time! 2: This representative party system of the Weimar illustrated, has given me a better understanding of how the system works for us the UK and others. My second thought on this and how the Weimar did it. Many of the Party names and groups, feel and look more like Union groups getting into the Parliamentary seats of something. (Can think of a better way to say it, but its; no this is not efficient is all I can say.) 3: I find the whole argument that National Socialism (Nazisim) is Right wing not Left. To be Extremely tiring and moronic to anyone who preaches it. 4: This subsidies policy the Weimar did reminds be a bit of Clarkson Farm and how Farmers are somewhat reliant on the subsidies to stay in business. There's more UK red tape and polices behind this hamstringing farmers. But I can't help but see some kinda link to all of this in your video. 5: This Corporate Germany does interesting a bit. Cause I am reminded of our of statues in the present. In all Western Countries with our Economic systems. 6: The whole putting down the violent revolution by the peaceful revolution, reminds me of Starship Troopers novel stuff about Force (Violence) = Will (Politics) of the one using it to push their will or agendas on others. Don't have it off the top of my head, but thought it was worth reminding and pointing out here. 7: I'm developing a bias against GPD figures for things when it comes to anything economical. So if someone comes in and try's to site GPD figures for something, my response is for them to leave the room at once. Since the maths can tell you one thing. But reality entirely another. 8: I think on the subject of Green in your video about the War Bonds. You could use some Star Trek stuff on the Rules of Acquisition and Firangi about how Greed is good not only for the Economy. But people. Because otherwise to cut things short. People would just starve cause they are not motivated to get food! I'm cutting my notes short here because I think I've put enough in here already for you TIK. Still got 11 minutes left of your video, but I hope some of these do amuse you. Looking forward to my economic lessons form you in the future, and to seeing more Stalingrad and everything else in WW2. A lot of Socialism can be traced back to the French Revolution. And much else can be traced back to events in WW2. "Learning from History is the first steps of wisdom" after all. A quote I saw in my history class while I was in school.
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  3195. Thanks TIK, great episode! Just goes to show how the whole Axis Southern front was in short supply of everything! Odd how the Italian units hadn't planned for any form of mobility. History books for decades said it was just overwhelming Soviet numbers in the south, but lack of all Axis supply was another factor, together with Axis high command blind to their weakness & growing Soviet strength.🙏🙏
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  3196.  @TheImperatorKnight  I was taught it at university and it was so mind numbingly boring I flunked it, more fool me. You had to take at least one historiography course. But history is taught in such non standard ways (at UK universities at least) that it honestly wouldn't surprise me if people at other unis graduated without even knowing what historiography is.
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  3197.  @Arkantos117  But in the case of the Nazi treatment of POWs, conquered peoples and Untermensch, then yes it is intentional.
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  3198. Interesting Theory, but it definitely raises a few questions. First of all if Hitler really wanted peace with Britain why would he bomb civilians? You could argue that the Battle of Britain was to Cripple their Air Force which could be a threat but I don't see why he would Target civilians if he wasn't trying to force Britain to accept a peace deal. Wouldn't the Lost airplanes and oil be of much better use against his real enemy, the Soviet Union? Also what would the point be in attacking British convoys with submarines if not to force them to surrender? Especially since it also escalated tensions with the USA which would also get in the way of invading the Soviet Union. Why bother using the resources and oil sinking Merchant ships if he wanted Britain to stay in the war? Also something that is unclear is if he wanted them to escape why would he send in the Air Force and submarines? You mentioned in the video that he might have wanted to Cripple the British but then why not send in the army? did he only want to partially attack them? Like the only thing that makes sense for your theory is that he didn't want to destroy the British, but he also didn't want them to escape, so he tried to do something in the middle? Like it sounds a little over complex especially when you could have just destroyed them, crippled the British even more, and just not accepted a peace offer, if he didn't want to be seen denying one he could also just demand unconditional surrender similar to The Americans and I doubt Britain would accept and even if it did unconditional surrender from Britain would be extremely beneficial so it's win-win. I'm not convinced.
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  3199. If you haven’t already read it then I highly recommend Death on the Don. Its a brilliant book about Germany’s allies on the eastern front (and most importantly at Stalingrad) Keep up the good work 👍
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  3200. I completely agree with you. As 52 year old who has been always interested in WW2 history, I do remember the headaches that were to be fighting against the conspiracy arguments of Irving. I thought that was over... It is sad still are persons over there making this absurd vicious circle, coming back to the point of blind ideology, when it was proved to be a lie. It is a real, very scary, pity that we can't move forward.
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  3201.  @TheImperatorKnight  totally understandable TIK, this is a huge and unprecedented amount of work, entire TV channels with huge teams & money never managed to even come close to your level of detail. Keep with this amazing work, you are a gem for humanity! I can't stop thinking the future generations that will watch this amazing documentaries
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  3202. CLOSE THE GATE!
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  3203. No problem brother, you deserve a break anyway.
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  3204. TIK, please keep the good work. Although you have shown your frustration (I hear you) with the "marxists/fascists" of our days, I want to encourage you to continue providing this invaluable information to all of us. I support you. Because of your work, I have been inspired to read many of the sources you diligently provide and share. As a result, I have a much clearer understanding of our current environment. Every one of your videos raises many new questions about the economy, the Central Banking System, WW2, and history in general, but you always manage to answer them in one way or other. I appreciate all of this and your valuable intellectual honesty to your viewers. Please keep the great work; it is remarkable the work you have done. Thank you TIK.
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  3205. And Mr. Youtubes gift: claiming a videos original guitar solo as copyright. Have a nice christmas, mr. Youtube. Never change.
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  3206. Those lands you are talking about were not Poland's. Poland took them from Belarus and Ukraine after WWI and the Russian civil war. And historically they pertained to the Slavic Eastern peoples, everybody knows that. The poles occupied those lands several times in history, even after the Tatar-Mongol invasion of the Rus of Kiev, but that does not make those lands polish.
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  3207. Congrats on being early and finding this comment 🎉
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  3208. Hubbard describes the meaning of the word "Scientology" as deriving from the Latin "scio", which he defines as "knowing in the truest sense of the word." 😉
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  3209. 22:40 was when all the pieces fell into place for me. Looking back to when I was at catholic school and religious I was quite confused. The amount of sense this made is incredible.
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  3210. I was in a leftist community a while back, and oh god do they all just spew lies about Vlasov. That man gets more hate than he deserves.
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  3211. In the socialist utopia where all your needs are taken care of, why do you need wages anyway?
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  3212. Thank you for giving them good information instead of just sending them blindly down the pipeline. I wish I had more teachers like you in that regard.
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  3213. Another well investigated, insightful and interesting episode. Thank-you.
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  3214. aw you changed my opinion for Manstein, glad the truth came out
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  3215. But we especially love the short videos!
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  3216. To steal a comment from the first vid on Pavlov's house: they should have sent Pavlov's dogs to take the house.
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  3217. I had seen the quote before how Hitler thought if Germany couldn't win the war it ought to not exist anymore, but that didn't explain why everyone else kept fighting. This makes so much more sense now. Thanks TIK.
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  3218. I have been thinking for a long while that fascism is strongly democratic and the logical conclusion of certain types of demacracy. I guess this will further my reasons to think so. Thanks as always TIK
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  3219. Sorry but I couldn't stop laughing when TIK said Rosa Luxemburg never had job. Fun fact, major of capital of Croatia Tomislav Tomasevic who is leftist also never had a job before.
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  3220. I'm always amazed that people can't just be wrong or misinformed they have to be lying shills! It's such a terrible attitude to go through life with.
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  3221. Basicaly 1 to 1 with bolshevik propoganda but with "kulak" changed to "jew".
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  3222.  @TheImperatorKnight  Presentation is fantastic, with the graphics you almost don't need to do a future (full) repeat video. Also a shame that youtube policy supports history deniers.
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  3223. Tik's voluminous and thorough work is a gift to historians everywhere. But is this really the case? Yes, yes it is! Seriously, another brilliant and to the point work challenging the conventional narrative. A few things come to mind immediately. As a complete amateur, a consumer of historical thought but not a producer, your work is more about simply opening my mind to alternatives. As such, the exact motives of various authors who clearly got things wrong is less important to me than it is to you. It's hard for me to cast aside Shirer, because like you it was my first read on WWII. But it's clearly very flawed, and I can't thank you enough for pointing out his flaws. But what is the bias that makes his work flawed? Again, I have less reason to care than you do. But in this I think you pinned it down well - he praised Haider. The real genesis of all the flawed analysis in the West really seems to be Haider more than anything. He's certain the origin of the Madman nonsense that you so rightly mock. It may be worth time for you to examine Haider's influence and that alone. Again, as a reader and not a writer on this topic I'm more interested in new perspectives and anything that can be called objective truth. But the poison of Haider runs very, very deep in conventional understanding of WWII.
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  3224. I just went through a US history course and the professor said that history is not set. Not that there are different views on events but that history itself can change. I'm glad that there are channels like yours where I can learn about what really happened with a search for truth rather than the pushing of an agenda.
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  3225. I'm glad the Soviet Archives are now open, since seeing it from both sides is always a better method. David Glantz is definitely a must-read for anything Soviet. He was an expert before the archives opened up, and now he's writing the first, and definitive, works. What??? DuoLingo isn't good enough for your German/Russian? ;)
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  3226. No, because when you look at Korea or Vietnam you see years of half hearted but casualty causing fighting while peace talks drag on for years. Unconditional surrender is the way to end a war in a way that it stays ended.
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  3227. This is one of the most wholesome and most important videos you've ever made.
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  3228. That sucks. It was very informative and showed how terrible the Nazi occupation was for Greece. :(
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  3229. Hitler glossed over that little fact in "Mein Kampf."
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  3230.  @TheImperatorKnight  I see. Yeah, it wasn't until I got my first big pay check that I started looking into politics a little. Tax rates here in Norway are quite high, so it did hurt a little to see my check getting a big piece cut off. It made me understand why people would rather pay minimal amounts towards taxes, if any at all. In any case, all it took for me to stay clear of the left was to simply compare far-left ideologies in the past with the present. It was crazy back then, and it doesn't look much better now either. History repeats itself. "I want to see the rich being able to take care of themselves. If they can't, then who can?" -Thomas Sowell
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  3231. Links to pictures of some of the german generals,oberst and unit symbols 376th infantry division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/376th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht) https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-376th-Infantry-Division 297th infantry division https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-297th-Infantry-Division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/297th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht) 295th infantry division https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-295th-Infantry-Division https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Insignia_of_the_Wehrmacht#/media/File:295th_Infanterie_Division_Logo.svg 371st infantry division https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-371st-Infantry-Division https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Insignia_of_the_Wehrmacht#/media/File:371st_Infanterie_Division_Logo_1.svg 384th infantry division https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-384th-Infantry-Division https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Insignia_of_the_Wehrmacht#/media/File:384th_Infanterie_Division_Logo_1.svg 305th infantry division https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Insignia_of_the_Wehrmacht#/media/File:305th_Infantry_Division_Logo_2.svg https://stalingrad.net/german-hq/generals-and-divisions/305_inf.htm https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-305th-Infantry-Division https://www.amazon.com/Into-Oblivion-Kharkov-Stalingrad-Pionier-Bataillon/dp/0992274907 (The unit symbol is in the cover of the book) German generals Hans Heinrich sixt von armin https://www.pinterest.co.kr/pin/778770960541122449/?autologin=true&nic_v1=1a1vZDz%2FVrGo9PT2yenRaw1e2WeToCsWfans3C9rCUIgKZr2e%2Fk%2FwnvVp%2BGh8oMO37 http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/07/sixt-von-armin-hans-heinrich.html otto kohlermann http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/07/kohlermann-otto-1702189627021984.html max pfeffer http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/05/pfeffer-max-heinrich-wilhelm.html https://ww2gravestone.com/people/pfeffer-max-born/ Richard stempel https://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=stempel Richard graf von schwerin http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=schwerin https://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=23159 Other german officers oberst aulock 226 I.R http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=aulock Oberst max ulich http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=ulich Oberst otto korfes 518 I.R http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=+korfes Oberst drebber 523rd I.R http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=drebber Rudolf Sieckenius 2nd panzer regiment http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=Sieckenius Czimatis http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/07/czimatis-albrecht-adolf-heinrich-peter.html Willy langkiet 36th panzer regiment http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=langkeit Martin lattmann 16th panzer artillary regiment http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2014/02/lattmann-martin-1002189611081976.html Oberst lengerke https://ww2gravestone.com/people/lengerke-wilhelm-von/ http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=lengerke oberst riebel http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=riebel Gustav adolf nostits wallwitz http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/11/nostitz-wallwitz-gustav-adolf-von.html Bruno chrobeck 672nd I.R regiment http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/09/chrobeck-bruno-0910189510121942.html walter denkert http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=denkert Hellmuth Mader 522nd I.R. http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/08/mader-hellmuth-0507190812051984.html Apparently the corps have unit symbols https://stalingrad.net/german-hq/generals-and-divisions/armeekorps_commanders.htm 2
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  3232. Glad to see you back for more Stalingrad!
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  3233. Even when I was a dumb teen I never understood censorship, bringing these ideas and topics out in the light of day is the best way to not only understand how other people come to think certain ways, but it helps show how silly some beliefs really are at their core. Also censorship encourages that innate desire to do what one is told not to do which can cause people to get sucked into crazy ideas they might not normally do as thats all the more enticing with that veil of forbidden mystique.
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  3234. "Quick math" - unsub. It's "maths"
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  3235. Thank you. This is one of the better, perhaps one of the best videos I have seen on the bombing of Dresden. Thank you for your great effort.
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  3236. Cant wait to watch the video, great content TIK! Im super excited to hear more about the hyperinflation during the Weimar Period.
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  3237. Ya, well done. Makes sense about the breakdown of their infrastructure and why the regime would blame the "coal thief" as a way of deflecting blame for the break down. Also explains the extreme reliance on horses as a mode of transportation which in itself creates it's own logistical challenges. And remind everyone that the US created over 800k 2.5 ton trucks(the famous deuce and a half's) for the war effort.
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  3238. I am reminded of a quote I encountered within the last year. It went something like: You cannot use reason to get somebody to abandon a position they did not use reason to adopt. Many on the Left will steadfastly refuse to consider or voice a doubt about their own ideology because that would mean excommunication. Their friends will reject them as heretics. I have the luxury of saying I hold NO opinion simply because it is required of me to be part of an "in crowd".
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  3239. Laughed when you mentioned the game that was just like work. I have friends who are always trying to get me to join their multi-player games. I look into it and invariably the games are always economic resource management type games. Which happens to be exactly what I do all day long. How is that fun or relaxing?
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  3240. The whole "Heroic ideal." That was a big thing with Nietzsche. To him acting with heroism was always preferable to acting with reason. ..However Nietzsche somehow gets a pass for his huge contribution to Nazi ideology. I don't understand why, but he does.
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  3241. Excellent. This is the kind of content I come to this channel for again & again.
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  3242. We love polish people. They are hardworking, Christians, and fully integrated.
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  3243. Thanks for doing this. I'm American, but share you're sorrow. As well I share your frustration and lack of representation, to the point you're not only ignored, but you're undermined day after day year after year. All I can advise is to be smart and don't get yourself imprisoned. They did the same thing here when normal people voiced their dissent - even once. Biggest operation our federal police have ever done, tracking down grannies and disaffected with facial recognition and heavy punishment. I'm not saying to comply, just be smart.
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  3244. Honestly it was 'less' deniable from the beginning. Even when I was a Fascist it was pretty blatantly obvious the Nazis and Fascist are Socialist. Literally just have to look at what they did, and even read their own literature on what they believed and it's pretty undeniable already. There are reasons Nazis and Fascist even in the 21st Century still consider themselves Socialist. It isn't because they're lying. TIK is pretty accurate in his assessments as a result, and most arguments often used to prove they're not Socialist normally only succeed at proving they're not "Marxist" which is a no brainer, no Nazi would disagree, no Fascist would disagree. But when it comes to proving they're not Socialist normally the evidence used is sketchy at best. Often requiring a historian to do a great job describing "Red" but then calling it "Blue." People ignore the description and just accept the conclusion that it's "Blue." Because comprehension is a hard skill I guess.
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  3245. Congratulations ... You have perfected the pronunciation of Croatian words ... it's nice to see how much effort you put into such small finesse
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  3246. Hence why they couldn’t retreat. They were essentially demobilized and had relied on horses but with the horses went far into the rear the Soviets struck at the perfect time. German army in Stalingrad would’ve needed days just to regroup, reorganize, pull out of the city, and gather the little fuel they had to form a armored spearhead for the break through. The same time happened to the German Army to the SE of Berlin during the fall of Berlin. Gather what’s left of your heavy weaponry and the fuel to power them and use it to breakthrough Soviet lines and them abandon them once out of fuel and hopefully open a gap for your men to get through while your rear guard sacrifices themselves to stall the Soviets long enough before the breakdown is closed.
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  3247. And the socialist and Marxist I speak to swear up and down that Hitler wasn't a socialist.
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  3248. You are best identified as a Libertarian. Believe it or not, Brazil boasts a significant "Ancap" community, which, in turn, is highly diverse in terms of ideas. Consequently, to encompass this diversity, we commonly refer to ourselves as Libertarians. Overall you're in the right direction reading Mises, Rothbard and Hayek. To answer your question: If there's a market for a State, can we deny the market? No, individuals should have the freedom to choose which state they want to be a part of, without being automatically bound by birthright. Currently, this contractual obligation exists, but it should be abolished. States would operate in a decentralized manner, competing like enterprises to attract immigrants by offering higher standards of living. Essentially, envision a large condominium with its own laws, police force, education and welfare system. A common misconception is that we are against the existence of the state altogether. In reality, we are opposed to the state's monopoly. Consider the inability to choose whether or not to pay taxes—failure to comply would result in imprisonment. This represents a monopolistic control. Envisioning how an ancapistan would function can be challenging. However, I believe it would involve microstates the size of cities, where companies would operate freely, providing employment opportunities and services to these cities, nothing like we don't see it today, because capitalism just works.
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  3249. I'm a new sub of yours, so I just wanna tell you that I like your videos and I suggest you not to be discouraged because of what happened right here. I'm kind of amazed to see how much hate you got from this video. Try to interact less with hateful comments. Keep up the good work.
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  3250. Words cannot describe the feeling i had when i saw this video in my notifications. Great job mate :)
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  3251. This video went live literally as my tea finished brewing!
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  3252. Thanks Tik. Good way to spend a rainy Monday. Finally finished "Taste of War" by Lizzie Collingham. It was pretty good.
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  3253. I hadn’t heard before that german pilots didn’t use parachutes at Stalingrad. Is that real or Soviet propaganda?
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  3254. Every time I see this notification. I drop everything and watch
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  3255. Anti-Tik group: because you’re wrong Yet another good video. How are you today Tik?
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  3256. Almost first
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  3257. I'm ashamed by how loud I chuckled at the "roaring 20s" joke
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  3258. Imagine partying so hard in celebration of the Cheka that you nearly die. What a hardcore Soviet.
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  3259. I know next to nothing about this Battle. Really appreciate you covering it TIK!
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  3260. I have had this issue most of my life. It is always disheartening to just have to 'agree' to get something done, when something is wrong. Our entire educational system is not to produce thinkers, it is to punish thinkers and instill compliance.
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  3261. The most terrifying words in the English language: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
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  3262.  @calumdeighton  You've got no idea about how bad this problem is. They try to argue that it is meant to be an intervention strategy in order to prevent people from falling into extremist ideologies. Problem is, this time (the second time, first at this specific College). Of course, I was criticizing Marx when I said that which must mean I'm a "Nazi" and there were people proudly showing off their far left political compass results whilst I'm pretty centrist. Some other people have mentioned about reading Das Kapitol and they got off freely. The first time, back in secondary school I had wrote a political manifesto and the police got involved because I made the remark that multiculturalism leads to conflict and used examples of this. And hey, I'm not even at Uni' yet which is where the real fun begins...
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  3263. “Marx was a Jew, therefore he can not be anti Semitic.” Looks at all of the white people who hate white people for being white people: Ya... I ain’t buying that logic.
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  3264. TIK: "Animals do not think longterm." > a squirrel was offended at that 🤣🤣 I just had to write that, you are right thou. There is more to it.
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  3265. Tik youre based AF
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  3266. "Tik has let the side down" Hermann Hoth
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  3267. Finaly the part 2, I'm glad: some other history youtubers I love have sometimes this tendency of lacking rigor in the following of their series and some "ep1" remain orphans. In France, the schism happened at the Congress of Tours in 1920 and unlike what most believed, the majority of the Rad Socs deserted and join the new communist international: the Rad soc as a party of war lost the preference of the low-income peoples and the anarchists were dead or in jail, nature hates emptiness. I complete agree with what you say about leftists rethoric: if you are not with them you are a fachist, I have the same problem, for my university's friends, I'm a rightist nearly a nazi, for my more...concervative friends, I an awful leftist nearly a communist, there is nothing mature to get from politic partisans.
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  3268. Oh my god there are sooo many gems in that debunk. Thank you for sharing.
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  3269. Just remember, real socialism has never been tried before. Not ever. It'll totally work though.
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  3270. First: Who woulda thunk the Brit Paras' radios didnt work right? lol -- Second: What a riveting tale! Entertaining, informative, thrilling, and a darn good watch. Thank you TIK, superb job.
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  3271. Another excellent piece of historical analysis. Well done. I for one can’t wait for the future Battlestorm vids. Bravo Tik. Thanks.
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  3272. Cant stress how correct you are regarding the Low Carb diet. I eat like that since years, try to avoid sugar or useless carbs completely. Besides the healthy effect, Diabetes is already a new plague to mankind, it clears your mind. No cravings for sugar, you only eat when you have to, when you are really hungry. So, you have more time to be productive, instead of thinking where to get your next sugar intake.
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  3273. Two of my favorite creators in one place. There's some history happening here lads!
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  3274. Youtube notified me for once. Looks like this episode of "The slow demise of the Sixth Army" has come out well too.
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  3275. TIK,Another wonderful video. The only comment I would like to add is in further defence of Paulus. Breakout operations need to be managed by a higher headquarters. The troops who are receiving the encricled forces need to know the plan. Everything from when the encircled forces are arriving, radio frequencies, codes, fire support, etc. All of this is required to prevent blue on blue. Furthermore, ideally a breakout is timed with a relief operation to minimize the distance required to be travelled by the troops breaking out. All of which dictates that a commander superior to the encircled command takes charge to coordinate.This did not happen and it was not Paulus's fault. Looking forward to hearing from you if you believe that a breakout was even possible.Ray
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  3276. To truly understand this connection one has to identify Hitlers ideas gotten from Hegel , Kant, Rosseau , and Plato.
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  3277.  @Malinb0ratt  Hans Dollinger is his book - "The Decline And Fall Of Nazi Germany And Imperial Japan" 1965 - Details the deaths of German generals - KIA 287, Suicide 108, Executed by Germany 25, Executed by Allies 57, Accidental death while on duty 49, Natural Causes 310, Missing Presumed Dead 65. Total 901 of 3363 German generals.
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  3278. Hopefully the computer will be able to calculate the Ossipov-Lanchester equations.
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  3279. Back to the desert! Rommel created a paralyzing psychological mess in the British army command with his infernal Afrika Korps. Good drop, TIK!
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  3280. By that time we may actually have hyperinflation for ourselves!
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  3281. As a Yank and a veteran of 30 years service in the Army, I can safely say; "Do not underestimate the clash of personalties at the senior field grade and general officer levels." I saw and experienced this in Iraq. But in this case, when you compare Devers resume with Eisenhower you can see how Devers is an actual hands on leader while Eisenhower is a product of the system. Devers was not afraid posed a threat to Eisenhower and apparently had Marshalls backing when it came to issues. Remember it was Roosevelt who selected Eisenhowe not Marshall.
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  3282. Really like this video, explain the complex nature major operations, and how human relationships shape those operations. In my experience in the Army, those relationships matter, and seen how both good, normal, and even bad officers career are made or hampered just because of relationships with commanders or command cliques within the organization.
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  3283. I think an important factor not covered in the video is the terrain that Devers wanted to attack into. The Kaiserstuhl hills would have been a major strategic impediment, making the proposed attack and push to outflank the German 5th or 19th armies incredibly difficult. If Devers attack had gone ahead, it is very likely it would have quickly ended up in a very difficult position, trying to force a way through well defended terrain that gave the defenders a significant tactical advantage. Units would have had to have been pulled from other areas of the line to reinforce Devers. I think the German response would have been to put enough troops into the favourable terrain to stall and hold Devers advance, but no necessarily try to push the Allies back across the Rhine. Holding the large numbers of troops the Allies would need between the Kaiserstuhl hills and the Rhine would probably have been viewed as sufficient. Ultimately I think Eisenhower was right to stop Devers' attack over the Rhine, and I think he was also right that as a commander Devers had a habit of being rash, over promising and under delivering. As for the argument that the orders weren't clear, I can see both pros and cons. That Eisenhower's weren't perfectly clear is true, they could have given more detailed instructions for Devers including the conditions under which a crossing of the Rhine should be attempted, and other stipulations. Equally, I think it is reasonable for Eisenhower to expect that a 4 star general of Devers experience to have enough strategic foresight to realise that crossing the Rhine into Baden-Wurttemberg in late 1944 was not a reasonable or practical option given the situation at the time. I think that if Eisenhower had given detailed conditions for Devers to attempt to cross the Rhine, he would have been accused of micromanaging his army group commanders, and arguably justifiably so. It is interesting that Eisenhower was not aware of Devers plans to cross the Rhine until the meeting at Devers HQ, which makes me think that members of Eisenhower's staff might have been trying to keep Devers' somewhat questionable plan from happening, or to avoid a confrontation between Devers and Eisenhower. I think overall, while both Eisenhower and Devers have made mistakes in this situation, Devers plan was deeply flawed and as a 4 star general, he should have seen those flaws and either made modifications to remove them if possible, or if not, accepted that he wouldn't be able to cross the Rhine in late 1944 as to do so would harm the overall Allied effort to defeat Germany. Devers openly criticising Eisenhower in his HQ after being ordered not to cross the Rhine strikes me as deeply unprofessional in light of the situation. It serves no purpose other than to soothe his bruised ego, and undermines the troops confidence in the entire command structure. Edits for grammar and clarity.
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  3284. Just found your channel , must say every episode I've watched so far are top draw packed full of detail and presented flawlessly, your Battlestorm Stalingrad series has to be the best on this subject around.
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  3285. Tik doesnt it feel weird talking about some casualties just like normal numbers, but I guess that when talking about the Eastern Front you must get used to it.
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  3286. Please can you do more reviews of books that makes a no sense argument. Seeing you frustrated is so entertaining
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  3287. It's a classic internet arguer to never read their sources and ignore anything that goes against their narrative. Every single person that I've had an argument with online does this. Refute your claim without providing any evidence or data. I refute the claims using evidence or data. They ignore the evidence and accuse me of some other issue. I refute that issue with evidence or data. And it keeps going on until they stop responding.
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  3288. The Nazis fell for the classic trap of not asking 'But is this really the case?'.
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  3289. 21:57 SPLIT MY GRAD IN TWO PIECES THIS IS MY LAST RESORT
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  3290. I come back to this every so often just to refresh. This video is so good
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  3291. Wow, can't wait to see this, you can be sure that I'll watch EVERY SINGLE minute of this video! And the PDF script was a cherry on top of the cake! Just keep calm and don't sTIK to Tanks! ;)
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  3292. You seem familiar with the Mises Institute, so I'd call your attention to the fact that the people in that general "ecosystem" have sorta been coming around to acknowledge, in the past decade or so, the vital importance of topics like culture and religion when discussing politics and economics (Michael Rectenwald is a good example). What I recall from the 2000s was a lot more "pure NAP libertarianism" stuff. In a nutshell, the discussions have been moving in the direction of: a high culture (high trust, individual responsibility, industriousness, high savings rate, etc.) is not simply downstream of political & economic liberty, but also a requirement for said liberty. A lot of writers throughout the ages have pointed out that a dissolute population is incapable of handling liberty, as we can see even today. So it's something of a chicken-and-egg problem.
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  3293. This will be the first economic series of TIK. Now those "stick to tank" guys don't know what to say anymore!
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  3294. Government and banks are always at fault...the consumer always pays the price
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  3295. Epic intro, 10/10
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  3296. 14:07 Laughed hysterically, your sense of humour mixed with the ridiculous reading makes for very entertaining content.
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  3297. Stalins trick has been found out! He gave them L shaped toast so that the Germans would lose their jam, and their calories to the GROUND after recovering soviet products!
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  3298. Schacht: "No central bank is capable of maintaining the currency against an inflationist spending policy on the part of the state." Jerome Powell and Joe Biden: Uncomfortable glances.
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  3299. Yay my evening is looking up :) Hope you get better soon!
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  3300. Usually that isn't a good thing haha.
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  3301. I think you need to clarify that "corporation" is a not a free-market capitalist entity because I think viewers will get confused when you say corporations in nazi germany were nationalized and part of a socialist system. Corporations in America are viewed often as the pinnacle of the free-market system and demonized by those who hate capitalism because of their "facist" tendencies of quelling competition and shielding the owner/share holders from consequences which in turn inevitably hurts the public.
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  3302. I mean come on, this isn't even a fair comparison. Manstein clearly had magical training.
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  3303. Clearly manstein wins
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  3304. I love these topics. Very in-depth and thought-provoking. Thank you.
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  3305.  @Hilaire_Balrog  Same here. In high school I gave lectures to mates on WW2 history. Teacher didn't know shit.
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  3306. great video as usual. as a swede myself i found this very educating. i think alot of (most?) swedes are overly ashamed of swedish ww2 concessions towards the germans, thinking it was because of oppurtunitism and unwillingness to fight, rather than a finely tuned plitical balance act to keep us (and finland) from being invaded or descending into economic collapse and starvation...
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  3307. This made me question if education overall will be beneficial while taking the repercussions into consideration. Not to mention the current political climate we're saddled with; it's no surprise universities and colleges are mostly seen as a laughingstock.
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  3308. I think it also has to do with Youtube over reliance on automated bots that flag and strike videos based on things it hears during the video. A good example is another history youtube channel, World War 2 by the time ghost guys, their videos on the War against Humanity series deal with war crimes and the holocaust during WW2 and are constantly demonetized, flagged as inappropriate for minors and sometimes struck down
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  3309. I couldn't agree with you more, history needs revisionism. ( I prefer to call it investigation) I'm 58 years old and because of historians like yourself Parshall, Tully, Citino, Glanz, Hata, etc I've learned more history in the last 10 years than I had in the previous 48 years. I believe that the first duty of a historian is to get it right regardless of how many attempts it may take. A good historian is akin to a good detective, willing to fully investigate all material and all the sources available, and to avoid producing a biased or false interpretation of events. At this you and your so called "revisionist" colleagues excel, and I enjoy the different (and correct) interpretations a new generation of historians have provided me.That being said, I have just one problem with revisionism, this being when a historian attempts to interpret history by interjecting contemporary, values, morals, ethics, or attitudes onto past events. I believe that history was made in the then and there, not the here and now, and by judging it based on contemporary standards, a false narrative is often rendered. The reason I enjoy your work is that due to your in depth research you seem to " get into the head" of your subjects, always avoiding judging and interpreting them by modern standards, or by the established (and often false) narrative. Keep up the good work. I thoroughly enjoy your videos, and like potato chips ( crisps) as soon as you turn out one I want another......Thanks Much!!
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  3310. Truth be told, between the thumbnail, the piano music, pop-up bubbles, battalion-level details, animations..etc, this might be one of the highest-quality episodes so far :D
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  3311. Hey TIK, Just wanted to say I really enjoy your content and I'm starting to look more into your books you recommend and the ideas you say. I appreciate your hard work in sourcing and telling it as it is, thanks for everything! Your friend - E.
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  3312. Yep. People who fail to keep it brief usually are trying to obfuscate. By way of contrast, see how von Mises or Sowell put their points across. It's as if they're being charged by the word
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  3313. An absolutely wonderful presentation. This, combined with your recent Market Garden and 'Bulge' episodes has given me my first really concise understanding of the dynamics at play post D day. Thank you.
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  3314. Hey TIK. I'm super glad you are back, you content is both entertaining and informative. I also hope you had a great break! Well deserved.
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  3315. I thought I heard you say "like I, I have not had a vacation ", TIK, this needs to change, you need a vacation, even a short 4 day one, once in while, you are a valuable resource that we need to keep around, I don't want to see you get burned out and disappear.
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  3316. Genuinely facepalmed when they said Hitler was a a free market capitalist, have they not heard of autarky fml
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  3317.  @personaa422  not at all. On the contrary. Rofl. I am just sick of this back and forth when its all there in black and white. Lol. It is really interesting. It is you lot who are spamming your feelings in desperation. I will mute now. I didnt get the notification at first. Now i have i can mute. Thanks :). Edit: i know it is difficult for you to accept. However your born again fascism will fail in europe as it did before. Watch and see. Rofl. Silly marxists. Smh.
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  3318. One thing I'm finding in this video annoying is they can't say your name right. It's TIK, not Tilk or Teal'c.
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  3319. Yes aggressive Poland running into Russian fist.
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  3320. I don't think I've ever been so excited for a YouTube video.
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  3321. How about this: the New Zealanders fighting like lions won the battle.
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  3322. Hey Tik. Want to wish you a Merry Christmas. Your video last week was interesting. Basically, your argument boiled down to the Weimar Republic having poor economic policies, not having a clear way out of them, allowing for Hitler for come in with his promises for a better Germany. I’ve had a lot of mind so I may have mixed it up, but was that the argument in a nutshell?
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  3323. You and I have very different ideas of what taking a break means. I had assumed we wouldn't be seeing Tik for a month or two (and fair dues, that would have been reasonable given how much this series must cost in time and effort). Been pretty active for someone taking a break.
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  3324.  @TheImperatorKnight  Tell Gigz that the Gazala video was absolutely wonderful. I can't wait. Cheers
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  3325. Last time I was this early Stalingrad was barely mentioned in the fall blau planing
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  3326. Hey TIK, it would be interesting to get your view on whether the 1918-19 Polish–Ukrainian War and the 1919-20 Polish–Soviet War was a factor in inter-war German-Soviet relations, given that the Soviets ended up giving Poland territorial concessions which may have created some bitterness
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  3327. It was supposed to be a history lesson... but ended up being one of the best explanations of economics, and a condemnation of bloated government programs, that has ever been created.
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  3328. It's funny because he people gets called a commie by nazis, and a nazi by commies
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  3329. No, that's not cringe, that's just being accurate. Cringe is people who try to deny it.
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  3330. I really can recommend "Death of the Wehrmacht". Good mix between details and narrative. And yes, about the books. I think i bought by now 4-6 books I found in your videos. Last ones were Goetz Aly "Hitlers Volksstaat" and Alfred C. Mierzejewski "The Most Valuable Asset of the Reich: A History of the German National Railway, Volume 2, 1933-1945" The first gives a good inside how the Nazi financ their war, the second because I work for German Railways.
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  3331. I'm unsure why this would get people mad. I mean, unless they're totally newcomers to your channel & adamant in their beliefs, there's no reason not to believe things here. It's documented, and most of all, contextualized. We know today 6th Army was doomed, but as you've shown it, Paulus had ALL reasons to believe it was going to be okay. A thing most people forget when reviewing decisions of various people in History. Great job as usual, can't wait to see part 2!
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  3332. Hey TIK I just wanted to stop by and say I love your vids. I am writing a research paper for high school on the battle of Stalingrad and your videos help introduce me to the topic. Thank you for telling us about the books you use for your research so I can check them out. Keep up the good work!
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  3333. I wish you were my history teacher
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  3334. I've heard the Trotsky claims quoted often, particularly by James Corbett. However, Wikipedia's article on Trotsky at my last reading does not allow for this timeline which I find curious.
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  3335. "The Northern pincer doesn't pince" Haha love it :-) Great stuff TIK!
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  3336. I read the book by Taylor in 2008. It's excellent. I'd previously believed the lies of Irving, with the crazily inflated death toll even being repeated by Max Hastings in Bomber Command that I'd previously read. My daughter's great-grandmother fled Silesia through Dresden about a week before, so I was very interested in the subject.
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  3337. Wow! You did such a good job describing events, and these are some chaotic, crazy events! Definitely correct on the infantry/artillery/antitank composition being able to hold its own against panzers. And the capture of Cruwell's command right after he captured 4th Armor's is just hilarious. You pick great battles/campaigns to describe. Can't wait for next week! :D
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  3338. "They Pretend they are paying us and we pretend we are working" That is the best quote I've ever read summing up Communism! It's brilliant, thanks TIK for sharing that!
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  3339. TIK, throughout history every teacher has had more capable and less capable students and had to decide to teach to the top, which would leave the lass capable behind, or teach to the bottom to bring them up, which bores the top students and they miss out, or teach to the middle and risk both ends. Every teacher has to decide for themselves what they think will be most effective, and no answer is fully correct. You are either doing these videos to advance the knowledge of those who want the education, or you are ignoring that audience and placating your detractors. I ask you to teach us who are open to learning, and be patient that your detractors will find wisdom and come back later with an open mind.
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  3340. Beaming good wishes to you. May all go well this week. 🐻
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  3341. At the beginning of the video. I have to tell you how humble you are, always owning up to your mistakes, acknowledging other people's points of view, even when they are wrong. Much love, need more people like you in this world
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  3342. Who wouldn't have shat their pants seeing what happened to those to their left and right? Bad got worse, then getting buried alive etc
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  3343. TIK For the Gambara question... Some italian books (and discussion from serious internet forums ) state on the matter that Gambara received the orders late (at least for the last battle), the comunications of the Axis forces at this point were a mess and he received many conflicting orders before moving. Other books state that he did not move simply because he did not wanted to execute Rommel's orders, between them since the beginning there was a lot of animosity. Both of them did not wanted to hear each other orders and even opinions. For exemple before Crusader Gambara told the germans that the english were preparing to attack and the Ariete was ready, Rommel didn't believe this even after the attack begun (TIK has covered this perfectly). The truth is probably in the middle.
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  3344. Another great (and perhaps a little timely) video from Tik. The strength of any society or civilisation should be judged on how it treats the most vulnerable of its own.
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  3345. The gruff voice you use for Hitler is so fitting, sounds a lot like Hitler speech voice.
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  3346. Looking forward to Courland! Absolutely take your time. I'm a patreon just keep doing your synthezing...saves me a lot of time and I trust your attitude.
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  3347. Good to hear from you TIK. I may have guided someone I met over the weekend to your channel, hopefully you get a new subscriber. :)
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  3348. Of course! Why would the state teach something that would scrutinize and jeopardize its authority? Lol.
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  3349. Take this, replace “state” with Big Tech and you have what is going on in the states with Google, Facebook, Apple, Twitter and Amazon. Prove me wrong.
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  3350. This has really challenged me. I've been listening for a long time, but this is definitely a rewind. So much to unpack. Love it. I have an uneducated question. I always thought that Capitalism was a prejoritve for the Free Market? Where did I learn this from I wonder? Those Jew hating snake oil salesmen have always given me pause since I was a child. My family is now falling for superstitious nonsense, everything is some insane babble about end times and conspiracy theories. Democracy seems like a bad idea but people keep saying it as if it's the water of life. The whiskey is getting to me now but let me tell you, this is one of the most thought provoking vids I've encountered. I'm just a white trash yankee from Massachusetts ❤
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  3351. @TIK... I was very impressed (as usual) with the work you put into this great q&a video. Much respect, sir!
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  3352. "With the benefit of hindsight ..." Following this line of logic, I wonder how much the experience at Stalingrad influenced those at Falaise pocket which was an unorganized retreat, with most escaping the near encirclement without the heavy equipment.
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  3353. Ah man, I got into a TIK video!
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  3354.  @TheImperatorKnight  But even then your taxes would still be used to prevent them from starving.
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  3355. TIK’s smirky smile at the end tho’. Part two is gonna be gud.
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  3356. Wow! - this is borderline ground breaking. I had no idea - talk about destroying the myth of German staff officer excellence.First Manstein and now the actual main planning body (Halder looks more muppet like after each video). Obviously so much more information has come to light since the end of the iron curtain, everything I read 20+ years ago is out of date. Those Wehrmacht officers got away with making it up to cover their reputations for so long...........
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  3357. I never got into Stalingrad too much.. so this series is very interesting! Keep up the good work =)
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  3358. At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if the combined documentary for the beginning to the surrender takes a full week or more
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  3359. TIK just can't resist it, can he? Give him only a quarter of an opportunity and he grabs it with both hands to bash Halder. 😂
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  3360. Another important and interesting presentation, support 'its not just about tanks'!
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  3361. That build-up of suspense, I can't stand it, I'm going to go crazy!
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  3362. Hey TIK. Great call out on Mises work and praxeology. Really good insert there.
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  3363. This is exactly why banning books that reveal the perspective of these people is counterproductive.
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  3364. I'm sure being massively outnumbered and outproduced had nothing to do with it.
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  3365. I appreciate all the videos you do. Stumbling across your channel was great for the history/political theory nerd in me. I am a supporter and follower for life. Take what time and schedule you need to keep yourself sane and the channel running and growing. I learn something new with each video. Last week’s Stalingrad video cleared up and explained what really happened better than any book or history class ever has. Thank you for all you do and all information you put out
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  3366. It seems to have been a good idea at the time to split the Soviet forces north of Stalingrad from the city. It is a time tested strategy to get between them and what they want to defend. I am reminded of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia marching around furiously, getting between the Union Army and a spot they needed to hold onto. This put him on ground of his choosing and the enemy had to react to him instead of vice versa, further, the enemy had to attack him. The German strategy makes sense, but mechanization definitely complicated matters in the same way lack of radio communication spoiled many opportunities during our Civil War.
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  3367. This had me grinning like a chimpanzee from start to finish 😁
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  3368. This video feels like it was the result of a mad sleep-deprived fever dream, and I love it. That ending tune it absolute gold!!
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  3369. I totally agree with you. Italy resisted the "final solution" early in the war. The citizens were divided over the attacks on Jews, Many risking their own lives. The chemical warfare conducted in Ethiopia was more about the overall weakness of of Italy's military then the color of skin.
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  3370. This is truly a masterpiece. Thanks for your work! It's highly appreciated.
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  3371. Yeah, yeah! I love this video! I was born in a communist country and raised as a socialist. Emigrated to a somewhat capitalist society, and some individuals told me, to my face, that socialism is good. Not in writing on a YT comment section, but to my face, face to face. I tried to argue, and there was no point. He was born to promote socialism, and I was born to avoid it. So I ended up telling him that he was right and walked away. I wanted to tell him that I grew up in socialism and life was $#!7... and that he's full of life. But I am a guest in a foreign country and respect them. Looking at your video, I wanted to laugh! I need to laugh... I need to picture 2 girls sharing one cup, and all I can do is laugh. I laugh cos TIK hadn't broken character when he said that out loud. And it's funny how socialists get so crossed about a simple discussion. It's weird how humanity is programmed to be socialist. Or is it? I see it as being comfortable. Socialism is YOU being comfortable. You get born, you are raised to follow a pattern, you go to school to learn how to follow the rules, you get a job because you know how to follow the rules, and then you get married because the people need you. And anything you do outside of this pattern is criminalised by your family, friends and, last but not least, society. The term for that is social pressure. Oh... and if you want to do something in private, you need to hassle; you need to learn something about money cos the state makes sure you know nothing about money. Then you learn from people that evolve with you, like TIK, and don't stick only to tanks. Love it, TIK! Keep up the excellent work! I know so many socialists that tell me that capitalism is wrong because of the big corporations... tell them that these are socialist entities and not capitalist, and they jump to your throat... ask me how I know. 😅
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  3372. Words cannot adequately express my love for this video...
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  3373. Language and translation are EXTREMELY tricky to get right (I grew up speaking two languages, I now speak about five and teach foreign languages at school). Speaking and understanding are arguably some of the most subtle and complex things we do as humans. Google translate or deeple can be a great tool, but to get it right you need to understand a bit about how the other languages works, so that you can then analyse sections in detail. You can for example translate everything to quickly sift through the text, and find important passages. Once you find such a passage, you need to analyse it carefully either yourself, or with help. Checking the meaning of each word, the grammar, and the sentence structure should (hopefully) let you get a good understanding. This works, but it's tedious. Languages are hard.
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  3374. @TIK, I will provide you with one example where my history degree has been extremely advantageous. I work in the aviation industry and it is shockingly sad that my engineering, management, and program management colleagues do not read or cross reference the complex customer, industry, and regulatory requirements on how to build commercial and military aircraft and subcomponents. I use history techniques of references sources and locations (document numbers, page numbers, paragraphs) to end wasteful idiocy of people talking out of their ass and wasting peoples time. History techniques have also taught me to look at direct sources, evidence, and non-emotional understanding of the debate to just present facts and best summary of the data. I would not agree completely that history degree is worthiness. It maybe worthless to get a highly economic potential in the free markets, but history degree did teach me to think and analysis information which has served me well.
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  3375. In the US we have a painful shortage of trades people, especially that are involved in construction like electricians and plumbers. The current minimum pay in California for a journeyman electrician (been working for 2 years) is $65 - $70/hour plus overtime, which takes you over $100/hour. When you get your full high-voltage license (so others work under you as apprentices) you're not even really doing manual labor anymore. You're now in meetings, doing contracts, and making obscene amounts of money. You land a deal doing electrical in a big skyscraper and that will pay you for years.
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  3376. This talk remind me of my university professors, all of my marketing professors were poor, despite they taught people how to control the market... kind of irony... They also tried to improve their life with their finance knowledges, which ended badly as their plan was only good on mathematic paper... It was pretty weird to see 5 professors suddenly got themselves into a massive debt while they were trying to teach you how to not to...
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  3377. I’ve watched every episode while looking forward to future episodes, but I’m retired so don’t have much to do while awake in the early hours of the morning. I really appreciate the time and energy involved in this project and understand how you could be burned out. Hope you can return to the undertaking after a well-deserved rest.
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  3378. Great work mate! Your channel is very efficient 190K subs but 1000 on Patreon amazing!
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  3379. This is something I've been waiting for nice one tik
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  3380. ​ @patman-bp3qg  you all say that until you want to buy an apple but the guy only wants oranges and you only have bananas
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  3381. I am very glad you chose to pursue more than just historical subjects TIK. These are invaluable videos.
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  3382. The way you calmly listen, respond, and destroy these clowns is so cool to watch. You should do this kind of video more often.
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  3383. >TIK goes on about how most of his critics don't watch his videos >commentator pauses the video and uses an unbacked comment to say "yeah he's full of shit, see?" Pure poetry Keep doing what you're doing, TIK. I used to think Hitler was a capitalist but you have proved me wrong, thank you.
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  3384. 16:55 Did that guy just used Wikipedia as a credible reference source for his argument? Even foundation students at university knows to avoid this at all costs.
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  3385. Thankyou for the advanced warning. The thought matters, most would just upload on tuesday and explain then. Not only did you warn in advance, you had to work around the lack of pc in order to do it. Trust me, that matters.
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  3386. Thank you for the 18 episodes of the introduction! Before your series I was under a mistaken impression that the Red Army basically retreated and retreated without much fight and only decided to stop in Stalingrad. These series show otherwise, the Red Army fought in the retreat, and it's due to that the Nazis were eventually stopped.
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  3387. Wow! That map!
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  3388. I'm an engineering student and I'll graduate in May. I've used a very similar process that I'm constantly refining. I still use notebooks for notes because I learn faster when I'm actually writing and I can make sketches to visualize the problem. I used to be a gamer too, but pouring my focus into school along with not staying up to date on the latest games caused me to lose interest. The whole time I'm gaming I feel that I can be doing something more productive. When I'm done with my undergraduate I'm going right into a master of science. I couldn't have gotten this far without following a process similar to the one TIK presented.
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  3389. Clicked like before watching videos as always
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  3390. Great as always TIK and helps explain lots of other aspects. I have finished reading Vasily Grossman's novel Stalingrad in its repaired uncensored version (it was originally published under the title For a Just Cause). Even in its hyper patriotic genre, two big things are apparent: 1) The Soviet people survived by barter - particularly food. They got any immediately available food and would barter it where they could. They would barter anything for anything on the non-food front too. They could not live by rationing alone. Those in charge of supplies are always diverting stores to get favours. The black market network was extensive. 2) The author mentioned US trucks pulling anti-tank guns and driving logistics. There is also a surreal moment where a US parcel from American women to Soviet women at the front is opened and the Soviet female nurse is bemused to find it contains, perfume, lotion, stockings, a fancy dress and a dressing gown. While the author would claim to the Stalinist censors that this pointed out the idle pursuit of the war by the capitalist nations, you can clearly see how it revealed how Communism had actually failed to provide the products and quantities that its citizens needed. Capitalism had so much surplus that it could produce such fripperies.
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  3391.  @TheImperatorKnight  Point and counterpoint discussions? In CURRENT YEAR? Nonsense!
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  3392. Hahaha that overemotional Halder diary voice.
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  3393. Germans: WE HAVE WUNDERWAFFEN ROCKETS Americans: Haha, atom go split
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  3394. Holy fuck Sowell and Mises You're my new go-to source for history
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  3395. Hmmmm yummy coal 😋
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  3396. Have you come across any articles of the era by a German free-market economist Karl Friedrich Goerdeler, who actually used to be the Price Commissar in the first year of Hitler's reign but resigned, seeing how bad the economy was going to get under National-Socialism? A very interesting guy indeed, tragic persona - tried to get the Western powers to preemptively abolish Hitler before the war, but to no avail; then tried to get German generals to coup d'etat Hitler's government, again in vain (Nazis bribed the whole upper command with ludicrous bribes). I came across just one article in English by him, from 1939, trying to influence American readers as to what really happens in German economy and that it is not an economic miracle.
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  3397. Thank you for this. My grandfather served in the desert rats and sadly he died some time ago and never got to ask him what he did. This sheds some light on what he was up to
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  3398. I don't comment often, but I have been watching for a long time. I just wanted to let you know that I consider you as a credible man, honestly trying to find the truth to the best of your ability. Now I am not a historian at all, but as a reasonable and educated person, your arguments make sense, you are not crazy! - I am however not sure why you are spending so much time on the inevitable haters? I see it come up more and more in your videos, and while one should be careful with surrounding oneself with 'yes men', there is also dishonest actors trying to waste your time. I reckon you need some sort of filter for 'waste of time' and 'legit person with legit intentions, with legit questions and criticisms'. About the point of leftist not engaging with your point and going for the 'gottcha' at every opportunity, I see this too, and to me, it points towards their own dishonesty. - They are indeed not trying to figure out what is true, but rather to win the tactical argument there and then. In my experience, people can have a hard time to let go of their ego 'in the moment', especially in public forums where they might lose face. In such cases, I find it advantageous to clearly make the point, but then not pushing it too hard, because when they are out of the situation and have slept on it, or 24 hours later, they'll usually come around. This has worked for me on friends and family, not sure if it will work on a stranger, especially a leftist. - I have speculated for years; is it possible for a person to understand the free market and 'capitalism', and still be a socialist? - I was also a socialist, until I understood basic economics and the brilliance of the free market. I think the answer is no. The arguments, the data, the evidence is just overwhelming, there is no way a person can still be a leftist; AFTER having reviewed all the available evidence. According to my logic tho; all leftists are dishonest or ignorant, typically both. What other conclusion can one come to? It will take months of daily conversations with the same leftist to have any chance of conversion, a futile endeavor considering the scale of the problem. Overall I think logos arguments are ineffective vs these people, because the leftist think in emotion, 'feel' as it were. And reality and truth does not always make one feel good. Dont be disheartened tho TIK, you are doing a FANTASTIC job, really! Be among people who value and appreciate your virtues, or get out and find them! If you don't, I fear for your happiness and wellbeing! All the best from Denmark!
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  3399. I've experienced the same reactions when debating climate change denialists. When you clearly address one argument they will skip to another topic, then another.
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  3400. Just watched the first 10 minutes - oh my god this is brilliant.
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  3401. As much as I admire Hoover and FDR trying to help, they just skewed everything up, and made the Great Depression last longer than it should have.
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  3402. Good video, but ive seen some people say Germany had no chance of winning at this time, then you say that the soviets were “on the brink”, implying they were close to defeat. So honest question, did the Germans almost win in the east or not? I have grappled with this for quite some time ,yet I still haven’t found a conclusive answer.
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  3403. We're building back better.
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  3404. TIK I DON'T CARE JUST TAKE MY MONEY DAMN IT!!!
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  3405. In Operation Desert Storm (First Persian Gulf War 1990-1991), Logistics Base Alpha was located near Al Qaysumah, Saudi Arabia. It was a huge lot covered in a chaotic assortment of trailer mounted, metal cargo boxes. I wasted a few trips there trying to locate repair parts. A fellow officer later served in Persian Gulf War II and was eventually tasked with getting control over the thousands of these same metal cargo boxes in 2005. Nothing had been learned in the intervening 14 years.
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  3406. Take a break from Stalingrad, soldier, you've largely earned your leave! I tried to warn you that such a timing was impossible. I thought I saw myself in this blooper sequence with green screen... same thing, but with a lot more swearing 😂 I also share your opinion about Premiere (I was using it back in 1995, and at that time I liked it, but it looks like it hasn't improved much since then, so it's no use). And just as you I'm also interested in mastering Blender. It really looks promising. Keep up the great job but take your time. Our stories can still come across in the snowy fields between Aksai and Myshkova, since I'm considering following up with Winter Storm! Happy New Year everyone!
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  3407. So many butt hurt marxists I love it
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  3408. Happy to see someone really taking this on. It is of course exactly true, and critically important that people understand it, which is why so many with an ideology to sell try so hard to obfuscate it. Hitler was a lifelong and committed Socialist, just like Mussolini. Hitler derived his Socialism directly from the model put forth by his idol Richard Wagner, who, musical genius aside, was a seminal force in patriotic variants of Socialism.... If you went to dinner with the man, you would end up talking politics, not music, apparently, like it or not... WW2 in Europe was in its vastly largest part a war between National and International Socialism, and the various states that got dragged into their bloodthirst... which is hardly a selling point for fashionable socialists of today... Then there is the ugly reality that although socialists today will try and tell you that Democratic Socialism in a strong industrialized nation has never been tried, Hitler was ELECTED, democratically, overwhelmingly, on the Socialist ticket, selling a socialist plan on a socialist platform.... and that's just history, folks...
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  3409. Keep up the Good work TIK, your dedication to your craft is a token to this otherwise lackluster website!
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  3410. While you certainly couldn't provide a truly thorough analysis of this topic in a watchable video, I think you did a very good. Especially in pointing out the fundamental similarities in the totalitarian foundations of both the Hitler and Stalin regimes. Hope the inevitable shitstorm you get for covering this topic doesn't get you down
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  3411. Interesting figure that Reinhard Gehlen. He worked for the USA shortly after the war due to his knowledge about the Red Army before he became head of the West German Bundesnachrichtendienst (federal intelligence service). He took a lot of his former mates into the service, not all of which had a clean record.
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  3412. 28:10 love the effect. That's actually a nicely presented snide remark.
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  3413. Bankster Wars‼️
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  3414. Now see, here's the thing: I have no job, and am probably unemployable. I'm a writer (tabletop RPG supplements) and I haven't published anything in way too long. I am essentially leeching off of my parents. And yet, just by the fact that I have a budget, and really try to stick to it, as hard as I can, I'm actually in a decent spot monetarily while I try to get my shit together. I know how money works, and I know how to not spend beyond my fukken means! Also, I'm aware that all of those things are bad things, and I want to overcome them. I just don't know how, and it kinda pisses me off.
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  3415. Economics is part of history tho.
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  3416. min 25:00 TIK spot on. We may never know, everyone has to make up their own mind. We cannot and should not quarterback from 80 years in the future peoples that were exhausted after five years of war. The lesson here is that we should avoid placing ourselves in positions where we are limited to bad outcomes.
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  3417. But why did they outlaw fishing?
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  3418. Almost every real battle in real history was primarily about supply issues. Almost every popular game depicting historical war strategy ignores supply. What's going on?
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  3419. Awesome video! I've always naturally and internally understood this but am not as educated in history (which I believe is my own fault) or as good at wording things (probably also my fault) so thank you for now I see the proper way to explain my views and make a coherent case without confusion or contradiction. Instant subscribe and like.
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  3420. Sees TiK notification Clicks TiK notification You knew it would happen...
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  3421. Just finished rewatching the Courland documentary and then this gets uploaded. This channel and Steel Division 2 is feeding my WW2 addiction
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  3422. Don’t stick to tanks just because tankies are a bunch of sticks.
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  3423. Two things occur to me. The Nazi war plan was based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the modern economy - that it worked like a Dark Ages economy where if you conquered a territory you replaced the old feudal lord and collected the same loot he did. That's not true in a 20th Century economy where everyone will see the occupation regime as less legitimate and thus work less hard and so the loot levels collected by an occupier were lower than what the government they deposed would get. Secondly, how can anyone say the Nazis were capitalist? You've got the high-level politicians like Goebbels debating what the levels of food rations were as well as what price the government should set for potatoes. Nazi Germany only narrowly avoided a Communist-style famine in 1942, i.e. only halfway through the war.
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  3424. Another excellent breakdown TiK! Your work on your channel definitely is extremely important and I hope people are understanding the nuances of history better from your breakdowns because they are right on! I really love how you take the time to explain all these differences between fascism, nationalism and Marxism, and the commonality that binds Marxism, socialism and nazism, I teach these differences and commonalities to my kids all the time. I wish more people cared about the nuances, their critical when looking at history! Take care and thanks for being strait up!
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  3425. I speak Arabic and unfortunately this is very common in Arabic YouTube too. You have channels that have millions of view and all they do is plagiarizer English language channels. There is a phd dissertation here to be done about the insane influence of English media that can spread word-for-word even when it is not in English and also the phenomenon that in the Arab language we don't have any common word for plagiarism. I spent 6 years in higher education in my country and I never heard the word plagiarism once. lol
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  3426. I remember Shapiro and others giving speeches to College students saying the same thing: Get your grades first, then speak Truth to Power AFTER graduation. As harsh as it sounds, as unethical, they have a Lock on the system. Play their game, then beat them at it later. Academics refuse to listen to anyone who doesn't carry the Sheepskin of Power title after their names. Ask Charlie Kirk.
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  3427. Love the nod to Led Zep :)
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  3428. BUT IT WASN'T REAL SOCIALISM/CRIME!! URAAAAAAA [It's a joke]
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  3429. I love how tik always refuses to follow the over simplified view of history most people follow.
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  3430. Just block all the roads with IKEA furniture, it's founder was a Nazi anyway so his products presumably inherited his Aryan super strength, making them impossible for German tanks to drive over. lol just kidding, it's actually a pretty good thing that Sweden stayed neutral since all that would've been accomplished by them being dragged into the war was the country being plundered by German troops of everything of value and the lives of the thousands of Jewish refugees living in the country put in immediate peril.
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  3431. Wait, I think you misused one of the Germans SS divisional insignia. The "wreath" shield was assigned to the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS. Those guys served in Italy.
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  3432. Always had doubts about the veracity of this resource after reading quotes from it in Chuikovs memoir, it seemed a bit too convenient. Thanks for looking into it properly 👍
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  3433. @Eyes of Blue Another common lie by you holocaust deniers. Pretend that your voice is being "silenced" by <opposition>.
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  3434.  @TheImperatorKnight  that p for the diddlers?.... 🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
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  3435.  @jamesbeeching4341  Marxism is usually appealing to three types of people: desperate people with nothing to lose, misguided workers duped by their lies, and pretentious midwits who want to feel oh so superior to everyone else. Marxism is highly intellectual (in a bad sense), in that it involves a lot of highly abstract and esoteric ideas that don't ultimately make sense, but only an academic would be fooled into thinking that this complexity means that it is profound, rather than simply contradictory.
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  3436. This is the best explanation of Mosley's progression from the parties to Fascism I've ever heard. You've done very well here.
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  3437. It would be really great if you do more reaction videos like this! This including TV documentaries you find misleading like if necessary critiqing the classic "World at War"!
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  3438. Hey TIK! Do you plan to make a video about Oswald Mosley? Is it true that he was a good person that wants the greater good and want democracy stated by the British fascists or he was just another Hitler like person that only wants to use them and establish a totalitarian dictatorship in the country?
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  3439. Clicked just for the thumbnail xD. Fabulously goofy TIK.
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  3440. But it has a very nice cover :)
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  3441. Came here expecting a video on Wall Street funding the Russian Revolution, instead got a video explaining the development of Lenin's philosophy. Don't know which one I'd have enjoyed more. Keep up the good work man, also, according to my sources LiquidZulu intends on making another video on why you should be an anarcho-capitalist, but has just been busy.
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  3442. TIK at ~3:32 you say 1142 but the graphic shows 1141. One man but still.
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  3443. "Why can't I see any water!? Guys I don't understand!!" This had me rolling tik 😂
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  3444. This is one of your best so far! Your delivery has become much more natural, and you have managed to go an entire episode without saying 'on this day' ;)
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  3445. Loved the mention of Kelly's Heroes, a favourite film of my family and I.
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  3446. If i can make a suggestion: sometimes is a bit difficult to pin point the location on the general map of the action shown and consequentely the impact of that action on the general situation, maybe add a mini-map (only with the lines of the front without unit) when you "zoom" on the action it could help. I don't want to stress out you or make you over work: it is a minor issues that i easily sourmounted with map of the the battle of book that i own, so if this could be a major issue in the production of the video and if it required a lot of work, just ignore this suggestion. Anyway great job, as always!
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  3447.  @DarkVeghetta  He has recommended TIK's video on Hitler's Socialism in the past.
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  3448. Here King 👑 you dropped this
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  3449. 4:29 Good one! xD
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  3450.  @TheImperatorKnight  Even more, sticking to the literal meaning in this way is outright stupid and criminally careless. Human communication is only up to 10% the exact word, the rest is Subtext, wich certain people disregard, but it is important for understanding what was really meant. Willful ignorance, perhaps?
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  3451. Being familiar with the geography of the southern Rhine, I think a crossing there would have been fairly pointless. Opposite the Vosges mountains on the German side are the Black Forest mountains - somewhat steeper and more formidable. The only route of advance would be north, up the Rhine Valley which is only 30 miles wide or so south of Karlsruhe - easily defended and the attackers would be vulnerable to flanking attacks and ambushes from the many side valleys. So Eisenhower was correct - a crossing may have been possible, but then what? Then again 'but then what' seems to have been the great unanswered of the whole western front. Land them on the beaches, meticulously planned and brilliantly executed, but then what. Who left all those bocages lying around in the way? The failure to liberate the channel ports and the Scheldt estuary was all Monty's, and who could have possibly seen the Ardennes offensive coming?After all it was only the third re-run of the Schlieffen plan...
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  3452. Honestly the topic of inflation really interests me. I don't know if TIK will see this but are there any good books on inflation you could recommend?
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  3453. I blame Madman Manstein
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  3454. I approve this video.
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  3455. Just watch Star Trek, especially “Year of Hell [pats 1 & 2] in the Voyager series, temporal incursions never work out the way you want...besides Hadler would probably become the Führer
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  3456. I just want to say great video, finally someone going off the usual historical narrative and looking into everything. I love the content and I am happy that you can live off something like this.
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  3457. I can only advise you not to trust any wheraboos.But other than the great stuff TIK puts on youtube you can check also potential history.That guy's channel is great.
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  3458. I am forming an opinion right now. The biggest mistake made might be, to even commit all forces constantly. It made them unable to react. Similar I have experienced in strategy games, where if you commit forces to the end, never stop and form a reserve, everything has to be "calculated" to victory. Impossible in the real world by fog of war.
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  3459. You are never going to convince some people, but I appreciate the attempt. Great video. All things I already knew, but you break it down piece-meal and in an easily digestible format.
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  3460. Uploaded an hour ago, 5 hour long video, 200 dislikes. It's almost like they don't actually care about the arguments, they're just angry you pointed out the truth
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  3461.  @dillonblankenship7093  Socialists don't use strawman argument challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
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  3462. Perfect, that one Ive been waiting for, I myself study this phenomena as a hobby. Definetely one to share.
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  3463. I like it. Your strategic rather than tactical. Ace content m8, keep up the good work. Adolf Hitler :P
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  3464. What’s interesting is I am doing this exact kind of research, compare, and contrast for the civil war 👏🏻 Keep up what you’re doing brother!
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  3465.  @TheImperatorKnight  I took it exactly as you ment it. Had to study the statement to figure out how to take it wrong
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  3466. TIK is an Ale drinker! Label's Out, my Brother!!!! Ale drinker here as well.
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  3467. this has to be the funniest tik video yet. i had no idea hitler said any of this
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  3468. Stellar stuff I kept telling my friends (without knowing what the people you mentioned said) that yes there is more money, but not more things. And we're in a very bad spot now (and setup to be in a bad spot) as consumers.
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  3469. This video is a great example of how to debate with one another with respect.
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  3470. Good to see more content from you. Always enjoy your logic and your voice.
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  3471. "The Auk"! Yeah thats right!!
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  3472. Luckily I can make use of my Tibetan occult practices to utilize the buddhist tradition and predict the time and place of my reincarnation if I die laughing about this.
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  3473. This is YouTube historian work at its finest. Clear and cogent presentation with references provided throughout.
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  3474. Wow, sir you have made such a service and contribution to the well being! Im not even half way through both videos of yours this and why hitler is a socialist, but you have made a new patreon supporter!
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  3475. TIK, Your bookshelves are tilted and collapsing due to heavy/valuable WWII books. It is UNSAFE! You need a sturdy bookshelf. Happy New Year! Stay Positive and Covid Negative!
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  3476. Except TIK seems to have the kind of mind that feels obligation when he's (even implicitly) promised something - especially when he's receiving funds. Good advice, but hard to follow!
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  3477. I understand that it takes you a while to reaserch and animate all this, but man, do I wish it lasted longer and was more frequent. Still grateful for all the great work you do :)
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  3478. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  3479. I wholeheartedly understand your frustration TIK, and I am sure many others here do. I had 'debates' with Marxists, Keynesians, and mainstream 'kekonomists'. Their animosity, and "moral outrage" towards me for DARING to even suggest that perhaps what we are being fed by our 'experts' may be wrong... somehow always manages to surprise me. That we are the loyal followers of demagogues and are utterly clueless and 'illiterate' because some of us learn about economics from YouTubers like yourself or anyone who dares to go against the mainstream narrative. I wonder how they'll react to the upcoming economic crisis. They'll definitely put blame on something or someone else as always. Keep up the great work TIK. Also, I was wondering if you had any plans for doing a video on The Gilded Age.
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  3480. I just love all the content I've seen on this channel since probably 2017 from when I first started watching. I ended up getting into a historical discussion with a vet at my old work place about ww2 and he turned round to me and said "have you seen this guy on youtube?, he's really good". He loaded up this exact channel of which I already was subscribed at watching. He absolutely loved the content and details that this channel provides, but life is short enough as it is and I am sure if he was still with us today he would still be watching and will happily wait for content while also looking forward to any changes to come
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  3481. Thank you TIK for your incredible work, helped me with anxiety as I have a big fear of the dentist. Had to get multiple teeth extracted last week, when I was lying in the chair getting my jaw nearly dislocated I found myself repeating in my head over and over, "At least I'm not in Stalingrad, at least I'm not in Stalingrad." It might sound strange but watching this series made me realise how suffering both armies sustained and the people trapped in between experienced. It's inspiring that the city held and continued to fight on when all seemed lost. Never give up fighting. Thank you for your extensive work. God bless from Ireland.
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  3482. Your hatred of socialism is always great as someone who spends too much time on Twitter it’s a welcome change.
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  3483. I hope this is going to be a series! Absolutely eye-opening stuff!
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  3484. Imagine the "What if" if Britain had invaded Norway first?
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  3485. This is why I'm a Libertarian. Most governments pursue policy for political benefit, ideology, and votes instead of the greater good. Taxes on property and income punish the average citizen, then the revenues are abused by the government driving the country into debt and making other countries hate us.
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  3486. It’s actually insane to me how almost everything I was taught about WWII is a complete fabrication of the truth. I can’t thank you enough for these videos as they provide excellent points backed up with credible sources and have really made me start questioning things. I really wish I had the time to further study history.
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  3487. Was just re-wathing your Nigel Askey video TIK. Been also reading "Human Action" by Ludwig Von Mises. Fairly interesting so far the book.
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  3488. ​ @chico9805 Huey dropping facts
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  3489. I'm glad I was able to be a small help. Also this sounds minor but thank you for pronouncing my name correctly, lots of people don't manage it on the first try, I'm used to it obviously but so its always a pleasant surprise when somebody manages to get in on the first try. Lots of other great comments you highlighted with some equally great points. This says a lot about the quality of your audience. Keep up the great work!
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  3490. I became an atheist at a young age after years of learning to question everything you are just told to accept. I started opposing socialism and communism because once you start questioning it, it falls apart. I don't oppose the idea of piety and forgiveness of catholicism (the religion I grew up in), the same way I don't oppose the idea of worker's rights... That's a ridiculous notion. I simply oppose the institutions that thrive preacing about those things while not practicing them... You can be good and moral without embracing religion, the same way you can be fair and fight inequality without embracing communism.
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  3491. Acting as a devil's advocate for HoI4 they implemented pretty nice garrison system. But still it's very simplified. But it gives me an interesting idea for a game where you have to allocate resources to either garrisons or fronts.
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  3492. It feels surreal that we come to the end of such a series. The journey was absolutely amazing and all thanks to you Tik. May your sanity last for further years.
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  3493. I actually laughed along with TIK when he summarized up the question, the author of the question, and the context. Hilarious how half the world was pissed already.
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  3494. I went from disliking history in highschool to spending my entire saturdays free time listening to interesting history stories...
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  3495. nice and its good you considered all the options and reasonings not get stuck on your own narrative as a lot of documentaries do.
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  3496. Can I just say how sexy the 1080p 50 fps looks?
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  3497. Fantastic series but I'm more worn out than Paulus at this stage. Is it possible to assume that any of these generals are tactical geniuses gifted with some mysterious knowledge of battlefield tactics, handed down through the generations or are they all just making it up on the hoof and throwing thousands of their own men into a mincing machine, on both sides?
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  3498. Hi TiK - you may or may not be a great historian but you are world class at sarcasm - keep it up :-)
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  3499. Damn TIK, that bibliography is amazing. Congrats and keep your great work!
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  3500. 4:00 what do all these nations have in common? Oh yeah they are all authoritarian controlled states and there is no free market.
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  3501. I think the best argument that I've seen toward against Worker's Rising up actually came from the Channel "Foundation for Economic Education" in their video called, Hollywood's Favorite Trope: "It's Just Business" they summed it up quite well when saying the Workers at Starbucks don't actually make the coffee, they don't farm the beans, they don't truck in the resources in nor are they involved at all in the over all process getting the coffee from a forest in South Africa to the kitchen, all the workers does at Starbucks is follow instructions taught to them by the owner or shift manager. Basically every single person ahead of the Worker at Starbucks has more rights to the claim "they make the coffee" than someone wearing a green apron who works there. People who say business owners do not work is a blatant lie, definitely those who built their business themselves. I know where I work I've seen the plant owner go up in utter rage, not at his workers but trying to deal with customers. People often forget that Business Owners have a job as well normally. In this case he is constantly on the phone with customers answering questions, when he isn't he is patrolling the factory floor waving good morning, good afternoon and trying to get a cheerful mood by hanging out with his employees, because well dealing with customers is a nightmare.
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  3502.  @TheImperatorKnight  Careful, improving the criticality of your thinking might have you end up in a camp to enhance your concentration.
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  3503.  @TheImperatorKnight  Even the Gleichschaltung article avoids talking directly about economics. Besides a few mentions of economics later in the article, and some reading inbetween the lines one can do, it just talks about social and political changes. About what I expected from a Wiki article.
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  3504. Funny how modern socialists go "the nazis pretended to be Socialists but actually were capitalists" yet history shows that the Nazis pretended to befriend the Capitalists, but then betrayed them as viciously as they betrayed the Jews.
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  3505. love the halder hitler dialogue, do more with this tone lol
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  3506. I was a product of the public school system. I thought guns were bad, socialism was the way forward, and that everyone who disagreed was racist. Boy am I glad I became interested in history and economics, or maybe I'd be calling a bunch of truckers in Ottawa fascists right now.
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  3507. Amazing job! thank you, bro!
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  3508. So, when is TIK gonna release tshirts with his face in a look of disapproval with the words "BUT IS THIS REALLY THR CASE" underneath it? Because i will buy, like, all of them.
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  3509. While they weren't entirely fighting out of fear, I still personally think that it played a big factor considering Stalins' policy of "fall in line or it's gulag time.". But over all I think it was more of the well known fact that people don't like having their front door kicked in told what to do expecially by germans.
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  3510. Time to dislike on an alt just to be an annoying shithead
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  3511. Is there any law in the UK to forcefully publish old secret documents after any amount of years after the event? So many years have gone by after ww2, i don't understand the need for secrets.
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  3512. I have a Simple question: How many historical/economic books did you read. Also, do you read some biology,physics and chemistry?
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  3513. I would agree with your explanation. Also a good example of the word is the term "Gleichschaltung" of the press, still used today. It means that all the press is reporting in the same narrativ usually controlled by one institution. Which did happen in Nazi Germany and the institution, in this case the state, was controlled by Göbbels. I think there should be thousands of sources available how Göbbels controlled the press and I think even in German history books used in schools the term is"Gleichschaltung der Presse"
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  3514. Honestly, the problem is Gavin. If he does his job and takes the bridge and holds (versus what he did, which is hold the landing site and then take the bridge.) Someone should have explained to him that nobody really cares that his landing site nor his troops, not really. What they cared about was the bridge. If he does his job, then the allies get Antwerp operational mid October with a bridgehead over the Rhine and the Ruhr under direct threat. Game over. How SHAEF could have known about Gavin's plans and not redirected him to take the bridge, then hold, is a mystery. It does seem that SHAEF had a problem providing clear guidance to divisional-army level commanders. In this case, Devers should not have crossed the Rhine at this point. That he was explicitly told not to cross a day before the planned operation is the problem. That is a failure of oversight as was Gavin in Market Garden.
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  3515. Astounding work as always. Feels like Korsun-Cherkassy is something that's almost completely forgotten in the west, as with so much else in the eastern front.
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  3516. Well, thank you for this. Now I have ammunition for debates. And a whole lot of it 🍻
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  3517. sTik to tanks.
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  3518. Very good video, as always. I do think the myth of the unfair Versailles treaty was also fed by the military restrictions put on Germany (which TIK unfortunately does not cover). Those restrictions made it very easy for any nationalist to paint the treaty as victimizing the German people - and there is nothing more dangerous than a group with some measure of power, but who still considers themselves to be victims.
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  3519. If you don't want to call yourself in anarcho-capitalist, you can call yourself a voluntarist it the same. Without coercion it's not called a state, it's called an association
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  3520. Really loving these "meta-analysis" videos of history that you do TIK, keep them coming.
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  3521. Iv been binge watching your episodes on socialism, capitalism, and Communism today at work and cool to see I chose an upload day. Really informative stuff, I never really could see how similar National socialism was to communism. Thank you!
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  3522. Binged the last 3 months of content. Just have to say THANK YOU for all your hard work. The stuff you do on ideology and religion really starts putting things into perspective. Your videos on tanks and banks tells us how things happened, and the videos on ideology and religion gives us clues as to WHY things happened. It makes the whole "why prioritise the death trains when you have a logistics crisis" more "understandable". These people actually thought that they were fighting Satan, and that killing the Jews was to an extent more important than winning the war. Killing the Jews and securing the survival of the German people was the main goal. Indeed the goal was world domination, because how can you make sure you kill all the Jews unless you control the whole world. It's still bat shit crazy, but it's at least more understandable now.
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  3523. Well done as usual. As you and others have pointed out truth is more interesting and more unexpected. People repeat all sorts of myths: Madman Hitler, oil irrelevant to war etc... Your story is an example that while survivor testimony has its value, camp prisoners were not in a position to know much past the barbed wire: something like the origin of the front gate sign at Auschwitz for example.
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  3524. Tik! Thank you for you work! I can't support you financially but I repost your videos since you opened my eyes on various topics (I was ukrainian ultra-nationalist for 5 years and then commie for 6 years in a row). Again thank you for your work
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  3525. Kelly's heroes
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  3526. Excellent, as always, TIK! It is unfortunate that You Tube has such as aversion to presenting the truth that you have to jump through so many hoops.
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  3527. The "Oil" video is one of the best TIK has ever done folks if you havent seen it, and follow the link in its description for another great point of view on the topic that buttresses TIKs point. The First War For Oil #WW2
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  3528. To all future viewers, 100 years from now - I was here watching it the same day as it was uploaded. 😛
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  3529. Its really amazing and a shame there isnt a 10 part HBO episode about the war in the east and specifically the battle for stalingrad, I never realized the scope of WW2 until watching TIK's videos
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  3530. Another round of applause for the great content TIK! You've more than earned some days off for the holidays. Best wishes for you and your family. Extra ration of bread and delicious horse flesh soup for everyone!
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  3531. Please make more of these short but impactful videos. Its some nice comfort food and a quick watch for the information.
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  3532. I love the detail in these videos, you go way further in depth than any channel I have encountered.
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  3533. New patreon here
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  3534.  @TheImperatorKnight  Trust me, it was worth it! I nearly blew out my two knees out but I don't need me knees to watch your fantastic work! I admire your good work and extensive research! Keep up the glorious work brother TIK.
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  3535. As always your work is incredibly researched and very much highly educational. Keep it up TIK hopefully this is more fun than arduous nights spent in front of a blender screen!! Cheers!
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  3536. I also was struck when I, being a socialist, concluded that Nazism was a variation of Socialism. I fought a long time against it, because I was really convincend of the moral superiority of Comunist values, altruistic empathy towards the weak in power relations. I am a descendand of jews killed in camps, but one of jews that survived in my family was a Comunist in Brazil. Even him lived a life not realizing the ideological links between different strands of Socialism.
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  3537. The ending got me 😂
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  3538.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you so much, I'm a long time fan of yours and I'll sure write a script on this, but I'm afraid I don't yet have the following to be relevant enough for it to change, but in the near future I guarantee a script is coming
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  3539. Really great vid, as always. You're making the worst day of the week something to look forward to. Would you mind if I added some German subtitles to this video so that some more people can see and understand it?
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  3540. It is not explicitly stated whether these cossacks were involved in combat against the USSR. If they did the sentiment of the soviets may be quite rational and the reason why the politicians went along with this deal. Still, I barely can wrap my head around why did they go along with the soviet demands post-war handing all those people back, since the USSR certainly was no longer a valid partner for the west
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  3541. Thank you TIK for another extremely interesting and fascinating video on a topic that you do not hear about from mainstream historians. Your five hour video on “ Hitler was a Socialist “ and the follow up videos were excellent. I referred my mother to them as she is currently in the process of obtaining a history degree now that she is retired. Thank you 😊
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  3542. There should be a laugh track with some of these "counter arguments" being read.
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  3543. History/econ double major, son of a high school history teacher here and couldn't agree more. Read, read, read. Don't succumb to "expert-itis."
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  3544. Hi Tik, I wanted to thank you for this video. My last name (which is quite clearly Sackman) was Americanized when my father's family came to the US from Germany in the 1800s. My father was discriminated against as Jewish in my home town by my own relatives in rural New York. This taught me a long time ago that discrimination does not require a basis in any sort of fact and I have understood this since I was a small child. I have lived my adult life in larger cities and have only faced such discrimination a couple of times. The last one (that I am aware of) was having to prove my baptism to remarry my wife in the Catholic Church. The priest would not take my assertions that I was not Jewish. It was a pain to find a copy of the certificate because the church I was baptized in was out of business. As a second thought on this topic, I wondered if you or anybody else in the comments section has thoughts on how the Armenian Genocide is explained under current racial theories. Or separately how about Rwanda? Just curious if anyone knows how these are viewed or taught.
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  3545. I have a working theory that the peculiar German invasion plan of Sweden anno 1943, was connected with the fact that Finland was seeking a way out of the war. So if that happend, German would try to secure Sweden for the reasons you mentioned in this video. I also believe the German seaborn invasion plan north of Uppsala actually was a plan to capture and neutralize a Swedish coastal battery at the Island Stora Roten. That battery effectively blocked all sea lanes with Gulf of Botnia aka the Iron ore from Luleå. https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batteri_Roten
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  3546.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well there is a lot of bad blood between the two countries, and it is kind of a bad habit of Danes (me included) to doubt the morals of Swedes- Its silly, but in the case of ww2 it is very easy to point fingers at others failings in order to forget your own. Denmark did a lot of nescessary but not exactly heroic things during the war. Sweden DID help the Germans invade Norway, and they DID refuse Denmark help in the early years of the war, but they had very good reasons to do it.
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  3547. I'm 22, about to start a 2 year vocational training course (Logistics and transportation) I didn't go to college while pretty much all of my former classmates did. However, almost all of them chose an education career (being a teacher for middle schoolers and little kids), and where I live a great percentage of people that go to college choose to be an educator. The problem with this is that since a lot of people chose that career, there is now a surplus of teachers and they are having a hard time finding a job that won't even pay that good.
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  3548. General George S. Patton: "We defeated the wrong enemy"
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  3549. To improve or correct, create a timeline on the horizontal. Use a background box around the authors pictures and names to show the active time span of their work/life.
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  3550. So Manstein never gave the THUNDERCLAP! order? Wow. That was totally the impression I got when I read Lost Victories.
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  3551. WHOA!!! This is huge , good work TIK. This is why your super detailed work is so important to pierce the veil of history and reveal the truth.
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  3552. Hi TIK, here in Germany we have the same problem with the German railway. Delays, etc. And apparently just like yours, our state propaganda claims that our railway was privatized because it is listed on the stock exchange. Nevertheless, it is still financed by taxes, the state controls the railway and all shares belong 100% to the state. In addition, the state has the monopoly on the state lines and there is no competition (there is only one railway company here in Germany that is allowed and that is the Deutsche Bahn or in English German Railway“). However, the left claims it is privatization and the free market is to blame. As you rightly said If it is controlled and financed by the state, it is not privatization. It is only privatization when you have freed it from state control, the private owner has no restrictions from the state and has to finance everything himself, and from his wallet, not the taxpayer! P.S I love your Videos and would like to hear a response :)
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  3553. As a historian working on his Master's thesis... this is amazing. I work on the Vietnam War and Vietnamese refugees. Vietnam War Historians are actually divided between orthodox and revisionists. This entire video sums up the issues surrounding the Vietnam War's historiography. The orthodox cling to a view where the Americans were pure evil and the Communists, saints in black pyjamas while the revisionists tend to paint a more nuanced picture simply because they decided to question the old narrative enforced by the orthodox. This leads to a much more nuanced view of the war.
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  3554. Be careful bro. When you use the phrase 'revisionist' we naturally think David Irving and Holocaust denial
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  3555. Worth noting the rail road to Astrakhan is not just on the otherwise of the river, all the green stuff on the east bank of the Volga is a swamp. not the best tank country. That swamp also meant that it was the place for the Soviets to fight it out with the Germans because the Germans were never going to isolate the city.
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  3556. I had to listen to the part about the attack on the barracks and then couldn't figure out why the military didn't wanna join em, twice,if it wasn't for people getting hurt and killed,it would almost be called slapstick comedy,I mean what the hell? These people clearly had no idea what they were doing 🤣😂🤡
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  3557. Saw you respond to James Lindsey the other day thanking him and this is the result. Well done, far better than I could’ve put it.
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  3558. "reading other people's comments", as it turns out, was their "area of expertise". 48:00 also tik's reaction should be thumbnailed
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  3559. TIK's video about Hitler's socialism is the best video on youtube. The level of research, study and knowledge, the amazing presentation in different colors from each ideology is just amazing. I can't imagine how much time must've taken to make that video. The problem is that today's young people have a very short attention span, they just watch 2 minutes of something or read two paragraphs and think they know everything about that subject.
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  3560.  @Raskolnikov70  I have that post-series emptiness you get when your favorite show just ended... good thing there's more TIK to come, otherwise I wouldn't know what to do!
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  3561. I kind of wish the Labour theory of value was true, so you’d receive the recognition you deserve.
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  3562. Happy Monday Tik!
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  3563. "Those who believe in the Stalin shall receive the gifts of the Stalin"
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  3564.  @TheImperatorKnight  Look at it this way. You are doing a better job than most documentary series or films. Also goes to show the level of detail alone on this one battle. Nevermind the other popular ones out there as well. Dread to think what Normandy might turn out as.
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  3565. Please narrate the next Stalingrad episode in Pirate Voice :D
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  3566. True enough although British ones at this point in time are no better 🧐
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  3567.  @Gvjrapiro  The economy is not controlled by the state in monarchism.
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  3568. I don’t know why communists and fascists hate each other, they’re so similar.
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  3569. Tik should really take the transcripts of these videos and publish them in paperback form, you never know when our Gods in San Bruno might decide that knowing Hitler went to Kurt Eisner's funeral is just a bit too much!
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  3570. When this series is done I think I'll take a day off work, send the wife to see her rellies, and watch it from the beginning cast to the telly.
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  3571.    His objective is the exact opposite, the fortune of the "Traditional Narrative" that downplays the Soviet efficiency and role in the war was constructed by the Nazi-simpathizing US Government, who had Halder under its wing, the head of the German High Command who reported directly to Hitler himself, the Americans even gave him a medal for telling them his biased experience about the Eastern Front. The new narrative, the one that's most accurate, gives merit for German defeat in large part to the Soviets and NOT to the Americans, not because they're politically biased (both he and say Beevor for example are anti-socialist)but because it's the truth. The Soviets won because they beat the Germans on the field of battle. Now, does he make errors? Certainly, every historian does, his anti-communism brings him towards a form McCarthism that is laughable to see in the 21st century and he is utterly convinced he knows socialism as Marxism when in reality he grossly misinterprets both. These are enormous errors in my opinion, but this doesn't stop me from giving him credit for making a great and engaging documentary, even though I might not agree with his political stance. He's not winking to the alt-right, he never did, he's strongly opposed to negationism and never praised the results of any Axis regime. He's a moderate, I don't like moderates and I don't agree with their depiction of socialism and denounce their close-mindedness, but if I had to preclude myself from every study, book, documentary or work of art made by a moderate I would be much less knowledgeable.
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  3572. Two weeks off is perfectly fine. That aside, the stress on you, with the BS coming in on you from the left will sure do its part to exhaust you further. Though as I've stated before: the economy and politics videos you do are the ones I find particularly important.
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  3573. Germans arguably had superior submarines to the allies. As they were constantly making improvements and newer models.
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  3574. [Desire to eat coal intensifies]
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  3575. Aw. Look no body expected Rommel, so how could we have even expected this video?
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  3576. Honestly TIK, when I heard your story about losing faith in socialism, I realized that that may be your answer. You must instill a disillusionment against socialism. The same thing happened to me, and Orwell was the first step. The second step was Hitchens, and his critique of Islam that brought the ire of the woke mob. He was quick to point out the hypocrisy of criticizing Christianity and not making the same arguments against Islam. The last straw for me was being called a cis hetero-white male bigot when pointing out above-mentioned argument.
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  3577. Thanks for your work TIK. On the subject "how do I reach these people?", I think it's a choice that they have to make. You can make the best video in the history, but if the premise it's "all lies", it cannot possibly work. No one can force them to belive you or any other, in a sense that it's impossible to force soneone to trust someone else. It must be a concious choise by the other party. You could continue to make great educational videos, and maybe some day someone would come back and watch it with fresh eyes. The analogy with the forbidden fruit is that adam and eva got punished because their choice, not the act, the choice.
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  3578. I learned something from this. Putting it all together with this marathon video was worthwhile, the individual videos are too piecemeal. The animations and the blow by blow account makes it much more understandable so the length is justified. Your best video without question, IMO I objected strongly to some of your previous videos and shunned you but this has more than redeemed you in my opinion as a lifelong history buff. So I've subscribed. You have done enough to earn my respect and I'll judge you less harshly in future.
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  3579.  @TheImperatorKnight  I was also impressed by "Chose Plato's ideal forms."
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  3580. I've followed your works for a good bit now and truly love them. There's of course a few small things you and I would disagree with but the overall fact is that your videos are good, your claims in touch with reality and your sources are solid. I myself do try to talk to and convince others and even have a tendency to be semi-successful. It might not seem it but your work is important. The only way to counteract the lies and deceit is to fight it. I truly hope you continue, and wish for continued success in your studies. But I implore you to please remember that your videos by their nature will attract the hardliners and stubborn, but it is those that learn and spread what they now know that will make to most impact as time marches on. I firmly believe this kind of topic should be taught in schools (if reserved for the later years) so that the youth can be given the tools needed to counter act authoritarianism of every kind. I hope to one day help that become reality. I hope you have a pleasant day.
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  3581. As a former cbt engr I can confirm we fight shoulder to shoulder with the infantry. Without them our own explosives become our worst nightmare. Any tracer round hits our satchel charges and we become mist in the wind.
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  3582. I'll echo the sentiment of a lot of other commentators: make what you find interesting, TIK! We're here to watch your excellent videos, regardless of subject matter!
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  3583.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yes, Milei managed to over-deliver on his promise on his government cuts, and Argentina has a surplus budget the first time in 12 years. Many if not all price controls were also removed, which in turn means prices have gone up and since inflation numbers don't actually track inflation but price increases it seems his policy has been "inflationary", so media states "inflation has gone up by 12%", but it's simply true scarcities meeting their true demands finally taking place. I'd link but YT hates us sharing links.
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  3584. TIk. I am an immigrant from South Africa who lived in Salford. I have visited your beautiful town back in 2021. Walked past all the beautiful churches around town during a lovely summer evening. Northern England isn't intolerant. Far from it, a wonderful group of people just trying to work and live their lives. Worked with all kinds of people, the long term legal immigrants of all creeds loved and worked towards the betterment of Britain. Legal Immigrants being the point.
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  3585. Jumped on this one real quick, thanks Tik!
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  3586. Hey man, Just wanted to say, Love the work you do! Please continue making more amazing content!
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  3587. Thanks, I like the quality of your videos and the amount of time and dedication you put into them is very noticeable.
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  3588. Hans Peter (3 weeks ago) Could you please make a Video where you are playing the Guitar. I saw it and i Wonder if you can play it ? 104 RECOMMENDS TIK; (3 weeks ago) Sure, if your comment gets 100 likes Now your screwed TIK!! And for once as a guitar player I might get the edge over you that as a historian I lack. Bwahaha!
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  3589. As a historian, history teacher, WW2 enthousiast, scale modeller and wargamer, all I can say is OMNOMNOMNOM. This is excellent content!
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  3590. 23:35 What is Princess Elizabeth doing at the front? :-D
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  3591. The first time I heard the term "dog's breakfast" on this side of the Atlantic was in a episode of Yes Minister.
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  3592.  @theywouldnthavetocensormei9231  I'm not sure about that. When he decided to leave socialism (Back in 2018) his theory that H1tl3r was a socialist didn't seem to be very accurate.
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  3593. Indy the other day made a great video about this topic, and although it ends with totally different conclusions from yours i feel like you're both complementary to fully understand the character. Either way I agree with the fact that he and his movement was criminal first of all
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  3594. I am in awe of your research and scholarship. Such wonderful content and so refreshing to hear these issues addressed. PS: I’m even further into this MASSIVE work now and am just completely floored. What you create is so good I may just have to become a supporter via Patreon and this is the first channel for which I feel compelled to do so. Just BRAVO 🏆
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  3595. I've said this before but as a Patreon supporter, take more breaks. I'm not going to stop supporting this channel if the videos get a bit more spread out or shorter.
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  3596. I'd just like to say the Youtube logo on the NSDAP flag is both hilarious and apt.
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  3597. There's a lot of misuse everywhere, even among trained scientists, of the words 'theory' and 'hypothesis'. You have a great 'hypothesis' which you are defending vigorously. If it survives every attack and is adopted everywhere because it's bulletproof and predicts everything cleanly and effortlessly, it's become a 'theory'. The title ought to read, '..................to my Dunkirk Halt Order Hypothesis." I"m only saying this because I appreciate your content and thinking. In fact, I have a hypothesis that the political spectrum from Far Left to Far Right is an exact parallel to the development of emotional maturity. It feeds directly into your own 'Hitler was a Leftist' hypothesis from before. Let me know if you want to discuss.
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  3598. Just remember that this isn't the official narrative ;)
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  3599. I like that there is dedicated lore about the bookcases in the back. They also seem a lot happier with less weight.
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  3600. Have you thought of doing a team up with Miles Power who covered the chemistry of the holocaust?
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  3601. Never thought about this subject before, but I am happy to learn something new. Thank you, Tik!
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  3602. Please could you make a video on how you animate your battlestorm series. Maybe show how you learned and progressed over the last couple years.
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  3603. From 12:00 to 12:15, you have made a more accurate description of the economic state of things than any statement I can find from Milton Friedman.
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  3604. 22:20 It actually seems to me that 4th Panzer army was stopped exactly where the defensive line was. If I remember correctly from the last episode, germans have run into anti-tank ditch and bunkers near Abganerovo and were stopped. So the defensive line seems quite useful to me, maybe all those civilians havent worked so hard for nothing at last.
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  3605. I honestly dont understand people who keep advocating going to Astrakhan. do you have any idea how far away Astrakhan was? It would be logistically impossible to move there without the rail road. The was a rail road going there but guess what hub it was connected to? Thats right stalingrad. In order to get supplies to astrakhan by the rail road you would need to capture the rail road hub in Stalingrad.
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  3606. Everyone knows he was working for the Taliban from 1919-1945 Edit : Hold on Tik is that the Greg Hallett who claims to be King John the third of England? & The whole Q thing
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  3607. Rofl! great comment good sir :D
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  3608. What a coincidence! I went to Rubbishheap High School as well.
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  3609. I appreciate you going out of your way to defend or at least explain Paulus' decisions. Give him his dues where its due, good and bad. Kinda similar to the Italians now that I think about it.
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  3610. So i double checked the statistics of Messe (6000 Italian deaths, wounded and missed): the most modern books i use ("La Campagna di Russia", di Maria Teresa Giusti, and "La Croce di Ghiaccio" di Pierluigi Romeo di Colloredo) strangely don't report the losts of the Italian for the "first defensive Battle of the Don" , nonetheless the oldest "History of the Second World War" Italian edition confirm the data of Messe with around 6000 losts for the Italian troops, plus the UNIRR (the istitutional association of the Italian Veteran Soldier of the Russia front) official site report: 2.704 deaths and MIA, 4.212 wounded, for the operations between the August 20th e the 1st September.
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  3611. TIK I remember watching one of your other Q and A’s with a similar subject as this one. That being said I was quite shocked at the mass berating you were receiving by neo communists/nazis in the comments. It’s pretty upsetting to see so many people just completely build history to fit their own liking, never stop reading and producing great content, couldn’t be more satisfied with the content you produce! And if you got all those commie yuppies in trance your doing it right!
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  3612. Great video. I appreciate your point about historical revision. It's a shame the word revisionist has become a pejorative.
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  3613. ​ @TheImperatorKnight The animations are amazing.
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  3614. Thanks for covering the history no one else will. Cheers.
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  3615. I have to be honest, I don't give a stuff about economics or debates about ideology and religion (did enough of that sort of stuff at university). What has kept me coming back time and time again are your military videos - and my fondest memories are doing hour upon hour marathons of your African and Courland battlestorms. I've been excited for what campaigns you can battlestorm next after Stalingrad, but didn't even understand it would be such an undertaking. I do hope you can finish it, and I don't mind waiting until you're ready. Even if it is only a couple of videos per year in between your other stuff.
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  3616. At this point in time I am wondering if Tik will cut all of the Stalingrad Videos into one big Battlestorm Episode. Like he did with his others. I would be down to watch days of content in one go
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  3617. The really annoying part, is even IF someone insists on using a different definition, they can still (theoretically) argue with you based on your definition for the sake of argument (especially if you haven't just made yours up, but have a firm basis for using that particular definition). Unless they simply don't want to engage with your argument, which more and more seems to be the case.
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  3618. TIK does exhaustive research and is extremely thorough. What i hate seeing is, the people who try to take small out of context dialog pieces from his videos and try to sqeeze it to fit their narrative and prove him wrong. 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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  3619. Its the god damn music recording industry.
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  3620. TIK this is some insanely good playing, wow.
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  3621. 8:17 This won't trigger any Twitter socialists. lol
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  3622. You can tell they fully knew what they were doing just by the name itself
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  3623. ​ @TIKhistory I deeply appreciate your dedication to this topic, your description of the Gnostic religion was highly informative in regards to how it all correlates to the modern "ideologies" and institutions that stand for these absolute "truths" that no one can question (and if you do you are working in union with the ultimate evil).
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  3624. As someone who is not a regular viewer of yours and also as a historical reenactor who portrays soldiers of Vlasovs army (albeit prior to their formation as a separate army under KONR) this is one of the most fascinating series of videos to have come out pretty much all year. Having studied the subject myself and been on the fence about about whether Keelhaul counted as a warcrime or not, this series firmly pushed me onto the side saying that it was indeed a warcrime. And in fact who speaks the most volumes about it is the British government. Not in what they say, but in what they don't say. If the British government was so sure, that what they did was not a war crime, if not a moral outrage, then why are the files still sealed on it? Why did the court that ruled overwhelmingly in favor of Lord Aldington during his libel case slam Count Tolstoy with the largest fine ever for a libel case, and so much so that the European Court of Human Rights had to intervene on behalf of Tolstoy based on their firm belief that the harsh penalties had violated Count Tolstoy's rights. If the British government felt they were in the right, they would not have suppressed information or used rigged courts to try and suppress dissident opinion on the subject
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  3625. Strange how I watched “A Bridge Too Far” just yesterday.
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  3626. TIK has introduced forgotten but crucial pieces of history on very niche topics that provide context for the topics all the main history youtubers discuss but never dive into this deep.
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  3627. Please make more Q&A videos! They’re very enjoyable. Thanks for all the great content TIK.
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  3628. Well , Marx basicly did parasite on Engels money , because Engels for some reasson had a huge mancrush for Marx.
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  3629. Manstein the egoistic Rommel the fast Guderian the disobedient Paulus the hopeless
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  3630. Last time I was this early, Chuikov still had ice in his drink though I don't know where he got it from
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  3631. TIK you make my isolation because of a supected corona infection bearable. Thanks for being a full time youtuber and amazing historian. : ) Best wishes from Aachen.
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  3632. Communism and national socialism opposite cheeks on the same backside!
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  3633. Fun Fact: Even today the Indian army believes in martial races. Indians from Laddakh, north eastern stats, Punjab etc are still favoured during selection even till this day. An educated male from the plains are usually not favoured in selection. The Army is still colonial, same drills, same difference between officers & regular men.
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  3634. Yes, that is what I love about this channel. Interesting topics and strong research combined with a fearless quest for truth regardless of popularity.
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  3635. Great video as always, maybe one of your best. Would happily see a deeper look into this. Keep up the great work
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  3636. Hey TIK if it means anything alot of your audience silently approves your composure and rationality
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  3637. TIK, you remind me of a surgeon who studies cancer - you don't study it because you like it, you study it because you want to stop it. It's unfortunate that some don't understand this. I will be getting this book on the cancer known as national socialism so as to better argue against it. The free market - which, as you so eloquently point out, Hitler hated - has spoken.
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  3638.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for the link, and an awesome series to boot. It'll help assuage the withdrawl symptoms after being addicted to Battlestorm Stalingrad videos for the past 4 years.
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  3639. I do not pretend to be an expert on the subject, but it seems to me that the Soviet Union always wanted those territories back - even if if was former Imperial Russia's territory. And we al know the political background of Vladimir Putin.
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  3640. Well done, as always, TIK! And loved that included the bit about inflation and fiat!
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  3641. So that's why the generals never listened to him. I wouldn't listen to a box, no way.
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  3642. You and Glantz are such good historians. I love how you guys go back and re-review what people think of as "decided" history and find the errors and myths that have been developed over time. There are so many historical errors and myths in WW2 alone to find. The good thing about WW2 is there is just so much data we can use to prove these errors and myths as incorrect. And while there is data for older wars it is harder to find. Your channel has personally led me to want to dispel some historical myths and errors I have found. One I have been looking at recently is on the war of 1812. If you watch many historical YouTube channels talk about the war of 1812 many will say that the main goal, one of the goals or secretly a goal of the US in starting the war of 1812 was to annex British North America (Canada) . When you go back and look at the primary sources this can easily be proven as incorrect though with no historical evidence to back-up their claim that the US wanted to annex British North America (Canada). It wasn't until the last 50 years (mainly the last 30) that primarily Canadian's started saying that the US had the goal to annex Canada in the war which is where this myth started coming from. While all historical telling's of the war prior to that never mention a US goal to annex Canada. As for the historical evidence I have found to back up my argument I first reference the US declaration of war against Britain that started the war of 1812. In the declaration the US gives many reasons for starting the war and asks Britain to correct the grievances the US has with Britain. If Britain were to accept those demands the declaration says the US would call the war with Britain off. Those demands never mention the US wanting Britain to give it any of the territory it controlled in modern day Canada over to them. The US wanted Britain to stop impressing it's sailors, allow the US to trade with who it wanted while a neutral nation and for Britain to stop supporting the Indian Barrier state of Tecumseh both diplomatically and with military equipment. The second primary source I reference is the debates the US Congress had after the President asked them for a declaration of war against Britain. Those arguments are written down of what the Congressman back then said. In those arguments the ability for the US to annex Canada was never brought up even by the members within the Democratic-Republican part called the "warhawks" who years prior to the war did argue for the annexing of portions of British North America into the US. Which brings me to my last primary source argument against this myth. That being in the years prior to the war when there were a minority amount of US politicians who wanted to annex portions of British North America the US Senate actually held a vote twice on what the US would do should it ever come into control of British North American territory. In both official votes by the US Senate the Senators rejected the US annexing the territory of British North America. All that isn't to say though that the US didn't invade Canada and wouldn't have annexed portions of it had the war gone a different way. But it does show that it was not a goal of the US to annex British North America in the starting of the war of 1812. The US invaded Canada as it's only way to end the war with Britain in a way that the US could force Britain to agree to what it wanted in it's reasons for starting the war. The US was not going to be able to sail a army over to Britain and take over the island during that period of time. So the only option the US had was to capture Canada and then hand it back to Britain in a peace deal getting Britain to agree to what the US wanted.
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  3643.  @TheImperatorKnight  Remember TIK order 227...not one step back you are under orders to finish this to the end..."hurra"!
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  3644. 1:12 this map is incorrect as it presents Northern Dobrudja as a part of Romania when at this point due to the Treaty of Craiova, it would have been a part of Bulgaria
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  3645. The work done for these episodes are absolutely incredible, the amount of hard work behind these videos are astronomical. Massive respect TIK.
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  3646. I have always felt that the best commander of all times, Manstein, is vastly overrated. I appreciate your research and the fact how unbiased you have been in regards to the other commanders of Wehrmacht who were given too much credit as well: Guderian was too shortsighted to see the importance of the southern flank and Rommel underestimated the role of logistics in winning a campaign.
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  3647. Ugh a whole week????? You’re killing me!!! Another job well done btw
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  3648. Some of the criticism may stem from similar familial abuse. Also election season came about and sadly it seems Labour has won.
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  3649. Nobody expected rommel's inquisition
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  3650. Stupendous achievement, bro..... From the making of..... to the download itself. B R A VO
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  3651. TY again for your amazing, work Mr. Knight 🙂
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  3652. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I'm not living there at the moment so I'm relying on what I read or see videos of. Regarding "inflation" (by the modern definition), it's been in the hundreds of % and climbing for quite some time, making the 150% jump in 2 months I experienced there back in 2018 look quite stable by comparison. Hence, the willingness to try a radical shift with Milei. And hence, the plan to transition off the Peso to the Dollar, which Argentines have already been using for capital transactions for many years. He's completely eliminated half of the government departments already... in a country where 55% of the registered workforce were employed by the government in some capacity. Unlike the typical pandering politician, he's stated all along that the transition to a free and prosperous market would be quite painful. And yet, things were so bad that most of the country was willing to give it a shot anyway, after a century of socialist hegemony (minus Macri 2 presidents ago, who accomplished too little too late for a smooth course correction). I'm guessing right now is probably around the height of the "birth pangs" of the necessary correction. From what I've heard, the inflation rate has at least shrunk from the previous trajectory already. He's at least wise enough to understand that spending cuts take priority over tax cuts when you're actually trying to fix the problem and not just buy power. He is, after all, an actual economist and self-described anarcho-capitalist in principle. But also smart enough to recognize that jumping into such an ideal head-first isn't the way to get there, and that "better" is beats sticking so ardently to "best" ideals that nothing ever improves (a big problem in our space of the political sphere). So obviously what's needed is for foreign investment to start capitalizing on the earnest attempts to transform into a more market-friendly economy. I think the first trickling as already started, but it's clearly going to take time to earn the trust needed to really get the ball rolling. I'm actually very seriously considering how I might be able to invest in that process myself. For once, I see a potential opportunity to help build a structure truly worth building. Perhaps I'll even move down there whether part- or full time, which I've already considered seriously in the past (I already have dual citizenship). There's a lot of potential for growth in logistics, as I see it. My reservations are likely the same as any other investor. How much is this movement a fad vs. a proper, long-term redirection? Will the resolve to do things right crumble in the face of the current growing pains and restart the cycle all over again, or will we finally break that cycle and show the this generation what a force for good a free market can be? After Macri's far more moderate attempts to correct things, the socialist establishment regained power after one term (though he did still get 40% of the vote in a non-binary system). They doubled down and screwed things up so bad that they've elected the chainsaw guy, though. The desperation of the situation along with the internet allowing the spread of ideas like on this channel seems to have ignited a fire of a far more principled, free market uprising than the usual aimless "lets try ANYTHING that seems different." So, I'm cautiously optimistic, and I think at the very least we'll be able to see the beginnings of the fruits of progress before the next election either makes or breaks this course correction trajectory. Milei, despite (or perhaps because of) the bombastic showmanship, has been doing a great job of articulating the principles of economics and liberty in the years leading up to this, so a lot of his base is well-equipped to frame what's happening in terms that ease the fears that would normally give way to the metaphorical "return to Egypt". Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk and "¡Despierten Leones!" ;)
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  3653. This open letter is full of truth and well said.
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  3654. Notice to all UK police, security and intelligence services: Lewis is not suicidal.
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  3655. Guys most Indians are alright. For the most part they've been legally immigrating here for almost 100 years and assimilating into our culture, not destroying it. It's not just a case of "brown man bad". These aren't the ones we should be telling to leave.
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  3656. I'll say it so TIK doesn't have to. Smash that like and subscribe! Smash it like it's the 29th motorized division (which did not survive the battle of Stalingrad).
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  3657. awesome to see, TIK, could not have been easy to collate all this, hat's off to you mate o7
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  3658. Favorite history channel, you need waaaaaay more subs
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  3659. I feel like the argument is an overreaction to the under representation the USSR has received when talking about what won the war. I believe that the Soviets played the largest role in beating the Germans and they should be recognized for that and while the US could’ve beat hitler without Soviet effort it would’ve been a much harder and longer fight. The US did beat the other two axis powers but they played a secondary role when it comes to the German theatre. Furthermore while the Soviets lost the most they also inflicted the most casualties and this should be noted.
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  3660. I was really concentrated on the story, I guess I had the serious expression according to the situation and then I saw this: "This is a list of people who hate Halder" 😂😂😂 Those little things make this the serious chanel that make me laugh the most. Thanks for that man!
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  3661. I've wanted to comment this for the longest but I always get sidetracked by the video. Thank you for adding the source material right on screen and thank you for the extra editing required to do that. It's such a great help. Excellent video as always.
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  3662. I find that sticking to the argument is one thing no socialist I have ever spoke to could do. The conversation devolves into what ifs designed to claim moral superiority rather to contradict the argument itself. It is not surprising, thought, considering that even the socialist economics is based on a moral value.
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  3663.  @personaa422  wow! Five hours of evidence in excruciating detail and you still argue yourself into precisely one of the traps he said you would. ...of course, naively, I am assuming you even watched the video...
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  3664. I love TIKs integrity in all of this. He is determined to stick to facts and acknowledges that history analysis is an ongoing discussion. All of you who believe his facts are wrong, why not simply make a video of your own with a thorough response (please include sources!). LETS CRACK THIS CAN OF WORMS WIDE OPEN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED BACK THERE IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY that led to so many tens upon tens of millions of executions! Had to get that off my chest
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  3665. Great video. Was really expecting a mention of the occupation of the Ruhr however. Would you say the influence of the occupation is overplayed? I'd always been under the impression that the occupation worsened hyperinflation and gave more fuel to the fire of growing support for the right in the weimar republic
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  3666. It's funny how much you learn when you leave school. I'm not saying school is unnecessary just I found once I started watching some videos and reading some books on topics the topics were rounded out past the narrative taught. Even then I'm not saying one book changes history but if a bunch of different writers start coming up with similar stories from differing perspectives it might be closer to the truth then a bland timeline of events. Even then am Author is only as good as the source material they have or personal agenda.
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  3667. "Everything would be on fire, including the roads..." No, the roads would spontaneously cease to exist.
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  3668. i may love your channel for the countless hours of history-content it provides, but the reason according to me you reach a level most content creators cant dream of is your ability to always be as objective as you can and keep emotion out of the analysis. keep up the good work and love from Sweden!
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  3669. Finally, a holocaust video, I was waiting for this, thanks TIK. Love your content from Argentina!
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  3670. This is one of those videos that you need to watch from the start to the end, before making your comments. Thank you for doing this video.
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  3671. Do you really expect to have any videos monetize at this point
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  3672. "rEaL soCiAlisM HAs nEVer beEN TRieD"
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  3673. Hell yeah, This is the stuff that catches my attention now. So much of WW2 and the Nazis gets covered but often the topics that are timeless are ignored. What I mean by that is the Nazis aren't coming back but the circumstances that created them will.
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  3674. Hmm I have a strange feeling that Halder is responsible for a lot of German short comings during the war...
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  3675. Have to say that, although as I am not in line with you on some economic bits, you are one of the finest historians out there without a doubt :)
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  3676. I lost it at 4:55. Stalin was a double agent too? Man, I never knew the British were this clever. It's my fault. You birthed Monty Python after all.
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  3677. Please make video (or several) about siege (or blockade) of Leningrad. Topic is very close to this one, but in much greater scale.
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  3678.  @juliancate7089  but but true socialism has never been tried
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  3679. I salute to you. What an effort that video must have been. Much respect, it turned out great!
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  3680. You have become one of my favourite youtube channels !
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  3681. I totally agree with this and I am puzzled by the fact that, oil is always talked about in context of war in the Pacific as one of the main factors for Japan's loss in the war but then discarded when talked in context of Germany and the Eastern Front. The other important thing that people forget (and you covered a bit) is the Italian fleet which didn't have the oil to secure vital parts of Mediterranean. They had significant fleet but no way to use it effectively and so the lost of those ships, many in the port raid by the British, changed nothing.
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  3682. Great little short video, good distinction that points out a flaw that many people make! However one flaw i will point out: just because Churchill locked up Mosley and his fascist gang, doesn’t make him not a fascist. Not saying he was a fascist, or anything close to it (his ideology and beliefs simply do not line up with it, at least as far as i know), but that simply locking up people of a certain ideological conviction does not mean you do not share the same ideological conviction. I bring this up because this is a common argument made by those who claim Hitler wasn’t a socialist, because he locked up other socialists, even though the Soviets and other communist regimes also locked up other communists, but (for the most part) are still considered communist (or “socialist” or whatever). Just thought i point that out since “locking up those of the same ideological convictions doesn’t mean you don’t share those same ideological convictions”, is a big sticking point for the argument for Hitler being a socialist! Anyways, love your content, and have a good day!
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  3683. I think this is great advice. However, like another commenter stated, the rush to get things out may be more related to income, view counts, channel relevancy, etc. Then again, with YouTube's policies and the type of content Tik makes, I suspect the vast majority of his income is through Patreon, not video ads.
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  3684. Finally caught up on your work. Nice work with Stalingrad. Received the first two volumes of Stalingrad by David Glantz. They truly are doorstoppers. I do wonder how Glantz is able to write so much. It takes me a couple of months to write a 3000 word article. I appreciate the work you are doing with the occupation side of the war. Hunger is a terrible way to die, but must be taught. I'm going to try to get into some of the books I picked up for the Holocaust, starting with Raul Hilberg's work.
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  3685. Thanks a bunch for this video, great content!
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  3686. Just when I thought you couldn't make anything more entertaining, informative, and down right good. You make this. Thank you!
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  3687. The Far right uses these few examples to say "look the nazis weren't that bad, the US did the same". So, thanks to them, this is now a tabu.
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  3688. Manstein did not hang at Nuremburg, but Keitel did. Hmmmmmm.
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  3689. Videos so detailed we will have to wait for January 2043 to see Field Marshal Paulus surrender.
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  3690. I am a simple mind. I see a TIK video, I ... etc.
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  3691. Happy birthday.
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  3692. Apology accepted
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  3693.  @TheImperatorKnight  It is support for the Scottish Libertarian Party candidate for the constituency of Motherwell and Wishaw and (because of the very complex Scottish voting system where everybody gets two votes) the electoral region of Central Scotland, Mark Meechan. Scottish elections are in three days, their ambition is to beat the Greens.
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  3694. This channel, these contents, worth entire youtube. I wish I could support you, but I live in Iran, so no patreon possibility. 😢
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  3695. I love this type of content. It amazes me how obvious this all should be yet, people simply can’t get their minds around anyone other than the government doing things for them. Keep up the great work!
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  3696.  @remainselusive1  So am I, and so is your given name. Yet I am very much aligned with TIK's perspective on these matters BECAUSE they align with the principles of the Torah. Luxemburg, on the other hand, surrenders her Jewish affiliation according to Torah law by contradicting it so, via the punishment of "kareth" ("cutting-off," i.e. disinheritance and exile).
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  3697. Please keep going with this material,your knowledge of history gives you such a refreshing insight , just when we are living in such a new authoritarian dressed as progressive society.
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  3698. Apologies, I know you're ill, but I must criticise the video response to the viewer's question as you have not addressed the question properly. Plus, I was listening to the video in the background so an happy to be corrected if I state something that is wrong. The question was posed in relation to an earlier assertion by you that the total combined populations of the axis countries outnumbered that of the USSR. Presumably you argued that therefore the potential manpower for war was more that the USSR (if utilised correctly). However, in your video you have only taken into account the German units garrisoning of occupied territories. Although you explicitly mentioned Italian and Bulgarians occupying territories , these have not been taken into account when you have worked out the size of the occupying axis forces. Whereas mentioning that logistics might have limited the manpower at the front for the axis powers it does address the point made by the viewer about manpower employed elsewhere. I would have suggested you could actually have explained that the USSR's forces were also spread to defend in the East for example.
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  3699. Regular breaks are essential for sanity. You may also find the quality of your videos improves although you release them less often. It's already brilliant stuff but i'd hate to see you burn out. As a viewer and patreon i'd rather see a well rested TIK doing great work who enjoys a life away from work, even if it means less frequent videos. Cheers
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  3700. Tik, there will always be people criticizing you for everything you do. "You said you would do a video on Stalingrad, and you havent done it yet so you lied" is just noise from people who will never be happy. I enjoy your content and the pace you put it out. Keep doing what you're doing, and ignore the noise.
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  3701. Hi tik, just signed up for your patreon as I feel I owe you for so much quality content over the years. I'm glad you dedicated yourself to this niche, as youve probably been among the most educational content I've ever had the pleasure to watch. Thanks again, DC
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  3702. Ah fantastic! The perfect fuel for my 4am insomnia, thanks Tik, you magnificent bugger you.
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  3703. Nietzsche was also a big influence on hitler. So much so that he had a sculpture of him and Mussolini gifted him a copy of thus spoke Zarathustra
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  3704. Almost can't believe it's over, can't even imagine how you feel. Thank you for such a wonderful series tik.
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  3705. I for one am interested in the Canada annexation and starvation idea! Clearly we need a corridor to Alaska! (Sarcasm)
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  3706. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I’ve come to realise that many of those outspoken against capitalism never seem to quote or draw many ideas from capitalist thinkers like Sowell, Friedmann, or Mises. They just say blah blah blah capitalism evil, it’s all about profit and greed and you’re being exploited, give a few examples of corporate greed, then point to how Karl Marx said this, etc…
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  3707. TIK i really appreciate your use of sources and your analysis of the eastern front's complexities. Even if I dont completely agree about everything you say there is so many thought provoking insights from these videos. Keep it up man!
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  3708. Crazy, I thought your latest History video was clear and well thought out. Your positions are well sourced and align with the great historians around your subjects (like T Snyder). Thanks for your hard work, thanks for paying taxes, thanks for Stalingrad series.
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  3709. Probably wise that you pulled them. Your choice of one particular word was asking for trouble and the author has a lot more resources to throw at you than you have to defend yourself.
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  3710. The complexity of history is fascinating. Your highly detailed works more so! I am proud to be a Patreon. But still, if all your works could be published as academic books or papers, the massive amount of knowledge you produce would be quotable for students and academics.
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  3711. Very nice video TIK. Dutchie here and you shed some more light on this awfull event. Also very glad about the Nijmegen mention at the end. I think we should definitely look at all the crimes the same way. But I can really understand the attitude towards the two events from the dutch perspective. They were attacked by the germans unprovoked and on top of that they bombed innocent civilians. This was most of the dutch population's first taste of war (since we were neutral in WW1 we hadnt experienced the atrocities ourselves). This was such a shocking turn of events that it takes precedence in our minds. Yet after 4 or 5 years of war and atrocities being committed left and right the civilians kinda grew numb about them. Might explain why they could so easily "shrug off" the american bombings compared to the german bombing of Rotterdam. I do agree with your point that we should weigh those events on the same scale and not let the circumstances influence our moral compass since that's very slippery slope
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  3712. I almost never get to watch your videos when they release, but it being labour day state side I get a Monday off and can watch early.
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  3713. LOL the first part is hilarious
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  3714. Thanks TIK. Always great content with excellent presentation supported with good reasearch.
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  3715. I really like this. Probably the first time anyone mentions that Paulus was basically scapegoated by Manstein.
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  3716. my god, had no idea it was Manstein. part 2? woot!
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  3717. I like your videos, even if I don't agree with everything, it is always good to see other viewpoints and since you always explain your points and state evidence I don't understand people who just hate on you
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  3718. Excellent as always! keep up the good work!
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  3719. If you can't be a nationilst and an individualist, then I guess I'm just a patriot. I like my country, worts and all but I do believe that a nation is still made up of individuals and that the individual is important.
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  3720. Looking forward to the series. Keep up the good work, and thanks.
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  3721. So 6 lost bombers divided by 1173 total bombers equals 0.51% not a 0.0085% loss rate. Or am I missing something?
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  3722. Take 3 weeks off bro, you're a man overworked who's completely spent all resources on achieving your objectives. Can only imagine the strees Hitler must've experienced if this was his life 24/7. Respect my English brother from Ireland.
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  3723. Happy Polish National Independence Day!
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  3724.  @TheImperatorKnight  I usually don’t consider it polite to respond to a youtuber when they’ve already responded to me, but here I feel it’s warranted for anyone else who sees this thread. I don’t believe Christianity starts, or any other moral system ought to start from either self-acceptance or self-hatred. The starting point is something objective. Whether you believe in the metaphysics of the system or not, the standards are quite real. And so ‘self-hatred’ can only ever be a reaction to one’s own real inadequacy. Moreover, the story of humanity in Christianity begins with our creation in the image of God, with humans ordered to all things good. Original sin is not the starting point, original justice precedes it. That may sound trivial but the order of causality here informs the way Christians see sin. We, each of us have a drive for goodness, a drive for God, which we choose to ignore in our measure, through our own free choice; just as the first man rebelled through his own free choice. There is no individual tenet in Christianity which is impossible or impractical to adhere to, yet on our own, the sum of all of them overwhelms self-discipline. That is where Grace is required, and where I think you are more or less correct that many Marxists find their ethics degenerate. Christian morality without God is less than worthless. The Luciferian morality of ‘do what thou wilt’ is at least undemanding. And ‘do what thou wilt’ is all a subjective morality that starts at self-acceptance or indeed self-hatred can ever really demand. When the only arbiter is I, there’s simply no other principle involved. I also think that in the 21st Century, it’s far rarer to see a convinced Marxist who begins from a religious background; not an authentic one, anyway. The morality of leading Marxist voices today, especially among the young generations is not austere or self-sacrificial. It’s not demanding. It’s decadent, and individual, and selfish. It exalts personal failing in all forms as the rejection of oppressive societal standards. Fatness, ugliness, effeminacy and sexual baseness are all cherished by Marxists because they are a product of individual will. Of the denial of society, which cannot be separated from the denial of objective morality: the denial of virtue. I thank you for responding, and I don’t imagine that I’ve convinced you, but the exercise is enjoyable nevertheless.
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  3725. Obviously germans! Source: Diary of lord and saviour Manstein AKA miracle man.
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  3726. honestly the fact you are defending the people you disagree, and not outright dismissing them is amazing. because it proves that even trought you disagree you are able to recognize and see others opinions. People should realize that life is full of nuance, you cant just out right judge something as bad and wrong without trying to understand. i have seen a lot of people on the internet saying bad things about you tik. But a video like this just proves (to me) that you are commited to the truth, and if you werent you would just dismiss the other claims. Hell, if everything you ever said in your life was actually wrong , i bet that you would have the open mid to recognize the mistakes. Good joob and great work
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  3727. It's interesting because I get the see various political, economical and strategic decisions which impacted (and still impact) societies and nations. Not to mention the analysis of doctrines, battles and all the variables around the warfare. I think every boy "likes" or at least finds war interesting, probably because of the male nature.
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  3728. It's interesting to see that there was one socialist leader who didn't avoid work and had a family life which was actually pretty decent from all accounts: Tito Maybe it's a coincidence, but he's also considered by most to be the least evil of all the old communist leaders.
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  3729. I'm always excited for new TIK content. I ALWAYS learn something I never knew. Keep up the work! And don't just stick to tanks. The other stuff matters more.
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  3730. Thank you Tik! Amazing how convoluted this all was, and thanks for being so clear and understandable!
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  3731. Thanks for the reupload TIK. You do great work.
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  3732.  @TheImperatorKnight  Pommel Gazala
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  3733. Yay, I'm in credits! Great video, I'm glad I'm supporting you financially.
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  3734. Halder won the war single-handedly, end of story
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  3735. I like these new style of videos since battlestorm stalingrad ended a lot. Keep up the good work Tilk! 👍
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  3736. When going on holiday, TIK only uses one piece of luggage. But is that really the case?
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  3737. Kinda crazy how this is the first time I've seen anyone lay this out. Once again I come to realize that I know nothing about what happened in 20th century Europe. Or rather, I can tell you what happened, but I can't tell you why it happened. People, their thoughts and motivations; it's all blank or filled with rubbish. Things just happen for no reason. Lots of madmen.
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  3738. How come there’s a sudden influx of new viewers onto this video lol. I’m rewatching occasionally to study for my modern history class and going through the comments rather surprised me.
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  3739. When I saw Timcast in the sources i though "What does the beanie boi have to do with national socialism?" But then I saw the section about how flawed are the academic institutions, which is something Tim Pool broughts up fairly often, which is sad and kind of scary. (Regarding the institutions not Tim) Good video men salutations from Mexico.
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  3740. Omg I made it past your pleading with people not to be a$sholes they are. Probably completely futile.
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  3741. Keep up the good work.
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  3742. This pretty much explains why the Germans didn't simply wait outside Stalingrad on the west bank, stage amphibious landings north and south of the city, surround Stalingrad and starve the city out.
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  3743. I love your posts. while i may not agree with all, your presentation is very thorough and comprehensive... as a self professed armchair ww2 expert i do learn quite a bit from your series.
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  3744. Arm chair quarter back here, just saying that there is from the Soviet point of view, no point is wasting resources to destroy an army that has been trapped and cut off from relief and supplies, if you do not need to do so. As for the German point of view, we have to ask, did they read their own play book from the start of the war? I am thinking no.......... Your Graphs do not show that even as the German Army was getting larger mid war that because we know they were experiencing heavy casualties throughout the war (which even if we discount those who were wounded and returned to the lines) would mean that the % of experience men was going down along with the experienced officers to lead them.
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  3745. Nice cracking down on your British government. Absolute briljance TIK😁
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  3746. I find it so amazing hearing the Rothbardian description of the crisis of 29. The explanation beginning in the inflationary bubble shows a greater deal of historical context and comprehension of historic forces than the standard explanation of the markets suddenly went bananas
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  3747. Perfect timing, I just started studying economics.
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  3748. It's been a long time! Finally it's out!!
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  3749. So it begins... at last! Tip: the "zh" in Cyrillic is pronounced like the j in French "je" The letter itself looks like a giant asterisk. :P
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  3750. I'm so early
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  3751. Tik, stick to "Bewegungskrieg ".
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  3752. Perhaps to control the sea? You could easily get to the neutral Turkey or allied Egypt and Syria.
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  3753. Didn't expect a video on Sunday.
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  3754. Hey man, don’t quit. Just take time for yourself and restructure your release schedule. You’re a beast big man. 🎉
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  3755. Was going to type a long comment, but it didn't come out like I wanted. All I'll say is, take care. Good health and good spirits is the one thing no amount of viewer appreciation can buy. We'll all still be here enjoying what you make, especially knowing what comes out down the line will be from a healthier place.
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  3756. The reflection of the ring light in his eyes, stares into my soul.
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  3757. I like the guderian part :-D
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  3758. TIK! Best WW2 channel. Good work. Keep it up.
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  3759. Fantastic that you have researched and shared this TIK, an absolutely shocking and shameful episode reflecting terrible discredit on the West . Who would credit it, our people acted like the NKVD in doing the work of Stalin, engaging in deceptions and standing by whilst women were shockingly abused. What terrible dark episode which, just like 'Operation Unthinkable', deserves to come to light. We aided and abetted Stalin!
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  3760. Patreon supporter here - take the time you need/want to socialize and take breaks! Your videos are well worth the wait. Do I enjoy weekly uploads? Of course, but I also want you to find peaceful time for yourself! Another great video.
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  3761. Yes, best for science, tech, medicine or business. Thanks for this video! Happy Labor Day!
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  3762. Just got hired in an education job. I will show students these videos. Love the job you do!
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  3763. Gj
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  3764. I've been waiting for this video, im about to do presentation on facisim in 2 hours, definitely about to watch the video before!
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  3765.  @peterszeug308  He actually didn't, but he did a recent video of Fascism being right or left. People in the comments did mention TIK though.
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  3766. Great series TIK, there are many reasons wars happen and there's often many layers. Really like videos like this and appreciate your attempt in examining this subject. At 29:45, so well said "Stupidity at its finest"
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  3767. Tik, I love all of this. I'm very happy you are attacking this Hegelian nonsense head-on. The most important quote from you, IMHO, is "Don't listen to what they say, look at what they do." I think we can back away from all of the garbage that has polluted this and be very pragmatic. That's my one quibble with your argument. You are a bit deep into their dogma, which is a useful perspective, but you don't have to be. My perspective on this? Having studied Eastern philosophy extensively I am always struck by how it is difficult for Westerners to understand. The reason for this is that the Western world has a strong bias towards seeing everything as a conflict of some kind. Marxists, for example, tend to go on about "continuous revolution" because the struggle is eternal. The Eastern world tends to look for a balance, a resolution to conflict. This simple change in perspective makes pretty much all of this Hegelian nonsense irrelevant. Moving history forward? Um, no, quite the opposite. This is why I think that what you are starting here, and I do think it's only a start, is so vital. So much of what has come into Western philosophy in the last few hundred years only perpetuates conflict pointlessly. It obscures reality. This is not to say that Eastern philosophy is perfect, but there is a lot to learn from everyone. Again, there are many ways to see the flaws in this approach. I love how you trace it back to gnosticism but I do think that a pragmatic approach is always the best. Minimizing conflict, seeking balance, is just far less exhausting.
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  3768. Old saying ....... there are only two types of people who never make a mistake ...... a liar and someone who never does anything ! Thanks for your work
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  3769.  mike mcmike  sorry, little bitta non-standard english for ya there mr YT grammar police, but you were just owned still none the less. 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Awww diddums.
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  3770. He didnt eat meat. Makes sense.
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  3771. Holy shit, that peikoff playlist is absolute gold, thanks Tik!
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  3772. Like how these people didn't seem to even read the book itself and didn't check several sources to confirm it.
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  3773. Whenever TIK posts a video, you can be sure that it will deliver. I was not disappointed, your reputation is well deserved. Love your work man, keep up with great stuff!
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  3774. Fanaticism, I follow TIK fanatically. Fanatical-ness? Perhaps
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  3775. Sees TIK notification Clicks TIK... Meh. You get it by now. :P
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  3776. I couldn't agree more with the stance at the end. Perfectly put. It's like when Stalin or Hitler's supporters use the other's crimes to justify theirs. Since when two evils make a right? What about stopping the "good vs evil" cartoonish views of international politics? I'll always hate communism, as it's the most hypocritical ideology ever, including today's leftists. For the "good of the people" (or "workers"), it's an ideology that has deported, enslaved and executed so many of its own citizens, nothing compares. At least Nazis did what they openly set out to do. But then when I see people mentioning how Stalin (or Mao) killed more than Hitler, it's like they don't want to see that if the Nazis had won the war, tens of millions more people would have been killed, and even lots more enslaved. The Nazis planned that about 30 million Soviet citizens would die in the very first winter (1941-1942) had they won like planned! How more evil can you get? And allies did commit a lot of mass crimes too, even if the extent is indeed far lesser. But the "holier than though" stance keeps other narratives going and going and going...
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  3777. Oh he has a bias. But it's cool. Everybody has a bias. He does the best he can. I appreciate that.
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  3778. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I think it's a good thing to have all of this as information ready for people who were duped. But I don't think that it will convince them to change. By the time they are watching your videos, they will already be willing to change. Or they won't, watch 5 min of the video, call it stupid, and shut it off. They have to have something happen to them to make them realize something is wrong.
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  3779. Thanks for your work, TIK👊
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  3780. The reality is that most of the educated class - including PHDs, professionals, politicians etc are economically illiterate. I recommended Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics to a friend. He is a business owner and has done very well for himself but halfway through commented to me that he realised that he was totally clueless about economics. This applies to 99.99 percent of the voting population and accounts for most of the confusion. People don't know the basics.
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  3781.  @TheImperatorKnight  'Jumped into Normandy,' I see what you did there. ;)
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  3782. What is love?
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  3783. Getting published doesn’t mean anything joe rogan proves that on his podcast with those 2 guys who published a bunch of mock sjw material and it got published so ya think of that.
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  3784. Blessed be the Manstein and this video
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  3785. Now we need history of 5th South African brigade led by TIKs favorite general (after his beloved Franz Halder) Dan Pienaar, perhaps the finest general known to humanity whose vim and Ginger in battle are covered in the Crusade battle storm series
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  3786. A wonderful historical coverage video about New Zealand 🇳🇿 troops and theirs commanders freybreck in Northern Africa . Thank you (TIK ) for sharing
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  3787. The commentary section is gonna be ecstasy
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  3788. Sorry TIK but I have to ask these gentlemen to please support you through Patreon. I know a lot of you love these videos as much as I do and want them more frequently. There is only one way that will happen. C'mon boys, help him out.
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  3789. Not sure if understood correctly but at 40:29 if its 60k men fighting on 30km (30,000meter) front, shouldn't it be 1-2 men per meter?
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  3790. I've been waiting for ages, for you to address this myth. Got my popcorn ready and all sorts TIK.
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  3791. I would be interested in an expansion of the knock on effects of a minimum wage that you referred to.
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  3792. The opinions and analyses in this channel are the best of what I have found on YT. TIK don't listen to the nay-sayers and continue with the good work.
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  3793. It's Monday alright. TiK has dropped another vid. Cheers from Tennessee
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  3794. Running to my safe space led me here. Learning doesn't start until you're uncomfortable.
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  3795. Good on you for not skipping over this part of the conflict.
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  3796. First of all: great video: well worth the wait. I almost feel guilty pointing out a small typo at 32:45. where (242 Panzer IV) should probably read (242 Panzer III). This is not a criticism (I know from personal experience how hard fully correct editing is), I just thought that you would want to know.
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  3797. The thing that bugs me is that the state (Wisconsin) let the anarchist destroy public property for 3 nights and only shut it down when someone dared to defend private property,... Then the state went after that guy.
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  3798. Are you starting a cooking channel? Some of your other subscribers seem confused. Keep up the comments its part of what keeps you videos so interesting!
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  3799. Excellent video! There are elements of this video, that is playing out in America. Rising Taxes to pay for huge amounts of money created out of thin air. Scary stuff. I wish politicians understood the dire consequences of their actions. I don't see a way out. Anyway, I thank you for your great work. I look forward to your videos, I always come away with a clearer understanding of history.
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  3800. Yes, but i worry about his grasp of economics when he takes out a loan that is 10% interest per day. That is 3650 APR. :) :) (just kidding, obviously he meant the days to be an analogy for years)
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  3801. You could write a whole book about failed British Generals.
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  3802. Wow. I didn't expect you to produce a 50-minute video so quickly. I thought your excellent Monday videos would be primarily 5-10 minute nuggets of history and enlightenment. Your ability to produce marvelous results so rapidly is Rommel-like. ;)
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  3803. Merry Christmas Tik. Greetings from Brazil
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  3804. Great video, I shared it with the Tanks Encyclopedia team. Your point about infantry is spot on. Everything in the military is designed around the infantry, it is designed to support, protect and improve the infantryman. This includes tanks, guns, backpacks and all inbetween. Loving these weekly uploads and look forward to then every week.
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  3805. Sources written down years after the events are dependent upon the memory of the person. Some have good memory, some bad. The best sources we have about Socrates are writings by a friend and a disciple, years later. Whereas the contemporary source we have are of less value. Some friends of mine checked the Swedish newspapers when Titanic sank. First it was said that Titanic managed to get to port, despite the damage. Next day that she sank. A few days later came the stories about the Swedes that were onboard (and died).
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  3806. Of course not.
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  3807. Well done! Rape if often a tool for psychological trauma in ethnic wars, and the eastern front was certainly that on a grand scale. I'm astonished anyone would accuse you of downplaying Soviet offenses just because you highlight the German ones. Sin and evil isn't a zerosum game, especially when that sin and evil is organized and has multiple zeros at the end of it.
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  3808. Went to r/badhistory, got so sick from just few seconds I was there, had to go to doctors to check up if I don't have "insert pandemic name here".
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  3809. Because dumb political spectrums list both "monarchism" and "fascism" as "right-wing", people assume that there's some kind of affinity between them. In reality, there isn't. The handful of times fascists and monarchists have worked together are nearly always out of a mutual fear of a looming Communist threat, rather than being something they do willingly. Fascism is a revolutionary movement, the child (now disowned child) of the Enlightenment, just like Socialism and Liberalism. Notice how all three appeal to "the will of the people" as the source of their legitimacy and power, even if they don't mean the exact same thing by that phrase. All three believe in popular sovereignty, not in Divine Right or any of the other monarchial justifications of rule. They aren't friends, at best they are strange bedfellows who team up against even greater mutual threats.
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  3810. Hi Tik love your videos! If you are concerned about the third positionists channel from being taken down, you can download and archive the videos. Thus if it is taken down, you still have all the material to work with and reference. Another brilliant video Tik, keep up the good work! Have you done any work on looking at Pol Pots Cambodia and their brand of ideology ? I think it would be a very interesting thing for you to cover. Once again, brilliant video and keep up the god tier level work!
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  3811. Really excited but sadly I cannot watch it right now. Spent basically all of the last week online looking at Russia's invasion of Ukraine and really got behing schedule with university. Hope you're well, TIK :)
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  3812. This is my favorite series on the channel!
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  3813. As a socialist I love your videos and respect your views, also your ww2 videos are top tier.
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  3814. I agree with pretty much all your points, I'm a minarchist because I think some universal law and national defense is necessary, but the actual system of govanance should be open-source. Imagine how many issues would be solved if we simply had a choice of where our taxes went? We could cut out the middle-men politicians and introduce some market competition into the public sector.
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  3815. "So, stay inside and build back better Bolshevism..." I love it! This video was spot on.
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  3816. You've helped a lot with my understanding TIK. It was confusing at first when people defined "anarcho-free market" as having no authority even though you will need forms of authority to have a system of private ownership reguardless. Its all still a form of governing, just decentralized.
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  3817. Brilliant analysis TIK! And brave. Cheers, and Respect!
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  3818. Must be your best presentation. The allies, especially Roosevelt, were quite happy allowing the Soviets over run Eastrtn Europe and allied POWs. Then they sacrificed millions to Stalin in return for their POWs. Looking forward to part 3.
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  3819.  @TheImperatorKnight  lol, we understand your bastardized english... No matter how wrong it is 😁
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  3820. I wonder if the "misplacement" of the reinforcements was caused by the difference in ass kissing and favours from and for certain military leaders. It just makes no sense to begin an offensive and don't give the attackers the tools to work with. Is there no indication whatsoever that the Germans where planning ahead thinking that Army group B would manage and they wanted to push the center again?
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  3821. Amazing. I'm an Historian although my professional interests are about another epoch but I fully agree that revisionism should be a constant if we want to be serious on our field. Keep the good work. We need more.
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  3822. Good to see you again. I did order a copy of "Hitler's National Socialism." by Zitelman. I should be getting it this week.
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  3823. Just finished marathoning your older Battlestorms. This is just what I needed.
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  3824. @Humanity Galatica it's part of his name and you got tricked haha
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  3825. Well done! Amazing work as always 😊
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  3826. I think that content with 2 intellectuals having civilised, knowledgable debate and or conversation is great so i would personally say go for it. You mentioned about answering some questions from older videos; i think if they are smaller questions you could answer some of the questions from your patreon supporters plus other platforms as an added benefit for their contribution. All the best Tik 👍
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  3827. Nonono you're wrong Tik! You have to use the evidence to fit a narrative that people are happy with! This has been the known proper way of doing things for at least the past decade now. Get with the times! Seriously though, I appreciate your work and I enjoy your content. I've been educated many a time, I've had my own theories debunked and enhanced, and through all of it has taught me to check things for myself if I want to know more or even if something has thrown me for a loop. My only complaint is that there's no airforce/air battles in your content. More of this please!
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  3828. To be honest, what is the difference? A Commission is normally a body (Group/organization) put in charge of a specific state task. A Commissariat is pretty much the same thing. If you just look up the definitions for the term Commission a vast majority are administrative uses.
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  3829. Whether TIK was right about Fokin or not, it was a great theatrical line. A moment of comic relief within a long, deep tragedy. What is Fokin wrong with that, I ask you!
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  3830. Very honest youtuber glad I discovered this channel in lockdown
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  3831. Just wanted to give you positive feedback on the short format video. I know you are driven to produce a level of quality that might leave you feeling like you cheated on this vid but not all questions require long format answers and in this case you comprehensively covered the question in an easy to understand manner. Well done.
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  3832. You're in our prayers TIK, take all the time you need. We be right here my friend. God Bless
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  3833. My sincerest condolences Tik, it's ok, take all the time you need. We'll all still be here. Love from Sweden <3
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  3834.  @jamespfp  Yeah, I don't think I've watched anything from the History Channel since the Dogfights series around the mid first decade of this century. There is so much good stuff on YouTube, including lectures. I'm gonna give a swing at TIK's 5 hours of Hitler and socialism. Should be good
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  3835. You just cannot win with some people TIK
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  3836. I can understand your annoyance. I have family members, who cannot help themselves, they just always have to talk about politics with me. They're socialists, but they don't even just dismiss the evidence, they refuse to acknowledge that it exists and they even have had experiences which are evidence, and they just CANNOT come to a logical conclusion. They also don't look where I point them. Thing is: you cannot convince everyone. Lots of people are stuck in their own little world, and cannot open up to the possibility, that MAYBE they're wrong.
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  3837. Epstein, Snyder, Tolstoy, Trotsky and Solzhenytsyn CAN NOT be used as a source. NONE OF THEM had a magical training!
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  3838.  @TheImperatorKnight  everyone needs to read books and stay calm. I am relearning history I thought I knew to be right! Keep up the awesome work !
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  3839.  @TheImperatorKnight  When did I liked watching TIK? Yes
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  3840. People who want their history frozen and eternalized are those who have political agenda rooted in that version history. When opposing revisions they are not opposing it because of knowledge of history, they are practicing political speech. They are trying to preserve their mythology. Otherwise, there would be no fear of revisions, because it would only prove correctness of the original narrative. Opposing revisionism is an act of a political reactionary.
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  3841. Be careful with words, you will come under fire (well maybe it’s an understatement !!! Probably should have said heavy carpet bombing!!!!) with people with an agenda.
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  3842. Will socialists ever agree on what socialism is?
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  3843. TIK haha I’ve been called a nazi and communist simultaneous so I know how you feel
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  3844. TIK is without a doubt the most human historian I’ve ever seen, I can connect with him on so many levels whether it be love for history or just attitude in which he goes about things. Thank you for being yourself TIK it makes everything better.
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  3845. Always excited to see a new video! Thanks for the effort you put into those, you have the best history channel on YouTube right now, TIK!
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  3846. I'm going to enjoy this, thanks TIK!
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  3847. No, TIK deservers a medal for his calm and reasoned response. I listened to it too (as difficult as it was), but I sure couldn't have produced such a high quality response to it, which is much, much harder to do.
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  3848. I do see where you are coming from with this TIK and as a socialist myself i do see that Nazi Germany had lots of socialism. I think the main difference was that Hitler wanted to seize the means of production based on racial grounds whereas socialists today believe in seizing the means of production on class grounds.
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  3849. I love this channel. He would be awesome to chat history with down the pub, and predict it would turn into an all-nighter....
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  3850. ​@TheImperatorKnight Why bother responding to those losers?Unless it will help grow your channel and make you money all you're doing is punishing yourself.
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  3851. Nietzsche's lament that 'god is dead' opening a hole for a new god?
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  3852. There have been people who have provided (in my opinion) valid criticism of TIK, but the majority of his detractors tend to be rude, snide, insulting and condescending. Unfortunately, it does not help that some of TIK’s supporters have responded to such behavior in a similar manner. In my opinion that would only make it worse, not better.
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  3853. Interesting fact: before the war some private companies in the Netherlands bought anti-aircraft guns themselves and their employees manned these guns. These employees were trained by the Dutch army and they and the privately owned AA were organized into the "Vrijwillige Luchtafweerdienst" (voluntary anti-air service).
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  3854. Never been this early to anything 👍🏻🤦🏻‍♂️
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  3855. You gonna get roasted for saying that a totally public service is inefficient lol
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  3856. Just re-watched your 5 hour Hitler was a socialist video last night, so this is great timing. Thanks for your work!
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  3857. Teacher: “in spring 1941, the Arabs were revolting.” Students: “that’s racist!” Teacher: “no I ment…. O, never mind.🤷‍♂️”
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  3858. Baby dont hurt me dont hurt me no more!
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  3859. In the large view of the map,Oppenlander is still the commander of the 305 ID
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  3860. In regards of the italian in Russia: I did some research Regarding the debate on Soviet-held POWs, i think that could help post here some data and fact on ARMIR POWs: the primary sources i use are "Pubblicazione CSIR - ARMIR campi di prigionia e fosse comuni, Edizione 1996" and "ARMIR" of Emilio Vio Sopranis. The autor is a survivor of detention but the book isn't a memoir but a full history book which makes extensive use of numerous Italian and Russian sources. Unfortunately i don't think that there is a English translation of the book at the moment. If the number of pages is needed i'm here to provided it. The "Pubblicazione" is available online. Let's start with the official data from KGB's archives, that report 64.400 names: of this around 10.000 were identified by the date of capture as ex-POWs of Germans. The repatriated soldier of ARMIR after the war are 10.087. So therefore according to these calculations, the captured soldier are around 54.000 and dead soldiers while in detention are around 44.000. Probably this 54.000 soldiers are not all the captured during the operation Little Saturn but the exact number of captured soldier cannot be established with absolute certainty: - The Italian historical office of the ministry of defence report (in 1977): 3.010 officers and 81.820 soldiers dead or missing. - Valdo Zilli in his "Gli Italiani prigionieri in URSS: vicende, esperienze, testimonianze" conjectures (based on the military reports of both sides and the memories of survivors) that of the 84.000 losts, around 20.000 died during the fighting. - The Italian delegate at UN commission for prisoners of war in his report estimate 70.000 ARMIR Pows. - The communist sources (Palmiro Togliatti at radio Mosca on 5 May 1943 and the Journal "Alba" around february 1943) report that around 80.000 italian soldiers are captured. This is probably a propaganda exaggeration but it seemed right to mention this sources for the sake of completeness. We don't have reliable data on the death of the soldiers died during the trasportation to the detention camp, but it is estimate that in this phase died around 20.000 soldiers (pag. 33 of the "pubblicazione"): the nicknamed "Davai March" ("Davai" in russian mean: "forwand, walk!") and the trasportation on the train (which are not heated) were particularly brutal and for the most part made without food. We have the data of the deaths of the soldier in prison camp ordered for date (Pag. 33 of the "Pubblicazione"): of the 40.027 deaths, 31.230 are in the first 6 months of the 1943, this fact is coherent with the report of the survivors (chapter "i campi di concentramento per i prigionieri di guerra" of the book): in this phase there were very few provisions, no heating system, epidemics of typhus and dysentery and almost nothing medical care. After suffering for the "Davai March", for the train trasportation, for the retreat in desperate condition and for the fighting there, the situation proved destructive for the soldiers. After June the mortality shrank drastically (Pag. 33 of the "Pubblication"): around this period rumors circulated among the prisoners that Stalin gave the order that "no prisoner must die from now on". My take on this is that the initial lack of supply, medical care and heating system highlight that the Soviet simply weren't ready for handle such a large number of prisoners and that only at a later time (with the end of the critical moment and the food and medical supply of the lend lease) they managed to cope with it but it is possible that besides this the Soviets chose to not to allocate enough resources for the POWs in this phase due to lack of means. Anyway i think that this data certify that the worst period for the prisoners are the first (due to the mix from the exaustion before the capture, the harsh condition of their travel to the camp and the lack of supply on the first month of 1943 in camps) while afterwards the conditions improved. Yes, it is not possible generalize this data to the all POWs in Soviet hand but i think that this is useful piece of the puzzle.
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  3861.  @TheImperatorKnight  maybe it means not a lot, but I really appreciate your knowledge and courage, even I do not agree with you all the time. So I want to thank you for your work, once again.
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  3862. I discovered your channel a month back and wow... Great content after great content... Keep up the good work man !!
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  3863.  @HistoryMarche  2 of the best history channels on youtube together, hi there!
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  3864. can't wait ! youtube allows for playlists to have seasons, you should take advantage of that when you are making the second season instead of creating a new playlist by the way.
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  3865. Exelent video!!! Yoiu are doing a great job!!! Keep it up!!! Greating from The Netherlands,...
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  3866. The reason why socialism is alive in our country is that older generations lived and were raised in completely different system with different mechanisms and values.When communism fall these people were put in completely different situation.Their collectivist mentality combined with bad conditions from early democratic years to today(such as corruption, selfishness, worshiping totalitarian figures and etc.) make the the way that younger people influenced by their parents see the today's Bulgaria as bad and communist Bulgaria as good. In my opinion the worst is that communism left people helpless dealing with hard situations in life and unable to make civil society and change to better.
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  3867. #ILoveEatingCoal
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  3868. The road to hell is paved with good intentions
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  3869. When you made your "Hitler is a socialist" video, that blew my mind. Suddenly this all made SO much sense!
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  3870. I don't watch TV because the documentaries are not good enought. Not enought details and well allot of clishees. I love your youtube videos. You learn the truth always that is what I like about this chanel
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  3871. This is EXACTLY TRUE! The world was closed due to a medical scare. Economic collapse was immediate in the United States. We truly have no clue what ANYTHING is WORTH!
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  3872. I think everyone watching your videos knows how much effort you put in making them. Every decision you make that enables you to preserve the quality of the content is a good decision. 🙂 Keep up the great work!!! 👍
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  3873. All your hard work is very much appreciated! One of my favorite channels. The quality is epic.
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  3874. I dont think you waste time. As a German that learned about that in east Germany under the russian influence you still help me to learn new things or understand it even better. Thank you for your efforts and time to make videos.
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  3875. lol, "Are we still taking about crossing the Volga or raising interest rates?"
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  3876. Great video TIK. This level of analysis has no match in Youtube.
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  3877. You may wish to consult a fine piece called " the Folley of Generals " by David Colley. This is all of Eisenhowers sub combatant commanders and their objections to SHAEF's broad thrust approach after the landings. Thanks ever much
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  3878.  @TheImperatorKnight  I can't belive I am not the only person who thinks that.
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  3879. Great topic, quick answer, no: Arab oil in those days still wasn't developed, even if you have the raw material you still have to process it. No processing machinery available even if Libyan reserves were known back then, which they were not. But the same question applies for Iraqi oil or elswhere in the UK realm where oil had been discovered.
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  3880. Law abiding, concerned British are now labelled ‘Far Right’ according to Starmer. He should have said he would protect law abiding people instead of what he actually said. He has caused even more huge divisions in this country. We are the problem not the actual causes.. 🙄
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  3881. I love that you pulled a few red lines inbetween the army groups, I was having difficulty differentiating them until I noticed them :) (XXXX is army group or Army?)
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  3882. why did you have to upload during exam seasons! Thanks for the great work as always TIK
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  3883. Can’t wait to see part 3 of this one TIK! Any idea where the korsun landing strip was? Really looking to metal detect that area and see if any crates of supplies got tossed into some nearby lakes or something. Also not that it matters much but you pronounce korsun a lot like (ker son) it’s pronounced (core soon) small gripe but if you weren’t aware I wanted to let you know from someone who speaks the language :) thanks for this video TIK. Definitely looking for the next one and the breakout of the pocket! I did a lot of detecting in the area of stebliv, and nova Buda. Found a lot of 8mm casings and a few dugouts as well. If you know any areas you think there would’ve been intense battles let me know! I would love to detect and see what remnants from this battle are rotting away in the soil.
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  3884. lol, first time I ever made the connection: "his-story" the rest is archeology :)
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  3885. ​ @Chud_Bud_Supreme Sounds like he can't refute the arguments then...
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  3886. the fact that TIK says all of this with a very straight face turns this into a comedy episode
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  3887. Yesss! TIK, I have been waiting for this episode, incessantly checking the channel. Thanks for making my week!
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  3888. As a person with a Neurodevelopmental disorder, thanks for talking about this topic. Few people talk about this vile crime that the nazis did. Wich this was the only time stuff like this happend. Unfortunately even to this day many people think that people like me should just be killed off or just be driven to suicide. I have heard talk like that to my face, even from "tolerant" people.
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  3889. Actually one of the favorite tactics of marxists is to attack your mental state whenever you disagree with them. In the USSR, countless dissidents were forcefully sentenced to mental hospitals. These people are truly wicked and evil to their very core. What they say or believe is the absolute truth, anyone who disagrees is mentally deranged or fascist or whatever else they come up with, and this justifies their elimination from society according to these marxist fanatics. They themselves are lunatics.
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  3890. I am just curious but does anyone know why the Soviets under played the amount of civilians killed? One would think the opposite would be the case
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  3891. Daniel Ziemba Simultaneously, fascists fighting fascists. ;p but seriously this is the first time I've felt emotionally relieved by the subjects of the Battle of Stalingrad or mass suffering of non-combatants.
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  3892. I don't have much to add other than thank you for this, and for introducing Mises to me in one of your earlier videos. I hope you continue to sprinkle your channel with "banks" (epistemology, economics and other things upstream from "tanks"), since the world is so starved of coherent philosophy right now. Peikoff's Intro to Western Philosophy is extremely valuable and bringing attention to that alone makes this an important video.
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  3893. Fascinating presentation as always.
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  3894. Really look forward to this one, because I always had the impression that TIK believes in rather weird stuff. Which is weird in itself, because I consider TIK to be too smart for such shenanigans. Always interested in the POV of others.
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  3895. I have nothing to say, except I am really happy the Crusader finally come and TIK deserve the comment because I'm sure he really wanted to make this right.
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  3896. Actually I haven't read/heard before about a denier changing his mind significantly. What a pleasant surprise.
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  3897. So much misery has come to mankind by people who were so convinced they were right.
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  3898. Great job, All of your video are informative and interesting to watch. I love the history videos, but these are extremly useful in explaining our modern world. More people need to see "public vs private", this video falls under the same category, the best on youtube in terms of quality of information and knowledge. If you reading this Tik, thank you for all the amazing work you have done. I look forward to the ongoing Stalingrad series which is superb, like all the battlestorm videos. Keep up the great work and stay safe in these dark times. Best wishes
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  3899. Definitely talk more about current events like the current depression and the great reset
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  3900.  @TheImperatorKnight  Senpai has noticed me. uwu I think the reason simply is that the standard narrative is "good". Good as in you have to actually work your ass off to come up with a better one. The barrier to entry is insanely high. While I can sometimes point to where the logic doesn't add up within the information you have provided, actually gathering sources and coming up with my own theories and operating outside the information contained within your videos would be very very hard. I'd need to put in like a thousand hours of reading before I'm even capable of disagreeing with you about anything nontrivial.
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  3901. This is very interesting, I was totally unaware that at the time going into Stalingrad was probably the best decision. I was sure that there were genuine arguments for going into Stalingrad, but I wasn't aware they were that strong. Now that I am aware of the need to block reinforcements I can even understand them not clearing the don bridgehead, which was really baffling me until now. Thanks so much for explaining all this and making things clear.
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  3902. Brilliant video, I love how every video you present what seems to be a near unbiased view on the topic at hand and speaking the truth. In the case of these limited secondary sources, I think you should try your hand at writing a book to explain everything and pick up the slack where the other historians go wrong. I know I would certainly buy a book if it was written by you!
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  3903. Oh stop apologizing, so many of your films start with an apology. Ignore political correctness and get on with telling objective history - in which you do so well :)
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  3904. I'm a recent subscriber and I have to say i love how informative your videos are. I've learned a lot from your vids, your unbiased view is really appreciated.
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  3905. You did indeed just say that. Gotta love how you're constantly rubbing it in. :D Your style might be unapologetic and abrasive, but I've trusted you ever since I've started watching your channel. You have no idea what a relief it is - as a Frenchmen that has argued with Werhaboo for years - to see an English speaking person actually getting it when it comes to the Versailles treaty. And it tells me you're actually doing your due diligence, instead of going with what the overwhelming majority of people have been brainwashed into thinking about the poor victimized Germans just defending themselves against France by invading Poland (smh). There are great french books debunking the Keynesian bullshit about reparations, but they've never been popular in English, especially compared to the super-star economist (loved by people that really do like stars ... flying high on a field of red, over bodies without numbers).
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  3906. How nice to see you in this setting! Enjoying the video and the channel in general. Seems like you have been yourself all this time. Wish you the best for 2024!
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  3907. Tik I was just watching your Crusader Battlestorm and its great how your formula for battlestorm has improved from its begginings, cant wait to see how good they next one will be.
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  3908. “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.” - Martin Neimoller 1946
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  3909. The context I get from that Quarterly Journal of Economics quote is that "The Party" was making industries it's own "Private" institutions. They companies weren't "public" so therefor they were "private". This conflicts with what "private" means today leading to people misunderstanding what was being said with "privatization".
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  3910. Dear Tik, Long time viewer, 1st time commentor. I hold a B.A. in history and work in precious metals. Of all of your great content, I feel, this is your most important work to date. Thank you for being a voice of reason in a world full of inflated egos, inflated currency, and hurt feelings. Liberty will prevail.
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  3911. Dear TIK, You have become an accomplished digital media historian. I think your push into historiography (meta-history) is really interesting. The review of military history through the lens how different historians present the narrative is a worthwhile endeavor. Whatever you decide keep up your excellent production.
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  3912. Loving the new logo and thumbnail graphics! So neat and tidy.
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  3913.  @calvinjohnson948  China is not capitalist. There is no property right in China. State capitalism is like Pinochet’s Chile and 蔣經國’s Taiwan
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  3914. TIK, it will be such a sad day when this series ends.
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  3915.  @TheImperatorKnight At this point this series feel like a love-hate relationship for you. Though I truly appreciate the series and waiting for new videos, I still wish you the best of luck in different projects, I’ll be sure to check them out also.
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  3916. Don't worry, this is just to make clear something you brought up =] The reason why Gnosticism is seen as heretical - even with Augustine and such =] - is that God created the heavens and the earth and call it good and created Man and call it very good. The material is a creation of God and should be honoured as such. The issue is when you make the material way more than what it is supposed to be and especially when it runs contrary to God. That's the nutshell version =]
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  3917. Absolutely brilliant understanding of immensely important subject matter, well done mate.
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  3918. Standing ovation!
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  3919. I’ve been reading a big chunk of the vampire economy and is not currently peeping into economics in one lesson, I’m very pleased that you recommend these books along your videos as I would’ve never reached the amount of information other wise. Thanks
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  3920. I'm the first to comment. "Stay to tanks, TIK". I don't know what are you talking yet, so I'm just guessing.
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  3921. I liked your first example because I have read wartime Nazi propaganda which flat-out stated that Hitler was blonde. The "logic" seems to have been that, since his eyes were blue, he was "racially" blonde, even if his hair happened to be black. You can't make this up.
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  3922. Good thing that you upload the video's around the same time, because this is the 3 time YouTube dont tell me it's up. Also i was looking for the new video they are always a high point on mondays
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  3923. The only complaint I have about these videos is the constant explanations to tell the knuckle draggers from not coming to absolute conclusions.
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  3924. Welcome back old chap. I was beginning to have "but is this the case?" withdrawls. The quality of your work would take a toll on any mortal meat sack. Keep up the amazing work.
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  3925.  @TheImperatorKnight  The more details the choir has, the better they can sing
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  3926. Watching this unfold in such maddening detail makes it very hard to take a step back and wonder what the actual objective is. Let's just say that Paulus was successful and dislodged all Soviets from the west bank of the Volga. Then what? They'd still be stuck on one side of the widest river in Europe with no hope of pushing forward. The resources being thrown into this meat grinder meant that, even without a stalemate, the 6th army was absolutely stuck.
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  3927. Only just stumbled upon this channel and I am glad I did. For as long as I can remember I always stated that Nazis were not fascists and vice versa. Fascists were not anti-semitic from 1922 until Italy aligned themselves for their own interests from what I recall the late 30's-40. I have been called ignorant for these obvious beliefs.
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  3928. Tik is one of greatest teachers I ever had!!! I learned so much about process of thinking and evaluating information from him and I am 35. In his shoes I wouldn't even reply to that video just like that, but he still tries to teach them... Great teacher indeed...
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  3929. Oh wow, this was even more eye-opening for me than the original video. Thank you.
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  3930. 33:48 had me dying! kudos to TIK for not getting angry with such defamation and insanity!
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  3931. I have felt for a long time that the political spectrum is represented incorrectly. In my opinion, all authoritarianism (Socialism, Communism, Fascism, etc.) is on the left. The "Far-Right" should be anarchy, pure liberty, or the total lack of centralized authority. I am interested to see what others think of this.
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  3932.  @TheImperatorKnight  Set it to the Benny Hill Theme.
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  3933. Every episode is a cliffhanger, even though I know how it ends. Now that's entertainment. That's entertainment.
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  3934. Hi Tik. Good work again, I appreciate your video on Nazi Anti-Semitic propaganda. That was a hard topic to cover, but needed.
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  3935. As TIK has made this a topic on the strategic bombing campaign I thought I would post the RAF Bomber Command operational performance figures from Sept 1939 to May 1945 to give some perspective on the numbers involved. Source: “The Bomber Command War Diaries: An Operational Reference Book” researched from the Squadron Operations Record Books (Air 27 series) held at the Public Record Office, UK. There are individual squadron details available from the same source but are far too numerous to detail here so these are for the Groups to which the squadrons were assigned. The petrol-carrying flights made by Halifax squadrons in September and October 1944, and the food-carrying flights to Holland and the prisoner-of-war evacuation flights made by Lancs in April and May 1945, have not been included, it is not clear if losses that were due to accidents are included in these figures. No. 1 Group Battles 287 sorties, 6 lost (2.1%) Wellingtons 12,170 sorties, 395 lost (3.2%) Halifaxes 137 sorties, 12 lost (8.8%) Lancs 43,836 sorties, 1,016 lost (2.3%) TOTAL 56,430 sorties, 1429 lost (2.5%) No. 2 Group Blenheims 11,311 sorties, 421 lost (3.7%) Bostons 1,215 sorties, 41 lost (3.4%) Flying Fortresses 52 sorties, 3 lost (4%) Mosquitoes 793 sorties, 40 lost (5%) Venturas 868 sorties, 31 lost (3.6%) Mitchells 221 sorties, 6 lost (2.7%) TOTAL 14,460 sorties, 542 lost (3.7%) No. 3 Group Wellingtons 20,584 sorties, 608 lost (3%) Stirlings 15,895 sorties, 577 lost (3.6%) Lancs 26,462 sorties, 380 lost (1.4%) Other types (mostly on resistance and radio counter measures operations) 3672 sorties, 103 lost (2.8%) TOTAL 66,613 sorties, 1,668 lost (2.5%) No. 4 Group Whitleys 9,169 sorties, 288 lost (3.1%) Wellingtons 2,901 sorties, 97 lost (3.3%) Halifaxes 45,337 sorties, 1,124 lost (2.5%) TOTAL 57,407 sorties, 1,509 lost (2.6%) No. 5 Group Hampdens 15,771 sorties, 417 lost (2.6%) Manchesters 1,185 sorties, 69 lost (5.8%) Lancs 52,262 sorties, 1389 lost (2.7%) Mosquitoes 1,133 sorties, 13 lost (1.1%) Mustangs 6 sorties, 0 lost TOTAL 70,357 sorties, 1,888 lost (2.7%) No. 6 (Canadian) Group Wellingtons 3,287 sorties, 127 lost (3.9%) Halifaxes 28,126 sorties, 508 lost (1.8%) Lancs 8,171 sorties, 149 lost (1.8%) TOTAL 39,584 sorties, 784 lost (2%) No. 8 (Pathfinder) Group Wellingtons 305 sorties, 17 lost (5.6%) Halifaxes 2,106 sorties, 77 lost (3.7%) Stirlings 826 sorties, 37 lost (4.5%) Lancs 19,601 sorties, 444 lost (2.3%) Mosquitoes 28,215 sorties, 100 lost (0.4%) TOTAL 51,053 sorties, 675 lost (1.3%) No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group Halifax 3,383 sorties, 23 lost (0.7%) Flying Fortress 1,465 sorties, 4 lost (0.3%) Stirling 1,235 sorties, 13 lost (1.1%) Liberator 615 sorties, 3 lost (0.5%) Wellington 589 sorties, 1 lost (0.2%) Mosquitoes 9,346 sorties, 76 lost (0.8%) Lightnings 101 sorties, 2 lost (2%) Beaufighters 12 sorties, 0 lost TOTAL 16,746 sorties, 122 lost (0.7%) Bomber Command also had a number of training units and many of these units despatched aircraft on active-service operations. TOTAL 4,235 sorties, 133 lost (3.1%) EDIT: A combined TOTAL 376,885 sorties, lost 8750 (2.32%)
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  3936. Learned more about a battle that 22 years of history channel. Tbh, not gonna lie. I don't understand why people like you or Mark Felton doesn't get out on a history channel
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  3937. 8:22 so...... could this be called.... the Brik and Mortar brigade...
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  3938. man to man: i love you, tik. i’ve been studying stalingrad going on 3 years now. so, when you started this series, i felt like christmas. when i have the means, i will absolutely thank you through patreon. thanks so much, man.
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  3939. TIK has just poked another hornets nest; He just spoke about the bad effects of the vegan diet! He is a very, very brave individual!
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  3940. Subbed to you after your excellent video the MAIN reason Germany lost WW2. This is one of the biggest problems of the 21st century, the vast majority and it's inability to think critically and, instead just austically screech sound bites from Twiitter.
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  3941. It's ABOUT TIME someone addressed this little trend. Thank you TIK.
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  3942. About time you did! It was very clear how stressed you were getting. I suspect I am not the only one here who greatly respects the work you have done and consider it as a gift given. Your videos, and recommended books, have changed my understanding of key events in WWII. If you start feeling antsy, or aren't quite ready after 2-3 weeks, just do some more book reviews. "TIK Recommends" flows well.
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  3943. This is great! I've just watched about half a dozen of your videos back to back. Excellent!
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  3944. Well Tik you seem like a genuine guy and try to be as honest and forthcoming as you can and I think a lot of us appreciate your effort and that’s why you have a good bunch of folks backing ya on patreon,just be yourself and I think you’re gonna be alright,even after the influx of views from the pandemic are starting to decrease,I think you’re still in good shape,✌️
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  3945. As you said: Life must go on. Stay strong and be well TIK. 👊🏽
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  3946. I love how concise When Titans Clashed is and how it discusses the basic historiography of the war and then provides a modern enough narrative of the war as it is. I think it is important for more serious readers to understand the historiography. Great video!
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  3947. TIK, I'm about half way through, and thoroughly enjoying it. You have done a Stirling job. It's just the thing to have playing while I'm at the modelling bench. I look forward to the directors cut with all the bonus material.
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  3948. I didn't get to watch in one go (real life got in the way) but I did spend all my free time watching it until it was done so I'm gonna brag anyway.
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  3949. Two videos in a week?? Nice!!
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  3950. Do as many as you fancy, over the years I have to come to appreciate your candor in expressing your own opinion. May not agree entirely at times with your conclusions, but it is refreshing hear your own personal views based on facts and reading, untethered by by the norm and standard.
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  3951. It is brave of you to cover this, God bless you for it.
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  3952. The part of Hitler loosing his... well... when Jodl reported about the caucasus situation: I have seen company CEO's react pretty much like that at least 2 cases. Shouting at the messenger (usually me or my bussiness partner), blaiming everything on someone else. Clawing to tear down heaven, if only they could reach. And that is when I tell some dude his compny is about to fail because he has being stupid/criminally stupid. So yeah. It sounds plausible that Hitler would have reacted like that. By the way, there is no bloody way I tell someone their bussiness will fail again. Nowadays I leave it upon them to discover all by themselves.
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  3953. I recommend "Iremember.ru" website where you can find a lot of veterans interviews, Russian veterans, mostly, but also Germans, Finns, Romanians, and others
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  3954. Even though we've talked briefly about this before, just wanted to draw your attention to the fact you can pursue an academic career whilst remaining independent. Because you do not have to answer to anyone and are relatively financially stable (thanks to your patrons) you don't need to work for a university. You could do a PhD (the only part where there'd be a supervisor guiding your PhD), start publishing about military history in academic journals and go after the (academic) debates you're interested in (and as such, not work for an institution). Just a thought. Interesting views as always.
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  3955. TIK is an absolute savage, son. History, shoved under your nose and waved there, whether you're fond of the smell or not!
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  3956. History is a passion, you cant explain passions.
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  3957. Without sounding to minimise the effort you put into Battlestorm I much prefer these videos on wider topics / answering patreon questions I think you’ve said yourself, Battlestorm got way too time consuming and, as a viewer, it was becoming a bit of slog getting through it haha Hope you’re doing well and enjoying your work again, buddy
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  3958. One of the reason that many people haven't heard of this is that most people only learn history when the are children in school which would censor anything to bloody or sexual. The only other time most people would learn is when they watch it on a movie or TV show, people would rather watch the Kardashians than read a book.
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  3959. Hey TIK. Awesome content as usual. Just to elaborate on one of the questions (not mine) tank archives is a blog whose author published articles based on ww2 documents, primarily Russian, mostly on armored vehicles. He/they include scans of the original documents and photographs, but they don't actually test any equipment. A lot of the articles are pretty much summaries/translations of the original sources
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  3960.  @TheImperatorKnight  The pink appearing and disappearing sounds like a bug then. You can report the bug inside of Blender. You can add a "Track-to" constraint to the machine gun fire animation and it'll point at the object you select in the constraint panel. There are tons of channels that focus on Blender. Paul Cageggi and Danti come to mind for Grease Pencil, but there's probably others that focus on animating grease pencil more. Grease pencil objects are cool, you can edit them in edit mode (with or without proportional editing), sculpt mode, or draw mode. People have used Grease pencil to make animatics all the way up to full animated shorts. Just checked: you can animate grease pencil objects. I'm mostly just a 3D modeler not an animator or grease pencil user so I'm only barely scratching the surface of describing what's possible. Sometimes 3rd party addons break when Blender gets an update. I'd recommend getting a Long-Term Support version of Blender directly from blender.org for the duration of a project. Getting it though Steam is fine for hobbyists, but if you're using Blender for production, you don't want it changing until you're finished with a project.
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  3961. This is beyond words. I'm normally impatient but I was totally captivated for 40+ minutes. Thank you!
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  3962. Good thing we have the Nuremburg Code now, which stops brutal, unethical, authoritarian governments and medical establishments from forcing medical treatments on the world's populace without their consent. "The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion, and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision. This latter element requires that before the acceptance of an affirmative decision by the experimental subject there should be made known to him the nature, duration, and purpose of the experiment; the method and means by which it is to be conducted; all inconveniences and hazards reasonably to be expected; and the effects upon his health or person which may possibly come from his participation in the experiment." So as long as we follow that to a T, tyrannical governments won't be able to use the medical establishment as an excuse to violate our rights or bring in some sort of near martial law for years on end.
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  3963. Wow. I think I found a new series to listen to while I wait for Dan Carlin's next podcast. Love this! Thank you so much!
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  3964. That moment when a Fascist paper outlines its plans and they are the exact same as Klaus Schwab’s. He also wants to run capitalism and socialism through a dialectic but he makes a lot of mistakes. He is doing it with “state capitalism” and “shareholder capitalism” which he thinks will lead to the world of stakeholder capitalism, as he calls it. The problem is he thinks he’s doing a dialectic either with 2 types of capitalism or capitalism and socialism. In reality he’s doing a dialectic with 2 types of socialism, socialism on the level of nation states and none nation state socialism.
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  3965. Am I the only one who loves the social political videos Tik does rather than the tanks? Keep up the great work and I agree 💯 👍
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  3966. I'd like to take a moment to appreciate that Wavell was willing to have a junior officer come to him and say, "Here's the plan," and Wavell said, "Sounds good. Carry on." Sure, Wavell made errors later, but I think it's still significant he went along with it.
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  3967. That Hitler voice must hurt your throat after a while
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  3968. The comment section now is like the "calm before the storm".
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  3969. TIK you taught me a new way of looking at things from history to real life thanks
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  3970. Thank you, venerable TIK. We need more of short, condensed knowledge.
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  3971. Hitting new levels of information density and multiple cross-referenced sources with this one. I'm a Subscribestar backer and I encourage everyone else to consider backing TIK as he continues his crusade of true WW2 knowledge
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  3972. So the Soviet front seems to be holding, I wonder what happens. (Sees "Blitzkrieg" in the title) Oh no.
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  3973. Keep up the good work!
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  3974. Operation Autoklau is that the new title for GTA 6?
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  3975. It still seams to be available in the US. Is this an upcoming ban or only a ban in the UK?
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  3976. I'm an adult, and don't need a babysitter.
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  3977. The Desert Fox video was by far one of my favorite of your battlestorm videos. The animation, the narration, the coherency. Everything was top notch. Obviously, I haven't finished this vid yet, but this looks like a fine spiritual successor to that vid and I'm so happy for it.
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  3978. Yay, battlestorm is back!
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  3979. Hi TIK as a native German speaker I wanted to ad that "Gleichschaltung" is even more than synchronization. It means more something like making everything the same as the word is made up of two words which mean Gleich = same and Schaltung = switching. So I would interpret "Gleichschaltung" as incooperation into to the nazi and state agenda and the interest of the state.
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  3980. Excellent series! Thank you very much!
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  3981. Outstanding - made me completely rethink my position on a number of things I had assumed were correct.
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  3982. liking video before even watching. as an economist now i only watch WW2 through economics not battles. Also as an economist i can say that TIK videos are amazing!. i am glad with small monthly donation that i am part of this great channel.
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  3983. Another aspect of warfare rarely discussed in detail. Staff officers get little attention vs front line combat units. How operations are planned would be a very interesting video series, at least to me. Very relevant comment. Thank you.
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  3984. TIK, your production quality is unmatched on youtube, take as much time as you need tik, I will always support your work and you are the only reason I somewhat look forward to Monday.
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  3985. I enjoy your posts on a routine basis. I too find that classic understanding of words change over time, yet people stick to the meaning of word that makes sense to them. "Ism's" have plenty of touchy points. Best to stick to the root word... SOCIAL vs CAPITAL,,, way too many people have colored what the "ism" means in "modern" context.
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  3986. Tik, good work on your video last week with the Battle of the Atlantic. Collingham was a good read when I went through her book last year. Had to put Gotz Aly’s book aside for now. It’s good, just very dense with economic terms. Cheers from the other side of the pond.
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  3987. Wait, Nationalized railways not working? (Remembers British Railways) Imagine my shock.
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  3988. IMHO you have created a new form of history. It's like reading a good history without the bother of interruption to refer to the map section repeatedly. Combining these things as you have is unique, and allows a grasp of the incident unprecedented in other presentations. I've read lots about Stalingrad but never understood it in this sort of depth before. Superb work.
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  3989. I've been suspicious of this channel for some time, but I never had the initiative or time to check it out. Now everything is making sense. Shameful for us Brazilians...
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  3990. Orwell, like many intellectual socialists (those who learned it but have yet seen it for themselves in action), went into Spanish Civil War a devout student and fighter of socialism...and came out the end disillusioned and rethinking their stance after seeing the brutality, racism and purposeful misinformation inherit in the system. While there were som,e other ideologies involved, in the end the war quickly became a free for all war of various socialist camps all fighting for domination.
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  3991. I've been a long time supporter and the only thing I have ever disagreed with you on is the Market Garden video on who is to blame. There were many issues with Market Garden apart from what happened at Nijmegen bridge. But the main thing I always comeback to which all high ranking military officers will agree on is that the superior commander (in rank) is responsible for their juniors. So Browning is responsible for giving Gavin the proper orders just as Montgomery is responsible for then Browning and Eisenhower for Montgomery. The thing that pulls Montgomery and Eisenhower out of responsibility though for me is once the airborne troops are dropped they can't give orders to those troops very easily or at all in most cases (in 1944). Browning landed with Gavin so Browning could have at any point during the battle or prior to told Gavin "Hey, I really want you to get that bridge that is your top priority". Gavin at that point has to listen to Browning as his superior commander. The division commander is supposed to be given the general operational plans by their corp and army commander and then once the battle starts that is when a division commander can start to have their impact on the plan of a battle. I also let Montgomery and Eisenhower off on this further since they were not airborne commanders trained in airborne tactics. If their airborne corp commander is explaining to them what the 3 airborne divisions are going to do during the explaining of the plan for Market Garden they are most likely just to accept the plan unless they see some glaring issues (which maybe they should have). As I was saying I think there were many issues with Market Garden beyond what happened at Nijmegen. The intelligence that German Panzer divisions were in the area was ignored when it shouldn't have been. The airborne troops were tired of all their missions prior to Market Garden being cancelled for reasons like that. The British airborne division being landed so far from their objective was another major issue. If the British were able to get more troops to the Arnhem bridge they probably could have held it until 30 Corp got there. The time table for the advance 30 Corp was going to be able to make was far to generous. 30 Corp was going down a single lane road with German troops positioned all around it trying to slow them down (as they did). And then lastly I think far to often people just forget that the German were still able to win battles and fight harder at points then the Allied forces were. So pinning all of the blame on 1 or 2 man (Gavin and Browning) is still just wrong to me. There were many things that go wrong and just like in regular jobs military officers can and do make mistakes as well. I'm not sure about Browning but I know Gavin was highly decorated prior to and after Market Garden many times. So putting so much blame on Gavin and Browning here just doesn't seem fair to me. Those are just 2 guys doing the best they can for their countries in a time of war and maybe they made a mistake in this case that helped contribute to the failing at Market Garden. But I still don't think their actions alone caused the failing of the whole operation.
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  3992. @Tik Paints a more sober and realistic view than what we are taught in school here in Sweden. Thank you very much for this. Keep up the good work!
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  3993. I have a BA in Psych that I was never able to afford to use. Working as a housepainter always paid better than any job I could get that used the degree.
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  3994. Wait, the 3rd Motorized Division had 1000 men left? Out of 10,000+ personnel? Did I understand that correctly? All this fighting is really hard to imagine. So brutal.
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  3995. What if the Soviets did a 'Mongol-tactic' and, at this point, opened up their lines in the southwest to try and make Germans run away; sort of deflating their balloon of defense, and then mopping it all up
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  3996. TIK, I firstly hope you are well? I'm writing this comment to thank you for your work. For what is worth, I wanted to tell you that you are kind of a great inspiration for my personnal history works I'm making at the moment. Your work ethic, intellectual honesty and the vision you have of the historical science landscape really helped me find what I wanted to do. Have a nice day, and keep up the good work!
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  3997. Man your voice makes those boring communist books tolerable hahaha
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  3998. Damn TIK, you are the logic tornado society needs. Great arguments. Keep it up, please.
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  3999. It's rather telling when someone claims that the most rational strategy is to allow a foreign tyrant to claim endless territory "as is their right." Even if it were, in this strange hypothetical world, what does that do for me or *for you*? Why would Britain ever want to throw away her sovereignty, and why would British citizens ever ask her to, when it would mean economic exploitation and repression by German citizens? Because they want to be the German citizens, of course. Similar movements and propaganda campaigns ongoing in China and SEA and with Russia and the Baltic states to this day.
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  4000. Fantastic video, thank you taking the time to do these and all your other videos. By far the best ww2-content on Youtube
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  4001. This indeed made a lot of sense.
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  4002. TIK, I have listened and watched this video 3 times becaue it is so dense with information. Thank you for actually defining Fascism and its differences from Nazism. I just subscribed to The Great Courses and have been listing to WW2 lectures, and I now know that when Italy and Germany are lumped together as Fascist countries by PhD historians, they are incorrect. You rock TIK! Keep it up! Cheers!
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  4003. We can all agree that socialism in all its forms is immoral and should be fought at all times.
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  4004. TIK trolling us with a copy of "Lost Victories" in the background. hehe
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  4005. 3:00 the first country to arguably abolish slavery was the Xin Dynasty in ancient China in 9 AD (although this didn't last because it was overthrown in 23 AD). Many post-Roman European governments abolished slavery in limited forms (mainly prohibiting the enslavement of Christians). Louis X abolished slavery in all of mainland France in 1315, Sweden did the same in 1335. Abolitionism actually has a pretty long history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_abolition_of_slavery_and_serfdom
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  4006. This is the type of video i really enjoy. It's great to learn and what happened before which makes it easier to see the how society and government is heading down the same route again. Being a librarian and individual, also involved in politics makes this knowledge frightening as the future correctly looks bleak. People don't seem interested in freedom and free choice today. Freedom of choice, free markets, private property and government by real consent is what we should all be striving for..
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  4007. Geez, TIK. These "Peasants Organizations" sound an awful lot like workers Soviets.
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  4008. The Dissonance that is created just by pointing at the fundamentals of the specific words that are used is Staggering. Their so far away from just looking up the basic definition of these words. Keep it up man!!!
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  4009. You know why I only watch TIK now for Second World War history now on YouTube? Because he’s the only historian that I’ve seen/noticed actually include more than just history in his videos. TIK covers the politics, the economics, the philosophy, the sociology/psychology, sometimes even the religion into his history videos. Because history is not just ‘history’, it encompasses so much more than that. TIK not only does this, he does this in an unbiased manor. I’ll admit, when I first watched his videos I was sceptical - because it challenged my ‘mainstream’ knowledge and outlook on the Second World War - but I decided to watch another video as I was intrigued, then another, and another. Eventually I had watched all his videos, he has opened my eyes to challenge the status quo on the history of the Second World War, and every other point in history. For this reason, I can not recommend TIK high enough. Please keep up the excellent work, and the high quality, and thoroughly researched, videos!
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  4010. Congratulations on your promotion to "dishonest shill". I'm assuming it comes with a significant raise in salary. Oh, which reminds me, I'm assuming we'll be having some manner of celebration. Will there be cake? 🤣 In all seriousness though, love your stuff. As usual your dead on about Hitler being a socialist and these folks making the opposing video are obviously clueless.
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  4011. Cheers TIK, It amazes me just how many 'Educated' people are not willing to listen and absorb information that challenges their worldview. It's finding a way to give them the tools to see yet allowing them to save face in some way, so they feel safe in accepting the truth and changing their worldview.
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  4012. Realy interesting video once again, though the Zuiderzee incident did take all the credibility out of the video ofcourse
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  4013.  @TheImperatorKnight  I truly appreciate your attention to detail on Stalingrad. Take your time and keep these awesome videos coming!
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  4014. Wow! You had been so lucky to have this topic in school? The entire WW2 history lesson for us was a 1 hour monolog of our teacher, no comments. I hope this has changed a bit after 35 years now ...
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  4015. Great Review. Usually star ratings tend to be inflated and unclear but your style of rating, especially the reasoning behind the rating, is really good. index, bibliography, maps, and the soviet sources are really important so it's nice that you consider these factors and are uncompromising if a book fails in any of these matters.
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  4016. LMAO, yup Glantz's maps are indeed a disgrace. Citino has a number of lectures right here on you tube and they're really good, he's a great speaker.
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  4017. This is absolutely a good one chief. Thank you for providing these documentaries on youtube for us history addicts. Your work is of tremendous quality!!
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  4018. I was notified TIK
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  4019. Another awesome job Could we have one of these awesome documents on the moscow front?
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  4020. Thank you TIK, love your content!
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  4021. This is truly a sad thing to need to prove. Keep it up mr Tok... I mean Tik.
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  4022. "Stay inside save lives"LMAO
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  4023. GM: So, you will have been playing a communist militia group. Last time we raided a weapons depo and got some weapons. So what do you want to do this time? Player1: There was that city nearby right? GM: Yes, the town of Dongo. Players: So let's set up a checkpoint to drive up that pop support. GM: Okay, roll on the random encounter table. Player: Coooome ooon don't give me tank platoon once more. ~roll 1~ GM: Let me check, aaaaand it's....wait...Benito Moussolini? I guess you capture him. I guess end of campaign? Player: That's it? ... Can we shoot him? GM: Suuure. You shoot him. Yay?
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  4024. 7:56 TIK spitting straight facts.
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  4025.  @TheImperatorKnight  Fret not, for you have gained at least one subscriber, me! Only 49 to go to offset the damages. Seriously though, it's such a good video, and I am very pleased to have found it.
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  4026. 11:18 You actually got me to laugh about stuff like this, fantastic reference!
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  4027. Thanks a lot TIK!!!....congratulations from Chile.
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  4028. I'm seeing these videos and i'm sad. I'm sad, cause i cannot really afford to be a patron, but work like this needs to be appriciated
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  4029. I was born near Dresden and I live in Dresden and I was basically fed the Dresden myth since childhood. Dresden, the innocent city that was destroyed for no reason, when the war was already over, hundreds of thousands of people killed,the targeted machine gunning of fleeing civilians by allied aircraft, all that stuff was something you were told by your parents, your grand parents, your teachers (as early as elementary school), by everyone. It was something everyone just knew and that noone would ever bother to question, it was (and to a certain degree still is) a part of the Dresdeners' identity. And simply because it has always been a part of their identity many people here simply refuse to believe anything else, no mather what historians say and what evidence you show them.
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  4030. Please don't wear yourself out. Ultimately if you don't look after No 1 first and foremost, you'll burn out and I don't get history vids ;)
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  4031. Able to find pic of romanian generals and found all regimental commanders for 76,94,295 and 389 ID. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q89EcL_11z4KxMdWaaj-5ugRnJ9QstMOIXxlg30e4m8/edit
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  4032. Thank you! Reimann is a faithful Communist because he calls National Socialism> Fascism, which was a directive from the Comintern in the mid 30's. You hear this same lie today coming from ANY leftist. Capitalism is so rare today making this lie seem true. The old adage of repeating a lie over and over until it is accepted as truth IS ITSELF TRUE! This my friends is the definition of irony.
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  4033. I really like your pro-freedom views. As an American "Gun Nut" and arms collector I would actually like to see you not stick to tanks but actually stray into firearms and maybe even start exploring the benefit of armed populations against Governments committing those things Governments like to do (Murder and theft).
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  4034. Great video Tik! I have been inspired by seeing your book collection in the background of your videos to build my own collection and read more. I am only 17 so the budget is tight so I really wanna make sure I get the best books possible for my money. So I would definitely appreciate more types of these videos in the future on recommend books:)
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  4035. I feel responsible for this video, since I asked this question too.
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  4036. *June 1941
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  4037. Some of my favorite channels (Lemmino, Wendigoon) seem to be doing very well following the 'few but big' principle. I'm pretty sure that when you finally consolidate Stalingrad into a few mega-videos, they will get a substantial amount of new viewers. Right now, no single part of the Stalingrad series can get very high in the search algorithm and that is a problem.
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  4038. Facts cause derangement! Lol ! Great channel! 😌✌️
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  4039.  @TheImperatorKnight  Ah, I’m ok now. Death in the family, lost a cat. Work drama. Can’t say October was a fun month for me. You should take a break Tik. Your Patrons will understand; this takes a lot of work.
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  4040. Unfathomably based thumbnail.
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  4041. Mad respect for you making a public stand against the nonces.
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  4042. Half way through this, Downloading because I genuinely do not see it staying up. Love you for this TIKhistory.
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  4043. My grand was in 84-th rifle division as Junior Lt and seem to participated in that offensive from the north of the city. His regiment battle journal is available online which I'm reading now. It confirms TIC's description - heavy artillery fire and air support halted that offensive. The regiment reported 53 KIA for 1.5 day of battle while advancing only for 300 meters. By the end of October, my grand's entire infantry regiment counted only 40 active fighters out of ~800 at the start of september :(
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  4044. From now on I’m going to set myself a rule: I must click on TIK’s video within an hour after he uploads it
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  4045. 3:53 Hum, I didn't know about 1st Cavalry Division (Wehrmacht) Any chance of hearing more about them? =)
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  4046. Excellent analysis. You have clearly demonstrated the difference between superficial data and the deeper meaning. Logistics!
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  4047. This is why I love this channel so much. This level of detail and interesting behind the scenes insights you get no where else on YouTube. Thanks TIK
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  4048. I'm a "bit" shocked by the amount of dislikes and wehraboo comments. Nevertheless, it really points out how underresearched, underrepresented this topic is.
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  4049. You touched on it Tik, but even if some industrialist did give money, it would have been a drop in the bucket and hardly the main source of funds the Nazis utilised. Another excellent job, keep up the good work.
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  4050. i love these, day by day, blow by blow, superb videos, it's the only way to make sense of the 3000 mile? long farcical scenario that is the front line, the losses, the hard yards, the russian captain, buried alive, dying, blown conscious and leads a counterattack, this has to be the turning point
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  4051. Guess your theory of leftist tankie/nationalist socialist antisemitism has risen again with the Israel Palestine war. Horse Shoe theory gets correct each day. Grow strong man and keep making great content.
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  4052. Great work, really eye opening and I am happy that you produce this content
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  4053. I heard about you from The Rageaholic and I'm so happy I did.
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  4054. here, have a sub. socialism delenda est
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  4055. Why dislikes? I don't know if I can devote 4 hours of my time for this vid and I mean it in a good way I love your content, but I don't get are modern Marxist idiots disliking this?
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  4056. Hope you get better soon!
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  4057.  @Sedgewise47  I recall TIK quoting that book before.
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  4058. Your small section on how there is more than just the bridge workers is interesting. In a similar viem, I inherited a project while in the Navy. Talking to the contractor doing the actual work revealed it costs $84k. The final bill with all the regulatory, administrative, and government costs was $420k. That's a 4 to 1 ratio of "useless" costs to "value added work"
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  4059. Thank you again TIK. I believe taxation is theft, I believe in free markets, and limited government. Guess I’m close but not completely anarchic. As a U.S. citizen I am saddened to see so many push to give more power to the government. Still there are many who are starting to push back(just hope it is enough in time). These all say the same thing. “All we asked for was to be left alone.”
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  4060. @TIK It amazes me that some people still believe the NSDAP was rightwing and not left as it obviously was I discovered your channel last year, and while I don't agree with all of your political beliefs (I no longer consider myself libertarian) I appreciate your in depth historical analysis of an era of history that is so woefully misunderstood
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  4061. Every time I watch a TIK video I'm left speechless. This muthafucka don't miss.
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  4062. I noticed Anton is helping you with this series which is great! One question though.. I noticed you quoted Beevor's Stalingrad book in this documentary. A while back I actually asked Anton his opinion of Beevor's Stalingrad and Battle of Berlin. Anton told me Beevors books while having a great narrative they can be considered historical fiction they facts are so wrong in them. So Anton's opinion of Beevor's work is not great to say the least!
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  4063.  @TheImperatorKnight  i have losses from the 1st offensive (1 Gaurds, 24 and 66 army) from Sept 1 to 20th as 88,717. The figure for the same armies Sept 20-26th as 18,738. Source is Glantz Armageddon in Stalingrad pages 178 and 182 respectively.
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  4064. as a german..milchfarm is quiet funny...love your vids <3
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  4065. As a British former fascist, I have to say your videos drove me away from fascism. Thank you.
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  4066. Honestly the best thing in the series so far is the small puns and dad jokes sprinkled all throughout. I'm living for them
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  4067. LOL enjoyed this. Well done on maintaining a professional front in light of this madness. If I have one criticism I felt it needed more tanks.
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  4068. You know, for staunch capitalists, the Nazis are really bent on crippling markets, nationalizing industries and creating bureaucratic nightmares that made thriving communities horribly inefficient and isolated.
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  4069. I was just listening to your Courland video while I painted my Wargame models. Yeah, another case of Socialism marketing improving the world. But hey, it's not, real, Socialism; Let's give it another try! Thanks for this video TIK. See your next one soon.
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  4070. People in the comments are genuinely trying to say that national socialism is capitalist. What a bunch of numpties
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  4071. When I start ranting about freedom people think I'm insane. Nice to see there is a least one other insane person.
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  4072. 33:33 Yay, Haupt is back! Can't wait to hear some of the hiliariously dumb claims to come out of his mouth during this particular battlestorm.
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  4073. Careful Tik. You might be declared an enemy of the state and held at her majesty's pleasure.
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  4074. I was never really interested in the military aspect of the war. I'm interested in the philosophical as well as the political themes behind the war, of which I've been trying to find unbiased sources for a while. Your channel has been a huge help for me. I'm happy that you're focusing on your health and I think in the long run, you're going to be less burnt out. I will stick around regardless of content quality.
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  4075. My sincere condolences to you and your family. Taking this kind of leave is not letting anyone down. Matters like these need to come first in our lives. We are all thinking of you. Soak up all the support and love you can from the people around you. Accept offers of help, ask for what you need, and remember, you are not letting anyone down. Most people want to help and will be there for you.
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  4076. The Battlestorm series is my raison d'être for this channel. Its how/why I found you TIK, its what I come home from work every Monday to look for. Quality matters, not time taken. It might be like your own personal war to get Stalingrad done, but don't quit please. Pace yourself my brother. Finish Stalingrad, then embark on another. Its fantastic content !
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  4077. Thank you for making these <3 !
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  4078. I am glad the dishonesty and reputation, the fraud, was the main focus here, not the "copyright" nonsense. There should be no law prohibiting copying (copyright is evil) so this kind of pressure based community policing is the right approach.
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  4079. There really isn't enough history taught about socialism. We know this because socialists still exist.
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  4080. I've just finished your Hitler was a Soacialist video, very good quality video and very hard to argue with. Secondly naval warfare since when?
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  4081. Your answers to this are really wise. It's not her fight and she reminds me of my younger self. I applaud how you are encouraging her to learn on her own, but you also give a strong reality check, as harsh as it is. You also use good humour in this as well. The way the Gnostic Postmodernists (this is my placeholder name for the current Gnostics) won, was by not fighting at all, they won by subversion, so your advice: "The Game" and nudging, is the the best advice to give. It's not the responsibility of 13 year olds to fight for truth, freedom, and all that. It's ours. I'm not a faith based person, I even called myself a materialist in the past because I believe this is the only world we got, but that understanding of reality, and kids like this teenager girl, tells me they deserve better than that crappy education. I was lucky to have a History teacher, who was a war vet, falklands and Desert Storm, that taught me the truth about National Socialism, not sure how he got away with it, but he let me truly ask and learn. That said. i've self learned most of my true knowledge so I endorse that advice TIK. You yourself have taugh me much, so even though your faith in humanity is dead. Let me try to be a necromancer for a bit and tell you, thank you for for teaching and guiding me to more knowledge. I hope to be one who can teach others, or use my knowledge to make things better. Edit: my own literacy is terrible lately, forgive me for that.
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  4082. As an American non aligned conservative, ive always understood FDR to be a true socialist as well as an American Macchiavelli, seeking to promote the interests of the US government, which he controlled lock stock and barrel, regardless of how those interests impacted other nations. I do agree with him on the view that in practice the Britidh Overseas Empire often squelched human liberty and dignity in the pursuit of profit.
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  4083. man you hit some deep topics and made me think about a lot of things.. Well done Bravo good sir!
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  4084. My sincerest gratitude TIK, I cannot understate how astounding this video was for me. You opened up this topic for me and I'm very excited to start exploring this on my own. Please keep up your good work! I have a comment on one of the points that you made: Regarding a point you made on 19:57, I don't beleive St. Augustine flat out rejected the "Book of Revelation" in the New Testement. From my reading of the source you provided, its seems that he only rallied against those people who impose gnostic interpretations of the book, namely the concept of the "Kingdom of God" being a literal eternal material utopia that can be created on earth by people. I would also like to note that I'm not rejecting the the main point that there are gnostic influences on Christian thought. So far there seems evidence for this, as you presented in your other points. "There he roundly dismissed the literal belief in the millennium as 'ridiculous fables' and then boldly declared the realm of the thousand years to be the reign of Christ in his church in the present saeculum that would continue until the Last Judgment and the advent of the eternal realm in the beyond." - Source: Eric Voegelin - p.109 Looking at the direct reference that was used for this from St. Augustine's work: "The evangelist John has spoken of these two resurrections in the book which is called the Apocalypse, but in such a way that some Christians do not understand the first of the two, and so construe the passage into ridiculous fancies." Source: https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0354-0430,_Augustinus,_De_Civitate_Dei_Contra_Paganos,_EN.pdf (The City of God, Book XX. Chapter 7)
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  4085. ​@TIKhistory Thanks for the source. I'll look into it.
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  4086. I'm a 63 year old American and am just learning about Keelhaul. Sure sounds like a crime of some sort to me.
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  4087. This was an outstanding video TIK. I love the way you don't hold back on responses - it is the best learning ever! Please keep it up, but please please please never feel guilty - we appreciate your bank/tank diversity!
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  4088. This is really important. Debunking sources with cross referencing is one of the most important missions of historians. We may not agree over political matters but TIK is one of the best historians out there. Shame this whole thing is evidence as to why we will never know how events truly happened. One seemingly innocent diary is actually propaganda. Keep up the the good work.
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  4089. I enjoy the variety- don't stick to tanks x2
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  4090. What they're really saying when they say you're a "revisionist historian", is "I like the version now and hurting my worldview is an offense"
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  4091. I had to pause and check the "swastika" again, trollolololol TIK for President!
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  4092. Hey Tik, just wanted to ask you a question regarding the Left vs. Right debate of which side of the Spectrum the Nazis fall into. Do you believe in the Horseshoe theory of the Political Spectrum? If so, then would you still stay confident in your past assessments? If not, would you care to explain why?
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  4093. At last, been watching a bunch of your older stuff on National Socialism and the Moustache man, and your answers absolutely make the most sense and fill the gaps of knowledge that you have looking into history on the surface.
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  4094. Wait it's been two weeks already? Man time flies. Welcome Back TIK. I fed my TIK itch with watching older videos. ^^
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  4095. It's a pleasure to listen and watch your videos. Thank you for your work. Congrats on 100k subs.
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  4096. I find that more and more, the people who are trying to make an argument in favor of socialism come forward with an emotional response. They can't take the time to actually watch and check the facts. They prefer to trust the "professional fact checkers". Your right Tik we are already living in socialism and they are complaining about it begging for more. Keep up the good work, as some of us watch your videos start to finish because you put together a fact based, compelling argument that questions the common narrative.
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  4097. Not the video I expect but a welcome one. Sadly we have a lot of people living in a vacuum.
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  4098. Yeah, I've worked in customer service in the past and I just can't handle this much stupid 🤣 This is really a demonstration that a human beings capacity for self-delusion is infinite. This video is both brilliant and really, really sad... "Socialism is all the GoodThings™ and none of the BadThings™." Anyone with any level of life experience and honesty KNOWS that NOTHING in life - NOTHING - is entirely good or entirely bad. This is why TIK's videos are so powerful, and why these clowns are saying what they say.
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  4099. "socialism requires egalitarianism...in my opinion" exactly in YOUR opinion (it doesnt)
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  4100. 23:16. It even says this in the BBC Series "The World At War", that German industrialists were encouraged to eat the same food alongside their workers. If this is not egalitarianism, I don't know what is. Oh, and the whole concept that everyone "belonged", as long as you were considered German or Aryan and kowtowed to the Nazis. Sounds like a socialist/communist state to me.
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  4101. TIK makes a great point here about how we create words that describe the elements in our world. This fact is why referring to “proper” English is rubbish, all languages are evolving.
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  4102. this video is great! It's sad to see 'justice for Germany' type comments on many ww2 documentaries. I feel like I've seen it all ; people defending David Irving on videos about holocaust denial, rants about Dresden, and defending atrocities. Sometimes i just have to respond even though it always leads no where - the worst was when someone commented that no original gas chambers survive. I told him that Mauthausen and Dachau were originals and he hit me back with the classic 'Oh you mean the delousing rooms .' :/ honestly just end me thank you for exposing these people and debunking myths
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  4103.  @TheImperatorKnight  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_famine_of_1946%E2%80%9347 I can recommend books like 'Russia A History by Gregory Freeze', 'Russia and the Russians by Geoffrey Hosking', and 'History of the Soviet Union by Peter Kenez' for a start.
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  4104. Ah, that "What the hell should I do?" feeling I get when TIK uploads a new video and I'm in the middle of watching an older TIK video!
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  4105. You thought Lewis has something to say about Zhukov distorting events? Wait until Manstein joins the party!
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  4106. I'm right wing and I don't mind you giving the book 4 stars. In fact I agree. If he uses both British and German sources for the North African campaign, why speak from the German perspective only when it comes to the eastern front? Besides, not every soldier in the USSR was a communist ffs. Many hated Stalin, but ha to fight the Germans as they planned to exterminate most Slavs, including Russians and Ukrainians. Great video as always mate, keep it up.
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  4107. Excellent video as all way but there are some stuffs that I want to point out . The Soviet truck production is kinda misleading because the Red army converted many civilian trucks into military trucks because they were identical to each other so it was easier as USSR produced one type of truck for everything, also the left over trucks that survived the 41 onslaught was also pretty considerable. The Lendlease trucks did help though as they were more powerfull than Soviet ones the best Soviet truck the Zis-5V could only carry 6 ton while Western trucks usually about 10 ton.Secondly is that the Soviet actually had a huge garrison in the Far East about 40 division ,though mostly had second rate equipments but Japanese land forces is really lack luster and even with the SU focus mainly on Europe they would barely achieve anything if they attacked.
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  4108.  @TheImperatorKnight  you might have rested the remaining time . your content is so precious it more than worths the wait .and we need you alive for long so watch your health ! it comes first !
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  4109.  @TheImperatorKnight  Agreed. But never leave a job half finished. And if or when you get to Normandy. I look forward to seeing Easy Company in action once more. But for now. Another street corner. Another rifle crack. Dust puffing from the bullet impact close by. Smoke grenade out. And then a mad dash across to the next house block.
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  4110. I know the military that operates with a price system that TIK is proposing sounds crazy, but it's not quite as far-fetched as you might think. Post-Roman but pre-modern war in Europe largely worked this way. Look at Medieval and Renaissance warfare where knights literally had to pay for their own arms and armor. Their labor as warriors was owed to their lord as sort of primitive contract that paid for their right to collect dues on their manor lands. Later in the Middle Ages, starting in Italy, armies became largely private and professional. Condottiero would be contracted by local city states to wage war on their behalf and these mercenary captains would hire their own soldiers who usually had to pay for their own arms and, especially moving into the 15th Century, were compensated on the basis of written contracts. Individual soldiers would frequently move to and from different mercenary companies based on their wage rates and were compensated based on their equipment and experience. There's a good video on Landsknechts by SandRhoman that goes into this a bit. It's pretty fascinating honestly. It's admittedly very hard to imagine how these sorts of systems would work in modern wars, but to a large extent that's probably because modern wars are far less profitable for the people who are paying for them. And if I had to guess that's probably because the people who decide when and where to go to war nowadays are the not the people paying for them. Medieval and Renaissance lords paid for their wars with rents and dues that were viewed as their private property. If the war got too expensive for their liking, they'd break it off and negotiate terms. In modern times the resources belong to taxpayers, but are managed "on their behalf" by elected or unelected officials who either way supposedly "represent" the people. Both Hitler and Stalin were dictators, but Nazi Germany and the USSR were not viewed as their demense from which they could personally derive revenue and that they could pass down to their heirs, but rather the property of the German People or the Workers of the Soviet Union on who's behalf they, the great and wise leaders, made decisions. It's always easier to spend someone else's money.
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  4111. Well done TIK, I almost died laughing at the “let the light of Halder shine on you” part.
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  4112. As a New Zealander, I’m more than thankful for this documentary providing extensive coverage of my country's involvement in WWII. As you’ve mentioned in the video, I’d love to see a BattleStorm documentary on the Battle of Crete. I think Monte Cassino will make a brilliant BattleStorm video too. Thank you!
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  4113. wanted to check wikipedia to see their take on this, and they obviously downplay hitler's involvement completelly giving it their own spin lmao "It is uncertain whether this indicated that Hitler was a true supporter of the soviet[...]"
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  4114. It clearly works, as his point of view is shared by the Lotuseaters now, which are a reasonably big podcast of dissident centrists.
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  4115. Oh good, I can listen to this on my drive. Hope all is well Tik. Did want to ask if you knew of any other work besides, “Wages of Destruction,” that explain the economy of the Third Reich or logistics? I’m looking to get that for a Christmas gift.
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  4116. Ah, another TIK video. And it appears I'm early again. Well atleast my evening will be entertaining.
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  4117. The last couple minutes of this video are amazing. Made me think a lot about the past year and a half... The Ministry of Truth won't like it TIK...
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  4118. Happy 4th of July TIK. I was the one whose comment you showed first as your first suggestion to reading Sutton’s books. I wanted to know your point of view because you are a great researcher. I appreciated your insight on socialism; and it woke me from the dogmatic slumber I was in 😂. I like your take on Sutton’s books; I do believe that Hitler’s party was financed by American capitalist, one of them was Henry Ford. Yet you are right, Hitler was already a figure of his own; he couldn’t be bought or negotiated with. Also there is a series of Sutton’s books on the Soviet Economic Development through American technical support. He chronologies it from the 1917 till 1960’s. Thanks for your take, TIK!
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  4119. Even Sun Tzu mention this in The Art of War
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  4120. I desperately tried to listen to what Zoltan was saying, played at 0.75 Speed. All I heard was, “13th Century Theological Movement separated Knowledge from Faith, resulting in an anti-authoritarian, individualist spirit that led to the enlightenment, and eventually liberalism and humanism.” I’m know I’m wrong, but nevertheless it reminded me of a Terry Davis’ quote: “An idiot admires complexity, a genius admires simplicity.”
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  4121. Yeremenko : i love you stalin Stalin : i love you too
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  4122. Youtube. We're you get censored, banned, and ridiculed for shedding light on things that ACTUALLY HAPPENED and are documented in books written decades ago.
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  4123. Great job Mate . Always nice to watch quality history video :) p.s. in Latvia germans where disliked or even hated nationality since the northen crusades ( 1201 AD ) , and even in 1930ties where disliked and semihated. Then Soviet union showed up in 1940. and in one year screwed everything up so much that a year later latvians cheered German Army as liberators ( wich they where to be honest ). And even with all the crimes the nazi Germany did in Latvia , they still fall short to soviet crimes. P.s.s. The ones who fighted in 1st and 2nd Legion ( 15th nad 19th in over all counting system) where much more volunteers than the ones in red army units coz of general dislike , distrust and hatred toward soviet union .
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  4124. Hey tik absolutely LOVE the content, keep it up man. :))
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  4125. Haha, I'm not going to lie, I went "WTF" at the start of this video : Did TIK get bitten by a Keynesian ?!!
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  4126.  @giovannimonttii9468  Great minds think alike! (So do A-holes I guess :D )
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  4127. TIK! Do not give up. Your videos have shown me the truth and have shown many others.
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  4128. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  Yeah, one of those ideas (just stick to the facts) which defeats itself in light of how things work in the real world. Truth is objective, and facts are absolute - but our knowledge of truth and facts is anything but, so it's not a trivial matter to decide what is a fact and what isn't. History would be easy if we could just stick to the facts. There would never be any disagreement if things were that obvious.
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  4129. Chuikov loosing his nerve makes total sense. A man can only almost be killed so many times before he snaps at least once. That it took this long and the fact Stalin recognized or at least suspected the reason for his snap is a good sign as a leader. Richthofen also being of the mind to send luftwaffe troops to the army is shocking as well from his previous attitude of the army being "constipated" in its advances. Maybe a trip to the front on the ground vs the air told him a different story. (Stalin is not a good person, shouldn't have to say it but it's YouTube comment section).
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  4130. Thank you for answering my question.
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  4131. I really enjoyed this - a respectful discussion that we can all enjoy and learn from
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  4132. Caught one of your rare errors. when describing Moskalenko's First Guard Army (around the 21:15 minute mark) you state that the two tank corps had lost 250 out of 350 tanks, but the graphic shows 150 tanks remained from 350 tanks. I am enjoying your videos on Stalingrad. The graphics and the information are great.
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  4133. Been listening to your last few episodes of Stalingrad (again!), looking forward to the next epic round of Battlestorm. My favorite parts, are when you take an aside from the battle, and speak about the conflicts between the high command/generals, the logistics, resources, etc. Great stuff 👍👍😁
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  4134. I absolutely love the way you incorporate multiple sources in your videos. That is the proper way and I am very impressed. Anyone can read one source and argue all day long about how they are correct. Keep it up!!
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  4135. Excellent information ... you're also correct about wikipedia ...
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  4136.  @TheImperatorKnight  Quite sizeable army, just don't lose us in one encirclement. :P
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  4137. Fascinating stuff - thanks TIK.
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  4138. YES! Made my day again here TIK! And this with decent subtitles... Keep up the good work mate!
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  4139. How frightening is the fact that the state can make you believe in anything that they want you to believe in
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  4140. Dude, I've been waiting ages for you to do a video as comprehensive as this on this subject. In fact I've been waiting ages for SOMEONE, anyone, to do something as comprehensive as this. Good job man. Much appreciated.
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  4141. Thanks for another great video TIK. Hope you can get some good nights sleep and get better soon.
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  4142. An excellent video. I can't tell you how vindicating it is to see you learn from and see value in Ayn Rand. Vindicating because I have for years evaluated you as an extraordinarily honest and rational thinker, and for you to independently discover and positively evaluate ideas which I regard as profoundly correct invigorates and inspires me. It's also simply enjoyable to witness a man discover the efficacy of his own mind and once again take joy in discovering the world. I hope others can learn from this video too. People are so unaccustomed to using logic nowadays and it has been made such a mockery of across our culture, that its validity and objectivity may seem unreal to many people. On that front I think it would be great to see you go into more concrete detail about what integration and non-contradiction in history look like, tied together with the philosophical validation behind the method of logic and Rand's epistemology. Given a great enough understanding of the ideas, I think you could really crack into a desperately needed niche here, and people will respond to the kind of unique new approach which you are pioneering in this video, so I look forward to seeing where you go from here and how your studies continue. The new found confidence that you've found in your mind really shines through, as well as the passion you display for truth and reality. Best to you, TIK.
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  4143. First minute and I already heard Rand and Peikoff come through. I am very happy you are reading more of them and understand the skeptics and mystics are completely wrong on truth. You are also an example for the hope that disciplines of philosophy of particular sciences will adopt objectivist inspired thought and apply them to their particular problems. I will say your ideas on history here are very interesting although i do have some disagreements but I think you are at this moment to most rational of the youtube historians and a shard of hope in the modern irrationalist age.
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  4144. Thank you, Tik! I've argued for decades that corporations and the consequent monopolies, oligopolies and cartels, are invariably created by the State to serve the ends of the State. There is no contradiction between advocating free enterprise and being opposed to the mostly oligopoly capitalism we have today. There would be some power differentials among entities in in a free system due to particular advantages of groups of individuals but it would not be by multiple orders of magnitude.
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  4145. I've finished watching your video. And I've done my bit in spreading this material to other corners of the internet. (Liked, commented, shared, subscribed long ago) All I can really think between the talking on the Primary Source document, the art of learning History and the objective point you are human who makes and effort and not god. This is another case of "critics" trying to get you and just shooting themselves in the foot. I have to wonder though. How many times how Chuikov almost died in Stalingrad? And how many times have your critics tried to get you but self own. Anyways. Take care, and looking forward to your next video.
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  4146. I don't know if anyone here has watched Knowing Better's channel "Subverting the Narrative" and "Making bad history worse", but I find his work there regarding people who openly deny the holocaust, are whatabouters and defend the CSA's "state rights", worthwhile to watch and argue with against holocaust deniers, since it partially shows the serious consequences of people actually supporting these type of ideas. Great video! Looking forward to finish watching this. :)
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  4147. Thank you for giving attention to something that people just don't appreciate most of the time with the study of history. Everyone is biased, but sifting through those biases is a crucial skill in the reading of history. Speaking of what I've been reading, it's been Prit Buttar's series on the Eastern Front from 1914 to 1917. He writes in a very even-handed way that I don't see in a lot of other authors, criticizing Austro-Hungarian, German and Russian high commands as well as individual leaders with equal aplomb. Admittedly an easier thing to do, considering we in the West have a rather more detached view of things a century later compared to the more ideological struggles of the second world war. Less of an agenda that's relevant anymore (despite being one myself, who cares what a monarchist thinks anymore?). Considering the dearth of English language sources on the war in the East in WW1 I strongly recommend it as a good way to get a general grasp of what was happening at that time, and hopefully it will pave the way for more accounts so we won't have to just rely on a single source.
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  4148. No ideology/political system has ever or will ever work. All as bad as each other. But keep pointing the fingers.
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  4149. That cliffhanger in previous video was cruel. I needed few days to recover from that hahahah
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  4150.  @TheImperatorKnight  I wrote a relatively long explanation which was deleted but TLDR: black leaders referred to themselves as Negro in the 60s and earlier. Garvey, Douglas, X, King, DuBois, etc. So it is bad to say today but quoting someone from the time period would be like censoring yourself from saying “African-American” even though that is the PC way today
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  4151. Loved the first episode and was waiting for the second ever since ty for all the great videos!
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  4152. Was it to depopulate New Zealand?
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  4153. When you had the feeling you had to support one channel and you see it exceeds your expectations and you feel happy for a well reserved success!
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  4154. Yes, most series don't talk about the logistics like TIK does. Everything had to come by rail and most people still don't understand this.
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  4155. 28:40 100% of votes are for Cruwell to have all the blame. Lol 😂
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  4156. It's one of the best projects I've ever seen on YouTube.
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  4157. Thanks TIK for your great content. Every week it is a pleasure, especially Staligrad series.. that everyone is waiting for ;) love from Finland!
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  4158. Yay tik
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  4159. On the rare occasions they had fuel...
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  4160. The most enjoyable channel on youtube. Cant wait for your next video!
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  4161. Losing your faith is painful, and people will go through lengths to justify anything to keep it. Because humans are a social creature, and they understand fully that it will mean they become more alone outside of the in-group. That's why almost everyone will sacrifice themselves to the organization they claim their allegiance to, be it religion, politics, company, or any other kind of organization. I understand this very well, having done this journey not only once, but twice. The most recent being actually from socialism to libertarianism. The journey itself is cleansing, but i fully understand the reasoning of those that refuse to do it. It's a common trait, and a logical fallacy at that. (sunk cost fallacy) They're too invested socialy to the particular group. I don't know how many people i know that hate their job, with a passion even. Yet they stay. They really don't understand freedom, nor do they understand independence, economy, politics, or pretty much anything. It's a condition coming from conditioning.
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  4162. ​@TheImperatorKnight Count me in! I'm Brazilian, and I surely will let it be known that he's copying you
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  4163. Exactly how is this different from the Holocaust? It would be incredible to see a big cinema production team make a historically accurate film of these events to the degree of intensity seen in Schindler's List, the Pianist, the Boy in Striped Pajamas or Come and See. That may be the only way for the public to become more conscious of the true nature of our institutions. Thank you for this video. Let's hope one day those archives are opened up to the public.
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  4164. Hi tik Posting this again cause my reply got buried in a sea of comments and you will have a far easier time seeing it here and it will enjoy more visibility You asked for an Indians opinion on the Bengal famine because you have been planing on making a video on it and since i am a Bengali specifically from the Indian side I think you might be interested in what i might have to say about the matter In my personal opinion the Famine was caused primary by the incompetence of the Local British administration in India. There was a bad harvest and the Local admistrators were too incompetent/apathetic to properly distribute the grain and large chunks of it was kept horded by the landed elite who wished to sell it in foriegn markets than give it back to the peasants. Another big factor was the fact that Bengal had been suffering from poor harvests from quite some time and instead of actually fixing the issue a choice to bring in rice from Burma was made. This led to a complete collapse of the Food supply after the capture of Burma by 1942 and caused complete chaos in Bengal. Churchill during this time didn't particularly care for India and while he could have certainly done far more to help I find him hard to blame as he not only had a world war to fight but the fact remained that he wasn't supposed to really be responsible for the affairs of India. That laid with the Governor of India who handled the situation as incompetently and possible and focused his time and effort on fighting the Japanesse first because he had orders from London that preventing the Japanesse from capturing India was his first priority. I also feel disgusted by the politicization of a human tragedy like this that killed millions. They were famines especially during company times that killed just as many if not more people with the Great Indian famine of the 1870s possibly killing 6 to 9 million people but very little research has been done on them cause who cares about poor peasants in some distance colony dying in the 19th century under the administration of Benjamin Disralei ? Their deaths can't be used to criticize an important political figure. I find the British to be far more at blame during those famines as people only died during them cause of sheer apathy towards the sufferings of the colonized and they didn't have the excuse of being busy fighting a world war. All the millions of deaths were preventable and they only happened because they chose not to help. If you got Wikipedia you will notice the page on the Bengal famine is nearly 20 times the size of the 1875 famine. Overall the blame laid with all parties involved. Some with the landlords, Some with Churchill but by and large it was caused by incompetent apathetic local administration and the capture of Burma by Japan. It should also be noted not all parts of Bengal were effected by the Famine. My grandpa born in 1938 recalls no famine from his childhood or people dying in mass and didn't even know there was one till I told him. This is despite the fact he wa s from a poor village. Thanks for reading this ridiculously long post, I was barely able to get into the surface of the whole ordeal. If you want some sources i would love to provide you with them and can also help you with them as a large chunk of the action happening on the ground as well as the opinons of many prominent Bengalis on the matter from the time can only be accessed in Bengali for obvious reasons and you wont be able to use them for obvious reasons
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  4165. Actually TIK has been very measured as a historian. He’s taken fair scrutiny over the likes of Rommel, Hitler, Stalin, Chuikov, Zhukov, Browning, Richie, Cunningham, Auchinleck and (shudder) Pienaar based on evidence, and without taking sides. His presentations are as good, if not far more thorough than just about any professional (ie commercial) production I’ve seen over thirty years. A good example of impartiality is the video about the different statements of Market-Garden’s aims, as described by Eisenhower and Montgomery, and it’s fairly clear that Ike was more credible. So much for anti American...
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  4166. Your allegiance is to the truth. I find it extremely admirable, especially in the current day.
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  4167. While in the Netherlands I had the pleasure of going to a museum dedicated to M-G. Being a long-term reader of military history, it was fantastic (if of course terribly sad). The main curator was so surprised to run into an Australian visiting the Netherlands who knew a lot about the history he gave me and my brother's family (they live there, I was visiting) a personal tour, which was a terrific experience. You've done a wonderful job with this combined presentation. Probably the best I've seen on M-G. I'll forward it to my friends who are similarly into military history and will no doubt love it as well. Cheers
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  4168. The difference is even bigger if the plumber starts investing his money at 25.Totally agree with your point.
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  4169. I have become increasingly impressed with your work.. I especially appreciate how you advised us that some of your own Stalingrad series was compromised because you used Hoffman's diary as a source. Your honesty is refreshing. I also find it commendable that you continue to question your sources even after you accepted their accounts.
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  4170. if a soviet "division" of 8000 people can get cut down to 400 men, a german one can also get crunched into 1000. and remember what TIK was saying: We STILL haven't entered the actual city of Stalingrad YET!
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  4171. This is great! As much as I love the Battlestorm series, I have to admit these other topics is in a way a breath of fresh air.
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  4172. Tax policy is one of the strangest things in existence. In the US, both parties are pro high tax RATES. But neither is pro high tax PAYMENTS. The thing that all parties in all nations seem to have in common is the lip service to "the people" which the average working class hears and thinks of themselves, not realizing that the politicians mean themselves.
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  4173. Haha! People wouldn't buy Corona beer here either during the pandemic. (I'm in Oklahoma.) 😂
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  4174. it seriously is, I don't even have the words.... it's been absolutely amazing watching this battle that I've heard about my whole life, unfold in such detail.
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  4175.  @TheImperatorKnight  you should make a red-pill-moment video
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  4176. I heard one of them calling him Teelk. I guess TIK is a member of SG-1.
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  4177. Man, do I feel bad for whoever paid $750 for a copy, only to see it republished and sold at 1/14th that price a mere 3 years later. Like me when I invest in anything.
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  4178. I think it's great that you deconstruct both Nazism and Communism, whether people see them as two sides of the same coin is irrelevant. We shouldn't just treat one as an actual threat and write off the other. Both Nazism and Communism and evil and insidious. Personally I find your political videos to be just as informative as your purely historical videos, keep up the good work!
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  4179. Never thought I'd be hearing you talk about nurgle lol
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  4180. A great compilation of information here and your overall argument of Hitler being an implicit Odin-worshipper is somewhat convincing, but I must criticise your understanding of the Germanic paganism these occultists drew upon. These topics require more primary sources, steering clear of someone like that amateur McCoy. Tyr (pronounced "tee-yer" and not "ti-er") is not the "antithesis of Odin"; he is often mistakenly made out to be a god of law and order, based on a very tenuous link with a Roman inscription by Germanic mercenaries posted in Britannia, "Mars Thingsus", or "Mars of the Thing (assembly/court)", Mars being the closest equivalent to Tyr/Tiwaz. Tyr was worshipped as a god of war and self-sacrifice (he sacrificed his hand in the jaws of the growing Fenrir, a malevolent entity born of the trickster god Loki). He is the foster-son of Odin, a member of the Aesir rather than the Vanir--like Odin--and there really isn't that much distance between the two theologically. "Tyr" as a word also simply means "god", which is why Odin is sometimes described as "farmatyr", "sigtyr", "hangatyr"; it's simply a style of naming within Eddic verse. Any of the Norse gods could be described as a "tyr", whilst Tyr is named such as a title, much like Frey, whose name isn't actually "Frey" which means "lord", but "Yngvi/Ing". Another example being Freyja, which just means "lady", whose name is actually something like Easter. Tyr's 'actual name' isn't known. So, the point at 37:06 doesn't really make any sense I really would suggest binning The Viking Spirit, its got a lot of outdated info and mistakes in it, and McCoy isn't formally-educated on any of it and it shows!
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  4181.  @TheImperatorKnight  I was commenting on the beginning. Finally saw it all the way through the end. Brilliant is always. But I did have to take away that part from the beginning
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  4182. Top bloke💪
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  4183. "Thanks for unsubscribing!" - TIK, 2018 XD Seriously though, I agree 100% that national socialism WAS a type of socialism. I mean, it's right there in the name. The whole left/right political spectrum thing is just too simplistic, it needs to be totally replaced.
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  4184. Thats my Monday night sorted, every time a new upload arrives i watch the previous 2 episodes just to refresh myself, after its finished im gonna watch them all again in as close to one continous go as possible !
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  4185. Quality has a quantity all its own
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  4186. A discussion I often encounter in the comment section. Great video to refer to.
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  4187. Looks like they were gradually stalling the German advance
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  4188.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yeah, a few trolls ruined it for everyone, it was such a useful feature for channels like these.
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  4189. Those pedants on Reddit, are going to have a meltdown.
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  4190. Dont worry, nobody reads articles that long anymore....
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  4191. ​ @L_Train why would he be grateful to a system that can execute your child because a nurse doesn't want to help them or an administrator thinks you aren't worth the cost
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  4192. The only reasons that this is so controversial is that this isn't an academic question, it is highly relevant to the Politics of today..... which is incredibly depressing. 1) The Left is based on Communism. 2) Communists always accuse anyone opposed to them of being Nazis..... and the reason they do is because the nazis were the only people in history that were evil & disgusting enough to make Communists seem relatively sane. Sometimes they even try to pretend that Nazis are still a big thing, the excuse of AntiFa and other mercenary gangs.
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  4193.  @TheImperatorKnight  a very good channel (Guerilla tv) featured your most recent upload about Hitler being spotted at the jewish socialist activist funeral so i came to check out this wonderful channel that was being spoken about in glowing terms, i have to say i am NOT disappointed and subbed instantly as i go through your backlog of uploads and research. please keep up your amazing research sir!
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  4194. Good observation on memories. David Irving really goes into this regarding accounts written after the fact rather than relying on original documents, diaries, and eyewitnesses who sought no profit or spotlight years later. Modern historians plagiarize each other and count that for source material. In a talk I heard him say that the whole world came down on him after he made the mistake of revealing his conclusions based on the LACK of what he found in his research.
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  4195.  @TheImperatorKnight  We could ask what a clever Communist would say, but those seem to be in short supply in the Current Century. Why else would they parrot everything the Soviets said during the Cold War?
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  4196.  @Goyakahian1  so he managed to write an essay about video, wow I am amazed how you managed to google that, two historians not agreeing on the matter, that's something new, this will create revolution in our concept of history
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  4197. Who the heck down votes these videos, And why?
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  4198. I have some experience in research ( not military ) and get why TIK had to have a break it can be mentally damageing to do nothing but study or is that just me?
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  4199. God, that is a lot of sources
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  4200. Hey Tik, I know you mentioned the main battle rifle, in the other end of the small arms spectrum you have a quite brilliant sub machine gun beretta m38. And I believe they were decently equipped in the naval department as well, with modern battleships, scubedivers etc, perhaps lacking aaa and radar.
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  4201. Good influencial book to read to understand the whole socialism/marxism thing: Prussianism and Socialism by Oswald Spengler
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  4202. This is spectacularly good. Best maps ever. Best analysis ever. This is why we become history lovers -- when history is done right, we can gain understanding.
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  4203. Thank you TIK, your channel taught me far-more than any Historian ever could and unlike most Historians, you quote the historical figures which your maps and animations are amazing, I first heard of you with the "Why did Hitler go to war" and watched the rest of your videos. I never watched Eastory but I will give it a watch. Take it easy, my deepest condolences and love a stranger on the internet can give. 💪 Rest in Peace whoever died.
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  4204. You cannot be perfect, and we all suffer from bias. That said I find your work to be amazingly detailed and researched. Don't take to much notice of the critic's, most I think reveal their own nationalist slants when screaming their indignation. Please keep up the good work!
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  4205. Neutrally calling it "parental issues" instead of mere "father issues" is a step in the right direction. In detail the elements that stand out are 1) neglect / absence 2) an enabling, at worst oedipal parent (usually the mother), equal to "anti-authoritarian" parenting styles - the overt tyrant (usually the father) seems to be optional and seems to lead to the same outcome as the absent father. I would understand why someone would surmise "but then it's mommy-issues!", however, the other parent is supposed to compensate for such errors. Also the rule of thumb "Narcissists beget narcissists" needs to be considered. The term is better understood as "emotional immaturity" imho.
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  4206. I personally like stories about the last stands. Would enjoy videos about those in WW2.
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  4207.  @TheImperatorKnight  Based.
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  4208. I am in the last 50 pages of Peikoff’s ‘The Cause of Hitler’s Germany’ and now, the ‘status quo’ explanations of Hitler’s rise to power, right wing extremism, etc. Feel so weird to me. It’s like people don’t want to take off their blindfold and just blame everything on ‘the right’ for the sake of convenience. Also Hitler’s own writings look utterly rediculous to me now.
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  4209. If TIK is partialy wrong , I still like the video. Partial infomation / partialy correct info is better than no info. Which is what I had before. I could be wrong but doesnt TIK himself say he prefers people to Think and do their own research than just accept what others say? Now I may not and do not agree with everything TIK says but his arguements are intelligent and fact based. I will never be able to own and read the amount of books to refute any but the handfull of facts/oppinions he states so at best I can only state my oppinion that he may be wrong. In fact for every fact in history ( what acctualy happened there are 19 (or more ) oppinions as to why it happens.
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  4210. Yellow. I'll leave you with a good Aristotle quote, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
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  4211. Hello TIK, I have a question. In your older videos you mentioned that the big reason for going East was to implement full autarky, and that control of the vast resources of the East were vital to keeping the German war machine up and running, and that Germany could not wage a war of movement without oil. However, in this video you said that autarky "didn't work". How exactly would it not solve Germany's poor strategic situation? Sure, socialism did more damage than good, but autarky? It seems to me, at least, that the successful capture of the Caucasus would give Germany enough oil to keep the war going as long as she needs, provided that she manages to retain control over the oil fields and that they don't get destroyed. Furthermore, the Ukraine was supplying Germany with food, something which she desperately needed to avoid starvation thanks to the Allied blockade and the lack of foreign trade. Could you perhaps clear this up?
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  4212. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  The war finished 75 years ago, so there's no rush. ;) I think vast majority of us here seeks quality, not quantity. Therefore, you don't need to overload yourself. I hope you'll take your time, organize yourself as best as you can and do things in some steady pace, even if that means we'll wait more. The job you're doing is pretty demanding even for bunch of people, let alone for one person.
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  4213. I can respect the methodical approach you take to your videos and your plethora of sources, it's allowed me to expand my own reading material, for which I am grateful.
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  4214. Again, you achieve the very high standards we've beciome accostumed too on your channel! And again it's a gem, very interesting matter, since it's one of the more obscure battles of the Eastern Front. Thanks for keeping it up! Looks like temporarily withdrawing from Stalingrad was a good idea 🙂
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  4215. Hi, please, I do understand that Russian names are hard, but still Zhukov is great enough a figure to deserve his name pronounced correctly. 'ZH' reads like 'G' in barraGe or massaGe, the "french" way. The problem is whichever letter you use to write his name (J or Zh or even G), it won't be correctly read according to the rules of English grammar...
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  4216. I'm starting to think TIK doesn't like Halder. 🤔
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  4217. Great video on a very important topic. It’s a topic that for me carries a lot of weight because I was born with disabilities and developed more throughout my childhood. Despite this I’ve worked through them and I now earn more than the average person. With money being the measure of value it means that I actually add a lot of value to my area. The people who perpetrated the T4 program wouldn’t have believed this is possible. I also often think about the movie Verkannte Menschen or Misjudged People which was a movie created by deaf people (I’m deaf). They created this movie to show that despite their troubles in communication they could still be productive members of society. The movie was banned within 2 years.
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  4218. There's a Motte-Bailey built into socialism that socialists want an anarcho egalitarian system but that it will somehow arise after centralising power
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  4219. I note that this video has a relatively high downvote rate! This bodes well for its validity. I've encountered plenty of people who refuse to accept that when Hitler called his party "socialist", he meant it, and was accurate in his terminology. I expect I will be recommending this video. But, OMG, it will be a long slog watching it.
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  4220. This is the most epic Video! Cheers to you good lad🥂
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  4221. 1:48:53 While I did chuckle originally when you sung the “Hitler thought he was trying to save the world” lick Inthe original video it was featured, I laughed even harder this time when you put joking aside and said “no, he really believed this” simply due to how stupid Hitler is lol
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  4222. Anything to not go back to retail.
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  4223. some generalization but yes you are right in this subject TIK, but you could generalize it even more- in one interview one of Martin Bormann's son said that he asked from his father what National Socialism really is and his fathers reply was "its will of the Führer" and that is idea of that whole movement, Hitler gave vague visions and his fanboys where fighting against each other how to get this vision done.
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  4224.  @TheImperatorKnight  Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Now I'll spam that link everytime I see a wehraboo.
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  4225.  @TheImperatorKnight  I thought it was very good, I made a community post about it---my only disagreement with you is the conflation of Hume and empiricism. Apart from that you have hit all of the essential points required for a proper theory of history.
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  4226. It's called Red Pilling. But at a Sociology and Economic level rather than say your trust in media/state. ie you learn you can not trust anyone of authority including your academics you taught you in school. I'm kind of glad that my Composition II professor, she said "Never view you professors as being smarter than yourself, most of them are no dumber than you." She was an ex US Marine so she had a sassy but welcoming attitude in my opinion towards her fellow staff.
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  4227. While I certainly wouldn’t describe myself as an ANCAP, and definitely disagree on the degrees to some of your views, I highly respect the principle and arguments. ANCAP is often used simply as a term to label and dismiss people, and I appreciate taking it seriously as a school of thought. Solid video
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  4228. Great video. Love a bit of humour in political discussion due to living in ClownWorld©️
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  4229. 49:50 one of the biggest bruh moments I have ever seen on the internet
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  4230. Hi tik another great video and your point at the end about historians not telling the truth reminded of a conversation with my 13 year old daughter when she said how can we learn from history if it’s not the truth She is having lots of arguments with her teachers at the moment about the Nazis being right wing not left wing. She has been taking notes from your videos to show the teachers but they still say they were right wing and want her to write papers towards her exams saying that they were right wing she’s worried if she explains that they are left wing in the paper it will be marked wrong as the teacher will only go by the curriculum
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  4231. Anyone that lives in the US and has not made the connection between the government distributing checks directly to the populace with no concomitant increase in production (in fact, a contraction) and the surge in prices just will never get it.
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  4232. Most Universities teach inflation as the Keynesian definition of "an increase in the general price level of the economy" which is, at best, a multivariant definition and thus more or less useless. Most of my professors didnt seem to appreciate that M2 money [currency] supply is a fantastic leading indicator of inflation. Almost all western counties have an M2 inflation about 7%. Which is, incidentally, about the rate of housing inflation.... wonder why ;)
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  4233. I know how this fight turned out, yet I'm still sitting on the edge of my seat. This is a real nail biter. TIK your narration is superb.
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  4234. Driving to work, and you made my day with this video. The space marine voice over was perfect btw.
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  4235.  @MultiCrispyChicken  Not without a state 🤩
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  4236. He did it for an "emotional jolt?!" He should have just drunk a bunch of coffee.
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  4237. Hey TIK! Great video as always. Taught me alot of new things and cleared up some myths. I hate to ask questions like this, but when can we expect the Soviet Side on Stalingrad video? The battle of Stalingrad always fascinated me in terms on how it came to happen from The Soviet side and I don't think there is a better YouTube channel that could cover it better then you :) thanks alot for your work and keep it up!
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  4238. Half an hour long video. It's not like I have short attention spam, but most of the videos this long are usually simply boring and could be cut in length by half. This one, I had no problem watching from beggining to the end. Well, considering its not the first one I've watched, I just subscribed.
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  4239.  @samuelskinner7704  The “English” isn’t an individual. It has no heartbeat. The people of any country are seldom on the same page. Perhaps they’re all responsible for their leadership, but even this isn’t necessarily a just charge.
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  4240. TIK ... I am a kiwi ... your coverage here is brilliant... thank you so much we are a small country ... but we have a history of ... doing our bit
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  4241. Absolutely ridiculous, how anyone could take this seriously is beyond me. Love it.
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  4242. The book that broke TIK.
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  4243. Meh. Another military episodes. TIK, how many times do we have to tell you: stick to the Reichsmarks.
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  4244. Fun fact! The word 'TIK' is actually a Latvian word. It means 'so.' Thus, it's grammatically related to your jingle 'But is this really so/the case?' ;)
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  4245. TIK while I agree basically with everything you said in this video, I think there is a small snippet of information you might have missed in regards to royalties being paid for Mein Kampf. I might get some details wrong about this, since it is a while I read about it, but as far as I understand the German state actually owns the rights to Mein Kampf, and the royalties they receive from sold editions of the book are funneled into organisations and institutes actively fighting against holocaust denial and anti-semitism. I am not aware if this applies to every version of the book sold, or just some of them. It's a small thing, but the sale of Mein Kampf is funding the opposite side of what it "promotes".
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  4246. Mother of Chrome, I did not expect this princely gift. I figured Keir Starmer's gestapo had paid you a visit and made you 'disappear'. Also, now I see you posted a video a week ago so I missed your sign of life. Good times! For now.
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  4247. I caught up with your STALINGRAD playlist over the Christmas period and realised just how much you gave and you invested in that and whilst I haven't always been in agreement with you I just wanted to say thank you, best wishes 🙏 ☘️
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  4248. Allow me to swerve from the WWII-era German economy to current economic affairs that we all can see happening today (if we dare actually look) — It is about the condition of the United States economy (and by connection, the global economy, due to globalization) It is important to understand that the Federal Reserve follows the economic policies set by the Federal government. The Federal Reserve is no longer a completely independent agency. — Figures used are taken from the chart website used in the above video — The US currency supply 30 Dec 2007 is a modest $1.4-trillion. On 31 May 2021, the US currency supply reached a whopping $19.2-trillion. On average, that is an increase of 100% per year, since the 2008 financial crisis. Putting that into even greater perspective, it is a mind-bending 1,300% increase in the US currency supply over that 13 year period. However, we find the largest jump in sheer volume when we look at the period, 13 January 2021 thru 31 May 2021. During this period, the US currency supply went from $3.8-trillion, and reached that whopping $19.2-trillion figure. This means the US government created $15.4-trillion — that's a 500% increase in only 5 months! Anyone that has taken Economics-101 will understand that such government actions will inevitably have adverse effects the economy. Well guess what? There has been a very noticeable effect, and it is being felt right now by everyone in the United States. For the past few months consumer prices across the board have been slowly yet steadily rising. US Government economists claim the rising prices are only due to shortages in the supply chain caused by reopening the economy after the 1.5 year global pandemic shutdown. They also claim the prices will return to normal once businesses reach their pre-pandemic production capacities, and returning truck drivers start to once again deliver the increasing supply of commerce. When all this happens, the economy will be fine... you'll see. I'm completely skeptical of these claims, because I have been waiting since 2008's financial crisis for the US economy to force a policy reset. What I mean by "reset" is the moment when one economic policy becomes moot, and is no longer applicable to the current economic situation, and a new and different economic policy must be developed and implemented to steady the economy, so it can recover. To borrow from Professor Mark Blyth's (google/YouTube him) computer analogy; think of the entire economy as a computer, and the economic policy that runs it as the software that operates it. At present, the computer is running on 40-year old software that has been periodically updated. But now, it appears that software is going to cause the computer to crash. A new economic policy (the software) is needed so the next iteration of the economy (the computer) can run smoothly again... for 40-50 years, when it should all happens again (because history shows that this does happen periodically, ~twice a century).
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  4249.  @executivedirector7467  can you provide a sample?
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  4250. Could you consider making some videos about more modern politcal/econ topics? Would love to se your takes on more modern issues
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  4251.  @colebehnke7767  Just trust him bro
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  4252. Fantastic, great job a solid redpill on collectivism
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  4253. Brace yourselves. The Corbynites are coming.
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  4254. Yes, there's nothing on the internet anywhere that is as detailed and analytical. Absolutely amazing, both Stalingrad and Crusader series. It is weird however how a lot of peole in various ww2 online communities never heard of this channel and once I show them a video or two it's like "where the fck was this guy hiding all this time, it's awesome!".
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  4255. Both routes of attack have their pros and cons. Doing what they did, they made it impossible to supply anyone inside the Soviet pocket. Heading sough, would have incircled less divisions, but but have prevented the counterattack later on. Not an easy choice when you're on the ground. Given their orders, it made sense for them to follow the attack plan and head for the Wolga and finish the encirclement of Stalingrad.
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  4256. All the best and love TIK. We may lose our loved ones, inevitably but they always last with us in spirit. Condolences 💐
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  4257.  @TheImperatorKnight  I agree with you 100%. As always you are hitting the nail on the head. ===== Private ownership INCLUDES control. This is why in most legal texts it reads (In spanish "Es el derecho que tiene toda persona de usar, gozar, disfrutar y disponer sus bienes de acuerdo a la ley." ) "It is the right that every person has to use, enjoy, enjoy and dispose of their assets according to the law." It is the "dispose" part where they excert control while (pretending) to respect private property. And this is not disposal as in end of life what we do with the trash. "dispose" means what you do with somehing, where would you locate it, and the authority to have or delegate CONTROL over it From Merriam Webster dispose 2obsolete : to come to terms dispose of 1a(1): to get rid of how to dispose of toxic waste (2): to deal with conclusively disposed of the matter efficiently b: to transfer to the >>>control<<< of another ///// disposing of personal property to a total stranger 2: to place, distribute, or arrange especially in an orderly way disposing of the weapons in the new fort Cheers!!
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  4258.  @TheImperatorKnight  Damm you Youtube! My dream has shattered.
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  4259. The assumption is well, however, Soviet archives are open and available on the Internet. This is possible to find the reason for "4th Kotluban offensive" "Directives of the headquarters of the supreme command №170668" (директивы ставки верховного главнокомандования №170668) from 15th of Oct 1942. The main purpose is "immediate assistance to Stalingrad"(оказание ближайшей помощи Сталинграду). Furtermore this is possible to find "operational directive of Donskoy front to 66th army 0056/0xx (digits not clear)"(Оперативная директива штаба ДонФ военному совету 66 армии 0056/0xx) from 17th of Oct 1942.. Operational target is breaking through german line and reaching north pocket in Spartakovka. No mysterious attention attraction from operation Uranus. It is now clear that the Germans tanks divisions were exhausted and had low chances to help the Stalingrad offensive (quite arguable). In October 1942 USSR didn't know yet they won the Stalingrad battle :) Just tried to save 62nd army in Stalingrad but didn't succeed.
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  4260. noooooooooo dont ruin guderian aswell for me :D
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  4261.  @TheImperatorKnight  Because its still a political debate happening today in some circles, so people get really defensive and red vs blue very quickly. That being said I found your definitions to be the most logically sound and least loaded amongst modern historians on the time period, so keep up the great work 👍
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  4262. After the shit show this year has been for me personally this right here just made it all better. Seriously one of the best Christmas gifts ever. Thank you TIK, not just for this but everything else you put out, it's always quality content.
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  4263. You should have donned your monicle when you asked that question!
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  4264. good timing I was just reading about this in the gulag archipelago earlier today
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  4265. Yesss, point out modern gnosticism! James Lindsay's work on it has been phenomenal as well.
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  4266. I strongly question your statement "that everyone around you is an individual". Everyone around me is part of a programmed hive mind, mindlessly believing whatever the government tells them. I'm just joking with you. I have actually found these videos on the Keelhaul really informative and of great interest. Keep up the good work.
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  4267. BATTLESTORM: WHOOPI GOLDBERG
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  4268. The YouTube censorship is absurd and clearly politically motivated, but on the upside if it were not for those ridiculous policies I wouldn't have had the opportunity to burst out laughing at "Captain f word" and "Captain YouTube censorship" :-D
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  4269. Man, this is great. Love the channel. I’ve read some great books recently as a result of finding Tik. Most recently was The cause of Hitlers Germany by Peikoff. That book made me go back to my copy of Philosophy who needs it by Rand. Good stuff.
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  4270.  @Back2Me-q1y  I don't pretend he is, I do reading of my own and have other sources of knowledge. I can't read everything though, I don't have the time or patience to do so, so it is helpful for someone to make a well-sourced video distilling what they have learned.
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  4271. Happy new years TiK, hope you had a wonderfull holiday. Really enjoyed this video, mainly because it shows how fragile historical sources really are, and that the historical debate is always open to changes and different views. That even though the sources we have is all that we can base something upon, we should still use our heads in examining them, and not blindly follow whats written, just because it was written by someone long ago or someone who was there. Some people will no doubt still use aspects of his diary to argue stuff, and say that "just because there are some wrongs, doesnt make it wholly incorrect". Sad truth is that. Even if that is true, doubt has been cast on the entire source. Thank you for your contribution to the entire historical field :)
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  4272. Hey TIK! There’s probably not a lot of 16 year olds that watch your videos, but I really enjoy every video you make. With each one I learn more and more about Stalingrad, German logistics, Austrian economics, and so much more. Finally saved up enough money and bought myself the entire Stalingrad series by Glantz, and I’m already on the second book. So keep making these videos and don’t “just stick to tanks”. -Nick
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  4273. Had you been alive in the 40 s your sarcasm would have made manstein surrender.....
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  4274. Keep poking both hornet nests TIK. Fascists last video, commies this time. Everyone gets the beating stick. Speaking of controversy, I noticed a few videos missing from the Bitchute channel. Have you considered filling out the catalog? In case YouTube aims for the whole channel and not a specific video.
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  4275. TIK, I have to say, you’ve opened my eyes to the similarity of all totalitarianism, and specifically of the connections between national and Marxist socialism, and fascism and syndicalism, respectively. Thank you for doing your good work!
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  4276. Long videos are nice TIK, but sometimes like shown with this one a short video easily can explain the needed points. Short videos can help explain certain bits without being crammed into an already packed long video. You do not give yourself enough credit you have in under ten minutes explained the complex reasons how Britain does diplomacy for centuries. That is impressive.
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  4277. Yes I reluctantly realised this last episode lol and also no if they had taken all of the caucasus still not a win for germany.
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  4278. Just a few minutes in and already impressed by important details used to back up the main premise - which sadly has to do with pointing out basic historical definitions which were once commonly understood, but today are replete with near utter confusion. Not so impressed by the reference to a book that is clearly agenda driven spin. But it gets much better...quite excellent. So sad that ideologue npc types tend to be so unwilling to learn this essential information.
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  4279. "Madman TIK is gonna ruin the Battlestorm series!" Franz Halder
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  4280. Stalingrad is so complicated I would be surprised if anyone has ever had a complete picture of it.
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  4281. Hi TIK. Thanks for the regular uploads. You have done an excellent exploration of World War 2's origins. In part 1 of your Weimar Hyperinflation series, you also mentioned the role of central banks in starting the First World War. Would you say that they should take most of the responsibility for starting the war? I agree with you that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand shouldn't be regarded as the primary reason for the war, I think that many of the involved powers (though not all) were interested in starting a war, but I haven't thought much about the role of specific individuals. What do you think was the main cause for this conflict?
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  4282. I was around a lot of dialectics when I was growing up. People who said God needed to be turned into a state to bring humanity to salvation were who I was around. I kinda learned over time how to use it to my advantage, say things I didn’t really mean to get the actual point across. I didn’t even know I was doing it for a long time. I think when the people around are so zealous about this kind of belief you realize how it’s not just games, but actual people with power and bodies who can give you a lot of problems. So it becomes your reality in a way. I know people being social creatures isn’t the most popular idea around here, but I think it’s true. People feel lonely without other people, and they feel alienated when they feel like they don’t have influence over their life. And these Gnostic types love making people suffer for who they are in general if they aren’t of gnosis. I think that’s how a lot of people get wrapped up in socialism. They look at something like homophobia or racism and see how a lot of that involves literal rich priests, and they start to think silly things.
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  4283. So it turned out Stalingrad is a though nut to crack? Glad to hear you're feeling better. May the Manstein continue to bless you. Cheers!
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  4284. Tik, I surrender to your patience. You are an example for those of us who see some facts in the same way. Great job, and thanks from Spain!
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  4285. Oh boy, I love Monday’s now, thanks TIK
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  4286. Another brilliant documentary.
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  4287. "TIK you always make hideously long videos can't you shorten things a bit -" 12-HOUR INTRODUCTORY VIDEO SERIES ENSUES
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  4288. I deeply appreciate your sense of irony as to how all events up to the 12th of September had remained hidden from public scrutiny. Context is everything, and you and Glantz have finally lifted the scales on our collective eyes...
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  4289. I still remember that 88 you had in Kharkov I believe, that poor commander didn’t stand a chance. I found your channel again years later once you had become TIK. It’s funny, my father had introduced me to CCIII as a child, and I introduced him to you
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  4290. Really nice video, TIK. The back and forth between commanders and the analysis of their "palace intrigues" and how accurate their memoirs were bring these events to life and make then more "human" and relatable, if this makes sense.
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  4291. One thing I'd love to see if you ever got the chance would be an in-depth look at some of the lesser known Axis allies battles like Italian, Hungarian, Romanian, or Finnish Battles
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  4292. Congratulations TIK, you are a inspired thinker. I think you are the only person in this modern age we live in that has stated that sleep is a important part of life. So many people seem to think that sleep is some kind of "optional" activity, something lazy people do. They have stupid sayings like "I'll sleep when I'm dead". Well they will be getting that death sleep sooner than they think because sleep is a fundamental and important biological function just like breathing. If you miss either activity your life will be considerably shorter.
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  4293. Hurra monday
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  4294. Ngl, Reddit should just stick to Tanks.
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  4295. I am fortunate to have listened to them both this morning. Sometimes it is better to be safe than sorry and if your gut gave you a feeling that you needed to redo them and make a better delivery, then good for you.
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  4296. Finally. We've gotten to the eve of the first assault upon the city. A battered Attacking Army at the end of its supply chain. And a battered, decimated Army on its last legs, holding firm against the nation's Invaders. Have to say TIK. Bloody amazing work, and you've credited yourself, many times over before this point. Thank you so much. Looking forward to more of your work 👍🙂🍻
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  4297. TIK your method of history to review things that seem off to you has inspired me to look further into a topic I think people currently have wrong. That topic being "The US lost the Vietnam war". If you or anyone want to see why I think that is wrong I'll explain below. Feel free to reply and question my thinking on this. I have argued that "The US lost the Vietnam war" as being incorrect a few times now and I think I have gotten the argument against this thought down pretty good now. So the first thing we need to talk about is the American goal in Vietnam to determine if the US completed those goals in the war or not. The American goal in Vietnam was to keep South Vietnam as a independent country and stop the spread of communism in South East Asia. At the point the war ended the US completed those goals. It wasn't until 2 years later when a new war started up that what was fought for in the Vietnam war was lost. Now you may question that thinking that those are separate wars. But according to even historians, military officers and the public in Vietnam they consider the war America fought in and the war that took place 2 years later to be separate wars. In Vietnam they actually are taught their country fought in 4 wars between WW2 and unification. Those 4 wars in order being first against the Japanese, second against the French, third against the Americans and then the 4th war is called the unification war (they then had a short war with China after unification as well). Lumping all these wars together is like lumping all of the Napoleonic wars together and then saying that France lost ever war in the Napoleonic wars because they lost the last 2 wars of the period. In addition to the above point in can be argued that the US forced the North Vietnamese into the peace deal that was signed in Paris. I'll explain this below. To first get the North to attend the Paris Peace accords the Nixon administration had to start a massive bombing campaign in the North that significantly destroyed the North's army divisions and air defenses build up and provided by the USSR. The USSR upset with the amount of money they were spending on the war in Vietnam pushed for the North to go to the accords (people often forget the USSR spent a larger percent of their yearly GDP on the Vietnam war then the US did). The US said it would stop the bombings of the North if the North attended the Paris Peace accords which the US did stop when the North attended. The North though left the accords before a deal could be agreed to. This caused the Nixon administration to start the bombings of the North up again and said they would continue until the North came back to the negotiation table. The USSR again told the North to go back to the peace table or they would cut the North off from getting new military supplies (since everything was getting destroyed). The North under this threat agreed to go back to Paris and work out a peace deal which they did. The North did this because they knew they needed the USSR's equipment to have a chance to unify the country later on since the North was already at that point on bad terms with China. The US in turn was able to get further concessions out of the North when the North returned to Paris such as the North agreeing to recognize South Vietnam as a independent country. So when people say the US lost the Vietnam war I say that is incorrect. The US lost the peace after the Vietnam war. That happened largely because of the Watergate scandal and Nixon being forced to resign his office. The peace deal signed in Paris said that the US would replace the North's military equipment in a one for one basis for everything lost or used. But when the North started launching border raids they found the US was not replacing the equipment they destroyed. This was because the Democrats had taken control of Congress in the US because of the Watergate scandal and most of them were anti-Vietnam war. So when the new President Ford went to Congress and asked them to keep the word of the US and support their ally in Vietnam with replacement military equipment they refused and even walked out of Congress on him while he gave a speech begging them to give Vietnam the military equipment it needed to stay independent. They thought doing so would lead the US back down the same road back into sending troops into Vietnam and that the defense equipment wouldn't matter either way. Which I don't think is correct. People forget the last 2 years the US was still in the Vietnam war US troops saw little combat because by that point the South's military had been built up to a strong enough level that it could defend itself given the proper equipment. Back to the North though, when the North saw the US was not supporting the South anymore like it agreed to in the Paris Peace accords the North decided to plan a full invasion of the South in breech of the Paris Peace accords. The North had to wait to rebuild it's military but once it was ready they did launch that full invasion and the US still didn't give the South the equipment it needed to defend itself causing it to be overrun and for the President of Vietnam at the time to say the US had betrayed them. Which was a pretty accurate thing to say. Thank you anyone for reading and please feel free to reply agreeing or disagreeing with me and why.
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  4298.  @TheImperatorKnight  stick to your combined arms approach, its working.
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  4299. That laugh at the end.. Seems like TIK is high on life right now. Good for you. Also amazing thumbnail.
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  4300. Merry Christmas, Lewis, and thanks for another year of thoughtful and thrilling content. You have a hugely influential impact on your audience, I’m sure. 👏👏👏
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  4301. To me fascism is just a synonym for totalitarianism. Totalitarian government policy is a natural and understandable development in any society that is in imminent or ongoing danger. Totalitarian governments are much more efficient and well equipped to react to any crisis situation than, say, voting & debates! These nation-state governments are always borne from crisis, other than due to foreign subversion. We're getting a little taste of it right now with innocent people around the world being forcefully imprisoned in their homes, along with governments forcefully seizing medical and PPE supplies from private factories. It's an undesirable but natural thing.
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  4302.  @TheImperatorKnight  I would love to see a video on that, specially on armies command structure.
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  4303. Take care of yourself mate. My craving for your history class can wait.
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  4304.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you good sir, I have forgotten about this.
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  4305.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hey TiK, would just like to point out, Callum from Lotuseaters has referenced people towards your videos several times (to save himself time from having to explain it, so he can stay on topic), specifically mentioning the ones you did on Fascism vs National Socialism and the ones about how National Socialism is socialism, talking about how great of a job he thought you did explaining it.
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  4306. Ah, man...I'm SO glad you transcribed so nicely what i try to explain to people who shove "facts" and "theories" to my face when discussing about History. "Are you certain it was like that? What are your sources?" "It's common knowledge, come on!" Your inflexibility towards "general knowledge", and questionning everything is a refreshing wind in the historical studies.
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  4307. Icebreaker is click bait
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  4308. What's more baffling is people are so ignorant about economy despite it literally decides everything and major factor behind every important decision.
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  4309. The problem with antidotes to Hitler's socialism is that it works against other forms of socialism too. Socialists don't like that.
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  4310. Glad to begin taking an active part in this series! Same for our estimated colleague Dann Falk. As the Germans move forward, we'll be able to compare our respective studies/analysis and put together all our knowledge... obviously the ultimate Stalingrad documentary so far. Good point stressing out the poor performance of 4th Panzer Army, definitely forgotten in western literature. All the blame on Paulus from the very beginning. And good to restore Shumilov's credit. 64th Army was badly mauled while saving the city from early encirclement. And yes, despite the fact all of 6th Army was more or less weakened at this stage, it would have been interesting to know why Paulus sent those three divisions, even less powerful than others, into Stalingrad. We need to dig even deeper into this question if possible.
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  4311. You always upload in time for my lunch break, so thank you tik!
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  4312. Oh noo! Wish u best TIK. U working very hard ❤️ 2 weeks is completely alright. Take more time if you need mate. :)
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  4313. I was raised with altruism and self sacrifice to be ideals. I had a doting mother and an distant father. Depression and anxiety became difficulties in my adolescence. To deal with them I saw a shrink who basically enabled me to medicate the symptoms with prescription stimulants, tranquilizers and antidepressants. Later this would morph into illicit self medication with heroin which began during university and threw me out of sync with life and into jails, prisons and other institutions. Until my recovery 15 years ago, I was very left wing in my ideology. Today I am completely opposed to all leftist thought and doctrine. ..I mention this political shift because I believe it was the prime mover of my destruction, and shifting away from it was the catalyst for the recovery. You nailed it with the self loathing. It was an integral part of the self destruction and it is still a difficulty even after I've identified it as being only counterproductive. Looking back on it all I can see now that the depression and substance abuse were merely symptoms the warped worldview you are describing. ..However this was never addressed. Instead such symptoms were looked at as the root causes by any professional help I sought. None of which ever helped. It took me over 40 years to figure out what you are saying (more or less.) Don't let anyone tell you that what you are saying isn't extremely helpful. The one thing I would add to what you say is that it's important to realize that even the greatest thinkers are people and are prone to error whether it's A Rand, T Sowell, Buddha, Einstein or whoever they are still human. They have much help and truth to offer, but no one is complete or perfect in their thinking. And inversely, people like Marx, Lenin, Kant and other people you and I would consider mislead or generally wrong do have some accurate information to offer. People are not binary and holding either blind faith or absolute contempt of any person always to leads to disillusion. I hope this is helpful. Keep up the good work.
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  4314. Also, it's a common and annoying misconception that the Sherman was inferior to all German tanks and only won because of greater numbers. They were very much a match for Panzer IIIs and in the right conditions could literally run circles around Tigers. They ran into trouble in hedgerow country largely because there was less room to maneuver.
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  4315. Your best poli/econ post TIK. Interesting that the first link I found with that book was the Austrian School Mises Institute. I've always said that the Nazi economy would have eventually collapsed on its own from clumsy State management (Venezuelacized itself you might say) even had there not been a war, probably by the late 50s.
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  4316.  @sah1746  You may not like them, others, incl myself do.
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  4317. The problem with our system is that the "poor", well actually the working and middle-class are over-taxed and tax benefits (or evasion strategies) are mostly for the (ultra-) "rich". The top 1% have benefited very much financially from the pandemic, whereas the average person had reduced earnings plus being hit by price-rises.
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  4318. These North African campaigns are wild, complex, and too much forgotten about. Excellent video!
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  4319. ​ @dIRECTOR259 It is not just bad parents, but the instilling of an altruistic morality.
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  4320. I've just recently discovered your channel and I just wanted to say that the quality of the content is much, much too good for YouTube. That being said, I am very pleased that it's here for everyone to view and become truly educated.
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  4321. What I have learned over the years is that there is no debating the Marxist of any stripe. They operate from the "dialectic" which is a gospel of faith, not knowledge. Ultimately, one cannot debate "faith" with facts. All one can do is keep showing them the facts and hope that they find their brains at some point.
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  4322. You are not wasting your time TIK , I'm nearly 50 mate and I have learnt so much from your channel , keep up the good work.
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  4323. Definitely will be joining patreon as well.
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  4324. Thank you for documenting the glorious struggle of the Soviet Union!!!!
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  4325. Caught it as it's released. I've been waiting anxiously for this video, thank you TIK for the timely content. Keep on doing your best, your Patreons and ordinary subs, like me, we're all behind you!
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  4326. Dear TIK it is so good you are back! You are the best critical thinker I know. You inspire me to think more critically!
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  4327. 32:17 I am in Glasgow and that is hilarious 🤣
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  4328. What kind of elevator music would Hitler and Himmler listen to?
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  4329. this proves that nothing you've ever said is true. ( jk LOL, I love ya TIK :D )
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  4330.  @hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger  If we're going that route, how about "100 Minecraft Players Re-Enact Rommel's Greatest Victory!!!!"
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  4331. I just discovered your channel during historyclass, at first the teacher got mad after seeing me non stop on my phone. But the next day he told me it was fine and he is not mad at me, but mad that only 12k people subscribed to your channel. Keep up the good work mate!
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  4332. Very well done once again. An excellent argument, well stated and backed by impressive stats. I agree it was primarily an infantry war (aren't they all?). This is one reason I put a lot of my time into documenting the Soviet rifle (infantry) divisions in Wikipedia. Those people did the heavy lifting. And I agree the mortars were crucial, although I will concede that the Germans had the technique down first. On the other hand, they recognized the superiority of the Soviet 120mm and copied it, so I guess it comes to a fair trade.
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  4333. Day instantly improved with new Stalingrad video! Thanks TIK!
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  4334. A timely video Tik, I have no doubt you were motivated by the state-enforced euthanasia policies in Canada, and those developing in certain U.S. states. The regimes are different, but the motives are the same; to relieve charges on socialized medicine, and to create ‘new’ men.
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  4335. I find it strange that people attack your facts with their beliefs, and that you have to be so specific about what you are saying. Don't listen to everyone, not everyone is important.
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  4336. Re: 9:00 seriously? Even Marx said "that wasn't real socialism" when referring to previous socialist failures? Truly we have made no progress since those times.
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  4337. I was uncertain at first. On one hand, I thought it would be a nice bludgeon for me if Hitler was a Socialist, but on the other, I had been under the assumption that he wasn't for quite some time. However, I found myself using the phrase "Nazism was socialism for the Germans" when describing what Nazism was to others. This was already a tacit admission that the Nazis were socialists, so frankly, I wasn't really being honest with myself from before. The first hour was difficult to get through as there was a lot of logic and definitions to go over and I was listening rather than watching. But, by the 2 hour mark, it had became brazenly apparent that the Nazis were, in fact, Socialists, and I had found the remarks of them being capitalist to be absurd. When you started talking about "reprivatizing" I said aloud "Reprivatizing to who? Aquaman?!" (Of course, I had a sneaking suspicion that it was gonna be his own party members). To say I was convinced would be an understatement. I almost felt tempted to stop watching after you explained their ideology because it was so apparent. Yet, I stuck it out to the end, because I knew there was more. I'm glad I did. Honest to God, it's a real shame that something so obvious is also something so controversial and that this lie has been perpetuated for almost 80 years now. I just hope this video gets more traction, and that it breaks that 1 million mark soon.
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  4338. I dont comment much TIK because usually I just enjoy simply watching your videos as part of my normal Monday routine. It's a luxury for me. I have a few things I look forward to on Mondays, and like anyone I don't like Sunday closing and a new week of work beginning but your Monday videos give me something to look forward to - just so you know really, I'm grateful for this. I honestly don't dare if you make mistakes, your a person just as much as I am and we make mistakes, so what? Honestly... who bloody cares - it doesn't change my opinion of you or the work you produce, if anything it confirms how difficult it is doing what you do, which is completely something I understand and this is why I don't care that you might make mistakes sometimes. Also, if you are getting depressed about something then telling us all is a good thing to do, you shouldn't hide that or feel bad about it, get it off your chest and find a close comrade to give you a hug, I would if I could. And yeah I really don't envy you doing this stalingrad series, it's a monumental task and it will last the ages, at some point (if not already) your content will be used in educational systems around the world in history classes relating to WW2. You have become a legendary youtuber and you deserve more subscribers, views, likes etc. You deserve sponsorships and whatever else is a good thing for you as a content creator. Relax mate, you're always doing a great job. If you need to slow down, regroup and reschedule and compose yourself then take the time you need to do so. None of us want TIK to be a casualty or go MIA. I look up to you and I wish you the best. Look after yourself and enjoy what you do. I wish you well and your loved ones well. Edit: I just signed up as a Patreon to demonstrate my support for this content - I guess this video convinced me to finally become a Patreon to someone on YouTube. Quite nice to be a little bit more involved now lol.
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  4339. I've 'mass liked' your video to the tune of one, just one, democratic vote, (me). Good man, stand up for what's right. You have my support.
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  4340. love your analysis and various indepth videos... finished my political science master in amsterdam and my bachelor in philosophy... i have to say very consize and very to the point... love your work.. love how how you bring it... as a solcial scientist super geek i can say this dude is good....
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  4341. I don't think there is settlement here TIK, but what there is, is paradigm rejection, meaning if someone acknowledges a certain position you can't really engage in a conversation anymore. There are five or six arguments that you kind of have to ignore to continue having a conversation but don't really have a refutation to speak of. I call them the Rejected Irrefutables. The Big 3 are as follows: Solipsism, Nihilism and Fatalism. They and their derivatives aren't necessarily wrong, but they break the game we're playing here, and some of us happen to like the game and would like it to continue.
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  4342. 6:24 "Aryan Super Sayian blood" Teh heh heh. TIK, I love your humor.
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  4343. Have you ever considered tackling Syndicalism Tik?
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  4344. 1:38:20 I'd love to hear you talk about the school system and why people shouldn't go. Would be very interesting.
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  4345. I really like how TIK doesn't presume to know others ideological convictions. Like where he says Hunt was a Nazi, witch is not a unreasonable conclusion, but since he really doesn't know is he or not, he corrects him self and says holocaust denier. I m not saying someone has to admit to being nazi or communist before you can make that assumption, but is is so refreshing to see this kind of thing in the modern days, since now days everyone is a nazi or a communist or usually they are both, since they really are neither.
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  4346. Germans also have 3.5 million soldiers. So, was horde against the horde?
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  4347. I'm always amazed at your commitment to fully explaining your research and perspectives. Well done amazing information.
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  4348. TIK, when I was in university, the only "positive" that the instructor could give for inflation is encouraging people to spend money since you'll get nothing if it sits in the bank.
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  4349. Insert "Sees TIK notification and clicks it" comment here You know how it plays out at this point...
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  4350. So what you're saying is "Socialism ruins everything". Imagine my Venezuela...
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  4351.  @TheImperatorKnight  The Suzdal Camp series was absolutely first rate - fantastic! I learned so much about what happened to the German generals after they surrendered at Stalingrad. First rate, I tell you!
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  4352. I am HUGE TIK fan and I also lost family members in the Holocaust (mother's family from Nikolayev, Ukraine). It's crazy that we've reached a point where one has to give numerous disclaimers and qualifiers to even discuss these subjects. You did it perfectly: behind you 100%, TIK.
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  4353. thanks youtube for the holocaust disclaimer wikipedia link
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  4354. Excellent presentation! Very good to point out that Germans were replacing their losses, but replacements were poorly distributed. It is also worth keeping in mind that the Soviets did not have an inexhaustible reservoir of manpower, since the Germans had deprived them of a significant portion of it, through occupation of the western USSR.
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  4355. Hi TIK.Glad to hear you talking about Christian INGRAO. He's one of my favorite french historian. Don't know if his conference are availlable in english, but they are really brillant. Greetings from FRANCE and thanks a lot for your job
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  4356. Early gang ?
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  4357. I really enjoyed the silliness of this video. Hilarious. I almost spat my drink, but instead ended up partially choking at “Israel has taken over Tasmania”.
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  4358. Was feeling a bit down, this made my day, now off to learn magic practices.
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  4359. I can't decide whether I should laugh or cry
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  4360. I guess the red army did infact go with very deep penetration with their size. ... I'll see myself out
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  4361. Duuude you use google chrome to signify chrome. When people do these small cultural references it makes me wonder if ancient historians did the same and if they did then I wonder what we missed because of those
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  4362. It should be mandatory that every member of every German government from today onwards should watch this video. Every time that the German government makes financial demands of Greece, they all have to sit down in great halls to watch it again with Greek soldiers watching over them.
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  4363. That was the greatest video i've seen in the past days :D
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  4364. I LOOOVE The beginning, bringing all the previous battlestarms together! Grüße
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  4365.  @TheImperatorKnight  I agree, perhaps another video could delve into your various political and historical hottakes, and defend them from criticisms (non specific ones to avoid drama of course) as it’s always interesting to see how people think differently.
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  4366. 8:30 Yes, i'm nitpicky, but "Verkehrsanstalt" is spelled wrong ^^
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  4367. Excellent video! Socialism has never failed its purpose though, which is the actual pillaging. Their social justice is just a façade.
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  4368. Your Political and Economic history videos are fantastic, I think you have connected so many dots in a true and rational way. Dots that were previously connected with ideological cope that has confused generations. We are only experiencing the problems of the present due to the lack on understanding of what the Nazis stood for, if anything is going to allow us to minimise the damage done it is going to be videos like this impacting the younger generations, hopefully they can overcome the indoctrination. Thanks TIK, first rate work.
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  4369. Choosing one of the largest and longest battles in history didn't help. I do enjoy Stalingrad, but now it's reached familiar territory, it's lost some of its novelty. If you're going to do another Battlestorm, perhaps choose a shorter and less well-known battle.
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  4370. 4:35 Didn't you mention a guy who claimed to have memories from 200 000 years ago or something when there were 2 suns? I'm sure you mentioned such a guy in one of your older videos. Didn't he make the rings of that certain organization I can't mention?
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  4371. TIK, you're good. Just have a cup of tea and relax. Just remember 2 things, 1st, you have approximately 250,000 supporters. (Which is 2.5 times the population of the town I live in) 2nd, remember what they say about half of the people you meet. Then remember what they say about Half of Those people. You're Golden man👌👍
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  4372. Very interesting and unbiased, I like how you are not trying to paint Hitler as an absolute madman like most others try to do... Instead you focus on facts and leave emotions out of it. Thank you!
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  4373. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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  4374.  @TheImperatorKnight  if you did not know unveristies tend to send students now days on plagiarism awareness classes/courses rather than throw out a student. This is down to money the university could lose via student fees and income and loss of money from the government. Also add that throwing out a student is always a black mark against them. As a member of staff I was pulled into a meeting once where I was told I was helping the students too much because a lot of my writing mannerisms and interesting phrases worked its way into a number of master students work. most of the students where given notes asking are you sure this all your own work
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  4375. I'm going to watch this now, in the off chance it gets censored in the future. Respect for TIK for documenting the dark corners of history.
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  4376. I love this from you "You cannot convert someone to a different faith, they will come to that conclusion themselves". Absolute truth right there.
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  4377. To be fair, Churchill pretty clearly recognized that the idea was a doomed venture. Even naming it "Operation Unthinkable" is pretty meaningful beyond the obvious, and British operational names were always nondescript and meaningless for operational security. Deviating from that practice showed that Churchill clearly knew it was totally nonviable.
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  4378. That thumbnail is pure gold 😂
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  4379. TIK, a serious question right at the start: did the Soviet Union sign the Geneva Convention ? For some reason unknown to myself, I believe they didn't. As you stated correctly, history is not about beliefs. Thx.
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  4380. The best way to stick it to the A - Holes who attack Lewis (TIK) is to financially support Lewis (TIK) by becoming a subscriber. Let’s turn their evil to good and encourage Lewis to continue to provide the best historical, military, political, and economic presentations on the internet by providing him with the funds to continue to do so. Well worth the investment!
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  4381. That's because emotions are now more important then facts. It used to be that facts don't care about your emotions, now its my emotions don't care about facts.
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  4382. Ich denke, dass euer Deutsch sehr viel verbessert werden muss :) Other than that, very informative video. The myths regarding WW2 history really aren't at all confronted in modern history, and you seem to engage most of them rather professionally. All I can say is - keep up the good work. Weiter so!
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  4383. Very informative. I really respect that you list your sources.
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  4384. Do you teach or study at a professional level? I must say this is probably one of the best history channels I've watched.
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  4385. Hi Tik. I was one of the happy viewers who suggested Ominous Parallels by Leonard Piekoff. Seeing your struggle with Socialists beginning to develop along philosophical lines is what prompted it. I'm glad that you found it as beneficial as me. I can only describe this development as a stranded sailor throwing a message in a bottle out to sea and seeing a rescue plane fly over months later. I'm surprised that you've taken the turn towards criticism of the Occult and mystical aspects of totalitarianism and western political thought. Not because I'm opposed to this line of inquiry, but because I thought it was so obscure and far afield that no one besides me would dream of connecting those two. Fortunately for us both there's an author by the name of Joseph P Farrell who has done a good deal of the heavy lifting. The three main books in question are: 1. Thrice Great Hermetica and the Janus Age: The role of Hermetic and Occult ideas in the middle ages and Cathar crusade. 2. Financial Vipers of Venice: The role of secret societies and finance in the Renaissance and the rediscovery of classical (Aristotilean) thought. 3. Babylons Banksters: The role of alchemy and mystical theology in fractional banking and debt based money. If I was going to extract a single point to summarize the relevant point from an Objectivist point of view: There exists an ancient intellectual tradition within Hermeticism that can best be described as enlightenment rationalism and even Americanism, and that it's practitioners have been working as hard on their project as the Platonic/Totalitarian version are. Its practitioners seem to be people like Giordano Bruno, Davinci, Newton, and the American founders. I must give you encouragement but also a warning about this path of research: First, Farrell is very much a mystic himself and is a theologian. Everything he says and writes must be abstracted out of this context. Second, he speculates. Often. But to his credit he is very clear when he's going out on a limb. Third, he is content relying on what can be called "ancient whistle-blower testimonies". That is to say documents that don't have official citation or are deemed apocryphal by the corporate academic world. Use these at your own risk. Fourth, he sometimes clearly asks what can only be called leading questions as well as follows a predetermined conclusion. He frequently seems to base his conclusions on the narrative beats of Holy Blood Holy Grail (the non-fiction book that inspired the Dan Brown novel The Davinci Code). I don't reject it outright. But we have little in the way of hard evidence for it in my view. I think he should be more clear about this inspiration. There is a last book I must mention parenthetically called Yahweh the Two Faced God. It reads like it could have been cribbed from Piekoff's own book The DIM Hypothesis. If you're in an Objectivist sort of mood I would speed read it in a few hours since it's barely a pamphlet. By reading Farrel's work you will almost certainly see the great physical opportunity that now exists to put a permanent end to tyranny on earth despite endless news to contrary. Thanks again for your hard work towards this goal.
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  4386. Hi Tik. Happy New Year. Saw your video on the Weimar Republic and hyperinflation. Was a little fuzzy on the introduction between currency and money, but I think I got the gist towards the end. It sounds like the Royal Navy’s blockade wasn’t the sole factor, and that the road to Weimar’s financial problems were paved well before WWI. That about right?
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  4387. Hooray! This is why I am a patron. The absolute best history of the battle for Stalingrad, for now and for the future. I can't wait for the conclusion.
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  4388. this is excellent content. nobody could do that better. this is already so superior to any content on this subject. there will never ever be a better series on stalingrad. btw, the same is true about the oil topic.. no historian can beat that ever in video
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  4389. Here’s a logical non - contradictory mathematical formula: Lewis (TIK) = Legend Killer (Marx, Mussolini, Hitler, etc.)
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  4390.  Katrina S  '... you are utterly unqualified to address...' Unsubstantiated assertion. '... you've become another recruiter for the right...' Unsubstantiated assertion. '... doing a sleight of hand...' Unsubstantiated assertion. 'That is duplicitous in the extreme.' This is you speaking of yourself.
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  4391. I sent this video to a leftist while we were discussing the Uighurs since he dismissed everything due to an author's "antisemitism". It was fun watch him seethe. Thanks!
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  4392. I don't know how many hours and days I've spent in Pavlov's house in ''Call of Duty''... I will try to watch this entire video today.
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  4393. i'd rather just watch the video before commenting lol, call me old fashioned.
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  4394. Wait...doesn't this make communism a religion as well? The original name of the communist manifesto was the "Communist confession of faith", right?
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  4395. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  Two Legs Better!
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  4396. Around the same time as the heat death of the universe
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  4397. Hey TIK, I just wanted to tell you that I found your poll about the Eastern front really nice. Please make them more often, it makes for very interesting discussions. Hope your doing well :)
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  4398. I haven't even watched this video yet, but the question should be why were British commanders so ineffective.
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  4399. Understanding gnosticism and the dialectic is the magic key that unlocks the greasy, amorphous tangle that we can sorta kinda point at and somewhat inaccurately call "the left". It suddenly makes it very clear where all the insanity of centuries comes from and how it works and interconnects.
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  4400.  @TheImperatorKnight  Nah, seriously, taking breaks is simply a human requirement, although I know a workaholic who has taken years to understand that. I would also be greatly interested in the Bengal famine, especially how the British government handled it.
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  4401. Another amazing episode. I was particularly struck by the quote of Kershaw "Distortions of the truth were built into the communications system of the Third Reich at every level - most of all in the top echelons of the regime." This goes to show how exceptional TIK's battelstorm series has been. Not only providing unparalleled detail on the tactical and operational movements of the forces but also providing keen insight into the strategic operations of the Third Reich's leadership. First TIK clearly identified the strategic logistical necessity of Germany acquiring the russian oil fields in order to fuel its war efforts; he also has detailed the failure of the logistical infrastructure to bring adequate supplies to German forward positions in Russia; and now he clearly illustrates another catastrophic failure: the failure of Senior OKW leadership to inform Hitler of the limitations of it's logistical services to supply it's 1942 Fall Blau campaign. Had Hitler and other senior leadership been confronted by the logistical facts on the ground, OKH may have planned much more limited goals for Fall Blue and concentrated its resources on capturing the oil fields. Now whether or not this would have resulted in 'success' is probably mute. The Soviets would still have been able to marshal large forces for a counter attack on a vastly overextended southern front, and it is doubtful that even if the oilfields were captured, that the Germans could ever have transported the oil to a refinery. Thank you TIK!
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  4402. TIK's mental health looking at people who have Schizophrenia: "Look at what they need to mimic a fraction of my power!"
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  4403. Hey wait a sec, how is copyright supposed to work if the Soviet Union (which owned the rights to the film, because lol no private property) dissolved over 30 years ago?
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  4404. One of the greatest videos I have ever watched for polite, observant disagreement. I am impressed with you TIK. Thank you for what you do.
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  4405. This is the most "TIK collaboration with Esoterica and Let's Talk Religion channels" as we can have it. They both explained a Lot of what TIK is explaining in this video. Very interesting topic.
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  4406. Feeling emotional right now to see such a great documentary series End. You have done something great for humanity TIK by documenting one of the most important and brutal battles in world history.
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  4407. Yeah, seems tat Frost withdrew at the right time. You had to trust your personnel and that the technicians would prioritize the most important/critical parts first and foremost. Especially since they were not professional infantrymen, they would want to get the heck out, fast. Staying also meant putting whatever small success they had could be lost. Better one bird in hand that a dozen promised birds. Excellent video. Love your channel and the work you put into it.
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  4408. Back in 2007, I bought like 30 books on ebay about Hitler, WWII & the holocaust because I really wanted to understand HOW and WHY something like Hitler & the holocaust was allowed to happen. A few of the books were really good, but I didn't really get the insight I was hoping for. The answer was ALOT deeper than those books could teach me, and my ability to understand and digest history just wasn't that good. This channel is exactly what I was looking for.
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  4409. The only prominent open Christian Nazi was Erich Koch, who was Lutheran. He was the Gauleiter of East Prussia and while briefly working in southeastern Poland helped inflame the tensions between Poles and Ukrainians that caused the Rzez Wolynska. He prevented the evacuation of East Prussian civilians until it was too late. The front there was static from October to December 1944.
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  4410.  @tytlersbicycle  lol that’s ironic from hitler considering he called Christianity ‘weak’ and had wished that the Muslims had won at the battle of tours. Also was Himmler not a devout believer in the Germanic pagan religions, pre Christianity.
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  4411. TIK just out of curiosity, how many words is the Stalingrad research currently at? Good luck
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  4412. MAdmazon!
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  4413. Can someone tell what word did he tell?
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  4414. Some words can be more expensive than others. Good call.
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  4415. "It's not about constructing something new, it's about tearing down the old, and punishing those who dared to hurt him." The only thing about this attitude that seems different from anyone who still believes that Socialism matters is that they want to punish those who disagree with them, rather than anyone who has actually done anything wrong to them. Apart from that, anything that can be seen as having a positive impact on society is hysterically attacked and degraded.
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  4416. The more I watch this whole series, the more I understand why Germans never had a chance to begin with. Even if they had 150 million people, there is no way they could have conquered Europe or held on to their wins for any significant amount of time. Their "high combat efficiency" comes exclusively out of their opponents lack of preparation and/or training. Once on an even ground with any of their opponents, neither their men nor their equipment is in any way impressive. I should have known that the moment I heard that part of the German "plan" (LoL) was to have their armies "live off the land", like it's f***ing 1740 and not 1940.
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  4417. Amazing. This documentry Will live for a very long after ur death. Cant wait for the continuation. In Russia we have documentries about the war of course but not with this level of detail. This is invaluable.
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  4418. 3:30 I Read in a dutch magazine (the Quest i think it was) that this letter also had a lot of spelling mistakes, so commander scharroo might have believed it wasnt even a real ultimatum from the German command
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  4419. As a Socialist your videos are some of the best on YouTube (military videos)
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  4420. YOOOO 50 SECONDS AFTER POST PERSONAL RECORD
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  4421.  @joshuamaurer9784  but the person who changed their mind and eventually ended up on videos like this didn't get there in an instant, it was a series of things being called into question. The person who watches 5 minutes and says this is dumb might just be earlier along in the same journey as the person who eventually changed their mind.
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  4422. They could go, "well yes it is socialistic, but Hitler's socialism is not what we prefer. We are here for class, not race". But no, they don't, and just keep their cognitive dissonance.
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  4423. Woehoew! Another one! YES! Made my day TIK 🙂
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  4424. This is extremely brilliant. We need to archive this for posterity and hopefully it will be part of standard learning yet still open to question when the day comes that Socialism will be seen as nothing more than 19th century version of ideological despotism.
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  4425. You somehow manage to be the best and also the most biased historian on YouTube 🤣
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  4426. Tik, I am glad you made this. That bigot is the reason my country became communist. I am an Orthodox Christian so I really shouldn't say this but, I hate him, I hate that dancing big-mouthed dervish called Hitler. Just as much as I do Stalin. It's sad to see people praising a psycho rather than rational, good people. We're making idols of the wrong men.
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  4427. Weird how Jerries keep downplaying the role of the red army... Tik, do you reckon war in the east was won by stalin's order to move the industry to the urals (besides keeping germans out of their fuel supplies)? always seemed to me to be one of the most important strategic decisions of the war...
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  4428. 95th Rifle huh? A good thing Sharpe isn't fighting with the Commies. But a shame also. Could show up though Prussian bullies.
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  4429. Yes, TIK has uploaded several videos on the distinctions between the two.
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  4430. Wow, I never knew you could go into such detail on the units involved in a battle
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  4431. "....real historians are saying that." TIK, you ARE a real historian. Thank you.
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  4432. Albert Speer was interviewed by the Americans about the efficacy of the Air Campaign upon capture. This may have helped him at Nuremberg. There has been much written about Dresden. I believe your breakdown to be one of the best Tik.
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  4433. "Please run to your safe space now" LOL. Best warning before a history video ever. Love the videos. Keep up the great work.
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  4434. Take a week or two off. We can wait.
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  4435. I've read Mein Kampf, and the one thing that stood out of that volume of drivel was that the only way to combat an idea was with another idea. Mad Man Hitler understood this. You cannot fight emotions with logic, TIK, men have tried this with women for centuries and failed miserably at it. I don't have the golden idea bullet for you to that will get through into their brains, and maybe you shouldn't even try. If only because it drives you crazy. You cannot help someone who doesn't want to be helped. All you can do is leave the door open if he wants to come in. So just stick to here's my sources, the answers are in these videos, if you cannot be arsed to check those then have a good day but I'm going to do what I like to do, not waste my time. Life's too short anyway.
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  4436. Sorry to hear that you're burned out, taking shit from all sides isn't a nice repay for all the work you put in your Videos. You can say the system is rigged against you ;) But if it helps, I like your videos, I appreciate the work you put in them and I don't see you as the serpent in the tree. I see you as the guy who gave me hours of edutainment (for free!) And a lot of stuff to think about.
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  4437. enjoying mondays since TIK started uploading weekly on mondays
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  4438. “The man who attempts to live for others is a dependent. He is a parasite in motive and makes parasites of those he serves. The relationship produces nothing but mutual corruption..” Ayn Rand
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  4439. When you do even begin to go even a little bit beyond the stories and propaganda into the real thing, just wow. Truth is indeed often stranger than fiction, and I would say all of WWII was that way. Unbelievable characters, countries that sound like they were contrived to make the plot of a fantasy more interesting, and more. Part of what is so fascinating about history is how the most believable stuff may indeed be a fabrication, but the most unbelievable stuff may indeed be real.
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  4440. I wrote my capstone paper for my BA in History at Hunter College. The "Wonder Weapons," built in 1944 and 1945 where built as a form of propaganda to give hope the the German military (the common soldier and fanatical Waffen SS) to continue fighting because they believed genius Hitler and genius Aryan scientist would come up with some weapons to win the war. They knew they would stretch the war, and believed that they (Nazi high command) might use the added time to set up escape from allied capture since ending up in Soviet hands or even in the captivity of western allies (war crimes tribunal and execution). He is also correct about the tanks. Analysis of this issue included primary source internal documents between Hitler and his ministers and between each other as well as the specifications handed done by RAD and other competing ministries.
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  4441. Great video TIK. On another note this only shows how foolish it was for the Germans willingly making too many enemies like the industrial sleeping giant that was United States when they did in the middle of other campaigns and wars with the Soviet Union and British when they were short on supplies and extremely stretched out.
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  4442. Do not stop I learnt more from your videos then my entire social studies from high school. Thank you for your work.
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  4443. Do Chuikov's requests to withdraw deserve a tick or two on the "Chuikov Almost Died" meter? In a way, I'd kind of say they do given the official attitude toward retreat.
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  4444. I read somewhere that Devers smiled too much^^ And that it rubbed other generals the wrong way - Silly
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  4445. Too true.
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  4446. Tik - I went to 6th Form College in Southport, the attack was only a few hundred meters away. Bloody animal.
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  4447. How dare you confront my ignorance and ideologically-driven bias with the facts and evidence! My uninformed opinion makes me an expert! And even though I've never read a book on the Battle of Stalingrad and despite your years of careful study, I know more than you. Furthermore, all those times when you've spoken against Communism/Socialism were just a ruse to disguise your true allegiance to Communism!
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  4448. By the way, YouTube deleted one Indy's video today, the video which fall in the middle of the Battle of France. Surreal.
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  4449. Happy to be a patron. You are def one of the only WW2 you tubers to source throughly.
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  4450. Jesus your Channel deserves soooo much more attention. Keep up, dude. You are a role model to me.
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  4451. I'm super happy that you took the time to answer my question about Urban Warfare. The Q&A experience is a bit strange though, like a pen correspondance / delayed public video chat hybrid thing :) Would do again, though :)
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  4452. Love it when you cover topics like this, great work TIK.
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  4453. Finished your video, and my thoughts are as follows. "Good riddance Halder. And get out of the room. There is no more glory, or false fame for you. You Charlatan." On other bits: I find the bit of "Storm Groups" forming, and new Division coming given time to prepare quite interesting. Another break in the narrative of the USSR's use of tactics and strategy. The losses also being taken by Army Group B, and the replacements across the board are also just. I'm seeming surplus troops to form Divisions across the other Army Groups. And the one time Army Group North gets a loss of manpower. It's basically only a single Battalion. Army Group B is loosing entire Divisions and a Corp of troops in terms of just raw manpower numbers. A bit I'm wondering at the moment, which will get covered next episode of Stalingrad I'm guessing. Is why's the Northern part of the city holding so well? I'll need to back track and look at previous footage. But if I were Paulus, or I should say in charge. I'm not sure if I'd commit the 100th Jager in the North or the Centre. The North to begin the sweep and clear operation their. Or the Centre to finish the weakened pocket already there. But, we will all see that next time, and the other episodes coming. Always appreciate these episodes and seeing them now is extra special. Looking forward to the Next one. And to more of your brilliant content. 👍
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  4454. I am am not religious, but I am a secular humanist. Despite being an atheist there are morals that we can all live by.
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  4455. Hello Tik. 4 fours is quite a long video. Might take me a while to digest this for a follow up comment next week if you are keeping on schedule. I hope you have been well across the pond. Keep doing what your doing. I may not always agree with your political viewpoints, but political history is directly tied to military history. As long as you provide evidence for your arguments, I see no issue with you making videos like this. I'm glad to support you on Patreon. I was curious if you had any thoughts on Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands? It's on my reading list for the Eastern Front and the Holocaust, but it's been on the backburner. Cheers Tik!
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  4456. "Every lie we tell incurs a dept to the truth. Sooner or later, that dept is payed." Keep up the much needed good work TIK, the dept collector of academia.
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  4457. 15k likes, 4k dislikes. The socialist are angry because their ideology is grouped in with nazisme. And the nazi's are mad because they think of themselves as capitalist nowadays. What a way to piss them both off. Good job.
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  4458. 107 sources and a 5 hour video. Socialists be like "But thats not real socialism bc the workers don't own the means of production" Name me one time that has ever happened under a socialistic revolution
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  4459. So many people need to hear this stuff.. Thank you TIK
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  4460. surely at this point if the germans had taken stalingrad it would be too little to late. Uranus is right around the corner and the units within the city are so badly mauled that if they were sent to fight off uranus they would have little impact.
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  4461. Now I can't help but imagine a young diplomat rushing into an office to tell Hitler, "Mein Fuhrer, the English are threatening us with peace!"
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  4462. @TIKhistory  I remember awhile back I had a lengthy debate with someone who was a stalinist in Australia (little bit weird). He was terrible, supported things like the holodomor and stalins purges but I digress. I remember debating with him about hitler and national socialism, I argued it was a more left wing ideology and he disagreed (obviously). I eventually referred him to your video "Hitlers socialism" and before even looking he said "he's just a racist trying to get away from his inherent nazism" I mean....wow, all that from just the thumbnail lol.
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  4463. As an aspiring author and journalist myself I bloody love this video, incredible work mate keep it up
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  4464. Hell yes. We need more ancaps. I'm a minarchist/capitalist myself but an ancap is better than a statist.
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  4465. No problems with visual/audio quality, and certainly not content. :) Very good analysis of the strategic situation. I do wonder what the Germans/Italians could have done to ameliorate the situation in the Mediterranean, given their supply problems and lack of domestic resources. I'm already hungry for next week's video. Think of a hungry child who sees the biscuit jar and wants to gorge himself. ;) Based on your description, I can't decide whether I like Wavell or Auchinleck more. The two remind me of generals Grant and 'Fighting Joe' Hooker from the US Civil War.
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  4466. TIK Is so dedicated to finishing the stalingrad series that he's resorted to barricading himself in his room
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  4467. And again you deliver a intresseting view on history. You, TIK, have again raised quite a few new questions and a diffrent take on one of our biggest historical events, Thank you!
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  4468. "I am against the rule of the elite of the stupidity of a nation." So... Adolf, tell me. When were you going to walk the walk and resign?
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  4469. What, there are people skipping videos? You guys have no idea what you're missing...
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  4470. Thanks for another video, love your content and your use of sources + interpretation
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  4471. Excellent! I wasn´t expecting something like this. Beyond being innovative, this is a quite good opportunity to dispell a series of economic myths that is reproduced by the mainstream, but that you are immune to when you study more profoundly the economic history topic - myths such as those who appoints the Keynesianism as the responsible for taking out USA off the Great Depression.
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  4472. Eugene Lyons's classic "the red decade" also wonderfully exposes the degree to which communism and Sovietphilia was present within the American elite. Highly recommended.
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  4473. Thing with US entry into the war with Germany: it is hard to claim that US was neutral before the war declaration. On the other hand - I have allways thought that the one main reason for Hitlers war declaration was this: he wanted war. It was what he had allways worked towards. Everything else - like the list in the beggining of the video is just the topping of a very big piece of... well... you know... smells bad when the dog does it indoors...
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  4474. Boy the lowkey holocaust deniers are out in force in the comments.
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  4475. TIK I think the fact that you take your time to be as accurate as possible makes your films worth waiting for. Everyone should have a break from work from time to time, so take whatever time you need. PS it's nice to hear someone else giving a voice to the quotations you are using.
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  4476. The fact they were able to replace German divisions with Italian and Romanian suggests they were capable of sending men there. I really wonder why did they thought it necessary to divert a division to France of all the places. It almost looks as if they were not really expecting a counter attack at this point.
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  4477. Help Tik. I’m reading my GCSE notes on the Second World War saying that the Germans were defeated at Kursk because of the effectiveness of the t-34... sigh
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  4478.  @v44n7  I agree. This series and the others on this channel are far ahead of any other documentaries.
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  4479. This is a very sad and depression video and it's also a great video more people need to see this as it shows the horrors of national socialism and collective control of the economy.good job tik good job
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  4480. In honesty, you could make it a separate series on the main channel '' a friendly chat with TIK '' '' episode 1'' because I've seen YouTubers posting on secondary channels, and it works fine and some even encourage it, but the viewing stats sometimes show that having multiple types of content have better results in the long term, per example, what I have come to conclude is that subscriber count doesn't mean anything, like I've seen 1 mil+ channels only getting 50k+ views, so it's more based if people want to watch it or not, yes the genre has to be still history based otherwise it's clashing with each other and the viewer base mixes too much. But in the end if people scream with pitchforks that there is need for a second channel to be made then follow the masses
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  4481. Hi, how are you?
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  4482. Don't worry Socialist will just reject the definition of State, and claim Socialism has nothing to do with the State, or fall back on "Socialism is Worker Controlled!" Which is the issue I actually had the other day. Two days of back/forth discussion, and the guy's final defense really was "Definitions change over time rawr!" Which would mean no Socialist was ever a Socialist as Socialism's definition is always changing. He was so bankrupt in his defense that when I brought up Utopian Socialism, and later Ferdinand Lassalle when referring to Socialist who either always had or eventually rejected the Marxist Class view of the State. He used the word "Gay" and how the meaning of that word changed over time. Even though I can still use the word in proper context like "The man won the sweepstakes and gayfully ran down the street." And you and I would understand it completely. ie the Meaning hasn't changed, it just has alternate uses now, and it's old meaning just became less common. What is worse, he also admits that Socialism for one movement may not mean the same thing for the other. So it was easy to ask "Since when did Marxist have a monopoly on the Word Socialism?" Of course he didn't answer that question. The person basically rejected the idea that Socialism is anything but Worker Control of the Means of Production, even though there is so much evidence that proves otherwise. Even Social Democrats advocate for State Control, not "Worker Control" and guess which is the most popular socialist movement? Social Democracy. Then when resorted to mentioning he is only proving Ludwig Mises right by claiming the definition is ever changing. Of course by even mentioning the name Mises was like a sin and the guy used the fact I even said the name Mises as a Rebuttal in spite I mentioned him knowing Socialist consider him a hack and that he was only supporting Mises by holding his position. He used the fact I mentioned his name even in the slightest as a form of proof I had no idea what I was talking about. That I did a rebuttal to myself by even saying the name Mises. So I just gave up after that. The level of denialism is just nuts. I literally brought up many of the arguments you presented in this video. All this because the guy mentioned you and called you a Hack and I begged the differ.
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  4483. Thanks for creating and uploading this video. I wish university lecturers in Arts faculties would consider your arguments.
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  4484. 2. North; but don`t matter, they brought too few forces to siege or storm Stalingrad proper. Should have went with vanilla Blau plan
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  4485. Dude you made my day with this. Love Tik. The world needs more humor like this XD
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  4486. Take care TIK, we all are sorry for your loss. Lots of love, wishing you and your loved ones all the best!
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  4487. Reddit is not going to be happy about this.
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  4488. Whatever maximizes his output and avoids burnout?
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  4489. It is so refreshing to see someone like you, Tik, not giving an inch to these people who either refuse to understand the topic or are simply being dishonest. "Let's agree to disagree" is such a cowardly phrase that evades searching for the truth, and it's great to see someone like you saying, "No! You're wrong and I'm right" (especially because you ARE right and they are genocidally wrong)
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  4490. Very nice done! Can't wait to see the rest of of the battle.
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  4491. Race or Class doesn't make any difference for the victims that belong to the wrong race or class.
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  4492. In light of how youtube treats others , you may be screwed by noon Tuesday. Or worse, by noon a year from now.
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  4493. Damn, he was really cleaver for that time !
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  4494. Challenge accepted next Friday drinks on me boys :D
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  4495. Tik every video you release is so Interesting, as a history student your videos have given me many points to use in debates.
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  4496. Tik, I understand your reasoning for addressing these lunatics but history DOESNT lie in the debate for these individuals. They’re drones of their party and are only interested in agitating or sowing doubt in the validity of your argument/sources. They want you to debate so that they can deconstruct your definitions and use fallacious argumentation to come across as logically superior to the average viewer who doesn’t understand the nuances of debate. Therefore, instead of long form videos addressing them, I think it would suffice if you just said “here are the facts/sources” and engaged in a bit of mockery of them. Because really, their pseudo historical ideas aren’t even worth entertaining, and people should understand that.
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  4497. I'm a member of the human race, at least as far as I know 😂
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  4498.  @TheImperatorKnight  You are doing history in real time. Part of the pleasure of watching this series is to see how you learn and discover things in the process of making this documentary. Uncovering damning evidence indicating the high likelihood that an important source is in fact a fake is a hazard of the operation, but it shows to all the rest of us how the process is or at least should be done.
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  4499. Ok now redo all the episodes of BS Stalingrad you've uploaded so far
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  4500. Marathoning this into 4 am, 100% worth it.
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  4501. Thank you TIK for improving the visibility of SS unit symbols! Also, happy birthday!
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  4502. Didn't Humphrey explain that in Yes Minister?
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  4503. Then you need to read basic economics by thomas sowell.
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  4504.  @TheImperatorKnight  I KNOW!!!! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
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  4505. If you don't feel well please take some time off. There's no point in running on fumes just for the sake of it. Your individual health shouldn't be suffering just for our collective weekly enjoyment. 😛
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  4506. TIK, I do think your getting better at the organization and presentation of these political video. Bravo !
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  4507. Hello TIK, I have a request for future videos.Whenever you are quoting someone, could you please include the text in the original language, alongside English as well? As a native German speaker, I always wonder how much meaning is lost trough translations into English. Other channels, like "Military History visualised", do great jobs at this. Thank you.
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  4508. Oh good god! 100,000 subscribers! This channel has really rocketed! Congratulations!
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  4509. Good video TIK. It is clear that those guys are on weak ground, because they start off by getting your handle wrong, then proceed to just layer personal insult after personal insult and produce no real evidence to back up their assertions. As my Dad used to say (he was in Bomber Command during the war): "When you start taking flak, you know you're over the target".
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  4510. I'm not going to lie man. I come from an ex communist country and your channel introduced me to a lot of facts that changed my view on Hitler's socialism. Today I was literally thinking about someone "calling you out" for that great 5 hour video and a few hours later I get this notification. Bless you good sir.
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  4511. I know its unrelated but I want some advice from you if possible. I have picked up ww2 military history as an interest and had wanted to do detailed research and reading on it. Unfortunately due to poor finances and a lack of ww2 history inventory in my school's library, the most detailed one I could find was "The Second World War: a Military History" or in Britain "A Short History of the Second World War." by Basil Collier, who was the historian for British Fighter Command. What I'm worried about is that the book was published in 1978, so I'm worried about out-dated info or biases. So what is your opinion on it? Should I continue reading it or go find another more updated book?
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  4512.  @TheImperatorKnight  Ah. I didn't know that. The whole "clickbait" stuff. Sorry. But I'm adding this book to my wish list. Be interesting to see this turn up on my birthday. 😏 By the way. Passed my first 10 days of Lent. Passed my first hump. Just another 3 to go.
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  4513. @TIKhistory So "Hitler was a British Agent" by Hallett, G. & The Spymaster isn't the best book you've read on Hitler & Nazism⁉️😲
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  4514. Ultimately one must come to realize that the opposition to capitalism is philosophical in origin. There must be something deeper behind this pattern of anti-capitalism across history and across the world than mere ignorance of economics. It is the morality of altruism that causes people to think that profit-making as such is monstrous, and it is the opposition to reason that leads to the altruist morality. Ayn Rand covers this nicely, I think. Leonard Peikoff also discusses the philosophy behind Nazism in The Ominous Parallels.
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  4515. https://www.balsi.de/Weltkrieg/Einheiten/Heer/Divisionen/Infanterie-Divisionen/298-ID-Startseite.htm https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-298th-Infantry-Division/ 17th army https://www.balsi.de/Weltkrieg/Einheiten/Heer/Armeen/Armeen/Armeen-Startseite.htm https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-Army-Commands-Heer-Armeeoberkommandos/ Friedrich fanghor http://www.122-infanterie-division.de/offiziere/general-der-infanterie-a-d-fangohr/ Oberst andreas aulock-226 I.R http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/03/aulock-andreas-maria-karl-von.html the old link was screwed up Oberst Poppinga -131st I.R(till the end of september) http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2020/06/poppinga-hinrich-1505189102031953.html https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-Knights-Cross-Holder-Hinrich-Poppinga-4869/ Oberst Boje -134th I.R https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-Knights-Cross-Holder-Arthur-Boje-553/ https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Arthur_Boje https://www.usmbooks.com/hoch_und_deutschmeister.html https://kansaspress.ku.edu/978-0-7006-1901-6.html (He was captured in the description) Oberst Hans Tröger and Schlieben weren't part of the 14th PD during stalingrad http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/03/troger-hans-2908189621011982.html http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/07/schlieben-august-karl-wilhelm-von.html http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Panzerdivisionen/Gliederung.htm Richard Eichler(212) went missing during the final stages https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/3940/Eichler-Richard.htm http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/E/EichlerR.htm Oberst steidle 767 I.R https://www.historikerkommission-reichsarbeitsministerium.de/Biografien/Luitpold-Steidle https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-Knights-Cross-Holder-Luitpold-Steidle-6261/ An officer in the 194th IR https://facingstalingrad.com/interviews/gerhard-hindenlang/ Oberst korfes and wuthmann in front of pavlov house https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/829858668806918600/ Perhaps you can make a graph to show the state of the divisions on the 29th september and the 28th of december. Perhaps show the number of battalions.The status of the battalions. There is a mistake in the one for the 29th. It says the 113th have 8 battalions but I highly doubt Paulus would reinforce that division instead of the ones in 51st army corp https://www.thefifthfield.com/published-books/stalingrad/ https://stalingrad.net/german-hq/divisional-strength/divisional_strength.htm Fritz Roske https://www.google.com/search?q=oberst+roske&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiFwZKhj7LuAhXs8HMBHZ-xAHwQ_AUoAXoECBAQAw&biw=1280&bih=578#imgrc=K23HHgV1AcLpxM The Stalingrad generals in either the NKFD or league of german officers (just want you to see this) https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14230&p=1541457&hilit=alexander+edler+von+daniels#p1541457 https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14230&p=1913281&hilit=alexander+edler+von+daniels#p1913281 51st armee korp unit symbol is just the sword from the 215 ID without the black shading https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:215th_Infanterie_Division.svg armin https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Hans-Heinrich_Sixt_von_Armin_(1890-1952)
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  4516.  @sdrc92126  yes, but not a new god an old one
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  4517. The American officers had a very Soviet way of thinking. Both the Americans and Soviets had unlimited conscripted manpower resources. All they needed to do is throw wave after wave of cannon fodder at the enemy until the enemy was forced to retreat. The welfare of the GIs under their command was unimportant. Only the officers' ego had any matter.
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  4518. What does privatization mean, when the state owns the owners? When those businessmen get their orders from the state, and they know that if they disobey they'll be replaced by someone who obeys better (and of course, killed while at it)? Under nazism, there was common (state) ownership of the means of production, in every way that actually matters. As for "[not] anti-democratic"... I think we can safely drop that, when talking about actual real-world socialism. It's no longer an untried theory.
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  4519.  @TheImperatorKnight  same thing can happen to you here in the U.S. Wrong words alone is all it takes. Cancel culture is right out Mao T'se-tung's playbook during the "Cultural Revolution."
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  4520.  @billd.iniowa2263  Thanks. Yes Egor and I are working on it, but even without this Terri's map is terrific. TIK has a major asset there!
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  4521. Throughout your battlestorm series it seems the Germans always have a lack of reserves and attack on a broader front instead, leading to attacks bogging down or units getting surrounded. I know they couldn’t strategically do this but could they concentrated more forces tactically?
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  4522.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm 22 now, by the time your Finnish I'm 30?:p
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  4523. Another great video and thanks TIK! Congrats on 250k+ subs too. Well deserved!!
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  4524.  @db7213  Exactly. War destroys, it does not produce. It is far better to trade, than to conquer. Trade is voluntary, and respectful of human life, while war is compulsory, and destructive of human life. It is why we villainize the aggressor, because they choose to start the conflict, which requires either submission or war from the defenders.
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  4525. The water skit was hilarious. Do more skits
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  4526. People who thought TIK was pro-German must be thoroughly confused now
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  4527. TIK - 'There is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about' Oscar Wilde.
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  4528. Tik, I’ve watched every minute of every one of your videos and have never commented. There are tens of thousands of people like me. The outspoken people on the internet might seem like they are a “lot” or numerous. They aren’t. Don’t let these guys be ticks to you. We love and trust your work and the process you take to publish unbiased history. You come to intellectual conclusions with the viewer as you review historic information with us. Not for us. You’re in a league of your own. Don’t pay attention to these nobodies. They aren’t you.
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  4529. Benefits of the digital era.
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  4530. Any TIK video that has Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Grob-Zauche und Cammintez in it.... Is gonna kick ass!!
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  4531. Hey, I love the video and it's kind of silly to see people unsubscribing over this? Doesn't matter if you post about Hitler, Stalin or Mao, they were all mass-murdering dictators, so how does that even compare to you shining a light on the lesser-known pasts of these individuals. PS - what is the youtube extension that you use that shows the number of subscribers next to the commenter?
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  4532. Excellent video as usual TIK. Manstein, really?!! Looking forward to the second part.
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  4533. Happy 4th Lewis.
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  4534. Stick to banks, refute the cranks.
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  4535. I’m so early the OKH still think Stalingrad will fall in 10 days
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  4536. Glad to see your subscriber numbers going up, I've shared your videos several times in some ww2 groups. Excellent, quality content.
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  4537. A note on the Anglo-Indian Army for non military historians. British ruled India had its own Army, it was actually the largest all volunteer Army of WWII (there was no conscription in British India). Most, but by no means all, officers were British, with increasing numbers of Indians being commissioned as the war went on and by the end of the war there were at least two Indian Brigadiers. Newly commission British officers were generally posted to a British unit serving in India, for a while, before going to their Indian or Gurkha unit. Thus a British officer of the Anglo-Indian Army served with Indian, or Gurkha, troops for his whole career, learning the language and customs of his men and having little to do with the actual British Army, even though a large part of the British Army also served in India. Generally a Anglo-Indian infantry brigade would have two Indian or Gurkha, battalions and one British battalion, most, but not all, artillery was British and later in the war, in Burma, there were Indian tank regiments ( as in Britain mostly former cavalry regiments). By contrast the vast majority of Commonwealth officers, from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada were part time reservists (although many had WWI experience) since none of those nations then maintained much in the way of regular forces in peacetime.
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  4538. Hey TIK, I totally understand and I did the same a couple of years back. I would strongly recommend that you stay away from all history/Youtube stuff for the 2 weeks and get it out of your system. You will feel better after a couple of days and feel tempted to come back faster or start working earlier, but do not do that. Take the whole break, you need it and deserve it. All the love, Stan from TE
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  4539. Tik looks waaaaay too happy at the end of the video. :D Gee, it's almost as if economics and logistics are somehow more important than tanks! :o
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  4540. Hello TIK good afternoon (or whatver time is in GB). I really want to thank you about opening up on a personal level for us (the public) to see your own experience. What I would like to add with my take is that I have also argued wih these people and they won't change their mind easily. I could almost say that before coming across your videos by chance (actually Potential History reccomended your oil video and I got to know your content) I was partially on part of completely believing their narrative but now I can kinda see what points they have gotten right and which wrong. So thanks to you I got (and get to know) classical economists like Mises, Hayek, Friedman, Rothbard etc and now I understand the world more clearly. The point is that the battle of knowledge is not over since if one adolescent can learn about Capitalism so do the rest of gen Z. lastly Tik as we both know ''value is subjunctive by every measure one man's trash is another man's treasure'' and you sir have given me the treaure. Thank toy very much!
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  4541. I rarely feel a need to thank a yt creator for their vidoes but your work really cannot be appreciated enough Thank you TiK
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  4542. My condolences for your loss, TIK. Your channel is among the most interesting history related channels on YouTube
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  4543. Thank you for this great video. I have only one remark or comment. That czech infantry unit was in fact 11. čs pěší prapor - východní -> 11th Czechoslovak Infantry Battalion - East. They were Czechoslovakians and we (Czechs) are proud of it even though we do not have common state with Slovakians anymore.
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  4544. dislikes before the video could be watched. Thats gives something to tank about.
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  4545. 11:07 For a minute there I thought you had just said a word that doesn't comply with YouTube's communist guidelines.
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  4546. Awesome video, TIK. I'm glad you made the same decision as me in my private life. You can't help those who don't want it. Love your content so much!
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  4547. Still going through your video, at the 7 minute mark. But looks like this will be the make or break day for Chuikov and Stalingrad. Soviets need their Artillery if they are going to win this. That. And a lot of guts, steel, and fortune.
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  4548. Tik shorts
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  4549. This is very good. I don't think Starmer is stupid or deaf. He is doing EXACTLY what he was put there to do.
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  4550. Maybe you could add symbols to soviet units based on from where they are. That could be one way to make them different
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  4551. You hit it right on the head when you say it's the journey not the end goal that brings us satisfaction. So, looking forward to seeing what new journeys you bring us to this channel. Cheers.
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  4552. Thanks so much for the update . Have a well deserved break 🎉
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  4553. Your videos started out as well thought out and informative. You are getting better.... thank you for all of your hard work.
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  4554. 1 MINUTE IN LETS GOOO Side question. Do you ever have any interest on uploading Russia’s disastrous campaign against Chechnya in Grozny?
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  4555. Nice video, TIK! Also, I would like to add one more aspect to your analysis. There are two types of historians: state historians and private historians. For the first ones, the state pays them (with money taken from people) to "write history" from a state's perspective. So they don't look for truth; they only look to write what their government/leader says. They have all possible documents from the archives but only select what the government/leader told them to use. So we can't fully trust them. Private historians, on the other hand, don't push state narratives. They are not obliged to follow what their government/leader says. They are more free to work their jobs. So, in addition to which type of historical books you are using, it is also good to check the authors of those books.
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  4556. yes, this about scale, not any side having any moral high ground. Two evil empires did evil things as a matter of fact practice.
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  4557.  @Markok1911  He will forget the winter clothing... they always do.
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  4558. Everytime i watch your stalingrad series i get the feeling im watching a series made by an entire team of dedicated historians. Crazy that it is just you and recently added editor that put all this together. Thanks again for all you do TIK. You are a legend.
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  4559. i love to watch this videos, even though i am not really interested in Stalingrad that much. just very soothing and interesting to watch, not the usual thing you find on youtube nowadays.
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  4560. New tik let's gooooooooo
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  4561. Thank you TIK for this long but very well made and mind-opening lecture! I was an inch off my chair the whole time. I was so eager to dive in to the subject. I agree with you on this issue and I also despice these irrational leftists. Keep up the good work!
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  4562. I can't say it was the best five hours of my life that I have ever spent, but they were worth while.
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  4563. Found this channel by this video. Nothing but facts and real history. History that should not be repeated of course lol.
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  4564. Oh man the venom and hate coming your way. Stay strong TIK. Just remember it’s born out of their own insecurities. They can’t compete in the open market place of ideas and they know it.
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  4565. the modern socialists cannot ever refute things when they are wrong, even as a thought exercise. they just call you some name, censor you, and then assume they've won. it's happening everywhere.
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  4566. I must have been very naive. I never knew people thought Hitler was a capitalist. My mind blown. This explains why some people suggest conservatives are fascist.
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  4567. I tell you one thing I plan on watching a 9 hour documentary about an obscure world war 2 battle after watching this
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  4568. Just waiting for the "Stick to Tanks" Brigade.
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  4569.  @personaa422  Yes. I stated that I watched/listened to all 5 hours. TIK's premise was that the Germain Reich under Nazi control was socialist, which it was. Hitler declared himself socialist, his policies were socialist, his agenda was the furtherance of socialism. It was his National Socialism with it's peculiarities, just like Marx's Socialism had its own bent. Hitler's Nazi Party's heavy involvement in controlling the economy by controlling capital, profit and dictating the means of production is clearly socialist benefitting the Germans, just as the Soviets dictated means of production and the economy to benefit the workers (although all they ended up doing was enslaving the workers and establishing a Bolshevik dictatorship). Socialism requires a dictatorship. Where I was hoping TIK would go was to acknowledge that socialism is such an intellectually bankrupt idea that it can only work for limited periods of time with increasingly heavy use of fascism, as can be seen from the Soviets to Cuba, from the barmy South American economies to China. The only reason China has made any longer-term go of it was Deng Xiaoping's relaxation of state control from the nightmare of Maoism. But China's illegal and dishonest trading practices will lead to their downfall, as do all socialist 'enterprises' because they have to break the rule of law in order to compete with free markets and freedom of capital. TIK's understanding of the origins and spectrum of socialist ideologies is clearly superior to your own.
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  4570. Four hours in and I can say I once thought they were not socialist. Congratulations, you changed my mind.
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  4571. Go TIK! Well done! Respect for the freedom of the individual is the only vaccine against totalitarianism.
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  4572. No worries TIK. Rather you got rest and a clear head. Than you sick and irritated by us. History knows, Paulus could have used some of that consideration. And Chuikov.
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  4573. This is a very clever analysis of the last two years Thanks
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  4574.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hume is an empiricist, but not all empiricists are Humeans---that is the locus of my disagreement. Specifically, Hume's empiricism cannot achieve any sort of certainty about reality, which is resolved by Rand.
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  4575. Oh boy... they're not going to like 2:03 wonder how they're going to explain that. Likely accuse him of being a infiltrator.
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  4576. And we also know you're not a tribalist either TiK. LoL. Sorry you have to start with a disclaimer. Thanks for the posting. Always excellent. Cheers from Tennessee
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  4577. Good work once again Tic. Refining, simplifying but accurately describing political concepts is hugely important. It is the base building blocks of any meaningful political conversations of the future. I say this because the majority of people appear to have so little idea of what their words actually mean when they talk about politics. The concepts widely used are so pathetically inaccurate it just reinforces stupidity, confusion and division. If you can show how these concepts interrelate (to each other) as time goes on, it may just lead to a better popular understanding of how this world actually works and we can get past the crude tools currently used
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  4578. I'm guessing you're not the biggest fan of Keynes.
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  4579. Became a patreon today. 'bout time too.
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  4580. This entry is a perfect example of why we subscribe to TIK and listen to all his stuff. Thanks!
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  4581. Since there is so many people here saying "stick to history", I say stick to economics! You're right, you're not perfectly right but it's close enough.
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  4582. Hello Mr. TIK. I had the big displeasure of sitting through a lecture by Mr. Irving and a Professor who is called Lothar Hoebelt(he collaborated with Irving a few times and called Irving's crazy rambling "historical duscussions) and both are the same type of idiot. Thanks for making this video. I am still amazed that people like Irving are allowed to publish their nonsense without more scrutiny.
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  4583. Very nice touch, having female soldiers comments, commented by females!
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  4584. You should do a detailed video on Monty. I don't understand where all the hatred for him comes from. He (and Bill Slim) were among the better British commanders of WW2. His ego aside, most of his decisions (leaving aside Market Garden) were to avoid unnecessary casualties. He listened to the troops on the ground and made required changes for proper combined arms warfare which was notably lacking in his predecessors.
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  4585.  @mooners544  he’s on Patreon. Best $5 a month I’ve ever spent.
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  4586. Omg 😆
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  4587. Understandable, best of luck hopefully it helps with the algorithm having history in the name
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  4588. I’m really glad I found your channel. Outstanding video.
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  4589. Around 11:40, TIK meant 6-Pounders (57mm) and 2-Pounders (40mm) in the wording vs. 6-Pounders (40mm) and 2-Pounders (57mm) Minor error. As usual, the real meat of his presentation is precise, complete, and very interesting.
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  4590. I'm a big fan of your channel TIK and have been watching your channel since 2019 or 2020. Happy new year.
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  4591. I love this type if video TIK, it doesn't all have to involve eye-glazing levels of detail
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  4592.  @kevinbrown4073  LOL. I thought of posting that as a separate post, but I then I realized many people would think I was serious instead of mocking Socialists. I've learned to expect the worst from the Internet.
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  4593. Please do more of these videos that are outside of WW2. There's alot I would love to see you cover.
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  4594. Great analysis! People have reached the same conclusions of dubious economical success of nazi Germany by looking other parameters such as child mortality, child growth, life expectancy, etc. They found out that there was no improvement on those parameter, despite reduction of unemployment, many people stayed miserable. While before the Nazis coming into power, there was improvement on those parameters. It is an indication that all the economic growth generated at the time was not directed at the people, but to rearmement and preparation for war.
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  4595. So many truths in this video, you nevere see somenthing like this video in mainstream media, sad but truth.
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  4596. Great. Very clear and very precise. How anyone can fail to grasp this is beyond help.
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  4597. Yes, USSR did recover from WW2 by 1960s. I have lived under a communist rule from late 1950s. By that time the standard of life exceeded the pre-war level. Then, it was steadily increasing until late 1970s. A decline of a life standard in late 1970s caused a rise of anti-communism opposition, its 1st success in 1980 in Poland, and the beginning of communism collapse in 1988.
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  4598. @JH-6g5  They weren't.
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  4599. hey tik, a few months ago i left a negative comment calling you a "defender of hitlers military genius" id like to apologize for that one. i was very ignorant at the time and just followed what the crowd said, hope ya can forgive me
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  4600. The algorithm demands regular videos, but if he moved to every other week it might be okay with that.
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  4601. GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I SAW THE TITLE! FINALLY WE ARE DIGGING INTO LONG AWAITED BIGGEST GUERRILA WARFARE EVER FOUGHT! NOW LETS ENJOY THE VIDEO WITH MY BRAKFAST :)
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  4602. Private vs Public is one of the best videos if not the best
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  4603.  @TheImperatorKnight  You've got to have rest or it's the law of diminishing returns. Various friends of mine have worked long hours, including weekends & taking a sleeping bag into work......All got physical & mental health issues. My hours did me no favours either. Please take this as advice from a 'friend', & like many others on here, who doesn't want to see you get ill. Thank you.
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  4604. You know who else was anti-Semitic? The Soviet Union. You know who else was (and still is) ultra-nationalist? The Soviet Union (Russia). So much for Fascism and National Socialism being "Right-wing". In fact, nationalism, militarism, and racism seem to be endemic to Leftist regimes.
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  4605. Thank you TIK as always for uncovering history thats brand new to me. Its amazing how much history from just the past century gets brushed under the rug. It's these painful truths that we all need to learn to help us better understand why the world is like what it is today.
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  4606. Another fine high quality effort. TIK is well worth watching.
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  4607. Would you ever think of looking into Sniper on the eastern front: The memoirs of Sepp Allerberger kights cross by Albrecht Wacker? I read it a number of years ago after it was used as a source in a video by forgotten weapons, I recall becoming quite suspicious of it's authenticity but all the internet commentary I found at the time was uncritical.
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  4608. I remember having asked you a question about a movement of the 267th regiment on your map not corresponding to Hoffman's diary a few episodes back (before the grain elevator battle I think). I remember we discussed the possible explainations for that. And you did not know about the diary at the time but you were confident the movement on your map was correct. Now, this could explain!
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  4609. RIP Charles Declereck.
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  4610. You're a true historian. People all over youtube have been quoting your factual research, and I for one have learned some of the very narratives I use to believe aren't all that accurate.
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  4611. I think you hit the nail on the head with the idea of the viewers being burnt out with the series. It's fascinating, and your presentation of it is incredible, but I'm currently stuck around halfway through it, only being able to watch 10-20 minutes at a time before having to do something IRL, and when I get back to it, it's late, I'm tired or I get distracted by something else (sometimes another of your videos). Honestly, you've been pumping out Stalingrad faster than I've been able to consume it, so I'm kind of glad for the break. Might actually be able to catch up for once. Hope 2023 treats you good, and I can't wait for whatever you have in store for us this year. Cheers.
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  4612. Quality over quantity, take your time all good. :)
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  4613.  Moonshield23  He has one luckily.
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  4614. Poor naive  @TheImperatorKnight . Do you really think that they will just listen to reason?
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  4615. The brainwashed academics are not gonna like this.
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  4616. Bible Major here: Quick point about Pharisees, they were the more conservative, but also more middle and lower class of the major Jewish sects before the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. They were noted for their emphasis a strict adherence to Jewish law. The other major sect of the time, the Sadduces here more welcoming of Greco/Roman influence, so they had more money and more power. But that also meant they were tied to the Temple and the capital for their influence. Because of their similar socioeconomic status the Pharisees butted heads with the followers of Jesus more frequently. After the yeeting of the Jewish temple the Sadduces faded into extinction, therefore all orthodox and conservative Jews today are ideologically descendant from Pharisees.
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  4617. triple kudos to Vitross! that was absolutely brilliant!!!!
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  4618. Pl...please man take a break We're all worried 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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  4619.  @TheImperatorKnight  I knew you came or lived around here! But yes, they have a long history of bad policing. And they have gone from authoritarian right to authoritarian left in the last 30 years.
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  4620. Dam, it's 4am in the morning TIK, almost too tired to watch more amazing content.
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  4621.  @TheImperatorKnight  Tik, you have an EXCELLENT quote at 10:15 for your argument that Nazis were, in fact, socialists. "... of the struggle which takes life from the individual to give life to the community." This is the core tenet of socialism... the subjugation of the individual in service to the society/community. It is the foundational ideology of, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." - Karl Marx. That is, perhaps arguably, THE most "noble" tenet of socialism... the "justification" for everything they want to do, and the source of their perceived "right" to do so. With this one statement, AH proves you've been right all along, that he WAS a socialist... while he also demonstrates the reason it is... "problematic". You may not be aware of it, but Dr. Jordan Peterson studied the Holocaust, to see how it COULD happen... as well as the Soviets, gulags, etc. The human "herd instinct" is a vital part of it... and YOU have addressed that, sort of, from your historical perspective. HE could add to it from a psychological POV... and hormonal... which of course impacts the psychological as well. I HIGHLY recommend that the two of you do a live stream or something like that. Briefly, though, with my limited understanding, there are 3 main hormones at play. Dopamine - the body's "carrot"/reward. Cortisol - the body's "stick"/punishment... (shame and guilt) Serotonin - "hierarchy", social status... Applying those to YOUR video about AH in the 30's... AH kicked the Jews OUT of the "Aryan herd"... which made everything which followed more "tolerable" to the "Aryan" people. (EXACT same thing, slightly different methods, that led to the Holodomor and Great Leap Forward, among other things... "Those who don't know HISTORY...") From THERE, dopamine would naturally reward "good Aryans" for BEING "good Aryans", while cortisol would punish them for NOT being "good Aryans". Then, as your own video pointed out, he made it impossible to BE "good Aryans" and NOT be evil to the Jews. In turn, this brings the "hierarchy hormone" into action... further rewarding people for being evil with "social status"... within their own heads. Likewise, it triggers a further internal reward for being evil to non-members of the herd... "sadistic glee"... or punishment (stress) for NOT being evil to them. Likewise, it also explains a great deal about the differences in how the war was conducted between the Eastern and Western Fronts... because as you know, AH also demonized the Slavs (and Rom). THIS is really going to trigger some socialists and SJW's... but... ALL normal humans ARE "herd animals", BUT... Socialism almost certainly is going to appeal FAR more to people who are usually more "agreeable" (the psych. character trait) while individualists are more likely to be repelled by it. Likewise, by BEING more agreeable, they are almost certainly going to be more SUSCEPTIBLE to it... and "brainwashing"... which explains one reason that they usually (always? almost always?) end up being so god-awful EVIL. As you've pointed out SO many times, in order to accomplish their socialist "utopia" (goals), they NEED vast amounts of centralized power... which is then going to attract the psychopaths and sociopaths like flies to turds... and like Stalin and Hitler (and others), they won't stop at much (if anything) to climb to the top of the ladder to wield all that power... which is just another major reason that the "socialist utopias" devolve into evil and lead to atrocities. Of course, those kinds of people will even kill their closest ideological rivals to PREVENT them from CONTINUING to be rivals... just as "certain" people in history did... here's pointing a finger at a certain guy with a small dark mustache, as well as "Uncle Joe", etc. Damn... I can already see their heads exploding... and I haven't even hit the "reply" button yet... Well, here goes...
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  4622. Literally fascism
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  4623. You mispronounced "Milchfarm". You are dead to me.
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  4624. Wow. Loving these last few video's you've done TIK, this was very fascinating. Stalin wrote books, get outta town!... Had no idea he did tbh.
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  4625. Its very apt, since WW2 happens in the context of these ideas gaining preeminence and directing their societies.
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  4626. I had to take a sociology course to fulfill my university BA credits, so took critical theory. Every single class I was just there like, this is purely religious dogma. My final essay for the course was to conclude that we needed to abolish prisons when we look at prisons from a dialectical perspective, because prisons are one component of the system of Capital, so reforming prisons can never truly fix the issue, as Capitalism is inherently oppressive, so naturally we need "transformative change" in the form of abolition. It's frustrating because it's not uncommon for socialists or critical theorists to identify relevant issues, it's just that their systemic dialectical worldview completely ideologically blinds them to the reality of those issues.
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  4627. read David Glantz ! and Jonathan House ! and for the german part "der schwere Entschluss" of Col. Adam (only in german) this guy is absolutely correct ! greetings from Germany !
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  4628.  @TheImperatorKnight  That humor is just below the surface
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  4629. 7:25 And yet Second Thought claimed by including both employers and employees in the DAF it meant it wasn’t a real union… Even though neither the leader or follower have any more or less power (although as Tik has shown kommisars were more willing to follow the followers demands over the leaders demands) and is literally a classless state hence why employer and employee were replaced simply by leader and follower Not to mention the fact he ignored that literally every socialist country banned unions and the right to strike or collectively bargain but apparently that’s not real socialism
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  4630. When it was first announced I joked about which would last longer, the battle for Stalingrad or TIK's description. It was meant as a joke, not a challenge.
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  4631. The problem is closed minds. People do close their eyes and ears. They see but don't perceive, they hear but they dont understand. I was a calvinist for 8 years. As an infant in Christ I got brainwashed by the indoctrination. I had people try to show me that my philosophy wasn't consistent with the bible or reality. I literally couldn't hear them. I would supress the truth. Its rare to find people like these guys, who are actually interested in what's true. When reputation, position, or money is on the line, the likelihood one will sacrifice for truth goes down. They use lots of logical fallacies. Because they aren't interested in having their ideas examined, they are interested winning an argument to prove why they are right. It happens a lot. They are gas lighting. Using Ad hominim attacks. Using nonsequeters. Appeal to authority, like wiki. I could go on. They have learned just enough to convince people that know nothing. They are also are likely completely deceived themselves and really believe it. In this state of mental slavery, people are usually completely blind to their contradictions and double think. Keep at it though. You've added great benifit by these videos. You will reach those who aren't hardened, and are actually looking for truth. ❤
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  4632. Very good response! I really like that you take the time to deconstruct this type of criticism in a academic fashion. As a former history teacher and fellow history addict I really enjoy the massive amounts of material that you present in the contents of your videos. The fact that you get alot of it down to mere hours is impressive in itself, considering the vastness of the sources. To not debate the political aspects of history, especially ww2 is impossible. Keep up the good work and remember not to wrestle with pigs as the saying goes ;) Cheers from Sweden.
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  4633. Listening to these guys hurt my ears, their logic as well as their video's structure was killing me inside. Hope you're doing well Tik, hopefully we'll all be able to go about our buisiness outside soon.
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  4634. It was so refreshing to hear historical facts in an argument, instead of the usual shouting and repeating of talking points that most online discussion has devolved to. Very nice video TIK. What we are missing today is indeed the historical perspective. I blame technology for giving people the impression they know about something because they googled it once.
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  4635. Very well said. It is indeed a masterpiece.
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  4636. What I find fascinating about this is just how relevant it all is when you replace “the Jew” with the businessman. Goes to show just how effective the propaganda still is.
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  4637. Hey TIK, I asked on Patreon a while back, but do you have any thoughts on Tom Sowell’s theory on middleman minorities?
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  4638. Haha literally got this book right next to me on camp. Great read so far though.
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  4639. And I still don't get why people tell you "stick to tanks", did you ever focus on tanks?
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  4640. I wasn't expecting this video today! It was like an antecipated Christmas gift for me! TKS TiK
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  4641. It's truly disturbing just how much influence german officers sympathetic to Hitlers regime have had over the post-war history writing. Almost everyone knows well how the Soviets distorted history but the fact that our history of the second world war was so heavily influenced by 'bad actors' is completely unknown to most people.
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  4642. Greetings from Czech republic! TIK thank you for new Stalingrad video.
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  4643. Loved the picture placement on the map very cool
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  4644.  @TheImperatorKnight  Sounds badass history overload
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  4645. THOSE WERE 46 MINUTES OF POOR EXTASY! NOW BACK TO COUNTING DOWN 28 DAYS!
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  4646. Having already watched Courland I'll be starting crusader and then stalingrad. Keep up the great content Tik
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  4647. No worry love you stuff and merry Christmas to you
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  4648. Here we go boooys!
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  4649. TIK is catching up, Quick everybody ask more questions!!!
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  4650. i had no idea NZ did such a good job, for some reason i was ignorant to this but thanks to you i am no longer
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  4651. Hello TIK, i found a editing error for you to iron out once you assemble this beast of a Battlestorm into its full length at the end of the battle: At 35:08 you "thank you patreons" text cover the losses - keep up the good work
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  4652. Keitel's "only following orders" reasoning is bull shit. As a soldier I am obligated to follow any and all LAWFUL orders, it is my duty to refuse to follow unlawful orders and report them to my chain of command. That being said maybe the Wehrmacht didn't have this policy but still it's obvious that Keitel cared more about his career than the lives of civilians. PS. Great video, I hate the defending Europe argument a lot of Third Reich enthusiasts like to sate.
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  4653. Very good episode, worth a re-watch, there is stuff here to learn. Applies to anything really, the history being discussed is not of interest, it is the critical thinking tips that make this episode worth watching more than once.
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  4654.  @TheImperatorKnight  Tell me about it. That's the biggest problem with the dissident-right is they focus on culture and ignore economics to their own detriment. The only prominent one I can think of who doesn't is Academic Agent, but The Distributist still drinks the Nazis were rightwing kool-aid despite all the times I tried to convince him otherwise
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  4655. Which gives me a bigger laugh considering that in Marxist texts they subtly imply that Capitalism leads to Communism, which means Communism is a product of Capitalism. But hey it's Authoritarian Socialism, the blame is always put on the victim.
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  4656.  @Edax_Royeaux  Mercenaries in a nutshell Edit: Oh, and militia units as well. (Especially Americans)
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  4657. TIK mentioned this in his other videos. Many of the common "sources" are German officers' memoirs which came from hazy memory and attempt to hide the responsibility while play up German might. Of course, they would need to totally downplay Soviet military.
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  4658. Do you have a 2nd channel called "Tok", with precisely the opposite opinions? Because that would be cool. Missed opportunity
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  4659. I really enjoy your battlestorm videos. The huge effort you put in shows off very clearly in your previous episodes and i don't wanna see that change in your upcoming video on Stalingrad, however long it takes. Please keep at it!
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  4660. my favorite video game quote is "It takes a strong man to deny what's in front of him. And if the truth is undeniable, you create your own." it is from the game "Spec Ops: The Line"
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  4661. Then I would strongly suggest you do not attempt to crank them out on a weekly basis, I cannot speak for others but I'm here because of the outstanding quality of your work, not because its a weekly hollywood series of dubious writing churned out without a care in the world. I'd rather wait and give you the time required, please and thank you.
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  4662. Take heart TIK, you're doing great work and you're not just preaching to the choir. I'm far from being a right winger (although I'm probably too economically illiterate to really make such an assessment) and I disagree with many of your political takes, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying your content. The impression I have of you, is that you are a good-faith actor and a hard worker. I know I can rely on the facts you put forth, even if I might disagree with your conclusions. Your video about Hitler's socialism for example was quite an eye-opener for me, even though I still wouldn't call Hitler a socialist. Outspoken socialists would do well to watch it and test their own position. Stick to tanks AND banks. And stick it to the haters.
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  4663. I love your videos mate, I myself, growing up here in the US, I was a liberal and a democrat in my younger years, and always believed the republicans and conservatives were the "bad guys" in politics or at minimum, not representative of my beliefs, my values, my views, my interests. Of course, this is before I learned who I was and what I personally stood for; only maturity and self-awareness could change this. And this was all before I truly understood and read about American history and politics, and surprise, none of my new realizations of how wrong and misinformed I'd been my whole adult life came from school, college, family or university, it came from doing my OWN reading and research, AND from actually speaking to actual conservatives and republicans, asking them questions and listening to their answers. I was open-minded enough to listen, to question, learn, to analyze, to re-assess, and accept new wisdom and new ideas. In the end I realized my former ideas and belief system were not based in reality, facts or common sense. I soon realized the truth about the democrats and the far Left in general and I became aware of their ongoing corruption and lies that have been spun since the progressive era, WWII, and since the civil war. Keep up the great work.
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  4664. The end state of capitalism is hopefully everything becoming so cheap that even a poor man can afford a solid gold Toilet! And yes NetworkFail is a mess, I work for them and nothing they do make sense.
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  4665. You are right on the money. I am socialist, hate me or whatver i don't care. But i really love TIK videos and i listen to what he has to say. Unfortunately no matter how much he says socialism is bad i just can't stand behind current version of capitalism. It's too predatory in my opinion and i am sure that many people on the right wing would agree with that. I just want the world in which corpos are not influential to the point they influence politics against the poor. I want poor people to have chance to be somebody and people not being born into high class because of the blood. This is archaic. I want to work for my own money, and not having to spend it in monopoly infested Amazon world. Because it's the only cheap option. I want to spend money on local businesses. I want communities not being parachuted by big organizations and living by their rules. Because they own the land, building or whatnot. But if what we currently have is good for you, then ok! You can't please everyone that's for sure. Let's just make sure that one day we won't live by the standrds of big corporations having our entire life predestined. Too far right is not good as well! Peace.
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  4666.  @TheImperatorKnight  It is. Can’t mince words over that. Your a good man Tik. I appreciate what your doing. You have my support.
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  4667. Damn, so sorry to hear about your loss too. Her spirit is very much alive and she'll always be with you.
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  4668. Controversial as usual. But god damn do you do solid work tik. love it!
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  4669. Nice to know people view this as some kind of competition
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  4670. Don't worry TIK I will definitely watch your battle of Gazala :) And yeah it would definitely be great to see why Monty was so important for the British Army.
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  4671. your videos provided me with an insight I never achieved before in understanding the relations, similarities but also the fundamental differences between NS, fascism, socialism etc., and I finally have the means of explaining this to others. I have mostly experienced agreement and understanding from others, but the implications are so radical to some people that it takes a lot of empathy and the right pace so not to make them shut their minds to it. I am currently discussing this with someone who is absolutely denying what you are saying and I have yet to reach him in a way that he becomes more accepting of the arguments you make. Definitely don't stop doing it. The work you do is important! Also, and I can't stress this point enough: The people who don't listen to you are not the point. You need to provide those who want to learn the tools to educate others that they can reach because they know them on a personal level. Noone is going to change their world view because of some mate on the internet, but maybe for a friend.
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  4672. My impression of Richthofen from this series is that he tended to arrogantly mouth off about things without really understanding, or taking into account the factors on the ground and the orders from above.
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  4673. TIK overworked but still publishing thx, stay strong man , bon courage !
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  4674. Uploaded right after I watched the bankwars videos. PERFECT
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  4675. 1:04:00 I'll do one better: Hitler was Hitler. Hitler killed Hitler, so Hitler wasn't Hitler.
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  4676. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  😂😂😂😂
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  4677. British democracy 😂
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  4678. Your diagnosis of the current situation is spot on. The Starmer "government of service" is clearly serving the WEF.
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  4679. My soon to be beautiful daughter in law was born in Sri Lanka is she far right Starmer? She is and supports all the patriots who want the boats stopped and the illegals sent home.
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  4680. Thank you friend.
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  4681.  @blu3508  about a zillion newspaper articles.
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  4682.  @TheImperatorKnight  5 seasons and we still not in the city?
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  4683. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I don't have a title suggestion, but I just wanted to say THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. Your content is amazing, especially your stuff on politics, philosophy, economics, etc. It was one of the factors that led to me leaving socialism and becoming a pro-capitalism guy. Your video on universities was also a major red pill for me (I'm currently in my first year of sixth form).
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  4684.  @Raskolnikov70  "Rommel uses TNT-cannons (Panzer IV HE shells) to destroy his greatest enemy's Minecraft base and stole all of their diamonds (MUST SEE)!"
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  4685. order of battles is intresting plz so some more. also would like to see some focus on minor nations or fronts.
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  4686. Ideobabble, love it!
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  4687. It is so sad seeing TIK having to explain the same point with different arguments and examples just because some people believe in a failed ideology because it claims to lift them out of their mom's basement because they graduated from an useless college with no job opportunity and are now drowning in debt while working minimum-wage at their local Walmart.
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  4688.  @TheImperatorKnight  Burnout means you need to increase the amount of days off you're having. Must not sacrifice rest for short term success (meeting deadlines). It can endanger what you're doing long term. Can't churn out material on 100% when one needs mental healing (rest). And you won't anyway, when on less than 100% capacity. Sleep time at least must be kept sacred. Just stating the obvious, I know. Yet it has to be told.
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  4689. "Could Paulus have abandoned Stalingrad before encirclement?" Yes! If he had never entered the city, he could have won! Because we know Germans can't fight or win a city! - Wehraboo answer:
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  4690. Good to see you back, TIK. Always take care of your health!
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  4691. This video made me cry. I wish the "progressives" would watch this and realize what they really are. My daughter would have been one of those poor souls murdered. And they call me a "Nazi".
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  4692. The best thing about this video is that its so long that you never can remember every single point. This is at least my 3rd watch by now. Keep up the good work TIK!
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  4693. waiting for mighty mouse to ree
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  4694. Thank you TIK (Truly Interesting Knowledge), appreciate the clear, detailed information. Debate was once the hallmark of education. I can but hope people stop acting like the scholastic yard bullies and grow a pair, and grow up. Keep up the great work.
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  4695. I check in on this video every now and then and its nice to see the like to dislike ratio is continuing to increase the numbers of likes as a % of votes
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  4696. The best definition of Capitalism I have found is that of Ayn Rand: "Capitalism is a social system based on the recognition of individual rights, including property rights, in which all property is privately owned."
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  4697. I can second Anton Joly's series "Stalingrad Battle Atlas." I have it and it is an amazing achievement. I can lose entire afternoons every time I open one of the volumes!
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  4698. I enjoy this series, but I hope historians are using primary sources.
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  4699. When 50 Cent does a tour of Venezuela they call him 500 Quintillion Bolivars.
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  4700. I've really been looking forward to you talking about Mosley. I know very little about him. Living in Canada, the history about him feels a little more close to home.
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  4701. This is a supprise, thought we wold have to wait a long time for a new Stalingrad video. But this is nice. Just promise us Tik you will not work yourself to death with the battlestorm series and take your damn time. I am totaly okay with wating for months for new episodes. :)
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  4702. God bless you for helping spread the message. Hoppe pointed this out and I also heard this from Stefan Molyneux, but private insurance companies can and would fulfill much of the fundamental roles of the state. You could purchase security insurance from competing agencies that would pool resources (much like a State) to provide services, like policing, fire department, etc. and unlike the state, the insurance company would be financially liable and motivated to catch actual criminals and bring them to justice and put out fires, because if they fail to do this then they have to compensate you for the insurance claim, much like homeowners insurance.
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  4703. I never considered as a record of any true what so ever (and I'm a history huge student). The fact that it is mentioned nowhere than you ate an apple doesn't mean you never did. When I study history, I wonder "why it has been record, what's the meaning, what the recorders want to transmit as a message?" then I establish links between events and reassemble the pieces of the puzzle.
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  4704. "Build back better bolshevism" Perfect statement for the times we find ourselves in.
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  4705.  @TheImperatorKnight  tank losses( burned out-non recoverable) are spot on. Nicely done sir.
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  4706. Last time I was this early the upload notification was 5 days later
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  4707. In before all the wikipedia historians .
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  4708. Love your videos man I got bummed out when I watched all of them and realized there's no more!
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  4709. Wow. Never seen zero views on a video before. Looking forward to watching :)
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  4710. Mosley was being interviewed after the horrors of what the Nazi’s did in Germany had come to light. One can only speculate that the interview may not have been so full of brotherly love, if Germany had won. And I will speculate.
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  4711.  @TheImperatorKnight  You touch on sensitive topics, sure, but I've never heard you say, "Jews and minorities are bad"
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  4712. @panzerdeal8727  No they such as research which is why the US is disproportionately responsible for healthcare research and American have the highest access to drugs and new treatment. Anyone with money gets private care or goes to America for treatment.
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  4713. Merry Christmas TIK!
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  4714. Yeah. Everytime I type in TIK, I get one TIK vid and half a dozen Tik Toc vids
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  4715. @TIK I totally agree! as I said I have actually read Mein Kampf and WOW, you lose brain cells reading it!
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  4716. I’m sure you know this - but some people buy into beliefs and base their life on it with out any insight in to why - so when you say or do something that upsets their view point - especially if you make them question it - just a little bit why - they feel or think that way - all of a sunset there is a brief realization their foundation is being shaken - and instead of thinking it thru - it is just easier to lash out at the people who shake their viewpoint - because they can’t possibly know why they believe what they believe. You are an analytical person - so you’re put lots of thing into understanding yourself and why you have come to a belief or point of view - too many people are not willing to put energy into knowing why they believe something - it is just easier to just buy into it. That is why some people lash out at you - it is easier to last out at some one or something than try to understand it - because they can’t be bothered to really know themselves and what they really believe and why.
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  4717. TIK (Lewis) Will NEVER sell out to simplicity, or the popular opinion, and that is why he is the most factual historian on YouTube. Well worth the $5 monthly investment.
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  4718. Completely unrelated to the video but TIK, it seems you've been noticed by Razorfist and the Lotus Eaters. Both have recommended your Funny Moustache Man's Socialism video.
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  4719. Thanks for the abridged version. Most people will scoff at the hours long video because they don't have the attention span required for it, perhaps this will fare a little better.
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  4720. This is the best video on the internet. As respectfully as possible, Socialists are either liars or fools.
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  4721. True but better performance is better reach and got someone onboard like me recently 🤷‍♂️
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  4722. Hope your doing ok over in the UK Tik. Was curious if you have read, “Monty’s Men,” by John Buckley in your travels?
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  4723. A vote to make the jingle official for other videos on the channel!
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  4724. This is amazing
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  4725.  @TheImperatorKnight  Good answer, too. 👍👍
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  4726. You made us so happy so many times with your uploads and it's time to take a well deserved break and grieve I know how it feels to lose someone very close and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone and I really hope you'll be able to come out of this stronger! Stay strong and we are here eagerly waiting for your return!
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  4727. My condolences 💐
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  4728. No more or less private than any other mixed economy today. All economies are planned, it's just a matter of who does the planning. In the US "free market capitalist" system its planning is done by BlackRock, Blackstone, and ESG scores. None of which has the best interests of the US or its people in mind, but it's supposed to be intrinsically "better" for some reason?
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  4729. The YouTube algorithm favours channels that post at least one video per week... That's the issue here.
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  4730. Absolutely!
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  4731. This is great! HAHAHAHA love the woke-referencing btw - deffo sharing this.
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  4732. Tik I went on Reddit to see what your skeptics say about you. They really don't watch your videos and make assumptions, especially about your sources to which other people treat those assumptions are truth. A main assumption since they don't watch your videos much is that you're just another keyboard warrior that cites mainstream media and wikipedia. As someone who does watch your videos and have brought books that you have cited I can say they are wrong. Keep up the good work.
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  4733. You're an absolute powerhouse! Very grateful for you sloging it out with this continuation! Best history youtuber bar NONE.
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  4734. Glad that you are back with, as usual, great content!
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  4735. Don't be ashamed because he's Brazilian. Charlatans and con men are in every country.
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  4736. TIK, as a Brazilian and a subscriber almost from the beginning of your channel and saw you making the African campaign, I am really mad about what the dude did and posted a comment so people can see and hopefully report the content, if he remove the comment I will post again. But he just translated the whole script is ridiculous
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  4737. Calling it Operation Keelhaul strongly implies that the people in charge of it knew perfectly what a horrible thing they were doing. But they did it anyway.
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  4738. Ever since I read Victims of Yalta, I was hoping for more people to start talking about this topic. Great work as always, TIK.
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  4739. This is EXACTLY why we can never allow “patriotic education” in the USA. We already think we’re “exceptional” because we have no appreciation of history.
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  4740. Petty Officer Cook seems like the kind of guy who I would’ve got on with, that sense of humour is gold
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  4741. I appear to be here early. It seems to me that a lot of ideologies are like religions - they have their own canon, their own couple of holy books, their own set of rules telling you how to life your life and how your society should function to achieve a goal. Many even have their own holy person. People will treat ideologies like faith in how arrogant they'll be when faced with evidence that contradicts what they believe and many will double down on their current worldview. Both are substitutions for philosophy - hell, Christianity grew popular due to being a sort of "philosophy for the commoners", and I believe ideology to be the same. I must go to school now, but this is a general thought I've had for a few months.
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  4742. So... according to Hitler, did the Kingdom of Israel (c.1000 BC - 722 BC) not count as a proper nation? Does he ever bother trying to reconcile the historical fact of empires founded by non-Aryan peoples with his theories? If so, how?
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  4743. I agree you opened my eyes to new truths.
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  4744. Loved the video. I second the recommendation for James Lindsay's: Race Marxism. It is an excellent book!
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  4745. As a history and economics degree holder, I agree...I consult in logistics software now. I found my career through friends and networks. And honestly, money has been my motivating goal in a career that I enjoy. I'm not regretful of my degrees though I learned more from my other campus involvements and not a whole lot from my course studies.
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  4746. I hope the title using the 'privatize' rather than 'privatise' is intentional. Perhaps to appease an American audience? 😅😂
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  4747. Katyusha division is not a division in USSR army, it's a battalion. "Division" in Russian is a small artillery unit of 100 to 300 men, unlike "DIvisiya" (real division).
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  4748.  Neon Noir  he say clearly he is guessing, and it is unconscious, this proves nothing. And no he bought into anti-semitic tropes of the time, it's like saying that a guy saying black are just "inherently" (as you can see in the first 2 minutes of the video he considerd the Jews love for money as "inherent' and in the "Jewish spirit' (that must be crushed btw)) more criminal is just evaluating them.
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  4749. Thank you so much for this video! I was trying to do a similar thing, with the focus on the plague of Marxism infiltrating USA. Of course, I'm not a historian, and my content cannot come close to yours, this is a very detailed and high-quality analysis of Marx's overt racism and anti-Semitism. I'm giving my best to warn people of the viciousness of Marxism and the perfidy of that ideology (as someone who grew up in socialist and ex-communist Yugoslavia), especially in these highly polarized and dangerous times. This is the 4 minute excerpt from my 40 minutes long video, where I focus on explaining how National Socialism and Marxism are nothing but different sides of the same coin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hHXC_tLWxI Keep up the amazing work!
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  4750.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yes because your shorter videos address the fundamentals that people don’t always get right. Britain’s geopolitical position is so simple to connect to the war’s strategy, but people gloss over it because they’re focusing too much on the political characters or ideologies as the main factors, and then they make big faulty connections like “Britain should have just chilled”. Edit: And then they make those faulty connections when looking at the more complex topics by glossing over the basics. This is why your Q&As are also useful, like when you explained why Churchill lost the election during the war and the economic desires of the voting blocs in Germany and Britain.
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  4751. The reason I think you are great at this is because of your research. I can not beliave you produce as much as you do. Just do what you need to do and we will be here.
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  4752. The fact that your patience is able to withstand people saying the humans = animals is mindboggling.
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  4753. Communism doesn't work, deal with it
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  4754. You're indirectly revealing many obscure details that were unclear to me until now.. I appreciate the videos.
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  4755. Nailed it! You ABSOLUTELY nailed it all. Excellent lecture.
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  4756.  @TheImperatorKnight  indeed, apologies I wrote before watching the stream, many thanks.
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  4757. Loving the Western Front vids. Never knew any of this. Much appreciated.
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  4758. Very nice video. Too many people sleep on TIK economic videos even though they are quite enjoyable to watch.👍
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  4759. Have you done a video on “Why you should care about Stalingrad” or the philosophical importance or lessons from Stalingrad. Something to serve as a motivation to get into the series that are a bit deeper than just general interest
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  4760. I watched the video around when it came out and immediately watched the original in the event of clever editing on your part (a habit that I’d recommend everyone employ whilst on the internet), but instead I found possibly some of the most circular logic I’ve ever seen. I sat on it for a day before coming to a conclusion but I genuinely think ods is either a result of the public school system’s failures or mentally deficient (I don’t mean it as an insult I mean it literally). He cannot accept that sources and watching the video in it’s entirety are essential practices if you want to be taken seriously, he has resorted to banning people from his comments, and seems to think that everyone who comments on his videos you personally endorse (or at least doesn’t grasp the idea that YouTube comments often display a lack of intelligence due to the sheer number of users). Tik there are plenty of people who can genuinely debate you on this subject, but this guy is not one of them. The only result of this extremely one sided feud will be to boost his subscriber count. If you want my advice, this isn’t worth your time.
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  4761. What a master class in dismantling criticism. You can always tell the one who has thought the least about their position by how quickly they begin to slander demean the person they're critiquing. You can tell they hold to an emotional ideological position not a factual historical one. Well done
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  4762. Thank you very much. I was looking desperately for a copy for a while now. This was much harder than trying to find a copy of "The Turning Point: Revitalizing the Soviet Economy" by by Nikolai Shmelev, Vladimir Popov (check it out if you hadn't)
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  4763. These are my favorite videos of yours. I love your ww2 stuff but all the philosophical and religious talk behind our past and current day ills has captivated me.
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  4764. You look far healthier now, Tik! Im glad this grind is finally over.
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  4765. Still no Great Jamie winning the first comment competition? Hope he's OK.
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  4766. TIK..................... I refrute you!!!! (and another !)
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  4767. Hey Tik, WOW😀 I am only half way through and just had to stop and say that I am totally amazed by your Anal Attention to detail, You look like you really enjoyed making this brilliant video, I know I speak for many people when I say a very sincere Thank you for the hard work that has gone in to this,,I love it❤️
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  4768.  @przemekkozlowski7835  there's a pretty common narrative going around that what defeated the Reich was the Normandy landings in 1944. Not very common amongst educated people but quite so amongst laymen. Probably due to Hollywood or something. At least here in Scandinavia.
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  4769. Shoutout from an Israeli historian! A heartfelt tribute to a brilliant researcher—Tik! Keep up the diligent and fantastic work; your dedication and insights are truly inspiring! A real contributor and pathblazing figure in contemporary historiography! Thank you Sir
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  4770. I think we were all getting ground down by Stalingrad as well. This is a great change of pace. I find that Monty's care and concern for the welfare of his men makes up for a lot of his defects and makes him a much more likable commander than most of the others once one understands that.
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  4771. Either you die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
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  4772. I'm hearing a lot of praises in English speaking part of youtube on Arhipelag Gulag and Solzhenitsyn in general. But I feel in Russian Historians circles it's quite the opposite, at least from my experience. I'm personally neutral here. What is not a controversial topic now days huh.
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  4773. Channel. Not video. 🙂
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  4774. There is no, I repeat no, Tik video today
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  4775. Back in the 1980s i had some classmates that called themselves 'socialists'. None of them seemed like they wanted to work at all. Their talks about a government where everything would be shared would ALWAYS put them at the top. They never mentioned that they would be the ones working the fields or in the factory floor. There was also a communist older fellow in my building. My family befriended him and he would talk all these nonsense that even my siblings and I could tell was "Peter Pan" bs. When we asked dad why that guy would be by our house for BBQs and stuff, my dad simply said: All the non-sense he says is just so funny, I feel like we have a private comedian. and I remember when the adults would have a few beers, they would "ask him" for his opinion about World problems, between laughs, then smirk as he started talking more non-sense about how things 'should be'. We children, could tell he was living in some imaginary reality that could justify him being lazy. As far as I remember, none of these people ever worked for a living. The older fellow was supported by the pension of his elderly mother.
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  4776. I think your theory is certainly a workable one, given what evidence you have. A question arises, however, about the apparent abundance of optimism, bordering on delusion, that there was no scope for the kind of failure which happened in front of Moscow the previous year. Of course, one assumes that Hitler retained his bigoted opinion of the Russians' abilities and his continued confidence in staff officers who had displayed marginal strategic competence (putting it politely) at key points in the conflict. Ignoring logistical factors and reliance on poor intelligence no doubt helped.
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  4777. I've been looking forward to this. It's been quite a while.
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  4778. Like before watching!
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  4779. I find it hard to believe that soldiers could sustain themselves with amphetamines for seven months at Stalingrad. These drugs don't just keep a person awake and not hungry. They also cause paranoid delusions on top of mental state where the person often has a grandiose and unrealistic view of himself. Hallucinations are common, as well.
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  4780. I actually never knew about this campaign. Very interesting!
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  4781. TWO TIK videos in one week? I'm in heaven
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  4782. Be interesting to watch. Hope you are well across the pond Tik. Reminds me to finish Citino's "Death of the Wehrmacht."
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  4783. Thanks a lot TIK, I always waiting for your new episode for this amazing docu series.....from Chile
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  4784. Great Video and Thanks: IMHO - One of the lies the Nazi's used to gain power was the "Stab in the Back!" theory from WW1. By doing so (Ending the War after Blau), the Nazi party would be doing the exact same thing they blamed the Reichswehr for doing and get thrown out of power. And Goebbels, already fully aware that the Party Line was under constant attack due to the continued repeated promises that the Russian War was going to be over "Any Day Now", believed ending with any negotiated peace would doom the party by it's own people.
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  4785. First thought: TIK didn't take off for the 4th? Second thought: Wait, he's British. Happy treason day.
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  4786. Inb4 commie jimmies are rustled.
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  4787. Amazing, cannot wait for part 2!!!
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  4788. Got in at one minute. Thought I'd be first. You already had 88 views! Amazing TIK! Hope the Ale was ice cold!
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  4789. It's like accusing banks of funding bank robbers.
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  4790. Mate, your videos are excellent, just what YouTube needs in terms of WWII documentaries. Are you a graduate or are you an enthusiast? Either way you are brilliant and keep the videos coming!
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  4791. As a history guy, I must say you are an excellent teacher.....maybe the best I have seen or heard.....I salute your knowledge and presentation....well done....just subbed...thanks for sharing your knowledge
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  4792. TIK, what you are doing is significant and important as a comprehensive presentation of this battle. It should stand and be hailed as such, as well as be recognized as a signal achievement for the enterprise of information by computer technology. Godspeed, my friend.
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  4793.  @TheImperatorKnight  I and my friends always considered me the "authority" on the German/Russia war. And yet every episode I find out I had some preconceived ideas as to what really happened. Considering my age (58), the history I referred to has been superseded by new info coming to light over the preceding decades. My granny used to say something like "If you did not learn something new today, why did you get out of bed". I try and follow that advice to this day. Keep up your great work TIK.
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  4794. Sounds like history graduate school... except you are an actual historian producing historical content. There is only so much that can go into your head at one time that everything falls away. Have a great break!
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  4795. Like every good socialist the nazis ran out of other peoples money...
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  4796. What if I haven't asked "is it done yet" but still want to Marathon it in one sitting?
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  4797. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I suspect most of them are "christian" in the sense that they went to church as a child.
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  4798. "Please TIK take a break" "In this new series, we're going to-"
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  4799. Ah yes, the classic “Mises was a Nazi” “argument” If I was a Nazi, I would for sure flee Nazi germany
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  4800.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hi TIK! Thanks for your work and your effort. But it seems I have to remind you, that arguments on youtube will lead to nothing. I never saw a discussion where someone was convinced. It doesnt matter how many sources you bring, it doesnt matter how logical your arguments are. If the other person does not want to be conviced they wont be conviced. In their minds they will always find excuses. The anonymity behind usernames also strengthens this. Discussions about god are similar... and these people believe. They believe, and they want to believe that they fight for the right cause. Because otherwise, all what they did for it was worthless. Sunken cost fallacy is at also work.
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  4801. ​@TheImperatorKnight TIK, any mistakes you make are deliberate mistakes that test your subscribers to see if they're paying attention 🇬🇧
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  4802. Excellent timing for The Axis Order of Battle for Operation Crusader 1941-42. I love Afrika Korps or Panzer Group Afrika battles. My favorite Commander Axis or Allied for this Campaign is Erwin Rommel.
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  4803. Definitely in for a treat this week, two videos, you're spoiling us. For me, my journey in history started from birth. I was a brat, my father, my grandfather, my uncle, great uncle, numerous members of my family had or were serving and I was surrounded by it. I grew up on books, stories and movies that were related to history, especially military history. I went to parades, barracks, tattoos from such an early age it was bound to draw me in. I did my own service when I came of age, i immersed myself in military life. When I left and pursued a civilian career I kept a love for military history. Then since I moved to Finland, seeing how poor Finnish histrography is in English, I decided to attempt to help by doing Finnish Military History. But this journey has been like yours, it helps me improve myself. I see how I can improve my work life (I'm running a kitchen at present), how to deal with the unexpected, inspire my team, how to teach my son. How to be a leader that can effectively be the centre of his unit but also not need to be a hovering bee. The accusations you received of being bias (I have had similar in my answering of history questions online or running my blog) is normally a good indication that you are pushing their cognitive dissonance. When you are accused of being Pro-Finnish, Pro-Soviet and a Nazi apologist in the course of a single article, you know that you are doing right and presenting information that rubs individuals up the wrong way and that aren't comfortable with confronting their entrenched but wrong beliefs. I appreciate the time you take to create these videos, to help educate us, to dispel popular history myths. I wish I could do more to support you than my comments and likes but alas my own situation is difficult but the future is one of fluidity and so who knows what I may be able to do then. Keep up the outstanding work.
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  4804. Altruism and feminisation of men - that's very interesting. It's practically a slam dunk as to the social problems in the West these days, there is an epidemic of fatherless children, which is very sad, and an all-round misunderstanding of the importance of fathers (they seem to be viewed as financial support and nothing else).
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  4805. TIK, well said and researched...please DONT stick to Tanks...
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  4806. Please please do more economics. And it would be sooooo great if you made a video concerning monarchy. You are a very good teacher I would love to learn more of both topics
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  4807. Why is YouTube censored when YouTube Kids exists?
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  4808. We want more than just tanks! We want you to provide more political context at the operational and strategic levels, and especially talk about logistics. Tanks by themselves are useless without logistics to provide the fuel and spare parts! 😜 But still stick to tanks!
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  4809. Hey @TIK, I really want a video about the effect of GROUND LEVEL resistance. Slicing tires, gathering information, falsifying records and saving pilot's.
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  4810. Tik, your work on all this especially the banking videos were so thoroughly enlightening, even to me who started off already antisocialist. Even if you can't change their minds, and you can, then at least you can help educate those of us who want to help get the word out
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  4811. Have you considered it may be the German way of saying "getting everyone on the same wavelength"? That would meet the terms of all the meanings.
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  4812. First
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  4813. His headquarters getting hit and losing 30 or so people should probably count. Makes it sound like Chuikov was standing knee-deep in corpses while talking to Eremenko and Kruschev.
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  4814.  @veeli1106  Already there in Argentina. VLLC
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  4815. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION! Rule I have lived by in my adult life-Just because you can do it does not mean you should do it. My opinion; Devers across the Rhine would lead to nowhere. Nice headline though. Logistics...logistics...logistics....☝☝☝
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  4816. The British bureaucrats heard about censorship in Russia and Brittish bureaucrats said: Hey mate, hold our beer, we can do better!
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  4817.  @TheImperatorKnight  Even worse: even when I don't agree, I still ENJOY a well researched point!
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  4818. In school they never teached me the economic motives of the war but this certainly should be more commonly known
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  4819. Please do a video like this for the Soviet side.
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  4820. Thanks for the detailed accounting of why there was no breakout at Stalingrad. I finally have a complete picture, after decades of confusion on the topic. For your own good, you should consider putting Stalingrad aside for quite a while. Remember, you experienced extreme burnout over this topic. Best regards.
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  4821. Another wonderful video. Why do I think your work is important, and so very useful? Because you diligently cite all your sources and quote other historians and historical persons involved directly. So when a rabid Socialist tries to bullshit you by saying "Prove what you are saying is true - you can't!", no, I actually CAN. I can point out all these hard facts and quotes you have dug up, and use the hard work you have done to refute these lazy, dangerous idiots. Thank you TIK, you are doing extremely important work, even if you sometimes feel frustrated and burnt out. This is so damn important because Socialism has become so popular amongst the historically illiterate and disenfranchised these days who didn't live through it's early horrors, and have no real frame of reference as to why it is so dangerous. The lessons humanity learned then are being forgotten, and so they MUST be constantly re-taught every generation or they will be repeated to the tune of economic collapse, dictatorship, genocide, and famine. The myth that history's biggest bogey-man, Hitler, was a Capitalist and therefore Capitalism is evil, needs exposed and taken away from the Socialists who try to use that bull to demonize Capitalism and push their ideas, and the fact that he was indeed a Socialist added to the mountain of evidence that Socialism always leads to devastating human misery. I don't want to live in a Socialist state with those horrors. Thank you for fighting this fight for my sake, and all our sakes, even though idiots must make it very unpleasant for you sometimes. Hope my sincere thanks and encouragement bolster your spirits.
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  4822. TIK, you never fail to amaze with the amount of new knowledge that I get from your videos. Who knew that the the Germans actually invaded the Aryan homeland and got defeated there lol. Fascinating.
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  4823. Seems like the only chance the Germans ever really had was to have given proper anti-tank weaponry to the Romanians in the first place, so that they could have at the least bought more time in the north.
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  4824. You’re a legend mate!! All the way from New Zealand 👍
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  4825.  @TheImperatorKnight  You have to correct so many that are ignorant. Keep it up.
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  4826. A lot of the tankies are bots because that's how petty they are.
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  4827. I've spent the last 5 hours of my life listening to this video and I DO NOT regret it!
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  4828. Wow. Incredible work. Thank you!
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  4829. This is an excellent video on the subject mate. Well sourced and presented. I have enjoyed listening to it over the few days and completely understand the opposition you've had to deal with. So many are intolerant to Socialism being criticized or to a well researched and presented video showing why the Nazis were a form of Socialism. I always believed it was a mistake calling them capitalist, or 'far right'.
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  4830. Sir, your arguments are very well laid out and sourced. Excellent video, keep up the good work. You bring about great discussion points and facts.
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  4831. The Fredda meat riders on the comments being slaughtered right now lol
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  4832. Wow, this is very well researched.
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  4833.  @TheImperatorKnight  Err ... can't you simply mention the problem in the next Stalingrad episode (let say at the beginning) and redirect all those interested to your Wrong Number video for detailed explanation? I think that most people will watch the whole series, episode by episode, and they won't mind some mistakes, if they're corrected.
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  4834. Props to u for honesty. Appreciate it. Keep up great work. Love ur show!
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  4835. A very good question given the current state of things.
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  4836. I think you are confusing political ideas with war needs. Most of the polices of all states during wars are done in the CONTEXT of war. What hitler or the US did to try and win the war (supporting the established industrialist lobbies etc) was mainly done as a temporary concession to help the war effort. But the POLITICAL plan in the long run was different. Hitler wanted to eliminate capitalist competition and put everything under the control of the state. That was not possible during the war for obvious reason, but hitler showed many times that he despised capitalist competition as he considered it a "jewish trick". They got him in power? Yes but just because they wante dto use him as a tool. And hitler wanted to use them too. The same with Mussolini etc...Industrialists tend to search for a "strong man" in moments of need. That doesnt automatically mean that that "strong man" fits their political ideas. Cooperation doesnt mean anything. Thye had a common enemy: the Red socialists. That doesnt mean that Hitler was a capitalist. "Nazi germany was not socialist" of course, because Hitler did not have the TIME and RESOURCES to do it. But that doesnt mean that his END GOAL was a socialist one. Look, Ill give you one simple exemple: what is the utopian exemple to follow in the minds of both Comunists and Nazis? ITs SPARTA. Why? because in the legend, Sparta is seen as a socialist state where everything works togheter as a single organism, where the State is EVERYTHING and the citizens exists in function of it. This shows how close Communism and Nazism were. "hitler -socail democracy" not at all..where did you get this? Hitler hated democracy, he mentions it in the book and calls it "the dictatorship of the masses" or somehting like that. He despised Parliaments and voting, he wanted an ORGANIC STATE where the citizens worked togheter as one. As an hive. I dont understand where u got this "social-democratic hitler" from... UK and US welfare policies were stop gap decisions to support the war effort, once again it doesnt mean anything...even Bismark in the 1800s put up welfare policies..he didnt do it because he was a socialist, he did it for convenience to stop the sindacalists and german socialists from taking too much votes. The "common ownership" of the means of production in the USSR was a goal never achieved and its basically the same as in Nazi germnay. Hitler wanted all industries to be controlle dby the State tru the Nazi party, which is exactly what Stalin did with the USSR industries controlled by the Communist party. Where do you see these "big differences"?
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  4837. Hey Tik I know you only really specialize in ww2 history which I absolutely love but just imagining you diving deep into a character like Alexander the Great is so fascinating.
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  4838. Great vid and amazing series, TIK. You're the best historian on YT, and your work ethic is second to none.
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  4839. TIK - I see a constant theme playing out. The reason for the state of the German strength at this point in the battle could be because Paulus seemed to be always attacking in multiple areas at the same time - versus concentrating his forces for a single attack. His leadership was defined by indecisiveness. Wasn't Schwerpunkt the core doctrine of the German military? Where did he utilize it? I don't see it.
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  4840. I fully agree with you sir. Deniers of history have infuriated me for years. Go for it.
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  4841. Missed opportunity, not placing "Sticking to tanks" before "But is that really the case?"
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  4842. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES STALINGRAD!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  4843. 100k subs and battlestorm Stalingrad! Can Tik get any better than that?
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  4844. Even the fanatical xenophobic Space Marine is behaving well!
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  4845. As it should be!
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  4846. has any of your work so far been agknowleged or seen by academia? Just curious to see what they would say, I cannot fault your work other than there is more to the stategic bombing campain from a practical and doctrine perspective (doctrine came head on into reality a bit like british ideas on how tanks should fight.) Keep doing the sterling job.
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  4847. First! Also liking new thumbnails
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  4848. :coughHalder:... lol xD
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  4849. I am so happy with all your work and a new episode of this! :D
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  4850.  @TheImperatorKnight  leftists have a lot of logical problems. funny how the left hates the rich corporations,,, yet they are completely supported both financially and ideologically by them.
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  4851. 51st! Did I win something?😀
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  4852. Everyone Gangsta til TIK starts laughing uncontrollably
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  4853. The "Robot" theory may be true though. Even Tik himself mentions "Alloy Hitler" in this video. Several times! ;-)
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  4854. That's a nice Bryansk Front you got there...would be a shame if it was...encircled.
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  4855. Found your channel a couple of months ago and I have to say, youre content is fantastic for a ww2 buff like me. Great job and keep up the good work brother! I know you are focusing on Stalingrad at the moment but I would love to see content about the fighting in east around the autumm of 1943. I have struggled to find really good books or content about the Dnieper-battles or the general situation in other areas.
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  4856. Hey! Hyundai Smytheblye is a great car! >:|
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  4857. My finger on this upload was quick fire
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  4858. TIK you turned Monday into a great day! thx
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  4859. >Why I quote people you don't like. But you don't? I have no reason to form a personal opinion of them. Now, if you wanted to quote someone that I disliked you'd be quoting some of my Marxist high school "friends" who basically get triggered when you argue things they don't agree with and can't have rational arguments.
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  4860. Absolutely yes!
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  4861. Thanks, this has been interesting. The more I study politics and economics, the less clear the left/right dichotomy becomes. For example, I always considered “corporations are people” a mantra of the right. From this video, though, it seems that a more purely capitalist POV would take the opposite stance. The fault lines seem to run along corporatist/individualist rather than left/right fissures.
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  4862. Great piece that allows you to rethink your ideas! Ian Kershaw is my go to person on Hitler , but you are adding more to the debate!
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  4863. My god dude, you just earned a new sub. This makes a lot more sense, the pieces just fit so well. Gonna subscribe for sure.
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  4864. Thanks for the informative video TIK. I've always thought that someone owning a slip of paper implying ownership of business was silly nonsense. Afterall, if the Government can and does engage in heavy regulation of said bank or business...do you really own it??? No, you have all the responsibility for the banks or businesses success or failure but no real authority or control. This is the primary problem with any form of regulation, namely those who are in real control of either bank or business ( usually the Government ) are never accountable for its success or failure. While those who will be likely ruined by failure, have been stripped of their authority to run things .
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  4865. Under nazis wages were determined by the state. 10 hour working day, length of holidays and much more, like where you went on holiday was determined by state. So, same as communist Russia, ussr, all the socialist states. Yes, there was no unemployment, because if you did not work you went to a concentration camp or prison. So, never mind industrialists and blaa blaa, for normal person that is 99% of the population it is all the same.
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  4866. It's not about truth, Tik. It's about pushing the narrative. You could mathematically prove your position to be true beyond any ability for doubt and they'd simply ignore you.
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  4867. Tik my honest opinion on this is that YOU need to be the one that decides what direction the channel should go down. We are viewers of all your content and the overwhelming majority of us enjoy whatever content you're willing to give us. Make this decision about you, and what you want to see from your channel. TIKHistory is your creation, your pride and joy so take it in whichever direction you want it to see, we will still be here to enjoy whatever content you produce because yes we're here for the history but many of us are here for you as well. Many of us simply enjoy your commentary, your in depth analysis and your take on historical events. I'm sorry things have come down to this and I hope you're able to deal with whatever problems are haunting you but don't feel as though you have to produce content every single week, we would much rather watch a video that we know you have put your all into, than rushed content which you yourself may not have the passion for. Don't lose yourself in the bump and grind of YouTube, do what you think is best, you're a human not a content creating machine. Take the breaks you need, take the time you need we will all still be here when you return.
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  4868. Good luck! Looking forward to the next stalingrad video
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  4869. just subscribed
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  4870. The far left (especially) and far right often change the meaning or definitions of words to suit their agendas.
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  4871. The biggest problem with the internet is that children have joined the public conversation.
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  4872. Superb presentation. So much information in such a short video. I don't think anyone else consistently delivers such detailed and coherent historical analysis. Outstanding!
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  4873. This was an eye-opening 9,5 minutes, never knew the Czech NSAP existed before today. Excellent work once again TIK, god to have yuou back with the quality I know your content for! o7
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  4874. Awesome video as allways ! Very detailed and well presented ! Love it ! Keep up the good work !
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  4875. Cheer's for your well thought out perspective again. Even if not everyone agree. Good info
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  4876. Fantastic work Tik. Your most important video yet. This both represents a real breakthrough and also is relevant to our situation today.
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  4877. As a Canadian with universal “healthcare”, I don’t recommend it either…
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  4878. Hey TIK! Long time fan here and I do feel guilty for not being a Patreon of yours. I am struggling financially with this CPI being over 10% since JULY 2022! I will support your channel as soon as I get my side hassle going ("better be out of the system instead of in it"). I really don't want to find myself in 2030, being happy and owning nothing... definitely will never move to Oxford. Nevertheless, keep on doing what you do. You are evolving and some of us are evolving with you as well, and crave for this sort of content. WWII is "nice" and all, but this sort of content is needed. I have the impression that you are explicitly being sarcastic with your "modern day" messages and for a good reason. Please focus less on the Woke crowd and more on the "Red Pill" and socialist people out there. You've been a socialist and you now know the cure. I am now sure that this is your calling. Don't give up, don't burn out, don't criticise the establishment and give us food for thought. You got this! Thank you so much once again, TIK, and please keep a clear mind. Don't forget that you are addressing a lot of people that don't take the time to criticise you. The ones that are making all the noise are quite thin on the ground, don't let them trick you into believing that they are the majority. Even if I'm not a Patreon just yet, I am sure that the ones out there appreciate your effort. Good luck and have a great day!
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  4879. TIK, I share your frustration with public education's lacking when it comes to presenting quality information on history. I myself grew up in the Southern United States and vividly remember my "History" lessons, one on the Fertile Crescent being "Basically it was fertile, it was a crescent, go to the baseball field.", the awkward aspects of the "Lost Cause Mythos" being taught as fact and of course that my geography textbooks still had the USSR as a current country in the 2000s because they hadn't been updated. It's part of why I enjoy your channel, you do an excellent job presenting the information and listing your sources expands on my own investigative reading, for which I am grateful.
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  4880. You know its a good one when youtube puts a disclaimer under the video
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  4881. Been a while since ive been this early. Absolutely love these type of videos I found your channel from a Professor who is an expert on communism and Marx as well as Ayn Rand. Professor Nikos . As well as Yaron Brook mentioned you on his show. Great content keep it ip
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  4882. Ayn Rand was deeply affected by Communism and that maybe where others find cultish behavior. A strong push for HER ideas to remain pure, reverence for entrepreneurs, and total degradation of other ideologies.
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  4883. It like here in Portugal. Transportation companies (road, railroad, ferries, national air carrier) are suposed to be "private" companies but the state owns a piece of them, controls its internal regulations such as labour disputes, fixes prices and keeps throwing taxpayer money at them. Some economists even say that if it weren't for these companies we might not even have much of a deficit. But the public wants "cheap" transportation, of course. They don't just realize they're paying a higher fee indirectly through their wasted taxes.
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  4884.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hearing about how the men in Stalingrad suffered kind of puts our bad state atm into perspective. Everybody take care of yourselves and family.
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  4885. i loved the term distorian …. i'm gonna start using it immediately …. yet kinda disappointed I was expecting more about crusader today
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  4886. This is among the best content on YouTube. Screw opinion I want research.
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  4887.  @TheImperatorKnight  Definitely! (Probably because of you) I knew before that Marxism was anti-Jewish, but did not exactly know why or to what extent this was true. Now it has become abundantly clear.
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  4888. Oh come on Tik, it's May day bank holiday. Even the worker gets this day off. You should relax and uploaded this video tomorrow
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  4889. TIK, this is exactly what many of us wanted for you when you really got burned out earlier this year. "Low effort" videos when needed so that you can put out "high effort" videos when they are ready. I find all of your work to be extremely high effort, but there's certainly a difference between a video that is replying to a comment using your previous knowledge and a video that requires you to read something not only new but incredibly illuminating. We don't mind you taking an extra week (or two!) to get it right.
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  4890.  @Go-hard-or-go-home  "what is your profession?" He's a potter, sir. (let's see if anyone gets the reference)
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  4891. Last time I was this early I still had fuel for my tanks
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  4892. Yeah, yeah, but are you going to talk about the real offensive today TIK, the ones from Italy straight through Englands defenders. ITS COMING ROME
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  4893. Interesting reason indeed, after watching plenty of your videos i did come to a conclusion before you uploaded this video, that the reason they kept fighting till the end couldn't be just military "stick to tanks" kinda of deal, but figuring out the reason was still too hard to come up myself
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  4894. penness 😮😳😳
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  4895. I am also a former socialist. And this is 💯 correct.
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  4896. That Bear Necessities pun was gold
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  4897. I was a member of the Communist Party (two different ones in succession). I did that because I had lost my religion due to New Atheism, and I needed something to believe in. Society didn’t offer me anything too compelling (this was back in the aftermath of 2008 crisis) and it seemed like there would be no jobs. So I became first a Bernie Bro, then accepted the ‘Trump is a fascist’ argument, and leaped to Communism to have a meaning in life. The Revolution would be my meaning. I left when I realized my comrades were not being morally improved by Communism but if anything were in worse shape than others. I also realized that if we gained power we would do the same as the Bolsheviks and I became disgusted with their vision. So I dropped out and became a Catholic to get an actual community
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  4898. An hour long? Lovely, I'm going to watch it!
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  4899. Funny you showed that pic of the woman with the face mask. I was in the UK earlier this month, in London, and I saw a lot more people wearing face masks then I normally would in my neck of the woods. Here in Nijmegen maybe 1 in a 1000 still, in London I think it was 1 in 50.
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  4900. Never has any other channel made me think more critically and provide me with new info about ww2 than TIK. Honestly thank you for your work, really has helped to give me fresh perspectives towards this period in time.
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  4901.  @TheImperatorKnight  Honestly, I think you are far too critical of yourself. There is a reason for the existence of weekends. Sure, if you work for a company, its easier to say "oh nice, 4pm, behind me the flood", but most of your viewers understand that you need breaks as well. Have you thought of doing a bit of sport to balance your desk-heavy work?
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  4902.  @TheImperatorKnight  I suggest taking a weekend off at least once a month. Then again I am a lazy bloke who sits in front of electronics all day so what do I know.
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  4903. Yo take a break skip a week if you must I’m fine with it.
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  4904. Haha much in life has changed since I begun watching the series from it's infancy, had dreams about it. For some reason I'm still watching and fervently expecting each new video like I just started a new show last week. 😂
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  4905. I've only watched half your video TIK, And I can already tell that you deserve my backing on patreon. Been watching for years and it's about time I do my part. Thank you for your dedication to history!
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  4906. 17:00 "look at the Wikipedia article" Oh lordy
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  4907. "They don't want to know about the book, because they don't want to look in the Mirror" bingo, nailed it
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  4908. Nice explanation, Lewis. Thank you so much.
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  4909.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hip Hip HOORAY, and congratulations! 🥂💯😎 I have followed this from the start, and it was amazing (even the one about the map) and VERY much worth every minute of my time. I might even go back to the start and binge on it. The fact is, you have produced the best series on Stalingrad, period. Take a bow, and take Christmas OFF DUTY, alright? I promise, we'll be fine w/o you for 2 weeks. 😇
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  4910. Teaching critical thinking is vital work, TIK, but it has always been a lonely path. See the autobiographical essays of Fréderic Bastiat for details. Best wishes.
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  4911. As someone who has worked at McDicks, it isnt good food and you shouldn't eat it. If you need the nuggs, go buy some frozen ones they're much better.
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  4912. im 16 years old and i want to get into economics, any suggestions on some books? i love ur vids btw
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  4913.  @TheImperatorKnight  for some reason people can’t understand that Hitler and Nazi Germanys ‘Christianity’ was a complete facade.
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  4914. First
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  4915. TIK man... these are f'in amazing. Love the detail you have put into all this. Absolutely legendary and I am sure many will still be watching these decades into the future.
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  4916. Nope, he's doing the right thing - Responding to such dimwits will most likely not change them but it can very well prevent inexperienced third parties from falling for their shit. Ignoring such people only makes sense in a private environment but remember that the Internet is a public place where all sorts of people get influenced by the content they see.
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  4917. The city map looks astounding. I'm truly impressed that have done all of this almost single handedly. Can't wait for the rest of the series, thank you TIK!
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  4918. I was notified but I was doing something else at the moment. That's why I'm a little late to the party. I don't trust Google, their Analytics or their policies. If you look at their policies regarding what can and can't be monetized and then look at their advertisements they're not reconcilable. They don't want historically accurate violent videos but they show you video games where your mowing down opponents by the hundreds. They don't want to monetize anything that is too sexualized yet they show you the video games where you see nothing but bouncing butts and boobs. Personally I'm not a gamer but I also believe in a Level Playing Field. They break their own policies if you give them enough money.
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  4919. It would make sense that Kesselring would omit his supposed argument with Goering if they were trying to organise their defences for the trials at the time and they agreed not to add another crime to Goerings list. Just playing devil's advocate.
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  4920. "I see a Patton developing here" Well done TIK, well done
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  4921. My favorite YouTube series!!! Binge watched up till now. Can’t wait for each episode.
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  4922.  @johnpoole3871  In fact, he made a whole video about how everyone, absolutely everyone, including himself, has a bias :)
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  4923. Dear tik, thank you for your perpetually interesting content. Not only do your videos make my day more interesting, I believe you do the best "Hitler voice" of all historical you tubers I watch.
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  4924. Hey Tik, how long do you plan to continue the Stalingrad series for? Do you have a specific part of the war or the Fall Blau campaign in which the series will conclude or is this still tbd?
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  4925.  @TheImperatorKnight  I know right? Your basic economics videos was hilarious.
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  4926. 1:10 - At the time of Op.Barbarossa or in 1942? Not talking shit, just trying to get the date right.
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  4927. if you're about to nationalize industries, you first want to sell your stocks before they become worthless. Also called Insider Trading.
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  4928.  Ariyan Eighty  Like TIK I'm not a fan of totalitarianism either... I don't like the state telling me what to do or not to do, as if I were not capable of thinking for myself
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  4929.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for the reply. As far as the biased criticism goes, once or twice is possible, but with that much consensus, it becomes a bit much to discredit everything as horribly biased. In the case of the references in your videos, I started watching around the Stalingrad Rations video, so I didn't know that. Still the name David Glantz has been forever etched into my mind from how many times he was mentioned as a source.
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  4930. I know of NOBODY - who has done more to clear the purposely muddied waters in the deep Well of History than the TIK ! - Thank You and keep up the good work.
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  4931. Yeah, Q/A! TIK is back and kicking! By the way, it's monday, and after 15 minutes there are 1500 views. All of them history nerds 😆
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  4932. Wow, absolutely amazing. You learn something new everyday, thanks to people like TIK.
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  4933. I love these types of video's from you TIK. ;)
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  4934. Except that Germany did declare war on Poland through invading it. Poland was in an alliance with the UK. It's no different from honoring the Entente pact or the Tripartite agreement.
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  4935. For about the first 5 minutes it sounded plausible, but I am glad you came to the same conclusion as me. It's a classic case of taking a theory and then trying to shoehorn them into the facts. This is poor acedemic work and suffers from a lack of peer review. Just because 2 groups have convergent goals, does not mean they have common backers. Also I fundamentally disagree with your comment on the EU, but this is not relevant to this story. IG got American money as it had an American arm, no great surprise. I don't see how wall street would benefit from a countries setting up autarkic/vampire economies where their investment could be seized at the whim of the governments of Germany and the Soviet Union - for example. The one theory that does hold water is that of the Standard Oil scandal, where post war the CEO stated that the needs of the shareholder trump those of the state, when he was accused of supplying the enemy - which they undoubtedly were. No charges were made, but all those families got a choke hold on political power - so no surprise.
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  4936. Notification squad
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  4937. Economics is at the heart of all war. Just look at the Civil War
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  4938. Everyone is bias. It's whether what you're bias about being true or not.
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  4939.  @DBE-df4wx  When you're in a comment section discussing Hitler and history and you're forced to bring up trans people because you just HAVE to move the goalpost, maybe rethink your worldview?
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  4940. i am a real fan of the oil video (best thing ever). maybe you can do similar things about coal, chromium, electricity, etc? i assume those issue are often neglected by historians
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  4941. It's a shame that YouTube is almost always mentioned in every video I watch as an obstacle to telling the whole truth. I hate having to use this platform as a mere watcher. I don't even consider being a content creator. I find it interesting that a large percentage of the my favorite historical content creators are British, although I wouldn't care if they weren't. I have read plenty of WW2 history, including some on the raids on Dresden, so YouTube's idiotic censorship (dumping history into the "memory hole") didn't keep me ignorant of the facts TIK had to gloss over. Even so, I still learned a lot from this video. Nice work, TIK, I hope someday another platform will supplant this platform, and you will be free to make videos as you see fit.
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  4942. This is one of your best videos. Truly horrifying but a story that needs to be told. And it another shit storm of horror in all of Europe. Keep up the good work. And I always love how you look at everything from both sides, and you are purely interested in the truth. Good work.
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  4943.  @TheImperatorKnight  absolutely. I haven't come across a Korsun video that's even close to this. Your dedication to your work is evident and very much appreciated by us who want to know about all the variables that made these operations successful or unsuccessful and not just this army attacked and succeeded or thrown back. I've followed you for years now and I've seen your following grow and I know it will continue bc there is nothing like it. Keep doing your thing! Respect from Washington DC 🤘🏾.
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  4944. I would say it was primarily the result of Hitler viewing the western soviet states similarly to how the United States viewed the lands to its west during her expansion. A sort of manifest destiny. A lot has changed in the past fifty years so it's easy to view all of this under the wrong lens. While we all interpret history in our way, sometimes the traditional and mainstream view is the closest to reality. We don't always have to alter our interpretation of history just for the sake of it. Love your vids, btw. Been watching forever:).
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  4945. Hey TIK. Thanks for the amazing videos, they are very well researched. I find this to especially be the case in your series on the Weimar Hyperinflation and am interested in many of the sources you have used. Do you know where I could find a pdf of Schacht's "Stabilisation of the Mark"?
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  4946. Tik, bro we all get called these kinds of things during daily conversation in the current political climate. Push through man, speak the truth, and don't internalize the taunting. They're not really angry at you - they're angry at having to think about their own positions. You'll never convince EVERYONE to think like you do. Ironically, that's the leftist requirement. Homogeneous thinking. Many, many people are out here grateful for what you're doing.
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  4947. Binging now, dude you really are my favorite on YT
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  4948. I was honestly recently thinking where this TIK comes from. As usually a person's bias comes quite clear, and I honestly didn't know. Really feel I'm getting the true story that cuts through the bullshit.
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  4949. Your channel just came up for me today. I listen to a lot of documentaries while working and really enjoyed the ones I listened to today. I was especially interested in hearing about the US purges. I had no idea that happened - and I watch a lot of WWII documentaries. Thanks for the effort you put in to your videos. I subscribed.
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  4950. People who are just into tanks are not really interested in history are they?
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  4951. Hey TIK, congratulations on another great episode. I've been watching for quite a while now, some time before Courland pocket. Anyway, I have two questions in case you grace me with a reply. How far along is this documentary, I'm wondering what proportion of the series the Soviet advance era is gonna be and also how much capacity to resupply over the Volga did the Soviets have vs how much did they make use of it in reality. In other words, if Soviets (for whatever reason) decided to focus on resupplying Chuikov instead of building up on the flanks, how much better could their resupply efforts be. It seems to me not much.
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  4952. TIK you have come a very, very, VERY long way. Indeed, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. My heart pounded ever louder as we got closer to operation Uranus.
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  4953. I always thought voting our way out of this mess was a pipe dream. So I will confess, I voted Labour in July. For no other reason than I knew they'd accelerate this shite so fast that every single Joe Normie would be forced to wake up. I thought it would take more than 26 days though!
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  4954. This is why we have a 2nd Amendment in the USA 🇺🇸. The right to self defense, despite the stupidity of law makers.
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  4955. The 2 guys using the heil salute are mocking the police.
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  4956. Extremely good video! I appreciate all the research and context you bring to history!
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  4957. I always found your political videos to be rather brave and insightful. Must help that I already agreed with you though.
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  4958. Hey TIK! You should find your way into Academic Agent's discord! We would love you in there and perhaps help you with analysis if needed.
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  4959.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you TIK for clarifying this for me. This actually makes a lot of sense!
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  4960. 9th comment? Anyhow, I'd like to convey my appreciation for you TIK/Mr. Lewis, the work that you poured into your videos are immense and amazingly well done. I might not agree a hundred percent with your economic point of views, but the rest is pretty much great. Don't tire yourself too much, Mr. Hist-imperator Knight!
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  4961. Description is looking perfect this time TIK, and notifications are working as well. Cheers!
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  4962. Oh my something was wrong with the original? Guess I can wave hi to Manstein and Degrelle again. Btw read Degrelle's accounts of this battle, and you can tell the guy had PTSD from it.
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  4963. Stalingrad set my standard for quality for discussions on the topic.
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  4964. TIK I love your BATTLESTORM series man. Keep up the good work!
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  4965. Great channel. I would just caution your dismissal of some sources and apparent “blind” trust in others. You should always maintain a good portion of scepticism toward any sources.
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  4966. Stalingrad was such a waste of men and materiel I don't see any reason to study it. See where your logic fails?
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  4967. Hitler: Is this railway fully done? Underling: Yes, it is fully done. Hitler: Is this really really done? Underling (looks away uncomfortably): Well.......... Totalitarian economics in a nutshell. It's a wonder the Germans got as far as they did and it really shows the adage that he who f***s up the least tends to be the ones that wins. Once the Allies and Soviets stopped f***ing up so much as they had the tide of the war changed.
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  4968. I could never be sold to buy that "Soviets did the job, lets be grateful" narrative, and this detailed & logical explanation blows that narrative away.. So glad to see this done in a way that I could never articulate. I'm subscribed with TIK a very long time, and one reason is because it's so well researched & logical.
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  4969. Great analysis TIK. Good work.
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  4970. My mind is actually blown by this. I’d always assumed like many that the ideology prevented this type of brutality but I stand corrected. Having read accounts of the rape of Berlin I can only imagine how bad it was on the eastern front.
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  4971. 4chan is watching you. Being anti-German is being anti-White.
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  4972. the last time I was this early, TIK only talked about tanks
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  4973. First
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  4974. Been subscribed for a few years but have always wanted you to do a video on this topic! You have not disappointed Tik. Thank you for your videos and I'm sorry for the loss of your family member. Look after yourself!
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  4975. Glad to see you entered the New Year TIK. Hope you recovered from your illness. I look forward to this documentary.
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  4976. Congrats 🎊🎉 TIK for 200k subs
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  4977. I think that this is one of the most sad videos I have seen..but I don't believe that we have(society) learned something about this...in the schools kids with disabilities are looked down and mocked, while teachers don't give a flying flamingo about it. If a kid has a friend with disabilities, that kid is also looked down upon. I am not talking about some country 100000km away as my foreign minister would put it, but a very central European country
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  4978. I love seeing Marxist crying in the comments lol .
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  4979. And nowhere did TIK claim it to be Marxist
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  4980. This is the exact argument I have always held. It just blows my mind that anyone of relative intelligence could actually not see the inherent problem with "socialism". I've dug deep into psychology and it just convinces me that the majority are "sheep".
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  4981. In political discussions you're supposed to stay civilized, The mocking comments shown in the video are truly the bad part of political discussions, if they could even be considered discussions, at that point it's a fight with words in which no one will prosper no matter who "wins the argument". Every sort of discussion whether it's political or whatever else is supposed to teach both parties something and both of them are supposed to stay civilized and come to an understanding at the end, If you learn nothing and only tire yourself, using insults as an appropriate "Argument", then what was the point of that discussion? You both lose.
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  4982. I watched four hours, fifty four minutes and twenty seconds of this video and can tell already I have about four years of solid reading to do before I could even hope to have a conversation with TIK that isn't 99% TIK having to explain everything to me. You sir, nerd-ed out on this topic completely and it's been a pleasure to watch!
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  4983. First
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  4984. I am a communist and thank you for making this clear for people racists are the biggest enemies to prosperity of the people along side iron handed authoritarians Communism is a science and evolves to bring peace to all
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  4985. I’d say the only negative (I’ve come across so far) about reading economy without history is that you never know whether the sources are true; the treaty of Versailles is touted in the books I read, including my own history books, as being one decently big part of the hyperinflation, that the bleeding of the German economy accelerated the printing of money and thence caused people to request more money printed, leading to more inflation. That this is not true is both fascinating and scary; how can I trust my own knowledge I ask myself? I must rely on Tik and hope that he makes vids on them, for if I look on my own sources, how do I knownwhich are true and which are erroneous/maliciously wrong?
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  4986. Well, in a future distant enough for archives to be open. For the next 20 years most of info about modern conflict would be mostly propaganda
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  4987. (Does a video about history in YT and has to preface it with the following;) "No, i'm not a vassal of Charlemagne and i don't hate saxons nor i support the genocide of saxons, i just want to talk about his campaigns on the 8th century saxon wars."
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  4988. The M13/40 should be classified as a light tank at 14 tons it can't be called a medium tank even if Italy classified it as a medium.
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  4989. Thank you for your great work. I love your videos!
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  4990. get some rest mate! It's much appreciated!
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  4991. Love your honesty, Tik, and I wish more socialists would take your journey for themselves. There is a book called Mafia Democracy by an ex-mafia boss that is well worth a read. It only scratches the surface of the corruption we face, but is a good start.
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  4992. Hey, you saying "But is this really the case" in German (Which was pretty decent by the way) gave me an idea for a funny video you could do for christmas (or any other holiday): You will say your catchphrase in all important languages! This will help spread good history practice all over the world! :D
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  4993. I wonder if 1.1k people bothered to check your sources before hitting the disklike
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  4994.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you so much for replying and your kind, optimistic words. I didnt really think you would have time for it but I just wanted to show my appreciation for all your hard work that has been on my mind for a very long time. I am doing small improvements sometimes the difference between a victorious/wasted day is a small walk outside in the park. I would like to give you a life saving advice and to anyone who lives in the UK. Please get yourself a private health insurance because until it happens to you, you can't imagine all the pain you will have to go through the NHS to get yourself fixed. The waiting times even before covid were unbelievably long for simple scans/visits which in turn can take away literally years of your life. I am in no position to be able to afford private visits now but I do spread the word and this is especially for people with kids who love sports. I hope this message will help you or at least one person reading it. Take care of yourself as well, and once again thank you for your reply, you really made my day!
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  4995. I'm beginning to think you might not have faith in Keynesian Economics.
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  4996. I want to thank you TIK for this great body of work you are producing and making available. I was a history major almost 20 years ago in college and, though I never lost interest, I did loose my passion for it. Your work has really contributed to changing that for me.
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  4997. The designers of the maps of Glantz’s books should be executed at dawn... no, no trial...
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  4998.  @TheImperatorKnight  I have a question, just a simple one, is this video going to be part of Stalingrad addendum videos? Because I would like to see them in a playlist for full context.
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  4999. Your production is becoming a visual treat :-)
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  5000. Hello TIK . You are Right. The speech of declaration of war made by Hitler in the Reichtstag tell exactly that! Because of the land leasing Russia was already using Thompson’s guns, Shermans tanks and p38. Americans planes. Só USA were already fighting a war with Germany. But was not mobilized. Very good analysis! Keeping always the good work.
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  5001. I see, I like. That's the TIK guarantee.
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  5002.  @TheImperatorKnight  You're optimistic about pessimism. ;)
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  5003. I see you are a guitar man. My two favourite things, history and music.
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  5004. Errata at 11:25. 2 pounder is 40mm, while 6 pounder is 57mm. They're listed the other way. Great stuff. I recall how Tobruk had fallen and tens of thousands of prisoners' taken, but never knew the details of how it had happened. Another excellent Battlestorm.
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  5005. But wouldn't it become a bit of a soup than? I mean, also others might mind too? Just thinking out loud here... Many people are here for battlestorm-like stuff, and they might leave? I dunno, again just thinking out loud. A clear and nice division might leave it more organized. And than there's the algorithm ofcourse... Sigh. That Evil incarnate devilish creation lol
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  5006. Hi TIK, Just wanted to say that i´m a big fan of your videos. This video in particular was very interresting for me, because i´m a decendant of ethnic germans from the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. Lots of the points you were talking about reminded me of a letter (rather a form of diary) of my great-grandmother, who was living in Dobschau/ Dobšiná in Slovakia around the time of the First World War. She also described in that letter, how much the economy was bad in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during and after the war (for example it was according to her so bad that the trains weren´t coming anymore because of the lack of coal). But after the collapse of the Empire there was also a lot of upheaval, especially in Slovakia. For example Hungary tried to reinstate their power over Slovakia and the hungarian and german minoritys in Slovakia were marching towards the hungarian troops waving hungarian flags. In the meantime the slovakian and czech officials were hiding in the carpathian mountains and laughed about how the Hungarians and Germans were making fools of themselves . When the hungarian troops retreated to Hungary again, the Slovakians and Czechs were like "we told you this wouldn´t work out!". I wish I could tell you more; but I fear, this comment would be too long. All in all I wouldn´t mind if you were making more videos about the First World War or the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Finally I want to say: Keep up the good work and i´m looking forward for your next video. Best greetings from a fan from Bavaria/Germany
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  5007. Thank you TIK. "America's Great Depression" from your link is in Polish too.
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  5008. I don't comment much, but I love your videos man, especially these beat downs on historical revisionism. Your videos should be required learning in high school here in the States.
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  5009. It’s funny because there are ideologues who will do all sorts of esoteric mental gymnastics to make the text support their failed ideology. It’s the Hegelian Dialectic played out in a comment section.
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  5010. First! EDIT: Hearing you pronounce Estonian and Latvian names is hilarious! :D
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  5011. You, SIr, are evidence of the superiority of the free market.
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  5012. Love this channel, the content is in depth and well researched. Keep up the great work!
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  5013. I just binge watched all your other series in a week.... I NEED MORE! Jk take your time, I love these so much.
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  5014. That is got to be the funniest video you have done. I would be still laughing but I am crying because it is true and how far man has fallen.
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  5015. I think Himmler was a socialist 😁
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  5016. Interesting. I remember on the WWII real time channel, Spartacus spent an episode denouncing the idea that Nazis were socialists. And here we have a counterpoint that presents different information. I always thought that he had a soft spot for the left…
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  5017. I second that motion
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  5018. Thank you TIK for making such an awesome video.
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  5019. Music industries have a quick copyright claim trigger finger don’t they?
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  5020. I'm so early Vatutin hasn't been assassinated yet!
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  5021. Another excellent video TIK Keep it up!
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  5022. ME : "Oh interesting subject, why a multipart video though that's unusu...." TIK : "400 pounds book" ME : "Oh ok gotcha" On an completely related note, I'll finally get my first job more than a year after graduating (Yay thanks Covid (Lockdowns)), no promises, but I think you're about to get a new patreon/subscribestar (any preference btw ?). The work you've been putting out is genuinely incredible.
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  5023. Ugh another "history video", TIK, just stick to banks.
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  5024. Only eight minutes in and had to stop to give praise. Excellent as usual. Now back to the the video.
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  5025. So Hyderabad was like an evil twin of Kamchatka? Kamchatka didn't see torpedo boats but reported them when Hyderabad saw them but didn't reported them. Brilliant.
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  5026. Oh boy this is going to be a contentiously received video.
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  5027. Everytime you mention churchill's angry messages i keep picturing him on xbox live spouting with the chat on... 😂
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  5028. i was recently listening to James lindseys podcast on the "Queer Gnostic Cult" and one recurring theme that kept coming up in the texts he was reading was the idea that being queer was the struggle against your own gnostic prison which from that perspective was both the mind and the body simultaneously. i couldnt help but notice the constant use of the word "struggle" in the texts he was reading. Then i remembered a video of yours i watched about Hitlers idea of struggle and i finally noticed the similarities between the queer gnostic struggle and Hitlers idea of struggle. i cant explain it all here but the more ive read and watched it becomes so obvious as you stated here that Marxism, National Socialism, Wokeness and even many world major religions are just off shoots of the gnostic/hermetic religion. Even James Lindsey has said that he believes that Karl Marx copied the Corpus Hermeticum when writing the communist manifesto (sometimes even word for word) which is why this gnosis becomes so pervasive throughout all these marxist/postmodern theories from from pure marxist socialism to queer/gender ideology. Thats enough of a rant for now but great video and was super interesting. id definitely recommend listening to more of James Lindseys stuff as he goes super in depth on all of this and how all these new aged ideologies really do connect in gnosticism and hermeticism
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  5029. When I saw TIK mention James Lindsay, I said aloud, "YES!" It's great to see this meeting of minds finally. This Gnostic religion is perhaps the greatest scourge against humanity. Note that Lindsay sides with Christianity because it is trying to protect humanity from Gnosticism. By the way, I would disagree that John is Gnostic. He is actually writing from the ancient context that we mostly have lost. Gnostics just seized upon his work and called it Gnostic, based on misinterpretation. However, scholars who study ancient contexts have recovered what may be the most accurate understanding of the Christian Bible. Among them is the late Michael Heiser (he died just this Feb 2023). I invite people to look him up. I guarantee you, once you find him work, it isn't Gnosis - it's much better!
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  5030. Spouses actually have legal protection if their other commits a crime in the US. Just adding to your point
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  5031. 0 views, yet 1 comment, impressive
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  5032. Sigh....too often I see hostility for the sake of hostility in comments about any subject. We should be able to respectfully disagree with each other and make our arguments calmly and logically. I was subjected to much the same once when I argued that if Lee had won at Gettysburg, it wouldn't have guaranteed that the American Civil War would have ended with a Southern victory. Got called a "dolt." But back to the topic of Market-Garden...Where did this rumor about the thousand panzers originate, and why did Gavin and Browning think this rumor was strong enough to impact their plans? I'll watch the video again to make sure that wasn't covered, and my apologies if it was. Fighting a cold today!
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  5033. You study history because you enjoy it not because it’s ‘useful’.
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  5034. I always knew Patton was a prick but...damn. The Jew part as well, I bet Patton would get along quite well with some members of the opposing side.
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  5035. I wasn't super interested in the video when I accidentally tapped on it, but being ready for bed, I decided to give it 5 minutes. I just reached the end. Very interesting illustration TIK! As you learn, we learn with you. It is great to be able to track your thought development and hear your musings. Most importantly, you are willing to correct and amend your thinking.
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  5036. With regards to memoirs do you think Soldiers memoirs are good in any way as ive been reading Panzer ace: The memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy by Richard Freiherr Von Rosen who was a Panzer commander in 503. Schwere Panzer Abteilung and overall gives alot of details that prove to be correct. Whats your thoughts on this TIK?
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  5037. It's incredible how often this happens, entire early history of my region is based on one document written 300 years after the events it describes and it's so full of illogical mistakes that you'd wonder how anyone ever considered it valid information, but for some reason it's just accepted and anyone who questions it is branded as fringe. At this point honestly believe what you want, history was sso forged that anything you read has probably been written to fit someone's agenda...
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  5038. Your video’s are just amazing!! I love your series about Stalingrad battle, it’s probably the most detailed series I’ve ever seen! Keep up the great work, and good health these days - can’t wait till the next episode :P - you are the first youtuber I’m willingly paying to support!
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  5039. This video series is so good. I'd use more colorful language but I don't want YouTube to get upset. Regardless, this is my favorite history series on the entire platform. TIK's research is awesome and in depth. I know this series has been a lot of work TIK, but take it from me we appreciate the hard work to learn so much more about the history of WW2 and the details of the Battle of Stalingrad. Thank you 🫡.
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  5040. Raced to sharing this over discord. 😃
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  5041. Nobody mic drops better than TIK.
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  5042. Sadly he has to do it otherwise some dimwit troll will misrepresent it as his actual statements and not a quote.
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  5043. Whenever I run into the argument that Hitler was a capitalist, I usually ask for them to explain Autarky and how Autarky can be considered capitalism. Anyone claiming Hitler was a capitalist has to do amazing mental gymnastics to ignore wage controls, price fixing, state mandated union membership, government forced quotas upon industry, the state management of natural resources, the establishment of state owned corporations like the Herman Goering Works which was probably largest corporation in Europe in 1945, etc. Arguing that Hitler wasn't a Marxist socialist is an honest argument, but going beyond that to claim he was a right wing capitalist is sum false. Surprisingly, a professor told my history class that the view of Hitler as right wing was perpetuated by soviet historians and leftists academics following ww2. As I encountered Marxist history professors I found first hand that there was truth in that statement.
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  5044.  @bassamalfayeed1384  I'm not saying I'm a fascist, what I'm saying is that he presented it in a very human and intellectual light.
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  5045. Such as? Examples are usually key points of a presented argument
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  5046. TIK showing that the general Austrian Economics understanding of the world not only is internally consistent but consistent to reality and applicable to historical understanding, a great addition to the movement and world
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  5047. Wow a "stick to tanks" in the wild. Haven't seen one in a while.
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  5048. 44 minutes and 22 seconds of sheer brilliance. Thanks Tik for clarifying a complicated and often misrepresented period of history. This series really helps my broader understanding of how and why WWII happened. Indebted to you for all the hard work you do so viewers like me can just tune in and learn. You seemed really energised delivering this one.
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  5049. Hi Tik, I am pretty sure I have seen every video you have made several times. Your research skills and knowledge base are truly amazing. I had originally drafted a huge comment. But after reading it several times I came to the realization that the banks and the socialist are working hand in hand to control governments around the world. Gold money stands in the way as it is in limited supply. Thus, everything we have seen since the late 1800 has been an effort by the banks to take gold out of the equation and substitute it with paper. Since banks control the paper, they in effect control the world. Thank you for helping me get there. Paul
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  5050. I'll admit I'm more interested in tanks and economics. I'll also admit this ( whatever this is ) is a lot more interesting and thought provoking than I expected. Thanks.
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  5051. Wow, phenomenal video tik, I am mind blown. Thank you for connecting so many of the dots. I'll have to reflect on this a while to see how this fits into my experience with socialism.
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  5052. except you're disregarding the fact that with Market Garden, it wasn't one armoured division, it was three army corps that were making the assault. The problem was that due to the fuel shortage issues, the other two flanking corps couldn't get their start at the same time so were always too far behind. The "plan" was a good plan and even the Germans thought so - the execution was screwed over by a) Gavin not taking his primary objective, causing XXX Corps to be left on the wrong side of the Waal for too long, and b) Eisenhower not having the balls to say to Bradley, NO, you are NOT going to have the use of half of IX Troop Carrier Command from the 17th to the 20th of September, so that we can drop ALL of the airborne elements on day 1 - IX Troop Carrier Command was created to drop the airborne troops, not to act as FedEx for 12AG, but that's what they were doing!!!!
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  5053. Good grief... I've been subscribed for a long time to this channel but have somehow missed this video. It's as if this video was written just for me.... I've independently come to exactly the same conclusions that both you and LK Samuels have reached MANY years ago and have felt I'm going insane that no-one EVER publicly espouses this line of thought. This video has filled in some grey areas and cleared up some inconsistencies in my thinking, and for that I'm extremely grateful. Excuse me while I take back whats left of my sanity. Absolutely FANTASTIC rendering of an alternative perception to the chaos thats being wrought across the world today.
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  5054. Mosley IS listed on Wikipedia as a member of the Fabians, at least now: "Mosley and Cynthia were committed Fabians in the 1920s and at the start of the 1930s."
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  5055. Sure is interesting how any sort of societal progress can be traced to the government getting out of the way, and any sort of societal regression can be traced to government regulation and intervention.
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  5056. I once tried to read one of the "counter-arguments" on r/badhistory about the limitations of private propriety in Germany after the Reichstag Fire Decree. This post was pinned among a lost of "best argoments against TIK" or something like that and the WHOLE counter-argument can be summed in: "yeah the Nazis abolished private property but only on paper" withoit giving any evidence, only anectodal references. I think you should do some short videos (like max 10 minutes) to cover these particularly stupid arguments the made. Unless you don't want to give them visibility I guess.
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  5057. I Love battlestorm Stalingrad. Too bad It causes you headaches ... or even worse ...
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  5058. The detail here is unparalleled on Youtube. Amazing.
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  5059. I don’t know if it was worth your time to smack these reds down a peg. But, entertaining and fantastic work as always TIK. Keep doing the Lord’s work!
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  5060. I really like these kinds of videos. It's one of the few topics that manages to piss off socialists, communists, neo-Nazis, and Keynesian fanboys simultaneously lol
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  5061. Could you do a video on defining fascism please? I recently got into a very gaslighting heavy argument that german fascism is right wing and not related to nazis or socialism at all, and it's hard because the classic definition of fascism is missing from the dictionary as of late.
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  5062. Calm facts over reactionary posers. Great job, TIK.
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  5063. Thanks for this!!! I have been trying to acquire policies of seduction for the last year...being out of print made that a difficult and expensive proposition (last time I saw a copy for sale it was like $500)
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  5064.  @larrythorn6265  pointing out that there may be many Jews in Hollywood or other positions of power is one thing; coming to the conclusion that 'they' are out to destroy America/Aryans/the White race etc. Is a complete leap of faith, not based on fact. If being a Nazi is a religion, you have demonstrated the faith. Repeating the mantra of your religion here won't win any converts.
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  5065. Oh, this will be an interesting one. Hope all is well across the pond Tik!
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  5066. Hey Tik i think it would really help if you do a short shareable video about the fact that socialism has not to be marxist in order to exist. Or in other words that socialism is not automaticly Marxism. Because that seems to be the root of the whole problem. Viewing Socialism only with marxist eyes will always stand in the way of getting to the truth. Greetings from Germany!
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  5067.  @TheImperatorKnight  I grew up in Poland so I was presented with a different narrative than the one TIK is trying to disprove. Germans were not presented as elites but rather as fanatical brutes that pushed their way through weaker Soviet forces. They were then stopped by heroic defenders who fought desperate last stands to wear the Germans down while the Soviets built up forces to push them back. The German generals weren''t presented as brilliant tacticians but rather just brutal extensions of Hitler's will.
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  5068. Your presentation captures the drama of the situation very well! Very finely detailed map(s) too - any chance of a "Close Combat" scenario with these? ;)
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  5069. ​​ @CarlinWeberCarlin00 looking at the early comments on this video, plenty of people clearly refuse to understand that Mr. H. may have lied for political gain a few times in his life.
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  5070. Getting "when titans clashed" for christmas!
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  5071. Popcorn.
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  5072. We should just come together and form our own nation at this point
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  5073. I thought history being subjective was well understood. "His stories", all we have is a collection of stories on events. The best thing we can do is what TIK does, gather is many as possible and cross reference.
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  5074. The problem is that people uses other platforms to express criticisms (of all sorts) because YouTube allow the content creator to censor the comments. I comment here because I know TIK's intellectual honesty and I see that he can stomach honest and civilized criticism, which some other channels are not able of doing. Generally speaking though YouTube is not a platform that can be used for "debate" on the video, because "debate" means "no censorship" in my book.
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  5075. The amount of work is mind boggling
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  5076.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you for taking the time to do it. I'm not completely deaf but have issues that make it difficult to make out words a lot of the time and have to rewind and rewatch sections often. Easier to read through the captions twice or 3 times instead of backing up the video a dozen times trying to make out what someone is saying.
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  5077. Not speed bumps, potholes are roads are atrocious 😂
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  5078. The SS especially had huge overconfidence issues, especially early in the war. They took much higher than expected causalities in Poland. Inexperience also didn’t help
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  5079. I don’t know what you mean Tik, if I’m currently trying to set up a totalitarian regime (wish me luck fellas), the first thing I’m going to do is relinquish my power and authority over the industries and give it over to a myriad of different private individuals for them to do as they please with, without interference from me or my government. I mean that’s just obvious, I am shocked by the mental gymnastics you’re trying to pull on me.
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  5080. 16:43 " I don't want to get in french politics because it's stupid" No truer statement
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  5081. It's the small fronts and wee conflicts that things seem to revolve around the most. Manpower and resources were being sapped out of Britain to deal with an Arab Problem. Will definitely need to re-go through this. But this reminds me a tad about Burma and how that side Front played some big bits in the Far East. And how Finland, kinda, dictated a fair bit of the USSR's resources alongside with dealing with the Germans. And the Japanese as well. It's the details in the side conflicts that seem to have the most significant impact on things yet to come.
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  5082. Wow okay very interesting video! Gotta admit that I personally have fallen prey to the Bolshevik narrative of Fascism so thanks for really clearing this entire topic up :)
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  5083. “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.”  ― Benito Mussolini
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  5084. Let's all agree that Graf Anton von Arco-Valley is a really cool name.
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  5085.  @82dorrin  History is always going to be controversial and should be. Some ppl just dont like having beliefs and views challenged even though good science and good scholarship involves rigorous repeated testing of ideas and processes.
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  5086. That is all interesting but how can we trust someone without magical training?
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  5087. Wise words at the end there TIK, thank you.
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  5088. 5:47 This basically explains our current situation. The lockdowns over covid basically destroyed many entrepreneurs, while the monopolistic capitalist's made out like fat rats...
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  5089. Sounding like a conspirasy theorist even in my own head but, I feel like Nazi Germany and other socialist countries was where politicians experimented with how to manage the economy (and failing massively)
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  5090. I find it interesting that the first refutation of Stalingrad being a symbolic objective that was prioritised because of Hitler's fixation with the name came from Hitler himself while the battle was still ongoing.
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  5091. Why all this fighting? Couldn’t the Soviets and Nazis just talk about it over tea and crumpets?
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  5092. This by far the most intellectual thing i have seen on you tube for years.
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  5093. Ya know, I needed an uplifting story like this today.
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  5094. Robert Ley "The destruction of Dresden provides us with a Great Reset from which we will Build Back Better"
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  5095. Don't we all? Due to COVID I've been working without a vacation since August 2020. Go do a break TIK! You deserve it!
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  5096. Happy new year, mate. Personally, I think you're doing a great job (even if I found myself mumbling and hating some of your videos). Do keep it up, it's very appreciated. Much obliged - cheers!
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  5097. A capitalist understands that no nation could possibly achieve autarky (eliminating the prospect of gains from trade), as it would entail them having a comparative advantage in literally every single good produced on Earth. The only way a person could possibly believe Hitler’s line of logic is if he/she were a socialist who rejects the concept of positive-sum trade.
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  5098. As someone who understands this theme i can say that the Nazis were strongly influenced by Protestantism. Hitler himself, who came from a Catholic family, praised the Protestant religion more. He even believed that the Catholic Church in Austria worked for the Slavs and not for the Germans. This is the principle of the Prussian Junkers and their loyalty to the state, king and discipline. In general, Protestantism has greatly influenced various racist systems in the world throughout history. For example, the segregationist southern states in America. They were all Protestant. Apartheid South Africa, which was made up of Boers who were also Protestant.
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  5099. Ayn Rand's critics apparently don't understand that being selfish doesn't negate working together on mutual goals and interests (be it in a company, in marriage or in friendship). The difference between that and altruism is that people are not morally obligated to do it, which is a good thing.
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  5100. Just do your best man!
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  5101. Hi TIK, just wanted to explain why the Italians went back to old bolt action M18/91 Carcano rifle instead of the new modern Carcano M19/38 ( which is considered one of the best bolt action rifles of the war) the reason is not surprising at all, Italy's poor industry. When the new rifle came out it used a brand new 7.35 x 51 mm rifle round while the old rifle used the 6.5 x 52 mm round, however the Italian industry was so bad that they literally couldn't produce mass quantities of the new round for the new rifles to replace the old ones (this also caused logistical problems due to units being equipped with old and new rifles), so after a couple of years the Italians were forced to abandon the rifle, although their was limited manufacturing of it.
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  5102. You make history clear and enjoyable. 👍🏻
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  5103. OI WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT UPLOADING take a break man we are worried for you
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  5104. The Star Trek Enterprise reference here was awesome!
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  5105. I'd consider myself leftist in the US. This is the thing that trips me up the most: End stage capitalism is bad. End stage socialism is bad. I've done enough studies in economics to understand that pure capitalism in certain conditions leads to imo bad results. Like when markets are inelastic like healthcare and the choice is pay or die, the provider has enough leverage to completely bankrupt everyone who needs any help. That's how they'd maximize profits. So where I want to sit is in a place where we have capitalism, but also have government step into places where pure capitalism would fail us and get us better results. People living on government benefits for the poor and making no effort to improve their lives is a problem. At the same time, not caring enough about another human to give none of them a chance to bounce back from a stream of crap luck is also bad. In my view, there are people who will always take advantage of others. I'd rather look at it as an inefficiency of a system that helps people recover than have loads of homeless people with no real way to escape. If the inefficiency gets too high, we should reevaluate the program, but if it is low, I find that acceptable.
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  5106. Your couldn't express more truth I had quite a hard childhood with an absent and psychologicaly violent father and an extrêmement loving but destroyed mother. Despite good student habilities I had to struggle à lot against myself to go further my rebel instinct and even time has passed and I started my own company now, I still struggle terribly against my lazyness and lack of discipline. Fortunalely I m good in what I do but it's an everyday struggle.. the refusal of well beeing not to betray my victimal mother against my capitalist father is still present as a reflex in my everyday life. I m seeing a therapist to keep my life together but your conclusions helped me a lot more today than the hour I spent from 7pm to 8pm with him... thank you TIK, you're awesome !
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  5107.  @TheImperatorKnight  If I may suggest, add hashtags in the description. Might bring more exposure, this video definitely deserves it. Something like #rommel #ww2 and #operationcrusader
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  5108. 00:00 ⏲ The Stalingrad series is concluding with two more episodes, 50 and 51, likely wrapping up by Christmas after four years and two months since its start. 01:49 🎬 After Stalingrad, the focus shifts solely to scripting the next Battlestorm video on the Battle of Gazala in 1942 due to the editor's availability and a lack of maps for other battles. 03:34 🌍 Gazala is chosen for its significance, showcasing Rommel's peak performance and the British Army's major struggle, offering insights into Montgomery's relevance. 06:13 🎥 Shifting from episodic releases to longer, consolidated videos due to declining viewership for series - aiming for larger, all-in-one videosto match viewer preferences and algorithmic favor. 09:34 📅 Abandoning the weekly release schedule for video quality and personal well-being, prioritizing quality content over arbitrary deadlines. 12:43 📝 Promising more openness about future projects through periodic "check-in" videos, aiming for transparency about upcoming content and seeking input from the audience.
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  5109. If you're looking for a change of pace, consider going all out in a new direction. Have you considered a Pacific battle? Iwo Jima. Okinawa. Guadalcanal. Or naval, like Midway, Leyte Gulf or the battles off Guadalcanal. Or still WW2 and European, Fallaise Pocket? I'm stoked for Gazala. Loved your earlier work on North Africa. I, for what its worth, prefer the individual episodes vs the 3, 6, or 10 hour compilation videos. But hey, the stats don't lie, so if it takes dropping one 3 hour long video vs three 1 hour long vids to get the views, so be it. The content is worth it, no matter how it come out.
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  5110. I mean, I get your point about the whole madman Hitler argument that is used. But his quotes dont exactly come across as the poster boy for sanity 😅 Hes a good target for Madman scapegoatery
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  5111. The emojis are cracking me up
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  5112.  @TheImperatorKnight  and thus it starts... our own personal WORLD WAR THREE
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  5113. Hello. I just wanted to ask: If the "stick to tanks" group did not exist, would you have made your in dept economical, and political videos? I think they are very important and have the potencial to change the world for the better, so i would like to know the origins.
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  5114. >master baker I had to rewind twice because I thought TIK said he was something very different
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  5115. First! Edit: Hello, Mr. TIK! I was literally rewatching your last video, that's amazing!
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  5116. Has Piennar reached point 175 yet? Or is he still engaged against a superior enemy force?
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  5117. Love how comprehensively these questions are answered by TIK. I knew who Devers was, but only a few tidbits of what he did and his quarrel with Ike.
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  5118. Excellent narrative. Your illustration of the supply chain problems, explains the drawbacks of Eisenhower's "Broad Front" strategy in a clear and concise manner. From your presentation, it is very evident that Montgomery's idea for a narrow advance along the coast, to seize supply ports, was the more sensible in the short and long term. Perhaps Eisenhower's poor decision in this regard was influenced by the fact he had never seen action, like Montgomery or Patton had, in their own careers. Montgomery had to get his own forces to the Dunkirk beachhead intact in 1940, so that is considerable command experience alone.
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  5119. Long, short, agree, disagree, it doesn't mater I have allways have found your videos to be intelligent.
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  5120. These short videos are amazing and very informative :D Hope we can get more of these on the question through patreon stuff.
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  5121. But... but... you cannot question the leader! ERROR ERROR DETECTED ERROR ERRRRRRRRRR
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  5122. 27:33 I liked the video for this most historical accurate description of the munich agreement I've ever heard!
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  5123. If they truly thought there might be a heavy number of tanks in the Nijmegan area. The operation should have been scrubbed. If those tanks were real they would have destroyed the airborne and kicked 30 corps right back to their starting point.  So the logic is truly flawed.
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  5124. Great video.
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  5125. Well, there goes my Momday evening xD Thank you!
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  5126. This is just a theory but I feel that strange symbol of the 113 division is made of the numerals of the division's number because that shape below the two lines resemble a three on its side.
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  5127. Pretty comprehensive AND your German pronunciation is improving. It's interesting that you say the Battle of Stalingrad started in July 42 as the common story is Hitler thought the Soviet Army had been nearly eliminated since there was little resistance on the path to Stalingrad. Looking forward to your usual outstanding original analysis!
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  5128. I found myself laughing far more than appropriate throughout this video because I've seen the mental acuity responsible for these kinds of logistical shortcomings firsthand. Another presentation well researched and delivered!
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  5129.  @TheImperatorKnight  Would it be possible to do more topics in a trilogy format? Take for example the unique of policies expeditionary forces. To simply make a single all encompassing with you would feel disjointed and overly simplistic.
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  5130. Awesome, I never was this early!
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  5131. I don't understand why people are so keen on protecting German soldiers. These are the same guys who massacared civillian population, stole food and warm clothing from poor peasants basically sentencing them to die and now suddenly can't treat women badly because they are noble Aryans or something? What kind of bullshit logic is that?
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  5132. TIK: You can find more info in my Greece video. Me who is under 18: :(
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  5133. As I mentioned in Patreon, I did give Neilland's book a listen and it was a neat perspective. But I have to warn some readers of his approach to Montgomery becomes a bit overbearing, but recommend it with this caveat.
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  5134. As always, thanks for your enthusiasm TIK. Your energy really breathes life into information which is often considered too complicated to be made known to the public in any captivating manner.
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  5135. Classic tik making youtube hate him again.
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  5136. This one is pretty heavy. 😐
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  5137. you're trying to undo a century of Leninist / Bolshevick misinformation to descipeles who have no interest in 're-evaluating' their beliefs, such is herasy and the way to doubt & madness !
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  5138. 1:45:20 funny how the left in america says the same thing about white people
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  5139.  @AceFromGorillaz  That is supreme arrogance at its finest. Also no, you absolutely can be socialist without being Marxist. And there’s many reasons but I can sum it in a single one. Socialism theory predated Marxism. Marx didn’t invent socialism and his theory was but one variant. Just as Hitler rejected Marxism, Marxists rejected Utopian Socialists which was a variant around longer than them
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  5140. I have watched the entire video. It is amazing! It’s the best video I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much. I’ve always had these thoughts but never could flesh it out like you have. I feel strong and ready to battle (debate). I live in the US and I see socialism permeating throughout society at an alarming rate...especially during Covid! From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU!!
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  5141. Yet you, TIK, clearly admit right there on page 95 and I quote "TIK is mentally ill"! So obviously you are wrong!
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  5142. Things used in this video. 1. Common sense 2. A million sources 3. An open mind
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  5143. Wow! That mic you just dropped Tik, that's got to be the size of a planet (or at least the size of socialist nazi Germany)!
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  5144.  @On_The_Piss  whats the definition then. Say it.
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  5145. Don't worry TIK, there is only...aprox. 37.5 hours of battlestrom stalingrad left!
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  5146. "Committing Sudoku" I laughed pretty hard at that.
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  5147. Mussolini was confused by Hitler's anti Semitism as Jews were part of the fascist party and government in Italy. "Margherita Sarfatti was an Italian journalist, art critic, patron, collector, socialite, a prominent propaganda adviser of the National Fascist Party. She was Benito Mussolini's biographer as well as one of his mistresses." And she was Jewish!!!!
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  5148. I believed this was the case for a long time, thanks for covering it.
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  5149. It was not Paulus who moved 48th Panzer Corps HQ to behind the Romanians, it was von Weichs at Army Group B, as the corps HQ had been in reserve since September: "On 9th November von Weichs considered taking 29th Motorized Division from Fourth Panzer Army and stationing it behind Romanian 3rd Army but dropped the idea because Fourth Panzer Army was also expecting an attack. Instead he decided to shift the 22nd Panzer Division from behind the Italian Eighth Army to Romanian 3rd Army, where, together with the Romanian 1st Armoured Division, it would become part of a reserve corps under command of HQ XXXXVIII Panzer Corps" (Ziemke) The corps commander was Lt Gen Ferdinand Heim, not Kempf.
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  5150. Another great video TIK! Over the decades I must have read virtually every book and seen every film (both fact and fiction) about the battle, but even so there's stuff here that i'd either forgotten or wasn't aware of. By the time you've finished this series, it will be the mother of all war documentaries. Good luck with the Holocaust when you eventually get around to it though. When covering that hot potato, there's no way to be honest without receiving pure hatred from one side or the other (sometimes both!). Trust me, I've been there...under a nom de plume, of course.
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  5151. Great work as always TIK! Really enjoy the economics and politics videos too keep it up!
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  5152. So glad to finally be able to watch a new episode of my favorite series on Youtube. Smashing that like button like the red army smashed the Axis during Little Saturn.
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  5153. [ Why should a company of armed men decide to abide by arbitration (forget separating it at all with corporations just because the state doesn't exist) instead of asserting its dominion over a certain place? ] Because violence is very risky AND expensive. Thus, if you want to have a successful long-term protection business, you better abide by arbitration or lose millions in unnecessary violence. [ Corruption doesn't vanish in the face of competition ] True! But competition greatly incentivizes business owners and managers to squish down corruption within their companies, in order not to lose reputation and customers. Corrupt workers or business owners RISK losing money because of their corruption. Meanwhile, corrupt politicians don't risk anything - they can keep their positions of power no problem. [Law and order is absurd in an anarchistic society] Why? You believe people who share the same values can't all agree to not hurt others and steal their stuff, and protect against the minority who doesn't follow the same principles? "People are EVIL! Therefore we need a government made of people... who are the most EVIL of all." [At best it will fracture civilization into hundreds of pieces] GOOD. The smaller governments become, the better. And remember: Just because humanity is divided in thousands of smaller groups doesn't mean they can't all TRADE and collaborate with each other.
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  5154. You're the man who leaves things clear
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  5155. I will make it my life's work to get ancaps to stop saying voluntaryist and instead say voluntarian becayse "-yist" just makes my skin crawl
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  5156.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hoppe: The Private Production of Defense, The Myth of National Defense, Fallacies of the Public Goods Theory and the Production of Security
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  5157. So a nationalist socialist? Maybe he should have put the name in the title of his party
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  5158. You beast :D your channel really changed my perception of history after around 10 years of study. Thanks a lot and keep doing great work like always. Btw: I'm finnish and really hoping for some WW2 videos about our wars with the Soviets. Edit: I know you're busy! :D Best Regards!
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  5159. GET IN THERE LEWIS. PURE CLASS ONCE AGAIN
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  5160. I had no idea there was an amnesty or that the camp population ever decreased in a way other than the darkest. Interesting research. I'll have to read Gellately.
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  5161. What’s your favourite ww2 film tik?
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  5162. Very intresting, combined with the fact that Hitler thought Russian would collapse inside 2 months. The pieces certainly fit.
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  5163. Not many understand economics like you do. Well done.
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  5164.  @TheImperatorKnight  definitely. that has been the plan from the get-go.
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  5165.  @Lasstpak  Yes and sometimes to do history as well as possible, one has to delve into other areas. In a war where versions of socialism and capitalism all got together for a Royal Rumble, I'd say it's absolutely necessary to get into economics if we're to even begin to understand the Second World War, let alone get into the minutiae.
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  5166. Theres no pinned comment
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  5167. Great documentary series, TIK. On the one side I'm torn with seeing my countrymen (Croats) fighting for the nazis, on the other, it's kinda nice to see them not being a joke in a fight that was mostly Germans vs the Soviets. Man, war is hell, isn't it?
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  5168. Can anyone explain the differences (if any) between a Kampfverband and a Kampfgruppe?
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  5169. Why would we doubt Chuikov's claim of -1000 rifles? Not a glorious lie nor politically expedient, and entirely imaginable in the conditions of war.
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  5170.  @TheImperatorKnight  At least the socialists have tanks 😜
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  5171.  @TheImperatorKnight  So true. And so sad too few people acknowledge that. I laid down my thoughts in separate comments below, and it will be a very interesting ping-pong game to answer in a subsequent video!
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  5172.  @derozebrigade  The state of Soviet forces was not so good by the end of Uranus. So had Paulus decided a breakout at this time, it would have at least partly succeeded. But in no scenario (at any time) was there a possibility to save the heavy weapons. They would have been left behind in any case.
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  5173.  @TheImperatorKnight  lol interesting. When i was studying the Battle of Anteitam with several others we immediately noted that many of the common sources or official report's of the battle( Gen Lee's AG Col Taylor) had been falsified. So in order to find out the real extent of who was there or who was lost we studied the individual regimental, brigade and divisional reports. Falsification of those reports would have gotten you shot in those days. The unfortunate circumstance with WW2 is that those documents are extremely hard to find. Hell it wasn't until the mid 1970's that most poeple discovered how bad the American ETO had been hurt in the war. Good talk brother take care.
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  5174. Some awesome academic debate going on here. Hell, is it even academic? Maybe we’re just so used to people foaming at the mouth when they’re put into a debate that we’re shocked when people respect each other for a change. Civil is the word I’m looking for. Anyways- love your stuff TIK, always puts me in a good mood. Keep doing you!
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  5175. The only thing i disagree in this video is where Orwell calls Soviets - "Russians".
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  5176. Our first peacetime draft was in 1940... Why would we have one of those?
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  5177. NATSOCS getting triggered
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  5178. Thank you tik for all the hours of work you put into every single one of your videos.
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  5179. Just another example of how untrustworthy Irving is as an "historian". This is what Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutant, Nicolaus von Below says in his memoirs: "Another statement by Irving astonishes me: I am supposed to have put at his disposal 'unpublished contemporaneous manuscripts and letters' and 'subsequently took the trouble - together with others - to read through many pages of the text based upon them'. I do remember several visits by Irving, when I answered some questions; but the rest is untrue. - Author" (Nicolaus von Below, At Hitler's Side - The Memoirs of Hitler's Adjutant 1937-45, Greenhill Books, 2001, p. 243)
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  5180. This entire series so far was extremely interesting. Excellent job TIK ;) I love your attention to details
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  5181. Ok, these observations are brilliant, thank you so much for breaking the numbers down. I've been reading about Stalingrad and Operation Blau for forty years, and have not seen the simple, by Army Group #'s, replacement breakdown like this before. But maybe I can offer an explanation. I don't think Halder alone can be scapegoatted here. I think I read,- memory hazy- that the German General Staff was very much of against pursuing Operation Blau, even when it was being considered by Army Group South as a single entity (wrong strategic axis entirely). Furthermore, as the plan evolved and split Army Group South into two, these two subsequent entities were ill-advised formations doing ill-advised work (from the point of view of the German General Staff) at the end of an extremely long supply line, different gage tracks, no petrol, and armored formations already out of gas, BEFORE the replacement issue you described so well comes up. As you pointed out, it took Paulus 2 weeks to be reinforced with the petrol he needed to keep moving. SO simple conclusion, they could get guns and butter, or bodies, but not both. And they were not well prioritized because: Again- problem was that the strategic axis makes no sense even to a layman, forget a schooled staff officer- (Glantz does break this down somewhat in some diagrams, but does not address this issue specifically). The push SHOULD have been at Moscow, and not on the Southern Flank, extending AND SPLITTING the flank into areas of poor supply, infrastructure and reinforcement capacity. I believe Hitler made a political decision to push for Operation Blau, but this was about resource management (oil) and insisted on an operational/strategic focus that no one thought advisable- and I think his hand in turnj was forced by some fuel agreement renegotiations with the Romanians (from whom he's getting most of his oil at this point). In other words, if you look not at German replacement rates, but German oil production and anticipated needs for this period, you'll understand why he wants to push at the oil fields. This is not post 1944 crazy Hitler, but the guy with the Big Picture still in mind.....But the German General Staff was absolutely not in agreement, and obviously they knew they could scarcely supply what was there to begin with. They weren't stupid, nor that slow to react if you really think about it. In any large scale organization, reported losses from one quarter are then adjusted on the next. Many current corporations are too large and too many layers exist to react DAILY to what is going on. No army is that nimble. No one has that picture accurately, until the month is over and the tallies are added up. You cannot remake military replacement policy change in a month. So I think the Wehrmacht reacted as quickly, indeed quite quickly for an organization that would make Walmart look small, in a quarter, to the losses they projected inaccurately for. It was too little too late, but I don't think it was but two things: Institutional paralysis, and an overall reluctance strategically to buy into a 'plan' that was no 'plan' at all, but a reaction to a political (and strategic supply) need. Because as you point out, the replacement policy was inexplicably AWAY from the tip of the spear. Lastly, and I think this might be also a point to consider-the Germans did the unthinkable in Russia, and they managed the early part of the war with, what by middle 1942, might be considered 3 reasonably experienced Army Group staffs. Where did the 4th materialize from, or were AG A and B essentially skeleton halves of what was once AG South's command and staff structure? Either way, you would have had half the experience, doing twice the labor, on a front not well supplied to begin with, for a seriously compromised strategic direction, split in two, requiring accurate replacements and supplies would have been impossible. Rememer each AG might have somewhere between 200 and 500000 men, could have been considered the equivalent of most small countries entire armed forces, to be run on the move, in combat, thousands of miles from home. I doubt these were efficient formations, by German standards (meaning quite efficient compared to the rest of us).
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  5182.  @hjalmar4565  and that is why i also love TIK's operation crusader vids. TIK's vids are highly detailed and overall fun to watch
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  5183. 33:55 wait they had camels? At Stalingrad? In the Eastern Front?
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  5184. Great episode, nothing wrong with episodes on so-called side shows, people were bleeding there too apart from being a very interesting story.
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  5185.  @TheImperatorKnight  The map you made for this video certainly helps to build the right impression then. That was an impressive zoom-out! (8 minutes in). I don't think we've seen that in the Stalingrad series so far?
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  5186. Watched like 8 minutes so far, laughing my ass off right now. Best troll book
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  5187. The first time you read "WW2 took the focus off Jesus" what I heard was cheeses, and it still makes the same amount of sense :D After all they wanted to destroy the French free masons, so what better to destroy, than their cheese
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  5188. I was laughing along with you guys 😁
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  5189. I haven't laughed this much for a long time. Thank you
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  5190. Whenever I feel kinda depressed or bored I"ll just turn to 49:00 and break into tears...because of laughing🤣
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  5191. What a load of rubbish, how could Hitler be a British agent when we clearly know he was implanted by the Ancient Aliens? Makes no sense.....
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  5192. I was nearly dying of laughter by then.
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  5193. 59:00 As a Tasmanian, what the actual
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  5194. It's outright dangerous to write off Hitler as a "madman" He was a human being. Just like us. If we convince ourselves otherwise, or that he was just clinically insane, that lets us both absolve him of responsibility for his crimes and blinds us to how *we*, under the wrong circumstances, could go down the same dark paths he did.
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  5195. There is no way I am the first commenter. This video had already been up for at least 19 seconds before I made my first comment.
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  5196. And to think I've been suggesting you should make videos like this for months now. Well, kinda, like do livestreams. Not everything has to be a live or death researched in depth. The one thing people like in youtubers over TV personalities is authenticity. You don't always have to be right, but just be you.
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  5197. TIK I gotta give you thanks. Your recommended readings got me through my history units. Without them I reckon I would be extremely lost in my modern history classes. Reading them was rather enlightening too. Thank you very much.
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  5198. I love how TIK keeps nailing the Nazis (and correctly so) as being socialist in principle and action.
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  5199.  @TheImperatorKnight  it would be really awesome if you did a video like this on FDR because I’m pretty sure he’s a fascist in everything but name
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  5200. Finally! Someone who speaks the straight truth on this matter. Man, I am so tired of all these leftist degenerates picking up some cliches from modern "Comintern" propaganda, instead of actually studying the history. You just got yourself a subscriber.
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  5201.  @leonardticsay8046  And they also hate when Hegel is mentioned. Demons don't like when men know their True Names.
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  5202. Same people who say N@21s weren't socialists are the same people who say the soviet union wasn't socialist. That should instantly discredit any claims they make about what is and isn't socialism...
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  5203. Love all your work. Thanks for all your hard efforts!
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  5204. I love that you keep telling the obvious and then they call you both a communist and a fascist.
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  5205. Family and personal health first, sir. Your videos are amazing, and it would be sad if you stopped doing them because of some critics that say you repeat yourself or because of trying to keep a pace of one video per week. In fact, you just proved that something like that can't be done, which is good for all to consider. Keep at what your doing, but at a pace in which it doesn't put your health and family in danger. You are famous in my chilean family, so stay safe and live forever. Best regards. 🙂👍
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  5206. As someone who has been a subscriber since you had between 10k-30k subs: This video is also why I like your channel; you clearly care about your content and your viewers. This shows your passion. Just keep going the way you see fit and remember to rest!
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  5207. This is the most damning summery of communist economics I’ve ever seen
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  5208. For "let's prime these mates"--TEN YEARS GULAG!!
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  5209. From what I understand; the fascist Italian policies in Ethiopia weren’t really racist, they spent a lot of money trying to develop Ethiopia and lift the living standards and economic productivity of the people there. Individual Italian soldiers and militiamen were certainly racist, and general Graziani (who was not a fascist) had very racist views of black Africans and enacted brutal reprisal policies when dealing with insurgents. But they weren’t as bad as Nazi Germany in that regard.
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  5210. The name "Spartacus" itself is should be an indicator of something.
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  5211. Already know this is going to be a good video thanks
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  5212. Hi TIK. Your five hour marathon (or a reformatted thereof) should be a standard resource in every school. I got interested in economics and inoculated against socialism at an early age as I was forced to revise for my A levels back in 1979 by candlelight because the Labour government couldn't keep the lights on. I've always had an interest in WWII because my father was in it from day 1 and subbed to your channel because of your excellent coverage of the various campaigns in Africa. Your conclusions as to the strengths and weaknesses of the leadership and politics in that theatre tally up exactly with what my father, who had been freshly promoted to captain prior to shipping out, and a number if his colleagues had say on the subject; often using very short words. In short, you are spot on with your analysis. What I think of as your magnum opus was an eye opener for me. I mentioned in its comment section that it was, and still is, the best video on YouTube. Once you see it, no other explanation of the "why" makes sense. Always thought Halder was a bit of a to55er, but had otherwise bought into the "Hitler is a madman" narrative, with all the obvious contradictions that follow. To th naysayers, read the Vampire Economy. Then try saying Hitler and his regime was capitalist. Then move on to Hitler's Beneficiaries. Then reassess your view on the entire conflict. Many thanks TIK. Keep up the good work. Have you thought about publishing? The prodigious research you must have carried out must mean that most of the leg work is already done. If you ever get around to it, count on at least one pre order. All the best, sir.
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  5213.  @TheImperatorKnight  I’m sure he didn’t watch the full video before leaving this comment.
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  5214. TIK is no 1 for politics and economics particularly from 1930's to 1945, the quotes and research is outstanding, most of all you enjoy delivering the information and on these specific topics it is exceptional research and delivery. I guess it is a financial risk to mention the Ukraine war but the similarities between Stalingrad and Bakhmut are maybe just a coincidence but there are a fair few ... even the weapons and tactics and maybe ideologies .. but yes i guess it is a risk as alot of angry people out here on youtube
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  5215. I absolutely adore the level of commitment and research put into your work. How I wish I could sit down with you and talk about WW2 and it's depths for just an hour! Any chance for videos on the Winter- or Continuation war? I would love to hear some hard boiled facts of how dreadful the situation was on the Finnish side of things at times. How Finland's fate was more at the hands of sheer luck & coincidence than the romanticized skillful diplomacy and military strategy. (Of which both had their successes and failures... latter of which is often forgotten.)
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  5216. Prepare to add my name to the list of patreons
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  5217. The tents and sickles guys were really not happy with that video.
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  5218. ...and there it is. I've been saying this for years despite all pushback from Marxist A$$ Clowns, USSR's Socialism was based on CLASS & the Nazis was based on RACE, other than that, they were pretty much the same SOUL-CRUSHING State Machine on a rampage.
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  5219. Good work. Your Stalingrad series is still the best use of the internet for military history bar none.
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  5220. I would like you to make a video on British Fascism and Sir Oswald Mosley. Great video and I didn't know that National Socialism existed in Czechoslovakia until 1938 and that it wasn't anti-Semitic.
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  5221. Thanks. I, and other TIK fans, posted our rejection of Historiou's plagiarism. In English, and Portuguese.
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  5222. I LOVE to use this quote from you: "Marxists share your vocabulary but they don't share your dictionary." TIKhistory See? It's not that hard to give credit where you get it from.
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  5223. Don't feel ashamed for the bad actions of another person.
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  5224. One of the reasons I follow this channel is because sources are cited and other works shown should I want to explore a topic in deeper detail. This is an excellent channel, Tik does not plagiarize or claim he knows it all and is the final authority, bar none. Tik is honest and certainly there will be errors given the enormous volume of content, but Tik always issues a correction if there was an error. Keep up the good work!
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  5225. Great video as always! Now, who is that one dislike, speak up and explain yourself, please.
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  5226. This is so hard to listen to, knowing it’s the truth. Don’t trust anyone from the government!
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  5227. I wonder if British POWs would have been as loyal had they been treated the same as Soviet POWs.
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  5228. I like that you insult all sides.
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  5229. When you mentioned "moderate socialism" I realized this is how I classify the US. We've got federal pension, healthcare, and even jobs. The "public sector" is quite large in comparison to the public sector. Public work should be work that will go undone if not subsidized, but there are entire bureaucratic corporations with federal authority to regulate and fine without due process.
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  5230. I have three degrees in three different subjects, and they're all worthless. I am far better educated informally (by self-study and avid reading coupled with critical thinking) than I ever was as a result of formal education through the American university system. But don't think you can escape the Leftist hellhole when you graduate, because guess who controls all the HR departments of every company in every Western country?
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  5231. Tik, this was interesting and informative as always. I sincerely love the way you challenge conventional thinking and take the discussion to primary sources. It's invaluable. Please forgive the length of my response, but it's been a long time coming and is a reflection of how much I value your work. But honestly, I think your personal perspective takes you away from objective analysis of the situation - let's call that the primary analysis of these valuable primary sources. If your goal is to say that Nazi Germany was socialist because it had a centrally planned economy, I can accept that. It's what they clearly did and it's one decent definition of "socialism." Let's ride with that. Rhetorically speaking, however, the word "socialism" is highly problematic as it means so many things to so many people. I don't particularly find it useful any longer for this reason. The same can be said of "capitalism," a term that is used to describe free-market bottom-up systems as well as mercantile autarkies. There is a practical problem with both of these, as public discussion shifts far too easily between systemic approaches and ideologies that actually conflict. I honestly think that there is a better way to view both Italian Fascism and German Nazism, which you wisely separate. Before World War I, political alignment in Europe was organized along a left-right axis that could best be described as Whig-Monarchist. The package of enlightenment liberal ideas that made up the "left" was a constitution, various rights, and some liberalized freedom to do business apart from the state. The "right" was more centralized around the good of the state, defined primarily by the divine right of the monarch. After the war, the "right" had no reason to exist at all. There were monarchists around, yes, and in Italy there certainly still was a king. But generally that position was disgraced. The idea that Versailles, et al, was a total victory for enlightenment liberalism reasonably did not set well with everyone, especially in nations that had little history of such a government in practice. Enter Fascism and Nazism as a concept. Divine right was replaced with "the people" as an organizing excuse for authoritarianism, but the primacy of the state remained in place. Central planning was less of a goal than an assumption, a retreat back to the days when monarchs weilded genuine control over everything. But with this new excuse it could be argued that it was all living up to the supposed zeitgeist that drove everything. Your discussion of unions today drives this home, I think. It's not that they didn't exist, it's that they were co-opted and formalized into the state and frankly used in ways that were obviously counter productive to their genuine mission. There is no problem at all arguing that the Soviet Union did essentially the same thing, as does China today. It's for "the workers," yes? Or is it all for the state? Well, we made them one in the same so there's no conflict, problem solved. As a way of analyzing history, this is useful. But it doesn't really teach us a lot for today. We can see all kinds of authoritarian regimes doing similar things in the name of "the people," but it seems far more useful to accept this as just an excuse rather than any useful ideology. For this reason, assigning this invention to anything with relevance in current politics feels like we are giving gangsters and sadists far too much heft by playing their game. Strong central planning, as a concept, is an ancient idea that has always caused problems in the long run. It doesn't matter whether you do it in the name of God or the people. It is desirable only by scoundrels who, history teaches us, use ideologies as cover for their narcissism and theft. That is not to say that there isn't a role for a state to genuinely serve its people, and that includes watching out for long-term trends that will affect them later in ways that the free market isn't pricing in today. Modern economies are a mix of the only real political economic types - free market capitalism, autarky, and socialism. It's how they mix that is important and how information about potential changes is transmitted to the markets that matter. The free market thrives on good information, and a government that provides it only helps the market work better for the long term. Also, there is a place for a solid guarantee in the availability of basics like water, food, and energy. And yes, we can and should take care of the old, the young, and the vulnerable out of simple decency. Where did the Nazis fit in this analysis? Well, there wasn't a free market. They had no decency at all, really. So it was pure autarky in an almost medieval sense. When you look at it this way, can you see why I think of it as a replacement for monarchism once the Kaiser fled to Holland? I can say all of this and still thank you for your videos, as I really enjoy them. I even agree with you in a general sense. I simply feel that as we look at history and hope to learn from it that we do not allow ourselves to focus on any particular lexicon that has clearly changed meaning with time, especially terms that have so many different definitions today that they are hardly useful in conversation. That's my problem with your analysis here. I could describe it as a quibble or a fundamental disagreement, depending on how many pints we had when discussing it. And that, my good man, is something I would absolutely love to put into practice. Thank you again for your work. You sincerely make me think and that is the greatest gift anyone can give another. Cheers, mate.
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  5232. I love your channel TIK, keep it up! I like both the tanks and banks, the fighting and economics, I wish I had more free time to read and watch more good content, I still haven't seen some of your videos from a couple years ago
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  5233. I 100% agree with you about education, particularly history. Going to university is a massive waste of time and money. The only reason why governments insist people in their 20s go to university is simply to keep their unemployment figures low. The only reason you should go to university is if you are studying something related to medicine, OR in the case of the arts, if you go to a very specialist school like RADA, or one of those Viennese art schools. Your basic run of the mill colleges and universities with their run of the mill courses are a waste of three years for a scrap of paper that no employer gives a damn about.
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  5234. Excelent video. Just after your last one I was wondering about the size of soviet units. The best soviet commander of ww2 is probably Rokossovsky. Had a decisive role in all the breaking points on the eastern front, especially in Stalingrad, Kursk and Bagration.
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  5235. As soon as I saw what she said I knew @TIK would make this video. How could you resist? Another excellent piece of content exposing the madness that is socialism.
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  5236. TIK applies logic and reason. It will never work, son. These people are nuts and lost.
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  5237. I wasted time and money on a degree, will encourage my son not to make the same mistake unless it's either a highly vocational degree, or from a very prestigious university with a clear career plan alongside it (.e.g I want to study law at Cambridge and be a barrister). Otherwise trades would be a better route.
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  5238. Thanks for setting the record right.
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  5239. The fact that Hoffman says “our regiment” makes me totally agree with TIK’s assessment, and that Hoffman fabricated the diary entry. At first I thought, ‘maybe Hoffman had only discovered that another division had failed to take the factory’, but even that would not make sense.
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  5240. How do you keep a TIK fan in suspense? I'll tell you next week.😁 Thanks for another great video. Look forward to next week.
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  5241. Thanks for the entertainment mate!
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  5242. Good use of David Irving's pic! 😊
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  5243. Tik, as a sophisticated socialist, stick to insulting the Nationalist Socialists and saying hitler is a madman and how bad the Wehrmacht was and stray away from our messiah Karl Marx who may or not be a racist by today's standards, but we socialists don't study history theory and only care about those on the right.
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  5244. It's really an eye opening, I also just found out that Karl dislikes towards Slavs and the irony of Russia is now the one who adhere Karl.
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  5245.  @TheImperatorKnight  If you want to get feedback more efficiently you may want to try YouTube polls
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  5246. Don't understand what the first, second, place comments are all about? But I've always wondered if bypassing the city was an option for the Wehrmacht, thanks for exploring the tactical and strategic reasons about this..
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  5247. Yes, it's finally here! Thank you.
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  5248. GMP truly suck. During lock down they've somehow done even less work than usual
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  5249. Rand's distaste for Kant is anything but incomprehensible, if you understand Objectivism.
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  5250. YES. Yes it does.
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  5251.  @ouss  first, your use of "inflation" is incorrect. "inflation" is the inflation of the money supply. Second, price rises are following. Just not always immediately.
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  5252. TIK Damn I like you even more now
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  5253. What's the difference then between big corporations collectivising the means of productions in the hands of a small group to collectivising the means of production for everyone? Because you said, the Communists want to collectivise the means of production, which is totally untrue, this is what the big corporations do.
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  5254. You did a fabulous job in your method of exampling these intentionally convoluted concepts in a very comprehensible process. I have been to many lectures on these ideas and yours by far was the best ❤
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  5255. TIK, I appreciate how well you can make sense out of the nonsensical.
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  5256.  @TheImperatorKnight  please tik upload to alt tech like rumble and bitchute also
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  5257. Could you make a video actually reading a chapter from your favourite book and comment on your reason why it's so crucial or perhaps why it had a sufficient effect on your historical world view? Like a Stalingrad book or D-Day operation overlord. Thank you.
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  5258. Would be nice but it'd be a serious waste of Tik's skills and talents.
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  5259. 100k subs, good job!
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  5260. Good series. I have been fascinated with the battle of Stalingrad since I read the book Enemy at the Gates by William Craig. The movie stunk.
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  5261. these guys just attack you? They dont counter anything at all. In the begging of their video they said they were going to prove that you were wrong. But they are just slandering you all over, they dont prove anything.
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  5262. They're so close, yet so far away from the point. Truly impressive.
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  5263. This is gonna be juicy. When one of them mentions that socialism must have egalitarian aims it gives me the impression that their argument is this: Socialism is morally good. Hitler was a monster. Therefore Hitler wasn't a socialist. Correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't that basically a no true scotsman fallacy?
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  5264. Yeah i was surprised by the druggie hitler video he made and was surprised i had never wondered why hitler actually did invade Russia. the problem is people think they are better than people from history just because they are modern and so often use the excuse of "i guess he was crazy or stupid" which is a lazy argument which has become common nowadays
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  5265. All I want to know... Is where did you learn the patience to handle people like this in the calm manner you maintain.
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  5266. I fuckin love your videos! I don't care if I fully understand them at your level, I can see that the research and thinking you've done about ww2 is way more impressive than anything I've seen on youtube. I agree with you 100% on this topic and keep up the bloody good work!!
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  5267. I've learned more about how the economy and politics work from your videos then I ever had in school, thank you TIK for your videos and the hard work that you have put into them.
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  5268. God I’m glad of a new video from you. My YouTubing has been significantly less high brow recently, so much I’d even considered watching the masked singer on Saturday. Quick give me something to read and reflect on! Cheers Tik ❤️
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  5269. THAT'S ALL VOLKS! Unbelievable journey, thank you Lewis, your videos are encouragement to live and watch them for many of us. Can't wait for more! ;)
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  5270. Awesome work bro 👍
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  5271. You're Back! :D I honestly did not expect you to produce anything before finishing Stalingrad, but I'm glad I was wrong. Feedback: Excellent video on all fronts. I did find the title screens to be a bit too short to finish reading, but that's a minor point. Your talking portrait was perfectly scaled, and didn't block any of the action. The animations were simple, but unambiguous. Your storytelling is fabulous, and can be both informative and dramatic without wasting time. There was some real suspense in this story, and you kept it going for as long as was optimal. 10/10. I can't wait to see your next one. :)
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  5272. Great video as ususl TIk . We need a stick to tanks meme 😂😂
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  5273.  @TheImperatorKnight  Geez I dont know how. I'm the guy that asked for a scale of kilometers/miles a few months back. Man, that helped me out tremendously! As a wargamer, we need that info to reconstruct battles accurately. But just as a student of WWII history, it was still a huge learning aid. Thankyou so much for what y'all do. And for doing it so well!
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  5274. I just looked up Glantz book about Stalingrad. Expected date of arrival: 9 weeks.
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  5275. I've never seen such a good and detailed Documentary about any Battle in History. Thank you for your work!
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  5276. How do people not understand that National Socialists were a competing version of socialism? It's not saying that all socialists are Nazis but yes, the Nazis were socialists. It's a bit like "a square can be a rectangle, but a rectangle can't be a square". If you are a socialist but get into a tizzy over the National Socialists being socialists, sorry. They were. That doesn't mean you're a Nazi.
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  5277. You're pissed because he told you the truth and now your world view is about to collapse so you have to call the man a liar. You show disrespect when the man just showed you love by telling you the truth. What does that make you?
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  5278. "a steppe by steppe affair"!
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  5279. 'Accident'. Yeah, I also send a few dozen bombers fully loaded to bomb a whole city with ammo specifically designed to destroy cities on my bad days. It happens man!
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  5280. Hi from 101 airborne Our predecessors crushed Luftwaffe
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  5281. Nice to see Stalingrad Battle serie again....thanks a lot TIK
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  5282. The only "unconditional surrender" that I know of is that of the "stick to tanks" crowd leading to the prolonging and further production of more eco videos.
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  5283. Another TIK drop on a very ignored theater of operations. Thanks TIK for recommending that book.
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  5284. inb4 the "Mussolini wasnt a true socialist" memes
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  5285. The soviet Union and the Peoples republic of china have described any one to the right of there ideology as Fascist since WW2. I bet there lays the source of the problem. We all know the CCP has links with ATIFA.
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  5286. If Germany had the overwhelming advantage of attacking at Stalingrad then why did they lose? The defender always has the advantage bc they pick the terrain, can lock down choke points, lay mines and have more fluidity than an attacker would. An effective defense can pivot better than a well orchestrated attack
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  5287. A real masterpiece: ironclad rhetoric, a nuclear bomb. Or How To Destroy Fallacious Arguments Piece By Piece. On the other hand, the trolling-like arguments that were thrown at TIK in the first place were not a very big deal to bring down (the other commenters didn't fail to see that)... Trying to ridicule TIK is just like trying to ridicule many first-class historians that share his views, beginning with Glantz. In others words, it's just ridicule in itself. This is so much obvious that many others here have remarked it's a waste of time. Well, this would have been so if the point was to answer just one person. But it's not since the point is also to create a precedent for dealing with all future trolls-wheraboos argumentation. But what is really outstanding is this ability to organize so much logical, irrefutable and reasonable counter-arguments, to structure it all in such a condensated form and short time. The result is so fascinating that the 120 minutes flash like 20. An excellent lesson in historiolgy. Respect.
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  5288. Always great videos
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  5289. Glad to hear an update
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  5290. Glad to hear too, but I think, and I know you've got a Mount Everest load of topics and subjects to cover already. A video on Hilter's loss of reality would be enlightening. As a Warhammer person, and a 40K guy, I've quite use to the idea, of massive big things happening, and the psychological impact of all that, happening and coming down on one individual, or a handful at most. Fiction stuff I know, but something like that would be illuminating. Just a thought. Take care, and don't burn yourself out too soon. See ya next video.
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  5291. Thanks so much for focusing on Freyberg. He was one of those rare people who stand out head and shoulders above the masses. I previously was aware that he was the first commander in history to face an airborne invasion so always gave him the benefit of the doubt regarding Crete. To find out that he was ordered not to act on the ULTRA intelligence is vindication that he did the best with what he had.
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  5292. Oh heck, I might have to swat up on this. I never had this level of depth to my arguments before, just relied on that gut feeling of individual freedom was preferable to being hostage to any State.   To a socialist everything is far right if not their socialism. Why anyone would want to be enslaved to a State, which is socialism in any guise, is beyond me. TIK what a concise and compelling argument you make. Heck, its all in the history for anyone to find if they look.....and not embarrassed if it conflicts with their own preconceived ideas. Probably why a socialist finds it hard that Hitler was one of them!
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  5293. Socialism based on nationalism; so fascism? I have a fine appreciation for the sanity check you provide. I grew up learning Hitler hated communism and fascism, yet, being very confused that what he was instituting in Germany smelled a lot like, well, communism and fascism. I guess it was OK when he did it because Russia and Italy weren't doing it right; the rallying cry of every socialist.
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  5294. No! Noooo! Stop uploading! I need to catch up first with all the other content :P
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  5295. It has to be pronounced like „fon vikes“, not „von vysh“.
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  5296. Wohoo! Keep em coming!
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  5297. Nice timing, you had been releasing your videos right after my lunch and when I start working again, helps keeping the mondays less dreadful. Looking foward to hearing this video!
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  5298. You've given me a new tool for finding common ground with socialists while still disputing them: "We both hate monopolies. We disagree on the solution. Let's talk."
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  5299. Came for the tanks, stayed for the banks.
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  5300. Your ending is exactly right. Government involvement causes many of the problems in any economy. Rent controls and caps lead to housing shortages. Last fall in Argentina, Milei the president, got rid of all rent controls and rent caps across the country and now a year later in real price terms, rents are down 40% across the country and there is no shortage as over 200 thousand residences came online again. Removing controls will raises prices at the start, but then new businesses jump in to capitalize on the market and the boost in competition then reduces prices. Same problem in the US in cities. like NYC and San Fran with their insane rent laws that just keep places out of the market so prices stay high.
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  5301. TIK mate, you are great, keep those videos coming :)
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  5302. Hi! Nice presentation. The Soviet airforce was certainly starting to recover at that point... The Romanian pilots felt and testified the same thing. To answer your question, I think that it would have been very difficult for the Sixth Army to break out on subsistence rations. The only chance was there, if they started to move from the first moment. But that would have meant leaving their forward positions and thus surrendering the right bank of the Volga entirely... That is my insufficient documented opinion. More of a guess actually... Looking forward to your next episode 🙂.
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  5303. This is why I don't like philosophy and philosophers. Most philosophers are intellectual but horrible people who sit around trying to justify their monstrous behaviors.
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  5304. Were Salazar and Dolfuss Fascist?
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  5305. How do you do this every week? This has answered so many Dresden questions I've had for years... im left wondering what's left to ask. I am now without any questions on Dresden. What a strange feeling...
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  5306. I love your videos!
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  5307.  @gingernutpreacher  No, it's not you Preacher. Editing alone can be mind numbing as hours fly by like minutes. I restrict my editing to two hours before a long mental break of 30 to 60 minutes.
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  5308. The "not real socialism" people will be here soon criticising.
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  5309. Tik, I love that you tried to keep a brave face on Italy..lol. Not to mention that the Axis didn't know how to fight a real 'coalition warfare ' nobody shared intelligence. They distrusted each other profoundly. Zero real strategic direction in common, more of an accidental alliance than a true unified coalition with achievable objectives formulated by communication all the way to the top. Imagine a "Yalta Conference" with Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo,(or the God Emporor). lol. Just the picture in my head makes me laugh.
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  5310. my first translation :DD
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  5311. #eatthecoal
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  5312. Good that i read the pinned comment. No worries TIK, it actually sounds like you should work a bit less :) I'm guessing the weird zoom pixelation and panning stutter is then due to time constraints or maybe we are just used to the amazing Stalingrad map by now. Happy eastern and plz take care of yourself!
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  5313. You should never sell yourself short, I don't expect everything you have done and the best part is it always turns out to be a great surprise to get a awesome in detail breakdown of how a theater or battle went and turned out. Thanks for your time and effort in making it, usually don't get such a good in depth, detailed, breakdown of how a theater of battle went. Awesome stuff and a very pleasant surprise to see you do this. Thank you for your time and effort with this theater of the war.
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  5314. what I have always been told as a child/youngster, there, deep in the valley : work can not make you rich or successfull. -That's central Europe and tradtional catholic. Hard work will not bring sucess, only theft and cheating do. And educated people are bad people and live of working peoples sweat, because only the work of ones hands is work and honourfull well, I went to University never the less. First, but not last in my wider family.
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  5315. So basically The problem is the state
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  5316. Thank you. I sat here and absorbed the whole thing and after 2 hours and 50 minutes I was sorry to see it end. A true testament to you and your crew. Bravo.
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  5317. What an amazing treat. Thank you Team TIK. No matter how many times I’ve read about this battle, the magic you’ve woven to show and dissect it is truly wondrous. Bravo, bravo, bravo.
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  5318. Me: I've got too much to do, so I'll only watch about 15-20 minutes. 3 hours later. . . Kudos to TIK on an excellent presentation. Fantastic job, Mr. TIK.
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  5319. This video makes the obscure Messervy into a meme. How many times can a man get captured in a single battle?
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  5320. For myself I can say: good move. Take the time needed to train your new employee. I love the plan. I totally get how important it is to get out some short videos meanwhile for the algorithm. I personally can totally wait a few weeks for an improved TIK production line.
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  5321. Sorry for your loss Tik. But very excited about this anouncement! That definitely is the way to go. Do what you excell in, and transfer all tasks that someone else can do. It will help the channel if you can publish more often. Can't wait, but take your time. Enough of your video's are worth rewatching in the meantime...
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  5322. 1. Passionate about WW2 and the idea of last stands/fighting against all odds. 2. I visualize everything that I read and nothing gets me moving more than war. 3. I want to learn more (day to day movement of units; their stories) on the eastern front.
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  5323. This always annoyed me. Yes if you draft everyone unemployment goes down. Yes if you endlessly produce "goods" that will be sent to the other side of the planet and explode GDP goes up. Willfully ignoring that these numbers represent real things happening in the real world is basically malpractice.
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  5324. I am arriving VERY late to the party, which - given how educational, intellectually stimulating, and thought provoking the videos have been for me - is most unfortunate! So, it is with apologies that I share a few questions: 1. Would it be fair to suggest that the comparison between the purging of senior & junior officers in the Soviet Union, and the sacking of senior & junior officers in the U.S.A. is helpful, but quite limited, because the majority of new, young officers in the U.S.A. had the luxury of waiting between 1 and 4 years before they would be tested in battle for the first time? For the young, recently trained officers in the Soviet Union, they would be thrust into the most deadly war in human history all at once, without having the opportunity to learn from the battles occurring in another continent? 2. Were there great purges of senior & junior officers in the French Army prior to 1940, or was the rapid defeat of the French Army in 1940 due to the fact that it did NOT purge leaders who were stuck in a WWI tactical mindset? Thanks!
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  5325. Thanks to you and your videos, I've picked up a couple of Glantz's books and reading through them. Appreciate the content!
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  5326. There's a legend, if you say TIK 5 times he will pin you: TIK TIK TIK TIK TIK Hope this works!
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  5327. Also on the plus side, your history videos will still be relevant for many years into the future. Battlefield Stalingrad will be the definitive video series on the matter for at least a couple of decades!
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  5328. Wow that one hater just waiting for your next vid.... He's a bigger fan of yours than most of us mortals haha
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  5329. You have dared to defy the wehreboo you must be disliked without watching. 😉 Love your work, keep it up!
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  5330. Hey TIK. Hit the 7:38 section of you video on why Hitler went ahead into the idea of design and production of Heavy Tanks. My immediate thought as to why Hitler would want Heavy Tanks, is because they could act as force multipliers. As in, for ever 4 Panzer IV's, one Tiger could do the same job or same role in combat. Meaning you could save resources and fuel for four tanks, on one. I can see quite a few hull leaks in this already. But this is my first immediate thought. Quality over Quantity. And the French B1's and Soviet KV's could take a lot of punishment and abuse before they were overcomed. L Anyway. On with the video. And no Tank anime girls please.
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  5331. "The RAF out Germaned the Germans" I like it! Thank you for your research I am now getting a greater picture of WWII in its broadest context and a marvellous overview of the whole situation including the intricacies that led to the Allied Victory.
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  5332.  @vassilizaitzev1  I 2nd the motion for TIK to take a break. There is adequate material (who has watched every single video?) to sustain the site while TIK recharges his batteries for a period of time. An announcement by TIK, "I am going to take a short break, an interlude, before the next opening act" would suffice. It would also build suspense as people speculate on what the next video is going to be. Will TIK perfect his Hitler voice by eating Grape Nuts (Grape Gravel) cereal to sound more gravel-like? Will TIK provide an update on the movements and machinations of his enemies? Many of his enemies are jealous that they can't do as good and thorough a job as he does because of bias or lack of critical thinking skills. A little suspense and drama thrown into the mix wouldn't hurt the site a bit in my opinion. I certainly won't stop watching if there is a delay.
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  5333. Dont you think Stalingrad was more of a turning point than Moscow? You are watching TIK afterall...
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  5334. Excellent topic choice.
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  5335. ​​ @Chud_Bud_Supreme Here is the Example (1) Claiming that operation Barbarossa was to exterminate communism instead of Slavic people for German living space (2) Support Nazi bombing on Britain but condemning United States bombing on Dresden (3) Believed that Churchill was the one who caused WW2 (4) Minimize the atrocities of Waffen SS by using "all sides committed atrocities" logic
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  5336. Incredible job of research young lad! Your reading, love of history really shines through.
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  5337. Great Q & A. I was wondering about Libya. Took the question right out of my mouth.
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  5338. Wow Tik!!!....take a rest man, you are doing a great job!!!.
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  5339. Watching from Australia 🇦🇺 and standing with you all....❤
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  5340. Bloody shame that good hard working immigrants, who love our country, are dragged into this
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  5341. And YouTube doesn't show all comments once again actually only about half of the number displayed above the comment section. GJ
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  5342.  @andrewjohnston9115  Fair point. I didn't know that national socialism was socialism either before TIK either. I thought the name was a ploy to make the ideology sound good to other nations and the people.
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  5343. On the degree in history, I was about to go for one, but here in portugal the only future for history is being a history teacher, I went to psychology and kept history as a hobby, I spend more time studying history than psychology
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  5344. Ah, a TIK video about Stalingrad.. This should be good. Hoping for another quality vid, probably not too high of an expectation since you usually deliver quality stuff.
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  5345. TIK, could you do a review of your bookshelf one day? Would be interesting to see what you have gathered, and to hear from you the significance of each book to you. Favourite book, avoid book and so on.
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  5346. The British were particularly prominent due to their forcing of other states to abandon the practice and adopting the stance into their imperial mission. They also strategically strangled the trade (with them cutting off or taking over many of the main established trade routes) and put considerable diplomatic pressure on non compliance or lax\failed enforcement even when they didn't resort to outright gunboat diplomacy.
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  5347. TIK is soooo uninformed. It is clear that the assassination attempt that had most success was Operation Kino by the Basterds. I know, I saw it in a movie, which means it's true. Joking aside. Been a long time viewer of your content TIK. Loving your work. You are giving me fresh insight into an area of history which I covered extensively when I was in Secondary School, yet I feel I have learned more from you than I did then. One of the best history channels online!
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  5348. Completely irelivent to history but what guitar is that in the background and do you play often
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  5349. Thank you!! i needed this video more then ever! I am working on a Documentary myself on Operation Market Garden. The script has more then 34.000 words. Going to quit my job next month to fully use my time for that project! Thanks.
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  5350. Jesus! I figured this was a lot of work. But I had no idea you were doing it all yourself and with such tools. I even use Adobe Premier for my own YouTube videos (for another channel). But mine are so much simpler. I even know Blender fairly well. I wouldn't have even thought to use it for 2D animation like this. And this is just the animation part. I'm astonished at the insane level of effort you've been putting into this. The results are incredible too. I hope you can find better tools and methods to make this easier over time. Best wishes for 2023. Cheers.
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  5351. Ok at this point I'm barely 12 minutes in, but the blooper reel could definitely be a quick Monday regular if you ever feel like letting us see more :)
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  5352. Great video! As a photographer and videographer, this was both informative and hilarious! Personally not familiar with Blender, but your work flow is very familiar. As I have said before, keep it going. BTW, this is a great video for others that want to learn to do better Youtube docs. This is like deep lesson on high end editing.
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  5353. Hey TIK! You're the only history YouTuber I can ask, and I'm going to keep posting this until I can get your attention, so are you ever going to do a video detailing the life and numerous atrocities of Lenin? We could really use a video like that on YouTube because he is grossly celebrated and glorified by people who know nothing about him.
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  5354. Hey TIK ! I wasn’t aware the kiwis fought at Stalingrad! Very interesting flag at 3mins 45 secs. Superb series by the way😎🇳🇿
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  5355. It is also easier to blame the dead guy or the guy in a gulag because they cannot defend themselves, and not many people will rush to Hitler's defence in my opinion. Further motivation for blaming Paulus would be that he would serve in the East German army, so publishing dates could also be taken into account. Accounts after his appointment would have that extra political motivation for lieing.
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  5356. Midazolam was used in the same way with the elderly in spring 2020
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  5357. I commented before TIK, but I've just watched this again. This is a fantastic video! Of course Hitler was a racial socialist, and that's still socialism whether people like it or not. In many ways he was far more of a socialist than Stalin was. Stalin wiped out sections of society, whereas Hitler (provided you were'n't a Jew or a Liberal) sought to bring them together and did in fact narrow many differences - economically, socially and racially. People just think in terms of right and left, but the truth is never in the black or white, but always somewhere in the grey. Well done!
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  5358. I like how confident you are despite the sum total of your sources being a Wikipedia page, the first sentence of which says that "Fascist Italy was not officially racist..."
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  5359. I had to stop watching this almost 5 hour long video to go watch the mentioned 9 hour video about the battle in Africa.
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  5360. I agree with you, TIK. I had a neoMarxist professor when I was in college who ridiculed anyone who was right of him (which was everyone). My perfectly normal niece went to college and came out a looney liberal.
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  5361. Thanks for putting out food for thought. Let us celebrate thinking and open debate. Most Excellent!!!
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  5362. The modern Marxist (or SJW) has solved Hitler's problem by redefining race as a class and removing the concept of Darwinism.
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  5363.  Suleiman Kahani  bruh you didn't even watch the video how do you know he's wrong?
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  5364. TIK, you are doing a great job explaining this issues. Keep it up. There are many young people who are naive and try (sometimes influenced by people with an agenda) to find a nicer version of socialism or nazism. There is no such version, only million of graves that could be seen all over Europe, millions of Jews, Gipsies, prisoners of war and soldiers who died in the WW2. This is what socialism and nazism left us.
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  5365. Hello Lewis! I got the book you reccomended in the mefo bills video: Murray Rothbar's "America's Great Depression" on Audible, in audiobook format for free, included in membership. So in theory everyone of your viewers who use that service can get it too for free, maybe it will convince some others too to get to it. I also listened to the Economics in one lesson and Basic economics too before, those two were eye opening...This one is just horrifying. It was like listening to a horror story, to think that in the world's most free and richest country, itself built on the idea of freedom and small goverment, the state had so much power, and how all the rich and the poor were going along with it 90 years ago...Gets you thinking how much does it have now?
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  5366. Hi Tik. Nice banger of a video last week. I own quite a bit of the books you recommended. If you do look at Barbarossa at a later date, David Stahel is someone to keep an eye out for. Cheers from the States.
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  5367. I've known about the Gnostic problem and it was driving me crazy all of these historical coincidences (I'm not a historian and was not actively searching for anything) that seemed non-random. I just didn't know anything about gnosticism or even its existence, but yes now I can see it everywhere. "Modernity has become the most successful Gnostic myth in history."
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  5368. I have the day off AND TIK drops a 58 minute long video??? There is a god!
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  5369. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  5370. First Comment
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  5371. 12:37 "So unfortunately he misses out on a good chunk of the battle" Yeah I dont think he felt that way :P.
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  5372. I really appreciate this video and it has validated my sense of curiosity. But if its an example of your love of sarcasm, you got me. That was a damn good one.❤
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  5373. This is TIK at his best, totally owning this discussion and this is from someone who hates some of TIK's videos, I hated the ''Churchill is an idiot'' and his over simplistic/condescending views of faith and spirituality and creation when he does take those topics on. However, regards deep politics and political ideology TIK is very entertaining, compelling, informative, controversial, logical and more, this is genius level, being overwhelmingly good in all categories. TIK owns politics and political ideology, probably economics as well. Very well done TIK, I almost didn't bother because I thought you seemed a bit condescending with very little strength of argument or real evidence in some videos. But I feel this is the only place for understanding politics and be entertained at the same time, cheers.
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  5374. Very good work. What's your plan for the Stalingrad battlestorm?
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  5375. First! HA HA! I am back!
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  5376. You ought to redo this video with your honed narration and editing super powers. The subject (and your writing) deserve it.
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  5377.  @biglez32420  I mean, I'm a german with relatives that fought in the war and still I personally don't feel like TIK is stomping on the Germans. All he points out are the many mistakes that were made by them. And the Soviets surely didn't won the war purely by numerical superiority and the winter ;) . So it's totally justified for him to analyze the many things they did wrong!
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  5378.  @TheImperatorKnight  Rothbard: Anatomy of the State, Power and Market, Society Without a State, For a New Liberty
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  5379. Interesting perspective. I'm definitely fed up with my govt here in the US where we're trillions in debt already and they just keep spending. Lawlessness is enabled. Justice is selective at best. It's insanity. If nothing else, a lot of people are waking up to the prospect that serving in the military is not actually serving your country, at least not anymore. I think the idea of serving is a noble one and it's why I enlisted 25+ years ago back in the 90s. However, the military debacles of the last 20 years have shattered my faith in military service. All it does is enrich the military industrial complex by putting your life on the line. Add to that my shattered faith in law enforcement who enforced draconian lock down measures and my faith in medicine over a certain poke in the arm as both scientists and doctors can be bought like any politician. In short, it's all corrupt but how to remove and replace it. Sorry, sort of went on tangent and rambled a bit but I'm beyond frustrated at this point.
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  5380. Very excited for this series. The level of work you have put into this and the prior Battlestorm videos is phenomenal. I for one really appreciate it. The battlefield documentaries I used to watch on TV always left me unsatisfied. You are successfully making the type of documentary that TV producers consistently fail to make. Great work!
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  5381.  @testname3829  What specifically do you disagree with? If truth lies in the center of discussion and debate then give us your perspective. I've always held that it's not that politics can't be discussed civilly it is that we have forgotten how to discuss and listen with civility.
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  5382. Thank you for the video. It really held my attention when I wasn't expecting the subject would. I will have to check out some of your other videos.
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  5383. My god, this video is so intresting!! It is just a gold mine for History Lovers like me! Thank you TIK! You work is awesome.
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  5384. Holly cow This theory makes so much sense 😯
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  5385. Keynes should have been a dietician rather than an economist. He was good at losing Pounds.
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  5386. Hi TIK, I’m currently studying history at university and one of my lecturers for a module on extremism during the 20th century is an actual communist as I’ve looked him up on Twitter and found out his political alignment. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that he’s been pushing the narrative that Hitler was a capitalist and that fascism is a far right ideology. I’m afraid that if I attempt to question his interpretation of history that I may receive disciplinary punishment. Any suggestions on what to do?
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  5387. This new style is amazing keep up with the good work 👍
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  5388. As we have learned during this channel's history, whenever you question an established narrative, people will get quite mad.
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  5389. Hi Tik. Following up with my take on John Buckley’s “Monty’s Men.” He could have been more critical of Monty, and the administration and medical care of the army wasn’t given as much attention as other elements, so the JSTOR reviews I found day. That said, I agree with his premise that the British Army wasn’t that bad as popular history said it was, nor was the German Army as good as popular history makes it out to be. The British Army wasn’t very flashy, but it got the job done. It made gains, did an impressive amount of achievements to give the UK political clout without bleeding itself white.
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  5390. I am a Romanian, and I might have an explanation, the thing is there were ukrainian CITIZENS fighting for the germans, BUT, as discovered by the romanian army when they entered soviet territory after the liberation of Basarabia, so when advancing in Ukraine, the romanian army discovered tens of villages which had either a majority romanian ethnic composition or a significant proportion Romanian ethnics, and this happened all the way till they hit the Dnieper river, after the Dnieper river there were very few romanian villages. so some of the so called ukrainians fighting for the germans might have actually be ethnic romanians, ex soviet/ukrainian citizens of romanian ethnic origin.
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  5391. Thank you for your well researched history, rational analysis, and overall professional presentation! If only Academia could be as professional as you.
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  5392.  @TheImperatorKnight  They were supposed to be a kind of guarantee for later, which is why my whole family collected them, put them into folders and stored them since.
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  5393. I have to comment again. You are %100 correct on the definition of inflation! This is an insanely good video on economics. Please do more. This is incredible. You are an Austrian economist. Spread the knowledge
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  5394. Thank you TIK! Very well done! Very good maps, a scale meter, exact day & time, explanation of units, leader´s name & often portraits ... you are really getting better with every video!
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  5395. So we both decided to release our documentaries concurrently. :D Wooohooo
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  5396. Come on 2:41? XD
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  5397. Finally!. jk... been waiting for this for forever seems like. Great job. Love this series. At least was able to go back over some of the earlier stuff while waiting. Market Garden & Bruneval were especially good.
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  5398. I just wanted to say that you are doing an amazing job, TIK. Keep it up!
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  5399. We're screwed! The central banks have been printing tremendous amounts of money since 2008s housing bubble. The trillions pumped into the banking system to prevent its collapse didn't raise interest rates at all and even to this day interest rates are held artificially low by central banks and government intervention. When it comes time to pay the piper, and that time will come, it will have a most devastating on citizens. This Corvid-19 pandemic may just be the straw that brings the whole system down to where a total reset will be necessary on Capitalistic economies. Capitalism works, and the only government intervention should be to regulate to ensure unscrupulous people do not use the system to fleece money for themselves at the cost of the overall economy. The government's first thought should be of the welfare of it's population, as that is where their strength and power comes from, regardless of what type of government is in power. For capitalistic economies, laws to prevent predatory lending, derivative trading, etc. that can have private entities topple the entire economy should be the government's focus, and not manipulating the economy itself. One of the adverse aspects of government intervention in the economy with the manipulation of interest rates caused banks to devise new ways to make profits. No longer could interest rates be used as a profit maker, at least not near to the degree it had done in the past. This caused them to get into the mortgage market and offer mortgage backed securities. When the mortgage market seen the demand unscrupulous mortgage brokers began pumping all kinds of crap into the system, leading to 2008. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as this, but books (plural) have been written to explain why 2008 happens. A good way for the common person to get a grasp would be to watch the movie, The Big Short, and the documentary/movie, Too Big To Fail.
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  5400.  @TheImperatorKnight  Based... You can't be a liberal if you don't respect property rights / self ownership
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  5401. More videos on economics when? 🤑
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  5402. so simple shame i can only give one like . personaly having over 700 milatery history books all read i totaly agre whith all your work if you ever get to my neck of the woods you would have a free eavning drinks on me just to chat lol
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  5403. I have to dig a little but to say the general staff just goofed and overlooked the prioritization of army group B is a stretch. More likely is that the general staff felt there was a distinct need to beef up army group center to counter expected Russian offensive actions or to prepare or to prepare for future operations. Then again maybe i am wrong and they did just fuck it all up. When analyzing events in history it is hard to be unbiased because we already know the outcome of said event, to truly analyze decisions made you have to understand in context what the intent of the actions were (not just the outcomes) and the information that was accessible at that time (which can be hard because in some examples speculation is the best historians can do).
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  5404. 22:07 You're welcome TIK :)
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  5405. Stalingrad? Damn! I was looking forward to the 4th Keelhaul video. (Only part joking, I like both!)
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  5406. I am for the individual, not fascist or communist groups.
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  5407. Yay, another video from TIK
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  5408. Were the pyramids built by aliens ?
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  5409. Exactly. That said, this video is rife with TIK sarcasm and irony. It’s just British dry wit at work.
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  5410. Meanwhile in 2045 AD, somewhere in Namibia: A flash of light appears and a middle aged man falls out of nowhere. A disinterested camel and its startled rider look on. Adolf: Don't be surprised untermench, It is mein reincarnation as planned by my years of Tibetan occult training.
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  5411. Best video on youtube! I'm losing it even more watching for the second time!
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  5412. I've never laughed so hard at a YouTube video, but when you lost it, I couldn't stop laughing.
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  5413. "Just trust me, mate, I know things" the book.
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  5414. These Details are amazing, just love this channel.
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  5415. Love your work TIK. As there is a lot of misinformation going around on the topic, are you considering making a video about the current recession?
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  5416. Man, I have tried to explain to people how the conservatives are a left wing party, siting how public spending has only increased since 2010 and much other evidence, but unfortunately the ignorance of the mainstream press still dominate there mindset.
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  5417. No sources? Where's your quotation for every sentence?🧐 Kidding! Awesome as usual👊
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  5418. Another Battlestorm Stalingrad video is the perfect birthday present, thank you TiK.
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  5419. @That'sNotOneOfMeat'sManyUses. Royeaux isn't having trouble understanding you. He's DETERMINED not to. He's an ideologue who refuses to acknowledge what's staring him in the face.
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  5420. Came faster than socialist saying "is not real socialism"
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  5421. Thanks Tik. I'm a "veteran" of the original 5+hr discussion of Hitler's Socialism. As one who agrees AH was a socialist it's great to hear this condensed, updated recap as a refresher because it's hard to keep all the evidence in my head. Plus I've not researched the topic anything like as deeply as you clearly have. Cheers
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  5422. @TIK I have only just discovered your channel and I find your vids nicely detailed, well presented and researched. Keep 'em coming. ;-)
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  5423. Excellent video, clear and well explained ,socialism Marxism Fascism National solicolisum all about the same except the name , brilliant !!!..
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  5424. Just finished watching this and your other video (Hitler's Socialism | Destroying the Denialist Counter Arguments), and I must say bravo. I have never watched any videos on youtube in the last 10+ years that actually cite all their sources (and now there is a whole pile of books I need to acquire, thanks). One of the things you mentioned that I had never really considered until now (especially in light of the last several months), was your opinion that publicly traded corporations are actually socialist to some degree. If I were to plot them into your pyramid, I would guess they would initially be inserted into that transition zone, and move further up depending on how much material benefit they receive from the government directly. It's probably one of the reasons I have big aversion, and disgust for so-called "crony-capitalism", which based what I have just watched is basically a form of socialism (and why I don't like it). I know it might not have it's origin's in WW2 (or it might...I have honestly no idea), but I would be fascinated if you did do a video on the origins of that term (crony capitalism), also if there is alternatives to supporting your work besides patreon (I am not a fan of that company, and have zero desire to give them any money).
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  5425. Did you just call the NHS the 'national socialist health service'? :D
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  5426. This is perhaps one of the best videos I've ever watched on socialism. I can't even think of any better than this
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  5427. I disagree because youre statement condtradict popular consensus and whatevery else says, and everybody knows what everybody says is always true 100% of the time and people never make mistakes in mass. Thank you for realistic historical assement as well as admitting things that are "not" clear and that we cant assume some things one way or the other, but only speculate. You are an example to scholars everywhere.
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  5428. Love the work, keep it up!
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  5429. Groovyest history channel I've found yet.
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  5430. Trying to guess the Soviet Economy is difficult. They never show the statistics of their economics beyond propaganda. Either way, the economy is bad
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  5431. This is ridiculous. We all know Chileans are god’s chosen people 💪🇨🇱🔥🔥🔥🔥
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  5432. ​ @Langharig_Tuig Not a pin of shame!
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  5433. Sorry to hear - I was in the same spot myself not that long ago. Take as long as you need.
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  5434. I would disagree thanks to TIK I have a greater understanding of the present world and why collectivist ideologies like fascism and national socialism are considered right wing despite all the evidence to the contrary. He also has explained clearly how the gold standard was subverted.
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  5435.  @dominikpesut7498  The honest answer is we don't know.
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  5436. TIK is, by far, one of the best history chanels on YouTube. But it seems it's taking a presure on him and thats not good at all :( but if it helps him by cutting the amount of published videos, I'm fine with that. One video per month or maby two, i don't mind. As long as it's good for him, it will be good for us as well.
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  5437. Excellent, TIK, just excellent! I see no comment war happening! There are so many more details to this story, but you captured the essence. BTW, people in Serbia are more focused on Chetniks vs Partisans story, so sometimes we don't count in the Ustashas vs Chetniks or Chetniks vs Muslim and Croatian civilians stories. Since we usually only remember terrible Ustasha atrocities against Serbian civilians, we defend Chetnik atrocities as a revenge, but... Is that really the case? I would really like go through nationalistic fog of half-truths and analyse did Chetniks had any plans for ethic cleansing before Ustasha crimes, did they used it as an excuse or was it really just a revenge after realisation that life together is not possible anymore. This bothers me since it is hard to find any unbiased source.
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  5438. When was the last time you even did a tank video ? 😂
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  5439. Socrates, in his dialogues, often began with the definition of words. Why? Because it's the foundation of any logical argument. Unfortunately it has the side-effect of making people look silly for misusing them, hence their emotional comments.
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  5440. Merry christmas dear T.I.K. you are the single most important reason for me to love youtube. Wish you the bests all the way from Iran 🌹🤗🌲🌲🌲
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  5441. ngl this is cool
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  5442. YES! YES, YES, YES! Thank you for this post and how you have framed everything in easy to understand concepts. If you were to do another one of these I'd spend a few minutes on a "Shrinking Markets" crash course. I fully agree with your argument with respect to Socialism and the Nazi Party but more importantly it was so heartening to listen to you lay out what is so terrible about Socialism in its wider construct with the society it supposedly serves "for the good of the people." Well done. I think you know that this post will upset the powers that be at Google and I wouldn't put it past them to take this down and quite possibly demonitize your entire channel to include the most benign videos you produced years ago before you began your...I'm going to say it... ground breaking review of the Second World War. Good Show!
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  5443. Reddit has always been anti-discourse, if you disagree with someone you typically get insulted and ousted. This is exactly why I left and it's no surprise they try and fail to argue it
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  5444. In my personal experience as a history major at two state schools in Michigan, I was taught that the Nazis were socialist. Keep up the good work TIK. I disagree with some of the points you made in this video, but I am glad you made them. (Citino was one of my professor's!)
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  5445. Please don’t overstretch your own supply lines! Take your time and rest and let your supply lines keep up and keep you in good combat condition! 💪💪 👍👍👍
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  5446. This was a very educational video TIK. Great job as always.
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  5447. The dislikes are from the ‘but true socialism has never been tried’ people
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  5448. Finnally Naval stuff!
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  5449. Love your videos!
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  5450. But is this really the case? Yes. Yes it is.
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  5451. GLENN MAGEE - Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition Read it!
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  5452. Outstanding video, TIK. Thank you for continuing to share the products of your dedicated efforts for all these years since you started creating history videos.
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  5453. TIK i love your content. Please be well. You stress a lot to give us the content you do. It shows, we appreciate it please dont stop.
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  5454. Videos like this is why I pay for patreon
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  5455. Yeah I am italian my english is good but caption are very useful!
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  5456.  @TheImperatorKnight  TIK, you mentioned engineering degree may be of use. My father had a PhD in Electrical Engineering (in the USA, this is a degree in Science, so BS is Bachelor of Science). My mother explained it this way: "well you know what BS is. MS is More of the Same, and PhD is Piled higher and Deeper."
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  5457. Again, really interesting explanation. I had heard about this (ge division = su corp etc) for decades, but it makes a lot more sense now. Really appreciate the detail and anecdotes.
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  5458. I'm a history graduate. Almost none of my time was spent in classrooms, it was almost all reading books on my own. I self taught coding during an admin job out of university and got a programming job afterwards. The history degree was useless for the experience I got and for the qualification I had afterwards.
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  5459. Brilliant, thorough work. There’s a good argument to be made, in addition to your good ones, that Patton’s presence with the fake army set to ‘invade’ through the Pas de Calais had great strategic value, since the OKW believed any American invasion force in Normandy must be lead by Patton, who they genuinely respected and feared as an opponent. Eisenhower was acutely aware of this.
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  5460.  @TheImperatorKnight  thanks. I did not know there was a continuation.
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  5461. They were really the same ideology. Communists hate fascists for having a different brand of theft, murder, genocide, war, and state-managed industry. They are extreme versions of excess government by elitists who seek to enslave others.
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  5462. Milton Friedman's not naive. Neither is Hayek. I don't even think Mises is naive. Sure, there are people who have thought more intently about banking and economics and have written volumes on it: but TIKs economics is basically correct.
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  5463. Hi TIK, I have wondered if could create an episode about epidemics on Eastern Front. We hear about Rzhev Meat Grinder or Battle of Stalingrad but not much focus is put into that more "medical" side of it. As Spanish flu gained momentum due to First World War trench warfare with constant reinforcments, what was the impact epidemics had on operations in Second World War ? Thanks for great videos in that hard times!
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  5464. 5 seconds in, already deserved my like. Good job as always Tik. Bless you.
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  5465. A big part of the social reconstruction of Germany in its national and international context was the idea of 'the Germany that came before' and also with it the idea that the Treaty of Versailles in 'punishing' Germany was to blame in large part for the rise of the Nazis and with it WWII. The implications of this makes Germany to be an otherwise 'normal' nation and a 'co-victim' of WWI as opposed to an aggressor and shifts some blame to the allies. Now then, Fischer initially was part of this camp. Indeed he had even been a Nazi. But when he examined the documentary evidence he concluded that Germany had had expansionist aggressive intentions for a long time. He also argued Germany, or at least decisive factions within the German government wanted a general European war to put these plans into effect and these same factions deliberately exacerbated the crisis of 1914. He also argued that Germany should not complain about Versailles and its 'impositions' as Germany had imposed a draconian peace on Soviet Russia with the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, intended to do the same in the West and had also imposed quite drastic reparations on France in 1871. And this is just a small part of what he argued and it is was in some senses the first Historikerstreit.
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  5466. Honestly, it's amazing you kept it up as long as you did. I thought at first that it would be a multi part project spanning years and that you would probably take a break once "phase one" of the battle is over and you get into the city fighting (Around Episode 18). Nope. Then I thought you would take a break at some point during the city fighting, and I was CERTAIN that you would take a break before the start of Operation Uranus. Nope. And you might expect a drop in production quality for such a long project, but it only actually increased over time. Incredible!
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  5467. I was just drowning in too much detail there. But it's a delicate balance to manage and making everybody happy ist impossible.
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  5468.  Neon Noir  0:49 "as soon as society succeed in abolishing the empirical essence!!! Of judaism huckstering and it's conditions, the jew become impossible because his consciousness no longer has an object". Clear enough for you?
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  5469. Not a rebuttal. Not even an argument. Also, " thin fetched" haha.
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  5470. TIK Love your channel. No idea how you only have 80,000 subscribers. I have been reading/studying military history for over 20 years and i love chilling and listening to your videos. You deserve, easily, triple or quadruple the subscibers. Keep up the good work mate.
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  5471. I like that you're reading Voegelin. He's often one of my go to writers to understand modern political phenomenon. I struggle calling this type of cult mentality a religion. That may be my own bias, since I'm religious, but I sincerely struggle to find religions that tell you "not to think". All the major abrahamic religions, and a lot of the eastern ones, give you a framework to individually interpret the world. Modern political ideology shuns thinking individually altogether in favor of some sort of collective actualization guided by the enlightened leader. Simplifying it: God wants to change and elevate the man; ideology wants the man to disappear, absorbed by a collective consciousness embodied by the leader. It's a man created god and the definition of what we Christians would call idolatry.
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  5472. Just found this Channel yesterday. Great stuff!
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  5473. TIK You've been doing seriously hard work but relaxing is important. Don't know what sort of stuff you do to relax but I got myself a motorcycle this summer and I can say that it's been remarkable stress relief. When you're riding a bike you're not going to be thinking of anything else while doing it. I'm not saying it's correct for you but you have to do something just so you don't start hating what you do. Kudos for admitting your mistakes.
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  5474. This puts so much into perspective. Thanks TIK.
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  5475. My favorite videos are the non WW2 combat ones
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  5476. Wow another masterpiece of yours! Really impressive to see the amount of research and work you put into the Video. I am not a marxist and therefore not a believer of the labour theory of value, but in this case, I will make an exception. PS: I have one wish. Can you please make a video about the History of Austrian Economics, after this series? Libertarians of the world, unite!
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  5477. I'm only 11 minutes into this vid, and LOVE IT!! Wish there was a second and a third thumbs up button. Like a great wine, I am savoring this condemnation of the vile ideology of socialism.
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  5478. This is an incredible video TIK; your research and dedication to this topic is unmatched. You are 100% correct at the end; once you stop shilling for 'socialisms' and actually just read about what happened, everything starts to make sense, and the whole stupid "the German people because crazy and elected a madman" immediately falls apart. Hitler was an idiot, con-artist and was the definition of evil...but madman? I'd say no; he knew what he was doing and had "logical" conclusions based on the events of the day. I think Marxists are just scared to admit how many atrocities their ideology has created over the years. You'd think that regime after regime after regime, people would finally realize the sham socialism really is...but I guess the world hasn't fully learned it's lessons yet. I can't wait for Episode 3!
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  5479. I am not sure if you will read this. However I think I can answer your question about "how a Dialectic thinks". I was not personally one, but I feel I understand it. I will be using my own terms to explain it. I think it's rather simple. This thought process is fundamentally based on an "emotional" logic. You are right in that those who are in the cult. Do not think for themselves, for they have been swept up in a new form of thinking entirely. Emotional logic, or rather, emotional subversion. Here is how it works: They are presented with something that seems "profound" or "altruistic" or "just". This then triggers the emotional response that this is "good". For example, communism is "good" because on it's surface it is about redistribution of wealth. it is about tearing down the old social order in favor of one that "remakes" the world in a way where all are equal. This, and the language around it. Are presented in such a fashion that they trigger emotional responses in the person who is listening/reading. Since the dialectic is being used to turn off the rational logical side of the person's thought (keep in mind I am not necessarily saying the ones falling for this are idiots, in fact many are intelligent). This is how Hitler was so effective. He would pair his claims, his words, and his beliefs with "profound" ideas, and would use extravagant methods to frame them. Simple things like how he "was inspired not by intellectuals" but by "the people or volk". That the youth of the future would not be hounded by "class division". They those who joined the NaSoc regime would find "purpose" in the nation and in the race. This, in the mind of the one who does not think about what he is being told. Is usually powerful enough to convince them of the "rightness" of these ideas. They are emotionally subverted and convinced. All without truly needing to speak clearly about what they are actually saying. This is why, as you said, many dialectic prophets are bad at writing. Since the means they have to convey their ideas are done in a way that reduces the glamour of their words. They must speak in even more flowery terms to try and convey the emotional "idea" rather than the logical "meaning". I hope this sort of conveys why this is so strange. To someone who digests what they read and hear before accepting it. This all sounds insane. To the person who is emotionally subverted however. These ideas can be sound and sensible. Then, the dialectic prophet equips those who have been subverted with their own internal logic. Cult like vocabularies they can throw at whoever speaks against them. Since the people outside the cult will be utterly confused. This can come across as victory, as a triumph. I hope this kind of helps explain how I see it. Perhaps you could put it in better words than I. Thank you.
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  5480. I enjoyed the hell out of the british labour and economic story you make it so concise it just amazes me
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  5481. I've been where you are on the left/right thing for a few years now. Always good to see someone else declare their break from its shackles.
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  5482. Long ago, I put a comment on one of the Lotus Eaters premium videos talking about Communism. I can't remember what I exactly said but it was a very accurate description of the evolution of socialism, its many forms, tries, approaches & leaders throughout the 2 centuries of its existence. This video of yours TIK reminded me of that comment and has somewhat made me depressed. Since 2022 I came to the conclusion that all the parties in the UK were the same, just with different names & coloured flags. This video aligns with that conclusion, but makes the idea of it all the more worse that is has being going on for the last 100+ years. And certainly does no confidence in the establishment. I for one am not interested in eating boogs or being given dictates by the WEF. Looking forward to more of your work on Fascism as well as other subjects. Take Care.
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  5483. 29:10 To be fair to Wikipedia I did find them mentioning that Mosely was a fabian in the 20's and 30's
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  5484.  @flashgordon6670  Why do you keep spamming every comment with the same reply? Stop it.
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  5485. May I suggest planning rest/leisure time right now for 2022? Carving it out in advance helps when work takes over far too easily. We all can watch cat videos while you're on holiday, and it will be quite fine.
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  5486. YES!!!! that's been a long 2 weeks, welcome back and looking forward to future vids, would especially enjoy an episode where you answer a few questions that maybe require less time to answer and of course BATTLESTORM!!! again welcome back
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  5487. The minimum wage comment set me thinking. I gained a degree in economics in 1992 and up to that time standard economic thought was that a minimum wage inevitably led to higher unemployment among the poorest members of society. And then 1997, Labour introduced a minimum wage and unemployment did not rise. So St. Tony (and Gordon the Moron) managed to break economic theory for the greater good of the British people. There may be an element of sarcasm in my last comment. In reality "minimum wage" often became "maximum wage" and per capita productivity fell. A state of affairs that we still haven't recovered from.
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  5488. Marlboros almost $9.00 a pack in Kentucky and I think we have some of the cheapest tax on tobacco products in the nation ,I'd be afraid to buy a pack of Marlboros in say, California or NY, but the "cheap" cigarettes are not cheap either, a disgusting habit but I like em
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  5489. "53 degrees in the sun"... could be, I find. You don't have to be a Geophysicist. 35 ºC in the shade are quite common in the Summer in Volgograd/Stalingrad. Therefore under the full glare of the Sun, where the fighting was taking place, in an environment where concrete rubble and stone was prevalent, those 53 ºC are a distinct possibility, would have made atrocious combat circumstances even worse, and I find it quite plausible that someone concerned with fighting conditions would have mentioned just that. At any rate good of you to come forth to correct whatever you find need correcting. Honesty is one of the qualities I value most.
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  5490. I love that you are teaming up with Anton for this documentary. Your the 2 biggest experts on this topic on Youtube. Good luck.
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  5491. TIK's addentum videos are like quality bonus videos. I liked it, makes him more human. And even more of a Researcher with a big RRRRR :D Please Sir TIK, make some mistakes here and there in the future videos as well. :) :P thx
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  5492. I learned so much in this episode, I had never heard the idea of the air lift exacerbating the situation before, but it makes perfect sense. It would have been much better for the soldiers to have been making that march to captivity on full bellies (of horse meat) in December, than starved and exhausted in February. Thanks TIK, I can't wait to watch this whole series from beginning to end. What an opus.
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  5493. "the Finnish Bolshevik", wow imagine having that poor of hindsight to name yourself that.
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  5494. You are on academic level. Whilst they are not. BUT the thing is you are on an academical level on Youtube and this is inevitable. Very enlightening video as always, thank you TIK.
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  5495. FIRST DISLIKE!!!!!!
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  5496. Hello, from Brazil! Your videos are the real history behind wath many professor teach in schools and universities across the globe. You should think about translate your videos to another languages to reach more people. Thank you for all that work.
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  5497. History lies in the heart of the debate! Great work Mr. Barton. An absolute joy to watch. The video is now circulating in the liberal (the real meaning) literary academia. Dr.Dr. Zitelmann and I will reach out soon. Just out of curiosity, are you familiar with the book The Faces of Janus by Anthony James Gregor? I find that book to be fascinating as it connects the minds of Stalin and Hitler. I believe it will be useful for you. Also, is the email listed on your Instagram a good way to reach out? Cheers.
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  5498. 1st
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  5499. Thank you, for going trough these Tik, because it is nice to know, I am not the only one who find these cults silly. But, so many people seem to have no problem with them, and it is driving me insane. So, it is nice to know I am not alone. Still have no idea why other people seem to accept these cults without question.
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  5500. You should consider doing the US Civil war. For me this time in history had everything. Congratulations on completing the Stalingrad series btw.
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  5501. That's all folks The battlestorm series in stalingrad is now officially over
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  5502. Thank you TIK for persevering. :)
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  5503. I also recommend the the work "Capital and Interest" by Eguen Von Bohm-Bawerk as well. It is a difficult read, but it completely decimated the exploration theory particularly in the Rodbertus chapter.
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  5504. I really love you are so selfcritical. More historians/youtubers(actually more people in general) should be that way. I imagine you might be too hard on yourself sometimes but it does really shows in the quality of your work.
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  5505. Even knowing the eventual outcome, the last fifteen minutes of this video was one of the most tense moments of my life!
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  5506. Wow. Just. Wow. First 2 days of the Battle and things are looking bad. I've noted several of the places on the map of interest. The Fountain, Pavlov's House and the Train Station. Just noticed the Brewery, loosing that would be bad. But damn. So many video games just take place in this area of Stalingrad. I've played Red Orchestra 2 and clocked in many hours. But damn the many locations and battle places of that game, take place in this area covered by the end of the video. Unbelievable work TIK, and credit well due and earned for you work; your assistance and helpers you make these videos and content possible. Amazing. And we only just reached and launched the first assault upon the blasted city. Daren't I say more.
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  5507. FIRST!
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  5508. I completely forgot that Monty was even involved in the Bulge. Most the focus, quite understandably, tends to look to the south or toward Bastogne.
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  5509. TIK, if you're going to go in depth on the Ardennes you have to read T.N. Dupuy's "Hitler's Last Gamble" - probably the most detailed day-by-day analysis of the campaign ever made. It includes comprehensive maps, tables, and lists of personnel and equipment at various points, as well as addressing some brief counterfactuals in the appendices. With regard to Montgomery, Dupuy concluded that it was probably for the best that he was given command over the northern flank for command and control purposes, and that furthermore his recognition of the vulnerability of the St. Vith salient and subsequent demand for its evacuation probably saved the US 7th Armored Division from destruction. A companion piece to "Hitler's Last Gamble" is the Ardennes Campaign Simulation Database, a truly mammoth (free to download) document created in the late 80s and early 90s that ran through literally the entire battle from start to finish for every unit from both sides.
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  5510. The bit with Peiper surprised me, I heard about the minefield, and the callous use of halftracks to lead the way for his tanks, but I did not know it was a German minefield that they rank into. To think, all that time surreptitiously gathering supplies, men, tanks, fuel, aircraft... and they forget to ask "hey, where did we lay our own mines again?"
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  5511. Ukraine in the 1930s: Dude... shut the bleep up.
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  5512. You mention how the Soviets had fictional pricing. Not surprising to those of us who understand that the Nazis were Socialists, so did the Germans. The Germans kept prices artificially low by using price controls. So those companies that weren't yet taken over by the Nazis - who built tanks for example - would be forced to sell them to the government at a loss. This loss being disguised by the price controls. The Nazis also had laws which made it a capital offense to profit from war industry (unless you're the SS of course). Thus, companies were not allowed more than a miniscule profit. In reality, there was no profit, only loss. The economy was sustained entirely off the masses of forced and slave labor and pillaging anything of value in occupied Europe to try and keep fiscal solvency.
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  5513. Your book collection is enviable; will certainly look into picking this one up. Have a good day mates!
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  5514. I think you explained it pretty well in your video on the topic. Just ignore plebbitors they haven't got a clue about flies on shit.
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  5515. Watched the video TIK-well done really liked it! If you're gonna do a vid on the Russian Revolution I'd definitely recommend the last chapter of Norman Stone's epic "The Eastern Front 1914-1917" which speaks a lot about why the Revolution happened. Basically he feels that the February Revolution did not happen because Russia was backward, but because it was undergoing rapid modernity and economic progress in the war years-he calls it a crisis of growth.
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  5516. Notice how Goring's quotes never say that the airlift will succeed. It is all "we'll do our best" and such. As a manager this is a classic sign of an underling who knows he can't do the job but won't tell you that. It is clearly evasive if you read between the lines. I think your conclusion is correct. There was no other choice but to try the airlift even though it was clear that it was unlikely to work. What else could be done?
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  5517. I need to catch up on your Battlestorm series, this and last weeks. Have Merry Christmas Tik!
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  5518. Love how you are always in touch with your yt community, especially when releasing a new vid ^.^ Great work as always.
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  5519. i got notified 2 hrs ago.. but my comments aren't posting.. what's going on??
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  5520. I very much agree with the sentiment of treating warcrimes equally, no matter which side committed them. No matter what your opponent have done or will do in this regard, it should not be taken as a justification for your side to abandon your humanity and common decency. There is a discussion however that I would like to hear more of, in regards to bombing campaigns in general and specifically during WWII: Where is the line between a civilian target and a military target? I'm very much in doubt on my own stance on this subject, so any further discussion of it would be welcome.
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  5521. Your air war videos are really enjoyable. Please consider doing more!
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  5522. yey.... I've been looking forward to the Grain Elevator...
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  5523. @TIK I've been critical of your macro analysis but, by god, what fantastic detailed analysis of battle. Well done!
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  5524. That is next to impossible to do accurately until archives of the war are opened in the future
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  5525. TIK, another AWESOME video. Thanks. As a retired US Army Engineer officer with logistics experience, you are spot on imo. Military logistics is one of the MOST difficult aspects of military planning and operations. Good logisticians are rare in my experience. It requires an above average understanding of economics and superior math skills. Sadly here in the US, economics education is all but ignored (I know because I am currently an adjunct professor of econ) and math education is woefully inadequate. As a result, this has a direct impact upon the logistics community. Computers have helped to a degree but that is yet another skill set that is also lacking. Keep up the great work and look forward to even more.
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  5526. this thumbnail is amazing
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  5527. Who does the music? My compliments to whoever it is.
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  5528. Note to self: don't take jabs at Mr TIK unless I am sitting in a well stocked up H-bomb shelter.
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  5529. Tik, this video is outstanding. Honestly. I’ve studied history academically, studied WW2 similar to yourself in my spare time. Read countless memoirs and spent countless hours studying. This is why I love your videos, I knew pretty much none of this. Keep it up mate, bravo.
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  5530. Lol these people don't understand anything about the Night of the Long Knives and it has nothing to do with purging left wing elements. Gottfried Feder, Robert Lay, and Goebbels were all way more radical on their views about pro socialism than Gregor Strasser yet none of them were targeted. The main reason Gregor Strasser was killed was because his brother was trying to undermine the party so many party members didn't trust him. It was unwarranted considering Gregor Strasser was firm believing Nazi. He actually agreed with Hitler on pretty much everything and denounced his brother as a traitor. Hitler actually liked Gregor Strasser and there is evidence Hitler was angry when he heard that Gregor was killed. It was likely Gregor was killed because he was a victim of a power struggle in the party and order likely came from Göring or Himmler because they feared Gregor eventually would be offered a high ranking position in the government over them after the conflict with his brother was over once he was deported.
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  5531. "The only way I got to keep them Tigers busy is to LET THEM SHOOT HOLES IN ME!" -Soviet tanker, prolly. :)
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  5532.  @TheImperatorKnight  always with the negative waves man
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  5533. Really good stuff... Helps with understanding today's realities a lot too. This specific example also opens a huge can of worms about the morality of preemptive strikes. According to Nüremberg tribunal, the supreme crime is that of aggression, containing all the evil that follows (which led Noam Chomsky to remark that every US president since the WW2 at least should be hung, if we followed this principle). Iraq, Crimea, Israel... a lot of evil is being done by people just defending themselves.
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  5534. Keep up the good work,love it!!!❤
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  5535. Did you ignore the entire video??
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  5536. Please Attack clean whermacters more(perhaps a video idea?)
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  5537. Very nice of you to talk about this topic.
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  5538.  @TheImperatorKnight  It was my wife's but she really doesn't like to be in the front of a camera. Thank you very much!
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  5539. It is so weird to see people look up to him and his reich, do they not understand that they wouldn't even be allowed to say "we're losing the war, we should change strategies"?
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  5540. More Stalingrad videos please ! Excellent job. Bye for now.
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  5541. +TIK this channel needs 1000000 times more views and subscribers. I hope your channel will get there!
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  5542. I loved the look at the recommended video link when you mentioned aviation fuel.
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  5543. did you stop putting background music altogether? I really liked it. It gives a suitable background atmosphere to the narration
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  5544. Saw it coming, totally support you. Do what it's best for you.
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  5545. Quality intelligent content. Is this actually YouTube? Did I click a hidden link?
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  5546. I've never commented on YT but seeing this video I feel that I have to because it's kind of heartbreaking seeing you struggle like this. You don't have to convince the people that are stuck in their opinions. You're not going to get through to them. It's like the saying goes, "You can bring a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink". I think you're stuck on the idea of having to get through to them and having to make videos for those people but you really don't. You're not making videos just for them nor are you making them for an echo chamber if that's what you think. There will be people that come across your channel and they will hear your arguments and be set on a path to enlightenment. You're one of the very few (if only) channels that looks at history from a Austrian school of economics perspective and that in itself is very valuable for the community even if they have already been 'red-pilled'. You don't have to carry this burden on your shoulders alone, there are others that will look at your videos and carry on the torch because you have given them the facts and arguments. You are not responsible for other people, for convincing them or 'making them understand' because that will never happen. You cannot control what others believe. It's frustrating, I know, and I have burnt out in my personal life for similar reasons (seeing the world as it is, heading the way that is and feeling like I have to somehow convince everyone) so I know where you're coming from. Anyway, that's my two cents. I hope it helps.
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  5547.  @TheImperatorKnight  eh... hard to separate the two when it comes down to brass tacks.
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  5548. I’m sorry man. Lost my grandmother a few weeks ago. Losing family is tough. My condolences for your loss, and I hope you’re feeling better.
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  5549. First
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  5550. To be able to argue on YouTube, of course. Joke aside. Primarily because it is a good exercise for a brain. I am a physicist and the bulk of my work is creating models and predicting outcomes based on various input variables. So when you are discussing a single event in history it is never A->B, it is more like an entire tree of events and decisions over sometimes centuries that led to something. So it was really interesting for me to go and look for all the little details, creating a model. Then, for a military history in particular, it was a love of chess and strategy games. Never really gave me the depth I required so when I turned to real world history, I was satisfied. When you come to the point where you discuss some operation but your first thought is "logistics" instead of type of weapons they carry, you know you've hit the level required. Because once again, that higher level of thinking, required to model complex things like a huge front, is what gets my brain wheels turning and makes me happy.
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  5551. That is a nice question to ask... I've been asked myself many times since I am a collector and I work at a military museum in the UK. My passion about military history started since I remember myself and the reason is my grandad. Spending time with my grandad was all about stories about the war and visiting military museums (and museums with dinosaurs ;) )... I remember when I first saw the Greek military leader and strategist Kolokotronis! He was the leader of the Greek forces during the struggle for independence against the Turks in 1821 and he is a figure we learn about from the very early grades in school. So, there I was starring at his helmet in a museum behind a glass! I just couldn't believe it... My child brain couldn't comprehend that the guy who used to wear that fought the Turks and is the same person I was taught about in class! Another important factor was, as I mentioned before, the stories my grandad used to tell me about WW2. I just couldn't believe how these things happened not that long ago and yet seem so alien to us now. Every time I watched a movie or played a game I couldn't help but to think that when the things in the movie/game happened in reality somewhere was a young man who eventually became my grandad... That was another thing that was very difficult for my young brain to understand and seemed weird! Ever since I love reading books, watching movies and playing games about WW2 beacuse they trigger that same thought in my mind "when these things happened my grandparents were young and the stories I grew up with were happening to them"... And then I found the WW2 collectors' world!!! And a blow that was... A small fortune has gone there and many more fortunes are yet to be spent in WW2 military items! Every time I hold something or sit back and stare at them there are thousands of thoughts triggered in my mind about all these I've read, played and watched and how they connect with these items! It's a fascinating world and I love your work... Keep it up! btw this is by far the longest comment I've ever written on YT!!
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  5552. Hi Tik. I'm not really interested in history like most of your subscribers. I found you from a post in a sim racing forum. Your presentation style and your level of detail and factual info has me hooked. If only the education system in the UK could clone you and have you teaching history we would be a better nation for it. Fuel / oil shortage sealed the fate in ww2... Mind blown. Keep up the great work. So enjoyable. Justin
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  5553. Its weird for anyone to demand you stick to military history when the vast majority of your videos are about how events happened during war. Context is important to why the events happened.
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  5554. Here I go again.
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  5555. This was a stunning series very useful in understanding this extended battle. Contemporary forces have the doctrine and communications to exert command and control over this kind of battle, these simply weren't available to WWII armies. I'm going to try to watch the whole thing through again.
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  5556. maraaaaaaaathoned it, TIK you've given me a fresh look at how I looked at the war. Not just this 9 hour video, but in aspects of how many devils were in the details. Much appreciated.
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  5557. instant click!
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  5558. Thank you for this video, TIK. Small note: At 16:17, a picture of Leonard Peikoff has the wrong caption (instead of Leonard Peikoff, it is Robert Citino). It is probably a copy-paste typo. Sorry for my OCD.
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  5559. I think we're all gonna watch his hair turn ray putting out all these World War II battlestorm videos for decades. That how long it'll take to cover the whole war with his quality of work.
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  5560. Love your videos, super impressed with the level of research and therefore, the level of detail within the videos. Love the way you represent the map movements and how you show which units are engaging which units. Love this political stuff as well. Realised I was a bit dim when it came to political history so I'm happily learning here. I appreciate all you do on here. 🙏🇬🇧🙏
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  5561. TIK you are clearly not anti-American. Gavin's failure to take the Nijmegen bridge in operation market garden was a critical error that lengthened the war. It especially hurt the families of my friends in Holland. And you have been very fair in your criticism of Eisenhower and Devers in this video. It's a wonder the Allies got as far as they did in the West
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  5562. Devers actually had a good argument to cross the Rhine. In Atkinson we learn that his troops did cross and found no Germans. Devers went up in a piper cub and found no German forces within 30 miles of the Rhine and a pretty clear path to Stugardt. Devers wanted Patton to support his flank when he crossed. This is when Eisenhower intervened. The lack of German troops should have been a tell that the Battle of the Bulge was coming. A crossing here would have forced the Germans to pull troops massing for the Ardennes back to protect their own flank, weakening this attack and strengthening the American position. The focus on the Ruhr was the industrial base not on the German Army. The most important element in the whole German industrial base was the ball plant at Schwienfurt, just outside of Frankfurt. 80 miles from Devers with no German forces in his path. Without the balls no bearings, without the bearings no tanks, no planes, no rockets. Devers had this scoped.
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  5563. I'll drink to that!😅
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  5564. y Yes please, more shorts, very nice surprise to see this ty.
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  5565. Tik, I like how respectable you are to those who chime in with additional information. It might have that feel of being upstaged, but you handle it well. I too have always wondered why the Axis never went after the oil in Libya. Thanks
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  5566. STIK TO TIK
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  5567. I too have a degree in History and can appreciate your methods, rigorous research and approach. However, what is really important to me is that your videos challenge my thinking and opinions. I realised after my 1st year of Uni I needed my opinions to be challenged so as to service my study of history.I had to keep my mind open, even when I heard or read things I didnt like. So, I thank you for your videos, you have widened my eyes once more and provided me with the fuel the panzers of my mind needed to travel forward.
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  5568. Just like TIK, StalData is alternatively accused of having a Soviet or German bias. This alternative pattern confirms there's no bias in reality. The only objective is to achieve historical truth and accuracy.
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  5569. I mean. Up until they declared war, Britain capitulated and let Hitler do what he wanted, so it makes sense he would think they wouldn't fight. Also, he felt that France and Britain wouldn't fight because of the horrid losses they suffered in the previous war. That's my opinion anyway.
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  5570. Tik haven't watched the vid yet, but you have taught me literaly how to read history book! thank you
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  5571. Merry Christmas, TIK
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  5572. "It's gotten I bit out of hand" now if that doesn't sum up human history.
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  5573. My wife and I visited Conwy a few years ago and stood at that same spot! Next day was a trip to walk along Hadrian's Wall. Coming from Canada, the UK is a wonderland of history. Funny, what blew my mind about Conwy wasn't all the stonework, it was looking up and seeing the remnants of the plaster on one of the great room walls in the Royal Quarters. That triggered a mental time trip. Regardless of whether the information is usable today, I feel sorry for people that just don't care to know.
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  5574. First
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  5575. Excellent primary source without the vague reflection of German General all trying to save there prestige by playing the blame game. Very interesting source probably going to have to get that book now.
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  5576. A very heavy topic, but one that needed to be said. Thanks for your work Tik. I hope you are doing alright across the pond. Honestly, I think I picked up on this when reading Antony Beevor's book on Stalingrad back in high school. A line that said the Wehrmacht were not clean in the East. I have not read Beevor's book on Berlin yet. I think, "Ostkrieg" by Stephen Fritz brought it up too.
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  5577. Ha! Just love the way you can't leave the tricky stuff alone… keep it up.
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  5578. Was just rewatching the SS foreign legion video, nice to get a follow up to that mess of ideological fanaticism. More on the failed Chicken Farmer is welcome lol
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  5579. Why do people dislike if they havent even seen the full video
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  5580. One suspects he did not sue for wrongful dismissal... Congrats on 200K! :D
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  5581. Great!!!! Hope your feeling better, TIK. Been anxious about this series and now I'm ecstatic. Yeahhhh!
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  5582. Get more work done Step 1 would be stop watching YouTube ..yet I'm still here :*(
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  5583.  @222rich  Yes, I am being sarcastic and using the sarcasm to expressly outline how the whole world violated the Nuremburg Code.
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  5584. Not sure what to say, but I want to say something. Important topic! von Galen probably saved tens of thousands.
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  5585. Extraordinary video and the most thorough of its kind on YouTube.
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  5586. A five hour TiK video? One where he gets the Millennial Socialist crowd to sh*t themselves? This is truly a great time to be alive...
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  5587.  @Gvjrapiro  You haven't told why or how i was proven wrong? You know i don't understand this whole "Crusade" against Tik, why even bother, if the deaths of more than 70 million people won't 'cancel' Socialism or its subsequent offsprings, i highly doubt association or usage by Nazis or racists will even have any effect
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  5588. Socialism is the deadliest mental virus 🦠
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  5589. 16:01 <--- This is where he explains logically that Marx was manipulating people with lies and they fell for it. (watch the next few minutes)
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  5590.  @andyknowles772  Hi Andy, A Socialist policy implemented by the National Socialists? Easy! I can name a whole bunch of socialist policies implemented by the National Socialists. The following are all socialist (not Marxist Socialism) policies implemented by the National Socialists: 1.) The nationalization of all trusts; 2.) Profit sharing in all large companies; 3.) Increase in old age pensions at tax payers expense; 4.) The "immediate communalization of large stores" - " small traders shall deliver supplies needed by the state" ; 5.) Agrarian reform in acceptance with national requirements; - the expropriation of owners without compensation of any land [an attack on private property] - " abolition of ground rents", - prohibition of all speculation in land; 6.) State organization of all cultural systems of Germans .. education at the expense of the state; 7.) State raised standards of national health; 8.) Creation of a national [folks/people's] army; 9.) A state controlled media; 10.) COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD; 11.) Strong Central Authority, formed professional committees; 12.) Public works programs and job-creation projects on public expenditures and borrowings; 13.) Limited the amount of dividends companies can pay out; 14.) Decreased the size of the German financial center. = SOCIALISM! NOTE: Hitler's National Socialism [as opposed to International Socialism] was a more practical version of socialism than the Marxist/Leninist version, which was poisoned by its collectivist ideologies. Hitler used Socialist policies that worked. The Fabian Socialist, John Maynard Keynes's economic policies (demand side) heavily influenced both the Social Democrats and the National Socialists stimulation policies of massive government spending. So, yes indeed I can name socialist policies implemented by Hitler's National Socialism (or any other version of socialism). Suggested readings: WAGES OF DESTRUCTION (2005) by Adam Tooze NAZI ECONOMICS (1990) by Avraham Barkai SOCIALISM (1951) by Ludwig von Mises Thank you Andy for asking!
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  5591. >the entire economical structure of Nazi Germany being free market Keynesian Gee, and you wonder why we insult you?
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  5592. It a humongous video, but it's one worth watching in my opinion, I thank you for putting such a great amount of time into the video.
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  5593. "It's very easy to fool people, unfortunately, it's very hard to show them that they have been fooled". Mark Twain. The communist & socialist write the history and dominate the reporting of the news. They will tear you down til you submit. The fact that Hitler was a socialist is the one fact that they cannot let go unchallenged. It is the great lie!
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  5594. There's no difference between Socialism and "National" Socialism. Socialism is Socialism regardless of who is part of any particular Socialist group. Your point (@dr1flush) that everyone has a right to participate has no bearing on what socialism is in and of itself. You may want to call it "National Socialism" because Hitler wanted his country to be for "Aryans" only, but my question now is: do you even know what "Aryan" means? To apply it to Hitler's opinions now shows that you really don't know what it means--who the term refers to. And if Hitler had known he probably would have avoided using it at all for his "super" race ideas/concepts. Also, regardless of what your university "professors" have taught you, Socialism is one of the worst governmental systems (in its pure form) ever conceived because it ignores human nature completely. You cannot do that and really believe whatever your concept is will work. There is no organization or group of any size that will function as you might think it will if you ignore human nature in conceiving it. Humans will ruin any and every good idea you come up with at some point or other. All you can do is choose the best of them and then fight back hardcore against the dark parts of human nature and/or design them into your potential governing system. To date, the best working system is Laissez-faire capitalism, not the watered-down form of it we all now live under, which was slowly forced on us through rampant unethical bureaucracy (sadly unforeseen by the founding fathers of the United States) and through individuals that want to use Socialism/Communism (they are both Marxism, so don't try to tell me they're different--they aren't different in any way that matters in real-world terms) to control all of us on this sad planet. Socialists teach socialism because they want power, not because it is a worthwhile system. It has never worked and it cannot work until everyone on the planet chooses it because they believe in others that they don't even know. Without that belief and trust in all others (particularly those pushing for that kind of state) those with any influence in the "party" will begin to lord it over any and everyone as much as they can. You've heard the idiom: power corrupts; absolute power corrupts men and women absolutely. No. I won't apologize for not including any other genders in that statement because despite what the idiots in your university classes have taught you, there aren't any others (well, except maybe, just maybe there's a hermaphrodite gender. Gender is not a mere psychological concept, it is also a biological thing and biology doesn't care about your mindset or feelings (maybe scientists do so they can learn more about the human mind and brain). You and your "professors" and all the trans folks can claim that their mental illness is a real thing all they want. That will never change the truth. You cannot change your sex regardless of how you feel inside, so get a handle on your feelings and stop allowing them to control your thinking because "that way lies madness." You may think you can have a sex change, and sure you can but that kind of surgery is being pushed by the AMA and other morally corrupt elements in our society just so they can make money from you for the rest of your life. Because without those hormones, no surgery will help you be who you think you are. These are lies disseminated throughout our society literally by "the forces of darkness" who don't give one single shit about you or your gender dysphoria. I agree that your feelings are valid, but so are mine and I refuse to allow my feelings to dictate my actions because that is the stupidest way to interact with the world. The appropriate way is to think about your feelings and push most of them away from your mind and thinking because they aren't valid and should not be acted on. Acting from your feelings alone can lead to incredible violence, which is exactly what Hitler and his supporters did. They acted in the worst ways based solely on their feelings. You are not always right, your party isn't right, your group isn't right... no one and no group is right 100% of the time. That's why we need real discussions, not immature word battles on the internet (and elsewhere) because no one wins those. Everyone loses arguments made in bad faith, with only the idea that you and you alone have the right idea and no one else does. Unless they agree with you. If our ancestors thought that way we wouldn't even exist, particularly if you believe in evolution. We would have either destroyed ourselves or our environment would have destroyed us because we didn't listen to any discussions and only one person made all societal decisions, because no one on Earth is perfect and everyone makes mistakes. People do things that are mistakes all the time and think nothing of it. tl;dr: Grow up. Think. Debate. Confront others when you question their thinking. Stand up for freedom of speech, not for forcing words into the mouths of others. I'm done now.
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  5595. 8:44 10th october 1942 there should be 1941 or not ?
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  5596. Available: 2053 (76mm) + 1316 (122mm) + 962 (152mm) = 4331 (Total) On paper: 3244 (76mm) + 1752 (122mm) + 1483 (152mm) = 6479 (Total) Final Ratio: 4331 / 6479 = 66.8467%
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  5597. Any man who is brave enough to spread the truth against the socialists of YouTube gains my respect and subscribing.
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  5598. I love the concept behind this video- what makes your videos so special are the sources that you pull from. It’s nice to hear how you used them to draw conclusions attached with your recommendations for us to read them too. More history-related channels should so this- maybe all should? As always- thanks Tik!
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  5599. I've always enjoyed your videos and appreciate how in depth you go in your research. You really mastered the Feynman technique when it comes to explaining things so people with very little to no knowledge on the subject can understand. Keep up the great work TIK!
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  5600. This is essentially an indirect and classy response to Fredda. What TIK is saying is that of your source describes a Socialist economy and then later claims it is a Capitalist economy, then logic demands you disagree with it. Fredda claims to be a professional historian yet seems to think one should agree with his sources even if they contradict each other or they themselves hold statements that are, under close inspection, contradictory.
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  5601. Well put....basically, all forms of socialism are violations of the 10th Commandment - "Do not covet".
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  5602. First. Great topic.
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  5603. This is a great tabling and guide to what each of the three ideologies are, really Tik, it's appreciate and I'll add this to my list of Tikhistory (and sources included) ideological guides. Also, love that rubbing it in where you call it 'real Socialism'.
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  5604. Great to see the epic series continue - but maybe take it a bit easier to fend off burnout.
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  5605. I used to be an AnCap, and you summed up perfectly some of the reasons I no longer am one. I think the desire for it is understandable to someone who has just recently taken the red pill. (realized they've been lied to the State Education system, the Statist Media, and realized excessive State power has been one of humanities greatest historical enemies) I became an ANCAP at 18, and started distancing myself after I got into some nasty arguments with Libertarians, and started to see that some of these people are completely insane. I've always had some degree of respect, and a soft spot for combat veterans, because my family has a long history with the military. One of my Uncles was in Afghanistan, a Nephew died in Afghanistan (both him and my Uncle joined becauseof 9/11), my grandfather served in Vietnam, my Great Grandfather, and a very old distant Cousin (he was brother to my Great Grandfather) both served in World War II. One was a Marine who fought in the Pacific, and the other was Army Paratrooper, he fought in Europe. I've seen PTSD tear otherwise good men apart, along with their families. Something that I started to notice amongst AnCap/Libertarian spaces after some time aligning myself with that camp, was this Anti War attitude. While I consider myself Anti War (at least Anti Offensive rather than Defensive War), this attitude bled over into a hatred, or at least general disregard for Veterans, and the Military. While I think there is a lot to be criticized about the Military as an institution, at least as the US Military exists right now, and I becmae a lot more open to hearing them, I could never bring myself to disregard, or hate Veterans like some of them did. I had no problem with disregarding the Police, I was thoroughly in a "F*ck The Police" mindset at he time, because I figured "Cops aren't our friends, that means they are all our enemies!" But of course if someone took this attitude with the Military, I changed my tune. I don't hqveany Cops, or former Cops in my family, so of course this was easy for me. I eventually got into a particular venomous argument with a Libertarian, who said my Nephew deserved to die in Afghanistan, because he was just a hired Statist Mercenary, who was sent over there to kill children. I told him "First of all, he didn't kill anyone, he died during his first tour. Second of all, I know you can't be this much of a heartless piece of sh*t, and not be extremely miserable. Maybe the Military will straighten you out lmao." I said that last part just to screw with him, I didn't actually believe there was any good reason to join the Military then. I still don't right now, but for a moment I wanted to reach my hand through the Phone screen, and knock his teeth out. I took a look back on some 9/11 footage last year, and I remember seeing Police Officers running into the building to help people, and I started to think to myself, "A Police Officer might ruin your life, by sending you to prison for Cannabis possession. A Police Officer might also run into a burning building to save your life." I also remembered a video I saw of a SWAT Officer performing CPR on an infant some time before that, and I remembered that Kyle Rittenhouse wanted to be a Cop himself, before the night in Kenosha. I started to consider my attachment to Veterans in my family, and how someone might feel over a Cop in there family (especially one that lost his life), and my opinion on Police started to lighten. I didn't think viewing them with such a black and white, "us against them" lens, was right, nor very good for me. Hatred eats away at you, and I can tell you that some self proclaimed AnCaps/Libertarians are filled to the brim with it. My opinion on the Military as it stands go like this,"The institution is corrupt, it wastes a lot of taxpayer money, it's funded by our taxes which are forcefully taken from us, but I can't bring myself to hate Veterans. They are typically just young people who were fooled into jumping into the meat grinder. They were then chewed up and spat out by our Government, and were just expected to be able to just readjust, and they get spit on in their own homeland, but heartless, self righteous scumbags." My opinion of the Police goes like this, "Our entire justice system needs to be reformed, and no Cop is truly our friend. Perhaps they aren't all of our enemies either, and they are still human at the end of the day." I'm not an AnCap for other reasons now, I believe that the State should at least be wittled down to a great extent, before we start to consider getting rid of it entirely. However that is the main reason, why I started to distance myself from those labels, and beliefs somewhat. Marxists have a problem with tribalism, they have this "Us against them, if you aren't with us, you are against us" attitude. Inevitably that leads to them eating each other as some put it, "You aren't a radical enough Communist, Fascist swine!" Libertarians have the same problem, ironically enough for a bunch of people who believe in Individualism. "Oh your new to Libertarianism, and you aren't quite sure about legalizing all drugs, including the most deadly ones yet, because your cousin died of a Heroin overdose? Well obviously that's just because you aren't a real Libertarian, you Statist swine!" I do believe all drugs should be made legal by the way, but I can understand why someone who is new to Libertarianism might not. I believe in the core principles of Libertarianism, the Non Aggression Principle, Individuality over Collectivism, everyone is born free with inalienable rights, most of which are laid out in the Bill of Rights, etc. I don't call myself Libertarian anymore, because so many Libertarians, have fallen for some of the same tribalist poison, that the Marxists fell for.
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  5606. People should take this man (TIK) more seriously. He's on the top league of historic analysis.
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  5607. First!
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  5608. Agreed, these videos have revealed many different facts and historical events that I have never heard or thought about. I even remember reading a history book in middle school that outright says that the Nazi's were not Socialists. Now after watching Tik's video's, I can safely say that that book was either wrong or lying, my middle school years were from 2009-2013 so I don't know if the historians of that time were under the control of Leftist Gnostic thinking, or were merely following what they thought were legit and good sources at the time.
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  5609. Hey, TIK, this is my first comment on one of your videos. This is just like what what happened in Venezuela, with the gov. taking over more of the private market, increasing prices, and making the country another victim of socialism itself. It has been tried but it will never work. Thanks and keep up the good work, TIK.
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  5610. don't worry, we're here for knowledge. thank you!
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  5611. 14:22 100% absolutely right. It is the expansion of the money supply NOT the rising prices that is "The Inflation". I can't tell you how many times I've had people tell me it's just semantics or that it's flat out wrong. That redefinition has made it so very easy for the CBs to hide actual inflation via the hackery of CPIs. Instantly subscribed.
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  5612. That tailor looked suspiciously familiar.
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  5613. 23:38 "So Marx's materialism is his mysticism." Not too long ago, Dr. Justin Sledge, a Marxist college professor of religion and mythology that runs the youtube channel Esoterica, posted a video defending Marxism from accusations of mysticism. In it, he admits to all the esoteric and mystic influences on Hegel and Marx, but he argues that Marx's philosophy is "mature" having extracted the pure rational philosophy out of any mystical source he might have used. Which to me sounded like saying Marxism is the pure gold alchemically transmuted out of the base lead of mysticism.
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  5614. At last.....! This is a sure way to get more than 100k subs! Thanks for the video, TIK!
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  5615. I just realized that tik is almost 100k Keep up the excellent work!
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  5616. that intro is one of the most satisfying thing i've seen in my life
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  5617. Glad to have inspired you, TIK. Even in the 42nd Millennium Rememberancer G'lanz is still required reading.
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  5618.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you for this warning and thank you for not sticking to tanks. Your videos on economics/politics are truly eye opening and very much needed. Best regards.
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  5619. Sometimes I feel sorry for TIK, it's unfortunate that he has so many closet Nazis viewers. It wouldn't be so bad if they took onboard new information and actually educated themselves. But many just want to confirm their own biases.
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  5620.  @TheImperatorKnight  True, but you ruin all those other documentaries I've watched that just tow the party lines! Keep up the great work. Thanks TIK!
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  5621. Another excellent video! I especially like the even handedness of your videos; you tell us if you disagree with the information that is promoted by various sources and explain why you may disagree which I really appreciate. I am always impressed by the thoroughness of the videos and the efforts that you take to tell the whole story as well as listing your sources so I can check them out myself to find more information that you cannot include in your videos; though you do include quite a bit of information in the videos which definitely makes the videos much better!
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  5622. What this never ending series does show - there is no shortage of server space at YouTube.....
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  5623. A city too far….
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  5624. Today is a good day. Thank you so much for this series TIK.
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  5625. When I started watching this channel a few years ago I wrongly thought Tikz was a daft communist-apologist pseudo-intellectual. I guess I was wildly wrong. By far the best researched and well-explained videos on ww2 on youtube and with a humouress world outlook too.
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  5626. 40:45 I was waiting for this..."Halder was a secret british double agent.....which explains his complete and utter incompetence". The moment i bend over with laughter and was gasping for air.
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  5627. I think TIK should review more crack conspiracy history books like this.
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  5628. Seen this a few times now and enjoyed it. I would like to see more book reviews just like this please. Thanks.
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  5629. You didn't stay to find out that Israel has taken over Tasmania? Ye of little faith.
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  5630. 20 years of academic in-debt knowledge of world war two, and I had no idea how bad the food situation was in Greece. Bravo for this fine Video! Too often, matters as this are just swept under in history classes part of the general hunger and suffering in post WW2-Europe.
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  5631. Congratulations on the video Tik. Don't be discouraged if the video has a much smaller number of views than your other videos. The main reasons are the video is age restricted, some people do not want to see the suffering in the war and some do not want to hear about their "side" comitting war crimes. Too many people think war is like Hearts of Iron or World of Tanks. No blood no suffering and no death. It is important that people know what happens in war and that often it is the civilians that suufer more than the troops. Keep making videos so people understand that WII is not just about moving armies aound on a map.
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  5632. The work you do is only rivaled by the work of Rothbard.
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  5633. -Chaz residents probably
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  5634. A very sad part of history for sure. One can't help but to feel for those poor people. I've only subscribed to this channel about a week ago, after coming across it in one of the Chieftains videos. After watching a few more videos I'm amazed about the level of detail you put in your work. The Crusader series was top notch. ( Watched it in one 9hr marathon) Maybe I'm missing something, but I was wondering how your Stalingrad series is coming along ? Keep up the great work.
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  5635. Hi TIK. I'm sure this is another great vídeo. Hope everything is fine and please keep up with the great work. Greetings from Brazil 👍🏾
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  5636. One of the better battlestorm documentaries yet!!!!
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  5637. So I watched the whole video TIK and Axiom and since you asked us what we think, I've summed it up: 1) I DEFINITELY love the format and would want another TIK-Axiom chat. 2) I really, REALLY, REALLY agree with TIK on the How-I-Know-I'm-Right point. This method, accepting fallibility, looking through sources and presenting arguments is something I truly approve of. I don't know philosophy but I am interested in religion. For example, with this method (looking at the order in the Universe, the Prophecies of the Old Testament, the witnesses of the Apostles and the claims of Christ in the Gospels) I came to the conclusion of Christianity. 3) As a teacher in a Government school I really liked Axiom's Education comment, and let me give another example. A few weeks ago we taught Medieval castles to the kids and instead of boring them with studying-by-heart details I dedicated the lesson to problem-solving skills, namely terrain I should and should not build a castle on. I really liked the kids (12 yo) thinking about water sources, clearing trees for maximum visual effect, heating and high ground! 4) Stick to Comic Sans :D
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  5638. Happy New Year, TIK. 🎉
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  5639. Great conversation. Great format. I've been smiling so far through the video. It's nice to see you having a laugh.
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  5640. First 🥇
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  5641. yes, 16:15 100% in the background you play my country anthem :), Romania
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  5642. In the end of the video you can see how far Weichs is from the front. I would be surprised if he actually was in touch with the events at the front and wasn't giving stupid orders. I wish we could see his perspective and see if he was just moving units that were not there or maybe he thought that there were few soviet units in the area.
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  5643.  @TheImperatorKnight  Callum has mentioned it a few times, using it to explain that socialists are essentially the same regarding authoritarianism and state intervention in the economy along with recommending your channel. As far as I'm aware, Carl hasn't watched it though but Callum has recommended you twice to him so you definitely have his approval.
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  5644. “A twinkle in Mussolini’s eye” - hilarious😂😂😂😂
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  5645. Love ya TIK and I love every time you talk about this topic because it gives me better understanding and better capability to refute the anti-free-market folks, but I also will say I think your attempt to refute your opponents is rarely going to work, not to say not to try or that you won't break the hold of the evils of socialism, but most of them aren't socialist just because they don't listen to others. Its because they're mentally ill, deranged, or otherwise indoctrinated without any individualism, most socialists are a subject of what Yuri Bezmenov described, where they are so indoctrinated they can't ever possibly think of separation from their obsession where even the boot on their neck would not convince them that they are wrong. This is most especially because of the government's intervention into schooling and the corrupt nature of education systems since the late 1800s where they became "publicly funded". The government wants more power and control, Keynesian economics and socialism gives them more power and control, so they've devised manners to indoctrinate people in such a way that they can't even understand basic language without that indoctrination, it becomes a core part of their identity and thus they are inseparable from the indoctrination. This is why they get violent to opposition and why they refuse to listen. Some people are not susceptible to this like you TIK, who seemed to be more confused by the indoctrination instead of being indoctrinated, or me who was always opposed to listening to the school's indoctrination (I always considered it worthless and thus did not listen) from an early age (which were caused by plenty of other issues and came with its own share of problems) however for those who aren't of such mindsets, that being the majority, this message will at best drive those who see it insane. Some individuals thus cannot be saved from themselves.
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  5646. The fight you have to fight to remain legitimate is amazing.. Keep it up!
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  5647. Share with us, what exactly was factually incorrect
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  5648. wonderful video. I'm glad i discovered this channel. OK, all your British guys, what kind of accent does he have? sounds like Northumbrian to me.
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  5649. Very happily say that you thoroughly wrecked what I said about Axis production. Great video!!!!
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  5650. I say north to save fuel and time
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  5651. They followed the path of least resistance. It doesn't seem like a plan. Made Hitler happy though. More seriously all the reinforcements were coming from the North, so blocking the North seems correct. They needed more motorised infantry (but: oil). Faster horses?
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  5652. Given that supermarket shelves are currently empty, this is very aptly timed, TIK.
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  5653. Man his response is such a 'big words make me look smart' cope. It's incredible what some people will believe. Thank you so much for these string of videos on what exactly what this ideology is. It is far stranger than I ever expected.
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  5654. I love watching this series over and over! One of my favorite works of yours.
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  5655. Welcome to New Hampshire!
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  5656. Thank you, TIK, for all the detailed analysis you do. For a number of years, I've worked to put faces of individuals to the cold, impersonal statistical numbers of dead soldiers and civilians during WW2. I do this using German sterbebilder (Catholic funeral cards). One of the hardest things I've encountered is identifying potential units to events and places of death. Unless you are family, you cannot get this information from German Archives. So, dear friend, through your incredible work, I am better able to link events for some of these individual's final day, and occasionally the regiment / battalion / army they served with. Again, thank you very much! “Only the dead have seen the end of war.” ― Plato
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  5657. Any problem with downloading the file? I found a lot of regimental commanders for the 6th army's divisions and divisions for operation winter storm. I'll update the word document when I find more information.Maybe check every month or so https://drive.google.com/file/d/12H3pYmWfRcIWaiCaLA0y3S6hAdKV3WsX/view?usp=sharing
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  5658. Hey Tik. Hope all is well. Take the time you need. If you need to switch from Stalingrad to something else, I'd say go for it. It's best to switch to a different topic that is fresh and keep your enthusiam up rather than bog down in a project. You may find a fresh charge of energy when you return. Cheers for all your hard work from a subscriber across the pond.
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  5659. TIK, save your energy for new content! Socialists will never except factual arguments. They can’t, socialism is a very enticing idea emotionally but it is irrevocably flawed and always has and always will utterly fail but the enticing promise it makes will always attract new adherents. What I like so much about your channel is precisely how you tie politics and economics to military history. This is what makes your analysis so holistic. Who cares how genius some general is if the nation he serves can’t supply him an army and keep that army armed, fed and fueled.
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  5660. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  5661. Merry Christmas brother!!! Merry Christmas TikHeads! PLAYS SOME SKYNARD MAN!!
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  5662. Yo! Good video, Have a like again! I am an econ major in law school and I had to bear through many marxist professors telling what could be considered blatant lies. It is often painful, I guess im one of the few people who moved right in college and this is a big part of why XD, it doesn't make sense, capitalism is explosive in wealth creation, we have seen it by the numbers.
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  5663. Make a video of why we talk about generals and commanders so much, that it starts feeling like we are belittling the men actually facing death on the front? As if it was just a 1v1 between the generals.
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  5664. Press F to pay respects to 6th Army and TIK's sanity.
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  5665. 20:21 The plot thickens. The "11th British Tank Division" (normal nomenclature would be '11th British Armoured Division') was ~500 miles away, on the Baltic coast of Germany. However, the 11th US Armored Division was in Austria at the time, so is far more likely to be the supporting tanks. Although this does assume the number and unit size is correct. If not the tanks could be from the 6th British Armoured Division, the 21st Army Tank Brigade or some other formations. Obviously this does nothing the change any of the points made in the video, although it does imply a stronger level of Anglo-American cooperation in Operation Keelhaul if I am correct about the tanks being from the 11th US Armored Division.
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  5666. Is there no way of obtaining the Official British Records of this, i will use the word Atrocitiy, through the "Freedom of Information Act" through Parliament? Records only have a limited, hidden life span. As mentioned below, probably the best and meaningful video done to date. Quite a shocker.
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  5667. I am always confused by naval warfare. I have seen a few documentations about the pacific war, mostly American and Japanese action, with similar issues, so clearly this isn't unique. Is it really that hard to give non-misunderstandable reports at sea? How do people just decide not to report other ships? You'd think that is special on the seas to see someone else. I am more familiar with airial combat, where every fucking button press is reported, at least in comparably modern time. In most situations each rocket, engangement, radar contact is cleared with AWACS, etc. I know there is a fog of war, especially earlier in technological development, but all the more important to actually inform each other about everything so that sensible plans can be made. Like if you think friendly ships are comming, you'd still want to report that, since they should not be fired upon or driven into after all. If you don't know whether the convoy (you are supposed to drive north of) is south of you, aside from tracing the direction of the call for help, why not ask? They clearly reached you about it. If you see shots south of you, and south of you is German occupied Norway, how do you just assume, that's "Russians"? If navigation is this crap, how do you ever manage to actually find a port? If you do not know who is friend or enemy, why would you just plain disengage. Why not fire warning shots, scare away the enemy, if your goal is mostly to get your convoy through, it's not like you absolutely need to kill every enemy ship. But just driving along seeing what you know is a superior enemy force destroying your escort and possibly merchant fleet. I don't get the logic.
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  5668. As a history teacher, I can definitely state that TIK is right. I have gotten into trouble for teaching things that are not in the curriculum. But I will continue to teach kids how to think and not what to think.
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  5669. So there was never a moment where Sixth Army had a realistic opportunity to break out. For that matter, there was never even a slim chance. Not that I'm shedding any tears for Paulus, but the blame that was laid at his feet for the remainder of his life was apparently unfair. The implication, created by Manstein, that Paulus was overly cautious, seems to have had no basis in reality. It reflects badly on Manstein that in his own memoirs, he created this narrative to make himself look better, when the truth was simply that Manstein had failed to reach Sixth Army. Yet that failure was not due to incompetence, the task before Manstein was basically impossible when one looks at the forces available to Manstein, the Soviet forces in his way, the terrain, weather, supplies, and distance he had to cover. Manstein should have made that clear in his memoirs, but that would have required admitting that the Soviets had soundly defeated the Wermacht in the Stalingrad campaign, and that there was nothing the Wermacht could do about it. I suppose it is much harder for a retired military leader, writing his memoirs about the most consequential campaign of his career, to admit one was defeated by a bitter enemy than it is to imagine that one was let down by a fellow Field Marshal, but that certainly doesn't absolve Manstein for lying in his memoir.
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  5670. The Allies (USA) were also, as they had (before the war) to Japan, supplying ALL of the Soviet Union's "hi-test" gasoline additives (i.e.: lead based); thus, high octane aviation fuel for Soviet high performance prop propelled aircraft was only available through deliveries from the west. Remember how Japan reacted when we cut off those supplies in '41? Greg* discusses the differences between low octane and high octane performance-and what nations had access to the necessary components- in detail. In short, it's all about the maximum power delivered through raising the manifold pressure. Too hot, and you get knock/backfires/predetonation, all of which severely and negatively affect engine efficacy and longevity. Lead additives (the reason why we have/had leaded and unleaded gasoline/petrol-remember?), Water, MW, injection is all about keeping the manifold HEAT down so it can be operated at higher pressures, delivering more power per stroke. Only the USA had lead additives. Germany used MW: 50, et al, to the same purpose. Japan was headed toward avgas disaster the whole time. It's a major reason why she made war with the west. Here's Greg's channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynGrIaI5vsJQgHJAIp9oSg/videos Greg "sticks to planes and cars". Hehe.
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  5671. TIK taking big risks on that Image....lol
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  5672. "Debating with idiots is a bad idea" - Mark Twain
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  5673. But it’s “free”😂
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  5674. Love all these economic videos TIK. Its giving me ammo to clap back at my socialist friends. One of whom said that the state investing in start ups which decides who wins and fails (eg Google) was part of a free market.
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  5675. The only modern history channel on youtube worth watching
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  5676. It always boggles my mind that so many people are interested in scenarios where the Germans do better. Like they secretly want them to win. Probably not, I must assume the best in my fellow man here. I only tend to want scenarios where the Germans could have lost even quicker.
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  5677. Love the vid! The ability of generals and other officers to manage their subordinates is underrated, their job is a high level manager after all. Even their plans and strategies were often written by subordinates with their approval and of course a plan's execution was often not down to them. I'm not german but speak it, let me know if you want any help, especially with pronounciation ;)
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  5678. Good work on last weeks video Tik. I finished Stahel’s “Barbarossa.” It’s good.
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  5679. Very scholarly and lucid lecture. I appreciate the pace. The graphics help too. Nice job!
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  5680. I have a STEM degree. Even then, what got my career started was a co-op (a type of internship) job, not the degree. I guess you could argue that I managed to get the co-op job thanks to the relationship between the company and the university. Ultimately, almost everything I learned, I did through working (or on personal projects), rather than from university classes.
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  5681. Sorry if this is redundant, i couldn't go through all the comments. Great video, my only small criticism would be that you left off the French Fascists/Syndacalists. Guys like George Sorel were instrumental in the development of Italian Fascism
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  5682. I´ve been following the series for a while and, after watching this particular episode, I´m convinced that this is the best YouTube work on the battle of Staligrand ever made. The level of detail is unbelievable and the maps are just amazing.
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  5683. Best documentary by far. I have seen every single documentary on ww2 on youtube, some of them several thimes. It captures phases of war sooo good. This man is a gem.
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  5684. You need to get his next book in his Stalingrad series - Into Oblivion: Kharkov to Stalingrad: the Story of Pionier-Bataillon 305. Very similar to the Leaping Horsemen book.
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  5685. There's a lot that I agree with here... I'd think that the attempts at "calculating" war are something close to analysis based on sporting statistics to try and create a guess at what may happen. But it's still a guess and while the figures used may help with certain aspects, because we've had no general or group of generals predict everything accurately, that human element still comes into play. They can come up with a good theoretical calculation, but theory and practice don't always align and that's the main thing I agree with. And as for the comments on Russian management... I'd think we've seen a lot of the results of keep them in the dark and feed them BS has gotten them in Ukraine. They've had minimal gains, a lot of confusion, and cases where a fair number of units have either turned on their officers or surrendered without firing a shot because they had no real clue on what they would be doing in Ukraine.
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  5686. I shall teach my 4 year-old cousin to tell her parents "but is that really the case?"!
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  5687. This is why I love backing you on Patreon. I have to admit I am very guilty of using the term revisionist incorrectly so I will stay corrected from now on.
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  5688. Lol...Glantz as "revisionist" in a pejorative light...now that is classic. This thread is hilarious. Thank you for all you do.
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  5689. This should be shown in every school probably starting in the first grade. My university degree was in history and I got in hot water even with a couple of professors for challenging their outdated views. Fortunately the head of the department always backed me up. I've been watching your videos for a couple of weeks, enjoying them very much. It's the first of the month, so to reward your efforts to educate people you've got a new patron.
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  5690.  @TheImperatorKnight  I can't answer for ben, but I for one subscribed to you not because of tanks, but because of politics and economics. No one else does politics and economics well, but there's plenty of others doing tanks.
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  5691. I genuinely want to see more economic stuff. Like see the USA’s Great Depression and how Hoover actually intervened in the economy despite claims he didn’t.
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  5692. For you to cover Stalingrad battle like this It's not only appreciated by me ,it's not only the best ww2 content on YouTube, it IS a CONTRIBUTION TO HISTORY..thanks TIK, this show means alot to alot of us!!!
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  5693. Epic documentary
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  5694. For all the times I have shown these quotes to new age communists who claim Marx did not hate the jews... Not one owns up to it they just ignore it right out and repeat their lie over and over. I can't tell if it is willful ignorance or willful deceit on their part to push the ideology.
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  5695. YouTube never game me a notification that you posted this video even though I have the bell clicked for your channel. I also have logged into YouTube ever day since this video was posted and it was never on the recommended videos page for me either on the YouTube Home page. Today it finally showed up on the right hand side of the screen after watching one of Kings and Generals videos.
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  5696. Marx sounds more like he’s writing “ Mein Kampf” with this book “ On the Jewish question “ than marxist theory. Or perhaps Hitler copied straight out of Marx’s book(s) ie “ On the Jewish Question” for his book “ Mein Kampf” !!! Which kind of makes Marx a spiritual father of Nazism then huh! Think on those implications!
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  5697. Dropping truth bombs with Mises...BOOM!!! Didn't expect that...
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  5698. Aah,a "The Doors" reference, well done sir👍
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  5699. I've been watching james lindzey video's about CRT and other wokish topics and some of your videos are lining up with his content. i recognize that true things will line up by different actors without any communication. but i'm curious if you've watched any of his content?
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  5700. Looking at it again. Brilliant!
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  5701. could you talk about Oswald Mosely as I think his fascism was quite different from Mussolini's
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  5702.  @TheImperatorKnight  I’m currently at university and they have been completely overrun by socialists who do not understand basic economics and definitions. The universities have been trying to indoctrinate the students to believe that ‘imperialism’ is capitalism. They even went as far to argue that China is currently a capitalist country.
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  5703. I’m glad you snapped out of it. Yours and other ex-authoritarian-ideologue stories gives me hope for the future.
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  5704. I love this game! Congrats TiK your channel is amazing! I hope you can keep going!
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  5705. I'm only at 13:55, and I so in loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (!) with this vid. Our host is annihilating Socialism! Well done! Is there any way for me to LIKE this vid more??!!
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  5706. Never knew that 1. Britain was concerned about a Russian invasion of India. And 2. That Britain thought the Japanese threat had receded right before the war. Fascinating.
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  5707. Hi Liked the video and your forensic approach to the topic. One issue did make me think and that was the term propaganda and how we should understand it and its relation to history. Propaganda seeks to tell a narrative from a chosen perspective, it looks to simplify that narrative and use selected facts to promote a particular understanding of events. Now, as you have indicated on occasion, historians likewise have tended to simply narratives, the Pavlov's House story is complex, disjointed, given undue prominence, all of which take time and effort to deal with when one is trying to paint a bigger picture - why not take elements that appear to support your argument and not worry about the rest? This is the problem for the historian and needs to be resisted, yet it is a constant problem on encounters where the well trodden path is full of half truths that have become accepted orthodoxy.
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  5708. Oh my this is long!
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  5709. Thank you , TIKhistory.
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  5710. First
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  5711.  @TheImperatorKnight  hey man, love your work. Your videos on ideology and oil were great.
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  5712. Just a comment on Thatcher. While yes the poll tax in itself was a terrible idea, wasn't it bought in to replace another evil tax which is council tax? The better solution is to get rid of council tax altogether and allow private companies to compete for bin collection services. Also she was the best conservative PM in history IMO (obviously the standards are not very high). Had she not bought in the reforms in the early 1980s the UK would have plunged into a Greek style economy. She also had a massive battle on her hands because whenever she tried doing anything remotely radical and free marketish, both her own party and the public would be in uproar. Thatcher was not voted in because of her free market beliefs, she was voted in because the country was sick of 1970s socialism... She was extremely unpopular early on and was only saved by the Falklands. She unfortunately became more statist in her later years in office which was a shame. This just tells me if the people cannot even tolerate minor Thatcher market reforms with some deregulation, then those who want a true free market in Britain are dreaming.
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  5713. So, a couple of questions related to the video: 1 - Losing the Battle of the Atlantic would have impacted the Arctic Convoys over time and that might have become a problem at some point for the Soviet Union. Correct? 2 - If I were running the German war effort, I might have tried to push the Finns to attack/capture Murmansk and Archangel in 1942 to cut off supplies (which in some ways what I was doing in the South). I know the Finns were not interested in doing this. Any idea what it would have taken to get the Finns to do this and could it have worked? 3 - If Britain surrenders, wouldn't the US refocus all of its efforts on Japan? That war was coming anyways.
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  5714. Already back from your break? I hope you didnt cut it short because of pressure to produce videos or something and really got as much rest as you deserve.
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  5715.  @TheImperatorKnight  If, for example, you work in a hotel, there is a staff hierarchy. At the bottom KP's in the kitchen, cleaners, chambermaids, cooks, chefs, etc., with receptionists at the top, all on different wages, and with incentives to work hard and progress up the ranks. With the introduction of the minimum wage those at the bottom got a pay rise, but those at the top found that when the minimum wage rose to match their current wage, they didn't get a pay rise. Basically wage differentiation went out of the window with the introduction of the minimum wage in the UK. So when an employer offered "minimum wage" it effectively was a maximum wage and back door communism.
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  5716. TIK, this knowledge is revolutionary! Thanks.❤
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  5717. Literally yesterday I was thinking "hmm TIK hasnt posted a stalingrad video in a while". Glad to see you back!
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  5718. Just finished my 7th rewatch of the hole series 😅
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  5719. People saying “Hitler was not a socialist” and “Socialism has never been tried” is an attempt to confuse others and deny socialism’s failures, and to make a “evil of the political-Right”. Nazi Germany was not Capitalism it was Socialist. Socialist is government control of the economy. Laissez faire capitalism – is “A separation of economy and State.” TIK for the win!
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  5720. You red pilled men with this video. I never truly thought of corporations like the way you explained them but after your explanation it all makes perfect since now.
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  5721. If they cannot handle five hours of accurate information however do they read a book ? Maybe thats the point, maybe they dont read.
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  5722. The more I learn, the more I realize I've been a victim of propaganda myself. We here in the United States have NOT been a capitalist society for quite some time. I think our society now has more in common with socialist ideas than free market. Our brief times operation with free market principles seem to have kept things afloat. In fact, Tik' s point about corporation/corporatism is exactly what we see today.
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  5723. Someone was rather triggered by having his preconceptions challenged. He also keeps calling you Tilk, resorts to pejoratives and is clearly unhinged from any cogent argument. To wit, admits lacking an understanding of the definition of Socialism, yet argues what constitutes Socialism.
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  5724. It's really tilting me that he keeps calling you "Tilk".
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  5725. You should have bought a (insert PSU manufacturer) every other one is crap and you're a noob if you didn't.
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  5726. I actually sent your Hitlers socialism video to someone I met this semester who, for God knows what reason, is a Marxist. We debated on the issue, and after a while, she never talked to me again, and has turned off notifications. I think I won the debate lol. And as far as I know, she never watched the whole thing
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  5727. Are you familiar with historian Johann Chapoutot's work ? He has been publishing extensively on Nazism, Hitler, ... and he seems to hold opinions that are quite different from yours. Among other things he claims : - That Nazism has it's roots in Liberalism and it's embrace of competition and natural selection applied to human activities. - That Hitler and Mein Kampf are minor elements of Nazi doctrine that people focus way too much on - That modern managerial techniques have their roots in Nazi hierarchical organization He seems to be consistently propped up by the media and some of his books even were translated. I'd be curious to have your opinion on his work what's valid, what's new, and what's bullshit. This question would be better asked in SubscribeStar, but I'm early so I figure you have a good chance of seeing this. Cheers and keep up the great work.
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  5728. My book shelves continue to sag under the weight of the fantastic recommendations you provide through your videos. As always, thank you.
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  5729. If only this book was localized to my language. Not like I can't read English, but its just way more difficult and slower than reading your own language, and also because of falling rouble course it's now extremely expensive to afford.
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  5730. It's finally over! Or is it?!?
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  5731. They said it was over. But is that really the case?
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  5732. Ideobabble, love it, LOL!~~~~~~~
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  5733. This was a amazing documentary and one hell of a series I can only hope that such great works continue... I don't think that anyone would blame you TIK if you had a little celebration for your success. Have a merry Christmas 🎉
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  5734. Hey Tik, are you perhaps still digging into Oswald Mosley’s British Fascism and other mid-century “third position” ideologies? I’ll be interested in learning more about them.
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  5735. I've been watching quite a few of TIK's videos regarding his views on the nature of national socialism. I was very doubtful at first but I'm coming round to it despite myself. It was strange as I later watched Mark Felton's 'Top Nazi's everyday voices' and there was Goebbels praising FDR's new deal stating 'it is not sufficient to leave it [the German economy] to private initiative but the government must take the lead'. Well that's what the interpreter said anyway. It struck home because before hearing TIK's reasoning that comment would have just gone straight over my head without a though. The propaganda you show in the video looks so crude how could it possibly convince anybody? Well how can you go through 47 years taking quite a lot of interest in WW2 history not realising the national socialists were socialists!!! You've giving me a lot to think about so thank you for that.
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  5736.  @TheImperatorKnight  yours has better descriptive labelling (in English) - apart from the tractor factory, grain elevators, stations and similar. Barracks, airports, squares, petroleum storage etc. are really significant details in these connections and all present in your map.
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  5737. guys... you missed the point.... when Hitler, Mussolini, Mao and Kim Jong-un talk about democracy they are NOT lying. that IS what democracy IS... the bullshit propaganda we were taught in the schools about democracy is wrong. fact: "Every gang rape in the history was democratically elected"
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  5738. I wanted to comment that this was the most awesome intro ever but you've just said the same thing after I hit the Comment button. Thus making my witty comment redundant. :D Ah well, let's start the main dish :)
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  5739. Bullshit, no one talks of this. When talking about Hitler's religion, most (and I DO MEAN MOST, like 80-90%) people either shrug (60-70%) or say he was Christian (20-30%), with very few speculating about other stuff, including Satan... This is the FIRST time I heard of Odin and this other stuff, and I'm a Russian that's around Russians (who hate Nazis) and Jews all the time, Hitler's a massive topic. Also English media that really liked making Nazi villains. So yeah you're just bullshitting! I even heard of Hitler's socialism more, and even that is a very damn rare and frowned upon view, but Odin/Nordic beliefs in him isn't talked of AT ALL
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  5740. I'll overlook the part you said " 1942" lol. Monty in my opinion made a bad decision but the first hours no one really new what in the world was going on.
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  5741. i wanted to say first, but it was too late...
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  5742. A "lost victory" ;-) Never miss a chance to take a shot at Manstein!
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  5743. nice was just watching one of your vids when i received this notification
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  5744. Hitler said that “the capitalists have worked their way to the top through their capacity, and as the basis of this selection, which again only proves their higher race, they have a right to lead. 'What right do these people have to demand a share of property or even in administration?... The employer who accepts the responsibility for production also gives the workpeople their means of livelihood. Our greatest industrialists are not concerned with the acquisition of wealth or with good living, but, above all else, with responsibility and power. They have worked their way to the top by their own abilities, and this proof of their capacity – a capacity only displayed by a higher race – gives them the right to lead.' Adolf Hitler to Max Amann, May 1930 quotes in A History of National Socialism National Socialism is actually closer to Thatcherism than it is to anything which might be considered ideologically part of the European Left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nazi_Germany
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  5745. First!
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  5746.  @TheImperatorKnight  With nearly 260k followers, it's statistically impossible to have a comfy interaction with everybody and everything.
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  5747. Living in echochamber is really bad for health
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  5748. You are a great influence on me. I have learned to leave behind nationalistic ideas that dresses especially my country's history (I am romanian) with the rosey glasses.
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  5749. Hi Tik. Hope all is well. I am visiting the Holocaust History and Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. today. Your work is very relevant, and I encourage you to keep at it. I have to clear my backlog of your videos again, but your doing great work. :)
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  5750. I also made a patreon account only to subscribe to TIK.
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  5751. Very nice pronunciation of the name of the city "Wieluń". Keep up the good work!
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  5752. Excellent video TIK! This is the only way to tackle 'certain' elements, and you're doing it in the only consistent way!
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  5753. @Tik is there a place where I can find a complete overview of how the German generals were able to influence the post-war narrative? I find it very interesting since it might be one of the few times the loser have been able to write the war history, Usually it's "History is written by the winner".
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  5754. Hi Tik, your doing a great job. My opinion is the Nazis thought they would win the war; so by bombing Rotterdam , the dutch would surrender and achieve a cheap victory... It did not not work in Stalingrad....
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  5755. How to express my grattitude for this TIK. This is without a doubt the series that I'm most hyped about and that I'm always looking for the next chapter. Forget anything else on YT or Netflix\Amazon\Hulu...this right here is what I'm waiting for and every time the notification comes into my cellphone it fucking makes my day. I know that I will arrive home after a long day and I will get to enjoy almost an hour of pure , unadulterated history about my fav subject. I love the details and the research that you put into this, the presentation is superb, the editing is excellent and the battles\maps animations are something else. You had my subbed a long ago but sir you have earned a new Patreon, cause it's over due that I give a lil back to you as appreciation for your hard work. Keep doing what you do mate, you are nailing it! Fede out
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  5756. TIK, what you're doing here is absolutely amazing. I've loved every moment of this BATTLESTORM series and can't wait for the next episode. Keep up the amazing work!!
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  5757. Mortar kombat!!
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  5758. These make me wish TIK had done World at War, when I was growing up. I mean, Lawrence Olivier was knighted, but, he's not Louis, and BBC, can't touch this. Anyway, what I meant was, thanks, man, whoever you are... this is great WW2 obsessed youtube. Exceeds in detail any of the dozens of S-grad docus I have ever seen, and helps make it unnecessary for me to learn to read history, or play war games. Love this stuff!!
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  5759. So if an economy based on the balance of supply and demand with an undistorted price system is considered efficient. What does that say about the current situation?
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  5760. "But he crushed the trade unions" That was my very last argument against your narrative (And you debunked it with amazing accuracy).
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  5761. This video spells out the back door Socialism of the Third Reich better and clearer then Any of your videos before because you spell it out as if speaking to a 10 year old. And some people, (woke, Antifa socialists) need things explained to them like a 10 year old using small words. Great job. I'm off to the comment section (well, I guess I'm already there 😂😆😀) to search for the "Yes but" comments. Consequently, this is Exactly what's happened (or is in the process of happening) to Disney and many other American companies.
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  5762. Thx for these awesome videos I love watching them every time they come out. I don’t know how you don’t have more views
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  5763. "I think what happened in reality is more realistic." -TIK, 2021
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  5764. As someone who studied history I have to say you're terrific at the "deep diving" it takes in order to get the full picture!
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  5765. New Zealander here, thank you for this! Was not taught this during school so I’m glad I have a fair idea of what our people contributed. Cheers
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  5766. Something very simple but very useful to do is to put Marx and Hitler political programm side by side and to compare how similar they are.
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  5767. Cant wait for part two.... Yet again you have delivered a goid episode...well done sir!
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  5768. Rothbard was a great economist, great to see you read his books
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  5769. Congrats, this video should go viral... I hope...
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  5770. Remember, the Marxist never argues honestly and will always use whatever you hold dear against you. Good luck.
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  5771. I think you are spot on about bezos
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  5772. Hi TIK, just wanted to say your videos are brilliant; very informative and well researched. Rare in this day and age to get such a thorough and balanced perspective. Well done sir, keep up the good work
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  5773. I intensely hated economic history in university. I was all about political history and military history. Economic history, that was the boring stuff. And also way too much Marx as I overheard two professors talking. TIK is the first time I come across economic history that is relatable, understandable, makes sense and explains so much.
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  5774. This should be interesting. Very worrying people believing that Hitler was right, most notoriously on twitter.
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  5775. Thanks for bringing this up. I saw one of these videos and had hoped the comments would be filled with people calling out how evil and deranged his clearly propagandistic, antisemitic rants were, but no, the comments were filled with idiots saying how right he was and how much sense he made 😳 This is clearly a failure of the education system that has done such a terrible job, kids today don't even know who he was! Now they venerate him! I wish these videos didn't exist, and I toyed with the idea of reporting them, but then that's not what I'm about either. I hope at least SOME people should see it for what it is, but it is indeed dangerous. I am really glad you're calling this out mind you. I once thought people SHOULD read Mein Kampf to see how utterly bonkers it is, but now I'm not so sure. I think people are generally that stupid these days, it's really depressing.
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  5776. September ends! 4 months and 2 days of battle remain! So like.....60 episodes? Lmao 😂
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  5777. whoever thinks that down vote counts as negative in youtube video ranking.
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  5778. Finally a TIK video! keep them coming!
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  5779. Its an interesting point made at 5:27 - the withdrawal of 88mm guns from the Eastern front to defend Germany from Allied air attacks. Its often said that the Allied bombing did little to stop German armaments production, which rose significantly as the war progressed, peaking in 1944 (though this argument does not take into account how high production would have been in the absence of the bombing). Yet here is a very concrete way that the bombing weakened the German war effort - if all the 88s (and their crews, and their munitions) that were acting as anti-aircraft guns defending German cities had been available on the Eastern front in 1943 and 1944 could the outcome have been different, or at the very least inflicted even greater losses on the Russians. It would be interesting to see exactly how many guns we are talking about and how many extra tanks those guns could have taken out.
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  5780.  @markb8468  Scrolling through the comments as i do after watching his videos, people including myself often voice their appreciation for Tik's hard work and rightly so. A great many of his viewers are scholars and professionals with ongoing experience in research. It's also reflected in the general consensus that our man should take regular breaks.
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  5781. I wish there was a love button. Because clicking like just doesn't seem enough. ThanksTik
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  5782. J is Liepaja is not pronounced like English J. It is more like Y.
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  5783. Tik just letting you know after several months of viewing your content and being utterly amazed at how much of a World War II nerd you are like me, I have finally cancelled one of my patreon subscriptions to sign up to be a patreon of your show for 5 dollars. Can't wait for you to answer my question and finish the Courland pocket.
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  5784. Agreed, his analogies of explaining it made alot of sense to me, which is why we've never really heard that saying.
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  5785. WOW!!! Amazing episode. Thank you so much. I’d venture to say that it was even the best I’ve see so far. I’ll make sure to get my paws on that book you recommend
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  5786. Another fantastic economy video! Have you ever thought of doing collaborations with other youtubers? Radical Liberation is a smaller youtuber that focuses on Austrian economics and has mentioned that they would love to do something with you before.
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  5787. Excellent
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  5788. Hey TIK, I have a friend of mine that’s a communist, and I’ve been trying to convince her to become at least a Social Democrat, so I truly understand your frustration. However, your videos have been a really great help on the debates we arranged, I managed to convince her that the value of money is subjective! So don’t give up, even if it’s just one person that is convinced of just one thing it’s one step closer helping them break out 👍
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  5789. Tik I prefer the politics/economy/ideology videos, your battlestorms are amazing, but I just found thease videos being more valuable. I have learned so much about socialism and banks and currency. Keep up the amazing work you do.
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  5790. Misguided
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  5791. Holy crap I thought the next battlestorm would also be in episodes, instead I get a 3hr treat!!
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  5792. Bloody marvelous!! I've been waiting on this one. Thanks for posting it TiK. Cheers from Tennessee
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  5793. Thanks for all your and your editor's hard work.
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  5794. Don't think I've ever been this early
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  5795. A good reason is to study decision+making under uncertainty.
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  5796. Started reading the stalingrad trilogy it's epic
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  5797. Loved the "Stick to tanks" punt, keep up the good work, that`s exactly why I became a Patreon of yours. Greetings from Germany
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  5798. Wow, loved it! Thank you so much for this take!
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  5799. I'm sure the trolls are glad to see you doing a tank video 😂 keep up the good work
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  5800. This is the best WW2 channel I've ever seen
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  5801. I found it funny that I remember commenting not long ago that almost all the major resistance within Germany came from Conservatives, Monarchist, Christians, and Aristocrats. ie, what is considered the right wing. Yet, the Nazis are almost always labeled right wing, yet the right wing in Germany hated the Nazis. Gotthard Heinrici being a good example recently from the Stalingrad Data channel which you work with, being a devout Christian because being a devout Christian he was actually semi sidelined by the Nazi regime throughout the war despite his performance as an officer, because he was Christian, and chose his Christian values above National Socialist values.
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  5802.  @TheImperatorKnight  Teach others the material and arguments. Help them to fish and they will catch more than you alone. Not everyone is a hard nut and much of your impact will be difficult to measure. You’re building the “net” in networking.
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  5803. This is one of the videos that make me especially proud to be on your Patreon list. I've always been an Ayn Rand fan, but I've not made all the connections you made here. Excellent! Hope you go further with Ayn Rand. Her philosophy, objectivism, is based on four tenets: objective reality; absolute reason; self-interest; and free trade between free agents (also known as capitalism). Here's a couple of her quotes that might apply to your situation where you are trying to decide on your work--and overwork--on the channel: "You have been called selfish for the courage of acting on your own judgement and bearing sole responsibility for your own life." “Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” Thanks again, for all your work.
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  5804. Finished and I've got a few things in my head: 1: Chuikov's repeated requests for withdraw from Stalingrad and his ego in his memoirs: If he had kept thoughs in his memoirs I'd have more respect for him as a person. He was only human, and trying to cover up his (not the right word to use) "errors" at the time does little for him in my opinion. 2: The shooting of his officers was a needed action if he was going to hold on: He took the right approach that if he couldn't go, then no one could. - Speaking as a 40K person, but this is a somewhat normal behaviour and approach in the Imperial Guard. Not all Regiments require it, but it is a recorded necessity when fighting & holding off the grimdark stuff that take place there. And it being necessary in this situation, highlights I think just how much of a make or break situation it was for the Soviet Union. And again. Officers being shot, not rank & file troops. Although some of them did get it. 3: I found the 650th Regiment crossing a little interesting in that, the Germans were trying to bomb and bombard the Soviet crossings at Night. Think I'm missing something on this, but I think its a somewhat wasteful use of much needed ammunition for the Germans. If they were using flares, that would help and explain them trying. But I believe I am missing a relative detail here. And 4: The German manpower crisis. Good god Luftwaffe! You can't win a ground war without the Army! Air planes can't hold or take ground! And initially, when Paulus was planning to strike into Chuikov's remnants in the south with the Panzer Divisions, I was initially. "No! And with What!?" As the German units really needed reinforcing, rest & support before even thinking of going in. But with the ammo supply situation going on behind the lines. This is make or break with everything we have. Final turn on some board or video game where you just have to through everything you got left, even the kitchen sink and try to win. If Chuikov can somehow hold on and break this assault, the battle is winnable. If Paulus'es drunk, depleted and exhausted troops can win this. Well enough said and had to get this all out of my head before I forgot some bits & bobs I was thinking. Some key things here I know I'm missing, but heck, this is a bloody day. "Make or Break" really needs to be the next episode title of this offensive. If "most critical day" is the first, then the next one should be 'Make or Break', or whenever this is more appropriate. Heck of a day in Stalingrad for sure.
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  5805. What is the problem of "twisted" history, if it is supported by historical evidence and the narrative is logically sound?
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  5806. I’m American and I consider TIK unbiased and a great historian. Ike did well given the rapid pace of events, and Devers was neglected because the objective was the Ruhr and he was nowhere near it.
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  5807. Hi TIK, this Ike vs Devers was a great posting. It really goes well with the approach espoused by you in your previous video “But how do you know you’re right?” Why? Because one of the most interesting questions is not just the dates, troop strengths and timing, etc. but rather if the attack across the Rhine in Dever’s area would 1) have been successful in Dec 1944, and 2) if it would have shortened the war in Europe (and thus saved lives, etc.) And your answer to these two questions based on your approach to History were: 1) Maybe but with strong risks including a successful German counterattack. And 2) Almost surely not because no real strategic objective (Ruhr or Berlin) would be reached to knock Germany out of the war. (In addition, your statement on Ike and his lack of clarity in orders was a particularly useful way to see this inter-US military discussion.) An addition to your approach could be to compare the situation under study with other similar situations. For Devers potential attack and the German reaction, I think an example would be the Soviet first Jassy–Kishinev offensive which was counter attacked successfully by the Germans and Romanians. Four Months later the Soviets were successful with their offensive in same zone and Romania switched sides to the allies. For the use of the broad front approach that Eisenhower generally favored ,including clearing out all German pockets west of Rhine, and building up overwhelming logistical support before proceeding, case in point the Colmar Pocket on the west of the Rhine which Devers forces had to clear. The comparable situation on the Soviet side may be the 5 months pause between Operation Bagration and the subsequent Vistula – Oder offensive. The pause allowed the Soviets to cleaning up their flanks of effective German resistance, replenish their troops, repair their armor and artillery, and get their logistical situation to peak preparedness. This again was a broad front approach to get ready to push to a strategic target, in this case Berlin. A similar pause also happened over the 6-month period in W. Europe (that Ike commanded) between about October 1944 and February 1945. So, this strategy by the Soviets was successful in Poland, and would also be successful for the massive crossing of the Rhine in March 1945. This approach of comparison with similar other situations in WW2 is an effective way to also strengthen an argument about history such as this one you covered in your Ike vs Devers. You may consider this in future videos since you have such a broad knowledge of WW2 so you can find good parallel situations to compare and contrast. Keep up the splendid work for us, your viewers!
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  5808. Was there any chance of a french army group being established instead of army group 6. Since both the British and Americans had their own army group's
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  5809. Hi tik, I love your work. You must put a tremendous amount of effort in.
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  5810. Hi lad. Good job
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  5811. Hey TIK, in your logistics video you copied an analogy from Learn Liberty's video "What if there is no prices. As soon as I saw you saying three steel, I immediately recognize what the analogy is.
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  5812. I'd be bawling my eyes out reading those messages then absolutely incandescent with fury at our successive governments.
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  5813. Socialism, Fascism, National Socialism , Communism all are same thing in different packaging. One or few people would decide what the entire country should do
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  5814. Yo
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  5815. I scored “Hitler’s Beneficiaries” from you TIK and actually read that monumental piece of work. If more people would just read the references ..... well, it would be a better world now, wouldn’t it? Thanks a million for that book
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  5816. People were just trolling you TIK, don't listen to them. They will drive you insane.
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  5817. So German state finances were pretty much almost as bad as the US is today then?
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  5818.  @TheImperatorKnight  I can’t seem to find it anywhere when doing my research either. Next time I’m there I’ll talk to some locals. Korsun has a great museum dedicated to this battle, if the war ends anytime soon and you’re in that part of the world I recommend checking it out! Appreciate the response, and I appreciate you being humble enough to hear the pronunciation explanation without taking offense. I know you put a lot of work into these and I’m sure the next video on this is going to be informative and entertaining. Thanks again for your hard work TIK!
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  5819. Absolutely fascinating, Thank you again TIK A request, not a question...could you do an in depth review of Patton who seems to be the greatest US General in the war who could shoot from the hip but had the genius to back it up Thanks
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  5820. Merry Christmas 😊 TIK
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  5821. Not really a counter argument, just a suggestion...do you think you could post the books/articles you used in the description box of the video? Would really be a big help. You pose some compelling arguments and would like to look it up myself. Keep up the good work.
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  5822. I purchased the book behind you by Zitelmann based off your recommendation. It's a fantastic book that I can't put down. And I'm glad to have someone like you Tik to recommend good reads because we seem to have the same interests.
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  5823. Your opening on don't forget... Very responsible!👍
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  5824. 3:02. "Bbbut I thought that it was the free market that ruins railways!" Great video btw.
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  5825. Regarding memoirs, Robert Citino once said that almost all memoirs (with the possible exception of St. Augustine's Confessions) are self-serving. Any historical figure writes their memoirs to portray him or herself in the best possible light.
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  5826. If Wikipedia isn't in the worst or almost worst one I'll be suprised
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  5827.  @VocalBear213  The dude's a sham. He shouldn't waste his time on a hit piece when you can actually fact check fredda and see that he either doesn't know what he's talking about or is flat out lying about TIK.
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  5828. WOW! I say again. WOW! What a revealing video this was. A masterpiece for those interested in the Eastern Front as well as the rest of the war. So many questions are answered in this video. A huge thank you for making and posting it.
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  5829. one of the most informed and well presented channels around. always a great way of breaking down the technical with real sources. thank you sir
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  5830. Hi TIK! New subscriber here (from the USA), and I gotta say I love your videos! I first came across your channel last year when your 5 hr. long "Hitler's Socialism" video showed up in my recommendations (which I fully agree with, as it makes much more sense than the prevailing narrative), but just started watching your videos these past few days. God bless, and keep up the good work!
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  5831. Great "Teach a budding historian how to fish" video, TIK!
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  5832. Thank you for the definition and explanation.
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  5833.  @oberschIesien  Relax, Soviet atrocities are well known, but this video is about the Wehrmacht. No one is protecting any Soviet war crimes.
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  5834.  @TheImperatorKnight  I can see what you mean. Even if it was implemented into the military I don't think it will be the exact same as in normal civilian life. Because for example soldiers might all buy cigarettes and no ammunition.
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  5835. Hi TIK I have two questions MM = Mustachman over Germany year 1933-45 HOC = Fate of Jews in MM's Germany 1941-45 Reason YouTube continues to delete my comment Oof = dead 1. MM's position in race. Iran means the Aryan country and since MM said a lot that the Aryans were the best and purest of all races (if I am correct) Iranians should be ok and at top of the list and not count as subhuman. When I was looking for answers, only the wiki had the topics and there they said that "In 1936, the MM cabinet declared Iranians to be immune to the Nuremberg Laws, as they were considered to be "pure Aryans". But since it is wiki, I do not fully trust it because wiki is a bad source. You can find the wiki page in Germany-Iran relation 2. Denial of the HOC. This thing has been buging with me for a while, the MM's party hated the Jew and saw them as devil (if I correct) why will you deny the HOC when you (the Member of MM's party) think it was good and save the world. Why? You do not deny something that is good for you, right? And if it's to cover it up, then you are admitting that HOC was wrong, that million of Jews who got Oof was wrong not right. (If I am correct) P.S Sorry for my bad English.
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  5836. I literally talked about this earlier today with a friend. TIK are you watching...?
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  5837. You got me there. With that von manstein white outline ..
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  5838. For me, just the tones in Chamberlains voice indicated to me he wanted peace. But sadly never has there been a more peaceful man who was somewhat responsible for so many deaths. :-( Sometimes you just have to standup to bullies.
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  5839. Thinking about the responsibility for the failure ... definitely Gavin & Browning. Argument can also be made for the air force not dropping the paratroopers more than one drop per day and closer to Arnhem. 1st airborne could have held the bridge until relieved and tied up the German units around Arnhem
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  5840. Certain historians become famous by repeating the 'party line' - glad people like you are around to put a damp rag on their reputations.
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  5841. God dammit, I thought this was the big documentary. Good video regardless
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  5842. Yes, there are a few of us remaining who are sane. Keep this up, please, for the sake of society. If you wrote a book on this subject, I'd be the first one to buy multiple copies.
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  5843.  @coreys2686  “You can report the bug inside of blender” circus theme song 😂
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  5844.  @DaveSCameron  do you believe in the ice world?
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  5845. “Himmler was a living argument for why nerds should be bullied at school.” -Roger Cheeto, probably, maybe, possibly
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  5846. The irony of the supposed descendents of the Aryan master race actually losing the war in what was most likely the home of such master race is quite delicious.
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  5847. The difference between "true capitalism has never been tried" and "true communism has never been tried" is nearly true capitalism has lead to innovation, a rise in standard of living and economic growth, while nearly true communism has lead to starvation and poverty.
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  5848. Congrats TIK for 200K
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  5849. 16:30 "[Painter] didn't like to put pen to paper when it came to his crimes" Which helps explain away the lack of physical evidence for many of his purported crimes
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  5850. A very disturbing message TIK, but it needed to be said. Thanks for reminding us.
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  5851. Not at all. The only base definition of socialism that exist is that everything is controlled by the state. There is no where in the definition that say it has to be democratic or that the people should control it. You will also find that every single socialist should fail this if it was the definition. There is no socialist that is willing toe share power once they have gotten the power. If individuals should have power that is capitalism. In Socialism you are supposed to not own and control the stuff you have.
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  5852. Good way of telling us you didn't watch the video without actually telling us you didn't watch the video. Also notice how SecondThought is citing mostly other YouTube videos and left-wing publications as its sources? It even gets the basic definition of Socialism wrong.
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  5853. THIS IS THE BEST F VIDEO I'VE SEEN ABOUT ANY OF THIS TOPICS. THANK YOU MAN! REALLY! KEEP IT UP MAN!!
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  5854. 2.5k unemployed commies seemed to dislike this video.
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  5855. Great work TIK my uni experience was much the same, leftist indoctrination rather than the development of critical skills to evaluate alternate theories. But at least uni afforded me the time to think for myself and do my own reading, but looking at the ideology of the young in Britain I fear I was the exception rather than the rule.
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  5856. I can't see why Socialism is even considered these days. Especially after Holodomor and the Holocaust.
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  5857. Every college student should watch this.
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  5858. "mobs of social justice fascists" Whenever I say that these groups like Antifa are actually fascists, people get angry at me...
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  5859. I didn't think watching and understanding this video would be the easy bit, the hard part is figuring out how to explain this to people without getting lynched. Ignorance truly is bliss
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  5860. Socialists basically just have a fairy-tale la-la-land interpretation of socialism. They think that once it comes to pass, they will all get their fair share of the loot and that all will be well. They don't want to accept that a "dictatorship of the Proletariat" has no reason to disband, and it won't disband just because socialist Marxist doctrine says they should. It will continue to exist, and it will continue to label enemies across the globe to unify the people against, just to justify their own wages and their control over the country. That is the eternal flaw of socialism: so long as there are parts of the world that aren't socialist, the socialists will always have an external enemy, and the "dictatorship of the Proletariat" will never disband. Even if the whole world was socialist, they will still find enemies to rally against and destroy from within, just as Stalin smashed the Kulaks and eradicated his political opponents from within the USSR, like the Jewish Bolsheviks who led the initial wave of revolutions against the provisional government.
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  5861. Excellent video sir. A very well thought out position and presentation. Thank you.
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  5862. An amazing video. True eye opener! Now I understand why Corbyn (labour party) doesn't like Jews....
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  5863. National Socialist German Workers Party: Nazi. Not to hard to figure out where on the political spectrum they sit. Hint was in the title.
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  5864. One of the most informative videos out there on YouTube
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  5865. Leftist never have an argument. That's why they always go to ad hominem.
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  5866. 13:44 -- Collective control, group control, worker control, social control, national control ...hmmm...I wonder what's similar about all those terms?
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  5867. If he was an ideologue then he wouldn't know what he's saying is untrue. People can lie or tell untruths without knowing that that's what they're doing. Just a heads up, TIKs just a source you have to analyse for biases and isnt infallible even if he acknowledges some of his mistakes.
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  5868. Sadly, I’m one of the guys who don’t always read the description comments, so I would probably miss the correction. I hate to ask you to add to your work load, but I would still vote for a corrected/edited version of the original video. Perhaps take a holiday first, though. Get some good rest, perhaps a mini-sabbatical. We’ll still be here when you get back. I really appreciate that you openly admit your errors and strive to correct them. It does build confidence and trust.
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  5869. ​ @TheImperatorKnight Hi Tik, Question: Can you start a New Series called "Tik Shorts" with a 10min. video length cap?
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  5870. Have you considered using some other platform for expressing your thoughts and conclusions about current events?
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  5871. I wonder with all the material you have been through and vids made, if there is anything you like to add/change in older vids ?
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  5872. Fascinating to hear you talking about books on the battle stalingrad. Very useful pro's and cons of which books to read and which one's to pass. Job well done :)
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  5873. amazing it's already TIK Day
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  5874. Can I say how cute the ice emotes on the volga are? I dont know, they're just so happy to appear all of a sudden xD
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  5875. There will always be people who will demand a mathematical standard of evidence to prove anything in the real world that they don't want to accept. Some of them are criminally insane, and are often found in prisons all over the world. They will never believe in evidence of their own guilt if they have even the faintest shadow of an excuse to justify their own behaviour. Others, many more others, are criminally insane in defence of other people than themselves. Among them are the Holocaust/Showa deniers and the Lenin/Stalin worshippers. But just as with the first group, one must accept that they are a fundamentally unreasonable group and are in most cases determined to just shake their head no matter how much evidence they are presented. Eventually, one will have to observe the rule expounded in the Talmud: Who argues with a fool but a fool?----and just walk on.
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  5876. FIRST!
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  5877. Question to the academic historians in the audience: Since he's always listing his sources, would you use the Crusader series as a source in the same way you would cite an academic book or essay? I worked with anthropology books at university, and I think these videos easily stand up to the same standards.
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  5878. What is the Point of Langerman corp with one division? why not disband this mess? why one division need corp comand...Love the show
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  5879. bless you tik, stay healthy🙋‍♂️
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  5880. Tik, You MUST make a full video about Ernst Röhm. I think the revolutionary politics he believed in vs the gleichschaltung that Hitler opted for would make a fantastic video and would really flesh out the big S socialist aspects of the nazi party even more.
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  5881. These kinds of videos are why I subscribe. I find the rise of the evil ideologies (various forms of socialism) in the first half of the 20th century fascinating and TIK's coverage of them unique and enlightening.
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  5882. For too many people, they will understand very well what theft is and then that definition will evaporate in a puff of cognitive dissonance when you talk about taxation. A common bad argument given is "Well I'm okay with paying taxes for XYZ". While even that is a fallacious reason, it's irrelevant. That's like saying it doesn't count as home invasion if you were personally okay with people coming and going as they please at your home when it was my home that was invaded.
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  5883. FIRST!
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  5884. Personally, it was a good thing that this was late. Wasn't great yesterday, emotionally, so this being delayed for whatever reasons was good for my mental health. But regardless. Still going through this and intend on absorbing everything you've put together and come to my own conclusion. Although to be honest. My bias is that the Holocaust did happen.
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  5885. Curious indeed why Holocaust Deniers choose this as a "hill to die on". Sure, the exact number who died in the camps cannot be determined but as TIK says, we don't even know how many men were in each military unit. It was a very chaotic time. The facts are undeniable the Holocaust did occur. My uncle who was over there, when he returned from the war, spent the rest of his life chain-smoking his life away, hardly leaving the house. It messed him up for the rest of his life seeing stuff like that, just a simple farm boy being in real-life HellRaiser movie. TIK did a good job on this delicate matter that could get him banned right away, and not give his enemies ammunition to use against him. TIK has enemies because he has shown what the socialists in the British parliament and US government are: tyrannical fascists who itch for the day to be their own version of Hitler or Stalin. Evil socialists in the Labour Party don't want other people to see them for what they really are until they have enough political power to make you disappear, you, and anyone else who disagrees with them.
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  5886. If you post any video which suggests the German Army wasn't outrageously superior to the Red Army in World War 2, you're going to catch a lot of flak. I'm so glad you decided to chip in and fight against this recycled narrative, which is unfortunately used as a propaganda tool to recruit young children to far-right causes in some cases. You can see it in some of the comments. "Judeo-communists," lol. Anyway, you set a great standard for quality when it comes to military history on Youtube. The pushback is just a sign that you've threatened a hollow narrative. Keep up the great work! Always put critical thinking and research ahead of appealing to Youtube's demographic. That's how minds are changed.
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  5887. Just started watching the video but I want to point out YouTube didn't put your video on my recommended videos list this morning. Normally your videos are always there (besides a few exceptions) because I have clicked the bell button for your channel. So this is a topic YouTube doesn't want you covering I am betting.
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  5888. Build back better bolshevism is the best thing I've heard all year. Looking forward to watching lots of tik in 2021
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  5889. Ok tik, we need a video on the gold standard, it seems to me as an economic idiot alot of the issues of modern economies can be traced to the abandonment of the gold standard, most information regarding the GS these days seem to be why abandonment of the standard was good and why it would be foolish to rejoin it, i cant help but think many if their reasons are flawed however
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  5890. War is hell, in the chaos a unit does whatever it needs to do to accomplish its objectives P.S., if anyone has skipped the pre-city fight videos, you really are missing out on something exceptional
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  5891. Tik my friend, you are giving those idiots who try to discredit you way too much attention. You'r solid, the information you have is good and every time you point something out you seem to gave it enough thought supporting it with evidence. Just ignore the idiots, stay strong. MscBA
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  5892. Not a problem. I like this format too.
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  5893. Just wanted to point out that coins DO have value in the form of the metals from which they are made, presuming you could develop or find someone with the skills to process it. Notice coin shortage.
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  5894. My German wife has a 5 million Mark note from this era-printed only on one side.
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  5895. Can not tell if this is serious or sarcastically making fun of Marxist as it sounds absolutely terrible. 😂
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  5896. OW MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWD
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  5897. YES!!!! Cant tell you how happy I was to see this video in my email saying you uploaded something.
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  5898. I have never understood the "war began in 1937" argument. If that's the case, then we need to go even further back to the Spanish civil war, then go back to the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, then go back again to the battle of Shanghai in 1932. But revisionists don't understand that those conflicts weren't GLOBAL.
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  5899. TIK - Great short vid. I'm not sure how long it took to research, write and produce this relatively short vid, but from my perspective, this is a great format to mix in between your longer form works. Hopefully you'll consider doing more of them. Thanks for now, enjoying the watching. ;-)
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  5900. Hey Tik, keep up the awesome work. I’m sure these Battlestorm episodes get fatiguing. It’s immensely appreciated
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  5901. Good video TIK. I always considered myself closer to Chicago school of economics and thought of the Austrian school as intellectually lazy and outright extremist in the opposition of the state of some Austrians but the more I learn about government failure, economics, and the history of government, the more I understand why the Austrian school is “intellectual lazy.” Pretty much the government always fucks shit up. At this point I don’t even bother looking into pros and cons of government regulations on the economy. It isn’t intellectual lazy to think government = bad, it’s just a result of being jaded as fuck. 99% of the time they’re just distorting the market and we don’t notice or care because it’s a small distortion.
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  5902. The government creating massive economic bubbles that are not liquidated but instead burst. My favorite Economist personally is Austrian Ludwig von mises. Absolute genius and he can perfectly explain why the state fucks over the free market but someone who is absolutely amazing at explaining why people will blame free market instead of the government is Ron Paul I absolutely love Ron Paul oh and Peter Schiff is pretty good
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  5903. You have a lot of amazing videos but this one is your best so far, at least that I’ve seen. Thanks for the great work and information.
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  5904.  @konstantinriumin2657  Do not queston the honor of xenophobic Space Marines!That is not a quest you want to take guy!
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  5905. Wow, it's fully monitized.
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  5906. I don't believe that they are good enough reasons to justify it, but I do think that all occurring at once and with people giving different people different information. the chaos and the possible incoming crisis at the time, may lead to people who don't know the full situation to give in to the demands of the sympathizers. so the spies and sympathizers made a problem and than offered a solution to the problem, allowing them to get there way as others are distracted or uninformed. then it is covered up by everyone due to people not wanting to be responsible for the failure under their watch. so this is how I think this was allowed to happen but not that it is vary, if at all, justifiable. edit: this does ignore all the other possible reasons that are not publicly available though.
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  5907. I've been waiting for this video for so long TIK 😂
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  5908. very interesting, cant wait for the next video in this series
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  5909.  @TheImperatorKnight  there is no cure to mental illness.
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  5910. You are so good at explaining nuanced ideas and events. I've shared your channel with all of my history nerd friends.
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  5911. Good news TIK. I got a notification of this video, and I am not of a sensitive nature. Liked & Commented. Service Guarantees Citizenship.
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  5912.  @TheImperatorKnight  yes your attention to detail is ruining us for any other second world war documentaries that just parrot the usual explainations. i love the detail, especially during covid.
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  5913. The perfect vid to listen to whilst painting up some BUF miniatures for Vbcw wargaming
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  5914. Oh no no no!! Delete this!! My brave and proud Wermacht soldiers will not stand for this!!!
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  5915. Where’s your argument?
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  5916. I'm watching the old series "The World at War". Have you ever thought of making a episode of comparing what was known then vs now? I believe that series was quite influential for it's time. Thanks
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  5917. i've never laughed so hard in my life, there is no way this book wasn't written by a massive troll
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  5918. This is so funny. Well done TIK for attempting to follow the scientific method in the face of such hilarious material.
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  5919. Right when I thought your humor couldn't get weirder, I watched that intro with headphones on...
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  5920. Something to remember is that "Wikipedia", "Encyclopedia Britannica", "Collier's" & the like don't write the articles. They're written by various authors using what sources they either have to hand or can get. Sometimes they might cheery-pick sources, or do pick various sources, but if they're borrowing from each other like some of the gospels, then the information could be stilted or plain wrong.
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  5921. TIKstory... TIKistry... TIKsterectomy... Come on, you could have really had a fun time here. I think TIKistry is my favorite. Seriously though, love your channel. I usually listen to it while I'm driving around (I'm a cop) and occasionally while I have people locked up in the backseat. You probably have a bunch of inmates just waiting to get out of jail so they can hear more of your channel.
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  5922. First comment.
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  5923. Love your videos Tik but I have one request. Can you please activate the 'join' button so we can support you in that way.
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  5924. Found your video before I got the notification :)
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  5925. Horse-pital. Ouch, that hurt.
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  5926. Some times I am worried that you are not telling us the past, but showing us are future.
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  5927. Good day Tik. I’ve been having to hold off on YouTube documentaries. My new job has me focused on the War of 1812. But, I have your videos queued up. Looking forwarding to catching up!
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  5928. I think one of the issues with 'madman Hitler' is that you don't necessarily spell out in as much detail when he is wrong, because it's already assumed, so you don't have to belabour the point as much as when you're going against the 'madman' narrative.
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  5929. This is really a fascinating channel on this topic. Well done.
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  5930. TIK finally back to tonks! (Joking aside I love all your content, but I missed Battlestorm: North Africa)
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  5931. At one time I very much enjoyed your military history videos, but I have become spoiled and found myself enthralled by your historical analysis of political ideology and it is these I really looking forward to. As a retired US Marine, I witnessed first hand how political ideology can subtly undermine warfighting effectiveness. I would be great if you could do a deep dive in this arena.
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  5932. Hi TIK! Happy New Year🎉
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  5933. I am staying late just to to watch your videos
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  5934. Funny that you post something like this right now. I'm currently wondering what to do with my own "rainy day fund", it's not a fortune, but having worked for it, I wouldn't like to see it wiped out.
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  5935.  @TheImperatorKnight  I agree! If we follow this pattern, we might end up censoring the name of the November Soviet offensive... or just call it by its Russian name "Uran" 😉
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  5936. I am like you I was a socialist, but the woke saying they were also socialists which seemed so far from what I believed didn't make sense as their racial catagorisation and pitting races off against one another (BLM) made me think they were more like Nazism, something my socialist comrades had told me was polar opposite... So why were they calling themselves Socialist. So I got into looking into it. When I tried to discuss it with anyone I knew, it was like that monty python's scene "The Judean people's front! Were the people's front of Judea" it kind of dawned on me and was validated by watching your videos, which I found because I watched other history YouTubers, thus you got recommended, I cannot help but see the socialist wood through the trees. You should write all your private vs public, Karl Marxs antisemitism and Hitler was a socialist stuff into a book and get it published. I think people all to see your reasoning in a formally published format. I think now would be a good time as people are getting sick of the rampant fallacy of utopian wokism. Just look at how popular people like Matt Walsh and Konstantine Krisin have become lately!
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  5937. That is the way it was taught to me, as I studied history in university. But that was in the early 90´s, still the pre post modern era! :-D
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  5938. I've been waiting for this video for the greater portion of my life! Thank you, thank you, thank you very much for making this! Magnificent and stupendous!
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  5939. It’s always been confusing me how people relate Nazis to Capitalism whilst all their actions were purely for more state control over the economy and society (Socialism, or Collectivism), it just doesn’t make any sense! Hell even Hearts of Iron IV game understands this, though the classify Germany as Fascist, all their National Focuses are for pure control over private sector! Thank you for making it clear to me, as I have been always struggling to make an argument to answer the contradictory Socialist arguments, since they were all over the place. Greetings from Baghdad, Iraq
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  5940. I hope your channel explodes like Militay Histroy Visualized had happen, both great channels! You deserve more subs!
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  5941. This channel is just AMAZING! I love it, i love the way you explain things and let your viewers think. I wish i could support you, really. (I can't, sorry man) What i can do is share to my friends!
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  5942. Do what you want to do / what you would like to see - I will follow you.
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  5943. Literally just finished the combat effectiveness of NKVD/SS divisions this morning, just in time for this lol
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  5944. 16:30 How I imagine this went down Yeremenko: "Well okay, first off- great work, you've obviously put a lot of work into this. General: "Okay?" Yeremenko: "And it, you know, it shows. It really shows. But I've been thinking, and maybe we should just blow it up." General: "Is there more?" Yeremenko: "Nope, nope. I guess... er... that's it. Just blow up the bridge" General : "Just would have been nice to have heard this sooner, before we spent all day on it-" Yeremenko: "Well, I just heard about it too." General: "But you ordered it!" Yeremenko: "Right, I did and I, uh-" General: "I'm just saying, next time put more thought into it, before our whole day-" Yeremenko: "Oh well I'm sorry I made you do your JOB for a FUCKING DAY! You all looked REAL busy before I came!"
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  5945. Great one! Thanks again for the shout out. And see you soon inside the city!
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  5946. I'm still waiting for the Internet to understand the difference between libertarian and anarchist.
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  5947. My condolences, man. Take all the time you need.
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  5948. So Beloborodov countercountercountercounterattacked?
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  5949. First!
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  5950. Your opinion will get the due attention it deserves
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  5951. That's what the world is missing TIK a man who will proudly stand up and say, Hate Me. Your country sounds good, but the neighbors may not be the greatest, known for their late night "parties"
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  5952. The madness continues , thank's TIK.
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  5953. Informative, well voiced, well paced. Really good. Subscribed.
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  5954.  @TheImperatorKnight  agreed, debate is what makes all this history malarkey interesting. If you're wrong you're wrong, but if you are correct you damn well stand by it!
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  5955. Has this one been demonetized yet? Good job. I joined Bitchute just now. You were my first subscription. Thanks.
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  5956. That entire badhistory thread was frustratingly embarrassing.
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  5957. Awesome video as always TIK... Thank you very much for debunking the main stream narrative...
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  5958. Neat! Never looked into this before! 👍👍👍 I remembered Hus being called Jan not Giovanni though
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  5959.  @TheImperatorKnight  yes, but you are taking the information and making inferences about them to drive a discussion. I got my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and I had to write a research-based journal. I had to perform studies and report on them, constantly citing my sources as a means to justify or reject my hypotheses. You are doing similar. I had 6 months to write my paper, I didn’t even start it until 3 weeks from due date. I crammed hardcore. You don’t even want to know what I was taking to cram so hard. You are cramming everyday of your life. Lol. Minus the pick-me-ups. That was a long time ago, of course😆 There’s a history channel on YouTube who is clearly a guy from Brazil and he claims to read soldier journals and diaries. But when he doesn’t even provide where the listener could access these passages (and is narrated via the robot) it completely discredits the “information” he’s providing. So believe me when I tell you that your presentations are absolutely legitimate. You are the benchmark, my friend.
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  5960. BuT ThE NuTzIs wErEn't sOcIaLiSt rEeE!
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  5961. If only they'd stuck to tanks they would not have been repatriated.
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  5962. Stick to ships tik !
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  5963. I see a man here who knows the story about this awesome ship…
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  5964. My view of Churchill took a hit when I heard he wanted to make air-craft carriers out of icebergs ..
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  5965. I got quite a gut-laugh when you showed the collage of "Best Politicians In British History" which included Xi in the center. Well done, sir. 😄
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  5966. FIRST. AGAIN!
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  5967. Wow TIK - just wow! I think this is your finest episode yet. You have brought together all the elements of military history - lies of post conflict memoires, the massive importance and often subtlety of logistics, the emotion of despair and starvation against the evil of previous crimes committed. You have created something of enormous lasting value for history and human knowledge. I hope one day I can buy you the bigger drink ever created! Thank you from your loyal fan!
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  5968.  @TheImperatorKnight  you should also cover the broader philosophy of the Nazis . A great text on this is Ominous Parrallels by Philosopher Leonard Peikoff
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  5969. Absolute fabulous video. Really outstanding, even for the highest quality we are used to by TIK. Please follow this line of research. Hugely interesting and inovative. All the best for you, from a truly admirer.
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  5970. Wow, suddenly a lot of things clicked in my head... Thank you for this vid, I hope there will be more vids on this topic
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  5971. I lost it at Saddam reference 😂
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  5972. Very interesting video 👍
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  5973.  @aleksazunjic9672  clearly you didn’t watch the video. 50:10
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  5974. You are the best historian I've seen on youtube. Of all other history channels (invicta, kings and generals etc are awsome too) you make me want to search these things in more depth! You're awesome!
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  5975. Another excellent video TIK. I especially enjoyed your rational dismantling of nationalism— I’d never heard it framed that way.
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  5976. YES LEWIS GET IN THERE. YOURE A CHAMPION MATE
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  5977. Without notes and bibliography one cant check on authors.... I don't know why history books are published without them. But even if they are present one has to check the sources. I have often found these sources to be wrong or misunderstood. A common tactic is to list multiple sources but when checked out .. the are all based on the same source. I've been reading about WW 2 and Germany for over 50 years. This doesn't make me an expert but it has made me aware of trends in historical interpretation that one has to consider. ( I relay on books as I can't practically view original sources.) I was impressed with Speer's and Guderian's books but now am more skeptical as I have read more that makes it clear to me they are not always honest or were correct in their memories . One has to read a broad range of books on a subject if you are trying to understand any subject. Most authors on WW 2 Germany clearly don't understand Nazi dogma. and don't know that they don't know. That leads to misunderstandings . Thanks TIK.
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  5978. Brilliantly put together video.
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  5979. 00:23 Question 1: German Strategy in 1942 07:07 Question 2: Slides for different ideologies and Third Positionism 11:06 Question 3: Why I don't use Russian sources (Google Translate) 23:28 Question 4: Soviet Storm series vs US/UK Curriculum 33:54 My story about school education and teachers 39:06 Question 5: Home Schooling and Copying my videos 44:26 Question 6: Teacher in California, WW2 Fiction, Richard Darre and the German economy 52:11 Question 7: Nomothetic and Idiographic, and the Bible. 01:01:10 Question 8: Russian defense of the Ossipov-Lancaster Equations (Nigel Askey) 01:11:04 Question 9: Channel management, Patreons, financial situation and workload.
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  5980. Hi Tik, since you're an expert on the history of Nazism, do you know if homosexuality was a major influence in the SA? Did the Nazis destroy a particular institute because it allegedly was documenting their sexual deviancy?
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  5981. There is actually a 3rd use of the word “Quite” it is used as a singular affirmation. For instance it can be used as a singular word response to someone explaining to Sue Ellen Braverman that “The peasants are revolting” she would most likely respond with the word “Quite”
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  5982.  @TheImperatorKnight  Honestly i have a short attention span, an average battlestorm video for example i will watch over a week in 15-30minute intervals, however in your Q&A videos since you hit quite a few points each video it keeps my attention until the end. You answer question i myself ask and also those it never occured to me to ask, you can answer questions without over simpification whilst at the same time not droning on labouring the point,
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  5983. "Nice" to hear that You had a very similar of UTTER disappointment by Your history teacher as I had ... but You might also have been the only one of all Your fellow classmates who took that further. Most would have abandoned history forever ... only very few have interest, especially for "filthy details" like You. Please continue, we love it!
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  5984. They did reintroduce mechanized corps in March 1942, although they were the size of German divisions (didn't see the whole video but about half). That being said, I completely forgot that the Soviets eliminated army corps in Stavka circular 01 and wondered why Germany only really had army and panzer corps in the Moscow sector in 1941. You gave me some ideas for my next doc. :P
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  5985. Hurray another Tik video!
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  5986. This video has done an incredible job of making me feel good as an apprentice gun maker and a impressive job of making my brother squirm as he is doing his doctorate in maths
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  5987. I was just reading about this stuff this morning 🤔 interesting lol
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  5988. And who is a “real” historian in your mind? David Irving?
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  5989. I remember hearing the quotes of Hoffman diary from the The World At War documentary series 1973 . Got me interested in military history .
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  5990. This is what happens when you set out to make the most detailed account of something in history... you end up getting a lot of myths and half-truths. Thanks so much for all your efforts and for your character to bring it up!! Hopes this gets traction!!
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  5991. ive waited for the full episode...now i can enjoy
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  5992. Damn if you zoom in any further then at 29:29 we're going to be seeing individual cobblestones.
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  5993. Tik, you’re videos discussing WWII history, Gnosticism, and ideologies are some of my favorites! But I would love to see more videos, where you discuss modern misconceptions, like this.
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  5994. As a socialist I've never understood the need of some socialists to debate what Hitler was or wasn't. He was a totalitarian dictator and just like all other totalitarian dictators ha was awful regardless of his motivations. Him attacking communists as his main enemy doesn't prove that he was 'right-wing' since it wasn't based on traditional politics but on the false nazi view that communism (or judeo-bolshevism as they called it) was a 'jewish invention' and thus needed to be purged from Germany.
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  5995. What is a Leftists answer to the failures of Leftism? More Leftism, just harder. Without fail, everytime.
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  5996. Definitely an appt video at present. 6 months ago the Finnish Government were asked would they conduct an official investigation into the Finnish Battalion of the Waffen-SS. Last week the investigation was started and it is expected to take until October. When the news released the article, so many people jumped up and down, screaming revisionism, liberals, twisting history, witch hunting etc.etc. (along with the typical and expected anti-Semitism and deflection upon Soviet war crimes). I made the 'mistake' of explaining why this investigation is a good thing and had to happen and why anyone who supports Finland and its history needs to support it. Finnish historiography has gone with the claim that the Finnish Waffen-SS troops were innocent of war crimes, this has been the line since the end of the Second World War, and so far no evidence has been shown to dispute this. However,there hasn't been a deep look at that, indeed, some diaries have appeared showing that some Finnish Waffen-SS men witnessed atrocities (something that was part of the original narrative as not occuring). There is only one major study on the Finnish Waffen-SS Battalion but its focus was on its formation, training and combat record, not upon the conduct of the individual. In 2008 the Finnish Government supported an investigation into PoWs and Internees of the Finnish during WWII, something that Finnish Historiography rarely looked at and the standard line was Finland was innocent of any wrongdoing. The investigation revealed that Finland did fail in its responsibility to care of PoWs and Internees, that it managed the situation poorly and even wrongly at some points. The information changed(revised) Finnish Historiography but it didn't change the other facts, it didn't bring down Finland or any other doomsaying stuff, no, all it did was give new evidence and allowed historians to talk about subjects in a more correct and proper manner. The original talking point was the 5th and 6th Waffen-SS Divisions committed no war crimes, this was seen as true and used by some as an example of Waffen-SS innocence (a different subject entirely). But recent investigations has shown that this isn't the case. If Finnish Waffen-SS troops are innocent, then this official investigation will support that and the current narrative doesn't change but is strengthened. If Finnish Waffen-SS troops (either as individuals or as a unit) committed war crimes, then we can talk about it in a mature and proper manner, we can deal with the material as a historical subject. It opens up new paths in the subject. Revision isn't bad. It can be hijacked (but there is technically another word for that type of revisionism) but the majority is just helping to flesh out and make right the historical narrative.
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  5997. I have to admit that I haven't been watching Stalingrad a lot lately, but I instead rewatched your earlier battlestorms about the North African campaign, like Battleaxe and Crusader. I guess that at some point you simply need a pause, so hats off to you for sticking to it for so long. Happy New Year!
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  5998. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I agree. I'm also burned out with battlestorm Stalingrad. I enjoy more when you discuss other topics regarding politics, economics and macro-strategic decisions by the belligerants. Please, do NOT stick to tanks.
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  5999. 100k is bad???? Are you crazy?? I just haven't got the time to catch up with the series :/ Well, thank you for being honest and hope you'll go through with it, it's a historical service for humanity, honestly. Thank you.
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  6000. I just started watching #1 (again) a few days ago with the idea of working through the whole thing and *paying close attention*. I hope by the time I've finished the latest one, you'll be ready to go forward again. Thanks for the INCREDIBLE effort of researching, writing, animation, and presentation. We appreciate you, mr tik!
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  6001. Kudos with the book graphic in the quotes. It looks really good. Fantastic work as always.
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  6002. This channel is so great! Thnx for your efforts. I'm sure it won't be long before your shut down for making too much sense and backing it up with facts. Sad time we live in. Extremely Orwellian
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  6003. I know it isn't your typical style but, what about a meme video, in the vein of ur Manstien meme of all the salty comments under this video
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  6004. TIK, REST!
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  6005. I suspect you need more than a break, you sir need a vacation ! No need to push to hard TIK. Love your content.
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  6006.  @TheImperatorKnight  Is anyone here watching what is going on today, as we comment, in Cuba. The police are firing into the crowds in Havana. Police in Cuban cities are showing up at people's doors, making arrests and brutalizing them. Breitbart has videos posted now of mass protests.
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  6007. When I started to watch, I was sure it will be about Dr Citino. I was wrong. I always knew about idea of struggle, I just never considered the possibility, not even once, that the elites of 3rd Reich could possibly believe in it. Thank you TIK, you just formed into words something what was always in front of me but I couldn't grasp it.
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  6008.  @TheImperatorKnight  makes me feel kinda stupid honestly for not looking at the ideologies specially nazies more than the basic stuff and just assuming the battlefield is the key answer to everything else, even though its been in front of our noses whole this time...
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  6009. Thank you!! I always said that radical left and radical right are just different sides of the same coin. And I always got spammed to hell about "Antifa is against fascism. They are better than the fascists". My german bottom I say! Both have aspects that are good in moderation but as soon as it gets too far in either direction we have a huge fecking problem.
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  6010. Always a treat when a new Lewis video pops up - fabulous episode 👍👍👍👌👌👌👌
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  6011. “i can’t touch, pen-ness”
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  6012. Waited forever for you produce another video nice education video I love your work
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  6013.  @TheImperatorKnight  You did, but I'm old and plagued with mental health issues aplenty. I'm bad with remembering details like these, so it needs repetition.
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  6014. i dont agree with these ideas. but damn i love your videos. keep at it. =)
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  6015. Another great episode! I like this series on "BankWars". Good analysis of political and economic issues. One can or not agree with you but you certainly provide useful information for everyone to make up their own minds...great work and cheers from Peru!
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  6016.  @TheImperatorKnight  Stick to banks
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  6017. This is very relevent for today. Thank you.
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  6018. I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.
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  6019. Beatifully explained, son of Cuban Regufees here, and may I say you are spot on!
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  6020. TIK needs to trademark “But is this really the case?”!
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  6021. TIK is ill:(, I hope you recover quickly
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  6022. Hey TIK, I'm curious if you could recommend be a book about the Royal Romanian Army in WW2. A general analysis or something like that
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  6023. Because Stone Cold said so
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  6024. As an under-employed tour guide (thanks 2020-21) who is addicted to reading and staring at a screen for hours on end, I will gladly volunteer to help with any research to release more time for you. You've made this channel one of the best. Take it easy
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  6025. Honestly I think the only way to convince the denialists is to debate people with a large audience who disagree on the topic. People such as warographocs and the ww2 channel who dont address the socialism part.(warographics, or one of his sister channels released a nazi idiology video recently, only watched the first few mins atm but long enough to hear him say its a right wing idiology) Perhaps a good faith live debate between you and someone like that would get your word out to a diferent audience that has not seen all the evidence you present. Not sure if you'll see this, but love your work, banks or tanks.
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  6026. Brilliant series
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  6027. I can't believe we are on episode 31 on this, and probably most of us have watched all of them.
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  6028. Tik, god bless you. You must have the patient of a saint. After hearing 1 minute of that guy rambling and immediately going direct to insults I would have just dismiss him and not wasted my time or sanity.
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  6029. Loved the video, only would have liked a small tiny exploration of the idea of Germany and Turkey teaming up.
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  6030. I just bought the Zitelmann book and it's next on my reading list.
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  6031. 1st
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  6032. Another excellent video, thanks for what you do. I greatly appreciate your book recommendations, as someone interested in the history of WW2, and Germany and Hitler in general. I will definitely check out the books you are discussing. You are clearly motivated by historical objectivity ----- meaning the unbiased search for the truth. Although I totally despise Hitler and the Nazis, I've always believed it's a mistake to dismiss Hitler as "insane" or a "madman". This is far too simplistic in understanding who this man was, and how he was able to come to power in Germany and do all the things that he did.
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  6033. I haven't got the foggiest who was to blame for this operation to have not been fully successful. Judging by the never ending and longstanding debates on the subject I conclude that no one else knows either.
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  6034. "You are not meeting the quota? Time to burn your farm down, that will teach you to not meet quotas" Brilliant Idea, this will definitely not backfire.
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  6035. Quick question Tik, when you talk about “ideobabble” are you referring also to invented terms and changes in definition made by libertarian philosophers or only socialist thinkers? I woud think that you’d mean it by any corner of the political spectrum, but what’s the emphasis here?
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  6036.  @TheImperatorKnight  It's not just "something", it's a lot deeper than that. Again, thank you.
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  6037. What a series you made. You are the best documentary historian regarding WWII out there, with no competition atm. Looking forward to the next Battlestorm documentary!
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  6038. Those two or three have impenetrable logic... It's impossible to hold arguments against them.
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  6039. First
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  6040. It might be an huge task, but you are building a huge digital stalingrad monument on a scale never seen before
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  6041. Hello TIK. At 16:50 you put a quote up where Hitler says their is no difference between the organic and inorganic. This sounds very simial to what Giovanni Gentile writes about in his discussions on Actual Idealism; how our thoughts create the world. This would be an interesting link to explore further.
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  6042. You're suggestion is neat. However, we need to focus on the North Africa campaign first off. Then D-Day and the subsequent takeover of France and then the bulge since we already have Battlestorm Market Garden
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  6043. my boyfriend and i were in the Ardennes last week... obviously we visited st Vith and Bastogne/Bastenaken (can't help myself, i'm Dutch!) and the wide surroundings. we also went to Luxembourg and visited various old battlefields throughout the Ardennes. thank you TIK for this fine documentary on the topic of the battle of the bulge. i already was aware of the role "monty" plaid in this fight and was delighted with your explanations...
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  6044. Notification Squad report.
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  6045. Tik you do exceptional work, there is no doubt you are one of the foremost historians on YT and I put you up with old DS on the intellectual content stakes. The task before historians at present is to ensure that the hallmarks of tyranny are exposed to those unfamiliar with modern history. You know what I mean. Your heritage is informed by the fight against authoritarianism. You have read your Orwell. You know what I mean. Cheers from enslaved Australia.
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  6046. TIK, thanks for another amazing video! I think I have detected a small oversight: Liudnikov's 138 RD is shown to be crossing the Volga and fighting in the Barrikady Facory. However, at 24:35, it also appears south of the city, in the Beketovka area.
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  6047. I'm delighted to have been guided to your channel - I thought this was a very well researched and produced video. I was very impressed. Delighted to be a new sub!
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  6048. But all those reasons don't refute the hypothesis of bad logistic caused by state run economy. Those are just external factors that make logistic harder, but they don't necessarily explain the inefficiency of logistical efforts.
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  6049. 14:01 A small correction. You make it sound as if 400,000 died of famine in Samara, but in reality it was the death toll for the famine in the entirety of the country. Samara didn't even have that much population at the time. Other than that, great video!
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  6050. given it took Hitler 20 hours to take a train, even with a plane Goering couldn't have made the sort of journeys some intimate he did. Of course, if we had the actual records, things would be a bit simpler XD It is also quite something that the sheer expanse of the terrain could allow 12 mile columns to pass through what one would think would be a well organised defence. A pity for Laskar that he could not get more of his men out of the pocket.
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  6051. First
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  6052. Hosinger = Heusinger (pronounced: Hoi-zing-er).
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  6053. Nice one, i am Dutch, so i am all eyes and ears, now i watch it and maybe comment something under it.
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  6054. Especially after 38 minutes this video became extra interesting for me. About the bombardment of Nijmegen. I agree with authors' view points and findings. My parents, who both underwent the bombardment of Nijmegen on February 22nd 1944. My grandparents, living outside Nijmegen, had to wait who came out alive (siblings of my father and mother and one of my grandmothers were also in the city). After years, me being a child, you could still sense the tension in their voices when they talked about it. At my mother's school, 22 children were killed. She once said nuns were clinging on to the gutter of the schoolbuilding, their clothes burning, before falling to their death. My mother, with other girls, was at the start of the bombardment on the attick of the schoolbuilding making home work. When they ran down the stairs, the stairs were literally crumbling behind them. My father saw villa from a practitionar (huisarts) explode after a bomb hit, debris and bodies were flying all over the place. My mother seldomly talked about the bombardment, even at heigh age it was too emotional for her. My father indeed said the bombardment was a mistake and forgave the Americans.
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  6055. Not first or second. Hello TIK and all the people randomly reading this comment! Have a great day! Happy Labor Day to those in the US.
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  6056. Its amazing we re getting this content for free. Bless the youtube gods and TIK. Greetings from 369. reinforced and Tito homeland (we had something for every taste).
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  6057.  @johnpoole3871  What makes TIK more interesting is that he has a completly different bias than about everyone else. He makes you think about and question a lot of facts you have taken for granted. It can't get much more interesting than that!
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  6058. The market demanded it. :D
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  6059. In a way i still can't believe your the same guy who went from making close combat lets play to history videos. Truly amazing.
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  6061. Hi Tik. I’ll need to digest this and your last video. Looking forward to it; makes my Mondays better. Almost done with Evans work on the Irving Trial.
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  6062. I hadn't been aware of British involvement in Syria with respect to the French in 1945.
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  6063. Merry x-mas holidays and a happy new year TIK! Born in Switzerland, I am a 1/2 French 1/2 German speaker and have passed a good part of my life living amongst the French (might even have a passport somewhere in a box). I just wanted to give you some "insider advice" when it comes to talk about France, the Free French and their Relation to Vichy: It is very important to know that there is a very strong "filter" applied when you look at this through the lens of history written for and by English speaking nations. Unfortunately, this filter is "visible" in this very interesting video. I got aware of this phenomena the first time I saw a French made documentary about the liberation of Paris. At school in Switzerland, we have very much the US/British version of WWII when it comes to history. So, watching this French documentary, I was astonished to the point that I went checking if it was really about the same event! I don't say that the French have it all right and the Brits all wrong - as usual the truth is somewhere in between. Hearing a British Historian talking about the Free French makes me often think of this Churchill quote " History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." So, I think, the hole context of Charles de Gaulle, the Free French is a very interesting one and I would love to see more of it coming from you since you are not running after the usual suspects but want to get it the way it happened. However, if you want to cover it with the quality we are used to see from TIKhistory, I strongly suggest that you have a good look at French sources (there is a lot, but not so much translated) or ideally look for a cooperation with a French youtuber. Keep the good work going!
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  6064. In defense of the east Africa campaign the Italians had invaded first and completely took over British Somalia
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  6065. this is sick... are you also building your own rockets ?
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  6066. George Orwell wrote in 1944: ...the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly than in print. I have heard it applied to farmers, shopkeepers, Social Credit, corporal punishment, fox-hunting, bull-fighting, the 1922 Committee, the 1941 Committee, Kipling, Gandhi, Chiang Kai-Shek, homosexuality, Priestley's broadcasts, Youth Hostels, astrology, women, dogs and I do not know what else ... Except for the relatively small number of Fascist sympathisers, almost any English person would accept ‘bully’ as a synonym for ‘Fascist’. That is about as near to a definition as this much-abused word has come.
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  6067. The retards on Reddit are Marxist socialists, and thus support anything that makes the Soviet Union look good.
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  6068. Excited to see Eremenko's counterattack Also First.
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  6069. IDK let me ask him...
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  6070. Please get well soon and dont push yourself too hard whilst you're sick! I hope you take a good care of yourself
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  6071. Hitler believed in myth
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  6072.  @TheImperatorKnight  Logistics in HoI4: Dont get encircled and you are good
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  6073. Something to watch while playing HoI4.
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  6074. KERSHAW: defining Fascism is like trying to nail jelly to the wall ME: sounds like you're saying Fascism doesn't exist and never has KERSHAW: no no no it totally existed and exists but I just have no idea what it actually is
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  6075. The Judean People’s Front v The People’s Front of Judaea: The history of Socialism in a nutshell.
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  6076. The white supremacist who just shot up the supermarket in Buffalo, NY was a self-described ex-Communist turned "left-leaning green nationalist". The Marxist to National Socialist pipeline is as real as ever, and it's dangerous that historians and educators prefer to outright deny the relation between the ideologies. Especially with so many young people being taught that Marxism is a good and virtuous ideology.
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  6077. You must keep in mind that you are dealing with a religious cult. You can't argue facts and logic with a religious cult member. You must use cult de-programming techniques for that.
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  6078. @TIK There are copyrights of pictures of AH? Wtf. That should be history and public interest. This sound utterly ridiculous to me.
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  6079. First
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  6080.  @TheImperatorKnight  Donald Sutherland ;-) Telly Savallas , Clint Eastwood & company
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  6081. A ballzy documentary TIK, thanks for it !
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  6082. Good video. I find it annoying when others put forth the idea that the Soviet Union was going to invade first. In addition your points, I am convinced that if the Soviet Union was planning to invade Germany first, that the truth would have surfaced back around the time of the fall of the Soviet Union in and/or soon after 1990. Glasnost was a time of great openness toward the west - witness the multitudes of declassified documents/ libraries - and a belief that communist rule was wrong and the west was somehow "in the right". Of course this has reversed itself for a multitude of reasons (e.g. the Russian people have felt betrayed by the west, etc.). I believe the plans/ documents for this so-called "invasion" by the Soviet Union would have somehow wormed their way to the west.
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  6083. Hey Tik, I really hope you read this comment. I don't know if you've noticed but after 2018 there was another Market garden book written which has clearly attempted to be the definitive book on market garden. It's the book 'Arnhem: The Complete Story of Operation Market Garden 17-25 September 1944 Hardcover – 15 Mar. 2019 by William F. Buckingham' I haven't been able to read the book yet but according to the reviews he lays blame for the failure of the operation on the tanks apparently being too slow ('not driving hard enough') and also takes the clear side of Gavin in the Nijmegen controversy claiming that Gavin was following Brownings orders. This could very simply be explained as another incorrect book on Market Garden which makes the same mistakes you discuss in your other videos, but apparently the book has new evidence inside of it so it seems like we're (you) are going to need to take a look and see if there's any new evidence in there. The big problem is that I can't find a free PDF anywhere online, so you'll have to pay for it.
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  6084. Tik, how do you usually debate socialist? Via discord, YouTube comments sections, Reddit or a combination of all sites? Also, have you ever had an intellectual debate with a socialist and were able to convince them of your argument? Thanks, stick to banks and tanks!
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  6085. 8:34 lol, nice Jeremy cameo there. And Happy Independence Day from this American viewer!
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  6086. Hey Tik...another great vid....One other problem with this theory and others quite like it is that, even by the 30s. America was proving itself to be fast streaking ahead of all of the great Eu Superpowers as the 'Powerhouse of Modern Capitalism and Industry'. A significant proportion of the worlds wealth and finance was funnelling through Wall Street even at this early stage and the US had amlready proven its might in this regard by its intjection of men and materiale in WW1. Today 17 Trillion dollars of transactions take place in Wall Street every day and the figure for total Global transations is only a few Trillion more than this on any given day. If we look at the shockwaves that the Crash of 29 had around the globe we can get some idea of Wall Streets burgeoning significance even in the 30s. This means that a significant proportiion of German industry in the 30s was being traded on Wall Street as a part of what one could describe as the natural ordering of daily financial/investment transactions of the time. Just a thought...not an economic historian but it appears self evident to me.
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  6087. An aside on the topic of minimum wage: It's also mainly a punitive lobbying tool. You mentioned it off-hand, but a lot of people don't realize that, like with any other government intervention, there are effects far and beyond the raw externalities that economists tend to focus on. Minimum wage was consistently advocated by industry, in particular, from fields of industry with high yield per employee. Contrary to public perception, the largest lobby for minimum wage was also "big business." Businesses that hire huge quantities of people (service sector) have marginal profit margins per employee. They make "millions/billions of dollars," but only make $100k-200k per employee - prior to expenses, prior to variation in wages and role within the company, etc, that leaves a very narrow raw profit. Hiking up minimum wage would force a reduction in # of employees (complicated by COVID but happening), radical business model restructuring (already happening), raises in fees and prices (happening), and business collapse (happening in areas with the highest local taxes or most expensive transport networks). Since 2010, most tech firms can afford to pay every employee 10x-15x the minimum wage and still turn a profit, while retail has a safety margin between 1.0x-1.4x before deficit or price hikes. This is why tech executives and investors accrue so much money, so fast. By crushing down on narrow margin "goods and services" companies, they can poach services that would normally be procured locally. By leveraging unregulated automation (via the internet) they can bypass the regulation of human capital that everyone else on the planet has to deal with, creating an absurd leverage over local business. Amazon is a major current driver, essentially trying to use minimum wage as a wedge to collapse "big chain" supermarkets by forcing price hikes or into outright closing locations, to drive more market-share to digital shopping. To make things worse, tech's incredibly profit margin per employee also means more money to lobby - Amazon makes only 110bn but spent 10 million on lobbying, Walmart makes 560bn but spent only 6.9 million on lobbying. Both revenue figures are prior to expenses, so it's plain to see that Amazon has much more free money per dollar earned. Other tech companies are invested for the same, more cynical motivation that industry had, which is simply public opinion manipulation. If they are seen promoting "the public good," that takes the heat off the incredible profits on the backs of ignorant consumers, the willfully overpriced/obscelescing goods, the manipulative marketing tactics, the political meddling, the use of foreign labor often in sweatshop conditions, etc., things that normally rile the public up. By making "minimum wage" the definition of pro-worker government intervention, it serves as a simple red herring to keep their business models safe from meddling, while punishing businesses they directly or indirectly compete with.
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  6088. Just at the part where you mention you have a video on the interwar period planned, super interested as someone studying Weimar Germany for college. Do you have a rough estimate for when that would come out? Thanks for all your great work
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  6089. 10:41 the way you broke that down was fantastic, totally put it in a new perspective for me
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  6090. Tried to listen to this one 25 minute AI Hitler speech. Got bored of it about 2/3's of the way in because of all the pseudo-ethical socialist ideobabble.
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  6091. +10 for listing your sources.
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  6092. Again, excellent video. - Is 284.000 (or wiki's 265.000) number correct? Glantz said that "Kotlubans" depleted 6-th even before they entered, far more than we think. -They succeeded with similar conditions at Demyansk, they had 500 planes, etc., yet (even at 20 november) Von Richthofen said No to Jeschonnek - who ask him if that could be done. Did Luftwaffe still had air supremacy at 20-th nov.? If yes, than maybe he knew about impending soviet air supremacy?
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  6093. You really have a problem with the whole Demyansk theory hahaha. A recurring theme.
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  6094. TIK Interesting and informative. Five stars for the clear and easy to understand graphs. Very well done start to finish.👍
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  6095. First
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  6096. Stalingrad? Pffffft, stick to banks. I’m kidding of course, hope you’re feeling better TIK!
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  6097. I know this video is going to be a blast. I’ve been watching a lot of mentiswave to cope with not having any videos to watch from you (I scrubbed through your entire channel). But I can tell, form the trajectory you’re heading at, that you’re really outdoing yourself with each and every upload! Hats off to you, and thank you for the wealth of knowledge that you’ve helped me gain. From a HOI4 gen z simpleton to a very well educated austro libertarian! You should definitely start appealing to the normies and make high quality short videos on economics, and use all this just treasure of wealth as sources to back yourself up (TIKMultiverse, anyone?) All jokes aside, thank you for the amazing free content that you put out. I hope the as revenue I gave you is enough. If I had money to spare I would definitely subscribe to your patreon. Thank you!!
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  6098. I stopped the video at 12:20 to write the first comment... glad I got it right!
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  6099. Since when did Panzer Divisions ever have 6x Panzer Grenadier Battalions in them, only ever 4x Shutzen or PzG Btlns and early on they had a Motorcycle Battalion as a part of the 'Infantry Brigade (Mot)' but I am not sure when they lost it or it became part of 'Fusilier' Reconnaissance Battalions? So never 6 AFAIK, only Motorised Infantrie / Panzer Grenadier Division had 6.
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  6100. Incredible job TIK. Thanks for all the hard work it took to bring us this video. SHOUT OUT TO ALL CHANNEL PATRONS & ANTON JOLY & BRAD,
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  6101. Look at you TIK!!!! 30K subs! Good man!!
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  6102. I aspire to become like you!!!
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  6103. Great video, have not seen as deep of a video covering Dresden in WWII
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  6104. Hey TIK, I appreciate that WW2 is your primary focus, and contemporary events are not normally something you'd consider making a video about, however you are in my opinion one of very few that possesses both the strategic and historical knowledge of a particular geographic region, to be able to make an informed historical contribution about the recently history, and the history in the making unfolding before us.
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  6105. The shrinking market theory seem to underlay all forms of socialism- red, brown and the currently propagated green one ("Green New Deal"). Even if history shows the opposite to be true.
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  6106. It is so refreshing to see others that understand so completely this aspect of National Socialism. The concepts given here are fundamental to National Socialism, and explains quite clearly why socialism in general can not work as a world economic system. In my own studies I have came to this conclusion long ago, but never found a way to articulate it so clearly. Bravo!
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  6107. TIK, you need to read “Alfred Rosenberg: The Nazi Weltanschauung as Modern Gnosis” by Amit Varshizky. Varshizky arrived at pretty much the same conclusions as you did.
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  6108. Fritz didn’t hold any punches about this in Ostkrieg.
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  6109. If you're still working on Stalingrad then good luck. That is one monster of a battle.
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  6110. Not sure what’s harder, researching these films, putting up with the comments from the ‘experts’ or fighting in the desert in WW2; be good to hear your views on this tricky question.
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  6111. Back to North Africa! I couldn't be happier. As much as I can appreciate the level of work and detail thrown into Stalingrad, it's a bit much. It was the Operation Compass video so long ago that got me into this channel in the first place. I always hoped that TIK would complete his analysis of this theatre of the war.
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  6112. In the pursuit of excellence, we'll done sir!
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  6113. You need to take whatever time off you need to take TIK, we'll still be here!
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  6114. One minor mistake: Ludwig Beck, not von Beck
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  6115. Will you ever produce a series that has nothing to do with WW2? I would love to see a "filthy detailed and super-accurate" series about the Vietnam War.
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  6116. TIK, I have always voted Labour and consider myself a socialist, partly because of my background and my father always voting Labour. But still, I watch and admire your videos, top results. I am saddened by our present political situation in the UK, I mean who could think Boris Johnson is a good PM but the alternative is little better
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  6117. TIK, while I am sure we disagree on some key points (we Catholic Monarchist are want to do that with people), but I always feel like you give people a fair shake. Forced me to challenge my world view a while ago with you Hitler’s Socialism and Public vs Private Video (I was brought up with the modern American ethos which included praise for FDR and all that jazz) and you always give me some food for thought. You going to bat for people who you are opposed to, and not just playing into the stereotypes makes me respect you even more.
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  6118. TIK, when having debates with leftists, just point to them how disastrous their lives usually are and that's mostly due to their faulty programming (always some else's fault...). The "how did xxx serve you so far in your own life" line works wonders. Really stops them cold and makes them think about things. Specially works well if you are shining beacon on the hill: smart, educated, in shape, financially stable, eloquent, successful with women and / or having nice family of your own AND WORKED HARD TO GET ALL THAT. I gave that first red pill to few of them and none went back to blue...
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  6119. Yes, because QE has inflated asset prices. Who started the QE? Ah yes, the State
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  6120. quality of this one is unmatched, just finished watching, well done tik!
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  6121. I had been waiting this like a kid waiting for his birthday gifts! But please don’t stick only to tanks, I love your Weimar political videos and hope you’ll explore more videos about other interwar regimes like Italian Fascism,Austria or Poland
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  6122. Tell Gigz "Well done". Thanks again for all your hard work. I'm only a little way into it and it's outstanding to say the least. Now, back to the video. Cheers from Tennessee
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  6123. Why was this not in my recommendations!
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  6124. 🥳
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  6125. All these figures are a testimony of your just and fair search into history, a truly one of kind. Greetings from Saudi Arabia.
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  6126. At least out of the sadness there is some happiness moving forward. Sincere condolences on your loss. As a non history guy who just enjoys your content I'm looking forward to what the future brings.
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  6127. There's always something new to discover for the same pivotal events.
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  6128. TIK I honestly atm have split my WW2 reading into category's. Mainly into Eastern front books which most of my books are the western/africa front books. I then split down my research simalar to how u do and study indvidual battles/offensives/campaigns and move on to another one once i feel ive read enough for the time on it. I Mainly been reading alot on 1943 ostfront for the past year and a half and read into Barbarossa , Kursk and the Third and forth battles of kharkov. iam still yet to read in detail about stalingrad (mainly phase iii of Fall Blau) but i feel ill let u recommend stalingrad books in the future, i mean i still need to finish Death of the leaping horseman: 24. Panzer Division in Stalingrad. I turned away from the Eastern front for the moment and i am researching normandy before i visit there soon and finally If i recommend a good author i feel Steven Zagolas a good one.
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  6129. What's wrong with Marx living off his parents' money? I'll never let my parents stop supporting me. I'm trying to teach them to have a good work ethic. I don't want them to become lazy and sedentary.
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  6130. Tik I have been following your channel since the close combat days this might be my favorite video to date!
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  6131. Your videos started to become interesting when you made your hitler was a socialist video. No YouTube historian other than alternate hypothesis have ever made a bold move like that before. Keep making videos debunking the mainstream narrative
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  6132. P R I O R T O 2 0 2 0 that is a confident prediction that i cant say i disagree with
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  6133. That was amazing!
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  6134. Well done, this vid got a sub. Informed and you get the information across at ease. Not being able to see you read a script keeps us immerse. Anyone can research facts and read them back, while your videos give the felling that you are the informed teacher and we are the students. Nothing worse than a teacher that has to look at the book while he gives the lesson. Cheers
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  6135. See lots of programmed fools in the comments. "You're pro-this" "No, you're pro-that" going around alot with plenty of excuses and attempts at justification. But here's the truth, nobody was the good guy on the level you think of. No dictator was good, no government was good, no military was good. There are good individuals, not good groups. When a Soviet soldier pushing into Germany simply patted a German girl on the head and gave her some food, does that make his side good? When the Soviet soldiers that followed after him gang-raped the girl and her family later, does that make their side bad? Neither. Individuals are good or bad, not groups and organizations. That plays into Communist hands. Fuck Nazis, fuck Commies, and fuck taking either's side. Stop looking for good guys in politics and war, you'll be disappointed.
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  6136. Honestly North Africa is a great idea. It isn't a subject that is covered nearly as much as the West and East Fronts of the war. The Mediterranean Theater really gets neglected a lot sadly. It also may work well, being Company of Heroes 3 came out earlier this year which is based in the Mediterranean. So you may even get some 'casual' interest in the video series. I mean there is a lot of stuff in North Africa which isn't covered very well. Battle of Sidi Bou Zid being a good example. It's a mess of a battle to explain and information on it isn't lets say great. Americans lost a few thousand men and quite a lot of tanks/vehicles, while supposedly the Germans suffered no loses. Even I doubt the "ZERO" loses claim and it would be an interesting nut to crack.
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  6137. I think I would do terribly in the army, If there is something I despise it is being ordered around. Also the fact that they viewed self deleting yourself as heroic is insane to me, sounds to me like a cowards way out
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  6138. agreed
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  6139. 5:14 "To comply with Youtube's communist guidelines." I was going to question how they would allow that, but then I realized that the Youtube censors would probably take being called a communist as a compliment.
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  6140.  @TheImperatorKnight  Rest and Refit, TIK.
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  6141. I have studied History in GSCE and A Level and now in uni and not once I have been given your viewpoint on the N a z i's (in case of YT overlord censorship) your videos have opened my eyes a lot more, please carry on with your videos about it!
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  6142. We, the silent minority, declare that we're really impatient for those videos you plan for us! But more seriously, I can also testify that you changed my life and worldview. Back in 2019, I had some tendencies on economic authoritarianism (which I thought was a rightist idea), while on the same time being socially liberal (which I thought was a leftist idea, silly me). That's why I described myself as a centrist. Thanks to you, I now see the world as what it is, not as what I think it should be. And I'm sure there's plenty of other people like me with ''similar'' stories. Keep up the excellent work and we'll be along for the ride!
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  6143. Don't give up TIK, remember a river isn't carved out by a few buckets of water but a constant trickle. Even if it doesn't feel like your not directly changing minds, you are providing those of us who know the truth about national socialism with the tools we need to sew the seeds of doubt in those who refuse to acknowledge what they really were and how that relates to modern politics and those seeds slowly grow into the trees of knowledge and understanding. Speaking for myself I have used the knowledge, facts and videos you've shared in discussions with some of my staunchly socialist friends and it's not an overstatement to say that it has shaken them to their core and whilst I haven't convinced them totally, it has caused them to doubt what they've been told about socialism and the Nazis and seriously question their own political beliefs. I think a video that would be useful would be one where you show how the Nazis, their policies, activities, ideologies etc are almost identical to the modern day socialist parties like Labour, the democrats etc with the only difference being how they define class and race. I know when I read out the Nazi party manifesto then asked my socialist friend who wrote it, she said the Labour party and she was horrified when she realised who it was really written by because it forced her to realise that Nazism is a different branch of the same socialist tree rather than an opposing ideology.
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  6144. TIK you are doing a great job keep it up. People don't understand your positions because most people are socialists. Most people do not understand economics and they have an understanding of economics at the level of a 10 year old. I debate people for fun a lot on anarcho capitalism reddit. It's full of minarchists and a lot of commies and socialists come in to debate. It's extremely frustrating. They repeat themselves a lot. Sometimes I respond to someone and like 5 other people will ask the same question as the guy I responded to right under his comment like idiots who can't read. I'm no expert on it but my god most peoples level on this is that of a child. It's not your fault. These people can't even define their own views and positions.
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  6145. an interesting thought just struck me at about 11 minutes in. imagine being a person in the future, looking back on a society that is known so well. their language has been translated centuries ago, even, their language shares a root with the language of the person looking back (like german and english, or romance languages, etc). you're looking back at their history looking back at a time before a major historical event, to help you understand the event, but then, you start seeing brand new words, invented or popularized by the individuals you're studying, that you SHOULD be able to translate, and you SHOULD be able to understand, but somehow it eludes you. now, instead of national socialist germany, consider the united states and the West today. where did "trans man / trans woman" come from? doctor money, maybe? words that should be understood, and known, are being used in a strange new way that creates practically a new language from the perspective of someone not involved: equity, systemic, patriarchy, gender, etc, etc, etc. in my lifetime, gender has gone from being a synonym of sex (as in, your sex organs, not the verb) to a word more closely resembling something like "personality traits". equity, while it sounds like equality, actually means something incompatible with equality as we know it. it doesn't mean "equal treatment", it means, frankly, "good result by the standard of the new orthodoxy". a patriarchy is a group led by a father figure, loosely, right? like a family unit, historically. well then why are societies led by women, and fields dominated by women, and markets dominated by women, called patriarchies? it all makes me think of orwell. 1984. his personal experience in the ideology of socialism really gave him the insight to stick his finger right on the pulse of some possibly fundamental behaviors of any socialist ideology. language itself, captured and manipulated to the point where words that may be a threat, are expanded until they encompass even the opposite meaning, making the word useless. everyone has heard "a woman is someone who identifies as a woman is someone who identifies as a woman is someone who identifies as a woman" by now, and ten years ago we all knew what's up. imagine a hundred years from now when historians look back in confusion by our language the way we look in confusion at silly german socialist words today. "gleichunfuchtungshissenarbeitenfrei", "trans woman", "our democracy", "diversity is our strength" (100 years later) "uhh, these words and phrases popped up, and some of it looks familiar. they've definitely used this word or words like this before... a historian 50 years ago thought he knew, but now native speakers of the language say that's wrong but even they can't conclude to what it means..." all that aside, keep up the great work TIK, your videos are getting even better, i watched the original long version of H man's socialism, and the compressed version was very convenient :D
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  6146. P.S: Just as a side note, Peikoff and Rand are pretty great at what they do - but they're not perfect. I was given a gentle warning when I first discovered Peikoff (he has a wonderfully long series on the history oh philosophy available on Youtube, easy to find in a search, his actual lectures). That said, there are issues with some of their work. Orthodox Christian philosopher's are pretty good at pointing out those bumps in the road. I figured since I was one of those nudging you on Peikoff's book to also pass on that warning that was provided to me. Either way, even such detractors agree that he does a far better job than the majority, and if you're a Randian, the best job.
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  6147. Been looking forward to this. The minute you mentioned altruism I knew this video involved Peikoff!
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  6148. This stuff must take ages to set up for recording
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  6149. 56:25 You missed a "t" in Stauffenbergs name. Makes him sound like a drunkard. Saufen=drinking a lot of alc. Stauffen=some name :)
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  6150. Russia was economically ruined because of the Great War.
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  6151. First
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  6152. 1:02:26 my god, I just told someone that the yesterday. That Marxism doesn't hold a Monopoly on the word Socialism. He accurately said Utopian Socialism and Marxist Socialism are not the same thing but then kept acting like Marxist Socialism was "Real" Socialism and kept describing Marxism and kept using the word Socialism instead. He couldn't get it through his skull that Socialism as a "Trunk" of the Tree, Marxism is just one branch of it, and rejected any other example of Socialism, so dismissed examples I presented. I told him Marxist do not hold a monopoly on the word, never have, and even at the time of Marx many Socialist were not Marxist Socialist, heck some Anarcho-Socialist even despised Marxist Socialism. I even an example of Oswald Spengler's Preussentum und Sozialismus and Ishay Landa's essay critique of Spengler. Every single example that Landa uses to claim Spengler wasn't a socialist only proved he wasn't a Marxist Socialist which Spengler would totally agree with Landa on. But being Landa seemed to think Marxism was Socialism itself, not that Marxism was just a form of Socialism Landa absolutely fails at proving Spengler wasn't a Socialist. I told the person in that in fact the Nazi's abolishment of Private Property Rights, the formation of the DAF among other examples are why Spengler even later called Hitler and the Nazis Bolsheviks in disguise.
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  6153. It's absurd how childish top generals were and still are. Hey TIK, I came across a YT channel, veritas et caritas, that was, shall we say, quite critical of you. Calling your videos word salad. A small channel of 14K subs, seems to be a bunch of anarchists
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  6154. The last episode of One Foot in the Grave was actually heavily inspired by Eisenhowers notes about Devers 👍
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  6155. I really enjoy your economic and logistics videos. Thanks for making such content.
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  6156. You can hear in the voice of the Police officers that they know they're in the wrong.
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  6157. Saw this in my recommended, glad I watched it. Very good video. Proud to call you a fellow countryman.
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  6158. 31:13 Oh you "think me"? How sweet of you mr. TIK
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  6159. I can't wait for the video about Nazis recruiting Non-Germanics!
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  6160. You know a couple months ago I would’ve thought you were exaggerating how bad colleges are but now I’m in one and I see your point. I have 1 professor who’s apolitical and he does the whole professor thing as a side gig. The rest are borderline or overt socialists. Guess which of the professors drives a Mercedes, has a Rolex, and has his own business?
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  6161. YOUR BACK! At long last you are back. And with an interesting looking video as well. Glad your back TIK. Hope you have being doing okay recently.
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  6162. I've studied history my entire life. I've questioned a few of tiks stuff. He's always been accurate as for what I see! Love your videos.. Glad for ur channel I love history more importantly I love the truth in the history on this channel! Love from Flint Michigan U.S.A
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  6163. Also, this different format of camera angles and the Finding the Plec trailer was awesome 😎
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  6164. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  6165. I wonder if you're going to cover the Brexit situation of 2010-2020. While it may not be militarily historic, it was significantly influential enough in history (or at least in the UK)
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  6166. About your questions regarding Medical issues in the Red Army the book from Alexander Hill: The Red Army and the Second World War has a few mentions of them, especially in chapter 14: More Men, Women and Machines. I can definitely recommend the book, it seems like a more up to date version of Stumbling Colossos (It was published in 2017).
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  6167. Could you make a video about king zog of Albania please ore Napoleon kservaz ? :)
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  6168. Thank you, TIK. I've been viewing your content for some time now, and I cannot overstate how much of a breath a fresh air you are. The conclusions you have deducted in your videos such as Public v. Private, National Socialism is Real Socialism, and your recent video on Hitler's early affiliation with Bavarian Communists are such a relief to both others and myself. You are among the first historians I've encountered who share so many of these conclusions with myself and it's very encouraging that you've been getting more traction. While it's still disheartening that so many of your claims are dismissed outright before people even watch the video or review the source material, it's so good to see someone able to both think critically about and present these sources in an organized relatively simple manner.
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  6169. I am rather surprised to see "new history books" at the top, because I've read some stinkers. I happen to be researching the Jack the Ripper murders, and I came across a particular book that insisted that all of the "canonical five" were definitely not "ladies of the night". The fact is that they all were to some extent, either casually or professionally. The obvious cherry picking of primary evidence is unbelievable. Oh, and the writer is a feminist, quelle surprise; not wanting facts to be true is a ludicrous premise for writing a history. So my best advice for any written evidence is this: find out who the writer is. If they're any kind of "ist" then read with caution. And it's better to find authors who have written several books about the subject matter, not some newcomer with a wacky angle on the subject. They're likely cranks with an agenda. btw, regarding newspapers, they form a large part of the body of evidence in this case, because apparently the police records were blown to smithereens by the Luftwaffe. A conspiracy theory there? Well, there are at least seven different versions of the Goulston Street Graffito, so perhaps it's better not to trust "plod" either.
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  6170.  @oberschIesien  Where in my comment did I whitewash the Red army? In fact where did I say anything about the Soviet soldiers? I am against warcrimes and crimes in general not against any particular side. World is not black and white or in this case red and grey.
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  6171. Hey! Sane person here. Even if this doesn't convince Marxists to question the ideology, it will be good evidence for those watching a debate or argument to be more informed of the truth
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  6172. Hi TIK. The reason I don't watch your vids as often as before is because now I have a real war not too far from me (eastern Europe) and I'm oversaturated with all the media coverage. Your vids are still as good, just for me personally maybe a calmer times are needed to enjoy your work. I don't watch as much war history at all lately. Be well :)
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  6173. Thanks, TIK, for the fantastic explanation of how an episode is produced. I appreciate very much the time and energy you put into each and every video to provide the best history of the event possible. Nothing on YT comes close to your excellence. For listeners who don't understand how big 200,000+ words are, a decent fiction novel in the bookstore is usually 80 - 100,000 words total. TIKS research is 3-4 novels in size (or more)! I've always been amazed at how you've been able to produce such excellent videos and now I understand. It's an insane amount of work to produce the best product on the net!!! I also understand far, far, better why you're burnt out! Step back! Get some rest. Refocus on manageable projects for now! Your health is most important!!! Wishing you the very, very best! TankGirl.
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  6174. Can we do the madman-hitler thing after this? Seems all quite bonkers.
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  6175. The most articulate, accurate and digestible documentary I've seen in a very long time. Thank you from Australia, subscribed
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  6176. Amazing work. Reminds me of the detail of the Africa videos!
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  6177. Thank you!
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  6178. 5:32 I see the nice Denethor reference from Return of the King!
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  6179. It continuously impresses me just how well made, graphically speaking, this series is.
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  6180. The Germans has no HORSES, so no chance to flee.
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  6181. You misunderstand Manstein at 37:27 , he's not talking about the early stages of Uranus, he's talking about the early stages of Fall Blau. If Paulus had attempted a break-out in late June, he could've easily reached friendly lines and established a better defensive position, preferably along the banks of Spree. Then Manstein could've begun a counter-attack in full force.
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  6182. First.
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  6183. “Women of the night” also known as professional feminists. Absolutely savage roast, had to stop the video
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  6184. Tough topic, very well handled and explained. Thank you
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  6185. Socialists just cannot accept the sad true: every socialism is bad. international (Mao, Che, Stalin) , national (Hitler) and "european" socialism (Merkell, Shultz or Baroso maoist). All destroying social structure. Those "haters" have problem but not You mr TIK. U have a knowledge they didnt.
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  6186. Imagine the type of human you have to be to tell someone to off themselves because they provide a sourced, reasoned, logical argument for why Hitler was exactly what he claimed to be (a socialist). Anyone who thinks that is a justifiable response to this video must be so incredibly sick in the head, as to be bordering on beyond the scope of medical assistance. My strongest recommendation for those people is to seek help immediately before you harm someone.
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  6187.  @hansjalv  well it was two socialist movements trying to take power, so people were hedging their bets on which socialist movement they thought would win, and witch they thought would be the lesser evil.
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  6188. The amount of effort put into this is very impressive. Great job.
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  6189. 35:00 I find this defense of corporatism despicable. If you use the state against your competition to prevent them from competing with you, you are not engaging in free trade - you are not engaging with captialism. You are engaging in something closer to a form of socialism - corporatism. Inherently, there's nothing wrong with a corportation existing or being kinda large, but there is an issue of perverse incentives if a state also exists. A large wealthy corporation is able to work with regulation while a smaller business is usually barely able to do so. This means that large corporations benefit from socialization and regulation more than they are harmed by it because they gain market share as small businesses are destroyed by regulations they're unable to afford (or perhaps unwilling) to comply with. We need small busniesses who oppose being regulated to preserve the beneficial aspects of capitalism. In other words, since corporation is socialization, to be consistenly in support of capitalism with your actions, you must oppose monopolies granted to corporations by the state - the public sector - the publis - the society. Corporatism is socialism. To add to this, Amazon is publically traded. Any company that is not owned by a single entity is not private.
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  6190. I always said it, most lefties share many things in common with Hitler they just don't wanna admit it.
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  6191. I had endeavored to respond to the TimeGhost History article purporting to say that the nazis were not socialists. I spent my time listening to the entire video. Sadly, only of the finest sources proving the national socialists were socialists was never mentioned: Ludwig von Mises. For me, that's pretty d@mning for a page calling itself a history one. Ludwig von Mises provided book after book and material after material proving his points. Someone there mentioned your page in jest and I decided to check your material out. All I can say is that it's similar to those of us quoting Bastiat to those using 142 characters making their "points." Very well done. The material is indeed out there and widely, and often freely, available. Very respectfully, James
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  6192.  wannabchomsky  You either didn't watch the video or you're just stupid.
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  6193. Well you have some good points that seems to be clouded in what seems like a lot schizophrenia. Its like you are unable to tell what is an argument and what is saying stuff without having any basis for it. "Here you can see socialist has something in common with national socialism of nazi germany, and so marxism is anti semitic and wants to murder everyone like hitler did." sad
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  6194. Notice how that video mostly cites other YouTube videos and left-wing publications as its sources? It also uses an incorrect definition of Socialism.
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  6195. I really admire Your attempts to educate TIK, but this world is full of usefull idiots, and they will not listen until is too late
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  6196.  @dillonblankenship7093  And I am guessing this is the reply of many of the people who need to watch this and not just "Dismiss it" A low iq replying, cursing, and clueless person who is just upset someone actually read the books. Now if you can be a dear, watch the video in its full or join the kids at the kiddy table where you belong.
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  6197. Loving the new channel picture
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  6198. I believe this to be the best body of work concerning this topic on YouTube. Great Job!
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  6199. You have made me realize that I have strongly held beliefs but haven't thought out or researched enough to defend. Good work.
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  6200. What's great about nearly every "capitalist" moment that the Nazis committed to, is defined as "State Capitalism" which is a left leaning ideology. Yet people still insist on putting Hitler on the right, even though nearly all of his beliefs and policies are left.
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  6201. "on the road to serfdom, i mean socialism" 2:25:45 xD
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  6202. I just discovered your channel. Finally a historian who is an actual historian and not an echo in an echo chamber. Outstanding research and synopsis, keep up the outstanding job.
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  6203. 1800 people didn't watch the whole video
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  6204. It is very noble of you to "try to get through to people" who close themselves off from other narratives than their own, but is that your job? And is it an attainable goal? As an educator myself, I can assure you: you do more than enough. You cannot change everyone, and people have their own responsability in this as well. You don't have to be Atlas. Keep it up Tik, your videos are amazing and you are by far the best historian/Youtuber I know!
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  6205. Exactly! Well said mate!
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  6206. Don't bother uploading a replacement for your prior episode. Posting this correction and linking to it in the description of the prior episode are quite enough. This channel is awesome.
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  6207. The efforts of the individual benefits the many. An example of this is a TIKhistory video.
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  6208. Hey Tik, hope you're all good.
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  6209.  @MadMoler  This is a great idea. Occasional shorter videos that would garner high view counts, and expose more to this excellent content.
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  6210. Hey TIK, Jason Mark here. Thanks very much for the glowing review of my books and methodology. I have some interesting Stalingrad projects in the works, including "Panzerkrieg Volume 2", which is due for release in a couple of months (August 2024). It focuses solely on Panzer-Regiment 2 (16.Pz.Div.) from formation until destruction at Stalingrad. I'm sure we can arrange some sort of preview or advanced copy, if you're interested.
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  6211. It's because they removed dislikes. Nobody cares anymore.
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  6212. Thank you. What is currently happening is people believe what they want to believe and do not understand evidence or facts. In other works the Human species is " devolving" not evolving.
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  6213. Hello TIK! How can we try to push against the narrative of Nazis and Fascists being far-right capitalists? Especially since it seems that is the only acceptable narrative in several academic circles? I just had a discussion with a professor of my University, and he seemed incapable of accepting that at the very least the Nazis were not capitalists... And he's a teacher at a University and high school. Obviously he also said that what happened in the Soviet Union was not 'real socialism' either, so it is worrying because he has the authority and power to make his students follow that same line of thought
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  6214. Just so you know, in fascism, "actualism" refers to Actual Idealism not Actualism.
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  6215. Hi Tik, as your follower for many years, I really appreciate your videos and I always learn new things every day because of you. It's been a while since I thought about this interesting question regarding Hitler's socialism. In some of your videos about Nazi Germany's economy, you did explain how it did function from its foundation till the end of 1945, in which during this time length the Third Reich socialist economy was crumbling, so it was forced to annex countries like Austria, Poland and many other during WW2 because they wanted to exploit their economy but also export the inflation of the Reichsmark into other countries economies/ markets. My question is: Is this the main reason why Hungary after the war experienced one of the most inflated currencies in all of history? Also, I had another question regarding the topic of Hitler's socialism. As I wrote before, in some of your videos you showcase of the nazi ideology worked and how they implemented it into society and its economy. In this case, I wanted to focus more on the society topic. Could you kindly cover the transition from a society/economy point of view of the Third Reich to the DDR? I'm asking this type of question because lately I've been diving into the history of DDR and I notice a lot of similarities between those two totalitarian regimes. The fact that East Germany managed to switch to a socialist regime and society rather quickly than the rest of the Eastern Block (those countries had a capitalist system before the second world war). I would really appreciated if you manage to see this comment and I think many other people might be interested from this question. Best regards from your Italian follower Gabriele :).
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  6216. How is the weather for everyone?
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  6217. I feel your pain TIK. Government spending is now over 50% of GDP in most European countries. The UK is almost there at 45%. So, in effect, most people in Europe live in a socialist country already.
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  6218. I really enjoy discussions of historiography.
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  6219. Thanks for the upload TIK. Monday's wouldn't be the same without that weekly fix. My oldest lad (doing GCSE history) has started watching and I swear I saw him taking notes....lol
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  6220. Have just ordered Glantz Stalingrad trilogy. Should arrive Wednesday.
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  6221. Youtube cencors randomly or has a trigger-words. If your comment is visible when you log-out and stays for 10minutes and then is gone, it would be TIK. Anything before that is youtube.
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  6222. First
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  6223. This is certainly very interesting and I loved you're adding of Mises quotes as well. (Need to get back to reading the book.) But a Democratic German Volk State? And everything else contradictory said and quoted in your video? Heck.
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  6224.  @testname3829  With regards to libertarianism vs totalitarianism, it may be presented simplistically in a good versus evil way but there is an underlying message there. Totalitarian regimes, or really any group whose aim is to create an earthly utopia, tend to do terrible things to accomplish that goal since the ends would justify any means. Any group that is given unlimited power has rarely ever used it well. So while it may be the same talking points and while I may not fully agree with libertarianism I do think it is helpful in reminding people to be wary and suspicious when governments and groups try to take power for the "Greater Good" it must be scrutinized and questioned. While I think words may have multiple meanings, they must be limited, you can not say "window" and mean "candle" or something else equally absurd without context. Rather I believe it is words exact meanings that give them power, as they elicit meanings in the minds of others to spur thought and action. That does not happen if words mean nothing. They need to be analyzed in their context, which is what Tik did in this video. With regards to the last point. I disagree this is hardly secret gnostic knowledge as it is a video on YouTube using dictionary definitions as understood in specific context. Anyone can access it, anyone can dispute it as you have. You can choose to believe it, or simply use it as a single point of information and reference as part of wider research in order to find out the truth. Or disregard it as the ravings of a madman.
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  6225. Excellent presentation on an important subject - we must understand the ideology to understand what happened and how to stop it happening again.
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  6226. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  6227. A parallel with regards to "work" can be seen in Marxism. The Marxist argument is this: 1) Marx was a Materialist and a Determinist. (Scientific Socialism). 2) He believed that an Individual's thoughts and ideas were "determined" by one's Class. 3) And the thoughts and ideas of one's Class were determined by the material relations (work/physical labor) to the means of production. 4) The gulags were to be places where a bourgeois citizen would be, through physical labor, reformed or "conditioned" into becoming a member of the proletariat. 5) This is what Marx meant when he claimed that he turned Hegel's (idealistic) dialectic on it's head.
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  6228. This was a truly eye opening video. kind of mind blowing actually. Thank you!
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  6229. Great you made this episode, TIK!
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  6230. Ayo. 1st???
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  6231. is it my impression or is the quality better?
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  6232. Looking forward to this one, I always found it fascinating learning about the stories of the hyperinflation in Weimar Germany back in school.
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  6233. Hey TIK, I think you made a minor error: towards the end of the video, you mentioned Axis powers when talking about the Central powers
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  6234. Pretty crazy how many countries started using less precious metal in coins during and after the war. I have a half crown from 1920 and it only has 50 percent silver content. Before 1919 they were 92.5 percent silver. In comparison to my pre-1965 US quarters with 90 percent silver.
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  6235. First
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  6236. Excellent video as always.
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  6237. The term capitalism was coined by 18th century socialist to describe the social changes during that time period. It's a anti-concept that means a variety of contradicting things to different people, generally is used to vaguely describe the current economic system. For this reason many individualist libertarian's have decided to stop labeling themselves as capitalist.
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  6238. Looking at the length of the video, I can see that the break served you well. Welcome back!
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  6239. Stick to Banks!!!!
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  6240. Battlestorm: Banking Edition
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  6241. Episode 1 ? More to come…
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  6242. Looking forward to anyone's input on the quote at 1:09:44.
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  6243. The fact that they take the value-labour "theory" and surplus value "theory" on face value without questioning it, and then base their whole economic ideology upon these laughably ridiculous hypothesis' is quite insane, it tells you its not really an ideology as much as a religion, with dogmas that are based on anything but reason as they claim.
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  6244. Reminds me of how historians dance around the causes of the great depression.
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  6245. TIK that was a fair effort at explaining how economies of profit work. I think that most folks who feel contempt for capitalists have had their head adjusted by the folks who would benefit from a redistribution of property. What also is clear is that certain types take risks and seek to exploit while other types just want to do useful work and get paid so they can go about life. It isn't until you get close to real entrepreneurs that you appreciate their material basis for personal growth stems from some rather unsavory views of people. What makes one successful is greed. About employment, it is hard to see the logic of being fired due to excess capacity even though it is there. No description of the mechanism of Capitalism will assuage the pain of being kicked out after adopting the company as a second family as was encouraged by the employer. Lately there has a trend toward ghosting a job so turnabout is not only fair but inevitable.
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  6246. I have tears in my eyes :`)
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  6247. This is quite literally better than anything the BBC has ever produced.
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  6248. I quite literally poured myself a cup of coffee and settled in. Then looked at the time.
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  6249. Episode 2 already?! Keep on rollin' TIK you're on fire!
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  6250. Does anyone know what the remaining Soviet militia are doing at this point? Should we assume that they're still deployed closely with the NKVD units, as they were during the fighting at the Tractor Factory?
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  6251. Thank you TIK you are the best! History is important, but robbing our socialist "friends" from their greatest victory(calling todays system capitalism) is more important. And dont forget to stick to T.A.N.K.S.(Total Antagonization of Nazis Kommunist and Socialists)
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  6252.  @TheImperatorKnight  yes i just noticed that. Either our western perception of the Soviet ideal of a beginning and an end to a offensive operation is incorrect or something was clearly lost in the translation. My wife is from Mexico and some words or phrases do not directly translate into American english. As a result she will put in a englush word that im familiar with in order to complete her thought to me. Sorta off topic i agree but perhaps the same had occured here.
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  6253. Many thanks to the Chapter Master for his Honoured contribution, Ave Imperator, Gloriam in Excelsis Terra! good to see proper debate and discussion again ^w^
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  6254.  @TheImperatorKnight  Which do you prefer: comunist or liberal?
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  6255. Thank you for another informative video on a subject that is not really covered in history at all.
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  6256. All I am hearing about Eden is filling me with horror. And this bloody man became a Prime Minister?!?
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  6257. Before anyone attempts to justify Stalin and the USSR should read "The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression".
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  6258. @32:50 I always you knew you enjoyed baiting and sparring with the trolls!
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  6259.  @TheImperatorKnight  your channel is a gateway to them selling more books and that can only be a good thing
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  6260. Thank you for the closed captions!
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  6261. Guy literally exaggerated the Dresden casualties by 10 times more than what it actually was
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  6262. Youtube auto-deletes comments if they contain certain words.
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  6263. "TIK decides to pile on David Irving. " He did that quite a while ago. WHere have you been? " The only prominent non establishment British historian who doesn’t regurgitate circular references. " Really mate? Apparently Scruton, Sheffield, and so on don't exist? "The snarky crap Kershaw writes is some of the worst history I’ve read, I’m glad I found alternative sources. " Altenrate sources are always good, but if you think Kershaw (for all of his flaws ) are some of the worst history you've read, you must either have a blessed choice of sources or an incredibly warped idea of what good history is. " The establishment have begun digital book burning to destroy those highlighting their contradictions " Indeed, and I reject that for the same reason I oppose Irving's lying ass being persecuted for Holocaust Denial, and Holocaust Denial/Neo-Nazi persecution laws in general.
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  6264. 20:23 "But then... Stalin got involved." 5 words you never want to hear.
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  6265. Really liking these firsthand accounts from the troops on the ground. Keep up the great work TIK :)
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  6266. TIK, I've read Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. Very few things about WWII can genuinely disgust me at this point.
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  6267. oh goodness
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  6268. The overlap has been great, but now TIK's version stops unless he makes 40 videos in four months which isn't going to happen :(
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  6269. Sees TIK notification Clicks TIK notification It's getting redundant. :P
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  6270. TIK is correct, of course there are other things to consider that would affect how many men may be put in the front line- demographics, how many men were of fighting age, how many did the Axis have to keep back for the prospect of a second front, and without the materiel devoted to fighting the western allies how much more effective could Axis logistics be, oil being important here how much did the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine divert from trucks to the front for example. I have read that the USSR had a younger population than Germany so had proportionally more men of fighting age, but haven't seen good comparative data.
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  6271. Makes me proud to be a Kiwi 🥝 I had 3 relatives in the 2nd NZ division and they all survived the war. Didnt know the full story of what they'd been through until now
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  6272. I have an exam tommorow. Exam can wait.
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  6273. These videos are great. The more I think about this battle and the more I hear the more distressing this is. All of these young men and women sacrificing their lives and futures for two of the worst dictators in history, in a war of annihilation. All of the tragedy death and waste! Oh the humanity!
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  6274. TIK, I have a question of a technical nature: now that the fight enters the city itself, and where the map scale will decrease from geographic towards the architectural markings, from towns and roads and rivers, towards the individual streets or buildings (or even intidvdual floors or even rooms inside a building), do you have any solution map wise? I guess that the current map style will soon become quite unsuitable to follow the narrative. The same issue is with unit markings. While the NATO markings would fit the purpose in the open field, they would soon become too cumbersome to depict the curvy front lines and movements inside the city itself. What is the plan in this regard?
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  6275. This was a good comedy special.
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  6276. 59:11 I had to pause for like 5 minutes because I couldn't stop laughing
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  6277.  @TheImperatorKnight  keep going man really love your content ignore all the haters
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  6278. This book... It's a treasure... Comedy gold
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  6279. THIS WAS HILLARIOUS. THIS MADE ME LAUGH MY ASS OFF. Thank you TIK
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  6280. Just Brilliant! Concise, superb scholarship and humour on the high! Good to see you back, after the short break and in full force. I follow your work here for some years now. THANK YOU! (i have only an issue with your economics, or better political economy, but that's another story :) Best greetings from Lisbon!
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  6281. Oh my god the joke. THE JOKE.
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  6282. Whenever capitalism is mentioned people think of big corporations. We should call it Free Market. I've got a feeling it sound better.
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  6283. Chrome isn't an alloy. Its an element.
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  6284. TIK responding to comments and BTFOing radicals is almost as good as battlestorm
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  6285. After the taking of Tobruk Rommel turn it into a strategic blunder by pushing forward in the direction of Egypt. There is now way he had the strengt to get to the Suez Canal. By pushing forward he expose his vulerable forces to deadly counter attack.
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  6286. Hmm, I was actually seriously thinking about getting When Money Dies by Ferguson and the one by Taylor so I think you just saved me more money that I've given you through Patreon. ;-)
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  6287. Hey TIK, nice to see you doing well and recovered some what. I'm more than happy for you to slow down things and take a bit more time to rest and recover. The way things are now at Stalingrad, if the 6th Army doesn't stop soon, resupply and rest, its soldiers are unlikely to be effective. Also, you are the commander in tactical control of the operations. The strategic necessities, are (was going to put something but now can't think). But yeah, take care and stay safe, from Scotland.
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  6288. Yes, a separate channel, for civilised, knowledgable conversation! Debate and comment among yourselves the hosts.  The topics, presentation style and format will change as circumstances time and knowledge allows. Would be most interested. A TIK Lite!
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  6289. Ah the miracles of central planning!" bUt ThAt WaSn'T rEaL sOcIaLiSm!". Great vid TIK
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  6290. That exemple was great I finally understood
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  6291. Hi TIK At the beginning of the video you said that everyone who invests in the market during economic unsertanty is insane and that saving is the correct way. But for example now there is inflation so youre money which you are saving is getting worth less. Can you explain?
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  6292. THIS is a topic I longed to know more since a long time. These mystic legendary MEFO thang. Thanks for this special video! (At 03:50 I was curious what You are showing. Alas those are not MEFO bills, but some other POW bills that the Wehrmacht issued in their detention camps. I would be keen to see a real MEFO bill ...)
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  6293. I love the way you don’t accept the narratives as they’re presented. I love how you use facts from several sources and common sense to contradict those who would use statistics to prove their points. This channel must be supported.
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  6294. Did you watch the video?
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  6295. But price controls before the war?
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  6296. Its so obvious, but youll never get leftists to see it.
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  6297. Also worth noting in the fire decree 114 relates to habitus corpus 117 reading mail and things like wire tapping 118 freedom of expression 123 Peaceful assembly 124 creation of clubs and societies.
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  6298.  @executivedirector7467  amazing how these well educated people have all failed to demonstrate it false.
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  6299. This is probably the most important aspect of WWII which is still to this day being lied about, and I'm so glad that you're making these types of documentaries, TIK, to counteract the long-standing myth of the "capitalist" National Socialists.
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  6300. The very idea of a capitalist totalitarian dictatorship is a contraction of terms. Somehow the party controlled absolutely everything in Germany... except the entire economy? It makes no sense.
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  6301. A condensed version was definitely needed... It will be much easier to get people to watch 1 hour than 5. It's a bit of a whirlwind at the start but starts to find its rhythm after a while. Given the complexity of the subject, it's hard to see how to avoid that problem. Hopefully, it's enough of a taste to convince people to take the plunge into the long version. I also appreciate the new/updated elements, so the video stands on its own rather than simply being an abridged cut. And of course, the copious citations are both appreciated and entirely necessary. Waving the parade of books in front of the camera as you talked about them helped give a sense that you're deeply familiar with each of them and the subject at hand. The density and lack of repetition felt more like a full barrage of information, less subject to dispute, even if it's perhaps less easy to digest that way without prior familiarity.
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  6302.  @mikemcmike6427  “Hitler NEVER systematically targeted the right as a group. They were his main allies and continued to be so ” While it is true that the NSDAP came to power in collusion with the right-wing parties (the right-wingers wanted to "tame" Hitler), once in power, Hitler would begin to run them off the boat. Sebastian Haffner in "Notes on Hitler" says: “The conservative opposition never managed to become a real danger to Hitler, and the series of easy successes that have been scored for it is endless. Even so, it was the only opposition that gave him work until the end; the only one who had the opportunity, albeit minuscule, to overthrow him and who at least tried to do so on one occasion. And it must be stressed that this opposition came from the right. From his perspective, Hitler was on the left. That makes you think." Ulrich von Hassell feared that "socialism in the form of Hitler" would inevitably aim to divide the upper classes on the road to "internal Bolshevization". (national socialism, rainer zitelmann page 519/664) Hitler in 1945 said “We liquidated the fighters on the left, but unfortunately we forgot in the meantime to also attack the right. That is our great sin of omission.” (The Memoirs of Hitler's Luftwaffe Adjutant, 259/302) Hitler regretted not having systematically targeted the right, as he did the left when he came to power. But to say that the right was allied with Hitler until the end is incorrect.
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  6303. The Nazis and the communists had exactly the same economic model. They are two sides of the same coin.
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  6304. I love this topic, TIK is there anything at all that makes you doubt this view point?
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  6305. When a left winger calls right wingers nazis makes me chuckle. They've no idea what they're talking about...
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  6306. Amazing job you did here. I wish I found it earlier. You need to put this on books in order to escape Youtube censorship and make your point widespread. Can't wait for more of this
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  6307.  @TheImperatorKnight  the most active people are the people with something negative to say.
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  6308. I love this style of explainig history , Its such as good complement to the films and real news reel versions of the same battles !! It really helps me visualize the big picture , Thanks so much !!!
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  6309. Second
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  6310. Close enough.
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  6311. Wait!! NO! I was first! YAY!
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  6312. The fact that the third positionists are angry probably means u fucking nailed the critisim
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  6313. ⁠ @TheImperatorKnight and the fact that that guy massivelly influenced Himmler, the architect of the Hollowcost is insane
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  6314. I think we just had the closest thing TIK will do of making a youtube short. 😁
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  6315. From the article "As a rule freedom of contract, that important corollary of private property rights, was not abolished during the Third Reich even in dealings with state agencies." And then the footnote says... "From the outset it has to be understood that this only applied to firms considered to be Aryan" As your "I am a Socialist" video pointed out, they were socialized around race and not class. This is still socialism.
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  6316. Yes, how dare he oversimplify and misrepresent their positions by directly quoting paragraphs of their work! As we all know, the only honest way to present an argument against someone is to make vague yet serious sounding accusations which you can't possibly hope to prove because they're either: a. Entirely subjective or b. Unsubstantiated. This is all sarcasm, if that helps.
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  6317. If only every video creator would source both sides of every argument and then clobber them profusely with logic. But then the political Left runs entirely off of emotion and Rage at (the Other). You can't control those that think for themselves so must keep them in a constant state of emotion and frenzy.
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  6318. mmm, Many companies helped to industrialize the USSR..... , They did not abolish it
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  6319. The left have been telling this lie for sooo long they now believe the lie. And you can’t debate them because the facts destroys everything they believe in. The left don’t debate, they just revert to insults and fascism.
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  6320. Definitely the best secondary source on the entire platform.
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  6321. Please do what makes you content and satisfied. I will appreciate everything.❤
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  6322. Hey TIK, found your channel about a month ago. I really enjoy the content! I’m studying history and German rn and the information contained in your videos really makes me wonder if I am as knowledgeable as I think I am 😂 well done!
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  6323.  @IndSovU  i have a chuckle when I see Tik duck at speed.
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  6324. I like the even handed presentation. You keep political bias out of it.
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  6325. Kudos TIK, you pronounced David Stahel correctly. Drives me nuts when that American dude calls him Stay Hill.
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  6326. Excellent, the history shows I've seen tend to concentrate on Stalingrad and fail miserably to explain the wider strategic position of the campaign - yes, it's for oil in the South, but for example, I'd never heard of Halder's role before at all. great stuff! :)
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  6327. Not insane? So why did he not end the war after the failure of Blau and Stalingrad, since no oil wells were conquered, as he seems to have suggested himself?
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  6328. Don't worry comrades, we will just get on Twitter and change the definition by mob rage and rioting until Webster changes it so we can then say TIK is wrong...*sarcasm* < have to say that as idiots dunno what that is.
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  6329. Because individual soldiers do not decided the outcome of a war, we're not in a fictional book were one soldier can make or break the Eastern Front, or any other front in that matter. Generals, Admirals and other commander can since they fight not in one area alone but a whole theater of operation, there skills and competency make or break a war.
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  6330. It sounds like the Nazi socialization of agriculture with its concomitant lost of fertilizer, horses, manpower and incentives to grow food for profit resulted in a situation similar to the Soviet socialization of agriculture during the 1920's. Price fixing for food going to consumers, if done, requires state subsidies to farmers to grow the necessary food stuffs. The fact that the winter of '41-'42 was one of the coldest winters of the century for Europe just exasperated their problems.
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  6331. Great vid Tik! A topic rarely talked about.
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  6332. As a brazilian, i am sorry for this. I will do what I can to help.
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  6333. TIK likes books, the raw stuff ;)
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  6334. Technically this was after the war with repatriations but it certainly was awful. I wonder if this had anything to do with how in the Korean War the US insisted that refugees and POWs be repatriated wherever they wanted and not to their hometowns.
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  6335. Some scenes that you described they feel like some of the national socialism action not US,UK
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  6336. >literally the first source to appear on the screen is authored by a guy who didn't kill himself Yep, this is gonna be a good video.
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  6337. The main problem with signalling with radio, at sea, in the World Wars at least, is that it reveals your location to literally everyone. And to code, send, decode, and read takes some time, so ships chatting to each other would be visible to everyone for a long time, and as ships don't move so fast that's incredibly dangerous. There is more too it ofc, and each situation's context matters, but it is an important thing to bear in mind that many do not know. EDIT: To elaborate a little; manoeuvre is arguably more important at sea than any other theatre, if one side knows the enemy's location it can concentrate and crush that part long before any assistance can arrive.
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  6338. 0:22 Oh Tik, you magnificent cheeky bastard. That got a good laugh out of me.
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  6339.  @556deltawolf  I absolutely do, and strategic bombardment also caused massive human suffering, deprivation and economic destruction. When you're fighting an existential war for the survival of your civilisation, essentially alone against a continent, you use what tools you have to hand.
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  6340. This may be your most important video, even more than 'Private vs. Public' or the proof of H's socialism. Excellent direction! I hope other AnCaps and Libertarians take note to immunize against Gnostic incursion.
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  6341. This is one of the most interesting pieces I've listened to in ages. TY for the content :)
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  6342. Great thumbnail!
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  6343. Wow..... now this was something.... different. Plenty of stuff to ponder over. Thanks!
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  6344. Thanks for your work TIK
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  6345. okay TIK you suck. Gavin was NOT at fault, because Browning GAVE the one ring to Gavin to carry it, BEFORE the launch of the airplane. therefore Gandalf could NOT know that Gavin was not a mordor troop, and therefore his meeting with Saruman could have ended peacefuly WITHOUT the uruk-hai flying panzer-division, that was nearby in dol-guldur. and therefore the balrog would NOT be angry at the bridge, and would have left the company of the (now) not one ring, to pass the bridge after sellimg them tickets.
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  6346. Great video as always, TIK. I suggest you check out the subreddit r/badhistory. They’ve been ragging on you for years now and a response would be quite interesting.
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  6347. This video is like porn to my soul. I really hope that you keep on making these types of videos. I'll consider donating some money to you by next year.
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  6348. First
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  6349. Hi TIk. Well I'm a history and geography teacher and I've stopped teaching history ten years ago and since then I'm only teaching geography. You are 100% right!!!
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  6350.  @TheImperatorKnight  Viewers questions can be hilarious. Especially the angry ones with axes to grind. Glenn Fricker has a weekly viewers response video, with butthurt of the week the highlight.
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  6351. I agree as well and I'm glad I went to school for cars instead of my other choice which was to study history.
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  6352. Another interesting video. It reminds me of a saying: divisions and other units in (previous) socialist countries used to be much smaller than their counterpart in capitalist or fascist countries, for quick mobilization and reinforcement. Although it might not be true in Soviet for some time, but during the difficult days of WW2, as you explained here, it was true. Similar to the Chinese forces led by the communist party: before the "long march" in the mid 30s, 3 front armies (some may insist to translate into "armies", but from the original Chinese word, they were literally "front armies") had around 300 thousand men in total, after that march, only about 30 thousand remained. Even in the late 40s, during the 2nd Chinese civil war (between the communist and the nationalist), PLA had smaller sized divisions than its opponent. I have to say, by watching your videos, that I tend to appreciate more on the Soviet Red Army for doing well against Nazi in such a difficult situation than the styreotype image of extreme incompetence and pure relentlessness.
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  6353. Brilliant video as usual. Does anybody thinks that words do not mean nowadays what they used to mean in the past? It is so confusing. Race, ethnicity ..... I just do not get it. How do we identify ourselves? "Every man is an island" is a very lonely thought which scares the shit out of me. I want to be part of a "group". But then again it comes with categorizations, oppression or being oppressed and all that stuff. Its just so confusing. I guess we all can say one thing that we are history lovers. A rather innocent form of categorization. Cheerio.
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  6354. Well researched! Five stars.
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  6355. not often first
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  6356.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you. I have beep creating a similar map for myself and everything helps.
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  6357. Thanks for the video <3 !
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  6358. Great work, TIK! I laughed a bit when you gave credit to Wikipedia-- that must have left a bad taste in the mouth, but credit is due. Most impressed with your videos in general, but I adore the Stalingrad series. Thank you!
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  6359. Happy New Year TIK!
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  6360. @TIKhistory There's a famous story about an American paratrooper who jumped into St Mere Eglise on D day. He landed on a church and his parachute was tangled up in the steeple. He had to remain quiet as there were Germans just below him searching for him. It was immortalized in the movie The Longest Day and the church even has a dummy paratrooper on its roof in honor of the soldier. Cool story...except it didn't happen. His story has many discrepancies and according to after action reports and records, there's no way he could have been in that place at that time. In fact, his plane was one of the final waves and didn't even reach Normandy until two hours after the time he claims to have been on the church roof. It seems he made the story up in a letter to the Author of The Longest Day, possibly for a bit of fame or to make money. Credit to historian Marty Morgan for doing the research on this matter.
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  6361. BATTLESTORM OF STALINGRAD SERIES COMING SOON.
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  6362. there go my afternoon plans ;) EDIT: I finished it. The time and research put into this must have been immense
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  6363. man TIKs videos are brightening my day so much
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  6364. Love this vid I always wanted to try study economics but wasn’t sure where to start
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  6365. Excellent job as always TIK! Your videos always make my day interesting. Will we have some info in a the later episodes about the 2nd Hungarian Army? Or the other romanian and italian armies? Usually they are written off in a few paragraphs but it was a great struggle for them too. Keep up with the good work!
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  6366. But they're sending them in like extras in a kung fu movie, going up against the hero one guy at a time....
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  6367. About a minute in it says on your graphic 21/07/1941 rather than 42 as you say.
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  6368. Edit: I've elaborated what I mean by 'silenced'. We need to go on the attack against Distorians and the rest of their kind. We can’t keep tolerating their attempts to destroy the truth. They need to be put down, publicly discredited, and if need be, silence their voice by blocking and removing anything they say. True historians like TIK here are too rare because of the ignorant and the malicious, so we need to take out (not just discuss) the true enemies of truth, wherever their filthy hides may emerge.
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  6369. Hi Tik. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. No worries on pausing Battlestorm for Stalingrad. I admit, I have not kept up on the new videos, been bogged down myself. I think it's cool your switching to other topics that interest you. I'd be happy to see the new work you and your team put out. Battle of the Bulge sounds awesome, as well as Weimar Republic. Best of luck, and cheers from across the pond!
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  6370. I really hope you finish Stalingrad, but some shorter Battlestorm in between would be fun as variation of course . I am about to become a Patreon today, mainly because of your excellent Battlestorm series. The politic parts you are doing are often "boring" if I may be frank, so..."STICK TO TANKS" MAN! ;) You are a great historian - awesome even, "waste of space" when you make predictable political lectures with a historical context, when there could have been a great and pure historical episode. Boring because I know you are a hardcore libertarian so before hitting play I already know how it will sound and the same phrases and messages are repetead over and over again, but there is always a glimmer of hope that some interesting historical events are popping up in between your rants, which happens and there for I some times look at them any way. I might add that I am not "angry" with your libertarian views, I have friends that are of all different ideological views and have interesting discussions with them even though they might not have the sam views as me. But when I see a TIK update, I am in the mode for excellent historical content not boring lectures. No problem taking a break, I can see why and your Q&A:s are good as well and if you cant do them that often because of Stalingrad, well then it might be better to take a break. If you are doing larger Battlestorms like Stalingrad, as I really hope you do in the future as well, maybe do them as seasons? Season 1 - six parts and then a break, for example. Then everybody knows that from the beginning and it will be more excitment with in the "wider" audience when waiting for it to continue? Maybe hire more assistans? I am becoming a Patreon to hopefully contribute to that so your channel can be even greater. I think the core of your viewers really has appriciated the Stalingrad Battlestorm so far. I sure have. You, History Vizualised and others are doing a great job doing better and more interesting stuff then the "old" documentary companies ever did. More in depth and more interesting. Keep up the good works with the "tanks"! ;)
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  6371. I don't care what anyone says, the thumbnail was everything 😅😎
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  6372. Love the detail you put in the thumbnail! I know this series have been really demanding for you TIK but It will be quite tragic when it all ends. This has been such a thrill to follow from all the way the 1st episode to here.
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  6373. One of your finest exposés. This and the "Hitler is a socialist" video are perfect complements. They are excellent teaching tools. Copious thanks for your outstanding work. It's enormously important - especially in America at the moment.
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  6374. Definitely explains why Marxist are still antisemitic. Tim Pool reference a book that justifies Rioting and looting when the book stated the phrases Jewish and Asian Capital, ya Marxist hate Asians now days as well...
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  6375. Before Stefan Molenux got nuked he did an interesting video about Marx's life being an absolute sponge. Ironic the most parasitic guy ever who lived off his mates money was all about redistributing wealth haha. It's just rooted in psychological projection
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  6376.  @TheImperatorKnight  It's a mindset, helpful at times, a huge disadvantage and a burden most of the time.
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  6377. Wow! eye opening, the negative feedback loop created by being taught to expect struggle, then getting struggle, and staying in the struggle, frames so well the reason for the suffering we even see today; Charismatic leaders with flawed beliefs that validates itself in the lives of the followers, as the validation then commends the followers to stand even stronger as to not falter in the "faith" though the entire world is burning down and their live are being destroyed at the same time.
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  6378.  @alg7115  There is orders of magnitude more genetic difference between two randomly selected white Englishmen than the genetic differences that define one "race" against another, even White vs. Aboriginal. Also, those "racial" attributes are pretty much entirely superficial. Thus, TIK is correct scientifically; human "races" do not truly exist, and the correct level of differentiation is the individual. It is also the Biblical viewpoint, despite many attempts throughout history to twist the text to justify racism. Just because people choose to view themselves in terms of collective groups rather than individuals does not mean they are justified in doing so. The real basis for group identity is culture, not genetics. Most cultures worldwide throughout history defined their boundaries based on values, not merely bloodline. This is true by Biblical standards and is also seen in the Arabic idea of an "ummah" (people), which are similar. Bloodline is the primary mechanism by which people are initiated into a culture but they can depart from that culture and be "cut off," and foreigners can join that culture and be "grafted in." When those cultural values protect healthy individuality rather than imposing uniformity, they are helpful for facilitating voluntary, cooperative interactions rather than tyrannical obligations. This is accomplished by providing a common set of healthy expectations that the individuals within the culture can generally trust its other members to adhere to, while promoting tolerance/understanding of the legitimate variation in individual expression. Until the last few centuries, "racial" characteristics WERE a pretty reliable means of predicting someone's cultural values, due to geographic limitations. That limitation has broken down with time and technology, and along with it it's ability to predict a person's cultural/individual values. It is only race hustlers like "funny mustache man" and Jesse Jackson who sell a narrative to empower themselves at the expense of others that have kept the dying old man of racial theory on life support.
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  6379.  @ptkiller26  Not only a capitalist country but a 'CAPITALIST' country that's not built on slavery or exploitation! I can't wait for China to break down like the USSR and we can see how far the infiltration has gone.
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  6380. The fact that you’re honest and use logic basically guarantees that you are bad at politics. No room for truth or logic in the political arena.
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  6381. This video was immensely needed during the current political situation in many countries. Thank you for your amazing work!
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  6382. Weird, I was unsubbed from you. THAT JUST MEANS I CAN SUB TO YOU TO AGAIN!
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  6383. It still fascinates me how people still don’t understand this. National Socialism hates capitalism and liberalism. I’ve seen speeches of Hitler attacking liberalism. Hitler disliked Marxism, but he also respected Marxism. When Spain had a civil war, he said he wouldn’t care if the Marxists seized power in Spain. He (Hitler) only intervened in the civil war because he was worried that Spain would become a satellite state of the Soviet Union. Otherwise, he didn’t care. Marxism and National Socialism are two sides of the same coin.
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  6384. First
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  6385. Sowell City, Galts Gultch, the best fictional city names! 🙌
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  6386. Another video with TIK translating socialist riddles into plain English.
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  6387. literally the best video ive ever watched at a party, thank you for the subtitles tik i couldnt hear you over the yelling and music but the subtitles came in clutch, unfortunately someone called me a nerd tho :<
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  6388. You are doing such a good job I may have to go to patreon and give you a raise. If just some of the people who fall for this horseshit can wake up. Woke should be used to describe awakening from the spell some socialist professor put on them.
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  6389.  @ang47  As someone who sees faults in his economic and political videos, I can still say that I feel has done a magnificent job of being as unbiased as he can (that does not mean I think he is wrong in some regards but that doesn't discount the rest of his work for me).
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  6390. TIK please, really please make a response video to Historia Civilis' latest video, he argues capitalism is evil and that everyone was happy and diddly daddling during the middle ages and stone age. He is a good Rome historian but also some sort of weird anarcho-syndicalist (he doesn't seem to realise that is a contradiction), his latest video is honestly burd and blatant propaganda, using only 5 sources (all of them marxist/other socialists) and twisting the data to his own benefit whilst ignoring all benefits of increasing productivity. The video is also highly antisemitic blaming "capitalists" (as if they were a species or something like that) for all the worlds problems and saying they're naturally evil and care only about power. I really hope you see my comment and REALLY hope you've got time to make a response video sometime.
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  6391. Another great and informative video on WW2.
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  6392. Oh no, tik's sick
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  6393. Get well soon! God bless.
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  6394. You could not take a shortcut against an army like the German army. A short front would have given the German Army an oppurtonity to counter on the flanks. They were professionals, even in defeat. They created the game.
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  6395. Lovely! Always makes my Monday when TiK posts. Wonderful. Cheers
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  6396. Its so great that you are covering more diverse periods.. no offense but i started to get a bit fatigued with Stalingrad and North Africa, as much as i love those theatres.
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  6397. One of your better productions. Your final comment says it all, don't stick to tanks. The Allies had numerous considerations, you identified many. You illustrate just how complex these decisions are, even with our benefit of hindsight. Thanks for the perspective.
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  6398. He is back❤❤❤ URAAAAAAAA!!! [Please do breaks if you must]. Was it the first break?
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  6399. You are doing a great service for mankind by serving the truth. The objective and knowable truth mind you, not “the truth” as defined by collectivists and relativists of which socialists and communists form a subset. To such folks “the truth” is merely the narrative concocted by the collective mind. Objective thinkers are losing the battle, but have now decided to fight. Your contribution is a salvo of effective intellectual fire.
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  6400. Those people wanting to connect Nazism to capitalism/ conservative/right wing politics are the reason the Nazis privatization myths continue. Wikipedia still has Nazism listed as a right wing movement
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  6401. You do excellent work! Be accurate and most of all take your time! I'd rather have to wait longer for better accuracy than get what i want when i want it and being not so accurate. Thanks again for your hard work.
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  6402. We're the og 6th TIK army, though I subbed a bit before Courland so not so OG.
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  6403. It must be a relief to finally be coming to the end of this battle. Haha. At least, I hope it is? Can't wait to see the next battle going to be covered in such insane detail.
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  6404. 16:12 TIK, Hordes of Turks would coming at you, better prepare your bunkers
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  6405. Nice callback to Operation Market Garden XD
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  6406. That's true, but stems from incorrect USSR propaganda.
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  6407. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIGMW9eZGZ8&t=668s A capitalist critique of your critique of their critique of your original video.
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  6408.  @TheImperatorKnight  I would imagine his past country men would be rolling in their graves.
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  6409. “Definitions change, so anytime someone tries to define terms, that’s a major red flag and you should avoid them because they are being stupid and dishonest.” — I can’t even wrap my brain around how you could lack that level of self awareness.
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  6410. That's why I find it interesting to do a thought experiment with people who disagree with me. I assume their correct and then figure out what the world would have to be like. Sometimes it points to them being dishonest sometimes it points to them just having different starting assumptions.
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  6411. This is exactly why I like this channel so much. Calm and clear explanation of sometimes difficult matters. Always worth the time listening. Very learn full.
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  6412. No seriously why are you laughing, It works. I'm serious.
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  6413. I feel like I've met someone for the first time in my life that understands what it's like to feel alone, I think it comes from our intelligence that alienates us from others
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  6414. I never have to deal with people like this in real life, only on the internet. That's probably a good thing as I have very little tolerance for such people. You're doing a good job, TIK, and you are clearly the kind of person who could handle this stuff better than I. I am noticing the trend of not watching or not comprehending in other videos of other genres as well. Hmmm.
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  6415. I can stand the "This is not real socialism. Real socialism has never been tried yet" argument. Government services is not socialism. Socialism is when the government controls property, means of production, and profit.
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  6416. Oh wow, Tik said exactly what I previously commented, right around 51 min in. So I must be paying attention lol.
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  6417.  @TheImperatorKnight  as usual you're being polite. It was a deliberate "passive aggressive " attack.
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  6418. thanks for the update, and need to note that I'm getting better updates about minor delays from TIK than I get at work bad jokes: was the power supply... TIK'd off? was it rendered inoperable? did it try to literally shorten the video? lose the capacitance to deliver the project?
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  6419.  @TheImperatorKnight  Just as the top heads in the marketing departments cannot target all the consumers to buy a certain product - it's impossible to get all the people understand this topic. Keep doing this, because you are strengthening the knowledge and the position of those who are already accepting the view.
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  6420. OK Böhme.
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  6421. 29:32 Ho. Ly. Sh. It. That's INSANE. As someone who has been watching since around episode 25 (and who has watched the first ~30-35 episodes like 6 times through) I know very well just how long this series has turned out to be (and I'm glad it's been so thorough- it is far and away the best academic work about the Stalingrad campaign that is available on the internet). These metrics you give out really do remind us that no war in all of history has ever been so massive and cataclysmic as the Second World War, with the possible exception of the wars of the Mongols, if you roll them all up and consider them as one "war".
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  6422. Thank you for persevering and completing this series. Your work covering all topics has been educational and inspiring.
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  6423. I've been subscribed to this channel for a while, but hesitated a bit to tackle the larger uploads. But this video is amazing!!! I cannot wait to watch the rest of them! Bravo, Bravo, Bravo!
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  6424. Interesting as always. I think you should have gone back a bit further though. There was a general anti semitism in Germany ready for the NS to exploit and ramp up. I wrote my dissertation on 19th political antisemitism in Germany, it starts there. The creation of a German nation required a German national identity overnight. Low key antisemitism seems to have been part of that, you should find some of the cartoons from Jewish media of that time, even they joined in.
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  6425. How many people watch an entire video before leaving salty comment? How many leave a comment just because they read the title? These are the questions i ponder
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  6426. I cannot believe such quality and detailed content is for free on youtube and also soo underated
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  6427. Im faster then 4th panzer
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  6428. THAT MAP!!
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  6429. Over 1 year later from the start of this series, now the battle begins! Oh wait...
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  6430.  @TheImperatorKnight  I know. But you get the gist of my meaning in the fantastic series of yours. Thank you very much. 🇬🇧👍🍻
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  6431. 37:45 We are going to woof u up that made me laugh so hard i was like who let the dogs out?
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  6432. Another super-video. I think you just can't do it other way... Looking forward for the Battlestorm series on the Bulge. This preliminary discussion and battle graphs really make me eager to see the complete picture. Please continue being waht you are. This is historiography at its best. Thank very very much for making our lives richer!
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  6433. Looking forward to this! Do you think you’ll ever cover Kasserine Pass, or Operation Torch?
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  6434. TIK you have returned to this series with passion, and I can already tell when I discover one of the most famous snipers in world history has a questionable narrative and untrustworthy tampering propaganda throughout his memoirs, glad to have you back! I was getting scared that you might have disappeared only to be discovered years later sticking to tanks
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  6435. So we finally arrived. Episode 30. First comment!!! Hi TIK!
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  6436. Too late, already bought it 30 years ago! ...agree!
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  6437. So my initial hunch as a kid that memoirs were either non-sense or I have the worst memory in the world were right. There is no way you can reliably present events 20 years a go from your raw memory.
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  6438. You need more subs. Your videos are excellent.
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  6439. A video about Yugoslavia, I’m sure the comments will be more civil than usual.
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  6440. 😆Fanaticalness 😆 Party Politicalness😆
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  6441. Incredible, these days I was watching your documentary series again, Crusader, Battleaxe, Market Garden, Even Emael and Compass, I would like you to do a short one about Crete and Tunisia. Thank you, now from Italy.
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  6442. I think your perspective on this one is a bit off, to properly judge NKVD and Waffen SS combat performance, one must look at the war crimes/km² graph.
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  6444. Agree. He really doesn't discuss tanks much at all and then only if they were deployed to a significant place on a given battlefield. I mean there's whole Youtube channels devoted to tanks in minute detail, right down to ball-bearing sizes- Tik never does this and nor is it the intention of his channel.
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  6445. Agreed. We can't just ignore them. Well, maybe we don't have to counterattack, but there needs to be a response so others don't fall into the same traps.
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  6446. Perhaps they see you as a threat to their narrative. You are not following their script, therefore you must be discredited. Please, keep up the excellent, fair and balanced approach. It bothers the hell out of them!!!
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  6447. You know, I think it’s quite sad that at 28:35 you give a wonderful description of events that actually make sense to the situation at the time and why certain events played out as they did. However, knowing that some find you “controversial” even amongst the online history channels on YouTube, I feel sad that such a very well thought out and researched bit of history will continue to likely be looked over in favour of “Mad Man Hitler”. But hopefully with you continuing your amazing work with this series and those to come in the future we’ll see a new rise in your channel and maybe some people will come out of the woodworks and maybe actually support you - id love to see you maybe get an interview with some prominent historians and actually get a shout out by them for all the hard work you do.
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  6448.  @TheImperatorKnight  Nevertheless, I'll be the first to watch a coverage of this from TIK's own point of view!
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  6449. Was in YT feed on the app. 🇪🇺🇧🇪
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  6450. First
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  6451. Finally, another episode. Interesting, Isaev in his podcasts always says that the grain elevator was not occupied.
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  6452. Stop everything! The new episode of Battlestorm Stalingrad is out.
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  6453. Great stuff. Have read Glantz but this makes it so much easier to understand. A tremendous series which makes it so easy to understand a hugely complex event
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  6454. I really, really love these videos. Absolutely fascinating. Unfortunately, it allows me to get the feel of what it must have been like on the ground. That is not a fun feeling. Keep these up, they are wonderful!
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  6455. Interesting video TIK. Are you considering making a video on the inflation that many countries faced in world war 1, the deflation that followed in some countries and the hyperinflation in Germany and Russia? I am also interested in your thoughts on why Hitler declared war on the USA. I agree with your view that the East was the priority for Hitler and that he may have later used his war with Britain for strategic purposes with his eventual conflict with Stalin. However I think it would be important to explain how the United States would fit into Germany's larger strategy as, at first glance, Hitler declaring war on the USA (because it was after Barbarossa began) would seem to fly against the goal of Eastern conquest.
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  6456. TIK has an excellent ability to teach combining excellent research with enthusiasm , open mindedness and rational arguments. In short I love listening to TIK.
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  6457. Even the US, with its MASSIVE industrial capacity at the time, would have seriously struggled to put together the logistics required to invade Russia. Germany really had no damned way of doing it,
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  6458. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, then by god it's a duck. ;p
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  6459. Many people do their upmost to "dehumanise" Hitler as if no human is capable of his very worst deeds. He's become the personification of evil in modern Western society. In a sense, as you say pretty much, they try to make out as though they are totally unable to understand him or any of his thoughts or motives at fear of being sympathetic to him. People need to realise, again as you say, that Hitler very much was a human being, albeit an extremely abhorrent one. Acknowledging this doesn't make your a Hitler sympathiser or a Nazi. Ian Kershaw has said something along these lines, ultimately Adolf Hitler was a human being with human emotions just like everyone else. There is a great deal of propoganda that has persevered from the war which paints Hitler in the worst and often most ridiculous light possible. It ends up that the pop culture version of Hitler we get is quite different from the actual man.
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  6460. FIRST
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  6461. A series of videos about death, hunger, diseases, frostbites and lots of suffering. Am I a bad person for wanting it sooooo bad?
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  6462. "I dont want to get into french politics because it stupid" - Sigma Angloid
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  6463. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  oooo I'm watching you... Sign 1: Sneer at 17:52 suggesting that the topic of economics that you've already covered is more important (and requires more attention/viewership) than the limited military perspective that this video provides. sign 2 : You going out of your way to say that you poured your heart and soul into it. sign 3: You recommended it as the next video to watch, worried that it'l be forgotten behind the weekly routine of fresh videos. sign 4: In your "How BIG was the Red Army in WW2?" video a commenter "george press" said "Man waited all week for a 9 minute video, lol. Love your channel keep up the good work" and you said "I know, but last week was an hour-long video and hardly anyone watched it :(" Greenwich time is around 3am where I'm from but I'd still get up then for another video in that series, I didn't realise how much more interesting banks are compared to tanks.
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  6464. Thanks for this impressive, fair and level- headed video. Informative as always . P. S : You are quite right. French politics are pretty stupid, must be all these Napoleon complex that every French leader have .
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  6465. Just found your two recent uploads TIK, they did not appear in my subscription box until now. Good narration and it is nice to reflect on how little time changed the use of fascist. I'll be watching the Greece under the Axis later, cheers.
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  6466. If you listen to the lefties its anyone who doesn't agree with them!
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  6467. He wrote this in 1944
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  6468. A real masterpiece, ironclad rhetoric, sir :) Sounds like a nuclear bomb. Or How To Destroy Fallacious Arguments Piece By Piece. On the other hand, the trolling-like arguments that were thrown at you in the first place were not a very big deal to bring down (the other commenters didn't fail to see that)... Trying to ridicule TIK is just like trying to ridicule many first-class historians that share his views, beginning with Glantz. In others words, it's just ridicule in itself. This is so much obvious that many others here have remarked it's a waste of time. Well, this would have been so if the point was to answer just one person. But it's not since the point is also to create a precedent for dealing with all future trolls-wheraboos argumentation. But what is really outstanding is this ability to organize so much logical, irrefutable and reasonable counter-arguments, to structure it all in such a condensated form and short time. The result is so fascinating that the 120 minutes flash like 20. An excellent lesson in historiolgy. Respect.
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  6469. Wow, there's a very broad range of things in this week's video. Just taking one strand of it: I wonder when it did finally dawn on AH that the war was lost. I think Speer claims in his memoirs that AH admitted this to him in private in January 1945, when the Ardennes Offensive had just about failed. (Not that I entirely trust Speer's account). Surely, it couldn't have been as late as this though? Unless he had completely lost his grip on reality.
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  6470. First! - from S.Korea
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  6471. Hey. This may be a bit of a weird question but, how are you doing? Have you decided how your going to focus the channel from now on?
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  6472. It works more on a scale of state v individual. Left is state, right is individual. Correct me if I am wrong but this would make anarchy the furthers right ideology as it rejects the need for a state.
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  6473. hearing all these different descriptions of the various gradations between this or that socialism reminds me of all the conversations with different socialist trying to explain what their "real socialism" is lol. the most hilarious was the guy explaining the oxymoronic "libertarian socialism" lol. ie "youre free to do whatever we havent yet told you not to do until we tell you not to do that anymore....and, of course, free to do whatever we tell you to do....."
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  6474. You argue it very well. I'd previously bought the Adolf line that he was infiltrating the Commies and reporting to his superiors. However if the Nazis were just another murderous faction of Socialists then this explains Adolf's absurd ideology and his criminality.
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  6475. Hey TIK, here's a Translation of Russian source from Wikipedia about the 60000 men: "Unfortunately, to this day there is no clear and sufficiently A detailed description of the fighting at this stage of Vyborg Sko-Svir operation. So, from the subsection “Offensive 21st Army north-east of Vyborg ”[1, p. 485–487] you can only find out that on the 30-kilometer front - from the Vuoksa River to the Vyborg Bay - operated four corps of the 21st army, namely: 109, 110, 97th and 108th, a total of 12 rifle divisions, having a strength of 4 to 5 thousand people each. In reserve was the 30th Guards Corps of General Simonyak." So 5000×12=60000 It just seems to give another source, so hold on, I'm gonna try to get to that...
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  6476. Here Here
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  6477. the suspense is killing me ...yes I know but TIK bring fresh colors to a black and white picture
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  6478. How would I comment? Looking at Paulus' options on his table, he has selected every correct option up until now. It is more like a systemic underestimation on attrition on urban warfare by the entire German high command. The Soviet were clinging on right now by throwing everything including the kitchen sink. Generals are playing on instinct instead of careful planning. Sounds more like a tower defense game with no disrespect to the ground troops. I am looking forward if there is any excessive energy from the soviet to tip the balance or it is the normal expected way where the German ran out of steam.
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  6479. I believe I've watched this series 3 times to fully take everything in, unbelievable job!
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  6480. 11:15 Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system!
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  6481.  @TheImperatorKnight  I had one teacher who wore tweed AND also had a velvet jacket!
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  6482. @TIK Lewis, you still need more bookshelves!!! Now, more than ever.
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  6483. Hey, great video. Discovered your channel recently and appreciate it a lot. As a former journalist and a becoming historian i'm very sensitive to the subject you're bringing here. Would be great to explain, as a "plus", how to distinguish the critical thinking that is a truely precious skill, and the "everything-is-a-lie-we-all-live-among-the-worst-conspirations-ever" attitude that is unfortunately quite developping lately.
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  6484. I'm so glad I found this channel! Great video as always dude! :-)
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  6485. Excellent work, as always!
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  6486. In before the inevitable "But TIK, WW2 ACKCHUALLY STARTED IN 1937" troll
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  6487. Fantastic video as always. Totally agree with your assessment. Beautifully narrated and a great all round educative video. Proud to be a Patreon as always.
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  6488. TIK, your spelling is terrible - Tanks starts with a "T" not a "B".
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  6489.  @TheImperatorKnight  …very cheeky of TIK to hide an mini-episode of BANK WARS in this way!
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  6490. One of your best videos
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  6491. TIK really likes graphs
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  6492. Lemme guess... oil?? Look fwd to watching video later.
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  6493. Never ceases to amaze me that some passionate nerds on YouTube can out do the history channel by a mile
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  6494. Thank you so much for this, TIK! It's such an old reflex to dehumanise our enemies. To call them stupid, brutish, uncivilised. I respect everybody who puts effort into self-education. Who chases the big questions in life. Everybody should be given time to pursue bad ideas and, hopefully, grow out of them at some point. And the - probably - only way to support this growth is open debate. Is the respect for different opinions, and the respect for another person. I have no right to put myself above anybody else just because I think I have understood something. We should be learning together. ANd from each other.
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  6495. Since I discovered TIK, "historian" become an offensive tag. Like " stop trying to tell truth, you are historian after all, have some bias, cmon".
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  6496. You deserve a break. Thank you so much for you videos, TIK. I used to really be against your videos, following the Marxist narrative in my head. But I went in with an open mind and you really changed my view as well as expanded my knowledge. Enjoy your time off, TIK
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  6497. If you must do it, then... DO IT
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  6498. Glad to say I'm actually first.
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  6499. Easily the best ww2 youtuber! Thanks for the videos!
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  6500. TIK, aren't you afraid of backlash from these videos? I mean, I thought it was great, but surely you must get some forms of hate or something like that from these
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  6501. Well, this was really interesting. I had no idea that Gnosticism even existed before I discovered your channel.
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  6502. But is there any progress on the door that leads to Berlin?
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  6503. Man socialism sounds great we should try it!
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  6504. I like your motions/acting in the video, that little bit of animation is great
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  6505. first
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  6506. First!
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  6507. You’re gonna have to come to grips with the fact that 75% of the population isn’t capable of thinking on your level. The same dummies we all went to school with all grow up too and take a place in society. You’re getting through to people every day even when you don’t see it. You’re putting too much pressure on yourself to convert the masses. You may think most of us are the choir you’re preaching to but you need to remember we need you as well. Capitalists need you too.
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  6508. Thing is TIK, I got redpilled a few years before you did, and for a while I thought you could get through to the left. For the vast majority you will never get through to them because they are ideologically fubared or scared to change. The rest CAN be, but it takes years and they will only do so in their own time. So the best thing to do is ignore most of the NPCs and encourage the genuinely curious. BTW, to answer your point about the Garden of Eden myth, the version we have from the Old Testament is an inverted version of the Sumerian creation myth where humanity eating the fruit and gaining knoedge is a good thing. We aren't damned if we do, damned if we don't. There is no reason to lie, because gaining knowledge is good. And if these people don't like it, that's their problem. Stop wasting your energy on them, it's not worth it. Just keep doing what you're doing, because in the future it'll become harder and harder to ignore your work and what others are doing.
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  6509. I completely agree with this and even understand the reasons. I would even say I have shared some of these positions, it was by accident I took a different path. If it hadn't been for my chance awakening I would have been a die-hard Marxist myself.
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  6510. As a social democrat I agree that hard work and following a passion has a lot of influence in your success and happiness, and as an inhabitant of a rich western democracy I still have a fairly individualistic view. That being said, I think you can check all boxes of living a successful capitalist, individualist life and still advocate for social programs, reforms, policies etc. that help the disadvantaged, immigrants, environment etc. My socialist tendencies are built on a base of kindness and care for others, and not on coercion and malevolent assimilation. And I just happen to think that in order to achieve more opportunities for the downtrodden and systemically disadvantaged, to minimize market failures and externalities, as well as corporate corruption, we do need socialistic policies and regulations in a stable democratic state. Hope you get me on some level. Cheers from Switzerland!
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  6511. TIK, your pain in your struggles is obvious. You are a teacher. You teach. You do not get to “win “ with everyone. If you did, the communism vs capitalism debate would have been won years ago. It is in ignorance where we all reside at least in part. Teachers show us another option, another perspective, a Truth but we each get to decide for ourselves on big issues and tiny ones. Many years ago I began to understand how 2 things cause people to check their brains st the door. Politics and Religion. So when you default to Eve and Adam in the Harden, you do so expecting this to be Truth. As yourself, why did God need to send his Son Jesus to rescue his creation? They were following His Book. Right? Now, who wrote the book? We’re those religious leaders somehow pure and without any need to exploit people so they would gain wealth and power? Put the same research scrutiny into your sources like the Bible or the Koran etc as you do about Tank Doctrine. If you do, you will be dealing with one entire mass of variables. Now go back to your Teaching. Stop trying to decide for everyone to accept your research and conclusions. Remember, as you have research more and more, you have realized errors in past conclusions. Sometimes little bits of that are what your detractors see. Other times, you have simply found a Truth that requires them to dismantle one of their own truths and that is difficult and painful and they, like you, know there are those out there who are only there to deceive. I for one rely on your perspective to challenge my own truths. To test them. Please give your head a shake. Recognize that louder and stronger voices against your wisdom and discoveries is a real measure that you are nearing a Truth which forces them to rethink their sacred cows. You are doing Good! Teach!!
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  6512. Tik I haven't finished your whole video yet but I will. However I felt the first point that you brought up really needed to be addressed on its own. You tell me to imagine a world in which the wealthy control the resources and the poor basically gets screwed. However what you don't consider is the fact that that is exactly what happens under every socialist system that has ever been tried. Under a socialist system the government decides who gets to be wealthy and they can use any criteria they want to make that decision. If you have influence within the government then you don't need to worry about your wealth or power. If you have no influence in the government then you're going to be on the bottom tier and you're going to stay there regardless. No matter how hard you work no matter what you do no matter what kind of person you are unless the government says you're entitled to more than what you already have you can never obtain it. This is precisely why both communism and socialism have failed everywhere they are tried. I think the simplest way to explain it is this. Let's say you're a farmer and you have chickens. Your chickens produce a thousand eggs this year. Under a capitalist system you're entitled to do anything you want with those eggs. Barter them sell them etc. If you work really hard invest in more chickens raise your production you get to keep the benefits of your labor. Under a socialist or communist system the government steps in and takes your thousand eggs and gives you whatever they decide they're worth. You have no say in the matter whatsoever. Your eggs are only worth what the government says they're worth. So under a socialist or communist system let's say your neighbor also has chickens and also relies on eggs as his primary product Your neighbor doesn't really take good care of his chickens doesn't really work that hard and at the end of his year he only produces 100 eggs. So what happens? Well if you would hear strictly to the ideal version of socialism the government is going to step in take a bunch of eggs from you and give them to your neighbor so everybody has an equal amount of eggs. Herein lies the major problem. After a few years of this you realize that there's absolutely no point in working as hard as you possibly can to produce 10 times as many eggs as your neighbor because the government's just going to take your eggs and give them away anyway. So naturally being human you're going to say well I'm not going to work that hard anymore. I'm going to produce 100 eggs just like my neighbor and let the government give me eggs instead of killing myself trying to produce them myself. That's just human nature you can't avoid it. What happens is eventually everybody out there producing eggs catches on and then the government is forced to step in and assign a quota. You must produce x amount of eggs every year. That quota is worthless unless the government enforces it. So then it becomes you must produce x amount of eggs every year or we're going to send you to a gulag. That is the only means by which the government can maintain that level of production. By threat of force. So naturally people are going to respond to that the same way they always do. If the government requires you to produce 500 eggs you're going to produce 500 eggs. You're not going to produce 501 because it does you no good. This is where socialism and communism falls flat on its face. There's absolutely no incentive to innovate to create or to exceed the minimum level of production because you're not reaping any of the benefits from it. The people who are reaping the benefits from it or whoever the government decides deserve those benefits. You have no way of improving your situation through your own efforts. Both socialism and communism sound like great ideas on paper. But they just don't work in the real world. They never have and honestly they never will.
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  6513. Loved it! Exceptionally well done, loved the animations and the narration. Your interpretation of the varios sources really makes sense of the situation, while your presentation of the different views beforehand make the overall conclusions very interesting and pertinent for a present-day debate of this nearly 82 years old battle. Also, I really liked this new stile and the way this was condensed, a battlestrom less than 3h long is incredibly refreshing considering each one stalingrad episode was about 40 minutes! Thank you for your amazing work and for temporarly sticking to tanks without droping the Marmalade 😂
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  6514. Really enjoying this so far. At 33:00 i think there is a typo. The box that breaks down the number of german panzers by type lists panzer IV twice. I suspect one of these is meant to be for the panzer III
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  6515. Stick to tanks 😁
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  6516. 9:28 God bless Dan Pienaar disobeyed orders, protected the African boys and sacrificed the New Zealanders and still got promoted. Its the gov great? You can completely miss up and still fail upwards.😅😂😂
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  6517. 3 hours! Are you completely out of your mind!? Do you think I'll spend 3 hours of my life on learning something useless about some battle in the desert 80 years ago?? Well, I suppose I will! And that's a defeat already.
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  6518. This is TIK at his very Best. Thank you for this content
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  6519. good luck mate. nice one. thanks for great videos.
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  6520. Sorry to hear about your loss, I've lost a close brother and know how hard it is to try and keep things in perspective. Awsome getting things done better, have to love free market economics. Thank you for sharing, we'll always be here for your content, looking forward to the new changes. Best of luck from midwest USA...cheers.
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  6521. you made the right decision regarding the focus :-D
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  6522. Looks like you need another bookcase TIK
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  6523. 1st
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  6524. You should probably watch some of his other videos, TIK considers fascism and Nazism to be sub-ideologies of socialism.
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  6525. Good Luck buy gold
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  6526. outstanding video thanks, so inspiring
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  6527. Just here as promised on Sunday in the VIP Arena of Gaming Awards at Tankfest.....was nice to meet you and thank your for the long talk....cant wait for the upcoming videos - GnomeRanger from FILO
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  6528. I'm not watching these videos because they are about some particular front, let alone particular battle. I'm here because you're good and these are really interesting and well done. Good work, take your time. You're the best channel with this type of content, no other channel comes even close in attention to detail or quality of research. Thank you for doing this. Also, call the check-in videos sitreps.
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  6529. Thank you for making it have watched it from start Fantastic. Enjoy your gnosticism series very interesting. My dad was in north Africa no gun he said just a spanner 🔧 to mend tanks
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  6530. TIK you deserve a PHD from this series
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  6532.  @TheImperatorKnight  AI is scary sometimes
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  6533. I really enjoyed this video, it is very philosophical and shows us the mentality of the German dictator. I always follow the channel, but today I reflected a lot. My congratulations.
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  6535. Hi TIK! I sent you the spanish subtitles for your video "6th Army's Rations at Stalingrad". Great job!
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  6536. TiK, your videos on Nazi socialism should be required viewing in schools and colleges. I have one reservation, though: the far left might become even more anti-semitic than they already are.
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  6537.  @TheImperatorKnight  check out episode 6. Because a bunch of people are in a colony with zombies outside, the show triple reminds you that this is communism working. It might be the dumbest line ever written.
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  6538. 3RD BATTLESTORM IN A ROW!!!! URAAAA
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  6539. Just another amazing video, I now know you deep into Stalingrad and now this. But I really like the Weimar inflation series. Hope another video is coming out soon
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  6540. You watched 29 seconds and think you understand the video…..
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  6541.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think many people will be a little scared to see an hour plus video of a topic, but I also think the majority of your fans tend to like the long format. And I think sometimes is necessary to make the Message really hit home. For me, you make excellent content as it is.
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  6542. yaaaaaaay first! where is my cookie? :)
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  6543. 01:24 🌐 Devers clashed with Eisenhower in 1943 over resources, setting the stage for their strained relationship. 03:44 🤝 Devers' transfer to the Mediterranean was seen by Marshall as a ploy by Eisenhower to eliminate a rival, leading to tensions. 06:33 ⚔ Operation Dragoon's success in capturing Marseilles in August 1944 became a logistical challenge for the Allies. 08:17 🚚 Eisenhower's Broad Front strategy strained Allied logistics, causing fuel shortages and logistical issues. 11:56 🛣 Eisenhower's focus on maintaining the Broad Front strategy led to logistical challenges instead of solving them. 13:17 🌊 Eisenhower ordered Devers to cross the Rhine, indicating a lack of long-term planning and favoritism against Devers. 15:58 📉 Miscalculations about Marseilles' capacity and logistical issues further complicated the Allied advance. 17:18 🤷‍♂ Eisenhower's communication breakdown with Devers and prioritizing Bradley over other commanders impacted the campaign. 18:42 🤔 Eisenhower's favoritism towards Bradley and lack of attention to flanks (Monty and Devers) may have contributed to strategic issues. 19:33 🗺 Eisenhower's Broad Front strategy led to stretched Allied divisions across a 500-600 mile front, hindering their ability to breach the Siegfried Line. 20:54 🤷 Eisenhower's failure to plan operations beyond Normandy and prioritize logistics led to attritional battles and inadequate supply networks during the winter of 1944-45. 23:41 🤝 Miscommunication between Eisenhower and Devers regarding the Rhine crossing led to a misunderstanding and conflicting interpretations of orders. 25:06 🛑 Eisenhower halted Devers' plan to cross the Rhine in December 1944, redirecting efforts to support Patton's forces in the north. 27:18 🤬 Dispute between Eisenhower and Devers over Rhine crossing plans led to a deteriorated relationship and public criticism from Devers. 28:44 🌐 Devers argued for crossing the Rhine, emphasizing the tactical advantages, while Eisenhower prioritized the northern front and the Ruhr. 31:38 ⚔ Crossing the Rhine in Devers' area was deemed strategically unsound due to logistical challenges, potential German counterattacks, and lack of clear objectives. 33:22 🤔 Poor relations between Eisenhower and Devers played a role in the dispute, but logistical problems and strategic impracticality were also key factors. 35:14 ❓ The implications of not allowing Devers to cross the Rhine remain uncertain, with suggestions that it may or may not have influenced the Ardennes Offensive or the Battle of the Bulge.
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  6544. Mondays made great again
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  6545. C​ @bartsanders1553 comedy lives in the comments section😂
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  6546. Only 10 mins into this video TIK but thank you so much, i love your channel and your magnificent work on history but i never expected such a knowledgeable and articulate man to come out and say what you have in the 1st 10 mins. You eloquently speak for the people of this country. I'm not far right or a thug or racist for that matter but i can see what is wrong and what 50 years of spineless politicians have caused. I don't think even now they will do the right thing and even if they did it far far far to late. Thank you TIK you are a brave man.
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  6547. THAN YOU FOR STANDING UP FOR HUMANITY.
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  6548. Well said TIK and thank you for the term 'Fabian Fascism' I hadn't heard that before but I'll bank it and have it ready to go from now on. Cheers!
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  6549. I'm a Sandgrounder too! PS: Starmer was gone (from Southport) in SIXTY SECONDS!
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  6550. why is it that the tendency of police is to side with the authoritarian regime rather then the people? Between this and Canadian Freedom Convoy, police organizations have on multiple ocasions chosen to side with the state rather then with the people. It is flagrent betrayels of the people like this that make me proud to be a gun owner.
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  6551. A good video to watch before work. Hope you are well TiK. Wanted to let you know that I finished "The Blitzkrieg Legend" by Karl-Heinz Frieser for an upcoming project with the Battle of France. Pretty informative, though it's focused on the Germans and only mentions Case Red in passing. Have you read that title before? The author did a good job explaining the German way of thinking for the campaign. Maps are in German, but it was possible for me to figure out the units after some analysis. It looks like the French soldiers did fight well when they did; it was their command system and leadership that really let them down. Always seemed to be one step behind the Wehrmacht. Did find it interesting with the authors conclusion about the campaign, and how the high command got high from the win and tried to replicate it out East. The results speak for themselves. Did not dwell too much the political or social issues though for the countries. I'd like to read more into that for the project. Hope all is well on your side of the pond!
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  6552. Hey TIK, finished Chapter 3 on "Human Action". Quite interesting and very familiar with, certain communities of today.
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  6553. Hi Tik. I would recommend getting hold of these books on National Socialism. Nazi Germany explained, Vernon Bartlet, 1933. The Meaning of Hitlerism, Wickham Steed, 1934. The house Hitler built Stephen Robberts, 1937. Interesting, pre war books on Germany under Hitler.
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  6554. I enjoy your videos. You could talk about the history of phone books and make it interesting. Keep up the good work!
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  6556. Guys, I'm gonna go by a long shot here and hope anyone has the answers for my question. I'm currently trying to get a bit of my own research done on the second Sino-Japanese war and the events leading up to it. Now ofcourse I could do a simple google search on ''second sino-japanese war books'' yet I value people's opinions more than google. Also found out that googling for decent books is quite a hit and miss. So if anyone out here knows a few must-have's, please do tell! Apologizing in advance because this might not quite be the right place for this question but hey, I'm getting desperate :)
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  6557. Good to have a dialogue like this -- you and us. Very rewarding all the way through
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  6558. TIK tomorrow is my birthday
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  6559. Hi Tik Great video as always, keep up the good work! I have a few questions regarding a Stalingrad specific topic: Pavlov's House. Was it of tactical/stategic impartance to hold it during the battle or was it more of symbolic value? Why didn't the germans just destroy it with artillery or aerial bombardement? Why didn't the germans surround the house and starve the defenders out?
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  6560. Interesting that your feelings about ending Stalingrad. I remember seeing Parkinson interview Peter Sellers about making the Pink Panther films (Stay with me) and Parky asked him if he was happy about the success, fame etc. Sellers made the same point. When he was acting, playing the part and getting it right it felt real to him and how it consumed him. After that he just wanted to move on.
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  6561. Merry Christmas, Tik 🎅 🎄
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  6562. The best part of this channel is there’s sometimes a mix of philosophy or just honest wisdom with the war content. Thanks for the transparency and again have a merry Christmas brother.
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  6563. Merry Xmas. 🎉
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  6564. I've been sick since November and had birthdays on December as well. This winter is a real jerk. Can't imagine trying to accomplish what you do in this condition. Keep at it when it works, rest when it doesn't. Merry Christmas.🎄
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  6565. I have a question, is there any relevance to russian ak 47 having 7.62mm bullets to soviet artillery having 76.2mm shells? just noticed that when you were showing a picture of 76.2mm gun in your video. thank you
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  6566. Thank you for this video. Although in Russia this sort of information is accepted easily but when arguing with "Western people", it becomes almost impossible. Like :)
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  6567. Thumbs up!
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  6568. 40:00 on the dot. (Mr. Burns voice) Excellent
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  6569. Side note: My daughter loved that old Retail tales video you did. Classic. She might not remember “TIK” but she now can say “Grade A Moron” with perfect enunciation ;)
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  6570. This episode is gold!
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  6571. First like and comment...but besides that...
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  6572. The amount of people that are still affected by Nazi propaganda is just staggering. Some people still view Third Reich soldiers as some flawless superb human beings that can do no wrong. This is just insane.
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  6573. Too many neonazis.
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  6574. I used to solely blame monty for the failure. Now my view has changed and may be biased because I'm an American but I mainly Blame Monty and Browning, though I can place some blame on Gavin on wanting to take the heights.
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  6575. Solid review TIK!
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  6576.  @ducthman4737  I disagree. No great paradigm shift in science, to which I count history, ever happens without massive resistance first, ridicule and then vehement debate. Wegeners theory of continental drift was discredited for decades before acceptance. So I find the idea that we are at least still debating encouraging.
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  6577.  @TheImperatorKnight  It IS a waste of time... for them, BECAUSE they refuse to consider the evidence :)
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  6578.  @TheImperatorKnight  If not get them to listen, at least give others the tools to properly refute and shut their arguments down. That's just as important. You may never change a fanatic, but you can make em' look stupid and keep their ideas from becoming mainstream to the point we are governed by them.
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  6579. Outstanding video. I studied The Third Reich in university history classes. Shirer's book was the primary text to which we referenced. It always unsettled me how supposed capitalists would fund the NSDAP. Now, 40 years later, I learn that I was misled.
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  6580.  @TheImperatorKnight  Once your done, I don't think anyone would have or ever will cover the Stalingrad battle in more depth and accuracy than you have.
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  6581. FIRST!! What an honour!!
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  6582. I was getting little impatient for new video :D. Thanks for posting. It's great and detailed as always. I already thing this videos changed me a bit. Now, when I see documments which start with "madman" hitler narative I can't bring myself to watch them anymore...
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  6583. I think TIK is wrong, I don’t think the encirclement was inevitably permanent, although I agree that the National Socialist system made the situation nearly impossible. Here’s what I mean: if the German command structure had been less rigid, and allowed for more latitude and independent thought, things could have been done differently. For example, all those division commanders (in conjunction with their staffs) inside what would become the pocket could surely have come up with adequate plans to extricate their own forces from the front lines in a timely fashion and get their men moving south or west or southwest or all of the above (considering there were 20 divisions, they would have needed to take different routes). However, the German division commanders needed permission practically to wipe their own butts. Contrast this with the way defensive lines and even effective counter attacks were cobbled together at Kasserine pass or in the battle of the Bulge and you see the striking difference between the level of independence exercised by mid-level American commanders and their German counterparts. I believe firmly that there was adequate force available inside the Stalingrad pocket to have forced open the thinly held Red Army circumvalation lines during the early days of the encirclement. I understand about the logistical issues, and the question of whether you have an army left at the end of such a campaign or just a couple of hundred thousand half starved half frozen refugees, but still. The survival rate would surely have been higher that way than by doing what they eventually settled on. Moreover, it’s not as though such a breakout would have left the Soviet units through which they would have passed unaffected. In all likelihood, a properly supported (from the air) breakout would have shattered many Soviet divisions as well as German and left both sides practically incapable of large scale offensive operations for several weeks. Thus, Manstein and/or Weichs would have had time to reorganize the survivors of 6th Army prior to the resumption of the Russian offensive that winter.
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  6584.  @TheImperatorKnight  I like your analysis in the first paragraph. One thing about us disabled people is our struggle (heh) is a lot more visible and people naturally want to help. I know from my own experiences and from that of others that we don't actually want help, just the ability to do it ourselves. A lot of disabled people actually get very defensive over their aides and will become very hostile over people touching and offering help with things that they want to be able to do independently. I know it occupies my mind and I'm sure it does occupy other's minds as well, the thoughts of where we belong on a societal level. It's a thing for the future for me because I'm currently productive but I'm sure that many people feel like they are a net drain on society, I have been there. The shame is that many have been sold a false narrative that they feel this way because of capitalism when a lot of time they live completely outside of capitalist society. They can only live outside of capitalism because of the over abundance that capitalism creates. Once you transition to a more centralised system then quickly we see that the net drains become a liability. Too much liability and the system fails so the fat needs to be trimmed. Many people are chickens voting for KFC on this because they've been mis-sold a fantasy that's been labelled up as socialism. With your second paragraph, I think the solution is as you mentioned, the general public should leave disabled people to it unless they look particularly distressed. That look of distress however, it's universal so it would be like helping a lost tourist or something. I do have concerns about the long term however and with how society will interact with disabled people rather than just individuals. Canada is showing us that there's a lot to be concerned about in that regard.
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  6585. i too have experienced talk of just letting myself a stroke survivor die.
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  6586. After some lite reading on the wikipedia page for Aktion T4, i damn near shit a brick when i saw the name Hans Asperger who coined Aspergers syndrome. When I was diagnosed with it, one of my school teachers said it was named after a psychologist who was heavily bullied in school. Well clearly not enough cause asperger was a nazi party member and went along with this
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  6587.  @TheImperatorKnight  The Hayek book is called Capitalism and the Historians, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Capitalism-Historians-T-S-Ashton-L-M-Hacker-W-H-Hutt/dp/0226320723
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  6588. Hitler became associated with the Right, not because he was on the right (he was not), but because Stalin decreed to all the Communists in the world that N.S. must henceforth be considered to be on the far Right. Since Leftist have infiltrated into the education system, Hollywood, the media, etc., this erroneous idea has become drilled into the collective unconscious of the population to the point where the default position is that Nazism and Fascism are on the far Right, which is wrong.
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  6589. Nazis are just socialists that labeled an entire race as the oppressive class. Sound familiar?
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  6590. The socialist tears in the comment section is glorious. I have spent hours reading them. Video saved.
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  6591. 28:08 "if socialists understand economics, they wouldn't be socialists. - Friedrich von Hayek" 🤓
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  6592. Haters : TIK says bullshit in his videos, don't listen him! TIK : Made a video of 5hours, with listing documents and sources Haters : 🏳️
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  6593. Finally I have found someone who also knows that Hitler was a socialist. On another note I encountered a school history teacher who is socialist and teaches the class that Hitler actually had a capitalist agenda and was far right and not left leaning. This sacred me because I can't believe that this is acceptable as it id completely wrong and portrays the NSDAP as something it is definitely not
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  6594. The reason many people think Nazi Germany was a capitalism is because they've been taught that the 21st century United States is capitalist. In reality, all western nations fell into pre-totalitarian Statism in the 21st century.
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  6595. I wish I could like this video a thousand times, watched it several times. The truth is out there and finally there is a champion standing up for the truth. Thank you TIK, thank you!
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  6596. I love sending this video to people I don’t wanna argue with or talk to ever again. So far it’s worked on repelling the type of people I dislike speaking to. Ideologues can’t watch a 5 hour video. It hasn’t happened yet. But I’m hoping the next person I send this to actually watches it, considers it and wants to discuss.
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  6597. The question that comes from this kerfuffle is why do current day leftists need to maintain the idea that the Hitlerian Regime was Pro Capitalists.? Since the historical evidence is absent we must conclude that this need comes from the needs of the Present and the goals of the Future. The ideological, rhetorical and political needs of the present require the General Public to associate Hitler with Capitalism. And here we see that what this is about is the active gaslighting of the General Public by Modern Leftists to convince them to associate Fascism and Hitler with anything that opposes current day socialist policy objectives. Mass immigration. Forced Green Agenda. UBI. Persecution of Traditionalist Communities. Forced Diversity on pain of starvation. Equity at the expense of others wealth. Inclusion that coheres by exclusion and destruction those that reject the Revolution (the Kulaks). Those who oppose the Left are grouped and slandered as “Capitalists”. Friend Enemy dynamics in action. You have to give the Marxist monomaniacs their due, the sure know how to adhere to a praxis in the face of all contradictions in order to advance their cause. This is why no Free society or state can tolerate Marxist Activists. To do so is to invite subversion, coercion and collapse.
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  6598. Here in Brazil we are indoctrinated to believe, even in university (i have a dregree in history), to associate fascism, slavery and imperialism with economic liberalism (neo liberals, far right as they say), this type of ideology dominates the public debate and the govern for long time ( captalism is evil, economic freedon is to the rich explore the poor blabla) see how poor my country is, and don't do that to your country.
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  6599. Trying to argue that it isn’t socialism just because it is authoritarian is a rather narrow minded thought process. Yes they excluded undesirables, just like nearly every other socialist state.
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  6600. Debating Marxists/socialists is like playing chess with a pigeon. It will knock over all the pieces, shit on the board, then strut around as if it won.
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  6601. And it probably ended up extending the depression. There was a downturn in the economy in 1921 that was initially more severe than the downturn in the twelve months immediately following the stock market crash of October 1929. Unemployment in the first year of President Warren G. Harding’s administration was 11.7 percent. Yet Harding did nothing, except reduce government spending as tax revenues declined. The following year unemployment fell to 6.7 percent, and the year after that to 2.4 percent. Meanwhile after the stock market crash, the unemployment rate peaked at 9 percent two months after the crash, and then began a trend generally downward, falling to 6.3 percent in June 1930. Unemployment never reached 10 percent for any of the 12 months following the stock market crash of 1929. But, after a series of major and unprecedented government interventions, the unemployment rate soared over 20 percent for 35 consecutive months. These interventions began under President Herbert Hoover, featuring the Smoot-Hawley tariffs of 1930—the highest tariffs in well over a century—designed to reduce imports, so that more Americanmade products would be sold, thereby providing more employment for American workers. It was a plausible belief, as so many things done by politicians seem plausible. But a public statement, signed by a thousand economists at leading universities around the country, warned against these tariffs, saying that the Smoot-Hawley bill would not only fail to reduce unemployment but would be counterproductive. None of this, however, dissuaded Congress from passing this legislation or dissuaded President Hoover from signing it into law in June 1930. Within five months, the unemployment rate reversed its decline and rose to double digits for the first time in the 1930s and it never fell below that level for any month during the entire remainder of that decade, as one massive government intervention after another proved to be either futile or counterproductive.
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  6602. Capitalism, as you know it, isn't a thing.
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  6603. Willing to enjoy the wonders of real socialism? Go to Venezuela, comrade! At the very least you'll lose a lot of weight....and learn to cook dogs, cats, rats...
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  6604.  @TheImperatorKnight  Not necessarily criticism, just thinking out loud. I'll take a look at that vid tho, thanks.
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  6605.  @iraebanka844  don't cry keyboard warrior
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  6606. This is the best video on YouTube. Thank you very much for your work sir.
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  6607. I'm only an hour in, loving the video so far!!
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  6608. Five hours well spent.
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  6609. After 4 sessions I have finally finished this video, and I have to say. It was pretty good, I have some issues with some bits of language, and some of the interpretations of Marxian arguments, and some definitions I'm not 100% on board with and some of the libertarian wankery which I would say bring it down. But that said, it was quite good, the collection of evidence was extensive and allowed for a pretty cohesive argument which I think do a fairly decent job of showing the high levels of state control of the nazi economy, and how the private sector got blended into the state. Also good at demonstrating the philosophical roots and arguments which Hitler used to justify his policies. I think this video is most important as an evidence gathering exercise which with can allow for arguments about the socialism of the National Socialists.
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  6610. TIK, you have outdone yourself. Stay this course, close to reality, and you will be great.
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  6611. ethan smithweiss Did you just compare TIK to a Holocaust denier? You know, the people who deny something really big happened despite the massive overwhelming evidence it happened based on flimsy evidence? TIK has like, actual evidence to back up his points. And more importantly, has enough evidence that may support counter-points.
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  6612. To make sure i wasn't biased after this video, i watched second thoughts video about how the nazis were capitalists, and my god, the lack of critical thinking and generalizations to make his argument seem feasible made me want to 🔫 🤯 myself.
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  6613. Incredible video. It's nice to hear and listen to different points of views and why you would believe them, especially when they're explained in very fine detail like this.
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  6614. 4:32:00 "Hitler wasnt a socalist is brought to you by the same people who think spongebob is a violent racist colonizer." xD
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  6615. Capitalism is Marx's retarded boogy man version of the Free market. He turned it into a monster and called it bad. Das Kapital is a Straw Man book.
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  6616.  @Gvjrapiro  Webster's Dictionary says State ownership. Google Dictionary says Communal Ownership. Webster's is much older, and more accurate. Google likely plays off more modern definitions based on Left Wing academics which don't like to admit what Socialism is. That being said Socialism, counting on the Version of Socialism the Society is the State. Communal Ownership is none private if it's none private who owns it? When the Communion is also the State it means the Communal Ownership = State ownership. So it's still the State. I can use the USSR as a good example. The USSR was controlled/run by the Trade Unions. The Trade Unions owned the factories. If the Trade Unions run the state, and own the factories, it means the Factories are owned by the STATE. China is another example today. By law it's required that foreign companies that open up offices, and factories in China require unions/partnerships with Local Chinese firms, most Chinese Firms and Corporations are owned by Members of the CCP. Which means the State has control of all the important business in China, and have direct influence whenever they wish over even foreign assets within China. Again, Socialism in a nutshell. Ironically, what the Chinese are doing isn't that much different than what the Nazis did to their Industries.
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  6617. I might have an idea on whom you're talking about 4:05. I came across someone a few months ago, though didn't subscribe so I would have to do some digging to find them again. I'm not going to state exactly how I stumbled upon them either as it would make it too easy for people to find/flock to them. Sadly such channels get wiped from Youtube like a cancer and I find it tragic because it makes it very difficult to find such perspectives. For example there was once a Nazi channel which advocated abandoning all Nazi symbolism and even abandoning Racism just to gain mass support. ie they were not abandoning Racism, just removing it from public view so to speak or masking it in short. Sadly that channel is gone, when it was a great way of finding out how and what Nazis thought/and were doing at said time, and even some of their general plans.
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  6618.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks. I realize it's kind of a big ask so I appreciate it In a few days I'm going to get back on Patreon and donate to you again
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  6619. Good video. Think you should do this for other areas when you get to them, like the air war, sea war, Africa, and so on.
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  6620. hi
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  6621. Another great video. “Lions led by donkeys funded and devoured by pigs.” Perfect summation. Germany was the aggressor and had responsibility. However the leadership in the west, for how they wasted all those lives are nearly as responsible.
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  6622. Tik I once again have to thank and congradulate you for another fantastic and informative video. I too at the time of doing my GCSE's was taught that the treaty lead to hyperinflation and the rise of Hitler, and thus am glad that videos such as yours are helping to inform people better.
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  6623. This channel is a blessing in such horid times may you prosper and grow 🙏🙏 Indian fan🇮🇳
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  6624. I don't know if this means anything, but I've been on the internet for over 30 years, and this is one of those videos that I believe that every single person should watch! Great job
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  6625. Very very important video
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  6626. To be clear: when TIK talks about how a source may not be right, but my still be valid at around 26:14, he's talking about philosophical validity, which works as follows: An argument is valid if the premises and conclusion are related to each other such that if the premises were true, then the conclusion would have to be true as well. When TIK dismisses sources based on feelings and beliefs rather than evidence, this is because, when broken down, these are circular arguments: there's no division between premise and conclusion, because the argument goes "I believe x, therefore x." They are logically invalid because they offer no justification for their conclusion (though some tricksy debaters will try to make their argument seem convincing because repeating the same thing makes it appear self-evident.)
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  6627. I smashed the like button so hard my table fliped and knocked my teeth out. This video scrached the part of my body that was iching for years. Thanks for the rub tick. No regrets subscribing
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  6628. 6:55 gave me flashbacks of so many comment sections haha. Nice work!
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  6629.  @ferdinanddaratenas3447  Here is a good one https://youtu.be/If61baWF4GE
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  6630. Hooray!
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  6631. TIK said the problem with minority governments is that they can't get anything done. In periods of stability/prosperity, the less governments do, the better.
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  6632. Hello TIK, I'm a close friend and associate of Dr. Dr. Rainer Zitelmann. He has just re-published Hitler: Policies of Seduction under a new title and with a new introduction that has more detail and information. We would love to send you a copy and perhaps you can do a review on the new introduction. I noticed that you do not give out your email, but let's find a way to reach one another. We would love to send you this book and perhaps others in the future. Reach out to me. Thanks.
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  6633. That thumbnail😂
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  6634. why wouldn't he?
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  6635. 2:25 The concept of "What we see and what we don't see" was originally coined by the French economist Frédéric Bastiat. Nice video as usual, thank you !
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  6636. My home state of Pennsylvania (state within a state technically), does possess a voluntary tax, the Pennsylvania Lottery, colloquially known as the "stupid tax." Unfortunately, they only use it to supplement the mandatory taxes they already collect.
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  6637. Dear TIK, first of all I think that this channel, that in the beginning was a military channel, now it becomes a political and phillosophical one. And YES , we are really happy of that! Your great capacitie of reading complex books and to simplfy to us, to abord difficult matters, works making a good product: rationalism and cientific videos. Your theme selection is very actual, of great interest in politocs inside our society (around the entire world). From now to ever you are my phillosopher and historisician prefered.
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  6638. You have absolutely helped enlighten me and my ideas. I used to go under the term “socialist” without even knowing the full definitions of what I believed. Now I am starting to know my true beliefs and where I stand on all sorts of issues.
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  6639. Thank you for this very informativ and objectiv video. That is how I want to see you as an historian.
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  6640. It's strange and funny that TIK has enemies.
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  6641.  @TheImperatorKnight  Deer TIK. I have finished you're video at long last and share your expected pain to come. The expected Denialists to come in hard and screech every ist word at you. YouTube doing is dumb clobbering censorship cause it might, "might", hurt some poor gits fee fees. But don't feel alone or isolated. The bit in your video about people calling out Socialism were it rears its ugly Chimeric head. The Lotus Eaters Podcast and crew do a fair enough good job on that Front and you are recognised by them as good source of stuff on Socialism. One of the Host's waked up thanks to your Hitler's Socialism video. There's still some hope out there, but not much. I live in Scotland, so I say you are rather privileged when compared to me. But yeah, don't feel alone. Take care. 👍🙂
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  6642. You TIK made a good video when theres a bunch of dislikes as soon as you start it. Part of the fun is figuring out if he pissed of Nazis or Tankies
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  6643.  @testname3829  "sTiCk To TaNkS"
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  6644. Another informative video. Thank you. I've been studying Milton Friedman lately and watched pretty much all content i can find with him. I find him very interesting and certainly he was one of the most brilliant minds of the last century. However I think that even Friedman's limited government would be too much government for TIK. It is fascinating to learn about the flaws in much of what I've always held as self evident truths like minimum wages and rent control and how it ends up hurting the poor rather than helping the poor. Mises and Hayek are interesting as well but Friedman is so much better at explaining.
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  6645. TIK, great video! But I have to (kinda) correct you on the term "aufheben". Youre translation was correct but if you do "aufheben" it more like the following: It is used for an item which you do not need right now and do not need in the immediate future, but you don't want to throw it away because it has an emotional value for you or you might need it in the future. For examples in germany many wifes keep their wedding dress, and then you say: Sie tun ihr Hochzeitskleid aufheben. So aufheben is used more in a storing sense. Bedside that: Great video keep up the good work!
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  6646. "Tax the rich" talk is just a way to conscript employers into being unwilling tax collectors for the state. You force businesses to raise prices to pay the gov't. The public only sees "greedy business men" charging them more money, they don't see the gov't taking much of that money out the back door.
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  6647.  @limitlessapocalypse2702  what has he been wrong about?
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  6648. Released in the wake of a 39 year high inflation in the US at 6.8% (of course the real inflation is higher, around 15%), this is well timed. Thanks Tik.
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  6649. Perfect time to make such a series
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  6650. TIK is now imagining Halder is his ice cream friend, You sure you don't need a longer break?
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  6651. I still do not understand why people are obsessed with gold, if there were a complete economic collapse and the world currencies were worthless, gold would also be worthless. If you have stockpiles of gold waiting to use it because you believe that "it always has value" you are going to have a golden pile of metal that no one wants or needs.
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  6652. Second.
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  6653. I love your economics vidoes TIK. I’m glad you’re doing an entire series and not just doing a one off vidoe
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  6654. I contend that capitalism is a law of nature; the cheetah must get more energy from her food than she used to catch it - she must make a profit.
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  6655. TIK thank you so much for posting about economics! You have shaped my views in so many ways and helped me undo so many misconceptions I had before!
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  6656. Captisilm is the best we got, any other system will be worse. Just check out all other socialist nations and how they handled the environment.
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  6657. Another video for commies to dismiss without watching because TIK is biased with all his sources (yes I’ve heard them actually use this excuse).
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  6658. It is interesting that every one of my friends who are socialists are terrible with money and never seem to have any but have no problem asking you for some and asking other people while never taking any of the blame on themselves for why they have no money 😂
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  6659.  @theily1724  Space Marine to be precise. Although we got a cool voice modulator to talk to normal humans.
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  6660. You are doing atheist-god's work TIK! Thank you for all the insane effort you and your collaborators put in, an amazing first episode, and I am looking forward to seeing more of this!
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  6661. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I think a healthy mix of both is best, I like the longer videos but I don't usually have them time to watch them immediately & I can forget about them if enough time passes whereas I have time to watch shorter videos.
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  6662. First
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  6663. I've been saying for years that a group of cave dwellers would not, and could not tolerate members who chose to be unproductive. Our benefits system is perverse (people incapable of work notwithstanding). FCC
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  6664. Yes TIK, many of us did see it. To be fair, I'm not sure how many of us would have seen it if you hadn't done some collaborating with Anton long ago, but you succeeded in boosting his viewership tremendously, and I salute you for that excellent decision. (I think he had about 2500 subscribers when the algorithm first recognized my tastes and recommended his videos to me.)
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  6665. Hi TIK, I recently bought the book '' When titans clashed '' and went to see some of your videos to check out the sources (as much as I trust you, it's always good to check) but then, in your video ''The Red Army Air Force in the First Days of Operation Barbarossa'' in minute 4:12 you mention that 76 airfields were hit (and use what I imagine is '' P44 '' page 44) unless it is a different version of the '' Revised and expanded edition '' there is nothing on page 44 to talk about it and on page 57 it says that 66 airfields were hit I believe it is a small mistake in this part, but I may have been mistaken Thank you in advance
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  6666. Wait wait wait, let me get it straight: You made a video about how Paulus couldn't break out, then Anton responded to you, then you responded to Anton, then Anton responded to you AGAIN , and then you responded to Anton AGAIN right? We're like four/five layers deep in this response rabbit hole. Responseption. God I love the internet!
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  6667. Thanks TIKhistory I enjoyed the video. But there is this burning question that I just can't but out: "Why did the Soviets decide to close the pocket?" Yes, I know that they anticipated a German counterattack from outside so decided to close the pocket because they thought there was only about 80,000 soldiers in the pocket. However, many documentaries and series that talk about this period talk about "how easily the Soviets could have left the Germans to starve to death in Stalingrad" but decided to end the pocket. Which is why I ask the question, "Why did the Soviets decide to close the pocket?" Think about it: if the Soviets believed that there were only 80,000 Germans in the pocket and thought they could not do anything significant because they believed that they had a much larger force, then why not use just a fraction of that supposedly superior number of soldiers to form a defensive line and use the rest to attack the Germans from outside the pocket. In my opinion, if this strategy had taken place - whether or not General Paulus or the OKH decided to break out or counter-attack the pocket - this would have ultimately resulted in the annihilation of the German and Romanian divisions at the outset, thereby giving the Russians a ten-week head start on wheeling down to the Sea of Azov to trap the other German Armies balked in the Caucasus.
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  6668. Oh Emperor. You can't get away from Warhammer even if you wanted to. Warhammer it great. And a Chapter Master weighing in. You can't argue. Especially with a Fist.
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  6669. This is strange for a history channel, but finance channels have these scammers all over the place. I follow a lot of finance people and they all have this problem. Don't fall for any of these things guys!!!!!!
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  6670. I have seen many of these. Sadly, they get removed and often just create a new scam account to perpetrate the scam again.
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  6671. Just found your channel this month and already feel much better educated. Thanks!
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  6672. Beep beep notification squad here
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  6673. Listens to video "The deniers will bang on about it in the comments". Reads comments. Yup, there they go.
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  6674. You’re completely wrong. TIK talks all the time about the evils of Stalin and communism. Literally every single video he makes is flooded with actual communists who harass him for that reason. Even if that were not the case, omitting information about something is not endorsing it. TIK never talks about the crimes of Imperial Japan, which were far worse than either the Nazis or Soviets, so therefore he clearly must want the restoration of the Chrysanthemum Throne and revival of the Empire! Tenno heika banzai! Or you know, it could be because that’s not his interest. Watch his hours-long video of the Battle of Courland. It’s important because it demonstrates quite clearly that the Soviets and Nazis were essentially one in the same. The Soviets invaded, put thousands of civilians into concentration camps to be exterminated, then the Nazis invaded and did the same. Then the Soviets came back and did it again. Also, rational people don’t view others in terms of their skin color, and rational people do not believe in such a thing as “racial ideology”. People have individual autonomy and free will. (And fun fact, the Russians have paler skin than the Germans) The idea of a racial ideology is just as absurd as the Marxist idea of a class ideology, and they are both types of socialistic-thinking, which was one of the main points of the Hitler’s Socialism video.
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  6675. Please TIK considering backing up these (or an uncensored version of) videos on alternative video platforms like O dyssee, D ailymotion or any other one, really. Your content is too important to be left at the hands of some hag with no consideration for the impact of her actions on the userbase.
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  6676. Hi TIK, in the news in Germany it is much talked about the fuel shortages in the UK at the moment. Having watched you're videos about logistics and the public vs private it seems to me that this is because of the price controls and socialization of the fuel supply chain/system. Now the UK government wants to control prices even more and wants to use military personnel which how you explained in you're aforementioned videos won't certainly help. Can you as a UK citizens (slave) explain.
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  6677. Try Stephen Dorrills "Blackshirt", I found it to be compelling and comprehensive.
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  6678. How’s lockdown been treating you tik do you think you’ve had more or less motivation to work on this project
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  6679. I wait for these videos to come out and appreciate the effort to make these. I'm going to pateron to support this
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  6680.  @davidtuttle7556  I feel the same
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  6681. I absolutely live your work, keep doing everything you are right now, the amount of information i learned from your channel is absolutely unbelievable
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  6682. I'm literally in tears
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  6683. So, anyone want to bet that someone sees this... gets about 2:30 in to the point TIK says the book “may be true” and then refuses to watch the other hour and 16 minutes preferring instead to just insult TIK?
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  6684. Are you sure you're not reading a transcript of a History Channel series?
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  6685. Dear God....how can that guy actually believe any of the stuff he wrote? Does the book come with a tin foil hat upon purchase?
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  6686. Stick to 🏦 BANKS lol
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  6687.  @TheImperatorKnight  i can watch the intro a million times 😂
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  6688. It would be great to have, at some point in the future, one video that sums up these numbers altogether. Total strength, strength per year, per army group/front and the same for losses. Just one big presentation of numbers that one could always use as a point of reference.
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  6689. I like the name change. Helps to get the channel away from Tik Toks + I noticed a lot of people who referenced you would add in the history at the end anyways. Merry Christmas TIKhistory.
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  6690. The estimates of Soviet troop strength are just that. Estimates. There are so many possible explanations as to the number of troops et al it’s likely the that true numbers are impossible to determine.
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  6691. First
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  6693. I just checked (4-2-2020) and Mein Kampf is still for sale on Amazon in the US.
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  6694. Wow that was..loaves..of information about soldiers on the..yeastern..front. I'm sure if you did a video on how much cheese they ate it would be quite..gouda.. I have nothing left...
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  6695. Fantastic video, I never found any information more precise than this. All I have read up until now was basically, >They were starving. No exact information like this, great work!
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  6696. I wish more people were interested in history. It reminds us of the horror we are capable of.You have a great channel!Thank you.
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  6697. Oops, forgot to subscribe before. I'd be surprised if your channel doesn't hit 50k subs within the next year!
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  6698.  @andrzejadamowicz3753  I don't know much about economics. And what I do know or learned has been from TIK in general. But yeah, Free Market sounds better than Single, or Corporate in general.
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  6699.  @TheImperatorKnight  -- Your reinforcements are upvoting your calm and rational comments as fast as they can, against the flood of "hurr durr, you're wrong" -brigades.
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  6700. After the Stalingrad series, what battles would you think about doing? I've enjoyed the other two series and could only imagine how in-depth you could go into other battefield series.
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  6701. I hope you do more of these type of videos tbh, as someone who has been studying history for a while, I have also struggled with the "How do I know i'm right?" Question and i'm glad you brought it up since it turns up we've both came to the same conclusion
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  6702. What he meant is Holodomor and the occupation of The Baltic States already showed how evil the Soviets are, and we do not to lower ourself and twist Order 227 further for propaganda
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  6703. I am happy to see you have reached 60 k Subs. I was worried that the Nazism=Socialism videos would stop your growth as channel. Good to see my favourite history channel is still growing.
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  6704. love your video!
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  6705. posting 30 seconds uploaded publication and i have NOT A CHANCE of being first!
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  6706. Fascinating video TIK, schacht is a fascinating person, whom I've never heard of before. He's kind of anathema to the nazi's being a liberal, Christian, banker. Still though its interesting how he managed to stay in position until 1939, even when he didn't fit it, and he himself didn't want to fit in. I reckon there must have been a lot of drama that happened in the backrooms of the german government.
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  6707. Did you watch the video?
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  6708. I'm just commenting before the wave of Leftist rage-commenters repeating arguments you explicitly debunk in the video making it clear they did not watch the video nor critically think about the arguments.
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  6709.  @healthmain  Tik does not say that the Nazis are Marxists. And while it is true that Marxism dominated the socialist parties in Germany, there were socialists who rejected Marxism, such as Lassalle or Dühring in the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century, due to World War I, many social democrats became ultranationalists. . that's why the communists called them "social-chauvinists." For example, Johann Plenge. Which was one of the predecessors of National Socialism in Germany.
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  6710. You should've used the Euler diagram to explain the separation of three colors.
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  6711. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  You know, TIK, you are kind of handing the Marxists and Socialists a golden opportunity on a platter if you think about it. If they could choke down the 'National Socialism is socialism', they could also use your arguments to suggest that THEIR form of socialism isn't National Socialism. They could argue that Capitalism has multiple forms, (advanced capitalism, corporate capitalism, finance capitalism, free-market capitalism, mercantilism, social capitalism, state capitalism and welfare capitalism etc) and that this doesn't mean they are all the same capitalism. You're HANDING them an argument to distance themselves from National Socialism on a PLATE. And yet... they won't. And they're refusal to do so will, inevitably, turn more and more people against them. The more they fight this, the more people are going to start comparing them...
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  6712. And your proposition relies on demonstrating the abolition of private property, nationalisation, heavy taxation, economic centralisation, regulation and collectivism is not socialist.
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  6713. HEARTBREAKING: Marxist discovers other kinds of socialism 😢
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  6714. "And on that bombshell..." Lol love it. Clarkson did nothing wrong.
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  6715. After arguing with people over National Socialism I’ve come to realise that the most common reasons why I can’t get through to them because they don’t understand what socialism is and they can’t get over their own idea of what they think socialism is. Many think socialism is this very specific idea with strict criteria in order for it to be socialist. I’ve argued with people who think socialised healthcare and welfare wasn’t evidence of socialism. Another is that the workers weren’t treated well and it was egalitarian so it wasn’t socialism, or the most common one where they think socialism is only about class and that communism was defined as a stateless, moneyless society. I’ve given up using ‘state control’ when defining socialism because they immediately think I’m talking about government or authoritarianism. Arguing with people who don’t see the socialism without triggering them is like treading over a frozen lake with an extremely thin layer of ice. One misstep and the whole argument can be derailed into what aboutism or dismissal of my argument because I’m an ‘ideologue’ or ‘most historians don’t agree with me’.
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  6716. Indeed, its allmost like he can look at the evidence presented and think for himself rather than blindly parrot conclusions.
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  6717. Self-proclaimed Marxists always seem to be among the most negative and sensitive of people. The way they disagree with you is through verbal attacks and spite, because their emotion-driven worldview sees disagreement as an attack on themselves. Its a similar form of offense that a Christian may take if you say the Lord's name in vain. The only defense they have on this topic seems to be twisting definitions as they see fit, and ascribing each idea as good or evil. You must remember that the socialist philosophy sees words as pliable, and secondary to their presumed infallible worldview. The ideas they agree with are a part of a vaguely clustered esoteric doctrine prescribed by the likes of Marx, while the ideas they despise are clustered together with generalized labels and banished from acceptable practice. Capitalists, fascists, Nazis; they are all the same in the mind of the Marxist because their existence conflicts with the utopia promised by their prophet; they are heathens that got it wrong. Similarities in the objective structure between variants of socialism are inconsequential to the Marxist, and therefore ignored. To them, two socialists cannot fight each other despite being economically similar, because if they were true socialists, they would be working together. It is a political crusade. It does not allow an objective analytical perspective.
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  6718. ​ @its_gerryz14  "a socialist economy isn't centrally planned" That is literally the only way a socialist economy can exist.
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  6719. Perfect explanation! You are an libertarian! 👊🏻
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  6720. 1. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. 3. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, this is the beginning of the end of any nation.
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  6722. Great video, one of your best. My only question is with privatization and capitalism what stops robber barons or mafia figures from rising up and becoming the new state? It seems to be that a totally free market gives rise to consolidation and in the end statists. I guess this is the turning of the wheel?
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  6723. Wow. I turned the comments to most recent, surprised to see how many people are that stupid. Eye opening. I didnt realise until. Wow
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  6724. Love all your videos but love your battle storm videos they are amazing and binge them all the time but have to been in the mood for
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  6725. WHAT ELSE CAN ONE SAY IN REGARDS TO PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS, WHEN TIK SPENDS 36 MINUTES ON 48 HOURS WORTH OF EVENTS?!! POSSIBLY THE SECOND BEST DOCUMENTARY ON STALINGRAD ON YOUTUBE SPENDS THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME ON COVERING 6 WEEKS! REALLY, THIS DOCUMENTARY IS FAR AHEAD OF ANY OTHER DOCUMENTARY OF THIS SORT!
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  6726. Goodness me. Some people think this.
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  6727. I am telling this as someone reject national socialism in its totality: National Socialists are the most interesting people I have ever listened to. Exploring their ideology is like stepping into a new Magical world.
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  6728. Thumbnail is absolutely brilliant.
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  6729. Because their nation was based on race.
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  6730. You please take care. Wishing you and your family the very best!! I hope you get the strength to bear this loss.
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  6731. Wishing you and all your family all the best
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  6732. Was there an argument somewhere in your post that I missed, Wobbo?
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  6733. This 100%. The justification for the Socialism changed from Workers Class/Proletariat to Volk/German Nation, but it was still a Group represented by Govt forces, not individuals.
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  6734. Ahhh hell yeah I've been waiting for a video in this topic! Thank you!
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  6735. I watched the whole 5 hour socialism video and it was great. I really liked the fact you had so many sources (100 I think?). Oddly anyone I’ve pointed to this video says you never supplied sources, until I point out where to find them…and then they usually jump into a rant about how it’s all far right propaganda.
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  6736. TIK, I found you a few years ago just searing World war 2 on youtube. I have not missed a video since. I have always been fascinated by WWII battles, however, I have learned so much from you about the other aspects of WWII, such as this video & topic, or Nazi Germany, the economy, socialism, communism, etc, etc. I have shown some of my friends & family your videos because I am passionate about history, especially the eastern front, which in america I did not learn so much about in school. I just find them so interesting that I feel the need to spread your research/worj. I appreciate every video. Thank you for your hard work & dedication to history.
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  6737. I hope the tankies keep harassing TIK. Each time he responds I learn a great deal about how the socialist economics of the National Socialist economy worked. The sources and specific details in particular have come in very handy.
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  6738. It’s not even just historians whenever somebody brings up hitler in politics it’s to critique capitalism and imperialism or whatever meanwhile nazi literally has socialism in the name 😂
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  6739. I don't know how you do it, but every week when you release a non series video, is the exact question on my mind, that's why I keep clicking on your videos, and remarkably, even though you make 40 minute videos, they're very interesting and informative till the last minutes
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  6740. The algorithm cares. If there are not enough videos there isn't enough engagement which kills the new viewrship, kills the finances and eventually suffocates the channel. For growth and expansion videos are needed.
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  6741.  @jthemagicrobot3960  I third that motion.
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  6742. I personally like options 3 and 4. I loved the public vs private videos, but I also love your in-depth breakdowns of the different ideologies and philosophies. The history videos are what initially drew me in, but I think they should be more one-off kind of videos as I think your meticulous nature tends to bog down some topics such as the Stalingrad series. Regardless of what you decide I'm grateful for your efforts and you have pointed me in the direction of great books and resources to study on my own so thanks for that. Take care of yourself first and foremost though whatever you decide man. 🍻🍻
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  6743.  @deriznohappehquite  How strict is the algorithm?
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  6744. TIK is a treasure, he can never stop
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  6745.  @TheImperatorKnight  Premiere is literally worse than hitler, incredible
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  6746. Literally just watched the last four episodes and was sad there wasn't more. Than I wake up to this glorious post. You are a true historian and educator. Condensing thousands of hours of research into hours of enjoyable and entertaining history lessons. I've been subbed in some form or another since your Close Combat series where you were the Germans pushing Stalingrad. Remember Tom Ze Mighty German? Keep up the great work TIK!!!
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  6747. The roast of Australia Post is entirely deserved, and a hilarious addition to this video xD
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  6748. Been enjoying your videos. 👍 I hope some more economic history videos are coming in the future, those are good and clearly everyone loves them 😉
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  6749. Came early
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  6750. It's an even more subtle game than Orwell suggests. Change the words used to describe or define something and get people to think differently (eg: riots become unrest, genocide becomes a solution, abortion becomes healthcare). You change the words used to describe something, you change the definition to something innocuous, and you give the people the right to ignore the reality of the thing
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  6751. First
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  6752. This is first class stuff mate. As a kiwi I love you giving our Tiny Freyberg a hard time. Wouldn’t take it from anyone but a Brit lol.
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  6753. Fascists and Socialists are two sides of the same coin - they are both Statists. Both advocate a strong central state that suppresses the freedom of the individual. The difference between them is cosmetic.
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  6754. Rodolfo Graziani was the best general of WW2
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  6755. Hey TIK! Been looking forward to this next episode. I hope you are having a lovely day :)
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  6756.  @TheImperatorKnight  And the sad thing is that people must've already donated a considerable amount of money. There's a extreme lack of good historical content in portuguese. I'm certain that this won't go unnoticed TIK.
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  6757. Wow Tik, if you suddenly disappear after this we won't know if it's the Russians or the Western powers silencing you.
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  6758. That was quite good for your first naval battleground. Not sure if you should stick to tanks or stick to ships now... maybe do both
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  6759.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well said!
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  6760. First! Also, will there be a video on the English Civil War?
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  6761. Dang, TIK my man, you can't just throw Xi Jinping up there like that on a British politicians list! 😂🤣 I almost couldn't learn anything the first 2 mins i was laughing so hard.
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  6762. I can't imagine a more important video on YouTube at the moment.
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  6763. The thing is, when people do a great work, some others will allways try to find flaws. Keep up this great work TIK.
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  6764. Like TIK i try to read through the comments following his videos, managing maybe a few dozen. Many are reasoned and informative and i appreciate learning from these people. Unlike Tik i just don't have the energy/time to get involved in a debate over some of the more ludicrous comments i read, which is why i really appreciate it when he addresses these people and articulately destroys their arguments with referenced sources. Thanks for saving me the effort and doing a better job than i could ever hope to at the same time Tik.
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  6765. Interesting! @tik it seems that seizing the bridges at both Arnhem and Nijmegen were not seen as 'primary' objectives...While this has been blamed on Browning (who I agree wasnt brilliant) the Divisional Commanders -Gavin and especially Urquhart should have been more forceful in insisting a change in landing zones IF they truly thought the plan was flawed. I know in your previous video you said Browning was leaned on by superior officers however there are times when a Generals career is worth less than the lives of his men??
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  6766. Hey TIK, good video and a good reminder of your History 101 lesson as well. I also couldn't help but notice some elements of Ludwig Von Mises book, "Human Action" stuff in your video. Arguing with Reason, Evidence and Logic, and not name calling stuff and trying to discredit them like the Enemies of Reason do. Also been listening to Henry Hazlits Economics in One Lesson as well. Thanks for posting the link that you gave to another. Very Interesting stuff.
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  6767. it was amazing how the table was turned in 27 minutes of video
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  6768. Hitler hated trade unions apart from the one that set high wages, guaranteed employments, working hours, made sackings more difficult, started social security and leisure programmes and paid for holiday trips.
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  6769. For anyone who'd still say the national socialists were fascists, or capitalists, this is only a fraction of the mountain of evidence across 5 other videos, and a 4 hour documentary in this channel. I don't envy your quest to take on a topic that shouldn't be so diffiicult to debate after 80 years, Tik. Wonderful video, as usual.
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  6770. Unions are private entities over here. That's why a lot of workers don't want them because we have to pay them out of our checks
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  6771. iv'e just recently found your channel through a potential history video where he used one of your videos as a reference and ever since then i haven't been able to get enough of your content! iv'e been a huge ww2 buff since i was a little kid and i cant remember any documentary that iv'e enjoyed watching as much as i have with these Battlestorm videos. Keep up the great work!
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  6772. Holy moly epic content!
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  6773. Based post, used to be a history student and gave up on it even before my Bachelor's. During university I realized, Id never wanted to work in the academic, let's call it "industry", as in my country it is heavily gatekept by political correctness and ideological BS. Yet history is still a passion of mine and is still the major topic I educate myself in during my free time. What has changed is that I now study law and am very happy with my decision.
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  6774. I want this clusterfuck to be properly portrayed when Hearts of Iron 5 comes around.
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  6775. This is probably the best ww2 video I've ever seen. Very, very interesting.
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  6776. Every thought provoking really made me think . Going to share this with me friends and family fantastic video.
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  6777. Pictures for the replacement officers oberst von hanstein http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2017/11/hanstein-jobst-burghard-dietrich-heinz.html general von falkenstein http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2014/07/falkenstein-hans-von-1209189330101980.html general baessler http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/04/baessler-johannes-siegfried.html general lenski http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/04/lenski-arno-ernst-max-von.html general leyser http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/10/leyser-hans-georg-1606189618041980.html general von arenstroff http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/08/arenstorff-oyle-hans-adolf-von.html general roske http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2017/01/roske-fritz-2001189725121956.html general magnus http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2014/04/magnus-erich-3107189206081979.html general steinmetz http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2014/08/steinmetz-bernhard-1308189622011981.html martin fiebig http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/08/fiebig-martin-0705189124101947.html erberhard rodt http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/04/rodt-eberhard-2412189414121979.html hellmuth von der chevallerie http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/03/chevallerie-hellmuth-von-der.html You can cross reference with this website https://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html
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  6778. Really comprehensive and entertaining coverage of the battle. Puts names and faces on an event rhat should be properly remembered for all time. Bravo!
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  6779. An absorbing documentary, flawlessly executed. Thank you, sir!
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  6780. I am so interested in the non mainstream events that you and Mark Felton discuss about WW2 on YTube. Also that you are not frightened to cover contraversial subjects.
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  6781. I do think you're right about Austrian economics missing something. Their methods are interesting and useful to an extent, but their greatest asset is also their fundamental flaw: the reliance on human reasoning. If the reasoning does not account for ALL economic factors, then it can come out to an incorrect conclusion. That's why it's better suited to the role of historical economic analysis, but they have a hard time making predictions.
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  6782. Even if I deeply disagree with your map, at least you created it. I had always enjoyez synoptic stuff, aka the time put in charts. And when I say "at least", it's not ironical. I'm englued into deep procrastination so I really admire those who turn their thoughts into concrete work.
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  6783. Hey TIK, your videos are very interesting. Are you doing a massive numbered video series for Stalingrad like for Market Garden, or should we take this stream of smaller videos on the eastern front to be the 'full' product? Thank you.
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  6784. Not first, again!
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  6785. TIK proves, yet again, his honesty and integrity is beyond reproach. Looking forward to upgrading my mere YouTube subscription to monetary support as well.
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  6786. Hm. Getting triggered by Your historic "forensics" which I like ... I find it rather strange that I can find the diary of Hofman only in English. I find no German source at all when I start googling, instead a bunch of a bunch of links in English. Isn't that strange if Hofman was a German soldier? EDIT: no matter how the name is written (Wilhelm/William Hof(f)man(n)) : "wilhelm hoffmann Tagebuch" returns no German links. That is no proof, but some strong indication. Sources like these would have been published in original german first, and then maybe translated? Where is the original?
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  6787. The surname Krylov does not sound like "Kreilow", but rather like "Kreelow" in Russian!
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  6788. When you reduced Ivanov's 196th Rifle Division to a regiment, was it supposed to be made into an armoured unit?
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  6789. This is a very informative video. Well done and thanks.
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  6790. I wouldn’t trust the government to run a lemonade stand.
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  6791.  @TheImperatorKnight  And constantly tell anybody who will listen about how amazing his channel is.
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  6792.  @TheImperatorKnight  Scary thought! On serious note, good job with the Battlestorm. I'm pecking away at "Taste of War." And it's pretty detailed though the technical writing slows me down a bit.
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  6793. LOL !!! (I know you love "!" !)
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  6794. TIK, you truly make good content, I feel lucky I got referred to you last winter.
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  6795. Excellent video, though I am sad that you had to make it. It seems other people didn't have this as a lesson at school.
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  6796. Great explanation of Fischer! He also showed that German leadership had identified a 'window of opportunity' where their armament programme was ahead of other countries for a couple of years and it's another reason why they pushed for war in 1914. Yep and Versailles wasn't draconian at all, it was a complete let-off. 2/3rds of the repayments weren't actually made and the other third was made with borrowed Yankee dollars. Virtually no land concessions, no occupation, and enough armed forces to be retained to form an ideal kernel of a new force in a few years time without all the financial overhead in the meanwhile.
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  6797. It's important to freely criticize/revise things. If you make a correct statement, now we are closer to the truth. If you make an incorrect statement, we can criticize it and through doing that find out why we think it's wrong, and thus realize why we believe the things we believe.
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  6798. It becomes a bit clearer with the German title, which translates to Grasp for World Power Fischer unearthed massive amounts of new archival sources and he argued that, far from the great powers "slipping into" WWI, that the German government purposefully orchestrated and escalated the tensions that lead up to it. That there is a direct causal line from Wilhelmine Weltpolitik to the July Crisis. He also argued that WWI fit into a grander quest of the German Imperial governments to establish a hegemony in Europe, especially pointing to the September Programme of 1914 which called for annexations. He also rejected the then-prevalent view of Hitler being an aberration of German history, instead essentially putting WWI into a larger theme of a German quest for world power status. It really can't be overstated how massive this controversy got, which is why it's taught as its own thing. Even though subsequent historians have since in turn revised aspects of Fischer's arguments. Because when talking about this, we need to remember the context of post-WWII Germany. With the guilt over that war being so indisputable, WWI was sort of a "refuge" from that guilt as it was still seen as nobody's fault in particular. Fischer now coming along and making these drastic indictments was unsurprisingly very controversial.
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  6799. Interesting how WWII and the U.S. Civil War are the only two conflicts in which the history was written by the losers. Keep up the good work TIK!
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  6800. I've never seen someone do something they were fed up with so well. I'm one of those who came late to the series and had to watch the whole backlog to catch up. I can honestly say that each episode was equally top notch right up to the last one. I was eagerly awaiting the next instalment but needs must.
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  6801. We immensely appreciate it whenever you get it out.
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  6802. And the mortar strike scream!😊
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  6803. Lewis (TIK) this presentation is one example of many as to why I financially support you and encourage everyone I know to do so, you speak for the truth, and in the case of this presentation, that socialism is evil (an historically proven fact) and that their is only the one human race with diversity known as ethnicity (a scientifically proven fact). Again and again you have proven that a goal of yours, via your presentations, is University (which is unity in diversity), which socialism and the belief in multiple human races is against. You Sir, are a much needed voice of truth for such a time as this and I salute you Sir!
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  6804. Why do leftists never acknowledge this?
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  6805. To add to the depressing predictability of the material in this video, I recommend "Labour and the Gulag: Russia and the Seduction of the British Left" by Giles Udy. Not only does it describe exactly the religious and political suppression that Marx advocated (along with painful accounts of atrocities committed) but also how the early British Labour movement sought to paint it all in a sympathetic light and diminish attacks by use of that leftist tactic, the 'tu quoque'. Socialist sympathisers, in my mind, are deeply evil. Not irrevocably evil, but it will take a lot to convince them of their moral flaw.
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  6807. Europeans supporting Scottish independence.... "nothing personal just good business"
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  6808. Here's my opinion. Stating the H man was a leftist in school can get you into some trouble as its quite politically incorrect. While that's a shame, unless you have cool teachers who like to debate and teach rather than dictate a curriculum, you should keep your head down and keep your mind sceptical. When I was in school I was actually quite right wing and had some views I think are shameful now, but I'm glad I kept those views to myself given the ramifications that holding politically incorrect views has. I had a few teachers who just enjoyed talking to me and debating and I'd speak to them and they genuinely challenged me and my mind was eventually changed on things. And I think that really shows why teachers just dictating a curriculum is so bad, and why teachers doing the opposite is such a good thing. It's even worse though, in this case when this girl is absolutely correct in what she's saying.
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  6809.  @TheImperatorKnight  I know exactly what you mean, it's the creative person's curse. I experience the same thing in my line of work. You view your own product from a completely different pov than your customers. It's very endearing to know that you really care about what you're doing and what you're putting out there. But at the same time, don't drive yourself crazy with perfectionism. Self doubt can be really stressful, and I'd bet it's contributing to a lot of the burnout you've been experiencing recently. I mean, I can't speak for everybody, but some of my favorite videos of yours are those that you probably call "low effort". Videos where there's less research and more of your thoughts on a subject. I like just about all your stuff (I'm one of the Stalingrad fans, watched that whole series), and while I appreciate all the effort and research you put it, I primarily tune in to hear your takes on things. I ESPECIALLY appreciate your thorough explanation of Nazi socialism and Gnosticism. It's literally stuff that makes so much sense, but NOBODY else talks about. It's really helped me reach breakthroughs with things I've been thinking about that are seemingly unrelated... but the way you connect and present things is just really comprehensive, and thought provoking. Anyway, before I start kissing your ass too much, I appreciate you and your work man, and it sucks to see you stressed out and worried. You shouldn't be. You should be proud of the work you do because it's god damn good work!
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  6811. Diversity is our strength. Good job taking Pavlov's house didn't come down to penalties.
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  6812. Really appreciate your work, man. Thanks.
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  6813. Thank you Thank you Thank you. I knew this instinctively, but you did all the hard work. Thank you for your scholarship. I now have a new weapon in my kit.
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  6814. Hi Lewis, I used to be one of your "stick to military history, TIK" guys. I have to admit, your political and economic videos are well researched, reasonable, and, yes, refreshing, and have convinced me of your great worth as a historian and historiographer. Thanks for your videos!
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  6815. Thank you for these educational videos
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  6816.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think the economy has to go bad initially to bring the fruits of labour. That's what happened to Heinrich Brüning during the Great Depression and how the economy actually began to recover during Scheichler's chancellory.
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  6817. See, this is why I am happy to help you. I never cared too much for money when I was young, so now I don't have any, but you are worth so much more than I can give you. At least you are trying to break the brainwashing these poor people have been indoctrinated to accept as gospel.
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  6818. He has done so on numerous occasions
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  6819. OpenTTD!! Epic!!
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  6820. Ron Haul - I see what you did there
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  6821. Take the time you need to recover between seasons. This is a marathon, not a sprint. I'd rather have this documentary in dribs and drabs over a few years, than you overexerting yourself and souring on the entire project.
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  6822. Hey TIK, excellent work as usual! But I want to point out what I believe to be a mistake, which does not impact your conclusions, but it's nonetheless an issue which affects the general understanding of Socialism by lots of historians from every "side" of the fence. Some premises, openly trying to get your attention; not because I want to cause any stir, but in the sincere hope you will engage with what I'm about to write. 1. I define myself as Socialist 2. I do agree with 90% of what you generally say 3. I do believe you should stick to banks I'll probably get eaten by everyone for this, but who cares. Let's get down to business, my proposition is: your statement on how Socialism and Communism are basically the same thing right until 1917 is wrong... and right at the same time. We have a flaw in History with the debate on "Socialism vs. Communism" (or any other "Socialism vs. Whatever" flavors) which generates not only lots of confusion, but a paradoxical comparison which will never have any proper answer, simply because the question itself is wrong. Basically every historian agree on the fact that Socialism as a broad idea has its roots within the French Revolution of 1789 (let's leave Ancient Greek aside this time), or at least that's the moment where the concept of Socialism started making grounds within the European political mindset. And then we all know what follows: Saint-Simon, Owen, Fourier, and many others helped sparking a debate on what Socialism "really" should be, how "really" should be implemented, what "really" should be its agenda and purpose. This path right here, along with all the evolutions occurred also in the late '900, should not bog us down in a flimsical research for a true definition of Socialism, because there's actually none. Not in a political sense anyway. Socialism is a concept, an idea. That's what it is and that's what should be, nothing more, period. Yes it has influenced many theories along the way such as Marxism, Democratic Socialism, Libertarian Socialism, Eco-Socialism, Islamic Socialism and whatnot; theories that sometimes even go in contradiction and open conflict between themselves (good ol' "the Left is always divided!"). Why is that? Because every major so-called Socialist organization/movement tries to establish a universal definition on Socialism, and utterly fails. And why is that a problem? Because every time someone uses Socialism as a term within a political or economical discussion, most of the time we are NOT talking about the same concept: there are huge differences produced by geography, culture, history, language, between continents and sometimes even within the same country, which simply makes it an impossible task. There could be a point made for the general academic consensus, as in: we define Socialism by the most widely accepted definition given by the majority of authors. And well, good luck with that, since a huge portion of academics simply avoid this problem by skipping the political definition entirely, or worse they cherrypick a specific Something-Socialism theory as the "real one" and then they go off with that. Most of the time inadvertently, sometimes with an agenda to push for a specific idea. And that's awful, I don't care which idea they are pushing for. It's a mess. A total mess. It's not a theory and shouldn't be treated as such. By comparison, it's like saying that I do identify with the idea of Bottletism: I believe in the usefulness of bottles within society and think that everyone should start using bottles. That's great. But what kind of bottle? And what liquid does it contain? What purpose do they serve? How should the bottles be used? Because I can fill my bottle with water to soothe the thirst, but I can also fill my bottle with gasoline to make a bomb. Same bottle. Different concepts. Different outcomes. We should stop use the term Socialism when discussing politics and economics. It may sound absurd, but it's not: we should start using precise terms and precise definitions to avoid any confusion and set a straight base for everyone to start building up their arguments. For anyone reading this, thanks for coming this far. Cheers
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  6823. im hanging on your lips with every sentence (well figure of speech ofcourse) you have no idea how well you educate people with your knowledge and research! thanks TIK,keep up the amazing work!
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  6824. History never made sense in school. I loved history school destroyed that with utter blandless and lacking detail and, let's face it, logic. It was just random bits and pieces when it got to the 19th and 20th century. I went to school in post-wall East Germany, all the Socialist teachers were still there, and are to this day, who got their positions for purity, not competence. We went over Nazi-times 3 times in my school years, but in the most superficial way possible that it all boiled down to this: Nazis bad, Hitler stole the power, some war happened (no details), 6 mio Jews holocausted (no mention of an additional 6 mio Slavs). No details. I learned more about the holocaust and Auschwitz from 20 year old BBC-documentary I recently found than in several years of school repeatedly going about the topic, including a schooltrip to Weimar, the holocaust museum as well as Buchenwald itself. How is that possible!? All we were told and shown was "Nazis bad and evil, be shocked of the death they brought". That is literally (in the literal sense) all. Then history ended in 1945. We did not even cover the Nuremberg Trials. Of course no history of East Germany, for noone wanted to admit to those atrocities, and nobody had any clue of what had gone on in West Germany, nor did our teachers care. Imagine being forced into an IQ-test later on, answering all the hard science knowledge questions (that should not even be in an IQ-test) but then missing one of the simple ones: "Who was the first German Chancellor (post war of course)?" I knew the name, but the associations weren't coupled in my head. Because we never even had that in school. In the 90ies and 00ies, we did not even learn the Chancellors of Germany post war. Can you even comprehend this? This is what Socialists do to you. There will be a day when they refuse to teach US-children the Presidents, for they despise them. They despise everything not Socialist, and everything not their brand of Socialist. Long story short: Public School does nothing but "misinform and disinform" as the Socialists like to complain about their adversaries these days. Socialists always seek control over the education system first, for they know they need to manipulate and brainwash the children of other people or they will not have new members in the future. Brainwashing is the simple act of filtering and warping information, and letting you only know anything from one, usually lying, angle - often coupled with the sentiment to never question said information/narrative and never even dare to consider talking with someone outside the belief, much less a critic, and not make your own investigations.
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  6825. -Jack Torrance is scarier than any Soviet soldier... (8:24) ☺ -The whole episode was absolutely Soviet exaggeration and propaganda at the time. The country desperately needed heroes and heroic actions. -As usual, you have enlightened this WW2 buff with your micro research. I am continually impressed with the details in your videos and your dedication to getting the 'truth'. Keep up the awesome work (since I don't have the time to do so myself☻)! Patreon, here I come.
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  6826. Morning!
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  6827. Thank you for sharing TIK always a welcome pleasure to catch up on micro details of the past. 👍 I Wish you a speedy recovery ❤️‍🩹
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  6828. TIK, well done on your video once again :) I refreshed your channel quite a few times today, waiting to see what you were going to upload! I'm currently more into WWI at the moment and honestly, I can't fathom how they got their massive logistical situation right in 1918 (at least the five British armies, the Americans had lots of trouble in the Meuse-Argonne region). But the BEF (nearly SIXTY divisions), WHOAH! I mean, getting multiple offensives going within days and moving their million troops forward smashing the mighty Hindenburg Line, it's incredible! The Hundred Days' Offensive (8 August-11 November 1918) is definitely under-appreciated and I suspect lack of knowledge about it even leads people to believe the stab-in-the-back myth today.
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  6829. Narrow front > broad front because of the principle of concentration of force to overwhelm the enemy with local absolute superiority. broad front ONLY makes sense if you are also scouring for the german nukes which they were.
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  6830. How are you?
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  6831. I like a lot of your videos TIK and I find ones like these especially interesting (I've no real clue who Mosley was aside from him being some form of fascist) but I feel like at times some of these definitions you or other people use are a little off. I'm not claiming anyone is wrong here I'm just not so convinced that certain things you or others say in these more complicated or divisive videos are entirely accurate though I obviously can't claim any special knowledge. I think part of the issue is the video format is by it's nature a recorded, "set in stone" affair and that trying to preempt counter arguments might come off as strawmaning. Regardless, whether I agree with parts of some videos or not, I walk away from them with a lot more to think than I would any other History/Politics/Economics channels that are out there. I've had the unfortunate pleasure of stumbling upon more and more channels or sites that certainly don't take their subject matter, supporters or detractors as genuinely as this channel does and I'd say I'm quite lucky to have stumbled upon the older "Stalingrad Rations" video a few years ago. Do keep up the good work, I suspect theres still plenty to learn.
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  6832. 29:00 "You won't find that on Wikipedia".... except I know I had read it somewhere, so I checked and.... its on Wikipedia. On the article about Oswald Mosley, copy pasting: Mosley and Cynthia were committed Fabians in the 1920s and at the start of the 1930s. Mosley appears in a list of names of Fabians from Fabian News and the Fabian Society Annual Report 1929–31. He was Kingsway Hall lecturer in 1924 and Livingstone Hall lecturer in 1931.
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  6833. Nice to see you back.
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  6834. Physical and mental health always comes first
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  6835. Cope
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  6836. The question is who paid for all of that? They robbed the Jews, then they robbed the business community and printed more money. They probably had to go to war to rob other countries to cover all of this or it would have collapsed.
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  6837. The older generation of Norwegians also pronounce numbers that way too. "Three and Fifty" (tre og femti) being 53. However the new generation I grew up with no longer to this, since it doesn't make all that much sense.
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  6838. when is the eugenics one coming? Do you plan to make any video race stuff? I know its a controversial topic but I like your clear explanations.
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  6839. I don’t know where you find the time to do all this
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  6840.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm behind but hoping to catch up...
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  6841. you ever going to do another north African series? Also good vid
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  6842. Hey TIK. Still awaiting on that episode name I suggested for you in your Battlestorm Stalingrad series. But I hope you are doing well, and I am looking forward to the next phase of the battle for the city. The Germans seem finally ground down. Russians just holding on. And now its going to be the small scale actions of raids & probes. Looking forward to more of your work. Take care.
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  6843. 16:15 "We're going to fail harder than Erdogan's attempt to save the Turkish Lira" Had to clean the monitor becouse that one. Coffe and TIK don't mix.
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  6844. Sober up and try again. That was just gibberish.
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  6845. I’m certainly consider myself on the left, but I appreciate your critical approach. Of course there’s racial socialism in national socialism. Centralized economy (corporatism is what they call the Nazi system?). The reason the Nazi are considered right wing is the racism & militarism. There is another (and more current) version of right wing politics based on free markets, individualism, liberalism (the poli-sci definition of it), and well, greed and egotism. The two sometime meet, but mostly get confused together by people on the left. I think the distinction should be emphasized whenever possible. So keep up the debate, I’m not on your side, but can respect the way you are going about debating the matter. Thx
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  6846. Add me to the list too. I thought Fasicm to be the direct opposite to communism, left vs right. It also gave me another look at the Dutch populist parties. In the pre TIK days I found it hard to rime their political left, very socialist agenda with their rhetoric on undesirables. Not anymore, it makes much more sense then to continue thinking they are right wing. History again teaching about current events. Stay awesome TIK. 👌👍 There is one point I heard I do agree with btw: you need to do more tank videos. 😉🙃
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  6847. Thank you Tik. An incredible show of stamina and commitment to addressing the issues rationally. It is hard to get through the wall of noise that is out there from uninformed people. Stand firm.
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  6848. This channel is quite the hidden gem. Keep up the great work.
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  6849. @TiK I can well understand how this constant sniping is getting you down. I would just say this.... Let the supportive voices and the knowledge that you relentlessly source evidence for everything you say drown out dogmatic naysayers.
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  6850. Your breakdown of the term "corporation" is brilliant. This should be common knowledge, and your point corporation and state being essentially the same organism is well taken. The affinity of collectivists of all stripes for the corporation makes sense in this context. It explains also why both socialists and fascists despise the small, sole-proprieter business owner.
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  6851. I rather like it. It makes me laugh. I especially enjoy reading the petty emotion laden reactions to it.
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  6852. Owning Dishonest Shills just outed himself as the Dishonest Shill he believes, with no actual evidence, you are to be. You provides actual and extensive evidences with sources to support what you are discussing. Edit: 38:57 One of them admitted that they're socialist, this makes their own argument (especially without materials to back it up) and their own fallacies is merely a defense of their ideology. The two felt pain when they read the actual definitions of Marxism and National Socialism, they KNEW they have to National Socialism is not Socialism and not related to Marxism. It was a BIG stake stabbed against their ideology. Edit: 51:20 Yup they don't want anyone to learn the meaning of the words because their (already false) arguments will be decimated. They swiped their hands over the chessboard because they are losing. And proceeded to use defamations and insults against TIK. Watching any further will just make them more unhinged.
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  6853. Chromonite. Stick to tanks. Lol.
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  6854. First!
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  6855.  @TheImperatorKnight  yeah most socialists are not willing to leave their ideology, but it is good for conservatives, centrists and curious people
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  6856. You should offer to do an audiobook of it since they're in contact with you. I'd buy it.
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  6857.  @TheImperatorKnight  already did that, but obviously some cash is lying around for quick purchases.
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  6858. What do you think of the definition “democratic workers control of the MoP?” Tik. That is the favorite definition now in socialist circles.
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  6859. Todays word is ideobabble I like it on a few levels 🤔 Edit: oh it actually is todays word😅
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  6860. Like some kind of futuro-revisionist, I kept postponing watching the last 2 episodes in the hope the series would not end… eventually, I succumbed and watched both in one gulp… well, one gulp twice… Thank you for this painstakingly detailed documentation of a turning point in human history…. …. and presenting as an epic for generations to come. Thank you once again with many blessings from Nairobi.
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  6861. Is this the end? Me feeling sad 😢
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  6862. Fifth
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  6863. Have now watched quite a lot of your excellent content and wanted to publicly congratulate you on your labour(s) of love. I appreciate the effort that goes into these productions and should you find the energy and time, more would be very welcome. Your North Africa material was particularly brilliant as it isn’t covered well outside of print material but that’s not intended to diminish your magnum opus, Stalingrad, which is terrific. I try and let the ads run through to help the channel but sometimes forget as the material can be too compelling to wait. Brit expat in Bulgaria. History junkie. Just wanting to share a little love. Think you deserve it. Congrats.
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  6864. Tik, I rarely comment on your videos. But I am a subscriber and watched your content for several years. I would just like to say thank you for taking the time and effort to cover such topics. They are really interesting and obviously Im not only me who thinks so. Especially at times this these and in a country such as ours (the UK). Where the study of history once wasn’t controversial, but often now is. I see it with the the Reddit mob etc referring to you as a Nazi or whatever, it is ridiculous need to put a disclaimer on your videos. Please remember that for every idiot out there you have 10 viewers who respect your opinions and work, even if we may not often comment. The silent majority; as they say.
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  6865. Hi, what is your LESS favorite terrain?
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  6866.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm sorry, I'm just very emotional and over reacting to a lot of things right now due to my impending loss. Please forgive me.
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  6867. Fantastic video, really enjoyed it as it's great to listen to a normal, reasonable and logical person - keep it up TIK! ....loving your Stalingrad series by the way!
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  6868. You should teach in universities, I'd love your wwii history classes
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  6869. That is one heck of a filthy detailed intro, TIK. Love it!
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  6870. This was great! I learned more about the European theater in this hour than in my 62 years on earth.
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  6871. Woehoew! Finally! The Bulge, thanks TIK! And thanks for the subtitles, as per usual you're the only one who puts them directly into the released content... Take an example here folks! Regards, Thomas
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  6872. 5:05 I think you meant 1944 and not 1942. Thanks for your work. Love your videos!!
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  6873.  @TheImperatorKnight  I see; blaming the Romans/Italians for your own shortcomings? I see you're becoming good at German :)
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  6874. First!!!
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  6875. Any historian should be careful with memoirs as these are normally subjective accounts, prone to personal impressions. Anyhow, don’t trust Zaitsev - trust “Eminem at the gates” 😬
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  6876. TIK — I would specially like to thank you for including the pictures, and, giving their locations while explaining their importance. Also, I love the Star Wars trench-run reference that you included too.
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  6877. Even without hindsight, moving your forces from the north where they are massed will take time, even if it's a single day to disengage, reorganize, then move south. Especially with a large quantity of foot soldiers. Better to have securely finished the pocket in the north and free up additional forces for the attack south, at a time when axis manpower is limited. Given the whole german focus on concentrated force and all.
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  6878. - Is there a God? - There is. And he hadn't picked up the sniper rifle yet.
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  6879. I can't believe you're accusing Russian sources of not being accurate! Next thing you will be telling me the Chinese are a little selective with events in their history lessons!
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  6880. First
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  6881. Taking a break from the Fall Blau/ Stalingrad streak I see? Good video regardless, always good to learn about new sources. Keep up the good work!
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  6882. Likewise ambiguity may be the keyword regarding Paulus' views on a breakout. It wasn't a relevant question: either way he had to first get troops in the southwest part of the pocket, ideally save Kalach and delay the Soviet linkup, or at least keep that link weak. That would be true whether he would then use it as the breakout point, or, prepare it as the break-in point for Manstein. Perhaps the 'airlift' suggestion added more confusion, as it gave the impression 6th army would be a long-term strongpoint like had happened in the previous winter? At which point Paulus and his generals decide those supplies won't suffice and they have to break out.
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  6883. TIK have mentioned this issue while explaining strenght of Romanian forces in Stalingrad theather
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  6884. I don't know guys, but I don't think Germany is winning this one.
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  6885.  @villemkukk5637  same
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  6886.  @TheImperatorKnight  time to create a Mad Man TIK card! O.o
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  6887. After reading your pinned comment, Thank You TIK for the early Christmas present. Have a great holiday Lewis and take some time off. Khruschev had memoirs also, id be curious how he recalls that meeting with Chuikov, also may be relevant the Power Khruschev had at Stalingrad and what he had at the time of publication 1st General Secretary.
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  6888. "The successful failure of Fall Blau" lol I'm out of breath!
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  6889. Excellent as always! Your is about the only channel I watch the same day of posting instead of going into the watch latter box ( yes they are that good).
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  6890. Woah, I'm early!
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  6891. YouTube is run by fascists.
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  6892. from curiosity - what would be the logic in blaming the Dutch for the Rotterdam getting bombed? like what, they surrendered too late? or they were "guilty" of fighting the Germans? i really can't see this being an explanation.
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  6893. I’m finally up to date with the series, from 6th army strikes to devils in the grain elevator. Cant wait for the next episode, as someone who is interested in the Axis-Soviet Front and doesn’t know the close details of this battle, this series is very good.
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  6894. Another great video. Thanks for the excelent work! According to german records (see for example at Anton Jolys Battle Atlas, also in the Erinnerungsbuch der 94. Infanterie Division) there is no evidence or indication, that the 94th ID captured the elevator at the 16th of september. The records says that on this day a first connection was established with the 24th PD in the vicinity of the train station nr. 2 and futher progress were failed. The very interesting source of Willy Hoffman says the same. Yes there is a contradiction to the soviet source of the 10th rifle brigade. I think the attack and recapture of the grain elevator by Polyakov was two days earlier, in the night from 15th to 16th of september. But I think the contradictions will stay in this case forever.
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  6895. Goddamn this is the granular level of detail a real aficionado is after. Thank you for doing these. Also, that map is so gorgeous; Terri Young did a fantastic job on that thing.
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  6896. Damn Youtube .. 3 hours and no notification or showing in my subscription videos . I had to go directly to my TIK channel subscription to find the upload.
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  6897. Translation: "I conveniently ignore anything I don't like that runs contrary to my narrative" If TIK is wrong about economics, why wouldn't he also be wrong about everything else?
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  6898. This is an awesome video; My take-away is the answer is NO - the only way they could have overcome the logistics problem would have involved dumping their entire economic system and replacing it with something better.. Given national socialism's goals, this would have been impossible with the Nazi party still in power. (and even after replacing the economic system there's a whole lot more to do..)
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  6899. As an Australia I laughed at the Australian post part XD. It’s honestly not as bad as I heard USPS is but it is painfully slow because there’s a huge bottleneck similar to the Wehrmacht. Also the people delivering those things are questionable sometimes. They sometimes just throw the packages at the door even when it says fragile.
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  6900.  @TheImperatorKnight  crusader is your best work (discounting stalingrad)
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  6901. If they had, they would have reached the ultimate logical conclusion, which is that the war was an economically bad idea (for the Germans -- the Russians were acting more in self defense so the economic calculus would have been different for them).
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  6902. @TIK its great!
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  6903. A low price for excellent value is rare and therefore highly demanded. If the price does not go up nor the production increases to meet the demand perfectly, then, a queue forms. Many buisinesses work happily with a waiting list sometimes several years long. Other actually use this principle in a deceptive way, creating waiting lists to make people think that they are so good value.
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  6904. Tik's Monday- what a joy! Tik's economic video- even better! Tik's ending with recommending Sowell- priceless! (Not priceless as army logistics)
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  6905. TIK wait...when we have 5G internet everywhere and everyone logs everything using their smartphone; we'll be able to central plan everything....it will be great. I know it's never been done before but this time time IT WILL BE DIFFERENT!!!! Of course we could skip that and just set up free markets (shhhh, don't let the central banks / central planners hear that last bit they'll censor it). Thanks for the great vid!
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  6906. TIK is a Closeted Nazi, look at the Swastika behind him in the background! Proof! Confirmation!!!!!! Sarcasm
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  6907. I know you're bummed about the viewer count on the bankwar series but don't give up on it, it's great content.
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  6908. Ww2 for dummies behind???
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  6909. I suppose "Totalitarian" encompasses Fascist & Communist states and everything in between. Certainly the result for the common person seems to be the same. Freedoms denied, jail, death, lack of food, health education. For the common man what is the difference. Also I think Orwell was on to something when he mentioned the Conservatives in the same breath as Fascism! (I kid, I kid I'm sure your Boris is underneath it all a caring person? Just like the conservatives in the U.S. and Australia. I'm sure they have someone's best interests at heart). However, Trump's use of unmarked police (how do they know if they are police) hints at some sort of fascism. Not that I'm an expert on political ideologies. My parents, grandparents, uncles, Aunts and cousins know more about than me as they were born in the old Yugoslavia and the younger ones in Slovenia. Lots of communist, socialist, fascist & capitalist stuff has gone down in that area since even before the war. Australia, on the other hand, is just a boring lackey of Britain and now the U.S. If you don't count Britain & the U.S. we have never even been invaded. (yet).
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  6910. Chomsky is an intellectually dishonest crackpot. I have my disagreements with Orwell but he was intellectually rigorous and applied his principles equally to all without fear or favor. Chomsky misleadingly overstates the negative effects of US or Western policy, especially in the context of and relative to their enemies such as the Soviet bloc and Islamists, and Chomsky also falsely claims malign motives on the part of the West.
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  6911. Because they were criminals. He put some socialists in prison, executed some Nazis, and killed Rommel. I guess members were all kinds of people from nazbols to monarchists, since it became a catch-all party. I'd say he was a left leaning third positionist.
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  6912. Barely a minute into this and I'm already agreeing with you. University is a colossal waste of time. Perhaps the biggest con going. University should ONLY be necessary for people wanting to practice something that requires a degree, like becoming a medical practitioner or something. Anything in the creative arts does not require a degree.
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  6913. I can't fucking wait. Finally some quality entertainment, it's a desert out there, this is my oasis.
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  6914. Whoo
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  6915. As explained in the video: rule of cool. The flag's simply too cool to ignore.
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  6916. I Just want to clarify a couple of terms from this video. Right wing /fascist = anyone who disagrees with a socialist ,of whatever stripe. Its the equivalent of satanist in Christianity. Not Real socialism = any socialist movement /government, that does not include them. If they are not in power, its not socialism.
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  6917. Nah, he can talk about the socialist Hitler all he want, and of Mussolini the revolutionary syndicalist who hated the bourgeoisie and capitalism and stablish the "Italian Socialist Republic" in 1943, I like his content on politics. I love how the so-shit-lists get very angry, its gooood stuff man.
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  6918.  @sethtwc  Not really Seth, they are very close in goals, intent and deeds. Hitler is a child of the Karl Marx and Engels school of thought.
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  6919. Only 60k Soviet troops? Would've been 700 000 if Manstein had been assigned to Army Group North
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  6920. If we go back a little further in time was it not the decision to take Stalingrad rathet than go around it and head straight for the oil fields rhe real primary blunder.
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  6921. thank you for the bibliography
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  6922. Really? You're going to claim that your government have never, ever been anything but perfectly honest and faithful to the truth? If so, you are more hypocritical than any Westerner ( this video shows even we in the West KNOW all governments and personal diaries are full of manipulation); so you should, too. ALL SIDES MANIPULATE. TIK has just shown that; try watching the video, instead of just spouting (false) ideologies/prejudices.
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  6923. I love that of all the quotes you read at the begging of the videos, Manstein's one had the snarky, over the top accent.
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  6924. @TIK Hi TIK, are you okay? I am genuinely concerned because I have been watching your videos for a very long time and there is literally not a single time as far as I can remember when you missed a Monday. I hope you are okay.
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  6925. Tik make more videos of funny pseudohistory like the one about doppelganger Hitler
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  6926. You know your playing with fire here right? Just incase you don't a heads up. Keep it up for aslong as they let you 👏👏
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  6927. Started reading Mein Kampf and quickly realised how economically naive the writings were. Without being sure, the war may have been needed to hide the inevitable financial malfeasance. Excellent explanation about short term gain resulting in a long term cost. Put your finger right on it. Further, the mystique of what is censored is attractive to the young. Better to demystify the party and its policies by having open discussion.
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  6928. was he spitting facts when he commanded child soldiers to defend his bunker while he took his own life? Not to mention all the innocent lives snuffed out by his regime?
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  6929. Really love the way you go in depth about stuff that others gloss over, never change!
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  6930. Thanks - this series is awesome. Definite "drop everything" content. When it drops, you drop everything and watch.
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  6931. Out of curiosity have you thought about your next series? I know it’s a while off but keen for anything from you!!
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  6932. Thank you, TIK. This is my favorite among your essays thus far. The refusal of the mainstream left to engage with the ideas of the fascists, or to even acknowledge that fascism has any intellectual content is a potential tragedy in that, in the long run, it makes the triumph of neo-fascism more likely as it makes it difficult to refute its ideas.
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  6933. 20:49 never gets old😂
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  6934. I've been anticipating this for a while now, thanks for the video TIK. I believe it worth noting that the Third Positionists share an unseen beef with Monarchists(the original and ultimate "far right") on an ideological level. While Fascists, National Socialists, and TPs have claimed throughout their time to have been a departure from post-enlightenment "liberal" or J frameworks, their status as socialists inherently wraps them into the enlightenment era they claim to not be apart of. Monarchists on the other hand, can claim lineage from several centuries pre-enlightenment, which is why you see it proposed as a "solution" in the "NrX" and other such factions. I found it worth pointing that out because my own ideological development has included some chapters of flirtation with what you would call "third positionism". Part of my reason for rejecting it just so happened to include various socio-political aims that were only addressed by the ACTUAL right wing, i.e. Monarchists and more Paleocon types, and as a result highlighted the "Socialism" with which I took issue with. Politics infinitely becomes more easier and interesting to digest when you abandon the "left/right" dichotomy that somehow places Mussolini, a former member of the Italian Socialist party, next to Catherine the Great, or even Cicero.
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  6935. First
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  6936. Very nice Video TiK, good theme and well presented. Looking forward for more early war stuff.
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  6937. Most of the people who downvote don’t have a good counter argument so they resort to insults and downvoted.
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  6938. DOOK NOOKUM I had a slight will to listen to your counter argument to TIK but you started using insults so instantly you have lost all academic value in my eyes and I don’t really have an interest in your counter arguments.
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  6939. First!
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  6940. TIK! Thank you for the Video and waiting for more to come on the Campaign in North Africa,excellent keep up the good work.
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  6941. I love you <3
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  6942. 1047 was the regiment he was assigned to, but thats 2 numbers short :P
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  6943. You have my full attention. The only thing that triggers me. Are idiots & liars.
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  6944.  @tancreddehauteville764  Because that's double the estimate the SS was ordered to come up with - did you watch the video?
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  6945. Take your time. Most of us will be here when you get back. Your health is more important then Youtube videos. Take care of your self!
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  6946. Good job on this video. I suppose one can debate the details, but the ignorant pro-soviet comments on previous video really warranted a background episode like this.
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  6947. It's coming in part 3! Count von Strachwitz finest hour
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  6948. The audiobook of Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson https://youtu.be/L6Lw-QAHzk4
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  6949. This is one of the best videos about what the Nazis actually were about on youtube
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  6950. Tim Pool just read a superchat that mentioned your name! 😎🔥👏
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  6951. Hey Tik how are things?
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  6952. The British invented 1st computer, the Americans invented 1st Abomb, the Soviets had gulags... i ❤ ur vids. Pls keep doing this history channel in entertaining form. Thank u
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  6953. Awesome! Socialism always fails. Thanks for more evidence!
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  6954. A commie that doesnt understand capitalism. Imagine my shocked face.
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  6955.  @TheImperatorKnight  I really liked the stories about the Long Range Desert Group and Moore's March. With how that all tied into the overall desert campaign :D The smaller stories and the grand stories all mixed up well ^.^ Keep it up!
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  6956. This is quite the surprise, and also very refreshing. This certainly brings back good memories of Battlestorm Crusader. It's good to take a break from the Gates of hell at Ostfront. No matter how much I try, I can never be the FIRST to comment. Cursed times zones! By the way, TIK, are you considering taking another break from creating videos? Doing another Battlestrom with the ongoing Stalingrad is... well, quite extreme
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  6957. Don't worry, if you don't finish the script on time we'll just airlift it in to you
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  6958. What about me? Where's my stream?
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  6959. TIK, I know exactly what you're talking about in the beginning of the video. I myself had a similar experience. I grew up conservative and Republican in the United States and when I went to university that wasn't really challenged, mainly because of the classes I took were stem classes. There wasn't much room for Marxist ideologies to be impressed upon me. However, I went to work at a university in a wet lab for about 7 years. While there, everyone I worked with, everyone around me, everyone who is a student there, everyone on staff, everyone in the administration were socialists. The news I would read every day became far more leftist ideology as well (New York times, Washington Post, etc). Before I hadn't really read the news. So it was an inundation with these leftist ideals and ways of thinking every day, constantly. After a while, that starts to become how you think as well. You start to think " yeah, that is right. That is how the world works. " It wasn't until I lost my job because a covid and I had to move out of the city that I wasn't constantly pressed with that way of thinking and I was allowed to think for myself. It's still took a few months, but I started to look at the videos that previously publications in the United States said one thing but actually watching the video showed the full context and showed that those publications were lying. That's when my eyes began to be opened again. Not to become conservative and Republican but to start to think for myself as a libertarian. That doesn't mean that I vote for the libertarian party but it does mean that I'm looking out for my freedoms and other freedoms for everyone else and I understand the truth of what socialism means for everyone. I start to see the federal government for what it is. Even when I was conservative and Republican, I saw the government as something holier than thou. But now I see it for what it really is, a government like any other. And like any government it serves itself and only itself. The only thing protecting the citizens are the rights ingrained within the constitution itself, which the government is trying to chip away at every day. This channel has helped to reaffirm and better define my thoughts. To better articulate what I mean to others so there's no ambiguity. I think that socialists come from a place of wanting to help others, to uplift others, to look out for other people's plights as their own. I don't necessarily think they are evil people, or at least they don't think they are. However, I do believe socialism as an ideology is evil. Most of the people that follow it though just don't realize the end goal. It takes quite a bit to change their minds even when confronted with facts. Usually, the thing that changes most people's minds about socialism is seeing the full video context side by side with what was first presented to them.
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  6960. Leftists aren’t stupid. They’re naive. There’s a difference. Usually their heart is in the right place, but their good intentions are used to mislead them.
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  6961. This is a gas-light comment. Keep being honest and talking about what's on your mind TIK, nevermind the abusive people.
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  6962. Tik, just wanted to say this because you have me thinking, and I've saved your economics links for me to watch later in the week... I think I'm on roughly the same page here... and fully understand where your frustration and confusion comes from as I grapple myself with these kind of thoughts (daily nowadays) especially with all of the socio-political morphing from the right (incl. far right) and left (incl. far left) in the UK and elsewhere. People such as yourself want to solve problems in a better way but don't know exactly the best system or way of thinking that can best achieve this without changing your own reality. I think some of this has come from confused messaging we have received from different quarters including our education and fast changing social, political environment - this has brought layers of misinformation and cognitive bias and we have all been fed different information from different ideologies that have been presented and [projected] onto us as 'the' solution. You're not a conspiracy theorist, you are trying to find a useful, functional and meaningful way forward and trying to translate this for yourself and others using your understanding of history... basically into a workable philosophy and a productive logic that fits as many people as you can guide. Because you are personally armed with a great deal of insight through this information on the past, you are finding yourself at a juxta position where you can now see the pits and falls of each system, but know that some of each viewpoints are actually useful at different times and points in our lives but can end up changing our own perception and reality of the world at the same time :O plus the danger of believing in an ideology that may bring a bad initial effect/reaction can strangely produce a positive end result? Sounds a lot like life to me! How can I learn to be a better person without suffering or losing something myself or putting others indirectly through suffering? Its a bit of a circular argument. How can we build the better system without making one (a supposedly bad one?) in the first place. Personally, as a young and often frustrated and morally confronted engineer who's learnt to survive and prosper in several large and politicised companies; I have several times in recent years grappled with feelings that lead me down different paths and sometimes to confronting directly those I was seeing in power with determination, underlying anger and then self realisation that I myself may have been part of my own greater problem. I only realised this myself months after leaving (basically) a socialist run aerospace engineering company and then a very capitalist one... and realised the cognitive dissonance that I was suffering from in both - I was believing too much in either viewpoint/ideology to solve my own problems and expecting to see a more satisfying or better long term result. I think you're trying to get your own head around what probably feels like a philosophical quagmire, one which you will still get punished in regardless of which direction and ideology you are biased towards... and that you cannot solve this for every person [at every point in time]... because they are themselves each suffering from their own dissonance (their reality?). I don't think I can answer all of my or your own self doubt and questions, but I suspect we all feel punished or taken advantage of right now no matter the system or ideology... all of these systems (including in the west) have not been self-regulating themselves sufficiently... and this has led to great inequality in our era. I think its the inequality, the corruption and the lack of a system which self governs and self regulates effectively that is more important overall than perhaps whether we are biased towards socialism or capitalism etc, or mildly to the left or the right [provided we don't engage in violence, or discrimination etc]. In other words... our ability to manage ourselves and overcome our system's weaknesses (i.e. to self regulate effectively) is the ultimate answer. Therefore if you try to explain or push in one direction you must therefore pay in another, rather than it be one thing works well all the time and another doesn't add up in a simple mathematical sense. Sorry for the long message, I think I'm either overthinking or a total moron lol. Anyway take care.
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  6963. All your efforts have me watching you. "I am a Socialist- Hitler" was the first video I saw. I loved it. I was hooked. You are are doing wonderful! 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
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  6964. Good morning Tik, looking forward to some good history!
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  6965. Those active citations and length scales at the bottom of the screen are amazing.
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  6966. Just clicked go and thumbing up already! 👍
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  6967. Wow that was an epic and amazing video on the battle of gazala.
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  6968. Cannot wait to watch this repeatedly! ( We cannot get pasta! 🤣)
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  6969. Very interesting video tik, thanks. The incompetence of the British officers at times was really mind boggling.
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  6970. Are You ok ? If You want take more time
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  6971. I repost here my comment, where it belongs better! Great video! BTW, I don't see in your sources/references books with the Italian Point of View for this battle. It is understandable given that you can't read italian and not many books are translated in english...but there's some! Unfortunately I think this is great lack for a complete Battlestorm, given that the Italian forces were half or the majority of the Axis forces in the NA front... Some of the books are: - Iron hull Iron heart by Ian Walker. The book's focus is on the tanks engagements and operations of the Italian armored forces in North Africa (wich include naturally the Ariete division and the Trieste ). - Another book is Struggle for the middle sea by Vincent O'Hara. The book's main focus is on the naval operations but it includes all the Italian convoys for the North Africa front that were closely related to the mailand operations (and to negate the false myth about the 'bad' italian convoys ). A similar book is The Italian navy in World War II by James Sadkovich. - Another interesting book is Rommel's North Africa campaign by Massignani and Greene with informations about Italian units and relationships between the two armies .
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  6972. Looks like you‘re currently working on sth big... ;-)
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  6973. This request seems ridiculous as it's asking TIK to dismiss the ideological components that marked the conflict so vividly. The whole point of war with the Soviet Union was purely ideological to fulfill the desire for more living space and to destroy Bolshevism. Assaulting Leningrad was motivated by ideological reasons. Raping the Ukraine was motivated by ideological reasons. Why should TIK ignore these points? Further, how can one reasonably discuss military operations, logistics and strategic decisions without taking into account economics? I don't think it's inane for TIK to say that National Socialism practiced a form of socialist economics, especially when you consider the nationalization and state control and oversight of industry and labor during the Third Reich. That's not saying that Nazi = Communist, but it is saying that they're similar in a sense.
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  6974. So true it hurts.. I was some kind of socialist as young person and had poor relationship with parents and later had an absent father. My morals have indeed shifted as well as the view on the "demon" called socialism. I was weak and lost and not until in my late 30s I got more independent and my eyes saw things in a different light you might say. I abandoned religion, I voted differently, I actually began to genuinely care more for others but began encouraging and coaching friends rather than spoil them with money and concrete help. "Help to self help" you could say. Still my journey has not ended yet but watching and listen to Tik is like completing a puzzle and you begin to see the over arching order of society. Capitalism is like life with different shades from white to black while socialism is a black hole that at first glance was a shining gloria. In hindsight I wish I would have seen it earlier but what can you do... at least I did not destroy the life of others in the same way as all these infamous socialists.
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  6975. For the first 7 minutes I prepared for a full blown attack, I couldn't believe my own ears. But knowing you I saw the full show, so you get thumbs up again. You really woke me up there. 😴😵🤔🤗👍
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  6976. Wow TIK, As long-time subscriber to the Kensyan model this video definitely makes me reevaluate things. This falls in line with what even Thomas Piketty (a non-marxist leftist) described as the "shocks to capital" during the period 1914-1945. Thanks! and yes you should do more than just sticking to tanks.
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  6977. Wow, watching or listening to you is always and education! Thanks!
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  6978. Absolutely brilliant best I've seen very well made. A must for anybody interested in the western desert campaign ✌👍🇬🇧
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  6979. This is a monumental achievement, I am most impressed. Very impressive level of knowledge and high level of production and presentation too. I'm only two hours in, but it's excellent so far. Well done!
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  6980. First
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  6981. God I love this channel. So hard to find someone unbiased.
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  6982. ​@AlexShah noticing you commenting a lot on Tiks videos, have you fee fees been hurt by him? Or you just wanting the attention? It's fine not to agree with someone but actually have a counterargument. I'll let Tik know you want a reply to your diatribe.
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  6983. Monty's that guy when first delving into WW2 that I was pretty sure I was supposed to hate but didn't know exactly why.
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  6984. It is quite clear Germans have lost by this point. All that is left is slow, grinding, depressing finishing. It is understandable if you are more interested in other subjects. Many of us feel the same way so please feel free to release videos like the pleasant surprise of the North African video last time.
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  6985. first!!!
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  6986. He did it, madman TIK did it, he talked about tanks.
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  6987. First!
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  6988. Go back to Economics! :p
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  6989. Adolf has the haircut of an edgy emo boy lol.
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  6990.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well enough, thank you, keep up the great work!
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  6991.  @TheImperatorKnight  one more push
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  6992.  @TheImperatorKnight  i had a discussion last night with a online friend of mine. who is a socialist. i tried to convince her that marx,uncle adolf,MOA was indeed socialisme. she told me that the foundation of her political party should not be slapped anymore based on its foundation (which was communist moaist) and yes shes a anti capitalist. yet if you bring up that that argument is actually anti semitic,you get crickets or plain denial. i,m about to give up on trying to knock some sense in them because they simpley do not wanna listen to a other view than themselfs. they only want their opinion comeing form your mouth. even if its a moderate. and in my opinion that shows once more how intolorant socialisme actually is. my way or no way.
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  6993. This has to be the first time I have ever heard anyone use the term ridiculous regarding the topic :D
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  6994. Gen x detected @25:25 Ice Ice baby! ...Cant touch this.... Stop Zukov time!
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  6995. 2:49 this is an interesting angle to look at things from ([on self-interest] "The powers-that-be want you to put their interests first.")
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  6996. I really like how you get into the personal side of the combatants. But I keep wondering if there's a way to figure out how things played out on the tactical level. Do any German battle reports survive from this period? It would be interesting to see how platoon or squad-sized elements fought in the city, and it would be cool to have examples to dissect.
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  6997. Great analysis on Chuikov!!! Wow, always love your historical videos but this was one of those that blew me away. What an eye for the details! Even though this was a story about Chuikov's breakdown, your narration makes it far more tangible just how brave characters like Chuikov and the many others stuck on west bank of the Volga were. Incredible to think that many who survived something like that were able to return to peaceful society without their sanity completely disintegrating. I'm sure they had their share of returning terrors, but simply holding down a job or keeping a few close relationships are incredible achievements after living through something like Stalingrad.
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  6998. Crazy to see how much efforts you’re putting in making those videos. Thank you so much for your hard work. Bravo!
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  6999. Hi tik been a subscriber for a few years now just wanted to say a huge thank you for the incredible videos you produce. I have a huge interest in particular to the eastern front and those monumental and brutal battles, your series on stalingrad is simply superb i hope one day you get to the end of that battle preferably before i pass over lol. Once again thank you for all your effort and hard work it is very much appreciated and so far you are the best I've seen on youtube.
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  7000. With many exceptions WWII was not the British Army's finest hour, and as so often with British defeats 1914-45, Churchill's figure lurks in the background.
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  7001.  @claudermiller  no, you don't understand him. You watched 29 seconds. He has hours of content and almost 2% of it is his own input. The rest is documented via historical sources including communist sources. You're acting like a Christian with how defensive you're getting.
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  7002.  @TheImperatorKnight  If you have a phone, please look at that man's subscriptions. I've NEVER seen so many channels dedicated solely to communism than I have lined up by this commenter's subscriptions line up.
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  7003. Oh Jesus, looking at your subscriptions... My guy, it's okay to watch things that are against your beliefs if you do so in search for genuine truth. There's nothing wrong with watching things that don't inherently involve communism as the 'good guy' ideology. Your subscriptions... Please, for your sake, slow down on the fervor and zeal.
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  7004. I watched every minute, this was excellent , enjoyed watching it;
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  7005. Daily reminder to tell your socialist friends that Hitler was in fact a socialst.
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  7006. Got to say you nailed it on this one. One of your best videos for sure. Definitely helped connecting some dots previously unconnected in my mind. Great job!
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  7007. What all fools (socialist, communist, far right, etc) don't understand is what all of these tyrants want is power.. When people give up real freedom, choice, individual responsibility they feed tyrants and kill themselves..This is why we need to get back to limited government and more power to the individual whether in business, private property and individual choice..This is why we have the Bill of Rights that is unfortunately being erased daily in the US every day..Property tax means no private property..Wake up!
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  7008. hello nice
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  7009. "Down vote me to hell!" *Up votes*.... Dont you tell me what to do! lol
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  7010. But is that really the case?
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  7011. Ideal for my short attention span. And answered a question that had plagued me since I was 9. (I'm 48 now.)
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  7012. I think he said that!
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  7013. Excellent video. Thank you for speaking out. Many of us have seen this coming for years, governments no longer represent the people or listen to them.
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  7014. "Miseryside Police" 😂 I'm sorry, I know none of this is a laughing matter, but that made me laugh out loud for the first time in days. Subscribed! ❤
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  7015. Wow I was lucky to be here so fast. Thanks TIK
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  7016. First
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  7017. 21:14 the unexpected meme that had made me nearly choke on my coffee. Well done, TIK, well done.
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  7018. Love this series. At the beginning of each assignment for my freshman college course "Intro to History for Majors/Minors", we were to "check our baggage"--that is, write out, to the best of our ability, all of the things about our personal attributes, likes, or dislikes that might bias our view of the historical evidence on display. I didn't end up being a History major or minor, but still find this an extremely useful concept to have practised. Our professor also encouraged us to view the past as though it was a foreign country: you might, on first glance, see items or customs, etc. which look familiar, but you cannot assume that they are the same in any regard to those things which are in familiar with in your home country. They are likely motivated by a completely different set of values.
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  7019. "Stick to tanks" "hey we don't actually watch or like your content but you say mean true things about our totalitarian projects so please stop, we tried calling you a "not see" and that didn't work so we are trying this, we will be back to calling you a "not see" tomorrow. Thank you for your time."
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  7020. You have to remember that when you're dealing with socialists, you're dealing with that other unavoidable subject in history: religion.
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  7021. Good to have you back! I love working while watching your videos
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  7022. Hey Tik, hope you're feeling better.
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  7023. So Lewis, do You or anyone here know good channel that focuses on Japan in WW2?
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  7024. When is there going to be a close combat game between TIK and Antony Beevor?
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  7025. Tik i really liked your earlier "Battlestorm" you did on operation Biting (stealing of the German radar). How about similar productions on smaller raids, like the raid on St Nazaire, the attack on the Swedish heavy water, the Dieppe raid etc?
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  7026. Fantastic work as always.
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  7027. Good one - now I'm going to watch and listen to it at least one more time . There's so much info.
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  7028. TIK : You don't have time to specialize in multiples things Also TIK : Starts good life coaching on top of his historian career
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  7029. Hey Tik. Playing catch up once more with your videos. Hope all is well. I finished David Glantz’s book on Barborossa. Good if short, but it helps balance out Stahel’s book. My brother got my Alexander Hill’s “The Red Army in World War II.” Good so far.
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  7030. TIK Do you know about the site Axi history? Has somr details about units from Fronts to even Battalions. http://www.axishistory.com/axis-nations/germany-a-austria/heer/150-germany-heer/heer-divisionen/3769-79-infanterie-division Link to the page for the 79th Division
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  7031. Wonderfully well done, keep it up you good man!
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  7032. Great research! Keep up the good work!
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  7033. Last time was so early the Molotov Ribbentrop pact hadn't been signed.
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  7034. I think the conclusion section, starting approximately 14:54 (TIK, you might want to let YouTube break your videos up into chapters) is the most important part of this whole video. It's not that you should ignore the lower tiers. It's that you START with the most current consensus understanding of the events and work your way backwards through the history books, and downward through the source tier. ALL of these sources have their OWN value- it's the job of historians to do the nitty gritty work of going through and correcting and finding discrepancies in the present, so that future books on history will be more accurate (and CONSCISE- Socialists LOVE to drown the conversation in endless "debate".
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  7035. Never talk to the press. They've already written most of the story and certainly already have their conclusion and your quotes are just window dressing.
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  7036. Dare I ask what the fuck Doppelganger Hess means?
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  7037. Great video as usual. Altough forgeries and outright fabrications are rightfully invalid regarding the events they attempt to portray, they are very interesting to use to study the narratives the different parties related to the event wished to disseminate and the motivations for it. Of course, this tends to be far more important when those fakes are made and disseminated very close in time with the historical event they attempt to portray, because it may as well influence the perception of the event at the time, and the historical perception over time. Still, they can only be used seriously with the necessary caveats and to showcase its flaws, not as proof of X happened because this clearly fake work says it did
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  7038. This is you at the top of your game. Kudos!
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  7039. As always, well done. You get lots of unsolicited advice, so allow me.... I was in publishing for 45 years, owned a publishing company and worked in consumer, trade and association magazines. My opinion columns were especially liked by thousands of readers, and dearly hated by dozens. My advice is to focus on your target audience and disregard the haters. Totally. You will never please them, and they will never understand. Dance with the ones that brought you. You have admitted stress and burnout. Stop it. This should be fun. If you need a break, reread Gulliver's Travels. You may find a kindred spirit in Lemuel Gulliver, except of course, that he had more hair.
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  7040.  @TheImperatorKnight  He is lying, YouTube is not blocked in Russia, we can easily watch it without VPN. There is little reason to believe that in the future it will be blocked, as they talk about it in society, but no more
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  7041. As part of the casualty numbers rebuttal, I think it's also worth pointing out one of the big reasons the Soviets suffered so much resulted from Stalin's psychotic purge of the officer corps in the pre-War years. Add to that his refusal to believe the intelligence reports of Germany's imminent attack, and once again it becomes clear the communist apologists are crediting the USSR for overcoming a problem they created in the first place.
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  7042. British were in India with objective of Imperialism Period. No need to sugar coat it in any way. Their beliefs regarding race or civics etc were hardly a factor. As in any empire in history.
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  7043. First time I have seen 'West Taiwan' on a map.
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  7044. There could or should be an entire glossary of known ideobabble words and terms. It would be a glossary without any definitions of course, because there are none, but it would be helpful to know what to look for. Your list only scratches the surface obviously, since a complete list could fill volumes.
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  7045. At the very least, this video is short enough you're detractors and critics will finally watch a measurable percentage of a TIK video... Then I expect a flurry of 'response' videos/tweets from them accusing you of making up words and that your fans, audience members are in a cult. Then give us a week to get the word in circulation and we'll be told we're "dog whistling". In short, this should be fun and drive viewership. You're getting the hang of the game lad, well done!
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  7046. My comment seems to have vanished? However I cannot believe the amount of hostility to TIKS video..The Germans were bad? Quelle surprise!
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  7047. There are many neonazis.
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  7048. Oh, temporal mechanics....my favorite. If you go back to kill baby Hitler, what is your reason going back to kill some baby named Adolf Hitler(Hiedler actually). Paradox leads to heavy hedache.... and discovery time travell is imposible by traditional point of view.
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  7049. What is a Price Kommissar? Tried to google it and I couldn't find anything.
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  7050. First!
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  7051. “Don’t confuse me with any facts”?
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  7052. ​ @umtic  Of course it's politically motivated. TIK used to be a socialist. I don't blame the man for resenting how hard and often fellow socialists lied to him, and continue to lie or willfully remain ignorant.
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  7053. @TheImperatorKnight  They believe in a non-theistic religion. They believe that Heaven is on here, on earth, and that they are the chosen ones through their political struggle. Like in any religion, you have to claim Heaven. This is how you claim it in their religion.
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  7054. Glad to see you following references to sources and doing actual research as a historian should. I can only subscribe once.
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  7055. Absolutely astonishing research on your part! I was under the deluded myth until I saw this video. Thank you so very much.
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  7056.  @TheImperatorKnight i think you are asking too much from "the user" 😃
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  7057.  @TheImperatorKnight  i have to say watching your Stalingrad video's moved me into buying all of Glantz's Stalingrad series books(plus several other about the Don offensive ect). I think your series has opened more eyes to different ways to study the battle not just your videos. Great job.. Cheers!!
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  7058. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I'm pretty sure that you can remove the "diamonds" by turning on 'backface culling' in the render settings of blender. Pretty sure those are just flipped normals. When I make two sphere's at a distance from each other (the front line gap distance) I can get them streched out along a bezier curve with transparency. Tons of tutorials on that. Just like Coreys2686 I also think that there is a texture missing (because it goes away if you scroll the timeline), it's either the first or last one, if you do 25 frames you need 26 textures, 0 is a texture as well... Still love the series and the other ones you did in the past !
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  7059. first
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  7060. Thank you. I find this very interesting . I have guessed that Hitler , Himmler and maybe Hess got a lot of their philosophy from mystic books of the late 1800s... as many other ideas like those of Lenin , Stalin and workers revolution. .. so this video was really interesting for me . I still suspect Himmler is the main source of the History but Hitler may be more responsible for blending it into their dogma. I don't know . But Interesting anyway. Yes! I saw the Irony that the Nazis miss- identified the True ( LOL) Aryans .. They are Ukrainians LOL (The Russians might now agree Ukrainians are the real superman !!! LOL) More important. I was looking at your Patron questions and realized that there are way too many for a single person to research. Even if you could answer all off the top of your head.. you couldn't keep up. So .. maybe you need to re-think your Patron benefits.. Maybe draw 1 question per quarter or pick the one that interest you the most. No insult to you, but I don't see how you can possibly keep up and still have time to make such interesting and well thought out videos. WE all would like 15 minutes with you to address our interests....but you will work yourself into the ground and still never catch up.. so I hope you can make some realistic goals .. and as a Patron I will support that. Thank you for your efforts...I really look forward to your Videos.
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  7061. Cheddar is the most popular type of cheese in the UK, accounting for 51% of the country's £1.9 billion annual cheese market. It is the second-most popular cheese in the US (behind mozzarella), with an average annual consumption of 10 lb (4.5 kg) per capita.The US produced approximately 3,000,000,000 lb (1,300,000 long tons; 1,400,000 tonnes) in 2014, and the UK 258,000 long tons (262,000 tonnes) in 2008.
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  7062. Happy 200k goal, Tik!
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  7063.  @TheImperatorKnight  honestly i am more into political history of WW2 and interwar period, never liked history of single battles that much (but this is the exception). but i love your videos on logistics, that's something very interesting and it's also probably the most important aspect of the entirety of WW2, especially if you wan't to understand the context of the entire war and how it went down.
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  7064. 10:07 BobRosskii Must be some happy little trees there, eh? I really appreciate you marking units that you are referring to with a solid colored backer card!
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  7065. Procrastinators of the world unite.......tomorrow.
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  7066. "Of sensitive nature" comment must've eliminated most of YouTube as a valid audience
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  7067. What planet do you live on? or is this a joke? If so, sorry, my sense of humour is sadly a bit dulled these days.
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  7068. "If Germany gained a million children a year and eliminated 700,000 to 800,000 of the weakest, then the final result would probably be an increase in strength." Holy fuck! This channel has introduced me to a lot of deranged Hitler quotes but this one takes the cake for now.
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  7069. Absolutely amazing and decidedly thorough, great job! I want to thank you specifically for nailing home that "socialism" existed as a concept before Marxism and the issues with the modern conflation, I cannot tell you how many times I've tried to explain this and how deeply entrenched the conflation is. We may not always see eye to eye on politics but you hit this one out of the park completely, I really hope this video gets a lot of traffic.
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  7070. "But Hitler killed socialists!" Yes, he killed members of a rival party called "The Socialist Party", but that does NOT refute the fact that he himself was a socialist. He was simply a member of, and later head of, a DIFFERENT socialist party. Socialists kill socialists ALL the time. Russians and Chinese shot each other. Vietnamese and Cambodians shot each other. Etc.
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  7071. Marxists are like Soviet Union=Socialism in One Country National(One Nation) Socialism = Capitalism If Marxists were smart, they wouldn't be Marxists.
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  7072. I've read several comments, and I've watched the entire video a couple times. The comments on the pinned post, the ones claiming "Market Socialism" is real socialism, and claiming Nazism isn't real socialism, you need to study history and quit listening to videos validating your already preconceived notions. Have you ever heard of Ferdinand Lassalle? How about Werner Sombart? What gets me is, while these people claiming socialism means the "community," they claim Fascism isn't Socialism. 😂😂😂😂😂 Have you ever read Mussolini's Doctrine of Fascism? He literally states that Fascism is anti-individual. Although Mussolini and Hitler didn't nationalize industries doesn't mean they weren't socialist. Like the American Progressives, they instituted economic and labor reforms based on eugenics. You know what, it's not even worth my time. Great video, but it's hard to convince the indoctrinated. 🤷
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  7073. Fallacy Fallacy: the comment. Come on, He's using sources and actual quotes. The very least you could do is say he's got the wrong definition of socialism.
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  7074. As a socialist who respectfully disagrees with your political persuasion and respects your opinion, I have to say: Bravo. This is excellently researched. I agree that Hitler was a socialist.
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  7075. @TIK Finally managed to get through the entire video. I would like to thank you, for the tremendous work that you have done. This has definitely opened my eyes regarding certain things, and - as you say - even if the Third Reich wasn't a complete socialism, it sure as hell wasn't capitalism nor free market, and if everything you've said here is true (which I have no reason to assume is not), then definitely not because they weren't trying. I come from Poland, so those who know history definitely have no love for neither Nazis nor the Marxists - too bad that thanks to 45 years of Soviet occupation, the economy, education and political system are completely in shambles (when compared to the pre-war situation), so it's sometimes hard to convince people that the govt giving you "free" grants is not good for you, but quite the opposite. I am going to allow myself to share this video with whomever will be willing to listen :) For me, the simplest argument against the "free market" theory is this: If a private business owner in the Third Reich wanted to trade with weJs or establish foreign trade, selling weapons and ammunition to the allies, would the Nazi state just idly stand by and allow him to do so? If you want to assume that Nazi Germany was indeed a free market society, then you would also have to assume that there were no limits regarding foreign trade or trading with "the undesirables". Assuming, on the other hand, you admit that Nazis were controlling to whom you can or cannot sell - that in itself is a major indicator of the "freedom" of the market. Personally however I do think that a 100% free market is as much of a utopia as socialism, since gathering capital will eventually lead to expansion of business, therefore changing it from private to a public state, and the only way to counter it is by imposing regulations, which in themselves are against the free market principle. There is also an issue of bribery, since technically, pushing a law in exchange for material goods is, in fact, trade. The way I understand it, stopping such acts is an infringement on personal freedom, therefore it's a sad reality that the question is not "should we allow socialism", but "to what extent should socialism be allowed". Since the only way to create 100% free market would be to implement complete anarchy (therefore AnCap), but without laws protecting private property, that in turn would undoubtedly turn itself again into an everything to the strongest" kind of system, from which it would then evolve again into a hierarchy as we currently know it. It's a "have cake or eat cake" kind of dilemma, and you have to give up one in order to gain the other. Out of pure curiosity, do you have any thoughts regarding that? Again, thank you for the tremendous work you have done - while we do talk about Nazi crimes against Jewish and Polish people, we are barely being taught anything regarding the actual political system within the Third Reich, as well as economy during the PRL/PRoP period, so your insight into the economy was most enlightening and has definitely sparked some interest within me regarding economic systems. Cheers.
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  7076. Love how Socialists are already disliking this video without watching the entire thing.
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  7077. It is beyond credibility to suggest that Hitler was a capitalist. The soviet socialists and communists had to find a way to separate themselves from the Nazis. They came up with the absurd idea that socialism and "fascism" are opposites or one is on the political right and the other is on the left. In this absurd framework there is no where for Locke's (Jefferson, founding fathers) natural rights - in other words they setup a lie that if you are not for socialism then you are a fascist. Capitalism is a poorly defined term, created by Marx. A proper definition of capitalism is the economic system that evolves when a government protects peoples' natural rights. The Nazis and soviets and all socialism are collectivist. Capitalism is individualist. The opposite of collectivism is not another form of collectivism.
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  7078. As an Israeli Jew I find it highly unlikely that you hate Jews. For quite a while I've known enough to consider all socialists as people who inherently hate Jews/Israel, and this video presents many varied examples to corroborate my suspicion. This is easily felt by most current European University students, they are very hostile. This is the second video I watch and you seem like a great guy, keep up the good work!
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  7079. This video is excellent. It presents many of the same points that I have been arguing for years. Hitler was definitely a Socialist. The NSDAP were radical Leftists. This has always been very obvious to me...
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  7080. Great video TIK! You have put a lot of effort into this video and it really upsets me to see how many socialists come here from Reddit just to downvote the video and mock you, without listening to anything you have to say. It's almost like they have a collective brain and they all decided "Tik man bad".......how fitting for the socialists, I guess....
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  7081. I'm curious to know how many of those cretins who sent you death threats were leftist ideologues. I'm going too go out on a limb and guess most if not all of them. The INGSOC type future they wish for precludes any other "correct" thinking but their own. Being fallible, they ultimately eat their young and themselves. Witness the USSR and China rivalry et al.
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  7082. Socialists use the term “state capitalism” to distance themselves from the Chinese government and other totalitarian countries. Sorry, but the CCP is 100% socialist, not “state capitalist”
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  7083. So you didn't watch the video, huh? Please watch the video, try again.
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  7084. He cites everything. He's pretty much throwing the sources in your face too with the citations at the bottom of the screen.
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  7085. I find ONE of your statements to be flawed: I think that National Socialism actually IS a form of marxism, just like Feminism is a form of marxism. for one reason: in marxism the history world is broken down to basically just one defining aspect: class struggle. THis is also true for National Socialism as well as for Feminism, And Fascism, too, in fact. In classical marxism, the classes that struggle are the proletariat and the burgeoisie (including the upper classes). In Feminism, the classes are traditionally women and men. (with intersectional feminism it's all identities against each other) In Fascism, it's states. And in National Socialism, it's races. But the basic analysis and the conclusion stays the same no matter which ideology is involved.
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  7086.  wannabchomsky  Yet you argue and talk like an edgy, foulmouthed teenager.
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  7087. See the pinned comment, and at least don't repeat canards before you call people names.
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  7088.  mike mcmike  Even Einstein hated the peer review process. Which Academia promotes. Amazing how one of the smartest scientist to live battled with the community. Amazing!😁
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  7089. Within two weeks of the passing of the Enabling Act, Nazi governors were sent out to bring the federal states into line, and a few months later the states themselves were abolished. On April 7, 1933, Nazis began to purge the civil service, along with the universities, of communists, socialists, democrats, and Jews. On May 2 the trade unions were disbanded and replaced by what the Nazis called a Labour Front.
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  7090. I value the epic, high quality historical content :)
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  7091. Anyone that wants to shut you up because you are saying something that makes them feel bad means you are on the right track.
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  7092. What is that old bomber pilot saying? "If you are receiving a lot of flak you are over the target!" Drive on good sir!
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  7093. Anitifa still don't realise hitler was a socialist.
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  7094. “The Nazi controlled government transfers public welfare responsibilities formerly held by the government to the private hands of the Nazi party” ... Or in other words “One party dictatorship that controls the government gives itself control of government functions.” ... Or just simply “the government in power still has control”
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  7095. The best YouTube video ever.
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  7096. "Hitler and the Nazi weren't socialist, socialism is good, and we'll genocide anyone who says otherwise!" Its funny how blind these people are...
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  7097. It's impressive how you still heart/reply to comments under this video. I'd have suffered a mental breakdown by now.
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  7098. You’re so ignorant of the subject it hurts. Marxism and other leftist ideologies are notorious for infighting between other leftist groups. The Bolsheviks executed members of other leftist groups when they took power, Stalin was notorious for his purges, and the countless other communist revolutions after world war 2 had similar results.
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  7099. My son is doing Nazi Germany for A level history in our local comprehensive and he HAS been taught that the Nazi's were Socialists, I had a conversation with him after I watched this podcast and he new everything and more about this, I was pleasantly surprised
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  7100.  @slaterslater5944  what do you want? A short 5 minutes video "explaining everything"? It's impossible sunshine! If 5 minutes it all it took then why the fu*k are there history books that have hundreds of pages instead of 1 or 2 pages?
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  7101. its funny. I have seen this video debunking your ideas and he litteraly said "you could have your own business in Nazi germany but you just have to produce what the nazis want." thats the most stupid counterargument i have ever heard. He just admitted that the nazis controlled the businesses but he is too stupid to realize it himself.
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  7102. Isn't it funny how the people who want to overthrow the borgouise , like Lenin are all so borgouise themselves. I assume they have some chip on their shoulder from somewhere.
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  7103. When you look at the political spectrum of governments: Being left is Big Government and right as Small Government, it is very easy to determine that Hitler and Stalin were both on the left side of the political spectrum.
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  7104. Close the door on your way out.
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  7105. Hey/hi TIK, your supposed to be taking time off. Answering hatermail is not anybodies idea of taking time off. I, like many/most appreciate your efforts, and want you to continue as such. I watched the original series, and now for the full length version. I, personally, have taken no issues with any of your videos, and I'm a hardarse!
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  7106. The government indoctrination centers known as "public schools" taught us that Hitler was a right winger when the opposite is true. They did this so that they could smear their political opponents on the right as being aligned with the same ideology as Hitler as well as DISSOCIATE themselves from Hitler so that nobody will make the connection when they attempt to repeat history and follow in his footsteps. Hitler was a far left socialist folks. It's a fact.
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  7107. This is a really good resource. I am only halfway through, but this really gives perspective.
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  7108.  @TheImperatorKnight  yeah then do the opposite give it a rest. Was thinking all the studying and reading might have elevated your acetylcholine to dopamine ratio.. which exercise or forcing your body to regulate the temperature in any way would put back into balance. But now that I think about it, fighting a cold (body temp) and exercising as much as you do, would cause the opposite end of this spectrum. So to go back to balance drop the gym. YUP OK,. makes sense lol.
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  7109. Great work
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  7110. Add answers to easy questions all the time. It doesn’t have to be a long one, i enjoy hearing about any number of wwii topics from you. It’s usually difficult for me to stick to videos because i find many people’s voices jarring but you i can fall asleep to. One thing I’d like to eventually ask is why you got so interested in wwii. I thought it was only myself and old men who were interested in the subject.
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  7111. These short tidbit video’s can have a place next to your longer work IMHO Tik
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  7112. When TIK does his Hitler accent, the World listens.
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  7113. First.
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  7114. Good video, sir.
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  7115. Looking deeper into the dialectic method, and realizing that this nonsense is far older than Hegel (Moses Meimonides complained about it already in the 12th century: "All these things which are just said, they are present only in what's spoken by the lips and not in the head, even more so they have no existence outside the head. However, as you know,and anyone who doesn't fool himself knows, these statements are protected by the quantification and agrandization of words and warping fables, and are reassured by screeching and derogatory statements and many types of dialecticism and sophistication. When the one who says them and claims them in these ways reflects upon himself and his beliefs - he won't find anything but confusion and shortness of hand, because he wants to invent what doesn't exist, and create a middle between opposites which have no middle between them." - roughly translated from "The Guide for the Perplexed") I see more and more... not parallels but corruptions of Eastern religious thought (for example in Buddhism): In Zen-Buddhism there is the practice of "Koan", especially in Rinzai-Zen. A "Koan" is a riddle, more an unsolveable dilemma or a paradox or even something that doesn't seem to be connected in the first place. It supposed to help the practitioner, in Rinzai-Zen actively during meditation, to clear his mind, and thus make it easier to reach enlightenment. "Koan" are considered impossible to understand and solve before enlightenment, and once minor enlightenment is achieved, they can become comprehensible; however their "solutions" are not articulated. It is more a sort of epiphany reached, a deeper comprehension of being, which allows to see the connections and interplays between things. It turns out that Jewish mysticism had a similar practice to this and the Mondo (the individual conversation between master and student for clarifying questions, answers, and often getting a Koan on the way, as well as testing the student's progress; for a proper master can tell whether a student has understood a koan, or is giving an answer that shows lack of comprehension). What does this have to do with the dialectic? Like many things that sound familiar when you begin reading into Eastern philosophies and religions, they begin to sound familiar in relation to what we know today as Socialism — but always in a twisted, ego-focused and ego-serving manner. Imagine an emotionally immature, narcissistic mind, one without empathy, and maybe without much intellect to boot, being put before a dilemma or paradox, and supposed to find a higher meaning, a higher answer about the world and the self and being itself in it. The pseudointellectual pretense of wit of a child or juvenile may come up with an answer that is obviously stupid for anyone taking the task seriously, but the immature will think himself absolutely outclassing the teacher/master, having completely missed the point. The "synthesis" of the dialectic method, that tries to marry things that have no middle between them, is just that. In fact, most things in Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Socialism, make sense in how they originate and manifest and continue in their follow-up-errors, by understanding them as the product of a mind with Narcissistic Personality Disorder looking at the world and Eastern Philosophy and Religion. It is like its dark imitation mirror image. For more into this direction, check out the Zoroastrian heretics Manichae (came up with the claim that the material world is a dark byproduct of a fight between good and evil, which he came up with by dialecting his religion with Buddhism, and of course claiming that he was the final prophet) and Mazdak (who dialected that again with Zoroastrianism and preached about wealth redistribution because he believed that the rich were rich because they stole from the poor — which is the typical logic of narcissistic (immature) envy that we see again exactly the same way in Marx, to scam people into enriching him).
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  7116. Although it would have been funny, and a tad lazy, TIK could have stopped at the 26 second mark and called it a day.
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  7117. So many butt hurt leftists in the comments lol
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  7118. Damn.... It's a good thing we don't have any racist communists trying to turn the US into a one-party state.
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  7119. YouTube is my main source of video entertainment and honestly no matter what I may he watching or doing on YouTube, if I see a new Tic video I put everything on hold
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  7120. TIK I also have to say doing a video review on multiple books was a phenomenal video idea I really enjoyed hearing what you had to say about each book and you can certainly bet I’ll be back to this this video to remember makes I think I would like!!!!
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  7121. Thanks for the series Battlestorm Stalingrad once more. I really love these book reviews and you can really see how much effort goes into researching any particular topic and you are connecting it all for the whole Stalingrad series. I respect what you do and keep it up sir!
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  7122. Just finished reading into Oblivion, definitely a must have if you enjoy reading unit histories.
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  7123. Hey Tik. I've been slacking on keeping up with your videos. Been cramming with current events. Last week has been crazy eh? Hope you are well.
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  7124. Very good explanation! I`m glad you found the answer. Keep up the good work!
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  7125. On the too complicated argument: It only becomes too complicated when you try to apply it to Dunkirk. The elaborate balancing act between letting the Brits escape while destroying enough... It just seems more plausible that the Germans just overestimated the Luftwaffe capabilities in the region and underestimated the RAF and the weather, without any grand theories behind it (though those theories are certainly more fun!).
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  7126. i don't know if you have read it but i highly recommend the well researched and based on soviet archival material biography of stalin by stephen kotkin, it's a work of three tomes (third tome not out yet but the second one ends on 22 june of 1941, so it's exactly what you need)
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  7127. Any chance you could go over the symbols you use for divisions / regiments on the map. I recall you said German and Russian unit sizes were different. Sometimes the number of red box's on the screen gives the impression that they massively outnumbered the Germans but that is probably not the case.
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  7128. First XD
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  7129. Of all the content you’ve made, I think this is your best series
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  7130. Certainly this is the biggest political history lesson I've received ... Personally I've always taken a very narrow view of the subject and it's brought across in an interesting manner. Most politics I've studied relates to the US Civil War, or older books on Weimar and other Governments. There is a lot of clarity and explanation here though, no brushing over. I admit it's a good listen if you want to know something about Politics in the era and today. Thanks ~Kel
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  7131. Literally yesterday I thought, "I sure hope TIK comes out with the video on Mosley soon" and you delivered, awesome.
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  7132. This is the 1st time I've visited your channel and this is a greatly interesting video, thank you. I'll have to check to see if you've done this same type of video for the different versions of Socialism and Communism as that would be equally interesting. If you've not already done that then it'll be great if you did. It would be awesome if everyone interested in History or Politics learned all of this information.
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  7133. Videos about tanks and frontlines with divisional emblems are cool. And probably bring in the bacon for TIK. But the social economic vids, and especially Hitler being a socialist, are his greatest contribution to history. If it manages to become mainstream it will do far more for his reputation then endless hours of Battlestorm Stalingrad.
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  7134. It's pretty ridiculous that you have to do a disclaimer about you not being a fascist because people jump to conclusions instantly. It reminds me of when I got a copy of "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", and several other books, and I uploaded a picture to Facebook. Three people asked me if I was a Nazi sympathizer... I was like "it's clearly a historical book, the title isn't The Third Reich was awesome or Hitler was a cool guy"....
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  7135. LiquidZulu made a great response video to your questions to ancaps.
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  7136. ​​ @TheImperatorKnight  Bruce L Benson: The Enterprize of Law David Friedman: The Machinery of Freedom.
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  7137. 1st
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  7138. Freaking SUBBED! Obi-wan can piss off- this IS the YouTube Channel that i've been looking for! By the way, as someone who is interested in buying some books on the Eastern front, I've looked into many of Glantz's publications. How much would you recommend them? Certain circles seem to either go back & forth on Glantz or are uninspired by his work (mostly armchair generals in forums rather than academics- at least, that I know of). Anyhow, keep up the good work!
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  7139. Always love your videos Tik
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  7140. Hey TIK, please don't stick to tanks. The politics and economics videos you do are some of the best libertarian and Misesian reviews of the period available from non-academic sources available at this time. Small-l libertarian is intentional, I am not referencing the party I am referencing the idea complex.
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  7141. Doesn't everyone know that 1) Germany defaulting / unable to pay war reparations meant that 2) France was unable to pay Britain war loans and so 3) Britain and France were not able to pay war loans back to the USA. 1929 started in Berlin and somewhere in 1927 or 1928.
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  7142. btw pls dont stick to tanks
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  7143. So good I’am watching it again in spite of their not being any tanks .
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  7144. This is going to be a good series, looking forward to the rest.
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  7145. Tank enthusiasts: "Just stick to tanks." Economics and logistics enthusiasts: "Just stick to economics."
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  7146. Second
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  7147. Another brilliant episode. Thank you TIK.
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  7148. In addition to increased commodity prices; inflation's symptoms of also appear in skyrocketing stock markets (why was the Dow Jones still setting records when the economy was shut down? - inflation), rise in asset prices like real estate and decrease in currency value on currency exchanges. All are symptoms of an increased money supply.
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  7149. I like how you focused on the source of the words of Money and currency. I never tought of them as differnt. Thanks for teaching me something new :^)
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  7150. Body of work? He barely made anything! He didn’t even complete his second book.
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  7151. Good questions, Naama.
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  7152.  @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623  Wait a minute… you’re that robot guy from the Stalingrad breakout video!
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  7153.  @TheImperatorKnight  our lord Erich von Manstein will win that single handedly
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  7154. I can only day this. This was a LONG time coming
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  7155. Allow me to make a counter argument. China received financial support from many Western nations (chiefly the United States and United Kingdom). In addition, the fact the Germans and Soviets sent in advisors to assist the Chinese (the Germans removed theirs in 1938 and the Soviets in 1941). And this conflict was not just limited to China by the way. The Japanese Kwantung Army in Manchukuo frequently clashed with the Red Army on the Sino-Outer Mongolian border which culminated with the Battle of Khalkin Gol (which took place at the same time as Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland) along with the Imperial Japanese Navy having multiple run ins with the U.S. Navy (the most infamous being the sinking of the destroyer, USS Panay in December 1937). Is this the best argument, no, but I just thought this could add to the discussion.
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  7156. i forgot. to say on first part, the map upgrades and unit size explaint is a good inprovement.
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  7157.  @TheImperatorKnight  I fully agree, but on the interwebs today, you can almost guarantee that doesn't really matter as eventually the comment section devolves into discussions about concentration camps, in this case back in the Croatian puppet state. I presume you've seen this in your previous video about this specific unit. In fact, if you hadn't replied to my comment yourself first, I'd have predicted about a 99% probability that that's exactly where this discussion would have been going now. Some people just can't seem to be able to disconnect the performance/discussion of a particular military unit from what its native regime was standing for/doing back home. I don't need reminders that the government in Croatia back then was way beyond FUBAR, that's a stain on our history that'll persist, but that shouldn't prevent me from acknowledging the fact that theses guys were pretty good soldiers, one of the few non-german units actually considered for frontline operations. It's like even the notion of respecting those troops is a sign that you sympathize with that regime. Sign of the times, I guess...
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  7158. First
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  7159. Not in Stalingrad
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  7160. TIK, thanks for putting this together. It's very educational and I agree with much of your points. However, I do think some of your conclusions are an oversimplification of reality. Sure, Laissez-faire works perfectly in theory, but so does Communism. As I'm sure you're aware, such things are not black and white. I can provide multiple concrete examples from your video, but want to highlight just one. I used to think that returning to the gold standard was a good idea. However, after researching the subject, I realized that there are significant drawbacks, especially given the structure of our current economic system. Perhaps you would consider making a video that examines the pros and cons of the gold standard without the presumption that it's the obvious best option.
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  7161. Makes perfect sense. I've always been happy for a lower salary than others as it's obvious who's going to be kept on when times get hard. In the longer term, I've usually come off best.
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  7163.  @TheImperatorKnight  at any rate excellent video. Always appreciate the content. I vaguely remember one of your videos about an English translation of a Russian source being crap. Besides, as a historian who's studied the American Civil War for over 40 years numbers are meaningless without proper context. In this video, no matter the numbers, the proper context was given. No worries, keep your chin up.
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  7164. Lmao the Space Marine's voice hahahaha
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  7165. I'll check out Anton's video later. Right now, I'm interested in your side of things. Because I'm biased and like your content. Shocker! I like your stuff. Certainly found this whole subject interesting.
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  7166.  @XmXStuka2  no, you’d be surprised how spiteful commies and collectivist can be. Seriously look how far back they’ve disliked my stuff- and one was a vegan who made 3 alts just to dislike my stuff, then youtube remembered its rule At most they’re good for getting activity for attention ^^
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  7167.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well, my word can't be worth that much, since it's the first WW2 history book I could get my hands on and read, but I liked it. One of the main themes which surprised me is the author's suggestion (idea? no clue what word to use) that Hitler's main ideological enemies all along were the western allies and capitalism, which goes against the narrative that it was the Soviet Union and communism in general.
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  7168. Hmm, I can't put my finger on it, but I somehow get the feeling that TIK is not a fan of socialism...
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  7169. FIRST
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  7170. @23:37... How prophetic, The US still runs on a "war economy", and is a "militaristic power".
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  7171. The same judge also said "The charges which I have found to be substantially true include the charges that Irving has for his own ideological reasons persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence; that for the same reasons he has portrayed Hitler in an unwarrantedly favourable light, principally in relation to his attitude towards and responsibility for the treatment of the Jews; that he is an active Holocaust denier; that he is anti-semitic and racist and that he associates with right wing extremists who promote neo-Nazism."
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  7172. hey TIK, I just wanted to say that it is refreshing to see there are still people who high quality videos about topics they love. Thank you very much for that.
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  7173. I have read "Telling lies about Hitler". That book absolutely eviscerates Irving's work.
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  7174. It feels wrong to say I "enjoyed" a video on such subjects, but your narrative and marshalling of evidence is exceptionally compelling as ever. Incidentally I was able to use your discussion of the "socialism" of Mussolini and Hitler in conversation recently, and it was very well received though completely new information to my friends. As always truth is the most interesting story. Keep up the good work, eagerly awaiting the next instalment of Stalingrad!
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  7175. Hello TIK! Thank you very much for your hard work! The documentary series is great so far. I didn't dive that deep into the history of the battle, so I learn something new with every episode. But here and there I meet familiar names or events, that I have heard or read about. Take the time you need to maintain the high level of quality you have reached and don't forget to have some kind of life inbetween the episodes. Bornout is one of the worst things that can happen to you now, so stay safe! Thank you again!
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  7176. Just binged watch Stalingrad. Awesome, I can't imagine the numbers of hours it took you but thank you and carry on mate!
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  7177. After these videos I'm starting to see the memories of Manstein, Halder (and others) as more fit to chronicle what was going on during the Cold War and at the respectable society of West Germany that about was going on during WW2. In that sense their excellent sources for the 50's and early 60's
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  7178. Thank you. When, long ago, you said holocaust related things would have a prominent place on your channel I urged you to reconsider so as not to fall foul of youtube censorship. I was very, very wrong. These things need to be told, and as part of the general history of the war, not as a seperate "dark side of humanity"-tale that can be cordoned off and censorship-ed away if it gets uncomfortable.
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  7179. Dammit Tik you're just knocking it out of the park with your recent videos, absolutely fantastic.
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  7180. Hey TIK this is a bit of a weird compliment but I really appreciate that you always pronounce Russian & German names correctly, a lot of people would just brush it off by saying 'sorry if I am butchering that word' so thanks for actually putting in the work to learn them.<3
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  7181. Definitely one of TIK's best. The graphics, the sourcing, the styling and production, all first class.
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  7182. Its crazy watching this on the 5th of October, makes you think what men on both sides went though fighting it out for weeks on end
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  7183. This is one of my favourite episodes from this series TIK.
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  7184. Hey, tik how long is the Stalingrad altogether.
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  7185. KICK THAT YOUTUBE CENSORSHIP OFF THE PLANE
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  7186.  @TheImperatorKnight  I would say that it was your arguments against fascism and how you had good points which I've thought of and realised that you made good points like how the state isn't the solution to everyone's problems.
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  7187. love Oswald Accent!😂 06 :25
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  7188. Hi tik love ur content
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  7189. True analytical analysis of stuff is a rare mental condition now days. I love the fact tik is laughing good for his health keep it up tik alot of the stuff you put out I already worked out but you are educating other people 👍👍👍
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  7190. Tik tried soooooo hard 😂. He totally lost it. I laugh just as hard as he did at around the 49:50 minute mark. Just because he was laughing Soooo hard lol
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  7191. Laughed so hard at the goat story.
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  7192. Thank you, I love these quick responses. You are still thorough and this contribution to the knowledge of the war certainly stands on its own.
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  7193. If roughly 34 million men served throughout the war and the ending strength of the Red Army was about 10 million, might we reasonably infer that the Soviets suffered 24 million me killed, captured, or seriously wounded (unable to return to service)? Do those numbers add up with the official casualty statistics?
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  7194. Your diligence with numbers, economic, military or anything else is note worthy. When you couple that with your intellectual stance of 'what I know Now' against 'what I may know tomorrow' is both intelligent and very mature. Too much of what is presented in the historical noir is colored by opinion and propaganda of the present and from past sources. You are a refreshing cold clear drink in this desert of history, if not an oasis.
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  7195. 11:28 i laughed so hard!!!
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  7196. Ιam from Greece. Thanks you for this video.
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  7197. Thank you, this was a hard video to keep watching, I often wondered whether Churchill had got it right to divert British attention from North Africa to assist the Greeks. You have done an excellent job in the compilation of the video toning down the passion that you have must have felt at the injustices that were relayed to you whilst on holiday. I also echo @Johan 's post and my condolences toward the Greeks, I will close my post there before it becomes too highly a passionate rant and I end up digressing about more recent times.
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  7198. hey what timing! I just watched two videos of Kings and Generals' Greco-Italian war. They've only reached till Greece wiping the floor with the Italian forces so far, but it's already not the prettiest picture (if such a thing can exist).
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  7199. i am so glad i found your channel a few videos ago, sensible analysis without getting emotional.
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  7200. Oh god no... ya boi Halder's been put in charge of the guidelines and history police.
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  7201.  @TheImperatorKnight  TIK just block these "socialists" coming here spouting this garbage. It's obvious they are just baiting responses and it is pointless trying to argue with them. They don't even give any arguments just say "Oh you got btfo lololol".
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  7202. If there's one thing I've taken away from your channel. It's that people, in history, lie. Or at very least, get it wrong. I've never seen a History Channel call out Historical figures and historians before TIK.
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  7203.  @TheImperatorKnight  Or as Erich Fromm put it, they are afraid of freedom. I would go as far as TIK: they are afraid of the responsibility that freedom would apportion to them. They DO NOT want to be "free and (therefore) responsible citizens".
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  7204. I would love to see you have a chat with LiquidZulu. He's integrating objectivism with anarcho capitalism, very interesting stuff.
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  7205. I love your view on the world, history and in person you are a great person probably. I think, if we would drink a pint in the same pub, we'll talk about all this and beyond. Great video TIK!
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  7206. Thank you, TIK.
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  7207. The National Socialists were...socialists. There has been a successful effort to remake them into right-wingers. Go read the Nazis' 25 Points, half are pure socialism.
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  7208. If you want to suck at economics, read the Economist. Back then I studied a undergraduate course on EU institutions. The whole thing made me realize the entire organization was a propaganda body for unrepresented centralization.
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  7209. But if they were traditionalists, wouldn’t they have brought back the Kaiser?
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  7210. So the Soviet Union didn’t have Trade Unions?
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  7211. Na, he is just being a historian, looking at the sources and considering their bias.
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  7212. Thanks you so much for this video. It takes balls to make a vid like this, but its the right thing to do.
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  7213. Marxism, Nazism, fascism, communism are all different names for essentially the same thing; slavery. Mr Spock, in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, summarized socialist slavery in the most despicable assertion ever made in cinema history: "Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few... or the one" (yes, I know Kirk stuck in that last bit). This is slavery. But, the founding philosophy of the United States, born of its British cultural heritage (like it or not, America is a British country), is the opposite of that; the culmination of western cultural thought: "The rights of the one outweigh the needs of the many" This is the opposite of slavery. All of these forms of socialism enslave the individual to the collective to one degree or another, in one way or another. "The real issues are whether the power of Western Civilization, as God has permitted it to flower in our own beloved lands, shall defy and defeat Communism; whether the rule of men who shoot their prisoners, enslave their citizens, and deride the dignity of man, shall displace the rule of those to whom the individual and his individual rights are sacred; whether we are to survive with God's hand to guide and lead us, or to perish in the dead existence of a Godless world." - General Matt Ridgway
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  7214. This is a much more digestible video than the previous one. Bravo.
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  7215. The myth that Nazism was "right wing" is probably the best example of repeating a lie so often that it becomes accepted "truth". Centralised economy, eugenics, atheism, indoctrination of children, dehumanisation of those with different views. All Nazi traits or policies. All left-wing.
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  7216. Which wealthy industrialists supported Hitler in the late 1920s? (I understand that there was only one, which was thyssen) Yes, hitler sided with the conservatives, the conservatives wanted to "tame" him, in the end, while hitler was in power, they began to take them off the ship and ban their parties. Yes, Hitler locked up members of the KPD and the SPD (especially the KPD) Just as the Bolsheviks persecuted the Mensheviks and the SRs or Nasser locked up the communists in Egypt, it is worth noting that far too many communists joined the NSDAP. As for the unions, they were absorbed by the DAF. There is evidence that hitler did not want to assassinate gregor strasser and otto strasser was considered a traitor even by his own brother, him (otto), along with walter stenes, the latter was financed by businessmen like otto wolf and bankers like paul silverberg, all they wanted to destroy the NSDAP. (see The Divide: Hitler and Strasser (otto) by Zoltanus) But suppose Gregor died for being the "socialist" of the NSDAP, he asked me, why didn't they kill Goebbels, Robert Lay, Karl Kaufmann, Josef Terboven, Eric Koch, Adolf Wagner, Fritz Sauckel, etc.? That they were as radical as Gregor.?
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  7217. When you had to bring up the colors to try and explain it to these people made me laugh out loud lol. Thank You again :)
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  7218. You are doing amazing work unmasking this grave historical lie! I'm glad you followed the path of evidence! Cheers
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  7219. "Look, the argument isn't that the Nazis were far right because they privatised stuff." Yes it is, many people argue this.
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  7220. Thanks for the condensed version, it is great, and now it is short enough that I might actually get my roommate to watch it!
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  7221. Excellent! I am now subscribed...you have cleared up a few fuzzy points in my otherwise correct conclusion about this subject 😀 👍
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  7222. I wonder why YouTube prioritizes and pushes the “Second Thought” socialist propaganda channel video about Nazis not being socialist first when you search this 🤔
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  7223. This video is gold. Thank you
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  7224. You could not wage war like Germany did without socialism
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  7225.  @LibertarianLeninistRants  word salad
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  7226. You may not see this TIK, but this sums up your opposition perfectly. Leftists: "Hitler was a Capitalist!" TIK: "No he wasn't, here's the proof." Leftists: "I'm just going to completely ignore the Mt Everest of extremely well sourced information you've given to me, and go watch ignorant Marxtard YouTuber's supposedly dunk on you, cuz ur just fAcIsT cApItAlIsT pRoPaGaNdA." TIK: *Gets understandably annoyed" Leftists: " Hey everyone, look how immature TIK is."
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  7227. But Stalin also killed a lot of socialists, so that is not point.
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  7228. Thank you for taking a break from Stalingrad to not stick to tanks. Too much misinformation sticking with the Leftist Marxist script that somehow the Nazis were free-market capitalists.
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  7229. Superb analysis. TIK history has nailed the NAZI socialism question better than any I have read or heard. I might add that Joseph Goebbels' diary, and his other writings, demonstrate the overwhelming desire of absolute socialism throughout the reign of Hitler. Even the Church was to be "dealt with" after the Jewish question in the east, and at home, was "resolved".
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  7230. Ironically the best own against Marxists is that Lenin regime under the New Economic Policy actually had more private property and market freedom than Nazi Germany. This is an indisputable fact. It wasn't until Stalin did large scale socialization of the economy really start. So Lenin's regime was more way more capitalist than Italy and Nazi Germany. When challenged on this fact Marxists will suddenly give context to Lenin's regime actually privatizing the economy and wanting foreign capitalist's to invest in the Soviet Union.
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  7231. The new dumb Marxist argument is to quote Niemöllers poem „first they came for the socialists…“ Problem is, the original in German says Kommunisten, communists, not socialists Another purposeful mistranslation used to distance themselves from their ideological cousins Like „corporations“ in Mussolini’s Doctrine of Fascism really means labor unions in Italian at the time, not capitalist firms or companies: fascism is the merging of labor unions, corporations, with the State
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  7232. Marxist Socialists understand that National Socialism is Socialism TIK, they just refuse to accept it. They are closing their eyes, putting their fingers in their ears and refusing to acknowledge what's staring them in the face. They would have to come to terms with the fact that they are on the same side of the political aisle as Nazis. That's not something they are willing to do.
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  7233. I'm venezuelan, I always used Chavez & Maduro own words and deeds to proof they fuck the country agaisnt western lefties apologist, sometimes I even used their Ministers and officials sichophants that are not known abroad....and they always come with "he never said that or I doubt he ever did that or thats was a edited clip from a pro-american outlet"
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  7234. yeah.. but i don't think he needs to explain himself or his actions to ignorant ultra leftists
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  7235.  @vojislavdragic5090  I'm afraid that some people, left, right or centre, have such blinkered perspectives that you have to explain things in words of one syllable. And even then they won't get it.
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  7236. This isn't the first video he's made like this
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  7237. why this video isnt shown when you search it?? not even if you copy paste the title of the video on the search bar...
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  7238. I don't know from where you are from. But here, in Brasil, Left is Socialist~Marxist while Right is Social-democratic~Fascist. I hold the notion that if you're against the state you're not in some part of the political spectrum, but outside of it. More accurately, AGAINST IT.
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  7239. Watching this video 3 years later it feels like TIK was still trying to figure out and explain some things which he did not fully understand. But the term gleichschaltung provides a far better explanation than privatization. This is another video which I think could be remade shortened and simplified and likely be more effective in it's deliverance.
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  7240.  @bihone4750  I don't see how you in any way come to the conclusions that you have presented. All it sounds like is a condemnation of Jews as well as Christians which makes sense since all religions cannot be absorbed as a function of the state, there would be too many conflicting ideals to create a unified whole. The interpretation you gave seems to jump to some conclusions and makes assumptions about the words of a self hating jew, which Marx was.
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  7241. You might aswell write a book at this point TIK.
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  7242. This is one of those rare situations where one feels frustrated that the like button can be clicked only 1 time.
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  7243. 48:00 re "Soil" Also worth noting that in Das Kapital, Marx has a malthusian streak, speaking about soil degredation leading to mass starvation, and hence leading to a socialist overthrow. Of course, Marx never understood that if soil degredation occured, this would create a market incentive to to create good soil, leading to innovation and investment.
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  7244. First!
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  7245. Yay a TIK documentary. Very enjoyable and agree with almost everything you said about oil. But just for giggles I'll post the below which I typed out as you were speaking. I'm going to say that oil was but one part – albeit a major part – of Germany's economic collapse which cost them the war. I'm going to suggest that you overstate oil and understate the cause of it – but I won't die in a ditch over it :D It's massive but I enjoy discussing this stuff... The oil crisis was the consequence of the British blockade which locked Germany out of international markets just as it had done in WW1. Oil was one part of many war goods that were needed. In particular (and as you note) Germany didn't produce enough food for itself. It also had serious shortfalls in other war essential materials – rubber, rare metals, coal etc. The coal shortages which incidentally hobbled synthetic oil production are also important. As you also state – there was going to be an inevitable slide into a WW1 style economic collapse under the British blockade unless Russia was invaded to somehow rectify all these shortages including oil. Even if Barbarossa had been a roaring success the Third Reich would have to cope with overstretch. The Nazis asset-stripped the countries they conquered which gave them a short term boost but then turned the occupied countries intro unproductive long term liabilities. Even if they changed their methods (unlikely) then quite how they could have got all these resources back to Germany in an economically viable manner with 1940's technology and with the sea barred to them is difficult to say. Sorry I didn't buy the 'let them escape theory' about Dunkirk. My own theory is that Hitler and the High Command were thoroughly spooked by the counter attack at Arras by 'impervious' Matilda tanks. Although the men on the ground eventually saw it off using 88's it unnerved the upper echelons who were very aware that their flanks were hanging in the air. They were astonished at how they were managing to get away with it (thanks to the supine non-response of the Allies up till then). Hitler was so alarmed he commissioned the heavy tank project which led to the Tiger upon hearing about shells bouncing off British tanks. He couldn't believe his luck at how the well invasion of France had gone so far, and was looking for an excuse to stop and regroup before his luck ran out. Scary British tanks and Luftwaffe promises were the perfect excuse. I would also suggest that the British would be a thousand times more likely to accept peace if their Army (then at the Whermacht's mercy) was destroyed. I've come more and more around to thinking that Dunkirk was the decisive battle of WW2 and that the Germans had already lost the war by 1941 unless the desperate gamble of Barbarossa came off. They never had a hope of invading Britain, they lost a lot of their fleet off Norway (particularly destroyers and cruisers) and the Royal Navy would have shredded them. So with an unconquered Britain their demise to economic blockade was inevitable and inexorable. Dunkirk was the best shot at victory by far. So I'd change it to three words - 'The British blockade'. This begat the oil crisis and all the other shortfalls. It only happened because the British fought on in 1940. However this was not an unreasonable thing to do as they knew that their blockade was a war-winning weapon having seen it triumph before. It's also why they decided on ships and strategic bombing for their main offence - all part of their blockade and not reliant upon any possible allies coming in (which looked unlikely in 1940). I'm glad that you point out that Hitler is scapegoated by Whermacht fan boys. He was indeed mad, but not about Germany's economic position. But I wish you hadn't repeated the 'stab in the back' myth about WW1. That's just Nazi propaganda. Germany was thoroughly beaten militarily, its army was in full flight and they surrendered so quickly that allied troops never really got into Germany. A side effect of this was that it allowed the Nazi myth that they were 'stabbed in the back' but militarily unbeaten to be propagated. The allies didn't make the same mistake again and insisted on unconditional surrender and occupation in WW2 so it was abundantly clear to everyone in Germany what had actually happened. One last comment - the Italian fleet didn't sit in port through lack of oil in the early war. Its capital ships made several attempts upon the Royal Navy but ended upon the wrong end of all of them. Only from 1942 onwards was it port bound, demoralised after several defeats, and indeed short of fuel. Well you asked for a comment and there's the mother of them all :D No idea if you read all this but keep up the vids TIK I really enjoy them!
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  7246. Completely agree - but I think Tik said this would count against his channel as 'the algorithm' is looking for weekly videos. That's a shame as I can understand why two weeks is more realistic for the level of work being put into these videos. In any event I will continue to support the channel and look forward to the updates - whether that's with one, two or three weeks intervals! 👍
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  7247. Wonderful series, far better than anything on this subject that ever aired on television. TIK, I'm truly amazed that you have been able to put together a production and research project of this scope by yourself, without a big budget.
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  7248. I'm a Simple Man, I See a New TIK Video, I Automatically Click on it and Press The Like button.
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  7249. I was thinking about this while watching the video. Maybe the germans should have gone around the west side of Stalingrad and encircled and destroyed Lopatin's army. Stalingrad could then maybe have been ignored, if it doesn't have any serious units inside it.
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  7250. Awesome TIK👍 Looking forward to watching this later. Intrigued by the Muc-Off sticker. What kind of cycling are you into? Cheers mate👍
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  7251. Margaret Sanger would have been proud
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  7252. ​ @TheImperatorKnight you should sing some more in these light hearted videos😂😂
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  7253. The people who dismiss these videos you've made on topics relating to economics are doing themselves a disservice. I have had a few arguments about this myth and always those suffering from extreme cognitive dissonance (especially socialists) reject the fact that the Third Reich exerted totalitarian control over the economy, and any "ownership" retained by the entrepreneurial class was only nominal. They refuse to reckon with these arguments and simply cite the night of the long knives as if there doesn't exist an answer to that, consistent with the historical narrative presented in your videos. If they accepted the truth for what it is, their worldview would probably be shattered, and they would have much to re-think. It's much easier to dismiss that which makes one uncomfortable. Thank you for inspiring others to re-think their preconceptions about history. I am naturally looking forward to the next episode of Battlestorm Stalingrad, but equally I am excited to see you release the next episode of Bank Wars. Your videos deserve way more attention.
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  7254. If you ever get tired of these videos, take up comedy. You are so funny! Love your content as always!
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  7255. As clausewitz said, "warfare is the continuation of politics by other means". These aren't separate subjects, they never were and never will be.
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  7256. Me: You think beating on Keynes is like beating a dead horse at this point? TIK: Never!
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  7257. The biggest con in history is the state pitting us against eachother and fooling us into believing that our problems can only be solved by electing another party to rule over us
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  7258. You're fundamentally wrong. Marxism didn't really start taking roots in the Socialist movement until the mid 19th Century. Socialism has been around since the 18th Century. The first generation of Socialism, dubbed later by Socialist as "Utopian Socialist" didn't even mention Class, or the Working Class in their ideology. Being Utopian Socialist is considered the Foundation of all modern Socialism, it heavily implies Socialism isn't about the Working Class. However, Marxism is. Marxism is a branch of Socialism that rejects Utopian Socialism for a Class Theory of History, and a Socialist system built around Worker Control of the means of production. So your definition of Socialism is literally Marxism not Socialism. There are also other versions of Socialism that pre-dates Marxism as well, Conservative Socialism also came before Marxism, Marx himself called it Bourgeois Socialism. However this was also not built on Class or the Workers. So we have two forms of Socialism alone which pre-dates Marxism which isn't about Worker's Control. So you're literally as blatantly wrong as you could possibly be. Socialism didn't start with Marx, nor do Marxist hold a Monopoly on the term Socialist. So Socialism MUST BE more than just Worker's Control, being Worker's Control doesn't apply to earlier forms of Socialism. I think the reason why you think it's so similar to Feudalism is because Socialism technically is even in a "Worker's Paradise." I'd suggest watching videos on Ushanka Show about life in the Soviet Union from a person who grew up in the Soviet Union. Basically saying Socialism is Worker Control is literally a fallacy and proves ignorance to the evolution and history of Socialism itself.
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  7259. Trust me, the algorythm very much does, and its the bane of our existence.
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  7260. I for one value… YOU!! Your passion, your values, your diligence and intellect. Make content based on what has caught your attention at the time due to current events or what happens to interest you or whatever reason you want really. If you are passionate and interested in the content you are covering, it will be good content and I will watch it! I really liked the recent stuff on Gnosticism, i can tell it interests you, keep going! Odds are, if you find it interesting, I will too!
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  7261. Shoutout to all the Patreons paying TIK and investing in humanities education. Also I got the feeling that more men were lost in the kotluban offensives then in the fighting in the city. I am not sure tho.
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  7262. When you continue to produce such high quality content - it makes me proud to be a Patreon supporter. Any of your videos is a treat, but the Stalingrad series is your mightiest achievement!
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  7263.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yep. But it still makes an iconic feature of your vids. I think it looks cool.
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  7264. While I understand the need for the kotublan offensives, it is mystifying for me, why they continued in the same sectors for days and days, when there was obviously no chance of breaching the lines. 80k is alot to lose in a diversionary attack, versus sending the men into the city?
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  7265.  @rndompersn3426  mate... you don't even understand what you're saying. First, did you read the German version? Second, it is quite clearly the case, that what is being described was the use of "socialism" for the acquisition of the means of production by the state, but the same person (Rosa Luxemburg) also called socialism the state in which the state owns all means of production. To be more precise, it is, very clearly, stated, that socialism is the dictat of the proletariat, which includes both process and ownership. socialism doesn't just vanish, just because all factories and farms are owned by the state.
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  7266. I discovered your channel less than a year ago, and it quickly became one of my favorites. It remains so to this day. You have a very balanced and honest way of conveying complicated historical and political matters, and I respect you for this. Cheers.
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  7267. Dang 45 minute video that isn't Stalingrad! Hard worker!
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  7268. You sir, have done an excellent job telling the truth, I've been saying this for many years, glad you've collected these sources. You've earned my sub here, and on bitchute! Keep up the good work, you are not alone!
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  7269. These older videos are just as good as the newer ones. Brilliant and we really appreciate your efforts. Blessings to you all
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  7270. :)
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  7271. Very similar to communist system I grew up in. When Germans marched into bohemia in 1939 soldiers bought sausages and meat and sent it home, as their families were starving already. I believe my parents grandparents and people who were there. Video you linked is interesting, watched it second time. When she says they did not know about concentration camps, that is utter bullshit lie.
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  7272. I think the problem with the two operations may be that they evolved over time as circumstances changed. Originally thunderstorm was to roll over the weak outer line like, well, a thunderstorm, and then a lightning strike to pierce the inner line and re-establish contact. As Manstein bogs down, he changes plans, asking Paulus to do the piercing strike and meet him halfway. Paulus says he can't go that far, and needs almost a week to prepare, at best. Then as Saturn becomes clear, Manstein recognzes he can't reach Paulus in this operation, and he can't wait a week while the Soviets 'get to Rostov'. So another change of plans, probably alike this: 1) Make a line at the Myshkova, where the immobile units can rest for the next attack. 2) Deal with Saturn 3) Return and do another major offensive towards Stalingrad (Wintergewitter 2.0) 4) Once close enough, pierce the encirclement as planned (Donnerschlag 2.0) Of course, that would never happen. The rest is hindsight memory, where Manstein got to write the histories, Hitler did everything wrong, and OKH, logistics and the intelligence services don't tend to get focused on.
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  7273.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you for linking it
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  7274. IM glad to see our boy Chuikov got some time off, he barely goes out anymore!
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  7275. Yay!
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  7276. Watched every episode in this series, for what that may be worth TIK. All the best.
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  7277. First!
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  7278. Is it just me or he also deleted his "apology" comment here, where he asked for a "understanding between both parties"....?
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  7279. ​ @TheImperatorKnight I already warned people at our biggest national subreddit!
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  7280.  @dewittbourchier7169  I appreciate your response, but there's a lot of words in it but very little meaning. If liberalism is such a broad ideology that either of two things must be correct: 1. There must be some idea that connects those on such opposite sides of the political spectrum. That idea would then be the true definition of Liberalism. 2. There is no single idea connecting those people and so it means something else to different groups of people. If so then as a general ideology the term "Liberalism" is meaningless. What little search allowed me to find is that most definitions boil down to these things: 1. In social politics, Liberalism means maximizing personal freedom. 2. In economics, Liberalism means relying on the free, open market to control the economy with as little regulations as possible To come back to your previous statement " In fact the two (Capitalism and Liberalism) are in many respects incompatible" - seeing that free market is one of the main pillars of Capitalism I can't see how they're incompatible.
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  7281. So the soviets should have kept any POW's from the west?
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  7282. this is sooo going to be cencured by youtube
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  7283. I have to say something interesting to say. My family is from the Soviet Union. During the war, they fled westward behind the German lines. They eventually made it all the way to western Europe. When the allies invaded they fell under the Americans. I don't know exactly what happened but my family ended up in San Francisco and became American citizens. I don't have many details. I wonder if this issue is at all related. Or what happened to get some people like my family taken to the US
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  7284. Signals aŕe not always strong in this period and especially in bad weather (hello arctic). Also these sightings are not that accurate at first: x sailor saw "something" there, y agreed. If your captain had several bad experiences with such sightings not being anything, he may be just too skeptical. Communication can also be broken way easier during this time, too much chatter can reveal positions. Not to mention there are rarely multiple channel of communications: you sighting something that isn t there may slow down an actual information about an existing threat. Uncertainity is the enemy of communication. This is why actual combat experience is important for communication, and overall training and good organization: you should report "maybe" s at all cost when you expect to be attacked suddenly. And it is fair that you refer to modern communication, but remember, modern communication depends on experiences like these
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  7285. A big factor in the actions of the cruiser escort is Radio silence. You don't want the enemy to know where you are (radio direction fibding). In the Arctic midwinter its the only way you are going to be found beyond sigint and blind luck. And if you are unsure whether to head North or South not doing either and waiting for confirmation is safer than turning the wrong way. Finally you need to remember what a rare occurrence it was for the Germans to sortie. There had been 18 months and 15+ convoys with no German surface vessels met. An overreaction to the percieved threat of a Surface attack had led to the destruction of PQ 17. Escort a dozen convoys where the only surface vessels you see are British or Soviet and you are going to have expectations. The corvette is more simple. Inexperienced crew. In fact since it kept spotting the enemy first and receiving signals before anyone else the crew were probably surprisingly competent, the commander not so much. Finally this is above the Arctic circle, in the middle of a month's long night, in a stom. It is probably the hardest conditions for spotting and communication anyone has fought in.
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  7286.  @Thurman321  You do realize the British blockades of Germany in both WW1 and WW2 cause massive famine and economic destruction that hurt non German states too (most famously in Greece)! It also the desperation only made them fight more aggressively and it also de incentivized people within Germany to rebel against the National Socialist. Forceful cutting off a nation from participating in the economy solves nothing and only makes a dire situation ten times worse and honestly government sanctions and embargo should be considered a war crime.
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  7287. You have omitted Churchills insistence on attacking Europe via Italy, the supposed "soft underbelly". To suppose that a long narrow strip of land with a spine composed of huge mountains and intersected by numerous rivers is a "soft underbelly"is the act of a cretin. Churchill never seemed to notice that Italy has very rarely been invaded, nor did he ask why not. another of his great ideas was to oppose the invasion of Normandy right up to the very last minute, only calming down AFTER Eisenhower threatened to RESIGN and make his reason public! Hitler could have destroyed Churchill, and won the war in Europe if after Pearl Harbor he had declared war on JAPAN! This would have made him not only the Ally of the US, but also the Ally of the UK, at least in the Pacific! It would have split the Empire as India, Australia and New Zealand were keen to withdraw troops from North Africa so as to defend themselves from Japan. Churchill would have gone potty trying to hold on to being at war with Germany when faced with peace and help from Germany to fight the Japanese. Hitler missed the golden opportunity to win in Europe by offering help to his enemies in the Pacific, thus splitting them into a thousand pieces. Even two of his occupied lands, France and Holland, would have been supportive of Germany in such a plan as they lost land to the Japanese, respectively French Indo-China and the Dutch East Indies. Churchill was very lucky that his main opponent was even more stupid than he was.
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  7288. Very brave video, but it's the truth.
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  7289. First
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  7290. 24:28 "as would communists in the west" [Proceeds to show Justin Trudeau as an example] It's so true 😥. Here in Canada 🍁we get a leader that comes form the "Young Leaders Program" from 'The World Economic Forum'. FUN FACTS: Vaccinated💉 Canadians🍁 to this day of posting, are not allowed to go on a TRAIN or a airplane (unless private) inside Canada. We are not allowed to leave ⛓Canada as well.
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  7291. The bit about you being SUPPOSED to feel stupid when you read their stuff hit home. The other day I looked up the definition of Hegelianism, and I'm not a complete moron but I never felt so inadequate as I tried, in vain, to tease some sort of meaning from what I found.
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  7292.  @TheImperatorKnight  Awesome its the same book minus the sections contrasting it to America’s trajectory hence the title “ominous parallel’s” He made the shorter version focusing on the Nazis for obvious reasons. But hey in just glad to gear my favorite youtube mentor is reading my favorite living philosopher mentor. His history of philosophy course here on youtube are incredible , as well as his video on the connection of Philosophy, psychology and history. Many thanks for the work you do and your objectivity!
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  7293. Thanks for referring me to James Lindsay's lecture --- very very helpful.
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  7294.  @aleksazunjic9672  "@TIK went off rails again :) First of all, he declares his own morality as a law, to judge who is criminal or not." Apparently we're supposed to ignore the cited laws involved? "Then he declares USSR as a criminal organization. How about US, UK , France ? Or for that matter any other empire in the history ?" Simple. The US, UK, and France are and were Nation-States. Ones that would go on to form Empires and often conduct themselves criminally, but whose existence as National Communities well predated their imperial pretensions and who ultimately owed their existence as nations to something other than violent imperialism. The USSR was not a Nation-State like that, and BY ITS OWN ADMISSION was formed in a very different way, for very different reasons. Officially it was the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", a "Voluntary" Union of Bolshevik states governed by "Soviet" Councils. In reality it was the product of a totalitarian, armed coup by the Bolsheviks against the previous Russian government, and a mixture of coups and violent invasion by said regime against its neighbors. But one thing that both the official and unofficial stories agree was its purpose: To serve as the vanguard for a Bolshevik "World Revolution" or "World Conflagration", the violent destruction of all other polities on Earth by either direct invasion or subversion. In short, you could have a non-imperialist, non-aggressive US, UK, France, Germany, China, Russia, Italy, or what have you. And indeed I can point to several periods of their history where this was the case. The USSR, however, was built from start to stop to essentially be a totalitarian trojan horse meant to spread a messianic, all-encompassing ideology to the world. Which is why its governments' renunciation of invasion as a means of imposing that ideology (first in private, in response to Jaruzelski's demands for Soviet intervention to crush Solidarność, and then officially during and after the withdrawal from Afghanistan) led to an attempted coup against said government by party hardliners followed by the self-destruction of the Union within a matter of years. In addition, the USSR was quite literally a one party state ruled by a criminal organization, the CPSU, which is correctly denounced as such and banned along with successor and auxiliary organizations in several former countries of the Soviet Empire. So let's stop with the false equivocation or pretending that even Edward Longshanks's England, Jacksonian America, Napoleonic France, or Victorian Britain were EVER founded, sustained, and geared towards world conquest by a criminal organization. " After that, even Soviet communists (which were mostly Jewish in higher ranks at the beginning ) are now anti-Semitic :)" Ah, you're one of THOSE idiots, aren't you? No, Soviet communists were not "mostly Jewish in higher ranks at the beginning." Just look at the composition of the First Central Committee following the "October Coup." While "Jews" were disproportionately represented (clocking in at 3 members out of 7) they were not the majority. And when you get further down the chain of command that proportion drops VASTLY. "And Marxism (invented by Jew) is anti-Semitic too." He literally dedicated an entire video to this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZh01xRO_Qg "Then he applies convention from 1949 to events happening in 1944-47." An unfortunate but fairly common technique. " Finally, he fails to recognize that Germans were not given status of POW, instead they were Disarmed Enemy Forces precisely to avoid Geneva convention." Nice strawman, shitheel. Now you're failing to recognize the reasons WHY. Because- and this is key- the difference was intent. The Allies routinely imposed the status of DEF or its equivalents on the Germans and Japanese because logistically, they simply did not have enough resources on the far side of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to feed all of them according to the Geneva Convention(s). Furthermore, brutalized civilian populations were ACTIVELY competing with said Axis POWs for what limited food resources did cross. So the Allies- in a dishonest and craven move- arbitrarily declared their POWs were not really POWs and thus not subject to Geneva, and then calculated how much food they required to keep them from outright starving and no more before giving priority to the civilians and themselves until supply improved. Now, was this morally or legally right? No. But the intent was not to abuse and endanger them. " And in the end he fails to recognize that by Yalta agreements all combatants fighting against USSR were to be handed to Soviets after the war. This includes all nationalities, Germans before anyone else." Except Keelhaul et. al. was imposed on those who did not fit that bill under any definition, as TIK described. Moreover, I'll note that the ink was barely dry on Yalta before Stalin began to violate it, as the Polish Home Army in Vilnius could attest.
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  7295. I love this video TIK, the ending really gets me. I'm a massive fan of your content. Just superb
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  7296. As an upcoming Youtuber who is very much influenced by your channel, I have to just say: laugh at the trolls but don't waste time being wound up by them lol, its not worth your time! Keep up the great work!
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  7297. Wich makes one wonder if having Browning HQ on the frontline on the first wave was something that was really necessary or those planes and gliders could’ve carriers something more useful and that did not require protection given the “support” nature of an HQ unit thus its reduced usefulness as a combat unit. Failiure is like onions. It has layers.
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  7298.  @TheImperatorKnight  if it helps i definitely got a notification about this one
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  7299. What are you talking about? Hitler hated the Aristocracy, who do you think stabbed Germany in the back in said theory?
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  7300. Another great video. This one, like many of your videos, shows the true lack of trust between people. In this case, the lack of trust between the common worker/citizen, private businesess and government, a modern day 3-headed monster
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  7301. My favorite part of Monday, it's TiK time. Cheers from Tennessee
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  7302. I can say that a history degree has use when you want to teach it in school. I got lucky that my professor, who ran the whole thing, allowed me to explore mostly whatever I wanted. So far I have been telling the students I encounter in my training that they need to read from multiple sources and perspectives. I hope to include some of your videos in my teaching materials.
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  7303. I'm a Patreon member. I prefer "tank" videos. I scan "bank" ones for information I find interesting. As long as there is a modicum of "tank" ones I'll not cancel your channel for your other works. I realize that your audience is a broad one and I'm happy with my "share"!
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  7304. Of course he will, some 60 -70 years in the future
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  7305. Thanks so much for this, very well done TIK!!!
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  7306. Thanks for taking this topic up, Not many english speaker that really talk about this. But must say that your phrasing of Luleå made me lol hard as a born and raised in that town. ''Lulu'' xD It should be pronounce ''LOO-lay-oh'' for you people that do not use the words Å, Ä or Ö. Also you can say ''Lule'' because many in the northern part of Sweden never say the Å if that is the last character in a City's name. Like Pite (Piteå), Ume (Umeå), Skellefte (skellefteå) and so one. Just some random facts from me to the world on how local people say the city names here.
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  7307. Great military history channel. Thank you for great videos.
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  7308. The plumber has a lot more opportunity to make extra cash money. I don't know any plumbers that don't.
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  7309. 100 % agreed. Once you understand how broken the university system actually is - gradually taken apart by fiat money and corporate interest - the only logical outcome is that the education this system can offer is as broken. Fix the money, fix the world.
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  7310. You haven't taken into account what happens if the plumber guy invests his money, wealth compounds over time.
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  7311. From now on I am saying son of a female dog as an insult, seems more formal.
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  7312.  @TheImperatorKnight  love your work mate. Keep at it.
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  7313. Next you are going to tell us we can't believe anything Franz Halder has written... Jokes aside, excellent job sniffing the fake account.
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  7314. Damn I’m early.
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  7315. This is a random YouTube recommendation, so my first time watching. The sheer density of information is incredible! I scroll the comments and all of a sudden I'm completely lost lol
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  7316. Thumbs up for catching up with your Patrons! Makes me consider becoming one myself 😅
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  7317. I'll just add something I think people may not necesarily understand (especially since many won't read that book). That something is: ''why we as humans cannot predict HUMAN ACTION'', and therefore why it is not a science (why we can't mathematically determine what someone will do). We humans act according what we percieve in a specific moment to the best choice for us. This does not mean that 2 people in the same situation will take the same choice though. For example: My collleague made a really rude remark about me thus making me angry. In that moment I can: a) give in to the anger and hit him in the face b) not slap him since I'd have to deal with disciplinary actions, him possibly hitting me back or sueing me Depending on what I value the most in the moment (the satisfaction of hitting him or not having to deal with the mess of hitting him) I (or you) will chose one of the above (or another action althogether). Noone (not even me) can predict what my choice will be as there are loads of factors that can affect that decision (its a COMPLEX problem). Am I tired, did someone steal my parking lot, did I win a lotery so I don't care about his poor a** anymore,... The only one who can know what I'll do in that moment is an all-knowing (and omnipotent) entity (i.e. god) but any such entity cannot perform a HUMAN ACTION as them performing would be a GODS ACTION. The conclusion is humans aren't perfect and so cannot predict what we will do (how we will act).
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  7318. I see an improvement in animation. :)
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  7319. Case example is the release of ULTRA records from the 70’s
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  7320. That was only like, five seconds of David Irving's photo shown in that video and people are flipping out already.
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  7321. Bravo! You said you'd make a video addressing this issue. True to your word. Respect.
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  7322. TIK, anyone with a basic grasp of the scientific method must agree with you on that one. :) Imagine the first men asking "What is the shape of the Earth", and a scientist answers "It's flat". A couple hundred years later another scientist says "Well actually, it's round" - so the revisionist scientist must surely be wrong, right?
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  7323. I alway keep this thing in mind when reading about history "everything is bias everything is myth, that mean this (topic) need to be dig deeper"
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  7324.  @TheImperatorKnight  thanks man i will be impatiently waiting for the resumption of Stalingrad 😳. Thanks for your content it is all top class happy new year
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  7325. Hey TIK, I’ve been subscribed for a long while now and have to admit I’ve not been watching the Stalingrad series. They are so detailed that I struggle to remember everything so it’s difficult to follow along sometimes. I know that when the series is done I’ll enjoy binging it like I have with your other Battlestorm series. Definitely looking forward to the Nazi corporations video and a return to Bank Wars. Happy New Years and best wishes.
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  7326. This feels like an early birthday present, thank you TIK. Can’t wait to see it all end in the department store.
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  7327. Thank you TIK for deploying such efforts to finish this Battlestorm serie. I appreciate every single minute of it. Try to stay healthy!
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  7328. And my Monday just got a lot better. Thabk you for excelent work Tik.
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  7329. this is an excellent boiled down explanation that not even lefties can deny. karl marx is evil, his economy makes no sense and we should all distance ourselves from everything he said. once again an outstanding video by tik, i am not kidding, you must be the single best youtube channel and everyone should watch your videos
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  7330.  Neon Noir  my comment was deleted but I repeat. Read deuteronomy 15 I challenge you to show me that quote. The quote you link to is an antisemite view on a jew that was half a continent away, an antisemite that on purpose misinterpret all of what marx was about (implying a big brain move of overthrowing the "rich influential jew" just to have the Jews run the government and have a central bank something that marx was against, huckstering remember?) and why he said (or didn't say ) what he said in that quote, but sure.
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  7331. Hi TIK, I broadly agree but 99% of people who identify as Marxist nowadays would choke on their vegan wraps if you said they followed an anti semitic doctrine. Not a Marxist myself, but I'm sure you know what I mean.
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  7332. Yet another mic drop video from my favourite historian.
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  7333. This reminds me of Yes minister.
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  7334. Lewis: I support you financially every month and I want you to know that I am 100% in favor of the decisions you have made. BTW, I don’t need to see my name listed on your videos, that’s not why I support you. I support you because I have learned so much, and have enjoyed so much, from your one of a kind videos, you are an original and unique artist at what you do. Please keep up the great work Lewis!
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  7335. Thankyou for the shorter videos, they are easier to digest and dont crowd a person's time schedule for the day.
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  7336. Thank you for making history interesting again. That schools are able to reduce history to boring subject has always amazed me.
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  7337. Second nice video as always
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  7338. Great vid and thanks! Apparently, documenting the battle is turning out to be just as a herculean effort as fighting it.
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  7339. Why do the Germans have a Comet in Stalingrad? 20:07
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  7340. I can't believe the answer was staring us in the face. I've read plenty on the Nazi's and their ideology, but I didn't quite make the connection with the fact that the Volk was the most important thing to Hitler and the idea of the thousand-year Reich. This would explain why Hitler killed himself and why he took his wife and dogs with him as well. Suicide by just German civilians on the east side of the Elbe Line was very high and millions of others fled the advancing Soviets. One of the largest land evacuations was held in the final months of the war. Combined with the fact that the US, Britian, and France were treating POW's and civilians far better than the Soviets.
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  7341. Brother, it was posted 2 minutes ago and it's 20 minutes long... how can you write such a comment? 😅 P.S. And to clarify, I just recently subscriced to this channel and I've binged-watched more than a dozen videos, I really like this channel and all that, but still...
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  7342.  @TheImperatorKnight  Even though I never met my own grandfather who fought on the eastern front, my mother always told me that he never actually disavoued naziism. Of course he wasn't open about it (or else wouldn't have been reintegrated in the new Germany), but he died as a believer in national socialism. So he probably didn't see it as a "terror dictatorship", or he would have disavowed the ideology later in life. (He lived for another 40 years after the war ended)
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  7343. I love your channel, don’t let the socialists and the system bring you down. Keep doing what your doing man, you definitely have my support bro
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  7344. first
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  7345. i'm sorry. i giggled at pen-ness
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  7346. Hey Tik! Great video, but I recommend that you check out the French writer George's Sorel, he's much less known, but is actually very important to understand the evolution and coming of fascism.
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  7347. I already love the philosophy integration to your overall knowledge of these ideologies.
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  7348. I laughed. I cried. I laughed again. 10/10, best film ever! -An Economist
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  7349. I've been watching your videos through my subscription list for several months now. I understand there's some methodologies YouTube uses to curtail popularity or accessibility of videos, but I have to wonder about what type of user this affects. I don't miss a video. I periodically go to the channel to make sure I haven't missed a video.
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  7350. Okay, wow! There's a great deal to go through here, but. Well one I came to the conclusion on your Hitler's Socialism video, and your works on Fascism. That they along with Communism. Are all Socialists but by different means and interpretations of Socialism, in order to create a Utopian state. #Dictatorship, Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism, and other such buzzwords. It also reminds me so much of the kinda of stuff going on now. Not sure what words I can use safely as I don't want to flag your channel or video anymore than I already have. But what happened in Germany in 1918-19, reminds me a fair bit of the Woke mobs now. Although we can say they are even more radical and occult if I can use that word, than the Commies and other radicals were, in 18 & 19. And your section on Hitler at the end. Yes he was wrong. More alcohol doesn't cure a hangover or prevent further liver failure. But his idea's on Unification along Race & Nationality, do really work. As you pointed out in your first Mussolini video in the First World War section. People rallied behind their Nations, their countries, not their class. I do think the idea of Race is ridicules in of itself. Ethnicity I can say yes to. But Race. No. Anyways. This has been amazing and look forward to more of your work. I'll share this around, and do my part in all this. Liked & Commented. Service Guarantees Citizenship.
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  7351. TIK please don't get your channel deleted! lol.
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  7352. West Taiwan, lmao
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  7353. Monday with Tik... Edit - 4th this time ... . Edit2 - 3rd ... :)))
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  7354. Jesus, your research is so in depth. First time watching your videos today and I’m really really impressed.
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  7355. Are you sure about that, the communist society Marx claimed was a society without oppresstion everyone can do whatever activity they wish, doesn't need to work, and no politic. This seems way further than just an improved world for the working class, and closer than a utopia. “communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner, just as I have a mind, without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic.”(‘The German Ideology’) "When, in the course of development, class distinctions have disappeared, and all production has been concentrated in the hands of a vast association of the whole nation, the public power will lose its political character. Political power, properly so called, is merely the organised power of one class for oppressing another. If the proletariat during its contest with the bourgeoisie is compelled, by the force of circumstances, to organise itself as a class, if, by means of a revolution, it makes itself the ruling class, and, as such, sweeps away by force the old conditions of production, then it will, along with these conditions, have swept away the conditions for the existence of class antagonisms and of classes generally, and will thereby have abolished its own supremacy as a class.” ('The Manifesto of Communist Party') "Finally, when all capital, all production, all exchange have been brought together in the hands of the nation, private property will disappear of its own accord, money will become superfluous, and production will so expand and man so change that society will be able to slough off whatever of its old economic habits may remain.” ('Draft of a Communist Confession of Faith')
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  7356. I joked about marxists/communists being Chaos cultists from Warhammer 40k and I'll be damned if they really are...
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  7357. How come? He's bringing all his sources, where are yours to prove him wrong?
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  7358.  @billosby9997  Good gnostic. :)
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  7359. Everyone is biased. Bias is not a pejorative. Perhaps the word you're looking for is prejudiced? It means making a judgement based on your prior assumptions rather than the evidence. I disagree with TIK on many points but I respect his attempts to support his conclusions.
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  7360. TIK's videos sometimes make me sad because I can't stand watching someone who can day after day work so consistently when I can't put myself together to read a book.
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  7361.  @TheImperatorKnight  I can't help but thank you sincerely for the work you put in to developing these videos. Your economics videos helped influence me to become a libertarian and finally understand the downsides to the Keynesian system. Thank you.
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  7362. Second
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  7363. Love your videos tik always a joy to see them. I hope you get better soon :)
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  7364. Thanks for answering one of my queries TIK. Tripling forces in Denmark makes sense, the Danes resistance was more subtle than blowing things up and you could actually rest and refit troops there, fed from local resources adjacent to the Reichs rail network still and also in a position to reinforce Norway if necessary. The figures I had in my head for Norway were quite a bit larger than you showed here. The Scandinavian deployments make more sense now the exagerated information I was relying on has been corrected. Take your time geting well, it should be obvious from Stalingrad the dire effects of running on empty. You are doing a great job; but YOU are more important than it. TTFN.
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  7365. Is criticism of(or claims of failure by) US forces always 'anti-American'? Does that mean any criticism of Monty is 'anti-British'?
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  7366.  @TheImperatorKnight  Apologies, this is a little off topic but have you thought about critiquing the 'World at War' series? My introduction to WW2 was via aircraft (I'm an RAF brat) and then it broadened, in part, due to watching a re-run of this series. The obvious flaw is that it had to achieve the hugely ambitious aim of condensing WW2 down to 24 hours. Anyway, in addition to this 'weakness', it also had the flaws of: i) Sept 1939 - Aug 1945; what WW2 was is subjective. For the US it 'started' with Pearl Harbor. And yet Roosevelt put an oil embargo in place. ii) Filmed in 1973, so contemporary accounts were possible, such as Mountbatten. However, this meant that 'classified' material was unavailable, despite (because, arguably) the actions of traitors. The obvious point is Bletchley Park/code-breaking. Also the specific nature of radar technologies. As an aside, when the Dambusters film was released in 1953 (?) there were reports that audiences spontaneously burst into applause when the dams were bombed. This wasn't due to the successful attack, it was that the film revealed what actually happened; the specific nature of the attack. Until that point the public had been told 'attacked with mines'. This had left the public with entirely the wrong idea. iii) The Cold War. iv) Anglo-centric. But TBF it was for Western audiences. Anyway I thought it might be useful to say to a 'youngster' watch the WaW, then watch this to 'catch up' on what we've learnt post declassification/Berlin Wall/work of historians etc before you start going down particular rabbit holes. And sorry if you've already done this, I've obviously missed it.
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  7367. It was doing just fine and on schedule until it got to Nijmegen, and then found the bridges were still in German hands. Not part of the plan, and not the fault of the tanks.
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  7368. Welcome back TIK!
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  7369. Welcome back. Take care of yourself and have a wonderful Christmas holiday.
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  7370. I think you will be fully demonetized when you start talking about India starvation during WW2
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  7371. Already???? :D Lol man, I was expecting 1-2 months....Hope you are well and full of energy and everything! :)
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  7372. Good to hear you're taking care and welcome back. Next time you go on a break I'll sponsor a beer. Everyone in Stalingrad surely enjoyed the lull before the storm so I think the timing for this break was impeccable. :) Keep up the good work in a healthy way!
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  7373. Great to see you back, but please take care of your mental and physical health as we have too few people fighting the Nazi apologists
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  7374. Quays pronounced keys.
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  7375. The video hasn't even been out long enough for you to have finished it. Cope harder.
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  7376.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for the reply, keep working hard at what you love but don't burn yourself out. Personally, several of your videos on economics, and the Nazi ideology have changed my way of thinking, and have sparked a passion, that I lost when I graduated a few years ago. I read Mein Kampf, America’s Great Depression, Socialism An Economic and Sociological Analysis, Nazi War Finance and Banking, The Rise of Fascism, The Vampire Economy, and Basic Economics A Citizens Guide to the Economy, just in the last 4 months after discovering your channel.
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  7377. Womp womp
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  7378. Fascinating video, thank you.
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  7379. I've still to get Aly Beneficiaries. I know it would be a good read to increase my knowledge of that time.
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  7380.  @TheImperatorKnight  Goddammit! XDXDXD
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  7381. respect @TheImperatorKnight 
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  7382.  @TheImperatorKnight  Eh, I’ve been busy with work, so not much time to sit down and watch. I did pick up a copy of David Stahel’s work on Barbarossa. About 1/2 through it.
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  7383. Why are there so many Hiwis in Stalingrad if the supply situation is so critical? Are they being sent to Stalingrad or are they being pressed from prisoners on the front? It seems like OKW is being kept in the dark about this.
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  7384. I have to commend you for this detailed and exhaustive work. Stripping away the manure piled on this for decades has made this battle much more interesting.
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  7385. Hi TIK. When will there be a new episode of BankWars? I love that serie!
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  7386. First!
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  7387. Welcome to the red pill community. You are not alone.
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  7388. The cheerleader in that shockingly ignorant video is a spineless urchin. Tik you’re a proper gent for responding to derogatory remarks and complete arrogance in this way, they didn’t even play out your explanations before butting in. Really wound me up. Big up TIK
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  7389. Is he referencing Wikipedia?!
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  7390. I love it when socialists redefine the same concept twice in the same breath with completely different definitions, and then just admit" oh I didnt watch the thing I am trying to explain is wrong"😂
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  7391. why would the meaning of "public" vs "private" not matter? It's always the socialist that want to change meanings of words to separate themselves from what they deem "dirty" about what they want to do.
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  7392. Getting deep here: If a free person who owns a company, wants to freely sell parts of his company on an open market, to which lots of people freely buy and sell parts of that company - is it socialist because many people own it (and therefore means of production, lower small individual rival ownerships etc), or capitalist because you are free to list, buy and sell parts of that company? I'm just confused from the corporations part of the video and would like some clarification from anyone. Thanks as always for the videos.
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  7393. Why do defenders of socialism always say things like, "it has to have an egalitarian aim, to be socialism"? It's like they think intentions are more important than actions or results. Or maybe if they say the intentions are all important, and intentions are subjective and impossible to definitively measure, they can always just assert that the alleged lack of an egalitarian intention means it "wasn't real socialism". Sort of like built in mobile goalposts, ready to be instantly shifted to avoid having to defend any of socialism's many horrific failures...
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  7394. Knight, I've been a follower since CC Stalingrad and I love how your interests coupled with your research has lead us both to this place; most of all I admire your willingness to defend your opinions (otherwise known as reading) and the robustness of your knowledge (otherwise known as research) to defend those opinions. Carry on, keep on.
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  7395. It is scary they use the "he lied he wasnt socialist after all" argument just goes to show even communists/socialists cant tell the difference between what they call the real thing and a guy like Hitler. These are the same people who say "my body my choice" when it comes to killing babies yet its show me your papers for a virus with a 99% survival rate.
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  7396.  @dissident_sojourner  Wrong. Chinese corporations are either beholden to the CCP, or are run by the military arm of the CCP (the People’s Liberation Army); just because an entity is a "corporation" does NOT mean they're privately owned. In France, at least half of the companies and corporations are run by the government, or have government-majority ownership (they're not government owned).
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  7397. All I hear is socialist screeching and cope noises.
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  7398. Nothing better then dudes in an echo chamber complaing that some other dude is in an echo chamber. But socialists have never been known for being very self aware. PS: you can always tell someone whos arguing from a place of genuine, intellectual debate and someone whos arguing from their feelings. The feelings ppl take every thing personally because they dont like someone poking holes in their religion. And they start to call you names and hurl insults because their emotinally invested whereas the rest of us are just on a genuine quest for knowledge and we just want to better inderstand why this happened or that happened. Were not trying to justify some world view.
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  7399. These two are so certain that they are right, that they are unable to see how wrong they are. This is a central argument. When more companies became public, they became more statelike.
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  7400. I disagree with your view of Manstein but I don’t ignore your views on everything else because of that. They lost the debate the moment they resorted to insults.
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  7401. Keep going bro. Love the content & the truth 🔥
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  7402. Can we get a video on how to remain that calm in the face of repeated disrespectful fallacies spat right to your face every few seconds. I admire this attitude really annnd your work obviously👌 Your videos are outstanding mate! Cheers from Québec.
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  7403. Fucking nailed it! Love this channel!
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  7404. Helo Shill Tik. Welcome to the rest of the shill bunch 😂
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  7405. I was an avid and regularly listener before these videos Tik, after listening to you pick these arguments apart point for point, reference to reference, source to source I have an even greater respect than before!…keep up the great work, truth is out there if we are willing to spend the time to learn.
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  7406. Also funny they look around them, see everything state controlled and conclude capitalism means state control. Instead of concluding they live under socialism.
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  7407. I am impressed with the depth and understanding you have displayed in videos when presenting your views and am more persuaded by that than the faux knowledge put on display in an attempt to refute. Equally, I am impressed with the ease of your presentations in explaining difficult concepts. Regardless whether I agree or not... Thanks very much for the dialogue.
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  7408. Tik you are part of the reason I am joining the Libertarian Mises Caucus and leaving the Republican Party. 👍🏻 I know you’re not an American but I would like to know how you feel about particular political groups in the US and around the world and which you think are most likely to role out authoritarian policies.
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  7409. 25:33 - This Aidan B is insane, yesterday he was talking to me, he said bitcoin is a state tool, that Adam Smith founded capitalism, that a lion wouldn't take care of his territory and way more pearls... Keeping redundant answer with not semantic value at all, like: "CEOs are rulers, powerful and dominators" "CEOs steal the value of the employee" "You can't live without work in capitalism" "Private means state" Even when i pointed out everything that was wrong, and even referenced him places to research about it, he said: "No" "False" "No historian would agree with you" When i asked him to watch a video about capitalism misconception by a respected harvard economist, he said he don't need because he knows he is biased and "false"... This guy is NUT, really NUT, nut as @mike mcmike which began to flame, dislike and troll users on my channel, to a point i had to report him and he ended up banned.
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  7410. TIK: goes on to explain something in depth (providing sources) ODS: NOT!!! He's just being dishonest!
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  7411. TIK you are spot on about the property tax in the US. It is in fact unconstitutional as the Amendment allowing the income tax only allowed a direct tax on income. It never authorized a direct tax on property. However the Supreme Court ruled in the 1940s that people had to pay for the privilege to own the property. The thing is though if you really own the property you don’t have to pay anyone for the privilege of using your property.
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  7412. We began November with a Thanks givin' topic. Not that British, right TIK? Or is it a Tanks Giving?
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  7413. Loving that thumbnail TIK
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  7414. Your videos are so well done and documented it’s amazing people disagree with you. But, many people don’t want to see how close their ideology is to Hitler.
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  7415. Your words hit the nail spot-on. Those have been my thoughts for years (a former socialist).
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  7416. Yeah, he believed so much so in it that he'd rip it from you whenever he pleased.
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  7417. A key problem with this discussion appears to be the lack of accurate definitions of the various economic/political systems.
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  7418. Honestly man, props to you. I don't know how you can put up with the "Fascism is Capitalism, Hitler wasn't socialist, or the socialism is democratic, so insert socialist dictatorship -isn't " crowds. It is such a draining task to even talk to just one... I don't know how you do it. I tried so many things but for whatever reason I can't get them past basic definitions because even the Oxford Dictionary (online) would define what a State is, what socialism is, and place fascism alongside Nazism with race! While also labeling them as right wing (alongside capitalism). It's to the point where someone has spent several DAYS in back and forth with me with the definitions in front of them. I'll take pointers, but not engaging in that kind of conversation for a while now.
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  7419. well, taxation is theft
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  7420. Gotta give him credit. He had the cuts to change the title of the book to one more fitting to the case he is arguing.
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  7421. Thanks for recommendation TIK, I'll check it out ;-)
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  7422. I have read this book and my dang do you hit the nail on the head! This book. The insight... its mind blowing... I didn't know you read this and I've watched many of your videos. Now I know why we share the same views of this history. It really is enlightening and the amount of insight and information, really it changes your perspective. TIK again thank you for all you do.
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  7423. Fascinating and most interesting! Given with enormous enthusiasm.
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  7424. Jeeze this was an hour and a half? I was so invested it only felt like 30 minutes, amazing overview of the operation.
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  7425. OUTSTANDING!! REALLY getting hooked on these videos. You've done all the work and I get the deep details on operations I haven't had the opportunity to read up on in detail. This is my second after the Operation Crusader series. Thank You
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  7426. Since you still need pictures I think this is the correct 100th jager division as the s stands for sanne https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:100th_Jaeger_Division_Logo_1.svg#mw-jump-to-license https://stalingrad.net/german-hq/divisions/road_to_stalingrad_100.htm Otto kolhermann https://picclick.de/Soldatenfoto-OTTO-KOHLERMANN-3-Generationen-%C2%B0%C2%B0RARIT%C3%84T%C2%B0%C2%B0-362150636029.html https://www.google.com/search?q=generalleutnant+otto+kohlermann+pinterest&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjegILexIbtAhW3nEsFHcOdDfwQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=generalleutnant+otto+kohlermann+pinterest&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoECCEQClD4iwJY3J0CYPWiAmgAcAB4AIABtAGIAecIkgEDNy40mAEAoAEBwAEB&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=oSmyX56sLre5rtoPw7u24A8&bih=718&biw=412&client=ms-android-samsung-ga-rev1&prmd=imnv#imgrc=Wt0f4z_bDDd30M Stempel https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-famous-father-son-fighting-together-side-by-side-in-any-war Pfeffer and 20th romanian division(just wanted u to see this) https://waralbum.ru/377869/ Richard von schwerin(maybe just show them when u talk about schwerin) https://www.pinterest.com/jbmcfad/ww2/ https://www.pinterest.jp/pin/375628425149964777/ Johannes baessler http://www.memoiresdeguerre.com/2016/06/bassler-johannes.html Hans georg leyser https://www.google.com/search?q=general+major+hans+georg+leyser&client=ms-android-samsung-ga-rev1&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj71puD0YbtAhUrlEsFHYwRCnEQ_AUoAXoECCYQAQ#imgrc=R%253B-gSoCRwPSGkHaM%253B5ugMsqcXnW3RIM%253B0.112%252C0.106%252C0.685%252C0.840&imgdii=xEdCfegbcfoe2M Erich magnus https://www.google.com/search?q=generalmajor+erich+magnus+pinterest&client=ms-android-samsung-ga-rev1&prmd=insv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnoere0IbtAhVNdCsKHXWYD8EQ_AUoAXoECAwQAQ&biw=412&bih=718&dpr=2.63#imgrc=JYW2RO5idUEJ4M Von arenstroff http://www.geocities.ws/orion47.geo/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalmajor/ARENSTORFF_HANS.html 17th army(they have a symbol for the 298th I.D. ) https://www.balsi.de/Weltkrieg/Einheiten/Heer/Armeen/Armeen/Armeen-Startseite.htm
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  7427. 'ang on! This dude just cited Murray Rothbard. It's official. TIK has just ascended from A Tier to the S Tier of YouTube channels. Awesome!
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  7428. ⁠ @TheImperatorKnight Fair question, It’s not that I disagree with your historical assessments because I actually do agree with a lot of you historical views, but more so the polarizing language (or ‘more aggressive/or bordering on rude sometimes’ not sure which fits best) where times I do agree with you but feel a bit off put by that stuff like for example putting a comment up on screen and calling them essentially dumb or what have you even while I agree seems less productive and less helpful to people on the fence that may learn from what you say. And I just personally think some of the points could be emphasized without potentially rude or off putting language and that’s really my main and only reason that I don’t find some of your content appealing, other then that I do like your historical takes. Hope that answers your question. Have a good day sir and I truly am grateful for you making this video regardless of how I feel of some others. P.S. And I want to re-iterate and be even more specific in the sense that it’s not really your comments like ‘Clown world’ that bother me (because I would actually agree with that assessment as well lol) but it’s more so when you specifically call someone or show a comment ‘by name’ because I think there’s no need to potentially get them harassed by people online I think showing a commenter or saying his social media by name should only be really acceptable when it’s a truly hateful or ignorant comment (you know ones like ‘darth to juice’ or ‘h@tler was right’ etc) that is when it is acceptable to call them an idiot by name on screen.
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  7429. I wish there were some way to show only butthurt NatSoc, EthnoNat and Wehraboo comments on this video; they're by far the most entertaining.
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  7430. TiK, you really need to clip some of your videos and make them into youtube shorts, they'll be great especially the ones relating to politics
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  7431. TIK has done the world a tremendous service. I had trouble wrapping my mind around Hitler and Marx because their world-view was alien to me. Both were anti-Christian because they equated Christian with Jewish and Jewish with money. Ayn Rand got it from several directions with her Russian Jewish ethnicity and her defense of capitalism. I'm still puzzled that capitalism was conflated with communism by the nazis and conflated with nazism by the communists. It's almost funny that nazis and communists accuse each other of being capitalists I'm tempted to dismiss the conflation as mere gunnysacking--stuffing all that is "bad" in the same bag. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnysacking Woe to the person who is there when the gunny sack explodes!
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  7432. Spartacus's belittling comments definitely seemed directed at TIK. However, TIK's argument is very well thought out and supported.
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  7433. now im gonna go play red orchestra 2. thank you for delaying my homework even more TIK
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  7434. got hooked on this series 2 weeks ago, watched every episode within a week, was looking forward to when they finally got it ! thankyou, think ill rewatch episode 18 for a quick refresher first
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  7435. Hey! Stop tearing down my heroes! First Gavin, now Ridgeway! Shame on you! Oh, wait, maybe I should not make heroes out of people but acknowledge their misjudgements alongside their brilliant moments! No, that can't be right, SHAME TIK, SHAME ON YOU!
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  7436. If you feel really down call your local Sudoku hot line.
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  7437. Tik thank for ur hard work i think that what u made today was a wonderfull video, and u seemed better without the burden u had
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  7438. Here is a long comment, not necessarily a criticism. Eisenhower understood as no other allied general did, including Patton and Montgomery, that the Germans were still dangerous. That is why he insisted on the Broad Front. The criticism of it, that it spread the allied troops too thin, actually applies to a greater extent on Mongomery's, and Patton's don't forget, single trusts. It is important to remember that the allied generals in the fall of '44 were suffering a severe case of what the Japanese called 'victory disease.' And yes, this applies to your Market Garden video too. Their primary concern was beating each other. Only Eisenhower seemed to grasp that the war wasn't over yet. It also needs to be said that the alarm over the allied high command regarding the German breakthrough has been greatly exaggerated. Many historians love to give Patton all the credit for seeing it as an opportunity. In reality, they all did. Contra to claims, none freaked out or panicked. At least I have never read any accounts of such. Third, Monty could be justly criticized for not sending enough troops south. You say it was because he was forbidden from sending any tank divisions. But he had plenty of infantry. In truth, Monty was just as unwilling to abandon any ground taken by British troops as American generals were ground taken by American troops. His men had fought hard in the Netherlands, and he wasn't about to surrender any of it. The British contribution, though valuable, was still way less than it could have been. Eventually almost half Patton's entire army would be committed to the Bulge battle even while he insisted on the rest of them maintaining his offensive east. Monty's entire commitment was XXX Corps, and half of that didn't even fight. Finally, I don't think Monty made any egregious mistakes in how he handled the battle. Unlike Market Garden. Yes, I think he deserves the lion's share of blame for that fiasco. I also think it flatly disproves the claim that he cared more for his men. He certainly sacrificed enough. But his handling of the Bulge battle was professional, if not inspired. What blame he deserves is for what he said afterward, and yes, I do think he was trying to claim credit for winning it for the Americans. The reason Bradley and Ridgeway were so paranoid about Monty being in command was because they were convinced he was trying to sideline them. And they weren't wrong. Monty tolerated no rivals, unlike Patton.
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  7439. I have to say. In the course of this video. I don't like Ridgway. Bradley as well. But I didn't have a high opinion of him from what I've heard of him in other documentary stuff he pops up in. The Americans desperate need for prestige in this battle certainly doesn't help there case. And the idea this battle was a draw? That's interesting and a bold claim to make. Like to know more on this certainly. I would say in my opinion it was an allied victory. At some cost & embarrassment certainly but the Germans came off worse (lost good units, men & material) and failed to achieve their objectives. I look forward to more on this TIK. And more on your Bank Wars series as well. See you around again soon. Take Care.
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  7440. Have a merry christmas and a happy new year TIK and everyone too!
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  7441. I regard this episode as an early present for Christmas. Thank you! Whenever I enter Youtube, firstly I check whether TIK has a new video about Stalingrad. Started watching the series in April.
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  7442. Russian: Yay it's snowing! German: Ah shit, not again.
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  7443. ugh don't use the imperialist and capitalist theory to explain fascism Badmouse. It is incredibly lazy, but then again about half of your videos are ideological non sense that ignores the historical literature. Lenin wanted to model his economy off of the German Empire's junker war economy yet at the same time the Bolsheviks tried to explain the first world war through a war of annexation based on markets and what not. It is a very dry way of viewing things and shows that internal contradictions existed even within the marxist leninist camp. Bukharin initially didn't like this idea of maintaining a junker style economy and then went on to defend the Kulaks. 'If you've seen how Fascists act they really dont have many standards, they'll just take anything as long as it fulfills the Idealised core they want (which alters dependent on the scenario, whereas Socialism was always against class enemies, Capitalists)' this is an inherent over simplification of fascism and shows you do not understand the basic theory.
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  7444. O_o
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  7445. Hey I recently got introduced to your channel from the misconceptions about barbarossa video, and I just watched your other video on why you are interested in military history. I'd just like to say I think it would be very interesting if you made a video about common traits amongst successfull generals. I think it'd be interesting for anyone, no matter if you like military history or not as it's applicable to almost anybody's life!
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  7446. Truly, taxation is the worst of all thefts.
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  7447. Hey TIK, I dont always agree with you (its a rare occurence to be completely fair). You have inspired me to start a history youtube channel too (working on my first video right now in fact). I guess this is all to say: thanks for your incredible work TIK
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  7448. I think you are already plenty enough bold and outspoken, I've learnt an awful lot from you; it's the clarity of the arguments you make and the data you bring to the table that convinces me, not the bold language, leave that for others
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  7449. first?
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  7450. Wow, this definition of "democracy" is exactly what we see in the West, called for by the progressive left... We the people are to vote away our rights, handing them over to the elitists in the govt bureaucracies.
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  7451. As my dad always said, "hippies stink because they feel that normal human activities are beneath them"
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  7452. awesome video as literally always, you never disappoint. i could tell for years that you'd be interested in ayn rand and i'm happy that you reading her after your, let's call it, crises resulted in further excellent content. i'm looking forward to your next video
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  7453. Glad to see (but not surprised by) TIK pointing out that socialism is just a system of slavery where the state owns the slaves rather than a private person / corporation. And of course it is the only system of slavery where the slaves often vote for it.
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  7454. but is this actually the case?
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  7455. I think you should add some white to the 295th and 297th insignia to make it more easier to see.Any issues with the 305,371,384 ID insignia. (Hauptmann later major)Helmut Welz - 179th pioneer battalion Oberst Meyer-2nd werfer regiment http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/WerferRegimenter/WerferRegiment2.htm In case you missed 384th gravestone http://www.389id.de/384.htm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:384th_Infanterie_Division_Logo_1.svg 371st https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:371st_Infanterie_Division_Logo_1.svg The other two symbols have the N which stands for Niehoff commander of the reformed 371st I.D. 305th https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:305th_Infantry_Division_Logo_2.svg https://www.amazon.com/Into-Oblivion-Kharkov-Stalingrad-Pionier-Bataillon/dp/0992274907 The symbols is in the book https://stalingrad.net/german-hq/division-Ia/operations_officers.htm Feldgrau have different symbols for the division as their website had a recent update. General von armin is a son of a WW1 general https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Sixt_von_Armin Hellermann http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/11/hellermann-vollrath-friedrich-bogislav.html Oberst roske-194 I.R,later replaced hartmann(Anton jolly has a nice picture of him) http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2017/01/roske-fritz-2001189725121956.html Oberst oppeln 204th panzer regiment http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/02/oppeln-bronikowski-hermann-leopold.html?m=0 Oberst korfes 518I.R until he took command of the 295th I.D. http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/08/korfes-otto-2311188924081964.html http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/08/fiebig-martin-0705189124101947.html?m=1 Found more picture of Richard von Schwerin but they are also probably unusable https://www.reenactor.net/units/ir226/3-79_hist.html Found a bit of interesting information about von Schwerin from Wikipedia unfortunately but it was sourced. Apparently, he and Welz had an argument on attacking the Red October Factory further as the pioneer battalion was weak. Welz accuses von Schwerin of wasting his men's lives to earn the knight's cross which could explain the heavy losses sustained by the 79th I.D. Someone actually made a website dedicated to the 389th infantry division http://www.389id.de/Start.htm This is sourced from Welz memoirs.Not sure if it is written in English or german. https://www.amazon.de/Verratene-Grenadiere-Helmut-Welz/dp/B005XJSSNE Korfes did write a book on stalingrad but it is in german. https://www.amazon.de/Weimar-Stalingrad-deutschen-Generals-Biographie/dp/3373004632/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=otto+korfes&qid=1607932949&s=books&sr=1-1 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Graf_von_Schwerin
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  7456. Thank you TIK for the informative information on the 2nd WW. Keep up the good work and get jamming on your guitar.
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  7457. Hay stick to banks!!!😁
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  7458. It was on my youtube front page maybe 20mins after being released
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  7459. It is great to comment historical pictures and put them in the context! Superb work TIK!
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  7460. 31:30 Those riflemen look strange. Almost as if they were british Home Guard....
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  7461. We ALL want to thank you for your hard work and time putting these videos together. THANK U..
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  7462. First
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  7463. Where's Vodka... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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  7464. Some folk'll criticize because they've never done anything great themselves. It's easier for them to bring you down than raise themselves up.
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  7465. 15:55 damn that locomotive is sexy
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  7466. <3 TIK!
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  7467. 15 minutes alter publisching still 0 dislikes. Thanks for your work.
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  7468. Exactly.
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  7469. You've levelled up in reality-pilling business.
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  7470. Socialism isn’t defined as worker ownership of the means of production.
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  7471. TIK If you get one casualty wrong I will be having you 😁
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  7472. it was necessary because Dayan had to lose an eye to a French sniper so he'd a cool looking politician
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  7473. I respect you for including the parts in which he contradicts your views. I think that he's right in criticizing the overuse of the label.
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  7474. Hello Tik i am a pir man and i cant become your patreon but i want to thank you and all your patreon for this amazing work THANK YOU ALL
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  7475. I love the way you qouted Mises and inadvertently pointed out the madness of modern keynsian monetary theory lol
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  7476. Imagine putting all the Stalingrad videos in one video. The best Documentary in the world.
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  7477. Moral of the story is don't trigger the TIK, he will respond ... thoroughly and with full references and with a very dry humour!
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  7478. Ignore the criticism, However, for the fraction of “Sheepeople” keep focused on the majority of your supporters. WE love your research and information. Those few “Hatters” on the Internet world are such experts, I challenge them to take the next step forward (this time) and merely share their research with us. So we may evaluate, fact check and criticize their work from the safety of our key boards. At the end of the day “any press is good press” regardless if it’s negative. Meaning you have perk his brain to actually work for a change. Thank you for sharing your research TIK. 🇺🇸
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  7479. A well presented refutation. Thanks for going through this in such detail TIK.
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  7480. I'd be worried if they didn't.
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  7481. Third.
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  7482. Keynesian finger puppet show for the next episode pleaseTIK
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  7483. Nukes.
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  7484. Get well soon, mate. Great news on the Battlestorm update, but health must come first.
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  7485. The YT censors are out of control
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  7486. Thinking about Nazi vision for the east. It sounds like they were trying to recreate early Medieval Norse/Crusader/Kievan states. But those states didn't mass enslave the locals...
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  7487. He's right, he DID push me to buy "Economics In One Lesson" and plan on buying "Hitler's National Socialism". I am greatly appreciative of these history lectures
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  7488. Anand Toprani has writen a book, Oil and the great powers. I have bought that book, because of your video about oil in World War Two.
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  7489. On the 26 nov GM lattmann took command over the 14 PD.Also a von Arenstorff would take command over the 60 Mot ID during november but Im not sure when
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  7490. I'm not too sure where you got the idea that Tik thinks the NSDAP and the USSR had two vastly different political philosophies.
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  7491. "But that wasn't REAL Socialism" -The rallying cry of modern wannabe war-criminals as they justify the dehumanization of everyone to the right of Mao Zedong.
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  7492. It seems to me that the ultimate right-wing position would be anarchy: no government, no regulation, self-rule.
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  7493. I found the list of supporters at the end almost as interesting as the presentation, once I'd started to read them. Jeremy Corbyn leapt out, and was soon followed by No One of Consequence.
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  7494. Part 2 can't come soon enough!
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  7495. Another video another like. I cant live without your valuable content. Thank you.
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  7496. First
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  7497. Madman Hitler card go!
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  7498. Probably the best single piece of history videos in existence. While the issue itself is very narrow and precise, the video as a whole is so much more.
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  7499. Let me guess? Oil. It's oil, isn't it?
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  7500.  @doglol  You understand nothing if you still think that lying media is left vs right issue. TIK has said that it owned by the same people - meaning Billionaire oligarchs, yet you ignore it completely. Thinking that Murdoch is somehow worse than Bezos and other oligarchs just because "muh republicans" is flat out moronic.
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  7501. First. :D
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  7502. I do wonder when the history of how we study history is discussed in future whether TIK's inestimable work will be seen for what it is, a serious advance in communicating history. There are things that TIK did in that excellent video, specifically talking around different views of a subject, that would be far too wordy, tedious and cumbersome in a book. There are so many things you can do in an AV format which improve communication. I think this series , and TIK's other serious are really brilliant in being great entertainment without any dumbing down. Congratulations TIK.
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  7503. STik to Banks!
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  7504.  @nickhambly8610  Since apparently you like taking snipes at people with vague innuendo while trying to redirect to this own comment of yours, I figure I might as well look at it. Part 1 Skipping past some of the opening pleasantries... "Fully respect that you find fault with Sutton." Fair enough. " Can I spend some time detailing a few things (so I can leave this issue alone?)- as I also value your work, highly to warrant such a 'rant'." Ok. "Sutton isn't a complete source- yet his work is essential to understanding ww2." I agree on half of that. Sutton isn't a complete source- indeed in many ways he acts more as a repository or redirect for sources (some very good, others very bad, many somewhere in between, much without the critical vetting). I still made use of his work and believed him much more uncritically than I do now early on, but if you know where to look you start seeing absolutely massive problems. However, his work is not in fact essential to understanding WWII, not the least of which because he doesn't cover large swaths of it (such as the rampages of the Japanese Empire in the Pacific or the rise of Fascism in Italy) and in part because many of the things he does cover or assert...are things he gets wrong. And I mean provably, objectively wrong. In particular, he doesn't really seem to understand things like how the early Bolshevik government got its funding and support- touching on how it interacted with the rest of the world, how the Wilson government functioned (shifting the center of Wilson's financial minds from Treasure Secretary McAdoo to Colonel House), and the antagonistic relationship the Bolsheviks and Wilson had with most of Wall Street- or early NSDAP funding (being overly reliant as it is on long-discredited nonsense like Thyssen' and Reeves's "I Paid Hitler" while ignoring far more reliable sources such as Reimann's The Vampire Economy).He also tends to greatly mischaracterize many of the "monopoly capitalists" like the Eldest Rockefeller. Which is why so many central points of his thesis get utterly trashed from many divergent sources. Whether it's Henry Ashby Turner's forensic accounting of the early NSDAP (showing it was mostly a grassroots socialist mass movement), to David M. Kennedy's analysis of the WIlson administration, Richard Pipes's analysis of Lenin and his government (and how they interacted- and didn't- with the wider world in "The Unknown Lenin"), Folsom's analysis of the early "Robber Barons" and their personalities in "Myth of the Robber Barons", and so forth. This means that he tends to go off on long tangents (often using totalitarian propaganda by a hostile regime meant to paint its Siamese Twin rival as a puppet of American capitalists) talking about things like this alleged connection between "Colonel House" and the likes of Jakob Schiff to support the Bolsheviks, all of it based on hot air that starts falling apart if you start looking for the actual funds. There WERE intersections between Wall Street on one hand and the likes of the Bolshevik and National Socialist regimes on the other, and in some eras such as the mid and late 1930s, but they tended to be vastly less important than Sutton paints them as and far less important for the rise to power of these regimes. And this is before we talk about other regimes, such as the WWI "War Socialism" of the Late German Empire (which both the Bolsheviks and NSDAP took conscious emulation from and which played a role as backer and then rival of Lenin), Kemal Mustafa's Turkish Nationalists, Mussolini's Italian Fascisti, and the assorted Japanese cliques and juntas. To be sure a daunting material to cover in addition to the likes of American, Nazi German, and Soviet politics, but well worth doing so, especially given how these regimes had both direct and indirect roles on how Hitler and Stalin developed their regimes. " Mainly due to his research or access to archive records are without peer." Hahaha No. At my my most generous I MIGHT be willing to argue that this WAS true decades ago- and even then I really doubt it, especially when you realize that while this largely holds true for things like technical exchanges from the US and other Western firms to the Soviets it starts falling apart in the cases of Nazi Germany and on other matters- it hasn't been true in decades, with things like the opening of the Eastern German archives and some material on the Soviet ones. In addition to taking new looks at old findings in the West. In particular it becomes really damn obvious really, really damn quickly that a lot of his non-technical information (especially about funding) came not from examination of archival records (which itself has to be done with care due to the risk of well-poisoning or leaving intentional propaganda in order to distort research, as we know the Nazis and Soviets did) but from outright propaganda. Citing nonsense from the Nye Committee is bad enough, but trying to trust the Soviets about the sources of Nazi funding and Nazis about the source of Soviet funding is.... dubious at best. And underlined- again- by the many things we now know he gets flat out wrong, such as not understanding how Wilson organized his administration's major financial efforts (including when they touched on the Bolshevik government in Russia), where Hitler got his financing, and so forth. He also tends to really underestimate the explanation that foreign "employees" or "contractors" of a Wall Street company might not be acting as agents of said Wall Street actor but as agents of the regime they were ruled by, owed a positive form of allegiance to, and more often than not were born to. This is somewhat understandable, since on many times we can confirm cases where the likes of Ford or Standard Oil claimed to have no influence over their subsidiaries in wartime Germany or the Soviet Union only to see that yes they did, they were lying. But we also can find many cases where this was true, contact was severed between the "Mother Company" and its foreign investments, and defacto control fell to entities like the Office of the Four Year Plan in the Third Reich or satellites of Gosplan in the USSR. Which brings us back to one of the central problems with Sutton's thesis: viewing financial influence as much stronger than it was and SERIOUSLY underestimating the power of the state or other ideological or political actors to exert control. With the result being that we're supposed to uncritically accept that Hitler went to war with France in order to serve the agendas of Wall Street* rather than his own articulated and far more cogent reasons of seeking German continental domination, the return of Alsace-Lorraine to the German fold, and so forth spelled out in documents like Mein Kampf and the unpublished Second Book. The logical assertion would be that if both Hitler and "Wall Street"* wished Hitler to crush France and they acted in concert at all (which is itself much harder to prove and more dubious than Sutton claims), they did so because their differing motives aligned in a given case. And this is particularly jarring since a remilitarizing France was if anything most likely to be a valuable source for investment for most of the Wall Street powers that be, as providing loans and military equipment to France was for many major Wall Street brokers for the duration of WWI and even before and after. * oh yeah, and Which aspects of Wall Street? This ignores the fact that Wall Street is not a monolithic financial Borg but in fact a very diverse and often fraught place riven by internal rivalries and personal agendas- which Sutton recognizes could spill out into financial politics like Jakob Schiff's attempts to cold cock the Tsarist Russian government of funds, but which he pointedly ignores when said personalities Does Not serve his thesis. " He details what happened." Sometimes. But he also details things that quite blatantly did not happen, such as Colonel House going around getting money to sponsor the Bolsheviks. Which is again a problem with uncritically using him.
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  7506. Tik - you always know when you're over the target when the flak starts!
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  7507. How about an episode on German sausage production problems - STICK TO FRANKS.
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  7508. Love your videos TIK, but please stop talking about your critics so often. Just do what you want to do, you don’t need to preemptively defend yourself. Us regular viewers enjoy your content and don’t need you to justify it. Great video btw
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  7509. I'm reading "Economics in One Lesson" now. Fantastic read. It's really good in boiling down the false complexity of bad economic policies into what they really are: making special interests "wealthier" at the expense of everyone else so that everyone at the end is worse off than before.
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  7510. Subscribed due to Razorfists recommendation keep up the great work!
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  7511. All of you damned collectivists with your "we're not just individuals" claptrap: yes you are. As an individual, you are part of many groups, sometimes overlapping. What makes one group more defining to what/who I am? Size? The degree of fervour I hold for that group, the general degree of conviction in the group, the length of the groups history? Or, of some combination, which one, and why that one and not another? When you've answered that with anything but "huh, you're right", notice how all of your arguments could be turned on you to support any other group. This shows us your arguments suck. There is no consistent, coherent, exclusive principle to select which collective is so important that it can override your right to self determination and neither os there such a principle for the selection of the voice of the volk, voice of god, or whatever else. Thus, we are all individuals, and forming groups os something we do as individuals
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  7512. Meanwhile people jumping to comment before watching whole video
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  7513. Wow! What a great, educational video! Loved the domino analogy.
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  7514. What I find curious is that the Germans were surprised at Stalingrad in 42, given that in 41, they thought the Soviets were down to their last dregs, when first tier troops were in fact being withheld for the counter offensive. I would definitely be interested in hearing more about pocket death, which Ziemke mentions in Stalingrad to Berlin
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  7515. I had read some personal German accounts (can’t remember where) that some unit could see/hear Hoths panzers and in preparation to breakout they started to destroy equipment and other things to not leave behind for the Soviets. Which obviously came back to bite them as no breakout was ordered. Have you heard anything similar?
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  7516. Your work is defining what it means to be a great historian! Well done . . . you are shining a light on the reality - which for most of us - is hidden in the mists of time.
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  7517. Just from watching this, my stomach turns upside-down. All this constand grinding of ruble, bones and steel, and for what? Let us learn from history so that we shall never repeat it! Amazing series and thank you for reminding us of what hell looks like so we can appreciate our day to day and boring lives! And let them stay boring!
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  7518. Excellent !! Thank you for all the time and effort that you put into your videos and all the different things that you cover in them.
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  7519. This series is so Fantastic! And i got two of my freinds to watch it too. But im also always a little concerned about your health TIK. Take it slow.
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  7520. I don't need no stinking YouTurd notification... its Monday TikTime
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  7521. Fascists also believe in censorship, eradicating "misinformation" and deleting those who disagree. Hmmmm...who does that sound like today?
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  7522. As a third positionist, I have never liked tik, he always seemed so nasty and ogreish in his belief and arguement method. But after watching this video in full I found an intellectual respect for tik based on his acknowledgement of the simple objective observations that fascists and the like make on reality as being valid as intelligent thought, and simply not dismissing them as "Hateful wrongthink" as he made mention of marxists doing in this video. Tik, you should feel a sense of pride about your ability to conduct your research if you managed to make an ardent third positionist hold respect to you! 07
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  7523. can you just start a playlist/series called "But is this really the case?" like so he sees id actually love this!
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  7524. Stick to tanks
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  7525. I have always found it ridiculous that certain alt-righties and 'wehraboos' point to this operation unironically as a genuine 'causus Belli' I mean just think about it, an attack on a radio station occurs even in early August, does not give anywhere near enough time for a Million man plus invasion to be organised and executed
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  7526. Good stuff once again! I love how you always manage to alternate between adressing the grand scheme of things of this campaign of 'epic' proportions on one hand and actions of note or interest of much smaller units, small (battle)groups/Kampfgruppen, or even individuals who where on many levels caught up in this human tragedy. Keep up the good work!
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  7527. I have Mr. Irving's book 'The Destruction of Dresden' in pocketbook format published by Ballantine in 1963. After watching this video and many other historical videos that show knowing exaggerations or known errors by historical authors; I can't help but wonder if those exaggerations and errors are included simply to boost book sales.
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  7528. We want and need you to take a break 😀
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  7529. I was not familiar about this battle so thank you for covering it TIK. P.s gotta say I love the "Making YouTube Videos book" on the shelf. Light reading after a deep dive into Stalingrad ;)
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  7530. Why didn’t Stalin allow U.S. troops on Russian soil, to help relieve the pressure on the Eastern Front, ahead of Normandy. They could’ve landed in Murmansk, to fight alongside the Red Army, which was poorly led at the time (42-43)? Missed opportunity to overwhelm Axis forces.
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  7531. Slow down , you’re opening too many fronts ;)
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  7532. You are the only citizen scholar worth watching. Some other guys recently did a bit about how vikings never existed. They said "Vikings didn't have horns, so therefore they never existed and are only historical fabrications created for political purposes." Basically, really thanks for exposing us to both sides, opposing views sometimes and help us to easily identify the source material. Cant stand more woke, politizied edutainment. I want to learn for real, as detailed but at the same time overarching as possible.
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  7535. This is why I look forward to TIK videos. I am not always convinced, but new narratives in history is its life force.
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  7536. TIK Hazlitt is awesome. Thanks!
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  7537. Bravo for this video. Unfortunately huge numbers of people, particularly on the Left these days, believe in the idea of shrinking markets, since Marx believed it too; this was the crisis that would destroy Capitalism according to Marx. And of course as you say, it's just wrong. I would also like to say Bravo for just making clear to me something that had puzzled me; why the Holocaust kicks off when it does. I had never thought of it this way. Thank you for the video. Now back, to hour 4 of Operation Crusader... :D
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  7538. Hooray new video!!!
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  7539. I watched that video and alot sounded familiar. I had a somewhat absent father and I loved my mum. I wanted to be looked after. Wanted salvation. I almost became a socialist. Almost became a national socialist actually. I still struggle with laziness and being idol. But I was raised as non- religious and when I was 23 I became interested in the history of religion and after studying christianity for 4 years I converted to Catholicism. Which I am so happy about. I get to serve others and learn the value of hard work. You're right about serving others. I don't care much for riches. I just dont. It made be realise my problems with my upbringing and made me see my socialist (and racist) views were wrong. It broke the spell, so to speak. Although we believe the love of money is evil. Not money itself. Good video. I didn't take it as an attack on our people or religion.
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  7540. As another "Neo" historian like Mr TiK, The Chieftain said, "America had the best artillery, the best Small Arm (Garand Rifle) The best navel Destroyers The best global transport infrastructure for transporting military hardware And the only country during the war to invent and implement a small hand held personal radio transceiver. Then he put up a picture of the Sherman Tank "SO, what happened?" Then he talked for two hours about how the Sherman was actually the best tank of WWII.....go figure.
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  7541. Oh no. This could get spicy.
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  7542. Technically the T-34 wasn't a superior tank to the Panzer III. Technologically anyways. On paper the T-34 and KV-1 are terrifying. M4 Sherman was also superior to most every tank the Germans and Soviets ever produced during the war. Just because something is bigger/more terrifying doesn't mean it's technologically superior. Kinda like Adolf Gallant said. If the Me262 had British Engines it would of been an amazing aircraft, as the British Meteor itself was crap but it's engines were superior to the ones in the Me262. Same thing with the M4 Sherman, I bet German crews would of been tickled to death if the Panther had a M4 Sherman's gear box. You can look at images of the Gear Box/Transmission used on a M4 Sherman and there is absolutely no way the Panther has superior technology when it comes to individual components put into it.
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  7543. Stick to tanks? Yes, I have requested the form for an information request pertaining to the delivery and production schedules of said tanks.
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  7544. Hi Tik this is more of a personal finance question, considering your strong opinions on economics, do you own lots of gold or other hedges against global catastrophe? Edit: I typed economic instead of economics
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  7545. Take your Time to get the work donné You don't have to put out a one hour long video every week That's not tenable for a single man
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  7546. Hi Tik how are you?
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  7548. I'm very happy that I found your videos when I did. I started watching your videos at a similar time as I was getting into politics, your Hitler's socialism and private vs public videos made me a right winger. If I didn't find these videos I guarantee I would have become a left winger because I was already leaning there. Keep up the great work
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  7549. Don't assume you aren't getting through to anyone. I was a Bernie Sanders fan out of high school in 2016 and over the last six years have pulled a complete 180 and am now an Austrian-libertarian on a bitcoin standard. You were a big part of the learning that led me down the road to where I am today. There are socialists that are willing to face arguments that challenge their world view, like you and I. The videos you make are valuable to society, I don't want you to think it's a big waste of time. What you're doing now is CERTAINLY more important than what you'd be providing back in that old retail job!
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  7550. Hey TIK, I've followed you for a really long time now and this is a problem that I've had myself. First of all, apologies for the long comment, I recently had a conversation with a left leaning friend of mine about local politics and the talk went around to me mentioning that the National Socialists were exactly that. Socialists. He said "oh that's just a new Alt-Right thing where they're trying to whitewash their ideology and he linked me a video in which the most milquetoast and boring reasons were described (They were "privatized" or "they're racist and only the Right can be racist" etc). So I said "OK, I've watched your ~60 minute podcast on it, please just watch the first half of this" and I linked in your "Public vs Private" video. As soon as he opened the video he just said "I'm not going to watch some neo-n*zi talk for 20 minutes, I already know what he has to say". I replied with "yeah but I just sat through an hour of your guys talking about points that I had already predicted and said to you, the least you could do is show me the same respect". Obviously he didn't. Very long story to sum up here, the reason why Leftists (and centrists/politically unmotivated people) don't watch your videos is because the long run times are intimidating. I'm definitely not saying they should be shorter or that I want less content or sourcing. But for newcomers, it's a very hard sell of "watch this 5 hour documentary and you'll rethink National Socialism" when they've already dismissed the ideology as "far-right evil run by a druggy madman". My suggestion to you would be to run something like "TIKshorts" where you cover very small aspects of each item and force yourself to a 2-3 minute run time (YouTube monetization be damned). You pretty much did it in this very video where you can rapid fire go through "well they were heading East because they needed resources, why? Because of Shrinking Markets. What are Shrinking Markets? Well its when..." You can then throw out a bunch of terms and concepts with links to your full videos as a way to try and pull more viewers that can be directed to the in depth videos. If not this, then I really hope you do find a solution that is workable for you, your content is great and I wouldn't change a thing if it was an option, but short attention spans are just a sign of the times! Best of Luck
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  7551. TIK, do not give up. You are proof that someone can change their world view. All they need is a spark to light up that powder cake! I don't think it is a waste. There will be many who agree with the views in the attacks, but some may find reason in your responses. That said, do not burn yourself out with this nonsense. These sort of videos to address it all in one shot are more than enough.
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  7552. I'm curious, how did you accidently take the red pill?
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  7553. First time viewer and very impressed with the video. Often viewed the left as misinformed and misguided, I didn't understand just how cultish it is.
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  7554. I'm following you now for more that 3 years but this ist the first video driving me to a comment: It's one of your best videos y've ever done and you can not tell someone anything if they are not willing to listen - adding more efforts is wasting energy - but wasting energy can be fun as well - i guess you can't feel any fun in wasting your energy - and i can fully understand your points
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  7555. It'll always be a mystery to me how people can read George Orwell but remain Socialists afterwards. Even those that lived under Socialist tyranny tend to do that from time to time. One such person that i know has "Das Kapital" in her guest room on a shelf put up with the front as if on a shrine. It is the only book in that room. I suppose you turn out like that and just project all the descriptions in 1984 and animal farm onto those pesky capitalists and Nazis. About a couple things I got the reply "Oh that wasn't done so much, and the West did it too! And much more anyway!" The Neonazis I came across in my life had the same heavily tribalist mindset: whatever bad their side did either didn't happen, or was justified, and others did it worse anyway. Same with some religious people. No inhumanity is too atrocious to not be committed and justified by a zealot.
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  7556. Cue the Benny Hill theme! Seriously, the amount of chaos, misinformation and often sheer luck on both sides is astounding. Truly an eye-opener to the realities of the desert war.
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  7557. It's not an easy task to hold viewers' attention for three hours but you really pulled it off. Although there was a mountain of detail I felt that I could follow the events of the narrative. The maps did much to make sense of it all.
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  7558. Never ceases to amaze me that such high quality documentary work can be made by two guy. You've even inspired me to do my own! Thanks TIK you're a legend!! Edit: Two guys, Gigz is also a legend
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  7559. just a quick correction. Althought it is not your fault. at 1:10:36 you use a quote of Butler in which he translates "Hexenkessel" with Cauldron. It actuly translates to "witch cauldron" and has a more negative meaning than just cauldron
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  7560. Amazing video my man, tho I think my only bit of input is around 32:30 I’m guessing when you’re supposed to be showing the German panzer numbers, that the central one of the three on the left is supposed to be the Panzer III not Panzer IV which is shown twice.
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  7561. Late to the party. Had to watch it over three evenings in hourly installments due to work commitments. Talk about triumph of the will to switch off and go to bed! Brilliant stuff Tik!. I believe this is the first of your planned longer formats? Really worth the wait and the longer format works well imho. Learned a great deal here. Thanks as ever
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  7562. Wow didnt get a notification for this
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  7563. This has made my day! It feels like Monday again. Love the improved graphics.
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  7564. Excellent job! So packed with great information, I’m getting ready to watch again and again.,,
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  7565. Sounds like a plan! Thanks for the update TIK
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  7566. Thanks for the update. Please don't put what are essentially random deadlines on yourself or on the timing of your future output. What makes your channel valuable is the depth and insight you bring to the subject. And the fact that you're forthright when certainty is not possible given available information. You lay out the alternatives, then say 'I think X is more likely because...' Perhaps the highest compliment I can give you is that you've made me inspired me to dig deep when you have a view I disagree with. Best example of this was your dismissing Keynes' take on the impact of Versailles on Germany. I did a 'But is this really the case?' and learned that Germany had paid its first annual installment, then reneged thereafter. This led directly to France militarily occupying a chunk of the Ruhr in 1925. They justified the seizure by say Germany had defaulted on its Versailles obligations. France's Ruhr grab bolstered support for the NSDAP. But I only did the research because I respect your work and data methodology. You made me think about why I had held my different opinion. It wasn't a chore but a pleasure that comes from relearning something I'd forgotten. Please take all the time you need until you feel like yourself again. One petty note: I love the graphics you use in the Stalingrad videos. I haven't seen anything close (especially the relevant distance in the bottom left).
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  7567. Appreciate you opening up about your loss and I see on your face how it's effected you emotionally and physically. Keep up the good fight 💪
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  7569. Yo Tik, watched a couple of your vids this afternoon, fascinating stuff. you know yourself I wasn't great at history in school, i might have paid more attention if our teachers had shown us more enthusiasm and passion about the subject like you do. Keep up the excellent work, your doing a great job. 👍👍
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  7570. please dont stick to Military history :-)
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  7571. Not only fascists are socislist too but not only he talks about Mussolini too, he even appears in the center of the thumbnail. Why do you try to put a comment like this when it is proven wrong by it's own thumbnail?
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  7572. Omg TIK Stick to tanks! What I mean by that is don't ever post anything that I disagree with (even slightly), even though I'm not a patron of your channel. Also, if you could do a video on why the Wehrmacht did nothing wrong that would be good. Maybe you could talk about that time they helped the US fight the SS? I like that one because I already agree with it! In fact, don't even do history anymore. What I want to see is for you to scroll through Reddit until you find something about WW2, and just copy and paste that. No need to fact check, Reddit probably fact checks! In short, if you could please produce the following videos: - Why America saved Europe - Why the UK was a tiny little island, who Hitler respected, but won the war without help - Why were the Germans (not nazis, that's a bad word) SO damn good at fighting? - Why the Russians were only able to defeat Hitler by overrunning his defences like a swarm of evil commie rats - Why the Japanese were the REAL bad guy of ww2 - Hitler is alive, he lives on the moon ---- Obviously I'm joking - keep up the good, interesting, political, economic work!
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  7573.  @QuizmasterLaw  Actually Hoover was quite the interventionist. He signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Signed The Revenue Act of 1932 increased corporate and personal income taxes. Finally, he signed the Emergency Relief and Construction Act, also in 1932. The Act provided government-backed loans to banks and created public works projects in the interest of increasing employment. This blueprint was greatly expanded by Hoover’s successor, Franklin Roosevelt (ie New Deal). People either forget or didn't know that Hoover was probable influenced by his time as the program director of American Relief Administration (ARA), a private-government humanitarian organization which aided Europe during and after WWI, and later Soviet Russia during their 1921 Famine. By all accounts, the program was quite effective, thus cementing Hoover's impression that government and private ventures could indeed help the economy (regardless of validity).
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  7574. And first like 👍🏼
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  7575. Question: does it count if I marathon it at 1.5x speed?
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  7576. Ooh, a new history channel. I wasn't planning on doing anything this weekend anyway... :)
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  7577.  @TheImperatorKnight  respect
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  7578.  @TheImperatorKnight  Sir, you are wasting your time with three butheads. All socialist (national or international) states of 20th century were slaugter houses, designed to rob citizens od their properties and freedoms. Hitler, Stalin, Musolini, Mao Ce, Pol Pot, were all just bloodthristy monsters who enjoyed killing people and stealing. The only problem is that mayority od the world see this, but apparently mayority of the Russians still thinks that what Stalin did is somehow justified by circumstances. Unfortunately thinking like that makes them uncompatible with civilised societies.
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  7579. "... feelings above facts, obedience above logic, obedience above logic..." That sounds ominously familiar.
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  7580. Very very great video You need a lot of time to make a great video like this. Thanks
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  7581. nooooo you can't make videos other than tanks
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  7582. Those damn conspiracy theories! Like you said TIK, we just need to trust the science.
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  7583. @5:00 Did you have a Freudian slip and say "Youtube's communist guidelines" :D
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  7584.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm not surprised. It's a hell of a battle.
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  7585. Guy who came up with this question is a hearts of iron 4 player. You dont need TIK to get answer. Like other things in real adult life its much more complicated than throwing 1000 interceptors vs 1000 bombers. Btw we can solve unemployment and housing problem at the same time - let unemployed ppl build houses for homeless people! Brilliant solution!
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  7587. I think I've never commented on one of yours videos. I don't have nothing to add on what you say historically nor economically. But I appreciate your job and the way you explain everything, you made me question myself way more than any other historian did, but you didn't only made me question myself but in fact you convinced me I thought that after more than 6 hours seeing you arguing you would have used all the arguments and facts possible, but I was mistaken, I already rewatched most of your videos especially the ones about bank and I always notice something new, but you didn't used everything, you still video by video show us new facts and interpretations. So no, I don't think you wasted your time but infact you made it cristal clear to anyone, with at least 10 hours of content published for anyone interested. TIK, if you are reading this, if there's something you made me understand, is that history lies in the heart of the debate, but what is the point when people aren't debating but instead attacking with fallacies? I mean sure their attacks made you create more content directed to question raised and even if it didn't convince them, you must surely convinced many other including me. I think that the morons must be treated as they are but there's people genuinely interested in discussing, and this will evolve the discussion something that I'm much aware you are capable of doing. But still, I love your videos and it is me who doesn't understand how people can't grasp your ideias, you aren't in the wrong, if you may be proved wrong then you wouldn't be alone. Keep up the splendid work, my best regards, Alexandre.
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  7588. Hey TIK! You're doing a great job!! You 'obsession' is your conscious telling you that you are onto something that's incredibly incredibly important to society. I know it's difficult to see the impact you're having. This is where you need to have 'faith' in yourself and your message!!! I personally came to the same realisation you have. But your video's have given me the evidence I need to feel safe and secure in my position. If you really want to 'make a difference'. May I suggest you figure out some angle to get your message out to the kids. "We" desperately need to combat the marxists very successful campaign in indoctrinating the youth!!! It doesn't really matter how many adults you redpill, because unfortunately most of "us" are very likely already somewhat self educated, redpilled, and sadly broken in each of our own ways. We need to be red pilling kids while they are young to help them avoid the suffering many of us have suffered.
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  7589. Trying to use ur combat engineers as infantry 🤕
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  7591. I think Richthofen is the one who should have been replaced and given a good slapping for his performance and comments on the 6th Army. Richthofen just riles me up now. Yes I do not deny how important the German Air Force elements have been in the campaign. But Richthofen has got such a mouth on him and wears that damned starched shirt of his, that I'd love to drag him out of his comfy cockpit and throw him into the city. "The air force, exists for the Army. Not the other way round." Parody quote from a Soviet Air Force commander in the Caucasus's.
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  7592. Great video! I’m not a huge fan of Ayn Rand’s fiction, but I love her books “The Virtue of Selfishness”, “Philosophy: Who Needs It” and “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”. She was brilliant.
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  7593. This is the stuff I love. Thank you. I learned a lot from this episode. Yes, let's go deeper.
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  7594. Tik referenced the backrooms. Holy shit. Holy, holy, holy shit.
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  7595. Came from Instagram too but just wanted to follow up on this recommendation. A more detailed, systematic and integrated discussion of the topics in this video is found in “The Cave and the Light” by Arthur Hermann. Great value in this work, hope you can make something great out of it.
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  7596. I've never arrived so early to one of your videos. I want to thank you for your recent video about holocaust denial. Please do make more videos on that topic. Additionally, over on the World War Two channel with Indy Neidell, they have a video about the economy of the Third Reich titled "Why the Nazis Weren’t Socialists - ‘The Good Hitler Years’ | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1937 Part 2 of 2" in which they say the Nazis were not Socialists. Could you comment on the contents of that video, and especially on their assertion that the Nazis weren't socialists? Thanks Tik.
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  7597. Read "When Money Dies" by Adam Fergusson. Great book. Explains all.
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  7598. I have an economic question today, With hyper inflation in Germany how long did it take employees to get a raise? How far behind was raises to inflation. Was compensation from working eventually capped or was the workers getting a raise every week? I ask because if I made a dollar and hr but tomorrow that dollar only has 50 cents of buying power when do people stop showing up to work and the riots start? I heard that wages were fixed but I wonder how far behind compensation got before wages were fixed?
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  7599. @TIK I’ve been watching since your first video. This episode is your finest work. Thank you for all that you do.
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  7600. I am a big fan of the Africa Campaign and Rommel's second offensive, so I do appreciate you doing a series on this. The videos was also very well done good job.
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  7601. It is done so that people will know it is Hitler's speech and Tik cannot be misquoted.
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  7602. Seeing as many of them were homosexuals, racists (aka. 'woke'), and hated classical liberalism (with Hitler being a vegetarian and an environmentalist), you appear to be an expert at it.
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  7603. @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for your reply. Your strength is in your carefully prepared presentations, so I understand your hesitation to engage a new format. Barnes might like to hear about your process, histiography, upcoming projects, areas of interest, etc. I hope you find an option that works for you. I appreciate the hard work you put into your final products.
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  7604. Cope tankie
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  7605. first!!!!!!!
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  7606. I'll still disagree with you about Gavin, but in Eisenhower vs. Devers, I agree. Market Garden was a bit too ambitious while lacking in many things, including reliable information. I still think Gavin made the right choice to prioritize defending against a possible counterattack rather than immediately going for the bridge, but even if Gavin succeeded, I still think any success was far too reliant on luck, with Frost's Bn. being the only Bn. In a division and a brigade worth of airborne infantry meant to attack. But with Devers, this is completely different. Here you have a commander who is middle of the road, no George Patton, but no Quinctilius Varus by any means, being denied even a shift in orders based on what seems to be clear signs of dislike
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  7607. Thrid
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  7608. Balbo came to a sticky end. Shot down over Tobruk, probably by friendly fire in June 1940.
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  7609. @TIK as a dad I approve of this pun
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  7610.  @TheImperatorKnight  No matter the length you are always a wealth of knowledge.
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  7611. I also think the issue of social housing and why the working classes are not housed and other illegal migrants are having these homes.
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  7612. Apparently, anyone who isn’t far left is “far right”
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  7613. TIK just stick to rant about working on retail... Actually as a fellow victime of retail/management work i would love that!!! New logo btw? Looks neat and professional
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  7614. no matters the figures you remain a nazi-communist! just kidding, I do like your work ;)
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  7615. I'm a history teacher and an author and I agree with your assessment of Hitler's economic predicament in 1939. It has nothing to do with being right or left-wing, the facts are clear for everyone to see. Hitler had overspent massively beyond Germany's income and his loan debts were way out of control. This can only lead to bankruptcy (eg as Britain 1978 after years of Socialist mismanagement) so he had no choice if he wanted to stay in power and pursue his militarist plans. Hitler knew that (despite his low level of education) and that was why he had to keep expanding his borders. Britain (PM Chamberlain) let him get away with Rhineland, Austria and Czech so he was sure he'd also get away with Poland for long enough to set off his real plan; invade Russia. Good work TIK
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  7616. First?
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  7617. Really enjoying watching and listening to your perspective on WW2 . Thank you so much TIK .
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  7618. 3rd?
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  7619. Still think "Tik Bites" are a worthy idea.
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  7620. Stick to tanks
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  7621.  @TheImperatorKnight  how many views did the old version of this video have before you uploaded this one? Edit: Nevermind, 19k is the answer
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  7622. Great Work TIK. I was about half of the first upload and tonight I wanted to finish it. Youtube showed me that I have to see it entirely again, and of course, that was what I was going to do anyway. Your work is Great to see TIK. Great work, as always
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  7623. time to watch the video again =D
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  7624. Hey Lewis! Its Craig Marshall, thanks for answering my questions, I'll be sure to give you a truck-load for next time! Keep it up!
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  7625. Love this style of video. Don't get me wrong I love the hyper specific vids on certain subject but videos that jump around are awesome. Wish you'd do it twice monthly.
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  7626. First!
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  7627. Nice title! LOL :-)
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  7628. A great video. I always thought the role of tank on tank combat in the Eastern front was much more significant. Thanks!
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  7629. Very nice work TIK! Thanks! The best explanation of the Eastern Front I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot.
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  7630. Oh! I found pictures for all the Majors in the 24th Panzer Division! Riebel: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e4/26/25/e42625e74c86370ff577961206c508fe.jpg Lengerke: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/55/e1/b6/55e1b68faf1f812c5497e76312e4ba21.jpg Broich: https://nl.ww2awards.com/images-person/3380080702154008p.jpg Edelsheim: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/74/6c/60746cc1e69b713d93c473d21e0c4d29.jpg Nostitz-Wallwitz https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b5/25/66/b5256671792d6530ed8ab0b8b4d36245.jpg And here's one of Werner Sanne as well: http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/bilder/5438.jpg I found a great site, https://www.tracesofwar.com/default.asp that has a small biography (and more importantly, photos) of a ludicrous number of officers from World War II
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  7631. ♫ Yeah Hauenschields 24th Panzer Division changes Order of Battle like a girl changes clothes ♫
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  7632. Could you talk about the Air units involved inculding AA units around Stalingrad?
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  7633. Fascinating video. Listing each unit and their destruction really strikes home what a catastrophic defeat this was for the Germans. Looking forward to future videos about the actual battle.
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  7634. How many seconds till I pause the video to give a like? 3, 2, 1, Go! [...] 18 seconds. "The Battle of Stalingrad is not a battle. It's a seven month's campaign!"
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  7635. Been really looking forward to this one. Thank you TIK! Keep up the great work sir.
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  7636. Dammit!
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  7637.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm not disagreeing with the position, I'm saying being aware of Rothbard I figured you'd have heard his disparaging of "newer is better" thinking "Murray Rothbard argued persuasively against the Whig theory of history (1, 2, 3), and of intellectual history, in which events or ideas are portrayed as steadily and consistently improving with little room for detours, controversy, and backtracking" Peter Temin on Mises
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  7638. A video debunking Michael Parenti's book "Blackshirts and Reds" would be a good treat. Every single marxist in Youtube likes to use that source as an argument and you can read it in InternetArchive. It barely touches upon fascism and nationalsocialism in only the first 20 of the total 200 something pages.
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  7639. It was a great introduction...and wonderful narration that encourages readers to more research and all sources...as I understood both primary and secondary sources are gray..not obsolete black ⚫️ and not absolute white ( perseve history not observed it ) ...thank you respectful ( TIK) channel for sharing.
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  7640. Loving your engagement w the sources
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  7641. When are you doing a video on Oswald Mosley? I know you mentioned it before
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  7642. It’s amazing, the like to dislike ratio. How many pathetic people actually play the tribalism card with this? It’s unbelievable really... how someone can be so brainwashed for support to a communist or nazi regime that they find argument and debate about this topic...
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  7643. First
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  7644. Thank you for pointing out that Fascism and National Socialism are different ideologies. It seems to me that it's mainly Communists (or "Social Democrats") who make this claim, and that they do so to hide the fact that they have economic policies in common with their enemies. They say that because Fascist Italy and National Socialist Germany were allies, then they shared the same beliefs. My response is that the United States was allied with the Soviet Union, but that didn't make us Communists.
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  7645. I don't blame anyone individual in the battle . Blaming Gavin for plan that had fatal flaw is wrong. The failure lies in the plan that had British drop 12 miles from Arham. For any problem of dropping the southwest side bridge would been of set by what have what gotten. Easier and closer access to the bridge a blocking forces for SS panzer group moving to south
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  7646. i love that you reply to a most of your comments. must be a very hard thing to do.
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  7647. Should the Germans have attacked Moscow in 1942? Perhaps that would have been their best option?
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  7648. It's not a lie.
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  7649. Definitely one of the best and most concise video debunking the Marxist propaganda. Keep being great TIK!
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  7650. How would a physicist deal with gravity ceasing to be?
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  7651. Marxists repeating inaccurate and discredited research because it agrees with their rhetoric and activism? I've never heard of such a thing. Must be the first time it's happened. They're usually so scrupulous and careful with facts...
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  7652. Wikipedia is hilarious. I have edited with actual facts, with the primary source citation to disprove the narrative, and within a minute, it is back to the original false narrative with a terrible source. We are literally in 1984
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  7653. Man. I remember when the very first episode was released. We're past 3 years ago I think since it's started being released. At least 5 since you've started doing the research.
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  7654. Monday has found redemption
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  7655. Tik Mondays back again
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  7656.  @TheImperatorKnight  thank you
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  7657. First
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  7658. Excellent use of the Bozo picture. Best laugh I’ve had all week.
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  7659. everytime you post a non Stalingrad video, the day gets insanely better
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  7660. Hey Tik what do you think would have happened if the 6th army bypassed Stalingrad and used siege tactics instead of house to house fighting similar to how they did in Leningrad and Kiev, thanks for awesome content
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  7661. amazing job TIK just as always
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  7662. Blessed be the believers -Manstein.
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  7663. I love your videos, TIK. You are one of the best channels on YouTube right now.
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  7664. The one thing I hate most about arguing with socialists is that you need hours to explain the level of wrong their cheap statements are, because their slogans are so wrong that they are fractal wrongness that requires the layers of wrong to be explained in sequence because if you allow even one safe haven of ignorance to stand, the disease festers.
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  7665. Most people who dislike this video do it because they disagree with the definitions TIK uses. If you are one of those people I reccomend you watch TIK's private vs public video
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  7666. “Socialism is the science of dealing with the common wealth. Communism is not Socialism. Marxism is not Socialism. The Marxians have stolen the term and confused its meaning. I shall take Socialism away from the Socialists. Socialism, unlike Marxism, does not repudiate private property. Unlike Marxism, it involves no negation of personality, and unlike Marxism, it is patriotic... We are not internationalists. Our socialism is national. We demand the fulfillment of the just claims of the productive classes by the state on the basis of race solidarity. To us state and race are one.” - Hitler in a 1923 interview with George Sylvester Viereck. Judge for yourself and tell me that ain't socialist
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  7667. Maybe you should have a look at the Soviet Union and its ideology. Means of production, distribution, and exchange regulated by the state. Equally nationalising all trade unions. “Today we can no longer confine ourselves to proclaiming the dictatorship of the proletariat. The trade unions have to be governmentalised; they have to be fused with state bodies. The work of building up large-scale industry has to be entrusted entirely to them. But all that is not enough. “(V. I. Lenin Report at the Second All-Russia Trade Union Congress January 20, 1919) And equally imprisoning and purging socialists. Lenin, who purged the Anarchists and Revolutionary Socialists, Stalin, who purged the Mensheviks and Trotskyists
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  7668. Socialism is the practices of elites who hates the "lower" peoples so much that they are convinced they have to take power in order to controll the untermenchen masses. They view ordinary people as lesser than themselves. The lesser peoples are racists, sexist, uneducated, stupid, evil. Led by sociopaths, followed by ignorant self absorbed sheeple.
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  7669. Hitler said he loathed sharing the term "socialism" with Marxists. And yes, National Socialism is against both Capitalism & Communism which makes it a PERFECT ideology once you get familiar with it.
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  7670. This is an excellent video. The amount of in-depth research and explaining of the facts.
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  7671. Hi! New to the channel. Am enjoying it. I'm a big fan of Adam Tooze, and am glad to see you citing his excellent work. His research of economic data in both Nazi Germany and Weimar Republic is 2nd to none. A couple of comments about this particular video: The content seems more about labeling things and defining terms that it does about actual economic policy. You point to this, and say "this is socialism" and then point to something else and say "this too is socialism". Why does it matter so much to put the socialist label onto everything? IMHO, it might be better to point out that the economic policies of Nazi Germany were, for the most part. abject failures. They failed to bring prosperity, and failed to be sufficient to win the War. Early in the video, you discuss the labor theory of value, explaining that you got more hits an interest in a 15 minute throwaway than from your exhaustive telling of Operation Crusade (which I'm looking forward to watching). If you were purely an economic creature this would make no sense. However, human beings are not 100% economic, or 100% percent rationale. I'm American, and the author of our Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, puts it very well....governments are instituted to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Economic gain is not mentioned. Making nine hour videos about somewhat obscure WW2 battles makes you happy. Isn't it altogether possible that this is the reason you make these, rather than expecting a reasonable return on the time you've invested? It seems clear to me, as you state, that Hitler's primary purpose was to create an autarky for his Aryan Master Race. Hitler wasn't an economist. Far from it. The welfare of the German economy seemed merely to serve as a means to an end for his evil goals. His interest was power, not economics. A final thought: EVERYTHING is to some degree socialism, the way you're using the term. Thomas Jefferson used the word "our" repeatedly in the Declaration. As conservative a leader as Margaret Thatcher didn't disable the NHS. You have a Friederich Hayak quote on the site, he was extremely moderate, in fact Ayn Rand and that whole school hated Hayek. If we go to that extreme then a public library is socialist, and airport is socialist, a National Park is socialist....if absolutely everything is socialist, then the word loses all semblance of meaning. Hayek and Keynes disagreed on a whole lot of theories and ideas but both were pragmatic enough to believe that the best economic policy would be that which benefits the most people. Thanks!
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  7672. I began to read comments to see how the socialists refute you with arguments. But they do not.
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  7673. Marxists have teamed up with Nazis before. Poland was their victim.
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  7674. This comment section looks fun.
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  7675. Hello professor! I´ve been studying your video and the subject for some time, but there´s been a big problem in my research, and that is the definition of capitalism. After watching this video and “PUBLIC VS PRIVATE” I had a lot of questions and doubts when you say that capitalism is anti-state or non-state. Because how could a country like the USA be capitalist if there is some state control on the economy? Or Brasil and China that have state companies? If capitalism is anti-state how could these countries be capitalist if they have some state control in some areas like education for example? When you tell me that capitalism is based on private property, private control of the means of production and that it is anti-state or non-state I get confused because these are the definitions of anarcho-capitalism, no state, and private properties and private control of the means of production. What’s the difference between the definitions you brought in your video of capitalism from the ones of anarcho-capitalism? Another thing, can any intervention of the state in the economy be called socialism?
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  7676. Fantastic video. I've documented many of the sources of national socialism and fascism's relation to socialism myself straight from the works of mainstream historians and the academics who studied these three ideologies. I'm glad that I've found more to work with.
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  7677. Oh wow! This is awesome, it made my night. A true tour de force.
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  7678. Man, thanks for all the research you put into this. I was looking for info to put into a tight package for some silly Socialists to see that Hitler was not a capitalist. Gave them a link to your video and dropped the mic for you. 😁 Subbed.
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  7679. Glad you started to think more deeply about things. Ideologs always skim the surface of history.
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  7680. Hello TIK, I sent you a translation to Spanish of your amazing video "The MAIN Reason Why Germany Lost WW2 - OIL" A pleasure to be able to help you. And I think I will translate more videos in my free times. Is there any way to notify it to you? I wrote you on Twitter, but it seems you didn't read it. I´ve got a very interesting book about the Blue Division, with so many data, just in case you need something. You have changed my mind in so many aspects of WW2. Thanks for your work and greetings from Spain!
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  7681. Socialism - any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods (Merriam-Webster) Nothing about "workers" to be found here. You're thinking of Marxist Socialism, which many people mistakenly believe to be "all Socialism" when in reality, it is only one variant.
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  7682. Best video on YouTube explaining Hitlers Socialism. The more you learn on Socialism the more evil it supporters become or at the very least, poorly educated.
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  7683. oh, btw we have free med care here for everyone :D but is common to a doctor earn less than a mcdonalds employee on the US, and he must work one year not spending any of his salary to buy the most basic car, so you trade your whole life of oportunities to have some "free" with no quality things
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  7684. One can always trust TIK to deliver epic battles, if they aren´t in the video they´re in the comments instead.
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  7685. Who watched this video while playing HoI4 as Nazi Germany? Errr...me!😆👍🏻 Awesome vid, TIK!!👍🏻👍🏻
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  7686. Except they aren’t. Capitalism is about private or individual control. Corporations aren’t private. No one person owns or controls it. It’s collectively controlled by the shareholders. Now I will disagree that they are public. They aren’t completely public, but they aren’t private either.
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  7687. Truth hurts.
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  7688. First just gotta say thanks for the work you do, keep at it. That aside , your exactly right. Most are never taught critical thinking and only force feed the "narrative" by those in positions of power(teachers, media, parents, ect). This leads to anything that contradicts their convoluted narrative driven world view to be label as "evil" or "enemy". I think it shows very clearly in the post-modern interpretation of the world, that is just rebranded "marxism" with a artsy tone. That said to shatter the mirror finished facade they believe in , is to completely destroy their "world" or at least the one they "see". I feel this is why they take any desent of the narrative as a personal attack on them selfs.
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  7689. 3:55:00 YES! This! This is what I've been saying for years; you cannot have the Holocaust without a socialist economy. The entire driving philosophy behind the Holocaust was socialist in nature- and the anti-Semitic "final solution" is a direct answer to Marx's racist essay "On the Jewish Question".
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  7690. Intresting how you cannot provide a single fallacy out of this so called "cornucopia"... As for your screeching on "libertarianism is a relijun!", here is my response to that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDJ7NkUNYcA
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  7691. Edit: man, i'm in the last hour, and at the academia part. I knew it was bad, but now how badly subverted by Critical Theory academia has gotten. It disappoints me how censor-happy the UK has gotten.
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  7692.  @personaa422  Holy fucking shit this is still ongoing!? Its a YouTube comment section for Christs sake and you've been at this for 2 months. Let it go.
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  7693. You make some really good and simple points to understand. Anyone who can’t or doesn’t is simply wilfully blind. Keep up the good work.
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  7694. Wonderful video TIK, despite the criticism your content is one of the greatest I ever have the opportunity to enjoy. A lot of details about WW2 history and economy have open my mind in these kind subjects.
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  7695.  @mikemcmike6427  There's absolutely no way you have a degree in poli--sci. Actually, with the current state of the modern world, I can actually believe it. Edit: Holy shit, if you sort by "recent" this dude is in every comment strawmanning and making bad arguments. There's no way a guy with a poli-sci degree would waste his life shitposting on a video for literal WEEKS. LOL Also, he seems to be racist to gingers. I highly suspect reddit syndrome, he's completely lost the plot.
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  7696. I would like to ask a question. First, I too changed my views on politics and history. I come from a working class background and was a life long socialist, until a few unpleasant experiences and further investigation totally changed my mind My question is, in your opinion, what is the difference between Socialism and Marxism/Communism. Surely they are really the same thing, both being based on Marxist theory, Socialism just being a more polite word in a way. The British Labour Party for instance, considered Socialist I suppose now all call each other Comrade at their conferences and use the clenched fist gesture. Would you say that Socialism has a different origin and basis than Marxism as if it doesn't they are the same thing and should be acknowledged as such. After all so called moderate socialist are very prone to moving to more extreme views really because its not much of a leap because their basis of political belief is based on the same theories from Marx, so what's the difference?
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  7697. Aidan B of course it’s an actual term like collective rugged individualism is an actual term that is used to obfuscate the fact that it’s trying to pretend to be something that it isn’t. Sound familiar? And I totally understand how TIK he’s frustrated wanting to deal on specifics when all they really get from critics are ad hominem like “ we are in a cult“ or “you are delusional“ The study from Purdue university and this famous book genealogy of morals is nothing cultish or delusional. It’s a hard reality and the sooner you face it the better you’ll be able to adapt to life😉
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  7698. I'm reluctant to bring up current politics, but I can't help comparing the Nazi economic policies to what the Democrats are trying to implement. The comparison is quite chilling.
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  7699. Watched with great interest and attention over five evenings in roughly hourly instalments. For me at least it was preaching to the converted as i've always considered national socialism a form of socialism. However Tik provides the proof in detail to an extent i've never seen before. Well done sir. But what i really want to know is do i get a gold star for my efforts?
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  7700. HERE HERE❗️FUCKING SUBSCRIBED❗️
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  7701. This is why when a politician tells you we live in freedom always ask him/her/it/etc to explain Direct Taxation what makes you a slave.
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  7702.  @TheImperatorKnight  They will never want to admit their wrong stance. Unless they will live in a real Socialist "utopia" , but I wouldn't be surprised if they still would welcome it with open arms. Maybe you should do more videos on why people are so ideological driven that they refuse to accept any evidence. You already did one, maybe in the future you could do more of them?
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  7703. didn't get through the 5 hours of it but I saw an issue early on and that is the conflation of an economic system and a political one. Socialism is defined classically, the means of production owned by the public. However, it doesn't define what that public institution is. Democracy, republic, Totalitarian Dictatorship. It just so happens the Stalinist model that spread across the world happens to be of the totalitarian variety. Which isn't ideal with any type of economic system.
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  7704. No privately owned company built solely upon making money stays afloat for long. A company inherently has to provide a valuable product or service in order to stay valuable. The places you will see the most monopoly over the market are in socialist or authoritarian nations.
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  7705. When i first click the video i was like, cool new video ! Then i was what the.. 5h? Well done TIK .. That's many! many!! hours of editing !!!!!
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  7706. Wow, you just called the man an idiot and argued semantics. Congratulations, your put your worthless degree in philosophy to work!
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  7707. Ive tried for long to get people to understand that Hitler without a doubt was a Socialist. Socialism leads to dictatorship, sad true fact that history teaches us.
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  7708.  @Gvjrapiro  Wait? Monarchism? Seriously? Do you realize how much Hitler and the Kaiser hated eachother yes? Hitler even kicked the Kaiser's family members out of the military after he came to power. Mussolini's case in particular he took power by force/threats to the King. Either he give him control of Italy or he would forcefully depose him, which is hardly the attitude of a Monarchist. ie Mussolini took over forcefully. If Fascist were monarchist their wouldn't of been a pro Monarchist Coup in Japan in 1936 which ended horrible for the Righteous Army which was defeated by the Japanese Imperial Army.
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  7709. Hitler didn't restore the Kaiser because the player turned on historical AI lmao
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  7710. Interesting! This topic seems like it touches on some tendons that run much deeper in Hitler's thoughts. I will have to explore and think through all this a few times.
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  7711. This is how historians represent history, keep up the good work.
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  7712.  @TheImperatorKnight  That be cool. I know Stalingrad has been bogging you down. That be a nice change of pace. For what it’s worth, you’ve done a bang up job with Stalingrad.
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  7713. Hey TIK, this isn’t really related to the video but I’ve recently heard the claim that Italian Fascism, although not being anti-semitic (like you’ve pointed out), was ‘highly racist’ towards Slavs and Africans in their colonies, so what is your take on this?
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  7714. Until recently I thought leftist NPCs had the monopoly on not thinking for themselves, but after the whole con-ye debacle I'm convinced this is a characteristic of most people on both sides of the political aisle. Most people are just emotional, arrogant and manichean. They like to think the other side is evil and whenever they can't explain or understand something complex, instead of just saying 'I don't know', they look for the dumbest explanation that confirm their bias to fill the void or use some scapegoat to feel good about themselves, while claiming that a Google machine is somehow "doing research". Also they look for idols or leaders to follow among the most pathetic people, namely celebrities or politicians. They want to be sheep while pretending they aren't. I think people could solve this by working on their humility and staying away from politics as much as possible, at least in America.
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  7715.  @MadMoler  Yes, great idea. Oftentimes I have to watch long videos in two sessions.
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  7716. The willingness of most people to believe what the media and government are telling them is why I stopped hoping for a better future. You could argue that the UNKNOWN VIRUS OF UNSPECIFIED ORIGIN showed me that, as is the Ukraine narrative, or the inflation narrative, but I noticed this LONG ago. When people vote for a politician because he has a nice ass you know why we cannot have nice things.
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  7717. it already started before there is enough time to watch the whole video...!
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  7718. This is such a useful video. Thanks for making this.
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  7719. FIRST
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  7720. Interesting...you have Glantz's books ordered from left to right, but Joly's from right to left (unless I'm seeing something wrong).
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  7721. Hey Tik, I really enjoyed this video! I was wondering if you could further expand (or a link if you already made on) on what caused the hyperinflation in the Weimar republic and if it helped cause the rise of Mean Mr. Moustache (the term I use to avoid bots) and if it did, how so? And if it didn't why not? Keep up the great stuff!
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  7722. The only thing leading to inflation is printing money.
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  7723. It's interesting to keep in mind as well that Mises was a jew living in Austria right next to Germany and in fact was driven out to flee by the nazis in 1938. So it makes sense his knowledge on the issue is way better than Keynes who lived as what would be considered an aryan race by nazis across the channel in Britain. I think acknowledging this(and also Keynes' anti semitism) would provide even deeper exploration of typical explanations given to the rise of the nazis.
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  7724. Serious question. Do you think in the distant future you’d do a battlestorm episode on one of the engagements in the current conflict in you know where?
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  7725.  @TheImperatorKnight  3 weeks in a row if I'm not mistaken.
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  7726. Yeah!
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  7727. Really well described and probably the most important concept when it comes to being a scientist, which unfortunately many forget. Fun thing is I always interpreted the catch phrase - " History lies in the heart of the debate" exactly as what TIK described in this video - Integration based on logical evidence. Debate doesn't have to be personal/vocal activity but instead closer to meta analysis.
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  7728. I have been binge watching more of your videos recently, and reading some books you recommended, including ‘The cause of Hitler’s Germany’ by Peikoff. You’re doing God’s work exposing the gnostic/Orphic origins of the crisis the West finds itself in. Let’s hope more people will embrace a more rational world view. Also, your Warhammer 40k reference did not go unnoticed and is much appreciated.
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  7729. Definitely the best video you've done, even excelling the one on gnosticism. I would add probability into what appears to be try to reach a deterministic answer. For example, one can use a computer and one borehole to calculate a mineral reserve to three decimal places. However, the better answer is to couch this estimate statistically to express a mean figure and how accurate, plus or minus with a degree of confidence. So probability is important.
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  7730. The bottom line for me and I think it is the starting point for you is the the current wisdom on the Dunkirk halt just doesn't make sense. Your explanation is a bit out there but it does seem to make some sense at least.
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  7731. I’m under the impression a lot of people who tries to counter-argue or criticise TIK either don’t watch his content or watches his content but not fully because certain things they say are already covered in the videos.
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  7732. Hey TIK love your work and how extensive it is. Wondering what your thoughts and opinions on The King of England advocated the throne and this is related to him having a close companionship with the Nazis and Hilter himself, then becoming the General of the British Army in France when she fell to Germany. 🤔🤔🤔
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  7733. First!
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  7734. Stick to economics Tik.
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  7735. Hello...... Friend
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  7736. I found this video interesting. It answered some technical questions that I had on these matters. I knew practically nothing of Mosley, but this info is very helpful. LOL at 19:15!
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  7737. one thing I find absolutely ridiculous about socialists is that their problem with "Capitalism" is that the businesses become buddies with the government... so their solution is to put the government in charge of businesses.. it's not surprising, given how they play around with concepts and words all day, but it's always funny
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  7738. Easy now, don't get (too) burned out, be gentle with it!
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  7739. That thumbnail alone makes the wait worth it!!
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  7740. Hey I get it, pulling an all nighter myself. Good luck!
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  7741. I am definitely in the free market camp myself. The idea of competing legal systems would work. I think that getting all the competing interests to work together is the real challenge.
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  7742. I wish for another tales of retail video. That one he did was hilarious and very relatable.
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  7743. I feel obligated to post the compulsory: Stick to tanks!
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  7744. i find holocaust deniers seem to focus on gas chambers, as if being put into ghettos, stripped of wealth, shipped to camps, starved and then worked to death didnt count for anything....
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  7745. Second
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  7746. Lmao wtf YouTube putting the Holocaust wiki article under the video
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  7747. Is it not an important part of being human to learn and grow by making mistakes? That is why I am disgusted by the zeigist of the WOKE brigade. They troll up something from decades past and wish people to be sacked. No room for change of mind; or personal accumulation of wisdom to alter your world view.
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  7748. I love showing your videos to my liberal friends who said it was ok to punch Nazi's just a few years back. I guess they should start punching themselves.
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  7749. "Build Back Better Bolshevism"! I love it.
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  7750. That ending. LOOL 🤣
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  7751. Interesting analysis. Actually just started reading Richard Evans, "The Coming of the Third Reich." About 100 pages in. Covering the Weimar Republic now. I have not read Zitelmann, nor Mein Kampf beyond a chapter for undergraduate college.
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  7752. I LOL'd at "Build Back Better". 80 million+ alleged voters have no idea what they voted for back in November.
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  7753. It is a justification of the concentration camps, the Nazis justification. TIK doesn’t believe what the Nazis believe, but as a historian you have to find out otherwise your missing a huge part of history, the motive.
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  7754. Thanks for making this video. Have you looked into the Office for the Beautification of Labour which operated during the Third Reich? This provides evidence that the regime was socialist and actively pursued better working conditions for the Volk. The Kraft Durch Freude organisation would also be a good topic for a video, if you have not covered it already. Everyone knows about the Volks Wagen, but that's the post-war name. During the regime it was known as the KDF-Wagen.
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  7755. Amazing that you are willing to speak on this subject and reject the claims of those who could do you harm Please keep up the good work and simply state the truth, do not let anyone pressure you
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  7756. German Worker's Socialism sounds kind of awesome, and that's the whole point. Don't you want to be a man! Do hard work and prove your worth?! Be a warier?! Well don't you! Plus you get these real snazzie uniforms too. No wonder they gained popularity so quickly.
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  7757. Just found your Channel, I like it.
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  7758.  @TheImperatorKnight  I like your vids but after seeing your response to this comment I'd never want to meet you at a party lol
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  7759. weimar‘s economic plight sounded familiar to what we have today. central bank manipulate interest rate and currency to artificial levels and money float directly to the part economy that doesn't really need it.
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  7760. This is because the rich will dodge the tax and the government will then tax the middle class and the poor who neither have the skill or time to dodge the tax. Also even if the rich pay the tax the poor still lose because that money wont be invested in business, which means less jobs opportunities for the poor. Unlike the poor the middle class can afford to pay for expensive degrees and licenses which the poor cannot afford. So the middle class get squeezed and the poor lose their jobs.
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  7761. But what if I voluntarily agree to be part of a coercive state?
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  7762. I am convinced that Marx's mother did the world a great disservice by supporting her son!
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  7763. Have you tried yelling at it?
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  7764. Love the content of Battlestorm Stalingrad but TIK should stick to marxist theory
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  7765. this is a modern day map of romanian population living in Ukraine https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A2nii_din_Ucraina#/media/Fi%C8%99ier:Romanii_din_Ucraina_ierarhic.PNG
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  7766. Hey TIK ive just took the plunge and became a patreon of yours just to show my appreciation for this channel. Keep up the brilliant work thankyou looking forward to the next installment of Stalingrad
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  7767. ''lets say me and my friend buy ice cream'' >shows halder perfection.
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  7768. Man... one episode and I learned so much... with what's been pulled on the honest working dude I sure hope this is a simulation..
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  7769. The other reason for the coin shortage is as acceptance of inflation. When a family expenses have grown from $250 in 2019 to $350 in 2021, this is not 5% inflation. Pennies, dimes, nickels and quarters are not keeping value, and a person will notice it faster if they are paying with coins. So the banks are under instruction to decrease the amounts available (by central banks "requesting" the coins "due to shortages elsewhere"). The banks change the coins with either paper or electronic currency and less coins remain in the system.
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  7770. Thank you, TIK!! If only people could understand what you're talking about. Unfortunately, I don't expect to live long enough to see that.
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  7771. Thank you for this video, and I am excited about this series. People really need the John Maynard Keynes bashed out of their thinking. I've been in the precious metals business for about five years, or as long as I have been watching your channel. It is very refreshing to see someone actually speaking the truth and more than that, taking time to educate the sleeping masses who don't realize what a false bill of goods they've been sold.
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  7772. The absolute truth of this video is revealed at the 8:39 mark. Think about it. When TIK held up the GOLD coin - you had a different feeling about it as compared to the previous paper notes displayed. Personally, I sat up and took notice. Believe that had I been connected to a monitor - my heart and respiration rates changed as well. Stopped the video at that point to compose this post. Reserve the right to revise and extend these remarks later!
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  7773. Thank you for being so clear. Wonder what your analysis of 2021 USA and Brandon's administration would reveal.
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  7774. We are living in precarious economic times: Thank You for your attention to the subject, TIK. I'm glad You aren't heeding the whining casual fans who tell You to stick to tanks. The rest of us look forward to more episodes and to learn more @ a subject in which far too many are illiterate.
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  7775.  @TheImperatorKnight  somehow in these very dangerous times i find it hard to make time to watch videos on War, yes even your great vids about the Stalingrad battle Tik, though i am a fan of your great work on it.. Your upcoming videos about this timely and very important subject is however Very welcome 👍 Hopefully it makes a Difference. Knowledge, True Knowledge and Understanding can make a difference. God bless you and your family Tik
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  7776. TIK you're the man! So thankful for the gathering of many different sources and your appreciation for critical thinking.
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  7777. Wow, this is one of the most horrific true crime stories I've ever heard. The Evil Lives Here series pales in comparison. During that series, I find myself screaming at the screen, why didn't you leave!!!! But this is almost unbelievably bad. How all of his friends didn't turn on him is beyond me, wow.
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  7778. It seems the Wehraboos and the 'Greatest story never told' fans are giving up. You've been consistent and relentless, TIK. Well done! :)
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  7779. Great start for a Stalingrad series ! Thank you TIK !
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  7780. 30:53 We’re not retreating! Cracked me up!
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  7781. I ve now watched so many of your videos that are the end of this one, my 3 year old just said "bye for now" as I was putting him to bed. Thank you so much for your insights into WWII in general and I truly appreciate your efforts. Please forgive me as I've watched PILES of your videos but haven't been able to contribute to your channel as money in my family is quite tight right now. Please keep it up!
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  7782. Well at least Halder isn't screaming his entire autobiography like the Courland guy.
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  7783. LOL @ 34:00, you've got Halder's REEEEEEing so accurately.....
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  7784. These short videos and topics could be great for your channel. They will not be struck down by YouTube most likely, and they also allow more exposure on the YouTube algorithms and even react channels could give you exposure to a wider audience. I like the format. Good work!
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  7785. But, that does not mean that we do not want more extremly long documentaries :)
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  7786. Myself and my wife hope to have the name pronunciations done hopefully today, unfortunately some of the names you listed aren't Russian, they are Ukrainian which she trying to make sure she pronounces correctly or may just say skip.
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  7787.  @TheImperatorKnight  "however Isaev is writing about the 2nd Kotluban Offensive, implies in his wording that this chart was for the 2nd Kotluban Offensive, but the chart does say the 1st to 20th. So Glantz didn't notice this (his mistake). But I'm not sure if Isaev is right here because of the way he's worded things? " Isaev found a summary document from the 1st to 20th for those armies (1st Guards, 24th , 66th) and after that in the text he gave more precise data (15th to 20th) for the 308th and the 316th divisions that took heavy losses. Probably it's impossible to find more precise data for every division that participated there in the 2nd Kotluban Offensive.
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  7788.  @simplicius11  i guess the only thing that can be actively agreed upon was that the three primary armies involved in the counterattack suffered 107,000 casulties over a 29 day peroid. Due to the Soviet inability to effectively sustain active combat operations at this time( no 400,000 lend lease trucks yet) the casulties figures would be "lumpy". IE heavly losses one week during heavy combat operations and slight during resupplying times.
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  7789. This channel is great, such interesting and well-thought out analysis with cross-pollination by other historians. 40km (about 25 miles) is a long distance on foot even with a full belly and no heavy pack. Now imagine trudging cold and hungry in ice and snow with shells interdicting the line of retreat causing constant disruption as soldiers go prone to survive clouds of shrapnel zinging overhead. After the shells, you pick up the dead (maybe), help the wounded (maybe), abandon vehicles as they break down or run out of fuel, and all manner of hardship trying to disengage from a massive Soviet army seething with revenge. Like wolves seeing a wounded animal trying to limp away, the Soviet army would rush in with a howls of glee nipping at their heels the whole way. I agree that staying put was the correct course of action. The German army was "between Scylla and Charybdis".
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  7790. -Oh, seems like TIK is promoting Bitcoin. Real TIK suddenly appears -But is this really the case?
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  7791. Thanks for the warning TIK. 👍 (Unfortunately, using your head, think, wait a second... are NOT the strongest qualities of humanity. Not even after being warned.)
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  7792. Love the way you show and tell history. I'm still going through your past videos especially like the Hitler was a socialist. I had always thought so to but the way you explained it made it obvious. And with regards to this video I think the main problem is 'Marxist-Socialism' rearing its ugly head and people like Eden and FDR, and so it continues to this day. Thanks for the videos.
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  7793. good.
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  7794.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you for your clarification. As a russian I appreciate that.
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  7795. That's actually true. He wasn't wrong either, stupid, but not wrong. We were giving all his enemies war material, lend-lease. But he clearly didn't understand how american politics work... Or used to work at least.
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  7796. Thanks for the interesting video and I just bought the book when I was half way through the video
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  7797. Good video Tik; I read Evan's book about the Iriving trial. He really is a distorian.
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  7798. You are an apologist for Irving. Were Irving serious about the historical accuracy of his work it would have been withdrawn and revised. It clearly has not been so Irving is pleased to continue to make money from the deceit. Were Irving employed as a formal historian his actions would be grounds for dismissal. He is not employed as such - he is a writer. As to your attempts to critique and dismiss those who would hold Irving accountable, adding value judgement and virtue signalling adds no factual weight. Irving has been found to be a liar across multiple books. This has been pointed out to him, but he prefers to milk the niches he has created, that is his place in history.
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  7799. Where he made up the death toll at Dresden? riiigghhhtttt
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  7800. I pass the word that your videos are amazing. I've learn so mutch thanks to your channel. Thank you TIK.
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  7801. First!
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  7802. Loving this series. This is the first I have heard about the lack of reinforcements. I am curious about a couple things. Did the logistics issue at the start of Blau result from the Soviet offensive on Kharkov in May 42? Did this battle cause stockpiles meant for Blau be used and depleted? The casualty information is also interesting. I have heard the battle for the Don bend was much more brutal than typically lead to believe. This is backed up by the casualty reports. And could Hitlers belief the Soviets were beat because of early successes of Blau against disorganized units that took part in the Kharkov offensive contributed to the lack of reinforcements? By the time they figured it out, it was too late? They took units off the line and afaik they were destined for Leningrad because they thought the Soviets were beat.
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  7803. Since YT is trying to ban your retelling of history, you deserve my SUB.
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  7804. YouTube is a corporation comitted to ignorance and mass manipulation.
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  7805. The maps are really good. If you were trying to read all of this from a book it would get really confusing.
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  7806. TIK, I love the gay German talk bubbles you put in. It reminds me of 'Allo Allo', and I'm just sitting going, "What a choice to maka"
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  7807. It's funny, I have seen most if not all TIK's videos, I don't think I have seen one tank. Lol
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  7808. Thank you so much for this history of my fellow countrymen, no matter how brief. I once heard that the reason the break out from Minqar Qiam was so successful was because the New Zealanders were basically told to break out to the east but because there was a burning tank in that direction the entire Division passed within a few hundreds metres of that spot.
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  7809. First
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  7810. TIK yes I did alright thanks for the advice and words of support it’s great to be able to still interact with you despite your large following now
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  7811. Nice, a good addition to my weekend. Hope all is well TIK. I was given the first two volumes of David Glantz's Stalingrad series. Gonna take me a while to get through them! ^^
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  7812. this start to look like two exhausted boxers going for the last round
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  7813. ​ @oliver4886 , nope! Since TIK is speaking English Panzerfausts is the correct plural. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Panzerfaust
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  7814. Up till the 1990s and the release of official Soviet archives the West traditionally did not trust the Soviet versions. On top of that much of the history was written by German officers who were the "guests" of the US Army. On top of that he cold war and the language barrier had an effect. It was wasn't till Glantz and the Russian historians of the 2000s that we got much of the Soviet story. Citino and other historians have commented on this.
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  7815. TIK should create a video on why a vast super-secret worldwide conspiracy (like the tinfoil-hat conspiracy theories described in this video) are logistically impossible. He already went over how bad logistics are for armies (the Wehrmacht, the Red Army, and the British and American armies), the logistics for a worldwide conspiracy should be even worse.
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  7816. I can skip my abs workout for a week now... I think I pulled a muscle laughing
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  7817. And I thought history channel's hitler documentaries was insane.
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  7818. I would love watch tik do a livestream book reading. This is hilarious!
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  7819. I burst out laughing for 30 minutes….Great TIC, thank you very much 😂😂😂😂
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  7820. i was having a really bad day today, and now iv been laughing for the past 10 minuets
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  7821. "whoa, check out the initials on the new catholic maid!"
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  7822. You should have gotten yourself an aluminium hat, just for this one...;-):-):-)
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  7823. This is one of the funniest video u ever made this is why I look forward to your videos every Monday keep up the great work tik 😎
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  7824.  @TheImperatorKnight  I just finished watching and I’m legitimately dead 💀
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  7825. I'm impressed you are able to read such a book. I'm struggling to get myself to read actual good books...
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  7826. Dear TIK. I am amazed you went through this, and held it together for so long. I'd have a better time believing this book. If, we were in some fictional Steam or Diesel Punk universe. Otherwise. It's good listening for me while I paint my Wargaming miniatures for tabletop. And listening to your voice while you recite and then dismantle this crap. Pardon my Language. Not had a Rosie day. 🇬🇧👍
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  7827. I saw that you made a playlist for outlandish theories.Maybe cover a book by a socialist/marxist that you find stupid?
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  7828. I can't believe you read the WHOLE book. I also can't believe I watched the WHOLE video! :)
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  7829. Tik,I gotta say that your examinations of this book,is your first entertainment video. Really, this video made me smile the whole time (1h:19)...thank you very much, for comedy Monday😉
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  7830. Tik, I just have a question? Are you fan of 40k? I just found out the meaning of your channels name and it is "THE IMPERATOR KNIGHT" from one of the comments on another video and if its not 40k, what is the inspiration?
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  7831. Thank you for another informative and well presented video.
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  7832.  @TheImperatorKnight  Shorter ones might be better for your health.
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  7833. That zoom in on Goreing and the oh yeah got me good, cause when I was in High School my friend group of history kids use to joke to me and call me Goreing.
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  7834. These shorter vids are awesome to watch in between the longer ones!
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  7835. Thank you Tik for doing that. I was being annoyed that i would get tik t** in my search history. I really love ur videos and take them as notes for learning and knowledge. Again you make it all seem very fun to listen and learn. You have a proper way you go about it... Anyway im very glad to hear u changed ur name to something other :D Hoping you read this comment, i mean i know u hear praises odten but yeah, you have help me develop a good mindset since i find history to be great way of learning children what is good from wrong and that being knowledgeable might help a person sometimes through rough timesn
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  7836. What, only 15 minuts, 30 seks video... I feel vaguely cheated :P Great video! You have covered some of the often overlooked, but devastating problems, in a really good and effective manner! I wonder how many people actually looked at the connection between the number of dead POW of the German sixth army, and the food shortage(?)... Still I would suspect that those soldiers in particular, would have had a really harsh time by the soviets, still it is obvious that the lack of food is the main killer. I hope that you will get more subscribers, this channel is not nearly as watched, as it ought to be! Also, perhaps you should get in touch with "the great war" channel, since they will cover World War II as the next project, and they are going to have multiple youtube channels to support that... They would benefit hugely from your work, as far as I can see!
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  7837. Love the tiny jokes like Chrome, miniplenty and.. some other I forgot creeping in. Keep up the good work. :D
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  7838. I came here from Orwell's essay on fascism. Cheers Tik
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  7839. History repeats itself in many ways.
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  7840. JUST TRAPSUKI 🤣 this has to be the oddest YouTube debate in history, car mats!
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  7841. There is a port. Without Tobruk the supplies would have to be sent to Tripolis or Banghazi before reaching the front.
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  7842. Thanks for the video ❤
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  7843. Very Happy to have your Battlestorm video back.
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  7844. Tanks TiK. Don't give up on the politics though 🙂
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  7845. As a casual WW2 interest person I first found Tik on my recommended feed, but it was Tiks Public vs Private video that blew my mind and what I thought I knew was completely wrong, eg public corporations were capitalist. Thanks Tik for the hard work you put in I hope you keep it up for you have become a beacon of truth for me.
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  7846. Thank you TIK for not sticking to tanks
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  7847.  @TheImperatorKnight  Imagine actually being so hurt by people having different opinions that you have to make false reports to shut their opinion down. We’re literally talking boring economics here. Sheesh.
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  7848. It’s really handy to get this simple explanation of inflation at 27:30. In fact, you have a great knack in making really complex sounding economic topics simple enough to allow me to wrap my head around them (just about), thanks!
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  7849. Tik, can you please do something well outside your norm on your channel please? We are in fact in a legit cold war inside the US ... And given your knowledge on the subject I would love your thoughts on this; Please review this new book, American Marxist by Mark Levin. . I really fear history is repeating itself in the worst of ways and the ones repeating insane mistakes really believe they can avoid ALL the history of past failures. Please Tik.
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  7850. Doesn´t the short 76mm outrange the german 50mm as well?
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  7851. 15:01 You do too much for our sake.
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  7852. Have comfort knowing that if your well-sourced videos are pissing some people off, it's because you're telling them truths they hear but refuse to listen to. Very insightful video.
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  7853. Thank you for your work. I always cite the fate of professor junkers on my conversations about this subject, i know its tiring but keep doing your work with this level of information. As more accurate you can be with the most examples from their real policies the hard your words can be distorted.
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  7854. Lenin also eliminated the Mensheviks, the anarchists, the syndicalists and the Kronstadt rebellion. Millions more leftists Stalin and Mao disagreed with were also eliminated in the respective political movement. If eliminating different leftist groups and other atrocities you mentioned would disqualify anyone as a socialist and their ideologies from Socialisms. Lenin, Stalin and Mao and their respective Leninism, Stalinism and Maoism, should also not be socialistic. Regarding Nationalised Trade Union: Historically Nazi, Fascists and Communist Regime had the same approach toward trade Union——Nationalisation. Nazi nationalised all Labor Union into DAF, like Cuba nationalised all Union into CTC, USSR to ACCTU, and Italy to Fascist Trade Unions. “Today we can no longer confine ourselves to proclaiming the dictatorship of the proletariat. The trade unions have to be governmentalised; they have to be fused with state bodies. The work of building up large-scale industry has to be entrusted entirely to them. But all that is not enough. “(V. I. Lenin Report at the Second All-Russia Trade Union Congress January 20, 1919) Use the CTC of Cuba as an example. Non of them have right to strike and collective bargaining. (Por Pedro Pablo Morejon, There Aren’t Any Real Unions in Cuba) “There was no change in Cuba where the single trade union system persists, there is no genuine collective bargaining and the right to strike is not recognised in law. “ (2007 Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights - Cuba) Regarding arresting leftist opposition: More leftists were killed in the great Purge of USSR and PRC than that Nazi Germany in peace time (1933 to 1939). According to the official record, at least 41,000 Red Army personal were sentenced to death by Military Courts and 10000 more Political prisoners (not ex-kulaks) were executions in the Gulag during the great purge. In PRC: In Sufan movement of 1955-1957 which targeted the counter revolutionary within the party and the government, 53,000 abnormal death. While in Nazi German: “Historians estimate the total of all those kept in the concentration camps in 1933 at around 100,000, and that does not count those picked up by the SA, beaten, kept for a time, and released without being formally charged. The estimates for these “wild” camps run to another 100,000.” (Gellately, R. “Hitler’s True Believers: How Ordinary People Became Nazis.” p158. )
 Out of those 200,000 prisoners, from various sources can be found online, the highest number of German Communist (the left elements) executed/died in Concentration Camp was ranged from 20000 to 30000. In the low end of the estimation, only 600 communists were killed in 1933. (Gellately, R. “Hitler’s True Believers: How Ordinary People Became Nazis.” p158. )
 “[Hitler] rejected from the outset the  idea that the millions who voted for the KPD or the SPD could simply be “forbidden”  [from the people’s community], and he was fully aware that the process of getting them  integrated in the community could take years.” (Gellately, R. “Hitler’s True Believers: How Ordinary People Became Nazis.” p163. ) “By July 1934 only around 4,700 prisoners remained, and a Hitler amnesty on August 7, 1934, cut the number to 2,394, 67 percent of whom were in Bavaria.” (Gellately, R. “Hitler’s True Believers: How Ordinary People Became Nazis.” p162. ) The rest of those 200,000 were released from the concentration camps. Regarding Anti Semite: Stalin had his own Doctors plot.
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  7855. Nope it is Karl Marx definition. As Karl Marx did put any state run by a Bourgeois, building roads and having social healthcare, and Proudhon’s Anarchism as Conservative or Bourgeois Socialism, as Karl Marx said in the manifesto that: “ … We may cite Proudhon's Philosophie de la Misère as an example of this form. The Socialistic bourgeois want all the advantages of modern social conditions without the struggles and dangers necessarily resulting therefrom. They desire the existing state of society, minus its revolutionary and disintegrating elements. They wish for a bourgeoisie without a proletariat. … A second, and more practical, but less systematic, form of this Socialism sought to depreciate every revolutionary movement in the eyes of the working class by showing that no mere political reform, but only a change in the material conditions of existence, in economical relations, could be of any advantage to them. By changes in the material conditions of existence, this form of Socialism, however, by no means understands abolition of the bourgeois relations of production, an abolition that can be affected only by a revolution, but administrative reforms, based on the continued existence of these relations”(2. Conservative or Bourgeois Socialism, III. Socialist and Communist Literature, Manifesto of the Communist Party) And according to Karl Marx, democracy is not even an essential component of Socialism. "Democracy would be wholly valueless to the proletariat if it were not immediately used as a means for putting through measures directed against private property and ensuring the livelihood of the proletariat." ("Communist Confession of Faith") “Freedom in this field can only consist in socialized man, the associated producers, rationally regulating their interchange with Nature, bringing it under their common control, instead of being ruled by it as by the blind forces of Nature; and achieving this with the least expenditure of energy and under conditions most favorable to, and worthy of, their human nature.” (“Das Kapital v3,” p593.)
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  7856.  @diegogbox  so it’s fine to chary pick ideas when it’s to prove that Hitler wasn’t a socialist, but wrong when it’s to prove that he was.
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  7857.  @rickglorie  TIK never claimed that Hitler was a Marxist, he claimed that he was a National Socialist, you know, Socialism for the German.
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  7858.  @hobbso8508 Nether does most unions in socialist states. Turns out when the state give you authority your no longer bound to the workers.
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  7859.  @markfrederikbaksrensen8574  no you would be a historian and a psychopath. Look, TIK used to be a socialist, it was only after reading the sources and considering their biases that he came to the conclusion that the Nazis were socialist, and now he is standing around saying, “hey the sources don’t say that, just look.”
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  7860.  @owningdishonestshills7435  whats wrong bud? So much anger. Did your parents not touch you enough? Or maybe they touched you too much?
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  7861. In other words history has been mostly written by a bunch of academic Leftists who want to make sure that the ugly stench of National-Socialism is firmly associated with the Right (their political opposition), and not their own cherished Leftist-Marxist ideology. And they are willing to lie and deceive to do it.
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  7862. My great grandfather ran a very successful brewery / restaurant / farm in the Steigerwald in Upper Franconia. But he ran the gambit by hosting regional Jewish guild meetings well into the mid 1930's despite severe warnings not to so. He was investigated at least three times for ancestry % and nothing officially resulted but they watched him with a very keen eye. He eventually agreed to NSDAP "guidance" hosting functions once the war neared and even sought admittance to the party but was flatly denied due to his suspected ancestry and loyalty to the Jewish business community. To this day I am astounded why his brauerei was not seized by the NSDAP, although he was a WWI wounded vet and had a son in law (my grandfather) was serving in the Stukas. They had a large family with 6 kids that may have been perceived as good for the state. When the US troops entered town in April 1945 mysteriously my great grandfather claimed to be a NSDAP member when he was not, all for the notoriety.
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  7863. “[T]he useful idiots, the leftists who are idealistically believing in the beauty of the Soviet socialist or Communist or whatever system, when they get disillusioned, they become the worst enemies. That’s why my KGB instructors specifically made the point: never bother with leftists. Forget about these political prostitutes. Aim higher. [...] They serve a purpose only at the stage of destabilization of a nation. For example, your leftists in the United States: all these professors and all these beautiful civil rights defenders. They are instrumental in the process of the subversion only to destabilize a nation. When their job is completed, they are not needed any more. They know too much. Some of them, when they get disillusioned, when they see that Marxist-Leninists come to power—obviously they get offended—they think that they will come to power. That will never happen, of course. They will be lined up against the wall and shot.” ― Yuri Bezmenov
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  7864. Very well done !!
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  7865. My history teacher said fascism is dictatorship + capitalism. He really needs to watch you!
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  7866. Gotta love it when people say shit like "He's promoting fascism because he's an extremist libertarian" when their accepted definition of fascism is just "when authoritarianism", and the definition of libertarianism is the exact polar opposite of that. The double think is so pungent it makes you nauseous.
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  7867. The socialists of today want everyone to believe this lie. They don't want people today to realize what they're up to.
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  7868. And yet another supremely well done video. The showing of sources is impeccable in academic doctrine.
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  7869. Thanks for this video! Most historians are left-leaning, to say it mildly. My high school history teacher was a socialist, and a raging antisemite (often go together). Goebbels wrote explicitly against the free market and called himself a socialist. Of course the name of the NSDAP has the word ‘socialist’ in it. Goebbels also praised the socialist economic policies of FDR. The new generations have to see this video.
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  7870. And the Soviet Union banned all Socialist and Communist political parties that weren't aligned with the Bolsheviks and executed them en masse . . . I fail to see the difference.
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  7871. It kind of does though in the sense that it throws shade at the true reasoning behind it. For example, many Communists acknowledge that 10s of millions died in famines in Communist countries, but they often blame it on pretty much everything except Communist ideology. They blame the weather, the "kulaks," the foreigners, . . . and so on. By constantly denying the origin of the famines, they've essentially learned nothing from the whole thing and will continue to subscribe to an ideology that regularly causes famines. TIK's explanation of the Holocaust is similar to this.
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  7872. Your videos are more and more eye opening
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  7873. I think socialists nowadays are so beyond the pale, it’s almost impossible to show them how their ideals have always lead and will always lead to authoritarianism. It’s always something to do with capitalism or something else that’s the issue, never socialism itself. I’ve argued a couple of times with close people in my life about this and I am always left feeling tired and sad with how they can’t see the wood for the trees. It’s like all the bad socialism does is memory-holed or not associated with it.
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  7874. 38:16 this is why I love TIK
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  7875. Come on TIK -- Wage, Price and Rent controls. Government running businesses. All the laborers being put into a single govt controlled Union, and the central distribution of goods... What else could this be but Capitalism! :) </sarcasm> (just in case)
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  7876. 29:28 They are not missing the point. Marxists think that not only do they have a monopoly on all things socialism, but that they are entitled to have a monopoly on all things socialism.
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  7877. Absolutely great video, you've not just condensed your previous arguments here but expanded on them as well as also simplifying them. Truly quite a feat. I remember before I found you and your channel. I had an interest in WW2 but there were a lot of things that didn't make sense to me. I couldn't understand how Hitler managed to "trick" so many people when he was trying to get into power. I struggled with understanding exactly how the Holocaust came to be though I should say that I never denied it, it was understanding exactly what the building blocks were to get to that point. I always struggled with the idea of tens of millions of people being tricked into hating other people because I simply didn't think that hate was that powerful of an emotion. Once I started picking away at it, none of it really made sense. That's when I started looking for actual answers and that's when I found this channel. This channel has really demystified things. Every thing I was confused about, this channel offered answers that just make sense, to put it bluntly. Once I'd accepted the core idea that Nazism is socialism then other questions answered themselves. I don't agree with every thing that TIK has said but those we can (and have) discussed and I feel like TIK took on board what I had to say. But the core element to these videos, the fundamental aspects are at this point irrefutable.
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  7878. 39:00 - I'm sorry, socialists claim that Hitler murdering someone is proof that he wasn't a socialist?! 😆 That's the most hillarious thing I've heard in weeks! 🤣
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  7879. The Nazis were part of the "yellow socialist" movement which was created by French politician Pierre Biétry as a reaction to "red socialism". This form of socialism is characterized by unions (such as the Nazi DAF) working with groups of businesses, with workers having a greater profit through negotiations between unions and business groups, all of which would operate under a strong authoritarian government (the NSDAP). So it really depends if you consider "yellow socialism" as actual socialism.
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  7880. Some people might say “stick to tanks” but I much prefer your historical politics analysis.
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  7881.  @gerardmonsen1267  You can link that video all you want, doesn't make it more right. And no, there was no privatization. That's already been debunked.
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  7882.  @gerardmonsen1267  And your evidence for this is that they did away with anti-trust laws? LOL That is stupid. Of course they did that, they were trying to centralize. Anti-trust laws have nothing to do with socialism. On net, they passed pro worker laws.
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  7883. I was browsing the HistoryMemes subreddit earlier today, and there was a meme perpetuating this whole "the nazis weren't actually socialist" myth. One of the comments even said that privatization was invented in nazi germany, which I'm assuming they misconstrued the Economist quote at the beginning. Given that comment, very good timing for this video lol.
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  7884. I watched that one in parts.
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  7885. "There will be no restoration of tsarism in Russia, but a true socialism will replace Jewish Bolshevism." Goebbels, June 16, 1941 Goebbels Diaries, 1939-1941 Diary p. 415
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  7886. That moment when the race obsessed revolutionary vegan Socialists say you are "literally Hitler."
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  7887. Would love to hear your view on what's going in the world today in the West today and what you think about the world economic form. Seem we are going down this same path today.
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  7888. You should check out Murray Rothbard's book the Progressive Era that debunks claims of a laissez faire Gilded Age. Great Book.
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  7889. Which is an Oxymoron. You're saying State-None State. By default if it's Totalitarianism it has nothing to do with Capitalism. By calling it capitalism you're saying the economy is being run by the private sector. But by calling it the State you're implying it's being run by the Public Sector. Basically it's a True False logic Fallacy. Either it's one or the other it can not magically be both. To emphasis how much of one it is. Many Socialist are still arguing right now whether the modern CCP's China is either Market Socialism, or State Capitalism. Which heavily implies that the only real difference between the two is which regime socialist like or not and want to associate it with Socialism or not. Basically Socialist who like the CCP/China call it a Market Socialist system, while those who hate it call it a State Capitalist system. The fact Market Socialism and State Capitalism are that easily interchangeable implies they mean the same thing, relatively. Like when someone says Public instead of State. They mean the same thing but use two different words to describe it. In turn State Capitalism is just Socialism that Socialist dont like to admit is Socialism.
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  7890. This astonishingly reminds me of today's globalist economy. Big centralized companies, controlled by individuals deeply connected with politicians, control media, survive mainly due to big lucrative government contracts, spying for the government, exercising censorship in public space, and controlling big parts of our life. This is very disturbing and far far away from "capitalism" as it is envisioned. This globalized economy is much closer to the communist and nazi idea of the centralized economy with almost the same mechanism of control.
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  7891. @Tik Could you do a political compass map of all the governments during WW2?
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  7892. I think it's more a problem of categories. The Marxists can't understand that when people compare the Nazies to other leftists they are not comparing specific technicalities of the ideology. They see the exact same attitude to the organization of the society and the state. It's the deep seated fear of personal agency that fueled the national socialism and it's undeniable. Doubtless in 200 years when Marxism and National Socialism will be just history terms there will be many new ideologies conceived in the exact same spirit and people will fail to draw the links because the technical details of their views will be different and worded in some new fashion.
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  7893. Wasn't Marx a vehement anti-semite? Therefore, the Communist Manifesto shouldn't be cited. Checkmate Communists.
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  7894. Brilliant ...Regards from Argentina, the land in which all the confusion between private and public that this video describe perfectly came true ..Thank you TIK
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  7895. First.
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  7896. Why do you use Beevor? Isn't he in history circles a little looked down upon since he bends the truth somewhat (he promote the "Enemy at the gates" narrative basically)
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  7897.  @TheImperatorKnight  He was indeed 🏆
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  7898. Hello TIK! I can't see the spanish subtitles I sent you a couple of weeks ago. Could you take a look at it whenever you can, please? It was the video "The Myth and Reality of Joseph Stalin's Order nº 227
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  7899. Hello Tik! A thought has been bugging me for over a year now. I think the “means of production” are people, not factoris or tools. I’m not well read in socialist literature, but i know their actions. Nearly every regime took absolute control over people at one point or an other. You are well read in their literature, what do you think of this idea?
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  7900. Humans and apes descended from a common ancestor! Not humans evolved from the apes :D
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  7901. That "Roaring Twenties" joke got me good XD Heavens, you´re on a roll today. "Became prime minister of the UK". I start getting the impression you got the wrongupload date and it SHOULD have been first of April. Now a jab against the Feminists! Though i do wonder, whether those 5 women really volunteered, or WERE "volunteered" with a gun point-blank. "Weinert" would be spoken like "wine" and then the -ert added to it. Nice end line.
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  7902. Now my wife is angry because I woke her up with my laughter.
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  7903. I just subscribed to your patreon and long time subscriber on YouTube. You make great vids , I love them so much.
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  7904. Amazing video. Honestly this is a great idea, would love more video answers like this.
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  7905. Indeed he is. In fact, he's the reason I chose my username. I wish I was able to bring him cups of tea.
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  7906. Waiting for the werhaboos or 12 year old communists to proclaim their country never committed war crimes. Go on, someone do it
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  7907.  @TheImperatorKnight  it’s sort of sad when you think about it, especially coming from the people so vehemently claiming to be “open minded”. I guess it just shows how societies end up falling apart so rapidly. Funnily enough I used to think socialism was a good idea…then my dad whipped that out of me real quick with a brief history lesson.
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  7908. I have never heard someone disprove the "not socialist" lie of socialist apologists with such erudition and learning. Well done Sir.
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  7909. I wonder if the Mises Institute will have the stones to include a link to or reference your work now. They'd be foolish to not take advantage of your hard work.
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  7910. Socialists need to feel morally superior to others, so the fact that National Socialism was so morally repugnant means they cannot accept it as socialism. The way around this cognitive dissonance is to pretend it was capitalist, and ignoring all diatribe against Jewish capitalism.
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  7911. In the poll there is no option for me. I watch your channel because of its quality. I admire effort you put in making your videos. All your videos are about history. Only perspective is different. In one video you focus on military while on the other you focus on economics. It does not matter for me since military (war) is just an instrument of policy. Similarly ideology and religion. These are just different ways to achieve a goal. One cannot exist without the other. Which you described beautifully in terms of logistics.
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  7912. Dear TIK, I have to admit, I sometimes dont see eye to eye with you, especially when you are doing videos about politics. But I have followed your channel for a while now and I find your battlestorm videos absolutely excellent. The maps, timeline, the explanations, the background information what is going on elsewhere is really captivating. Your series about the african campaign is by far the most informative I have ever seen. I am german and grew up with a ton of bad documentaries and books about the desert-fox, so I found your portrait of Rommel absolutely fantastic. Not the white knight, not the absolute idiotic gambler, somewhere just in between. IMHO you did a hell of a job to paint a very differentiated picture of the man, with all his human flaws while still being one of the more competent leaders of the german army. Anyway.... I digress, IIRC you had to take a break before because you where exhausted a while back. You looked like a ghost at the time. I was watching your videos and secretly thought to myself, one day, we might find a notice on your channel, that you just simply dropped dead. As I said, I might not agree with you on a lot of political stuff, but for sure I dont want you to literally work yourself to death. You work hard to make a valid case and point, but I personally think, these ideologic/political topics are maybe too complex really to be addressed in the form of a YT channel. You really manage to bring a new (to me) point of view more often than not when explaining your opinion. BUT...and I think you might agree, that those videos are the most exhausting to make. Maybe not the videos themselves but all the backlash that you have to deal with afterwards, I cannot even imaging the reactions, comments etc. you have to deal with. God, the comment section here is bad enough. So, for the love of god and the sake of this channel, just stay away from the ideology, concentrate on the battlestorm series, and put in some other topics if you still find the time. Take a long vacation, preferably somewhere where there is no internet. As you are from Britain, try one of the channel Islands, maybe? I heard one of them has no streetlights, so you can just go out at night and watch the stars, almost like in ancient times. Anyway, rest up, get better and please keep yourself and this channel alive a little time longer.
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  7913. Appreciate what you do especially when you hit the political and economic topics. I’d like to see more with Austrian economics.
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  7914. He has got to. As much as I agree with you, I know from personal experience that continuing something that's draining your energy is lethal.
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  7915. 😂😂
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  7916. Now that I've watched this video, I understand why I've never been able to understand any of the wars in the Balkans and why I probably never will.
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  7917. That Courland series is gold!
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  7918. Hi TIK, not sure if you’ll ever see this but thanks for all the vids, found u from the lotus eaters on the Hitler socialist vid and have been slowly becoming more addicted to all ur vids ever since; u inspired me to pick up mises and the vampire economy (which I’m in the middle of) can’t for the life of me find the Pol of Sed anywhere, no idea where to look haha but other than no’s for all the great reading material. I might have to pick up the German railway book u suggested, it seems a fascinating read!
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  7919. The 6th army's epic advance is coming down to 1 guy assaulting 1 building lol
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  7920. 2:46 well someone has read his sowell 0-0
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  7921. It is awesome that you use quotes and sources your videos high above the standards on youtube !
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  7922. Even more impressive given the huge amount of details that are often covered.
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  7923. I love your videos TIK, is'nt it so crazy how terrible our education system is when it comes to ww2 history? Growing up (in the US), ww2 was basically summed up as "Hitler was crazy, wanted to rule the world and the allies were perfect angels"
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  7924. cant get any clearer than this, at some point people are just engaging in a bad faith argument chapeau
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  7925. Hi TIK, always love learning new things, i will admit i thought companys like amazon where private due too the goverment not owning it. It makes more sence now thank you. Would love to see you guest on Timcast or The Lotus Eaters for a chat, think it would be fun and enlightening. As for the content, take you time if needs be, i think everyone here would agree we are here for the quality than the quantity. We can wait a few days, or at least i can haha. Take care.
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  7926. Hi Tik, if you have time I’m just curious about your opinion on the views shown and stated by the time ghost channel if you have seen their admittedly detailed series, specifically during their interwar series they speak of hitler being neither socialist or capitalist but “criminal” despite crime not removing persons from politics, do you think that this is done from miss-understanding or an attempt to separate nazisim from left ideology. All the best.
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  7927. You're more than just your Stalingrad series, I really enjoy all of the content you post so please feel free to post whatever you like!
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  7928. Is it OK if I hate you for having many interests and being competent to skilled at them? Doing that is much easier than working on my own interests and skills, of course. (heh!)
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  7929. Damn dude, you make insightful historical content and awesome guitar music. I wish I could subscribe twice! Have a happy holiday and hopefully we'll all have a better year in 2021.
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  7930. Okay, this is Epic
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  7931. Eastern front in a nutshell Union Soviet Socialists Republic vs German National Socialist Workers Party
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  7932. Jorrinn That's a very rare position for a teacher to take, while also for him to be employed by any school. I'm quite amazed.
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  7933. All your Videos are very interesting, really. Thank you so much! I hope you doing good and that the break helped you to relax and decrease the stress level. Edit: Just realised that you uploaded a Video last week, wich didn't show up in my inbox on YT for whatever reason. Lucky me, more to watch. 👍
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  7934. Surely TIK sees the irony of the UPA being called ‘fascist’ compared with his own insistence on calling everyone HE dislikes ‘socialist’.
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  7935. Hope you had a relaxing break from all your hard work and history chronicles. Glad to see you back in action though. A terrific WW2 history channel that i tell all my military enthusiast friends to check out. Cheers from Canada and welcome back.
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  7936. If you're interested in that sort of thing, definitely check out Collingham's book "The Taste of War". I finished it recently after TIK recommended it on this channel and it has an absolutely ridiculous level of detail about how each country involved in the war (and even some neutral ones) organized their home economies in order to feed - or attempt to feed - their populations.
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  7937.  @TheImperatorKnight  ah right I saw that one :) Thanks and happy Monday to you. looking fwd to Stalingrad
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  7938. This series is simply put amazing keep up the good work like all your work has certainly changed my opinions on this battle
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  7939. Your AH voice is hilarious. There are YT videos of AH talking (away from big rally speeches) and he sounds pretty normal.
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  7940. Your continued dedication to this series is legendary. Thank you so much! :)
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  7941. Glad to see Stalingrad being finished. I consider it to be one of the great works of history. It has done more to explain the story of Stalingrad more than any other cursory look I've come across.
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  7942.  @TheImperatorKnight  Have you ever thought about selling some merch? That madman Hitler get out of jail card would make a great t-shirt.
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  7943. You will get a lot of heat for this because in Czech schools we're taught that CSNS was a beacon of democracy and last bastion against totalitarianism. Dr. Benes, second president after Masaryk was National socialist. So this is going to be triggering to lot of my fellow Czechs. And I mean, as we know since Hussite wars, there's probably only few things worse than triggered Czechs:)
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  7944. True, Giovanni is the Italian version of Jan (or John).
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  7945.  @TheImperatorKnight  of course! I had made this comment while watching your video in a haste. I myself made some comments on that youtuber channel, and I talked to to friends that actually are in some history-discussion servers on discord, I just couldnt find a suitable place on reddit to talk about this to other brazilians tho
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  7946. TIK "It is my work" Worldwide communists "our work" 😂
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  7947. Please say that your source is the spymaster
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  7948. This video is so important; I myself, a long time subscriber of your channel, was deceived by him!
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  7949. Right! I can’t believe these people are trying to pick fight because your content isn’t what they want?
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  7950. First!
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  7951. Thanks for this video TIK. I’d heard about the betrayal of the Cossacks before but had no idea it was part of a larger repatriation program carried out by the US and UK. Waiting for the excuses from bootlickers or tankies like “Oh Cossacks/ROA sided with the Nazis so they got what they deserved”.
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  7952. 26:31 This description is so much like the Nazi treatment of the Jews. Horrifying.
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  7953. This video is another great reason why TIK deserves support on Patreon. Well done sir
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  7954. Damn, that's dark Especially when the Allies had no reason to go with Stalin's whim (or well, did they ?)
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  7955. Truth. And defend to the death free speach and the right to bear arms.
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  7956. The book by Nikolai Tolstoy makes for nauseating reading about the perfidy of the Western allies. Millions died.
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  7957. Only those who wanted to remain in the USSR, if there was any.
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  7958. I know what TIK speaks of is true. Another good source is "Up from the Rubble". The story of Russian Mennonites that DID make it out.
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  7959. One of the saddest stories of post WW2
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  7960. I’m expecting some ship nerd to comment “Stick to land warfare”
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  7961. Lewis always presenting the best content good job TIK
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  7962. Hilariously TIKs most uncontroversial take
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  7963. Neville declared war on Germany, so he did something.
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  7964. This is exactly why I still showed a lot of respect towards my teachers, I understood they weren't in a position where they could change much of the curriculum. I did have some really good teachers, especially for honors classes, that would try and teach useful things during any spare time. My AP Gov teacher, for example, also taught us personal finance skills a few days a month. I also really enjoyed sitting in teachers' rooms during lunch so we could talk without concern for the curriculum.
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  7965. You know Tik. I just love how utterly based you have become. You remind me so much of myself. Anyone historically inclined with some degree of independent intellect ends up in this space sooner or later.
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  7966. With common sense and more reasonable and consistent discours I was really able to literally TIK some people off regarding curricular understanding of the second world war and the clash of totalitarianism in the first half of the 20th century. PS: What surprised me the most was that people get pissed at the mention that Soviet gulags and Nazi concentration camps where built for the similar purpose.
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  7967. You described my entire experience throughout schooling. I had one history teacher who actually took interest in my opinions and loved debating me. I definitely miss his guidance.
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  7968. You said that if people have a belief, no amount of fact and reason will change their mind. This reminds me of a time when I was sat in a pub and got chatting to some guy. I told him I was a metalsmith in the REME at the rank of sergeant. He told me he could get a job earning x amount (I can't remember how much he said.) I said no thanks as it was about 10k less than I was on. He told me in no uncertain terms soldiers didn't get paid that much. No amount of me saying I should know how much I earned would convince him.
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  7969. I have watched all the earlier episodes 3 times past this year, my wife is questioning my mental state and is already annoyed when she hears TIK's voice. I am obligated to use headphones now. It is the best documentary and easy step for further studies about Battle of Stalingrad and Case blue. Thank you TIK!
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  7970. bruhhhhhhhhhh
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  7971. Fantastic Tik, please keep up this vital work!👍
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  7972. people disliking even though the video is 46 minutes long and was uploaded 24 minutes ago
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  7973.  @TheImperatorKnight  go have a look at Lloyd De Jongh channel. He has also linked Nazi ideology to Gnostic thoughts.
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  7974. Already first comment in and I know this is gonna make my head hurt. "Shooting prisoners isn't a crime". I'd lose my mind replying to these people; I don't know how you do it.
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  7975. Wait, 4channers targeted you? I am actually very curious now as to the details & specific threads. These people on there are usually very toxic but also serve as laughing stocks.
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  7976. What happened to your Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far videos?
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  7977. "Adam Tooze said so" so the truth is based on whatever a certain "expert" says ?
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  7978. "Hitler crushed the Trade Unions" "Yeah? So did the Communists. Its a trademark of any and every Authorization Dictatorship, and it's far most common in Communism. After all, a Workers Union that is the Government wont tolerate the existence of another Trade Union which wants to become the government."
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  7979. Socialist thought evolves. Fascists were Socialists who recognized Marxism failed and so co-opted Nation in order to try again. The Communist Party of China is Nationalistic because it learned from Fascists and co-opted Chinese culture and history to gain power and enslave the Chinese people. That is Fascism. Fascism is Socialism. Socialism is slavery.
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  7980. How dare you contradict the experts and confront viewers with facts. Really!
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  7981.  @TheImperatorKnight  It's actually "...der Fall ?", but correct use of articles has become optional in Germany over the last decades ... So you're spot on 🤣
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  7982. I am a fan of both tank and bank videos. I don't see how you can enjoy one and not the other, both play into each other. Great job as always Tik! Your videos are a great learning experience and enjoyment for me.
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  7983. I have 2 BA degrees (political science, Islamic studies), and a law degree. I've learned more about WWII from Lewis than any "Professor." BTW, DaVinci and (mostly) Sir Isaac Newton were self-educated.
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  7984.  @edmundcowan9131  The degree does not do the writing, the person does. And it’s all about personal drive and skill in research and writing that results in historical books, articles, and other literature or media. Of coarse humans exist, objectively. It’s the degrees that are arbitrary.
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  7985. TIK - please keep doing these long form videos. I’ve been watching you for years and have yet to tackle most of the Battlestorm series specifically because I usually listen to your content while making dinner or driving and feel the Battlestorm videos deserve the full attention to both the audio and the visuals. These kinds of longer Q&A videos let me explore various topics - some which you’ve covered previously and some that are totally new - while getting the same quality and quantity of information from you even if you feel that they aren’t as researched as you’d like (I appreciate that you have such an exacting standard and hold yourself even more accountable than you do other historians). Also, for what it’s worth, I truly enjoy your “Bank” releases. I got very into Austrian economics and voluntaryism about 7 or 8 years ago and, while definitely jaded and discouraged about the feasibility markets opening up rather than doubling down on state control in the near future, I really love hearing your perspective as you’ve started to include economic and social history into your work. I was also originally a rugged “left” socialist who turned to individualism after reading Mises and Hayek, though I had an embarrassing National Socialist period for many years in between the two. Please don’t stop doing what you’ve been doing, your videos are truly some of the most valuable history content on Youtube, and easily some of the best-researched content on the site just in general. Very, very, very few people put the amount of time and effort into each video that you do, and I don’t know a single one which comes close that isn’t also doing so with a much larger staff and budget on top of capitalizing on merch and other avenues that aren’t desirable or realistic for you. Put my mom onto your stuff since she’s big into history and she loves it to. All the best from Broakland, Commiefornia, USA!
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  7986. I wasn’t planning on majoring in history when entering my university but I was excited to take a few classes because I thought it would be a good way to learn new things and test my knowledge but I definitely have learned so much more outside of school and enjoyed the discussions online than any of the few classes I took lol
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  7987. Really good video - these details are very interesting and important and, as you said yourself, seldom talked about. Keep u the great work. As for the Soviet sources, I don't think that even ex-Soviet states have a lot of them due to the nature of the regime that was there. Currently, as with any post-communist states, the history is a bit wonky. More often than not, it is biased. We have the very same problem in my country (also ex-communist) where you have communist point of view on the war and its leaders, but then you have royalist point of view. Both have their own historians and both are actually biased, some more than others. And in Russia, although not as bad, you have the same problem. You can take Suvorov for example and his Icebreaker, and some other writers that talk about the superiority and perfection of Soviet Union at the same time. So it is OK to stick with what little you can find. It might not be much, but better small and accurate than a lot and biased or straight up false. That is at least my opinion. Cheers!
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  7988. Also have to add - Not enough Tanks this week. How anyone can release a video without a least a little black and white Sherman or Churchill photo is beyong me.
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  7989. Probably another controversial one too lol
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  7990. Thank you for this Documentary!
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  7991. A great video to come back to every now and then. It's 2 self-contained hours of interesting content.
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  7992. Very interesting video and entertaining video too :D. I usually get bored with 20 min videos and yet i managed to watch this near 2 hr video at one go. The sheer amount of research you have done and the knowledge you have is evident. Thank you very much for creating such a good video and providing me a clear insight of what had happened. Btw, i think in the end it was more a combination of factor 2 and 3 for the failure of the market garden, even though i strongly believe Gavin not allocating enough troops for the Nijmegen bridge on day 1 and not focusing on it as its objective from the start was a major factor, i also believe we must also praise the Germans for their success of kampfgruppens and forming them out of nothing and concentrate their little resources and do much quick thinking by their commanders.Even though the rush attack across the arhen bridge was a disaster, i still believe it was a pretty good plan by the information given to the germans and utilising what they have for a gamble.
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  7993. In the 1950's, my grandfather bought a plot of land, built a house on it, installed the plumbing himself, installed all the electrical wiring, and laid down a driveway for his car, which he repaired himself when that was needed. In this century, almost all of that is illegal, and you have to get every part of that plan approved by the government before you can even start on it, then certified when you're done.
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  7994. Oh this IS interesting!!! :-)
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  7995. I have a good video suggestion and I beg you to do this. Can you please make a video on the economic history of the Soviet Union? For example, can you explain their periods of economic growth and the reason their GDP at times were high (mainly their central bank, fudged statistics, etc) but actually go over all of that in one long video? It would be very helpful to argue against Marxists that try and constantly cite sources that somehow the Soviet Union was successful until they implemented market reforms. Furthermore, at the end try to refute some of the sources Marxists try and bring up. Thanks!
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  7996. Free market backs whatever 'historin' people want. Patron wallets don't need a stranger's approval.
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  7997. How is he fake? Gonna need to see your receipts.
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  7998. There is a book from a famous freemason, albert pike "morals and dogma" .Freemasons i thought were just architects in the dark ages, but were subvertet at a point and a cult overtook it in england around 1300. The templer orden had to flee france and went to england at that time. There are a lot of conections same rituals and ideology. it had something to do whit the magna charta where u find evidence templar orden went to england and redesignt itself into the freemasons.
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  7999. The line from Ayn Rand to Empiricism seems thin at best. It seems to be more towards Aquinas and certainly Aristotle and there are definite links to Classical Liberalism as well. Libertarianism seems to get its influences from Ayn Rand and not only through von Mises. With Empiricism also tied to Kant (father of modern philosophy), this also adds to the reasoning of Rand not tied to Empiricism. Evola would be an interesting one to get into more. How these seemingly dissimilar streams get tied together in 3rd Positionism. Could btw be since both had Kant influences.
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  8000. Nicely laid out video for questioning the authenticity of Wilhelm Hoffman's diary. Good factual arguments with numerous references. Two days ago, I watched Anton Joly's "Operation Uranus" video and it is excellent. Thanks for all you do, TIK.
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  8001. I feel as if I do have to make a statement about what you said in regards to the entry which talked about corpses being everywhere. From a safe space, reading documents, it's easy to read different sources and say "Oh, there weren't that many bodies there, this one is false" . How can one tell how one would react to walking past dead bodies day and night? You don't need numbers in the thousands or even hundreads to mess someone up. Can one really claim that they would write in a completely objective and lucid manner and say "There are only hundreads of corpses here instead of thousands, so it's not that bad" ? Also I had a problem with your statement about the smell in the air. I can personally walk on the other side of the street where a cat was ran over by a car and the smell will still be overwealming. While I'm mentioning this, I would also like to add about you view on morale. While a unit's morale may be high, I doubt there was any significant period of time in which any division in Stalingrad had no suicides, or any which fought there who didn't have to shut one or more of his men down for talking in a defeatist manner. As such, a soldier's diary may mention low morale even when official records (or even the diaries of other soldiers) do not. While you may be right in the rest of the video, I am fairly confident that this particular arguments you are presenting are wrong. I do not know if you added them for filler or you failed to realise the holes in the logic you used, but it gives a delegitimizing tone to what otherwise is a very well made video. You said about I believe Zaitsev's diary, that one untruthful aspect of it will make people doubt the entire thing, valid as the rest of it may have been, and I believe it to be the case both with narration using memory and analysis using sources and personal logic. All the best wishes!
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  8002. The next question is then: in how far did Hoffman's information influence your narrative? Are there instances of you quoting or reading his work that might have had an influence severe enough to put into doubt unit positions or battle descriptions? Did Chuikov (or rather, the people that wrote 'his' account) actually manage to corrupt history?
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  8003. Armchair Historian did a short animated video based on this diary. Won't he be embarrassed. Btw, has anyone ever confirmed that there was a Wilhelm Hoffman? If so, why would the Russians pick some random common soldier to fake a diary? You'd think that if they wanted to myth make, they'd pick someone with more status. Perhaps they were blinded by their ideology. It wouldn't be the first time.
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  8004. This is a splendid find, TIK. An old clever piece of soviet propaganda that the world took at face value up to this day because it made sens at the time. Thanks for sharing!
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  8005. Best World War II documentary I have ever seen
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  8006. City map looks great
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  8007. TIK, you captioned a pic of my boy Bob Murphy, Helena. You better hope he doesn't see that or he might talk about it for an hour on his podcast!
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  8008. Stick to tanks
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  8009. 😅 why is Robert Murphy representing Helana Blavatski here 3:42
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  8010. The same thing happens here in Spain with the television, it belongs completly to the state and if a company wants to have a "private" channel of their own they have to ask the state permision for it and follow their rules because they own the monopoly and the infractures and the rights to have them, wich us something that almost isn't discussed here. Imagine if in order to have your your YouTube channel and your own content you had to ask persmision to the goverment and follow the rules they set, exactly. And to end my comment right now I work in the public sector (I didn't find anything else) and yes, it is pretty shitty, you don't work as much as they claim (they fake it) and your own bosses forces you to work in a unefficient manner doing only the bare minimun
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  8011. Greetings from Macclesfield.
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  8012. Hearing TIK use Nazi Germany as a comparison to the UK gave me goosebumps 😂
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  8013. Excellent video, TIK. But given that I wrote a pamphlet called “Why British Rail privatisation failed” and maintained a blog covering all the ways in which the state was interfering with railways, I kind of have to. One thing I think deserves a mention is vertical separation. This is when the body running the trains is not the body running the infrastructure. All truly private railways do (or did) both. Why? Because it makes things a lot easier. Another thing worth a mention is Japan. Most railways in Japan are privately owned. Now, it is not perfect - season ticket prices are regulated - but the difference is amazing. Clean, punctual, constant improvement.
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  8014. This is honestly the first time I laughed out loud when watching a TIK video, amazing intro. Cheers TIK.
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  8015. Happy Birthday TIK, who says history can’t be fun.
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  8016. so that it can be reverted to older version by using Manstein's book as a reference.
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  8017. In short, what matters is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. I think the reason people fear revisionist history is because of '1984,' where an entire department of the state is established to falsify the historical record based on the Party's present agenda and political expediency. In contrast, not too many know about the volumes of scholarly work performed in the 1910s and 1920s to correct many previously-held assumptions from the Enlightenment (such as the true nature of the Dark Ages). These were thoroughly based on primary sources, and have plenty of surprises for Modern audiences (see Hilaire Belloc & Hans Delbruek in particular). Revisionist historians who correct mistakes in the record are not bad. Distorians who increase or protect these mistakes don't do much good to anybody, and the damage of lying/errors is real. The Catholic Church, too, uses the term 'Error' to describe false doctrines, be they through ignorance or malice. :)
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  8018. Agree, we historians are revisionists, it is part of the job, yes there are people that manipulate history for an agenda, but that is not revisionism, nor the job of a historian and I wouldn't say those people are historians, it is like saying that someone who cannot design a house is an Architect.
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  8019. Dude, I do not comprehend how you keep going and I am delighted that you manage to do so. I will miss this series greatly when the day comes and I look forward to that day for your sake. As many others have said in diffetent words, you are the top of the top shelf: all respect and thanks.
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  8020. I was kind of annoyed before when in past videos you devoted a lot of time debunking claims by socialists on the internet, because I don't think its worth engaging with these "people", but I totally understand why you do it. I found where some marxists posted your video on the subreddit for a youtube commie Vaush, just to say how much they hate you. Why are the socialists so obsessed with you?
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  8021. A lot of these dislikes are probably from self-righteous sjw progressive american college students.
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  8022. This actually makes alot of sense because if you read marx he talks like capitalism is a person and not a system of economics which now that you understand this its clearly
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  8023. Congratulations to you 👏. Keep doing it. Due the first question, I found you have a heart for the German military
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  8024. Tik I wasn't expected an upload on today's Public Holiday in UK. Thanks but we need you to pace yourself to survive Stalingrad.
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  8025. First!
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  8026. You're always giving us more than we ask for my dude. The extra videos will be a nice taster for the eugenics video, I'm sure :3
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  8027. I have to finish up your video from last week, but looks good.
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  8028. Very interesting and useful addon to the previous episode. And excellent quality comments too for sure. The target wasn't the Stalingrad-Astrakhan railway, which ran beyond the Volga, but rather a maneuver to help Army Group A capture the Grozny-Astrakhan one. As for the Millerovo-Stalingrad supply route, it was clogged from the very beginning and never delivered the needed amount. Of course besieging the city without striving to capture it at all costs was the best option, that's what I always write in such a discussion. Arguably, the war was already lost after the defeat at Moscow. A German victory at Stalingrad wouldn't necessarily have meant winning the war in the east, this would rather have given some more time. But then again the chances were about even. And of course defeat was definitely the end of it, Germany could no longer win. The long and bloody fighting of the last two years were just delaying the inevitable outcome. The only chance left was the development of the atom bomb.
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  8029. Really liked the new thumbnail style! Good work overall! Regards
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  8030. 2:18 i did not expect to find a "the Doors" quote on this channel..... . hell ya man..... rock on i LOVE the doors
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  8031. One of the first views! This is a first for me!
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  8032.  @TheImperatorKnight  go ahead, I already stole it from Italian fans, also great job giving us quality content every weak for so long.
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  8033. Funnily enough, my classmates have elected me to teach a lecture on Thursday because it is a half day and we have nothing better to do, but TIK decided to upload, so I will just study Latin while listing to TIK. Because iPads can not multitask like PCs.
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  8034. Nice one TIK, someone call the burns ward. Also, Aristos kratos = The best men rule Demos kratos = The commen men rule Hence the words Aristocracy and Democracy. If we can't agree on what words mean because of ideology then we may as well not say anything at all, we need dictionaries to standardise words and meanings.
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  8035. Left calls anyone fascists who disagree with them. That way they are excused from rational arguments defending their position. In other words they are violent lazy thinkers.
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  8036. The concept of left and right in politics was a mistake as one can't identify what is left and right clearly. Such a dumb idea is used to dumb down ideologies and explain their correlation with each other and use it as propaganda. This is very prevalent in two party republics like the US a place where factionalism is very common (ether you are left or right Democrats or Republicans)
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  8037. if it's any consolation it isn't a heterodox view, much of what I heard in the Peikoff lecture series was supported by the Arthur Holmes series
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  8038. The three P’s of the free market. Profit Prices Private property If these exist in a market then the market will be the most efficient means of production.
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  8039. F.. now TIKhistory is feeding my gaming addiction!
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  8040.  @mickles1975 because their is already a monopoly on roads it’s called the government.
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  8041. I've never heard of this game but I want it now. You always recommend cool things. I recently read the Self Esteem book you recommended a few videos ago. Very helpful. I also bought the Economics in One Lesson book, I will read that next.
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  8042. The videos on the effects of Facism and Socialism for countries like Greece are actually the ones I am most likely to watch, since you go over individual accounts of these events and compare them to verifiable information. So for me it definitely would never be due to not being interested. Almost always it is because I am not notified, and specifically check your channel for uploads.
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  8043. It's refreshing to hear from a person that does his own research. Most college graduates that I know, "pray to their professors" before they go to bed. I quote Socrates to them, "When a man claims to be intelligent, question him". I also quote Mark Twain, "I've never let my schooling interfere with my education". I seriously doubt that I've gotten any of these robots to use their own brains. Thank You for an excellent documentary.
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  8044. Another brilliant episode!
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  8045. 36:00 Wears glove to protect it and then just drops it lol
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  8046. Hi tik 👋
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  8047. Thank you, thank you for these outstanding videos. This is one of your best ever. For years the general standard secondary sources never made sense, but you and some other historians have done so much in the last few years to point these pieces together correctly, but you have the inside/outside perspective that so often allows someone to see history correctly. Bravo!
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  8048. Peaceful protesters 🤣
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  8049. Urban II didn't organise crusades, the people did
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  8050. WEST TAIWAN LOL
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  8051. Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the whole "thesis vs. antithesis = synthesis" process basically a form of Orwellian doublethink where the solution is to oppress your mind to the point where you get to think that both truth and untruth are true at the same time? That whole thing reeks of narcissists who latch onto anything they can use to prove their superiority to average people. The chance to "elevate" themselves beyond truth and untruth and onto a higher level seems like a dream come true for their type.
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  8052. It's a religion, because the Hegelian Dialectic is supposed to give you two separate views, wherein you will eventually arrive at a synthesis of viewpoints. Sounds great right? Well, try engaging in the Dialectic with a person that takes the most extreme position (in Marx, he went with pure Materialism, among many other stances), and then proceed to engage, with the express purpose of NOT synthesizing a position, but to force the other person to synthesize and moderate his position to yours. Thus, you remain in place, in firm extremism, while you force your beliefs onto others. There is no good-faith from one-side, in being changed or convinced that they are wrong. This is why they believe in the ideal, and the purity of struggling (Yay, yet another Marxist belief) towards the ideal, even if TRUE COMMUNISM never is achieved. Thus, this is NOT a good form to engage with the Marxists. Also, the idea that this is the end of history, and the end of everything, helps give rise to the a sense of urgency among its adherents. We saw this with ISIS, where people were motivated with a sense of urgency to engage in their beliefs, because there would be no more chances after.
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  8053. loved it. I do think that this should be saved for later.
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  8054. yeah, did not come to my feed, thats for sure. 😂
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  8055. YouTube specifically targeted this video and asked me for my opinion on it. I'm never seen anything like that before - but I had liked the video as a way of place-holding as I had only made it partway through. I didn't respond to the YT request and I'm not sure if I like this analysis or not. I'm glad you (TIK) attempted it, but I think your understanding of Darwin's philosophy is too shallow. Darwin cannot be blamed for Eugenics and Social Darwinism any more than Neils Bohr can be blamed for the atomic bomb.
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  8056. How many wanted to eliminate the non vaccinated to protect the vaccinated super race.
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  8057. It was a thrilled and useful narrative and conversational video about this complicated and philosophical matter through the opinions introduction of several different literature figures about (Darwinism, social Darwinism, Eugenics, and Adolf Hitler Gnostic&(bloodshed ) fantasy ...I am agree with your conclusion that (Adolf Hitler) social nationalism had related to Chamberlain, Wagner ,and Hegel .it was far away from Darwinism. Adolf Hitler believed in power ( strength) for political aim approaches .not fitness . He believed in political selection through extermination, not natural selection ...I hope these useful and enlightening works are continuing by respectful (TIK)channel.
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  8058. Great Video Tik, would love more coverage into this topic as well and how it links to colonialism and other interactions of the west and the so called "inferior" races😂, I'm african btw and a big fan of your videos, best historian on Youtube
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  8059. Sounds like the '77th Brigade' is watching every Reich-related video just to get new ideas on how to manage us plebeians.
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  8060. New video! Get well soon & stay safe lad
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  8061. Third
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  8062. This is something I always wonderd myself. Thanks for making a video about that.
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  8063. 😁number 2
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  8064. Second!!!!....thaks a lot TIK!!!!....from Chile 🇨🇱
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  8065. Is it possible that politics were at play in Gavin's 'failure' to have a go at Nijmegan bridge on day one ?
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  8066. Notification Squad report.
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  8067. Where's stalingrad battle storm!!! Just kidding 😂
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  8068. Yes only a bridgehead across the Rhine was the goal (as far as a Ruhr manoeuvre is concerned). After moving north to cut off the Netherlands and open Antwerp, no move on the Ruhr could have occurred without the US 1st Army to the south moved eastwards in tandem. They needed to get beyond Aachen first, and they had a tough time with that.
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  8069.  @TheImperatorKnight  It really does help make things clearer. I suggest reading the book "Account Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self" by Melita Maschmann - she wrote it well after she was deNazified, and writes it without asking for forgiveness but to explain how she thought what she thought. It's rather eye-opening in several regards, and Hannah Arendt also corresponded with her and believed her to be truthful. It should be no surprise that her account sounds very familiar to many Woke people today.
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  8070. Great conservation….never understood how far left England turned so far left during and after ww2…
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  8071. I find Tik's analysis quite novel & not one I've heard before.
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  8072. Everybody in the UK needs to be shown this, they need to be reminded why the government is not to be trusted.
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  8073. First
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  8074.  @TheImperatorKnight  Time flies so fast anyway, it felt like yesterday when i watched the video you saying you need a break. So yeah i think taking a little easier on your self is better for longevity of this channel. Anyway keep up the amazing work and videos! Greetings from Estonia.
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  8075. Nice to se you back and you got your strengt back.✌👍👍👍😁
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  8076. Good to have you back!
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  8077. Happy you're back, TIK. Another great video.
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  8078. Hey Tik, a bit off topic but I think you should do more videos about politics and economics because you nail those. Also good to have you back again!! Cheers 🥂
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  8079. Take care man! As I always say- better to arrive late, than not to arrive at all.
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  8080.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well the most recent one I went back to watch again was "Did the Soviet Union Ever Recover from WWII?" I mostly go back to videos I enjoyed and watch them again, or in many cases listen to them again, like an audio book, like for example when house work. But I've gone back to videos as old as Operation Crusader and a few minor ones. But I've watched roughly 7 to 8 out of 10 videos which are uploaded the past two years. I've watched the Interceptor and Keelhaul ones recently repeatedly. Though I really like going back to the Public vs Private one, and listen to it whenever possible, often when mowing and doing outdoor work.
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  8081. Now socialists shall change the definition of a welfare state to continue to distance themselves from National Socialism
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  8082. The German economy was completely destroyed by this.
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  8083. TIK's conclusions are invalid as they contradict the marxist narrative. No amount of evidence can ever overturn the marxist belief system. You could create a mountain of evidence and it would never overturn their religion. They do not even believe they are lying, since whatever is necessary to support the narrative is true. This has been referred to as the "sleep of reason". Let us be honest, the reason for the success of Hitler, Mussolini & Franco is that the communist uprising were initiated and supported by Moscow to rule Europe. Even anti-socialist de Gaulle refused to turn power over to them because he would not see France ruled from Moscow. Thus, their enemies in the USSR, and the 'intellectuals' they controlled in the west, created this bag of lies about anyone who opposed them. Ever wonder why conservatives refer to these people as 'scribblers'?
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  8084. Me as well! A bridge too far days :)
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  8085. Eh don't sweat it TIK. We've all moved our rifle division up to early, happens to the best of us.
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  8086. You have a patron named 'Elon Musk' 😂 I wonder if its the real one ;)
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  8087. Everyone makes mistakes, and it's ok from me here TIK. Didn't really notice the music however till I went back just now to find and listen to it. Make it, a little bit louder; don't want it to loud and in conflict with your voice. But, great work, and looking forward to your Battlestorm. Didn't Stalingrad as a History project while at School.
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  8088. But is this really the case? God bless you, TIK. Amen.
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  8089. Excellent series tik, have read a few books over the years about stalingrad. Mostly western authors , so it is refreshing to get a balanced and unpreduidiced view 👍👍
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  8090. I was watching since the start of the series. I honestly thought I would finish my degree before Tik finishes his series but looks like he will finish it soon, while my degree is 6 months away. It Was a close race.
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  8091. Hi Tik. Sorry to be outrageously off topic but did you notice the news about the recent historical WW2 re-enactment by the "Eastern Front Living History Group" in Sheringham, Norfolk? Apparently many people were outraged by about ten people wearing Nazi uniforms (including SS insignia). It all kicked off and apparently one person was assaulted. Thought this could be a topic for a video if you're interested. Ticks politics and WW2 boxes so might be up your street. Again sorry to be off topic but I'm not sure how to send a message via Youtube. All the best.
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  8092. Now we know why boob armor works: the strict diet required for a slender figure also renders stomach wounds non-fatal.
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  8093.  @TheImperatorKnight  i worry for you
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  8094. Love this! Thanks
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  8095. Loved the Erdogan and Turkish Lira reference 😆🤣
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  8096. Do you realize , that you are making the definite reference work on the battle , for generations to come , historians will nibble noisily on some details and interpretations like a roost of starling in a tall tree
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  8097. "We're going to fail harder than Erdogan's attempt to save the Turkish lira" As a Turk this is some good humour (for me, at least) and some good shit to get you arrested in Turkey, lmao
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  8098. Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up
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  8099. for all the WW2 buffs like me who enjoy the detail and no bulls*it facts regardless of nationality that Tik puts out every week I would suggest donating via petreon. For as little as $1 a month not only do you give support but as unlikely as it may seem (at least for me) at the end of each post when you see your name it feels like you were involved in this outstanding production. Give it a try, you may be surprised. For less cost than a cup of coffee a month.
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  8100. This is a great example of not being able to see through one's bias to except that you might be wrong. I have argued for years that the Nazi, National Socialism, were socialists. They didn't choose that name by accident. Communist, socialist, ideas came out of German intellectuals. The state ruled production, period, end of story. The difference between the nazi and communists was nationalism. Where communists are internationlist. That is the only real difference. Either way, it's still socialism. The Jews were Germanys bourgeois!
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  8101. 10min and I can't do it anymore. The sheer arrogance and ignorance spewing from them is maddening
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  8102. I love the "Tilk has a massive right-wing audience" erm... centrist here, he's just a history channel bro calm down. Nazism and Fascism have been, kind of, confined to history. But these people are just dishonest. Keep up with the good work you've done, thanks for the hours content you've made.
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  8103. Can somebody tell me if Aiden has watched the video yet?
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  8104. Apparently making a long video with every sentence having a source is “a waste of your time”
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  8105. That was 57:31 minutes well spent, thank you.
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  8106. So because of another video of yours, I got verry interested in the book "Hitler: The Policies of Seduction", the cheapest version I could find is on Amazon for $768.57. 💔😣 Should I ask Amazon if this is like a typo or does anybody know where I can find an affordabel copy?
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  8107. 4th here!
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  8108. Can you do a video on Hoover's/FDR's socialism or on Britain's socialism post WW1?
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  8109. Gotta say thought u were brilliant here TIK keep up the good work
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  8110. TIK you have more patience then most. It’s hard to teach people who don’t want to learn. You just have to keep sowing the true and pray that these people will see the true one day. Keep on teaching the truth
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  8111. Damn these socialists salty haha. Keep up the good work lad
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  8112. TIK great video buddy, idk if you'll read this but thanks for all of historical knowledge that you have given to us ^^
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  8113. Its never bothered me much being alone in interests. Its just annoying not having anyone thats actually interested in what im saying unless im talking to my dad about Cars or bikes or occasionally ww2 vehicles.
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  8114. I would love to see a video about r/badhistory
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  8115. The calm of Tik, and he waiting the moment to contra argument, it's just wonderful, also nice 6 hours of my life looking the videos (and more videos about a lot of history xD)
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  8116. TIK, what are your thoughts on TimeGhost's video on the subject last year? I'm a TG member and even I disagreed with them on that absurdity of National Socialism not being socialist (I was initially on the fence, but the more I looked into it, the more I realized that you were right)
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  8117. For some reason, some folk on the left seem completely unable to change their opinion one inch, often resorting to abuse instead of debate - indoctrined or blind panic faith ?
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  8118. In snobbish Brittish accent: "who is raising this (Hitler was a capitalist) argument?" Later in snobbish Brittish accent: "But as it turns out, I'll make the argument, Hitler was a capitalist!"
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  8119. Thanks TIK, ive really enjoyed this; your rebuttals are finely aimed and appropriate in my opinion.
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  8120. TIK, this video was unnecessary. Watching it I found it to be like shooting fish in a barrel. Your dismantling of their arguments was waaaaaaaay too easy. Cheers (from.a socialism leaning viewer)
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  8121. bye
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  8122. Have you considered writing an article on these socialist policies of the Nazis or simply doing a concise summary prior to the larger video? You shouldn't need to, but sadly you do
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  8123. I watched both videos, in their entirety. When logic and evidence meets opinion, it tends to blow peoples minds, especially when they attribute little or none of either to what they believe to be true. Keep up the great work TIK.
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  8124. Just bought it from Amazon for $49.99. Thanks TIK!
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  8125. My personal favorite book on Hitler's socialism(National Socialism) as well as Mussolini's socialism(Fascism) and FDR's progressive socialism in America and his mutual admiration of Mussolini is "The Big Lie". I should really read Zeitelman to see how it compares to that of Dosouza (author of The Big Lie) I personally think it's great and I have reread it so many times, I think TIK you would also like the book. P.s. Dosouza uses the terms State capitalism, socialism, and corporatism as synonyms of each other when describing these ideologies and their economies.
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  8126. In my opinion labelling a historian such as yourself as a Nazi et cetera is an attempt at censorship. It seems to me that these days it's becoming more and more common to label people as something in order to stifle their freedom to express themselves about many things.
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  8127. Glad you featured my comment TIK ;) Thank you for the notification, ordered this right away! Finishing up some Mises and Rothbard right now, so I'll get to it as soon as I can.
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  8128. politics as the prime and then economics came 2nd.....well sounds like how the current U.S. economy is being run right now.
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  8129. Now you won't have to say “the politics of demonetization” anymore.
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  8130. Those who deny Hitler's socialistic aspects are the same sorts of people who consistently repeat the mantra of "not real socialism" all the time. Blame is the only thing that socialists are competent at redistributing.
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  8131. What a shame I’m barely on episode 40 but I want to just watch this anyways
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  8132. Ok interesting. I am from Latvia and I am interested in Courland Pocket and seeing you make documentary about is so awesome. Did you also use Latvian sources?
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  8133. First!
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  8134. Brilliant. Really informative with a hilarious delivery. Thanks so much for this video
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  8135. Hegel is pure nonsense; I tried to read one of his books and it made zero sense. It felt like you could read Hegel and derive anything from the text.
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  8136. Its… its over
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  8137. The end to the worst battle in human history has ended, you did an amazing job TIK and should be proud this series is a masterpiece, this documentary is for sure one for the books and worthy of an award of its own for quality and effort, congrats. Maybe some day more people will be inspired to create documentaries as detailed as this because of it. The fact that German officers had rations while there men starved is truly something that makes your heart go out to those who survived that dreaded death trap, it was news to hear as well that the people rioted in Germany after the news which ive never heard before but makes perfect sense, a ton of their friends and family had just been left to the communists. I also read a lot from Italian war vets and have heard that supplies at the times when they did arrive for the Italians where not handed out to them and that the Italians at times had to physically mug the Germans to get them, truly shows how worthless of allies the Germans where in WWII.
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  8138. Thank you TIK for all your work. And I very much appreciate your sobriety. "It would be better to mourn this victory, rather than to celebrate it." Amen.
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  8139. Holy shit has this series been a ride. Thank you for this amazing documentary. Cheers from Estonia
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  8140. 4th?
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  8141. Awesome series. Greetings from Brazil!
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  8142. Great video, I loled twice. This mission was a success thanks to german assistance. :) When you count how many things went wrong in this mission, it is a miracle any of them got back home. "Even an idiot could assemple the thing" That is good german products for you, working to help the british in their efferts haha.
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  8143. Damn your channel is amazing. So precise, detailed, and the presentation is truly a work of art. Subbed, and liked. New fan!
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  8144. I can already hear the radioactive poison dripping into your tea...
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  8145. I love that you do such detailed and informative videos. Can i hear a bit about how you work on your videos. I want to become a Historian and i know that i will have to make my own works. I want to know if i am right, if i assume that those would be similar to your videos, just in written form, and if that is the case, how your work progress is. If there is a video about how you do this, the i would kindly ask for a link to it. thanks in advance :)
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  8146. "you have no excuse" tik, you are too pure for this world. the entirety of nationalsocialism and communism is based on excuses, that they themselves are underperforming bc someone does better (life/economy being a zero sum game has been debunked time and time again)
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  8147. Wow, great video TIK!!! That ties so many questions together in a concise way. Very relevant in today's world. Everyone should watch this video to know which side of history they want to be on. I will point out that you will get a mountain of hate from certain groups for explaining to them what they are all about.
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  8148. One of my flaws is that I don't have any flaws.
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  8149. I love the gatekeeping argument lol seems like an easy win but a bit of critical think destorys it. In the firearms community it's really bad. Well he was a police officer/solider/etc argument done! Well had he/she done research on the topic, used or experience an example of this. POLICE OFFICER/SOLIDER! Ugh..
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  8150. That is sure a cliff hanger ending. TIK you have done an amazing job.
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  8151. wow, look at that map! was my initial reaction. Credit to you and your team.
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  8152. This getting only 20k is why YouTube's algorithm is garbage.
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  8153. TIK, i just got to see a youtube ad in Russian; thank you.
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  8154.  @diarradunlap9337  TIK has talked about this in one of his questions videos. I can't remember which one, but you could still try to find it. Maybe search with turning point keywords or perhaps it might have been one of the oil video. But he puts it way before Kursk.
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  8155. TIK another great job can you give us the strength of both forces on the “day the battle of Stalingrad started” a very happy patron!
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  8156. Hate to type out a sad message but my friend died in a car accident recently, and I took a moment and remembered that he was the one that introduced me to your videos! Your research has led me to not necessarily change my views and suspicions, but rather to solidify them and give them backing; and to provide adjacent context and help me understand the world more thoroughly. Me and his other friends came together in remembrance to support each other. As for this video, an excellent capstone to your research into National Socialist mythology. Greatly respect your work, you deserve so much more.
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  8157. 44:54 "Sometimes attacking head-on against machine guns isn't the best thing to do." -TIK 2023
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  8158. Klaus....are we the baddies here? 😀
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  8159. I think your conclusion, which is pretty much the accepted conclusion, is correct. Monty's caution, perhaps that should be in scare quotes, is justified and the tactical withdrawals saved men and material without adversely effecting the final outcome of the battle. @TIKHistory, have you read Zaloga's "Smashing Hitler's Panzers" (I haven't yet but I've seen his talk on the subject)? He makes the case that really the whole Battle of Bulge was already a foregone conclusion before any of the events you describe happened because the 6th army was completely blunted in the north denying the Germans any realistic route to Antwerp (especially given their patented German logistics). Something for the eventual Battlestorm I suppose. Also, I say you stick to tan...I mean North Africa.
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  8160. I think a talk about broad front vs narrow front is in order.
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  8161.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for the road map. I'm looking forward to Alexander and then Monty.
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  8162. That's an excellent analysis. As usual. Well done TIK.
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  8163. Ridgway, more like Ridgidway. GOT EEM!!
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  8164. Steve Zaloga did a talk about Elsenborn ridge (he wrote a book on it recently) which is on youtube. He also says he figures the lack of attention the Northern part of the bulge has traditionally gotten was largely due to Montgomery being in charge. Even though the North was the main thrust, where the majority of well equipped German units and Panzer Divisions (especially the SS ones, which Hitler favored at this point), the fact a British general was in overall command meant it was downplayed in favor of the battles in the south. This was largely due to the sway American commanders like Bradley had after the war to shape the initial historiography of the American experience in WWII, and especially since Bradley was in command in the South so this attention reflected well on him. Unfortunately for the American soldiers and commanders who fought at places like Elsenborn Ridge and St. Vith, the importance of their stands were overshadowed by this pettiness. In reality the stand of the outnumbered US units there basically permanently derailed the German offensive within days of its opening. Much of what happened in the south wasn't that important, the Germans were aiming to go North to Antwerp.
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  8165. Thanks for this Tik! Happy Holidays!!!
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  8166. TIK, dude, thanks a bunch for this episode, but you need to take a longer break. Your fighting strength is down to the last units and you desperately need reinforcements and rest. You are running on fumes. Wait for a new supply of strength, otherwise you’ll be a Panzer researcher in name only. Stalingrad can wait for your next assault until next year, husband your resources as winter is coming.
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  8167. "No land beyond the Volga" is a kickass propaganda phrase.
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  8168. Early Club here👋
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  8169. Never been this early
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  8170. Based on your description, I would have done the same thing as Paulus: I think that momentum is probably more important at the moment.
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  8171. For the scenario at ~11:30, I wonder if attacking north would have actually been better. In theory, destroying the smaller(?) force would free up forces to handle both the south of the city and possibly a redeployment of some of them to the wider flank. I doubt it would've made much of a difference given the broader strategic situation though. No way does Stalingrad fall before Operation Uranus does its thing.
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  8172. Here's a rare recording of Hitler basically saying exactly what TIK said in the original video: https://youtu.be/2nliGOuJL5A?t=119
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  8173. What do you mean TIK? How am I supposed to feel safe in my city if police don't patrol around with their 45 mm?
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  8174. Thanks for your very helpful review - I think I'll get this one. Agree with your views on sources and indexes. I also see you've got the new Jason Marks "Panzerkrieg" on your shelves - I'm very envious! Your views on the book would be welcome sometime. Are you aware that his book "Island of Fire" on the Barikady Factory battles has just been republished? So you can get it for £30.00 not £300!
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  8175. This is actually a very fair book review. I think that your tactic ig how to defuct stars is very effective, and is more capable of being objective and fair. Great work!
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  8176. Kekonomy
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  8177. My duder has been using "But is this really the case" since basically the first video I saw. Which is basically a memey-catchphrase representing the idea of the subjectivity of history.....
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  8178. It's interesting how many of most bloodthirsty "great leaders" had bad relationship with their fathers. Hitler, Stalin, Lenin...
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  8179. Karl Marx was not religious, Lenin was only 1/3rd Jewish from his great grandmother.
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  8180. It's ridiculous, when you look into the actual lives of the idiots who kicked off Russian Socialism and started the whole 20th century Socialist catastrophe, how they were all terrible people yet get lionized by modern Socialists.
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  8181. This didn't show up on notifications for me, don't know if anyone else had this problem.
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  8182. TIK..I think you know that I'm a longtime fan of your; honestly brilliant work. . Anyway, as I think you self described yourself as a capitalist democracy approach or maybe Libertarian with completely free markets ? My question is how do you feel about your national healthcare? I'm from the states where our healthcare is tied to your employment...and now with Covid our unemployment is at levels not seen before at least recently. 80% of Americans live pay check to paycheck and cant afford a $800 crisis...I want Medicare for all and I dont want to wait any longer. What dont you approve of your Nat. Healthcare. Sorry for long question...your friend Sean
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  8183.  @antonjoly9601  I've ordered your atlases - have to say, very good work!
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  8184. Not notified. Video suggested when opening Youtube.
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  8185. I was notified nearly as soon as it came out.
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  8186. Originally posted a different reaction during your vid, until I saw the end of it that basically addressed it already. Wise lesson, watch the full vid before reacting first.
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  8187. This is an excellently argued and researched video, I agree with everything 100%. What do you think was Kesselring's motive though to go thru with the bombing. Yes, it is clear the luftwaffe cared nothing for civilian casualties, but whats the point of a terror raid, or economic damage, if the dutch were in the process of surrender. One would assume the germans wanted Rotterdam and its industry intact, and didnt have a genocidal worldview towards the dutch as they did to the soviets. From the evidence you presented it seems very clear Kesselring said bomb them anyway, but why, what did he gain from it? Just experience for his pilots?
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  8188. your ending argument was just... amazing. i thank you for this. (ofc, the whole video was great, but the last point was just the cherry on top of the cake)
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  8189. Bravo! The best so far of your videos. I had to rewatch the last eight minutes and will again after due consideration. The last two minutes sum up concisely my personal views and reasons for being a student (not scholar) of history in general and recent military/political in particular. The truth is: painful, expensive and embarrassing as a rule. However unpalatable it may be, I have come to prefer this to what I had falsely believed before. Once you've seen some things , you can't unsee them and that is where learning truth starts. All it takes to allow repeats of bad history is to just look away and refuse to see.
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  8190. Who else is on 'no views'?
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  8191. That 40k Imperial Guard reference !
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  8192.  @EdAtoZ  All right, this question got me interested, and I actually searched for information. Mind that we're talking river boats here, not ocean liners, and the Volga near Stalingrad has numerous branches and backwaters in which the boats could be hidden. For example, the staff ship of the Volga flotilla was berthed in a river branch near Krasnaya Sloboda "well camouflaged", and though it's not stated whether it was ever discovered and attacked by the Luftwaffe, the fact that this lucrative and stationary target was not destroyed speaks for itself. The abundance of the branches and backwaters also helped covertly concentrate forces and gather supplies to be hauled to the city. However, the boats were also fitted with AA guns, and there were two floating AA batteries, so probably yes, it was a combination of the two approaches, which is the most sensible thing to do. Of course, the Germans still bombed them and mined the river from air, and the Volga flotilla lost 126 vessels in 1942 (but that includes losses outside Stalingrad, and those hit from the river bank). Source: The Volga Flotilla in the Great Patriotic War by I. Loktionov http://militera.lib.ru/h/loktionov/index.html (in Russian) And here is a photo of a steamer used during the battle, frozen in ice in the Akhtuba river, a tributary of the Volga near Stalingrad: https://wowsp-wows-ru.wgcdn.co/dcont/fb/image/a216cdd8-cb9b-11e7-ba73-8cdcd4b149ac.jpg The photo was made in 1943 after the battle was over, so there was no need to camouflage it any longer, but judging by the low profile of the ship I can easily imagine how it was done earlier.
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  8193. TIK got a tick. finally
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  8194. We got tanks
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  8195. This series is great, it’s like watching a slow motion giant train wreck. The slow pace and incredible detail gives you a greater sense of just how titanic this conflict was. The only thing I wish is that given the evil natures of both regimes is that somehow both sides could lose.
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  8196. This may be a different topic, but what do you think about the channel "World War Two"? The channel claimed in one episode that the National Socialist regime was capitalist and in a comment today, Spartacus Olsson claimed that "At its height, the Gulag system had 2.5 million inmates. During the war the Soviets held 4 million Axis POWs - many in forced labor. In sum that is roughly 2/5 of the slaves of the Nazi German Reich." I am no historian, but I know this is bunk. It almost seems like they're being apologists for Stalin. Thoughts?
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  8197. Cola and Stalingrad are the Best. Also, how are you?
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  8198. Finally... Just to grab popcorns and cola and lets see how Paulus fails...
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  8199. First
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  8200. Second!!!
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  8201. I burst out laughing at that "where's vodka" line
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  8203. TIK thank you for restoring my faith in the internet! Thank you :-)
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  8204.  @TheImperatorKnight  So, you’re saying we shouldn’t have a stock market because the shareholders don’t actually produce anything for the company other than injecting capital? I’m not baiting I’m genuinely curious as to what your ideal solution would be; each person earns what they directly produce/contribute, with no indirect income, correct?
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  8205. Checks like to dislike ratio Me: Mmmh, why is not higher, it is a very good video 2 mins later Tik: "The market is good at showing what is on demand" Me: Ah, of course, salty socialist tears
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  8206. Video begins talking about logistics, ends with links to basic economics. I love this channel
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  8207. A masterful video. The facts are undeniably true. The same points that you explained are currently occurring around the world. Distortions of price and etc, are plaguing the world. Economics are in ruins. I am quite sure there will be a reckoning. This current system can not last much longer.
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  8208. The US health system is extremely distorted by insurance, regulation, and general insanity. But you know what? I'd rather be in a US hospital than pretty much any other country's hospitals. If you want to understand why healthcare is expensive in the US, it wouldn't hurt to read the text of the Affordable Care Act. I dare you. Read it. Spoiler: it was written by the insurance/healthcare/pharmaceutical industries, and it pretty much serves to make sure those industries get paid.
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  8209. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Everything is so clear and reflects countless observations that any layman can make just by buying goods and services.
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  8210. Great demonstration as usual, irrefutable arguments against revisionist BS. Hats down!
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  8211. I think you might have upset the vegans... God speed.
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  8212. I worked for a company that went woke. Instead of focusing on profit the message being encouraged by the state of California became the priority first and then profit. It felt more like a religion and I was walking on eggshells. I was in heavy question about how bringing politics into the workplace was becoming a new form of modern fascism. Am I wrong for questioning this movement?
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  8213. Except that the proletariat IS the state if they decide to take control of the economy. Moreover, nationalization and socialization are synonymous and mean the same thing! If the state controls the economy, it is not capitalism. Capitalism is when each individual controls his or her own means of production. This is not the case with the 3rd Reich...
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  8214. Second
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  8215. Will you make video about "Darlean Deal"?
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  8216. Syria and Libanon were not french colonies but rather french protectorates under SDN mandate. Merry christmass.
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  8217. Sometimes I wonder if Churchill was a worse meddler than 'Mad Man Hitler'. He was intervening in sideshows that risked losing North Africa.
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  8218. Hey TIK, after rewatching your What Causes a Recession video (which I showed to my older sister who liked it a lot by the way) I noticed you said the Weimar Republic took everyone’s gold. Why was this the case? Was it because the Weimar government did not want people to use it as currency, as a way to repay war debt, or something else?
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  8219. Nationality can be made up of race, ethnicity, culture, religion, heritage, or any combination of the aforementioned. The United States and Australian nations are example non racial nations.
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  8220. Fascism to me is collectivism taken to its extreme. You can be fascist about anything really, about politics, religion, ideology, cars, food, fashion, holiday destinations the list goes on. Fascism is when a group silences all opponents and opinions, bans any other thoughts other than it's own. Collectivism taken to it's extreme and that can be done over practically anything in society. Just think about it, because it can.
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  8221. Dogs are fascist?
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  8222. I was going on YouTube yesterday every hour to put on some music, especially in the evening, with multiple entries. Didn't see any notifications and it wasn't featured in my videos.
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  8223. I think that the arguments provided by Tik about the distinction between fascism and national socialism are rather sound. THE POINT IS THAT WE ALL HAVE BEEN SPOILED by leftist academia or their students (later turned into teachers themselves or writers), INTO BELIEVING THAT BASICALLY FASCISM IS AN EVIL DICTATOR SAYING THAT HIS COUNTRY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT (parades with flags, etc.) Looking carefully into the real politics and decisions, make sense that both fascism and national socialism were socialist regimes. Of course that, for a leftist or marxist historian, such facts should confuse them. Maybe we are the victims of almost a century of this misunderstanding amongst academics and media. The arguments and sources provided by Tik make sense, and I think that, in my opinion, are of at the very least good enough to open a debate.
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  8224. FASCISM HAS ITS ROOTS IN LEFTIST SOCIALISM AND IS NOT RIGHT WING ....there are those ...who are on the left who would argue that the Nazi party were a right wing fascist organization and had nothing to do with socialism. The fact is .... fascist movements were and ARE left-wing. The claim that fascism belongs solely to the right is a lie constructed by the left to hide their true origins, This is the same lie the left constructed that Republicans were for slavery when the Congregational records reveal it was the Democrats that supported slavery in the South and the army of the Confederacy. The left argues that a socialist and a fascist hate each other and this proves there are no similarities. But this is not true. Look at Muslim Shiites and Muslim Sunnis. Both hate each other yet both believe in Islam. It is that 1% of difference in ideology that causes them to hate each other but they are in total agreement with the other 99%. The left has, for decades, attempted to HIDE the true socialist origins of fascism, pinning the blame on the right. For example, …The left often calls President Trump and Republicans “fascist” without even knowing the definition of the word. They say Trump said he was a nationalist just like Hitler and Mussolini said they were nationalists… therefore Trump is a fascist. But then, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Abraham Lincoln…..all said they were nationalists too. So clearly, nationalism is a belief held on BOTH sides of the political spectrum and calling yourself a “nationalist” doesn’t make you a fascist. No ! What makes Fascism is the peculiar marriage between NATIONALISM and SOCIALISM. You need both ingredients like you need hydrogen and oxygen to make water. THE ORIGINS OF FASCISM The founder of fascism was an Italian called Giovanni Gentile. Giovanni Gentile (1875-1944) described himself as "the philosopher of Fascism." He ghostwrote "A Doctrine of Fascism" (1930) for his country's prime minister, Benito Mussolini. The self-styled "philosopher of Fascism", was influential in providing an intellectual foundation for Italian Fascism. He followed the Communist schools of thought of Karl Marx, Hegel, and Fichte. Gentile also perceived socialism emerging out of a socialist revolutionary struggle, what the media today terms “protest” or “activism.” In the 1920's the paramilitary arm of the fascists in Italy were called "black shirts." In Germany they were called "brown shirts." It was the job of these paramilitary thugs to stop all political speech that contradicted their established fascist ideology. They would attend these political gatherings where upon the speaker would begin speaking they would stand up and shout down the speaker, threaten violence and consider it a good day if they had managed to stop the speaker from giving his talk. Does that remind you of anyone today in our universities...yes...the left and ONLY the left does this. The only difference between the National Socialists (NAZIS) and the Communists was the fact that the Communists saw the struggle as a fight between the classes....a CLASS WAR and there was a rejection of national pride...pride was to be invested in the "global communist movement." The National Socialists (NAZIS) saw the struggle as a fight between the races....a *RACE WAR and there was an acceptance in national pride. Other than that, they were both SOCIALISTS. Socialists believe in the SAME principles as did the Nazi's- the seizure of personal capital, tight state control of the economic market, and totalitarian rule through authoritarianism. SOCIALISM is the model used to govern the “economy.” FASCISM is the hammer or "weapon" used to force the will of the collective on the masses. Prior to WW2 fascism was widely viewed as a progressive social movement with many liberal and left-wing adherents in Europe and the United States heaping praised on Hitlers fascist Germany. Time Magazine ( a liberal rag), for example portrayed Adolf Hitler on its front cover as "Man of the Year "1938. Most academics have willfully ignored modern liberalism's progressive-fascist roots. President Roosevelt – a Democrat openly wrote about how he admired the National Socialists in Germany in the 1930’s. In return, Hitler wrote how he admired Roosevelt's "New Deal." And THE LEFT have willfully ignored the fact that that during the 1930’s there were National Bolsheviks within the NAZI party. The NAZI party OPENLY affiliated itself to Socialism … and declared this fact in the adoption of their name…..“National Socialist German Workers' Party”…. “National sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei.” "We are socialists and enemies of the capitalist state." Adolf Hitler, 1933 (does that sound like someone from the right or the left to you?) The HIDDEN TRUTH is that the liberal media and academia have fought for decades to hide the fact that that the founders of EVERY fascist organization in Europe and America were men of the left....sometimes former communists , Marxists or Bolsheviks, but more often than not...socialist. ITALY Mussolini was a socialist before becoming a fascist. He saw fascism as the natural evolutionary step from socalism. While living in Switzerland from 1902 to 1904, Mussolini cultivated an wrote for socialist periodicals such as L’Avvenire del Lavoratore (The Worker’s Future). Mussolini preached violent revolution, praised famed communist thinker Karl Marx and other communists. In 1912 he became editor of Avanti! (Forward!), the official daily newspaper of Italy’s Socialist Party. Mussolini, in a 1933 interview stated, “It was inevitable that I should become a Socialist ultra, a Blanquist, indeed a communist. I carried about a medallion with Marx’s head on it in my pocket.” When Benito Mussolini gained control of the Italian fascist party he received a letter of congratulations from Lenin. WHY? Because Lenin saw Mussolini as a fellow socialist revolutionary of the left. AMERICA Being a fascist means that there are different brands of fascism....variations of a theme. Just as you have different brands of communism such as Bolsheviks, , Marxists and Maoists , so there are different brands of Fascists with varying degrees of ideology....but ALL are leftist. Some are anti- White...some are pro white. Jason Eric Kessler is an American neo-Nazi and organizer of the Charlottesville rally. What was not revealed in the news clips at that time was the fact that he was an Obama supporter and activist for leftist progressive ideals. He was an occupy wall street participant. This fact was known to the media at the time but suppressed . It is a fact that the owner of the neo-nazi web site, Andrew Anglin is a leftist, a rabid environmentalist, has stated numerous times how he hates white people and is open about it. David Duke is the grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1970, he formed a white student group called the White Youth Alliance that was affiliated with the National SOCIALIST White People's Party. It turns out this particular fascist shares a lot in common with modern day socialists. He turns out to be, like many on the left to be a radical environmentalist. He has complemented President Obama and in an NPR interview stated he even preferred Obama to John McCain because Obama (a socialist in all but name), encapsulated many of his own beliefs. In a radio interview in 2015 David Duke revealed how he actually admired the self confessed socialist leader of the British Labor party, Jeremy Corbyn for "bringing sunshine to his cause." David Duke also wants the world to know that he supports Minnesota Rep. Democrat Keith Ellison’s attempt to become the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Keith Ellison is BLACK ! So you see...you can be a fascist and be anti -white as well as pro white. FRANCE When Hitler succeeded in defeating the French army in 1940 he installed the Vichy government to run France. The leaders of the Vichy government were all French communists and socialists. Marcel Déat was a French socialist politician until 1933, when he initiated a spin-off from the French Section of the Workers' International SOCIALISTS... 'Neosocialists'. During the occupation of France by Nazi Germany, he founded the pro NAZI -collaborationist National Popular Rally. BRITAIN Oswald Mosley was a British politician who rose to fame in the 1920s as the lefts, Labor Party Member of Parliament and later in the 1930s became leader of the British Union of Fascists. He stated that the reason he left the labor party was that it had stopped moving to the extreme left. (It wasn't extremist enough.) In 1951 in his biography he called himself a European Socialist and heaped praise on European Socialism. CONCLUSION Sure…you can find photos of a white supremacist holding a board saying they support Trump. But one red-neck idiot who knows nothing about his own political ideology only proves how illiterate he is. Obama once said he was proud of the history of the democrat party…..the party of slavery…the party of Jim Crow and segregation…the party of the KKK. So that shows...even a President can be a fool who ignores his own ideological past.. Rather…one should look at the HISTORY of that ideology...its HISTORICAL RECORD to deduce its roots. And for fascism….its socialism. So lets not have any more nonsense about the claim that FASCISM has nothing to do with Socialism....because the HISTORICAL RECORD and the the dead souls of 100 MILLION people beg to differ !
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  8225. 1:24:15 - I just noticed there's a guy named I_BULL_WIVES on the Patreon donors list hahaha. Thanks for donating.
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  8226. I'd like a video on how the Reich was able to afford everything and those providing the funds walked away free of blame. Even if you keep printing money the rest of the world knows its worthless so how much can you really buy? If printing money was the key to solving issues Africa would be controlled by Zimbabwe and we know that's not the case. I don't know how correct it is but I heard once it would've taken the Nazi's to the 80's to pay off their reparations from WW1 and yet they rebuilt the country and military.
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  8227. I know I'm 3 years late to this party, but I just found you recently. I have to say.... you are absolutely spot on about everything I've ever heard you say. Keep up the Lord's work, sir!😊
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  8228. Take on TIK at your own risk. Lol
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  8229.  @flaghippo2978  its a constant battler between left and right to try and gain a forward path, however the US currently is a grand example of the excessive left its rioting,terrorism destruction of property and outright theft which is individual Starlinism in action, when backed by powers it becomes even more so.
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  8230. Get well soon our kid
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  8231.  @calumdeighton  A very interesting topic! I posted a similar comment prior to reading yours.
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  8232. I was early
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  8233. Thanks for answering my question, that was very clear; Ill definitely order the Death of the Wehrmacht, I really want the Glantz 5 book stalingrad series, but im trying to resist as History is an interest/hobby, and not my career that I need to spend 75% of my reading time on, but ill probably get them anyway. Thanks again.
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  8234. @1:06 hess accidentally has frank under his picture
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  8235. Nazis were anti-communist because they were competition. Changing the party name to national socialist was a means of hiding their true aims.
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  8236. Kinda funny that Hitlers "opportunism" always ends up making him seem like a socialist. Don't you think? He opportunistically joined the communists in Munich. He opportunistically renamed the German workers party the National Socialist party. He opportunistically used Marxist language in Mein Kampf and his speeches. And he opportunistically implemented more socialist policies than any previous government in Germany. It's like seeing a "straight" man that coincidentally keeps on sleeping with men because he's an opportunist and definitely not because he is gay.
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  8237. Dear Sir, you are nominated in the category "Hottest takes of 2022". This year already been pretty busy, so you are not in first three, but definitely in top ten. Shitstorm in the comments/Reddit in three, two, one...
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  8238.  @damyr  Precisely because we need to get into the roots of the problem, we need to know the origins of fascism and national socialism, so we can effectively learn and identify the problem to get out of the muds. What topics would you then consider as "relevant" if this channel is about world war origins, its politics and economics?
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  8239. Thanks for another good history lecture. I’ve seen many arguments for why Hitler wasn’t a socialist but none of them have made any sense. Like saying he can’t be a socialist because he doesn’t understand the economy or because he was just a thief stealing the money from the people. And this from very respectable historians. As if Lenin understood the economy (despite failing miserably) and never stole anything (despite stealing everything from the people). Often the so called proof that he wasn’t a socialist just is he wasn’t the same kind of socialist which is fine no one ever said he was the same kind of Marxist socialist.
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  8240.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks i was trying to search through the vids but hadn't much time at work
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  8241. TIK--Another great analysis that builds on previous videos--the plot thickens! It is noteworthy that Paulus obtained his command of 6.Armee as The Result of an unauthorized withdrawal in the winter of 1941. After the capture of Rostov by the Germans in November 1941, the Soviets counterattacked to take it back. Hitler ordered it held. v. Rundstedt ordered it abandoned and authorized a withdrawal to the Mius R. Because of this, Hitler relieved v.Rundstedt and appointed the Commander, 6.Armee (v.Reichenau) to replacehim--creating the army command slot that Paulus filled. In addition, prior to assuming command of 6.Armee (20 Jan 42), Paulus was still a ranking member of the German General Staff. He witnessed--up close and personal at OKH--all the reliefs of withdrawing commanders (to include v.Rundstedt) and the stand-or-die orders that followed Operation Typhoon and lasted through the Soviet Winter counter-offensive of 41-42. As you've pointed out, Paulus understood the conditions of command in the Winter of 42-43 following the Winter of 41-42---if you don't do as I say, someone else will be appointed to replace you who will. Alea jacta est. Keep it up--you are on a roll!
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  8242. I think it would depend on the timing of the breakout attempt. If it was very early on I'd have to say maybe on the chances. Once you get into December and the rations being cut to extremely low levels it would have been impossible.
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  8243. Another good video
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  8244. Hi TIK. As per your request. I found "The Prize" by Daniel Yergin a great source of information.
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  8245. Just today was rewatching the series, thanks for your hard work !
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  8246. I can’t imagine there is a more detailed production of not only this battle but of any set in WW2 . Very well done on this mate
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  8247. I think you made the correct choice leaving the original video intact, with clear references to the amendment video to stand as a sort of proof argument. History isn't just about being correct (because history can never be 100% correct by its very nature), but to show one's thought process in reaching the conclusions they come to. This is also specially important on this series, as you have designed it to follow the war in chronological order. Removing, correcting, then reloading the video upsets that chronology.
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  8248. It all comes down to the 100th Jager almost. If they can get to the city in time. They might be able to swing the battle. Might. But if the Soviets can keep holding on. Grinding the Germans down with small attacks. Sniper shots and other small unit engagements that are in their favour. Paulus'es army will be defeated. By a thousand tiny cuts. Rather poetic or dramatic for sure. But I think this sums up the situation fairly well. Can the Hunters, get in, in time.
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  8249. The Soviet divisions should have just identified as "fully staffed" and the battle would have been over in a few days. That's how it works, right?
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  8250. I wish you had been my history teacher at school, then I probably wouldn't have dropped at O-level, a subject which I later came to love. Very enjoyable video.
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  8251. One does not simply have enough of yellow Keitel.
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  8252. I dont get why do you get so small amount of views. Your videos are perfect. Thank you.
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  8253. Good one TIK. Great info and great video. (Editing video is VERY time consuming.) Thanks for the post.
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  8254. AFG guides is a wehraboo and nazi apologist. He is entreched in his less than logical beliefs of German superiority in ww2 and engages in nazi apology.
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  8255. Second?
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  8256. Yes. Monopolies can form without government intervention but they never last without it. I always break them into transient and permanent monopolies. The former can form naturally before falling due to smaller, leaner businesses undercutting their profit margins which is how market dynamics have always worked. The latter form due to government intervention and corruption and can last so long as the government backs their existence by suppressing competitors. Bureaucrats like stability in the economy but that causes stagnancy. Economists like dynamism in the economy but that causes volatility.
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  8257. Hey TIK, loved the video amazing work as always! Would it be possible for you to provide the link to the website first displayed at 4:12?
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  8258. @Tikhistory Cudos for the Jeremy Clarkson reference. I'd have gotten it and laughed even if you didn't include a photo. Nice job inserting some levity into such a serious conversation.
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  8259. Why does it sound like a conspiracy theory xD
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  8260. On the commie question: What most people don't realize is that Marxism is one form of communism, we just use them as synonyms because nearly all socialist countries were, or are, built on these principles. Plato's Republic had communist principles in them and Victor d'Hupay had a very strong influence on modern communism, yet those ideas were established way before Marx and Engels even thought about writing down their retarded ideas. There are even examples of communalism in the early days of colonial America, which combined two opposing ideas, yet still can be considered a part of Marxism. So if national socialism is pretty much the same as regular bolshevism, but with a race instead of workers, then I see no reason to not call it socialism. They seized jewish, not private, property.
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  8261. Yesss!!! I can't wait for the video on the interwar years!!! I've always wanted a video like that since it is largely ignored despite it's extreme importance.
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  8262. On your recommendation, I just finished reading The American Great Depression by Rothbard. What an eye opener! Please keep up with the economics related content. Military history and economics go hand in hand with each other.
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  8263. Thanks for this video. I understand you could not possibly cover everything in half an hour but there is much more to talk about regarding the living standards, price controls etc. For example when prices were not allowed to increase quality instead fell. A coat while in theory no more expensive than before was of much worse quality. If you wanted the same coat in terms of quality then it was several times more expensive than before. We are led to believe that inflation is only an increase of prices. But if prices are kept in check inflation will happen in other ways. Either through lower quality goods, less of a good in a package for the same price as before or shortages. It is almost impossible today for prices the rise for many items. Either through direct control or through the more subtle social control we have. Anyone rising prices of a good that is in short supply is branded a scalper and immoral. It is easier for a business to explain that the current conditions make it impossible to keep stock rather than explaining that it increased the price. It seems at least so far people are more willing to accept shortages than price increase. I've lost count of how many times over the last couple of years I've heard that a store is out of a specific sofa, table, chair, wardrobe etc because of covid. And of course covid is a huge reason for the shortage but the inflation is not helping. So far this hasn't caused massive issues. If they are out of stock of video cards or a specific sofa etc it doesn't impact the standard of living such as food shortages would but it is important to understand that are living standards are affected but from a higher point than any other time in history so it doesn't seem as bad. The savings of people are increasing a lot since again since they haven't been able to buy everything they want so they save the money. It will be interesting to see what happens. I don't predict any catastrophic events like hyperinflation but we'll see. Anyway keep up the great content.
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  8264. Not first
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  8265. Perhaps someone might find this useful. I was asked to summarize National Socialism in as compressed a way as I could during a workshop recently. I thouhght about it a moment and offered that it's a form of dualistic mysticism in which there is a band of righteous victims who all think alike because they are all vessels of the same unifying magical group identity, and they have to band together to throw off the malevolent forces determined to oppress and trap them, so that they can fulfill their divine destiny and build their egalitarian paradise. I finished by reminding us about the outcomes.
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  8266. Beevor got me interested in Stalingrad. This video (an others like it) takes it to the next level. Awesome job!
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  8267. That Thumbnail is a modern hieroglyph Damn!
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  8268. Really enjoying these doco's.... Some of your info differs from the books ive been reading all these years... Beevor, Liddell Hart, Hastings, Neitzel etc... Your arguements make sense.
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  8269. Thanks TIK. Outstanding job
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  8270. Bravo TIK. Another amazing documentary of this historic fight.
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  8271. Hope you are feeling better, good video as usual.
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  8272. "One's place within the social or cosmic order." What a rich phrase. The flaw in it is glaring. What if you don't like where you've been placed within said order? Why should a person simply accept where they've been placed, because they don't really have the ability to redefine themselves within said order because the order has never allowed it yet within the fascist or socialist societies. Why would anyone be happy that they're neighbor was in with the ruling class & was given a position they are unworthy of, which provides them with the benefits that are unattainable by the average or typical cog in the wheel, which is essentially the role of the worker ant!
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  8273. 33:20 You lose me when you bring Religion into this but I overlook it because you make a lot of good points and do a good job of putting things into perspective.
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  8274. Great work!! When seeing the thumbnail I first expecting a bread-tube level slop. So full respect to you! Doing the proper research and adequately presenting the view point!
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  8275. The fact that he mentioned Ayn Rand and then said that believing in the narrative of the trans movement comes from a selfish perception was way too much for me. Because objectivism in metaphysics will claim that reality exists and is what it is, and in order to live you have to accept reality and deals with it, your feelings doesn't matter when they are clashing with reality, the objectivists would say "Do what you want with your body when you are above legal age, but I'm not obliged to call you by any pronoun and the law will not be adapted to your illusions either".
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  8276. While these people may have legitimate criticisms of society, their "cure" is horrific. No social ill is ever worse than the consolidated power of THE STATE.
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  8277.  @TheImperatorKnight  Australian national socialist type in the NSN. He falls into the category of the type of nationalism that transcends nation-states, because he’s interested with the white race as a whole.
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  8278. i see you enhanced your editing in this video
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  8279. No way did Ronnie O'sullivan start the second world war.
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  8280.  @TheImperatorKnight  But is that the case because bomber command was incapable of accurate bombing? Or was it just a planning blunder?
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  8281. We've been telling you to go on one for ages! Have a good rest and we'll see you in two weeks!
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  8282. Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz (for the sake of German meticulous completeness).
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  8283. am curious who the 111 dislikers are, people who deny the massmurder? or people annoyed by your continued reminder that national socialism was a form of socialism XD
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  8284. This is the best video of explaining Nazism ever
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  8285. This video reminded me why your the only youtuber i support on patreon
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  8286. Fantastically put sir! You really put into perspective (in such a way which isn't boring I may add) many a topic on which I couldn't fully comprehend in regards to why things happened as they had and the logic behind it (as skewed as their visions were) I very much appreciate it! I am BIG FAN! Very much grateful, Ryan Lester Boynton
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  8287. If this video lasts a thousand years, men will still "lol" @ ~10:34
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  8288. Im going right along with the theory, but the comment I was stuck on was in first video, that many people could presently be Gnostics and not know it, which I think is true. Could Hitler or other nazis buy into the same general idea without understanding the origin or dogma as low level initiates?
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  8289. Hey TIK, do you have any plans to cover the 1941-45 ´Pacific Theater´ - it being the largest - of WWII?
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  8290. Hey did you see the Lotus Eaters gave you a shout out in their video yesterday?
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  8291. TIK , my wife is one, lol!
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  8292. Socialists don't care about economics
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  8293. ​ @about37ninjas well all it really takes to be a Christian is saying you're a Christian. I think we all know the difference between people who really try to adhere to it, and people who just say it. But technically, just saying it makes it true.
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  8294.  @TheImperatorKnight  I've met so many different denominations, and they seem to disagree what Christianity is about and how this original sin thing works just as much as Socialists about anything in their ballpark.
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  8295. I’m an ex-communist and I agree with TikHistory. Altruism is at the very center of the socialist psyche. When I was in my 20’s, I knew some fellow socialists who fetishized altruism.
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  8296. First
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  8297. Yes! There is reason to wait for Mondays!!! Thanks for proving me right TIK.
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  8298. Brilliant series of information History video thank you. Answers many valuable questions which actually far more important than battles. Wars are clearly won on Logistics and supply
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  8299. That opening statement actually made me laugh out loud lmao
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  8300. Eating coal butter? what's next, oil smoothies?
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  8301. But but but the nazis are right wingers... say all the marxsists
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  8302. TIK, why did you give us the capitalist redpill, I can never go back to my naive socialist ways now. Why cant I believe that a strong state is good for the people. Why do I have to see the world in nightmare (truth) goggles.
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  8303.  @saltmerchant749  "economic shock of COVID" I wonder how much of that is government-induced.
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  8304. Stick to trains, TIK!!!!!
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  8305.  @TheImperatorKnight  shorter videos; instead of a video that takes eight days to make every week, release it in two parts. Also if you want to keep releasing content how about a q&a video every other week, maybe centred around the last weeks 'Battle storm' video, needing less graphics and editing. Questions from the comments, encourages audience engagement. This should be less time consuming and keep YouTube algorithms are happy and they have more opportunity to advertise. Other producers often have collaborations with other people; an hours chat with someone about a topic etc.; yes this takes networking and collaboration which might not be your thing; but I'm sure your audience would like, for example, to hear you chat with the Chieftain about how Russian tanks and doctrine changed during the war. I've heard for maximum YouTube ad revenue you need lots of short videos; have a look at Mark Feltons productions, regular short videos. Although in no way would I advocate you changing your style to be like his. Or just keep doing the same, it's all good.
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  8306. Finally back in the desert! I admire your work on the Battlestorm Stalingrad series, but my heart beats for North Africa 🧡
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  8307. So....overworked and short on time. I know, lets start a new series! That'll work right!? :D
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  8308. Bah!
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  8309. There you go talking about generals again.. Stick to Ranks! 😜
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  8310. TIK take the week off. My Monday addiction to your content will be able to handle it I have a good physiatrist
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  8311. Thank you for explaining this in such detail TIK. I want to engage socialists, help if they are willing to listen. Now I understand more about where they come from and how they see the world. It is foreign to me, being raised conservative, but I do believe that we can aid in improving the lives of our leftist counterparts and that comes from understanding them. Responsibility, individualism, discipline, etc… brings freedom to our lives. They likely won’t believe what I say, but at least I can now establish common ground for conversation. Not everyone can be persuaded, but we can share about the system responsible for pulling so many of us out of poverty and into success. All that to say, thank you TIK.
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  8312. not stupid, not ignorant, not narrowminded, and not paranoid, but still incredibly deceived, willfully and stubbornly at that, and entirely unwilling to hear out or even consider the viewpoints of others on account of them supposedly being secret nazis? not lazy, just lacking motivation? only rude to literally anyone with even moderately diverging opinions, and therefore not necessarily rude? not control freaks who want to stop you from merely offering other people a job for a voluntarily determined wage? sounds like a distinction without a difference to me, tbh.
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  8313. Three hours of my life not wasted-thanks TIK.
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  8314.  @TheImperatorKnight  Minor mistakes like this are inevitable in such a long video, doesn't detract from the overall quality. I'm about an hour in, I think this is the best battlestorm so far. It seems to flow much better than previous ones.
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  8315. You have the BEST history videos on You Tube. Very impressive. Lots of detail, sources, and your very engaging. As an older historian I have been fortunate to speak with or hang out with people who were in WWII. Sadly almost all of them have passed on. Keep up the great work your doing!
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  8316. Bro, your haters are running on fumes more and more. It’s really hard to find flaws in your logic and you do so much research that it’s insanely difficult to honestly fault your analysis. You’ve become a fave channel of mine, thanks for the great content.
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  8317. 54:33 - "The British would go on to lose one more Grant tank when the crew accidentally set fire to it while brewing some tea" I had to double take make sure you weren't making some b'i'ish joke xD
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  8318. No idea why YouTube didn’t alert me this was out, been waiting 4 years for this 😀
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  8319. Oh SHIIIIIt it's finally here!!
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  8320. An almost 3 hour long watch of battlestorm reminded me of the days of me trying to catch up with the Stalingrad series, good times! Thanks for the video tik, I learned a lot as always.
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  8321.  @TheImperatorKnight  omg hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 Very very good video Lewis I command your effort this was indeed worth the wait. Thank you
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  8322. Yesss!!! Thank you tik, my birthday is tomorrow and this is the best present i couldve received!
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  8323. He probably won't, he likes to analyze thing with more extensive and reliable sources then what is currently available, for the war now.
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  8324. Why did British Empire collapse? You mentioned its because if oil and some other things? Can you make a video about that? Its steeped in mystery and the consensus seems to be that the British just gave up on it. Every documentary about it only contains pictures of marching soldiers and how brits in colonies played tennis, cricket and some cultural bs. I wanna know the numbers behind why it fell.
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  8325. Hey Tik!, Bit of a off question here. Do you ever think of making some sort of political channel? Like debunking other people`s Ideas.
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  8326. It is always enjoyable to watch a well researched subject :)
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  8327. I never knew I needed the answer to this question as well, Great Video!
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  8328. First!
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  8329. I'm seeing a scary amount of parallels with my own life. Abusive/absent father, altruistic and believing I wasn't worth it, forced to become a baker (in a traumatising work environment) in order to support my siblings. I honestly don't know how I stopped myself from going down that path. I eventually had enough space to resume studying. I got a career and love working. I think a bit of it has to do with my response to the feminist part of our culture. Ecen though i am trans, I was still always taught to be ashamed of myself for being born male. Like i was a monster by default, even though I had done nothing.
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  8330. Hi Tik, I greatly enjoyed this video because I feel that, in part, your analysis is describing myself. I was on track to becoming useless socialist intellectual with delusions of grandeur due to my upbringing as well. All the elements were there: the religious household, the feeling of superiority towards people doing menial labor (this was also instilled into me at home), engaging in the study of useless intellectual subjects with no connection to reality etc. Eventually I was able to see the socialist promises for what they were: lies. Leaving home at a relatively early age and even moving to a different country greatly contributed to the necessity and inevitability of becoming independent and making money etc. Currently raising three kids and teaching them the importance of self interest. Great work with the channel! P.S James Valiant of the Ayn Rand Center UK wrote an interesting book about the origins of Christianity: 'Creating Christ'. In my opinion it helps explain the excessive Altruism found specifically in Christianity. You should really check it out.
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  8331. Brilliant analysis. Thank you.
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  8332. Hey Tik. I’ll catch this later. Been saving up your videos to binge. Been getting back into the American Civil War. Hope you are holding your own in the U.K. I’m currently plowing through Anne Applebaum’s, “Red Famine.” Jesus, if you want to see famine at its worst, Ukraine ranked pretty high in the 1930s. Society will survive this pandemic. WWI and the influenza outbreak didn’t destroy civilization. It’ll be tough for next few months, but I have confidence we will endure. Cheers for all your hard work. I can still support you on Patreon, so best of luck!
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  8333. AMAZING VIDEO. Many thanks !
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  8334. starting the marathon
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  8335. This is incredible content. Thank you for your detail and dedication. 🙏
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  8336. Finaly I made it through this. A week I needed for this. But now I know more about the campaign than 99,9% of the world population 😀. Well still milions left how knows more 😆🤔 It was a great view. So interesting and so many details. I am so impressed of the work, the insight, the quality and the enthusiasm fromTIK on this. It is great to get this deep insight to a ver specific event. Oh I do enjoy this 👍🏻
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  8337. How these videos don't have 100 million views is beyond me. TIK should be taught in schools
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  8338. Wow amazing video! The background was done very well. Keep up the good work.
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  8339. great job on making a very nuanced video. I like the fact you deconstruct the politics that have distorted history. Like mansteins propaganda and the readly acceptance by the west to make a red scare after the war.
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  8340. I don't get people who would unsubscribe because you can't publish every week... I will still watch you regardless of video frequency. I would want to inform you though (if you are interested) why I cancelled my patreon membership. I asked you a question (regarding operation sea lion) probably 2 or 3 years ago and I never got an answer. I understand that having so many patreons is making it impossible to answer immediately but...2 years is kind of big time. Anyways...I wish you good health. ;)
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  8341. The girl speaking was surprising. it made me feel like i was 'in' the horror she was telling. i think it was because i am used to your voice, and suddenly another narrator changes completely the scene. very nicely done and thank you! the only problem i had was that during all the changes in the maps, i lost the general direction of the city. i mean, where were those battles taking place. west, north west, and how far was stalingrad from this exact engagement? maybe i am the only one with this problem.
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  8342. Love the animation. ^^ A lot of work behind this.
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  8343. That's nonsense... Just stick to tanks TIK. Oh, wait...
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  8344. Another video that makes me realize how much I just gobbled a narrative without ever questioning it.
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  8345. I’m first, not you Jamie
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  8346.  @jamesmackenzie1536  1)the Catholics were also oppressed as were people who did not wat to join the nazi protestant church. furthermore prominent Nazis such as Himmler and Ludendorf openly called for more oppression of Christians (Ludendorf was eventually sidelined due to wanting to exterminate christians and atheists, which the other nazis saw as bad press but didn't explicitly condemn) 2) NDVP wasn't the only german conservative party (such as DVP and KVP, and to an extent zentrum as they were right-leaning centrists at the time) 3)further look up the coalition, the nazis walked out on any coalition with DNVP in 1930 due to poltical diffrences. and NDVP were openly attacked by the nazis during the 1930 election. (i wouldn't call them allies), and while they worked to together in 1931 refereundum the nazis also worked with KPD in said 1931 referendum. the later Harzburger front (a coalition of all national [as aposed to international] parties) was also intended to drown out the nazis influence rather than work with them. and asa result the nazis then lashed out against the other memebers. in the 1932 elections NDVP and the NSDAP failed to coordinate and infact tried to destroy eachother. Hugenberg (head of NDVP even called the nazis the main enemy of germany in 1932, calling them no different from Bolshiviks). the NDVP were bombed by the nazis in 1932, while the nazis worked alongside KPD in the trnasport unions berlin strike that year. during 1933, when it was clear NDVP had lost. they conceded to the nazis on conditions of limiting the nazis power. something the nazis promnelty got around, something NDVP discovered early (resulting in a shouting match just before hitler was sworn in as chancellor). the enabling act effectively destroyed NDVP and was followed by nazi press campgns denounceing NDVP. by june 1933 the NDVP (now DNF) had all its members forced to join the nazis or resign, while their youth wing was raided and shut down, and the party itself was shortly forced to dissolve. 4) the nazis outlawed monarchist parties, and even put their members in concentration camps I would thus hardly call them nazi allies (infact the nazis worked alongside KPD more often than it did NDVP and other 'right-wing' parties) i would hesitate to call someone else a brainlet when you yourself are poorly informed
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  8347. Probably the SOE.
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  8348. I always suspected something. Whenever I read about the shit Hitler wrote there was always this connection to socialism, I just came to the conclusion that Hitler replaced the workers with the GERMAN workers. It's socialism for the GERMAN race. That's how I viewed it and while I still do, you have helped me grasp the topic better. Please do say if you think my conclusion is wrong although
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  8349. Tik, you are beacon of hope. In my country (Greece) there is only one politician who actually points out the National Socialists Socialism. Every one else, even at the top level considers it nonsense.
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  8350. Yes, the problem is that you are trying to convince the radicals, you focus on them as you have done with people like finnishbolshevik or those ridiculous guys with their 'owning shills' video's. In order to convince the radicals, you have to convince all the others first, until they are alone and constantly face evidence of Hitlers anti-capitalism. I'm afraid the ones you have to convince do not watch YT at all. As long as someone like Tooze keeps saying 'it was right wing capitalism'(after he described socialism, yes I have his book), the radicals will take something like that and say 'see, we are correct'.
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  8351. Hi TIK To confirm your thesis. Please check the political situation in Austria in 1970. The first pure social democratic government had some members who were former Nazis and supported by a party under the leadership of another former SS member.
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  8352. Thanks as always, don't let the post-revionists drag you down.
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  8353. I can at least tell you that the Social Democrats of the SPD didn't use the word "Gleichschaltung" in their 1921/1925 platform (the so called "Görlitzer Programm" and the "Heidelberger Programm")
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  8354. This debate is very important. I had realised this lost history on my own but never understood my own position because the arguments against are many. When I found your videos it was a like a light being switched on, it all made much more sense. It kinda started for me when I grew up in east london and saw all the so called far right marching and trying to recruit. I knew many of them and knew they were mostly working class and either voted for socialist parties like Labour or never voted at all. They were jew haters too. To me it seemed they were far left and not far right. Then, because of them using the nazi symbolism it lead me to read some of Hitlers history and I tried to make sense of it. But because of bias writing it just made things more confusing. I’m just glad I’m not alone in seeing this lie of the century. It needs exposing and you seem to have a very good grasp on it. Don’t ever let it go.
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  8355. TIK, as soon as you have something come out, it is a priority for me to watch/listen. One day things are going to go through a big shift and thanks to you there will be a group of us well prepared to argue against the "socialists". The "socialists" really believe that we need to trust the state and consent to the transfer of responsibility to the state and "absolve" ourselves from the need to be responsible. History has shown us the limits of central planning, yet there seems to be an endless pool of useful idiots that really believe that it is the solution. I encourage others to watch your videos, whether they agree or not they are well done and well researched. Keep it up!
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  8356. I can understand why many of your critiques only watched several minutes or maybe did not even bother to watch the video at all, since nowadays many have short attention span (including myself) and that's why many videos now only have like 15-20 minutes of duration to explain certain topics. But to me, your videos are exceptions. I could watch your video through the end because of its high quality, although I admit I need to rewatch your videos several times in order to understand and memorize it. Your channel is a gem, not many channels provides informations and discussions as thoroughly as yours. 15-20 minutes videos are insufficient to explain these kinds of topics. Thank you TIKhistory, and keep up the works
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  8357. Any good book recommendations in regard to understanding Plato and Platonism?
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  8358. Ayn Rand can be entertaining, but as a fiction writer, she badly needed an editor. My ex was a Randite, so I read most of Rand decades ago. She had some problems with actual economics and science as such, but was a cogent critic of Leninism. On economics, she acted like a Satanist treated Catholic doctrine when evaluating Marxist philosophy. That is reasonable, but sometimes she missed why Marx was wrong.
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  8359. That is the question everyone should answer for themeselves.
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  8360. I really appreciated this insight. I had expected TIK to bring up Plato's Republic and its similarly to nazism and other ideologies. In the Republic, there is a Narrative, also called the "noble lie" that is necessary for controlling the people. In Plato's versiin the lie was that society is divided into four groups by the kind of metal that people are made of - - gold was the ruling class, down to iron for the common laborer. This locked people into their class and ensured the elites would retain control. We have this philosophy today, just usung different narratives. But the founding fathers of America explicitly rejected Plato's ideas.
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  8361.  @TheImperatorKnight  thanks
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  8362. I'm prepared to cut Chuikov some slack in the circumstances
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  8363. Very interesting video, I have just started reading the Death of the Leaping Horseman. Keep up the great work
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  8364. First!
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  8365.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'll gladly pull in the other direction then. When is your next Bank Wars video coming out! ;)
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  8366.  @TheImperatorKnight  haha people will always demand something, I would just like to ask for a battle storm on husky after Stalingrad and you N Africa series.
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  8367.  @TheImperatorKnight  hahaha the demands of the market can be unreasonable sometimes, but I think most people are like me and enjoy that you cover other different topics and not just Stalingrad
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  8368.  @thesecondsilvereich7828  TIK isn't an AnCap, I think he's just a minarchist
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  8369. Only 15 minutes in, and I think I finally understand why Marxist-Socialists deny that Hitler was a socialist at all. The brand of socialism is he peddled was just Marxism without the violent revolution (thus makes it more palatable) and is now nation/race based--everything else is still the socialism we all know and love (to hate, for some of us, at least).
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  8370. It's funny you mention in sarcasm is communism a ideology of the middle class? During Cuba's revolution, a little known fact is the middle class formed the vanguard for Castro to overthrow Batista. The poor, as a group, had little to do with it.
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  8371. Finally a credible YouTubeer that talks about the little known and controversial truths, the commie propagandists like indy naidel and spartacus over at world war 2 "history" Channel must be angry. Thank you, you restored my faith in humanity, even if a little.
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  8372. 00:03 🌍 Socialists across the world shifted away from violent revolution post-Russian Revolution, favoring democratic reforms instead. 04:30 💡 Hitler's political trajectory included affiliations with socialist and communist movements before his shift towards anti-communist sentiments. 06:42 🛑 Hitler framed Soviet-style totalitarianism as inherently Jewish, distancing his version of socialism as 'Aryan.' 09:44 ⚡ Hitler's failed Munich Putsch prompted a strategic shift towards a 'peaceful revolution' approach. 11:12 🛣 Hitler's political stance blended elements of socialist ideology with nationalist and racist rhetoric, positioning himself between traditional socialist and communist factions. 14:32 💡 Hitler's anti-Semitic beliefs developed as he distanced himself from socialist and communist movements, attributing their failures to Jewish influence. 17:43 🔄 Hitler's adoption of a 'peaceful revolution' strategy didn't signify abandonment of revolutionary goals but rather a tactical approach to achieve them. 19:04 🤝 Hitler's divergence from Ernst Röhm stemmed from differing views on socialism and tactics, despite initial shared affiliations. 20:52 💥 Ernst Röhm, leader of the SA, was characterized by his violent nature and disdain for civilians, reveling in the lawlessness of wartime life. 21:48 🔄 Many SA and SS recruits were former communists, highlighting the fluidity between Nazi and communist ideologies during the early days of the movement. 23:13 🛑 Hitler realized the limitations of paramilitary violence after the failed Beer Hall Putsch and shifted towards winning mass public support for his ascent to power. 25:27 ⚔ Hitler formed the SS as a personal bodyguard unit loyal to him, distinct from the SA, in response to the SA's lack of unconditional loyalty. 27:46 🔄 Hitler implemented "Gleichschaltung" to synchronize all social institutions into the state, consolidating power and eliminating opposition. 31:59 🔍 Post-seizure of power, SA's continued violence became a liability for Hitler, destabilizing the state and discouraging economic activity. 34:40 🔄 Hitler opposed Ernst Röhm's call for a "second revolution" and prioritized stabilizing the economy over further radicalization. 36:29 📜 Röhm's proposal to turn the SA into the Reich's militia army and replace the traditional army sparked tension with Hitler and the military. 39:17 ⚔ Hitler hesitated to directly confront Röhm, but tensions between the SA and the Party led to preparations for a conflict, culminating in the Night of the Long Knives. 41:02 🚫 Hitler perceived opposition from conservatives as a threat and moved to suppress dissent within the Reich, leading to internal power struggles and crackdowns on critics. 42:01 🎙 Hitler's speech emphasized the need for social stability and an impartial judiciary to avoid perpetual upheaval. 43:19 🔥 Göring and Himmler turned against Ernst Röhm to eliminate the SA and solidify their own power within the National Socialist regime. 45:08 ⚔ Hitler's attempts to resolve the crisis with Röhm failed, leading to the decision to purge the SA. 48:58 🌃 The Night of the Long Knives saw the arrest and execution of SA leaders, including Ernst Röhm, to prevent perceived threats to Hitler's regime. 51:16 💀 The purge extended beyond the SA to eliminate potential future opposition and send a warning to dissenters. 55:50 ⚒ The aftermath of the purge led to the SS's separation from the SA and the consolidation of power under Hitler's leadership. 56:42 🇩🇪 Hindenburg's death further consolidated Hitler's power, merging the offices of President and Chancellor. 57:06 📚 Marxist narratives oversimplify the conflict between Hitler and Röhm, ignoring the nuances of their differing approaches to revolution. 01:00:42 💥 The conflict between Hitler and Röhm was not about capitalism versus socialism but rather differing models of revolution. 01:02:34 🔍 Hitler's revolutionary rhetoric varied over time, but he reverted to it after dealing with Röhm, challenging the portrayal of him as purely reactionary. 01:03:58 🔄 Arguments that Hitler killing Röhm proves he's not a socialist are logically flawed and oversimplify the situation. 01:04:49 💡 Hitler's purge targeted Röhm and some SA members, but not the entire socialist faction within the Party, nor did it extend to the SS, questioning the narrative of a purely capitalist agenda. 01:06:18 📚 The socialist split and variations in socialist ideology, including violent and peaceful revolutions, are often overlooked in Marxist narratives. 01:07:42 🏳‍🌈 Röhm's homosexuality may have been used in propaganda, but it wasn't the motivation for his purge, dispelling myths propagated in some quarters.
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  8373. Kudos and congratulations! This is the best in-depth analysis of the intricacies of the early Nazi movement, the changes in policy that occurred after the party's coming to power in 1933, and the rivalry between Hitler and Roehm of which I am aware. This is great stuff!!! Keep it coming!
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  8374. Another Video making being a patreon worth it.
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  8375. Tik, I love ❤️ your platform. Thanks'
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  8376. God damn I really cannot stand youtube's auto moderation.
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  8377. The pettiness of these guys is staggering but unfortunately not uncommon, even in the army.
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  8378.  @TheImperatorKnight  In fact yes. Some issues are open and shut, yet not known generally. Meanwhile, I imagine just the render alone is MUCH easier. And here is a clue: The Imperator Knight.
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  8379. Oh come on. You can go even short. Less than a minute would be the benchmark.
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  8380. I didn’t think I could hate another politician more than I already hated Justin Trudeau, but apparently I was wrong.
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  8381. Thank you for this open letter.
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  8382. The 'far right' discourse started as insulting, now it is getting tiresome. Change the rhetoric, Sir Starmer. I am sure you can come up with a few other words to deliver a more transparent explanation of your actions.
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  8383. Great Inteligent response and composition. Am Subbed to channel, and local, Birkdale.
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  8384.  @chrissheldon8971 Hello again Chris. It’s Ironic how you call out TIK’s alleged bias when you very clearly have a bias towards Labour yourself. Correct, the tories were in power for much longer, however, as you mentioned, the PM’s don’t deal with every issue on the local level - the councils have that sort of control. This is why he covered the grooming gangs, which your very own Labour Party either ignored or protected in their own constituencies, such as: Rochdale, Oldham, Rotherham, Huddersfield, Telford, Bradford and Halifax. The logic you used against TIK’s arguments actually support them.
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  8385. Starm wars I like that
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  8386. How dare you want a good life for the citizens of your country. I'm going to call you every kind of -ist and -phobe there is, TIK!
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  8387. Where are all the peaceful Muslims and why aren’t they stand up against this?
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  8388. God bless you. I watched to the last frame
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  8389. Uhh, tin foil hat time: Ae you still with us, TIK?
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  8390. Can I just say that the people doing the Roman salutes are calling the police Nazis, it's a pretty common thing to do that to people you consider oppressors.
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  8391. first time i caught a video on time. Love all your vids
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  8392. The West is still pro Eugenics. Planned Parenthood just rebranded Eugenics as "Family Planning".
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  8393. First
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  8394. Well said TIK. Stick to your guns. It's your channel and you have the right to publish whatever videos you want. With that said, I'd like to comment on one of the things you mentioned. Too many people try to mislabel Hitler as a Fascist. No. Mussolini was the the Fascist. In his book Mein Kampf, Hitler admitted that he was a socialist. Further, when we look at the economy that Hitler created in Germany, we find that it was a socialist economy. All of the elements of socialism were present. * Nationalized industry, government controlled the means of production * Universal healthcare, for what little it was worth * Government rationing of goods and services * Government control of news media The list goes on and on. Admittedly, many of the industries were still, on paper, privately owned by people like Wilhelm Emil "Willy" Messerschmitt. The degree of control that the governement exercised over the industries was socialistic in its nature though. As with so many things, Willy Messerschmitt's ownership of 'his' company was a more a matter of words on paper than a reality. I've heard it said it said that, "If we put the government in charge of the desert, within five years we'd have a shortage of sand." (author unknown) To what degree do you think this factor influenced the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of German industry in WW2?
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  8395.  @janehrahan5116  It's always hilarious (not really) when nazis and socialists start to complain about censorship. As if either group can't wait for the day they can start throwing people like TIK into camps again.
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  8396. Paul here! To be maybe a bit clearer about my question: I think with the digital era changed how info flows, more of us teach ourselves with things online, but will the oldtimers i.e. the historians doing their work by writing papers and books accept you guys, TIK / MHV etc. as one of their own?
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  8397. Wait a minute. If socialist/communist style command economies don't count when a nation switches to "war economy" during war time emergencies, but Germany became a "war economy" during peace time, isnt that just saying they became socialist (albeit with intent to start a war)? Seems like good motive to hide the pre-war war economy factoid.
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  8398. Thanks TiK, interesting video. Having watched this video and your videos on Socialism and Capitalism, I have a question for you: has an economy that conforms to your definition of Capitalism really existed? As you describe the NHS, cartels, central banks and publically listed corporations as Socialist according to your definition, I'm struggling to think of any.
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  8399. How is this far right?
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  8400. you should play close combat again. those were good times
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  8401. This is the greatest Stalingrad documentary of all time!
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  8402. Lighto There's a YouTuber I've seen lately that's made some content regarding some of the Pacific battles--Montemayor--and you can find plenty of other material on channels like WW2HRT, or from the National WW2 Musem's channel, where they have lunchbox lectures and such.
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  8403. EXCELLENT ,CONCISE AND VERY WELL PRESENTED.
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  8404. What you said about setting/reaching goals is spot on. I did reach retirement over 3 years ago. And then I found myself looking for things to do. So I went back to work part-time a couple of months back to give myself something to do. Keeping busy and enjoying the day became my new goals.
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  8405. I did not see that analogy coming. My train of thought went something like this: "what do you mean whats most fun about driving a train? Youre dirving when youre driving theres not much else to do?! if you asked whats most fun of the job, yes sure its the driving and not the technical or HR stuff." But youre right. The track part is whats fun, because actually pulling in is hard. I dread it every time. My line goes through 10 stops from Stuttgart to Aalen and im on edge everytime when i have to slow it down for fear of missing the platform. Only out on the track am i truly at peace. I know you meant it differently but that hits harder when youre actually a train conductor 🤣
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  8406. Youtube failed me again as I never got a notification of that last poll even though I have the bell icon ticked. This video actually informed me that the poll even existed.
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  8407. I just found your channel, very interesting and well presented, thought out and researched
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  8408. Bloody great advice and a surprisingly interesting video, cheers for that ;)
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  8409. your videos are gold man, I rarely hit notification button on Youtube, but for this channel, it is a must, keep up the good work!
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  8410. 18:00. 376th shows corp symbol not division XXX vs XX just fyi Excellent work
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  8411. I`m still at 5:24 ,but ya here`s a picture for Richard von Schwerin https://sep.yimg.com/ay/yhst-32193482166639/richard-von-schwerin-9.gif
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  8412. And will you be saying leitinant for a Russian lieutenant?
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  8413. Why?
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  8414. Why is it stupid?
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  8415.  @TheImperatorKnight  I very much trod the same path. My final year was disrupted with strikes and the pandemic so my entire enthusiasm to work at anything was killed. I also managed a 2.1 to my surprise. My results for first semester were all respectable couple of Firsts, then the rest were 2.1's, I am just hoping such results continue. Maybe I am just getting in my own head too much. The results are there plain as day on paper, they're respectable so I must be doing something right. Maybe I just long for the work ethic I had when I was a teenager in secondary school. I aim to finish what I start so there is no dropping out for me. I've sunk time cash and energy into this so I will continue until its over. Once again TIK, I appreciate the response and advice.
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  8416.  @TheImperatorKnight  thank you for the lengthy response. Some of the things you say struck a cord with me, do I necessarily enjoy the topics I am studying now? Not particularly, I do also feel like I need a change of setting when working because I cannot sit and work like I used to be able to in secondary school. This is my first assignment in my academic life that I am going to be submitting late because of my inability to time keep and discipline myself. It is disappointing to me. But I agree the satisfaction of getting it done and submitted clears my conscience of the guilt. It is clear something has to change with me. I'm going to try make adjustments. Once again thank you for the response and the advice!
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  8417. Hi Tik, how do you stay motivated and disciplined when it comes to your work? I'm a Masters history student and currently struggling with the work, primarily it is my fault due to poor time keeping and lack of self discipline but I was wondering if you had any advice. Thank you.
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  8418. 0:04 📚 Modern historian Leopold von Ranke pioneered the distinction between "primary" and "secondary" sources, emphasizing direct observation for knowledge. 1:52 🕰 "Primary" sources must originate from the time of the event for authenticity, ensuring accuracy and reliability. 3:00 📰 "Secondary" sources gain value over time due to the discovery of new evidence and overcoming past biases and mistakes. 4:46 🚫 Newspapers and journalists are among the least reliable secondary sources due to immediate interpretation without thorough validation. 5:31 ⚠ Dismissing sources based on personal bias distorts history; all valid sources should be considered despite preferences. 6:24 🚫 Invalid sources, including forgeries and biased historians, should be discarded to maintain historical integrity. 8:41 🔍 Historians must prioritize recent histories closest to the present for the most accurate and valuable insights. 10:46 📜 Old history books, while still valuable, may contain outdated interpretations and biases due to the passage of time. 13:23 🎙 Memoirs and interviews conducted long after events are among the least reliable sources due to fading memories and potential agendas. 14:08 📹 "Primary" sources directly recording events, like videos and stenographic records, offer valuable insights but require careful analysis. 15:07 📚 Histories written by contemporary historians provide the most valuable insights and serve as the best starting point for research.
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  8419. "... in 1931 so he was a committed national socialist." Thank God they kept thinking that was more important than competence.
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  8420. Stalingrad? Never heard of it, sounds interesting, maybe he could do a series about it. 😀
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  8421. Hey Tik, longtime viewer. Just picked up in a whim Richard J. Evans's "The Third Reich in Power" book today whild visiting my local College's library. I originally was looking for books on Napoleon and I recognized his name on one of his other books "1815-1914" and thought "hold on... Richard Evans? Like, Tik's book source author?" Absolutely newfound respect & appreciation for you and your work! I cannot imagine reading so many books & works, script writing, editing, video editing, and more all while pumping out an INSANE amount of content!! i started watching you while i was technically still a kid, and now as a new working man i will be sure to support you & others on Patreon. Keep up the important work!! ❤
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  8422. I think at 24:08 Hitler just gives a hypothetical, if they come back and by some miracle the materiel (guns, equipment etc.) stays there and isn’t salvaged by russians. Thats why he says it’s a ridiculous thought. But maybe it’s just my own way of interpreting it.
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  8423.  @TheImperatorKnight  No, it was your standard package of excellence.
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  8424. honetly TIK I really like these stand alone vids. I really dont have the time or attention span in order to make it through a full 50 hour battle storm series but vids like these are very good
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  8425. Hi TIK, 1. Russians cannot watch as Youtube is banned in Ruzzia, because we know why. 2. For this video you just got 5 years in Gulag :D 3. Europe (as we understand it today) lost the WW2: if we just look at the map before 1939 and after, there clearly way less free countries than before 1939.
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  8426. Yo thst sums up tryin read marx 100%
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  8427. Oh, here they come lads. The Neo Nazis incels and David irving fans are among us, get your popcorn
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  8428. Why is this video so disliked? Are there that many people who want to willingly ignore all atrocities of war?
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  8429. the generals at 6:20 with their medals... "I got this one for typing, this one for picking up trash at the base... and this one for kissing the rear-end of my boss!"
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  8430. Once again, an excellent topic for a one off video. These are real gems!
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  8431. Early gang!
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  8432. How are you Tik
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  8433. One of your best videos, bravo!
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  8434. nice job. I think you have made a case.
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  8435. Loving this
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  8436. I think I am first now :D
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  8437. Bank Act of 1934 allowed the government to exercise tight control over private banks(Bel, “Against the Mainstream,” P20.), That Nazi’s Bank Act allowed the Government to "intervene actively in banking business as and when they think fit and even to select the personnel of bank management".(Dessauer, Marie. 1935. "The German Bank Act of 1934.", p.224) For the others two, their Executive members were either joining the Nazi Party, or replaced by Nazi members. Those who disloyal or refused to joined the Party were getting their company redistributed to other Nazi members. Notable examples as follow: Thyssen AG was expropriated in 1939 after Thyssen, a Nazi member, sent Hermann Göring a telegram saying he was opposed to the war, shortly after arriving in Switzerland with his family. (I paid Hitler, p.38) The properties of Heinrich Lübbe (Arado Flugzeugwerke), Professor Junker (Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG) (Bel, “Against the Mainstream,” P17.) were seized by the State just because they refused to joined the Nazi Party
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  8438. Hitler became chancellor/ get into power in January 1933. TIK addressed that meeting here. 9:41
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  8439. ​ @nickscurvy8635 so you didn't watch the video?
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  8440. So you don't watch the video?
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  8441. Marxists use 'capitalist' as a slur, and they use it for anyone they dislike, such as movements that are more socialist than the Marxists themselves.
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  8442. Because this is an answer to the leftist propaganda and this is what they mean with that
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  8443. Thanks for revealing you didn't view the video. Well done.
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  8444. I may not agree with everything you say, but THANK YOU for pointing out that there is a distinction between National Socialism and Fascism.
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  8445. This look behind the scenes has been eye opening. I didn't know you made basically all your music, I should say I miss it, but sadly I didn't it disappearing in Stalingrad actually.
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  8446. Why not just use Wikipedia?!? Kidding man
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  8447. We’re going to have to add TIK to the civilian casualties from the battle off Stalingrad.
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  8448. Imagine making an ideology based on warhammer 40k lore.
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  8449. What's the Madagascan plan? Thanks
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  8450. Wow. One of the best videos on this channel. Fascinating stuff.
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  8451. This is so hilariously enlightening for so many different ideologies I see popping up all over the place...
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  8452. This isn't a knock on you or your video at all, more just of the topic being discussed. What the fuck am I listening too?
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  8453. Tik, I dont know about any books regarding the reason for the italian presence in the east, but I can reccomend a very famous book written by a veteran of that campaign. The title is "The seargent in the snow" by Mario Rigoni Stern. I think there are plenty of translations. It is a very good book, and really short.
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  8454. out of curiosity TIK, how many words was this episode?
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  8455. 31:54 "And brother of Wilhelm Keite" you lost l
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  8456. I have really enjoyed the series but this episode is absolutely exceptional. The scope of this episode is incredible from describing the fatigue of the German pilots to the plight of the civilians inside the city was amazing. Thank you.
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  8457. leaving a comment to show i was early
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  8459.  @TheImperatorKnight  As a "pro-Soviet" viewer, I'm only glad you have covered the Red Army's numerous defeats so thoroughly, TIK — these defeats only underline the greatness of the ultimate victory. It's like Tolstoy, when starting to write War and Peace, felt that starting the novel in 1812 would've simply been wrong and decided to start with the Austerlitz campaign, as speaking only of victories and omitting defeats is simply dishonest.
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  8460. Another great episode Lewis, good work
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  8461. TrUsT tHe ScIeNcE!
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  8462. TIK! I'm only halfway through your video but I must say--YOUR ability to ascertain and synthesize the meaning of historical events and present them in a logical and convincing manner is quite impressive. Keep On! Drive on!
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  8463. Anyone that sends nasty DM's for another persons "opinion" on a topic such as this one should be lobotimized. This is the real issue we face today. You can't discuss or debate a topic without someone getting there feelings hurt then instead of explaining there view point they just start 😭 like a child.
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  8464. Did you watch the entire video or not understand what he said in it? This was not about Neo Nazis, but rather the ACTUAL Nazi party.
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  8465. Very good, Schools could do with this in class and in the 6th years
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  8466. Well this video sadly tells a lot about ppl. Many years ago I asked myself question - How come Hitler was "far right" and called his party (or rather join it) "socialist". From there it was just looking at his policies and they were not really easy to find back then (it wasn't as simple as googling it). Later you find what were sources of his "economy miracle" (first debt + postponed inflation, later mainly wealth extortion /and obviously mix of that) - watching your videos one may argue if there was miracle after all, but that is beside the point. Generally socialism is so appealing, because it always works for some time (so even people that opposed it initially join the "wave"). It can be few months, few years - in some cases even decades (when it is implemented slowly, society start relatively wealthy and has some power to transfer part of growth - not necessary wealth - from other countries/regions). However there is always period were almost everybody in society is better off. Then reality strikes and either overtaxed part of population is realizing that without working they can maintain standard of living or interest rates are growing to the point you can not repay debt, therefore nobody is willing to give you more money or simply you have hiperinflation. It's also funny how far left sympathizers are trying with all their power, to make Hitler far right simply to show, that not only far left regimes are killing millions for "greater good".
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  8467. All good stuff - but at the moment, a voice in the wilderness.
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  8468. Aidan B. Hey Aidan, I’ve spent many years studying this history, me thinks as TIK would say, it’s time for a debate. What books can your reference to help substantiate your view that Hitler wasn’t socialist when Hitler says he is a socialist with his second book 📚 are you now going to try and convince me the the colour black is actually white! 😁
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  8469. I will have to rewatch this video sevral times I think, cause this was so intresting I need to memorise it...
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  8470. I really enjoyed this video, thanks for posting. I think your judgements here are correct.
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  8471. Well, TIK, I remember I did unsubscribe to your channel, a few months ago, when you begin to criticize socialism, and as I already mention, after I revised my view, and become somehow economic literate(that's doesn't make me an economist, but still it's better than having no clue at all). Now, I re-subscribed to your channel, and I like your honesty. The problem nowadays, if you criticize socialism, you could be mistaken for a fascist, and yeah this view of the world is naive and childish at best, and dangerous at worst.
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  8472. I love it when communist socialists claim they are opposite of national socialists...on an entirely authoritarian spectrum. Guess what Pinko-Commie-Nazis...there is another, higher dimension where the individual (in and of themselves and without regard to any other individual or group) has ALL natural rights and freedoms and only temporarily grants limited power to government for only very specific, limited purposes. You commies can create a legal entity any time you want where you all agree to contribute all your earnings to the entity and then receive back an "equal portion" (hopefully knowing that some of your fellow partners, members, or interest holders will be "more equal than others"). And therein lies the true test of a system: Can one legally be a socialist (communist or fascist, left or right) within a capitalist economic system? Can one legally be a capitalist within a socialist system?
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  8473. This is such a long video with so much information I don't know what to do with it nor do I know how to transfer it into a condensed version to use in debates. Either way good video.
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  8474. I wonder how many of the 1000 dislikes (as it reached as I finished the video) actually went through the whole video before disliking, or half the video for that matter?
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  8475. I sincerely believe that the majority of people denying this are honest, good people, that want the best for everyone, thus are attracted by socialism cause that's the system that supposedly cares for us against "the funds". Of course there is the ( fortunately minor ) group of marxists who can't understand anything so I have lost hope for them. What the majority of socialists, which again, are genuinely good people, can't understand is that socialism is bad EVEN IN THEORY. I am tired of hearing that Socialism is the best if implemented right. No, it isn't. It is bad, it is unfair for the hard working people and it promotes laziness, cause why work hard when even if you don't you will be rewarded equally to everyone else? Closing, it astounds me that some people misunderstand you on this. When you claim that Nazis were socialists, you don't claim that all socialists are Nazis. It's not even that hard come on...
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  8476. This is amazing. Feels like a cloud dissapears and I can see the curves and edges of the mountain. Keep going 👍
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  8477. Thank you so much for making this video! Now I can make my history teacher cry
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  8478. Any time someone refers to what Hitler did as not socialism, I will gladly point them to your essay.
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  8479. The only problem with this video is so long that only the most open minded will watch full lenght, so the ones who attacked you wont go thorough it.
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  8480. stumbled upon this video and am blown away by the generosity of education. thank you.
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  8481. Religion is the opiate of the masses. Socialism is the religion of the tyrants.
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  8482. Its funny how today leftists, progressives, socialists, democrats, marxist's, Bernie bro's, and labour supporters express how democratic socialism is "Real" or "True" socialism. Just like how many socialist's in the 20's and 30's said that fascism and Nazism(not the same) was "Real" socialism or "its most workable form" and praised it. Today they try to say that democratic socialism is just about "free healthcare" and "free education"(nothing is free) and try to say that since its democratic its okay. However the economics are the same and this is just the state taking control of the economy through popular sovereignty.
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  8483. Hi I came across Nindy's Nazis weren't socialists video and was gobsmacked that he didn't mention any in depth facts of Nazi ideology. Like the 24 or 25 economic plan, or socializing assets to help the blonde blue eyed race. He tried to portrayed them as crony capitalists mobster gang?!! Which obviously wasn't the case. Thank you for this video I've also shared Razorfists video ironically called "Nazis were Socialists" on Nindys vid so hopefully few will check that out.
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  8484. Can the clever ppl on here tell me that they think of this; capitalism is individual ownership..but when companies get large enough they go public. They become collectively owned by shareholders. Over time companies get larger and take over other companies. So what if say, Amazon bought up all the other companies so only it remained. So everyone worked for Amazon and everyone owned shares in Amazon...and Amazon owned all the means of production... isn't that essentially a socialist state?
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  8485. Care to elaborate? Or is a simple "your sources are debunked" enough to convince us in your mind?
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  8486. Go ahead and enlighten us.
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  8487. Agree with this video in general, but would say be careful using billionaire examples of capitalist success. In pure capitalism, or a 100% free market, there would be no billionaires like Bezos. The reason he had the success he does is not only because of his work, but because of how the system is set up to screw workers over. Dude has terrible company policy. He couldn't get away with that if the market were free because there would be so many competitors to Amazon that all the workers would go to the ones that treated them better. His near-monopoly came about because of the way the system is set up, and that very much includes a lot of socialist activity and principle that play. There are no self-made billionaires. These dudes are also almost always bloodline. They've gotten a leg up due to nepotism. Needless to say, nepotism wouldn't exist in a 100% free market either, because the roles someone plays in production has everything to do with how efficient he is, not who his Grand Daddy might have been.
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  8488. When I look at this it is Feb. 25, and there are 3,723 +1 comments. This documentary is about 5 hours long. I have watched it for 24 minutes and my head is going to explode. This is a topic I have studied for 40+ years, and I knew there were nuances, but this presents an opportunity to reboot all of my definitions and make a journey to something new. I am going to watch this presentation, fully, and suspend my definitions, completely. Like food from a non-terrestrial source, I want to really taste this material independent of my Human/Earth prejudice, And Then try to relate it to my knowledge and experience. Maybe it will be a paradigm shift. Maybe I will be able to integrate it. The journey creates the destination, and I am excited by this work to find out where I wind up!
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  8489. Hi Tik 4 hrs ,it must have been a bit of a epic to put it together,did it take long mate?
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  8490.  @personaa422  did you actually watch the video tho?
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  8491. Did u not watch the Rohm fallacy section? He already explains the purge. Maybe watch the video before commenting
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  8492.  @slaterslater5944  oh wow, back to troll some more. Stop repeating the same thing I already explained to you multiple times. And the fact you jump to every thread to do it is ridiculous. I’m getting close to reporting you for harassment at this point. Knock it off
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  8493. This is actually a good question. A clear solution is this. Socialism is not just defined by state control but also through communal or group control. Capitalism is the promotion of individual control, socialism is promoting collective or communal control.
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  8494.  @slaterslater5944  I already explained this context before. Let me explain it again, you basically put that anything non state is private. I countered and explained this to u. If that was actually the case then it would mean groups like Anarcho Socialists would be advocating private control since without a state there is no public sector by ur very logic. I also explained that since it placed the state as the sole public sector, it would also mean “State Capitalism” is by the very definition you tried to use Oxymoronic. Capitalism is control of trade and industry by private owners for profit. But as your very definition displayed, a state can’t be private. Of course I don’t expect you to read my full statements before just falsifying a conclusion about me. And I’m sorry, u have literally now tried to publicly libel me by commenting about me in a new thread? How pathetic r u?
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  8495. No one says you can’t profit in a socialist society. Profit by definition is a financial gain. Not only does he break down his POV of corporations, but whether or not they profit is irrelevant if they can’t control their own means of production.
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  8496. And for another bombshell that's sure to explode socialist minds: Not only was National Socialism just a nationalist permutation of socialism (a fact that Hitler explicitly lays out in the opening chapters of Mein Kampf, if anyone bothered to read it), but nationalism itself had its origins in the Left wing and was rightly seen by classical conservative monarchists as just another shade of Enlightenment ideology. Nationalists and socialists were on the same side in the Revolutions of 1848, but after von Bismarck wooed some of the nationalists over to supporting Prussian leadership, Left-wing historians magically start referring to these conservative-allied nationalists as "the right wing of the nationalist movement." When in reality, they were simply nationalists who prioritized populist military expansionism over the ideology's egalitarian values.
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  8497. I'm sorry all the hate is getting to you. Thank you for the content. It's channels like this that have inspired me to get my BA in history.
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  8498. it's incredible how, even 2 years later, there are dedicated dweebazoids in the comments replying to people desperately babbling about how national socialism isn't real socialism gj making them assmad
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  8499. TIK isn't neoclassical
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  8500. >Socialism is literally worker co-ops Prove it >Hitler went privatize crazy. Mmm capitalism, much? Hasntwatchedvideosaywhat? >If Hitler was a socialist, why were the socialists the first targets of the Nazi party when they took over? Doesn't matter, most of these socialists were also German, so by this logic he wasn't German.
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  8501. And I suppose then Hitler literally saying "I am a socialist" makes him a socialist.
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  8502. That was to draw people like you in. If you watch the video, maybe, just maybe, you will come up with a counterargument or agree with us.
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  8503. >Care to explain what collective ownership of the means of production is without the state involved? A fantasy?
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  8504. There is no such thing as a moderate socialist. All socialists are extreme-authoritarian and extreme-collectivistic. And socialism is not about ending oppression. Orwell was himself still a socialist when he watched coal miners from the window of the train he travelled in and realised "Socialism may lament the plight of the downtrodden but would do nothing to alleviate it. The socialist is not motivated by great compassion for the oppressed but by insatiable hatred for who he perceives to be the oppressor."
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  8505. This entire video is like taking a whole semester about world history, governance, some theology, organizing ideologies, and more at university. Amazing!!!
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  8506. I must admit I am more sympathetic to socialism than you are, but I've been enjoying this. I've often argued that socialist ideas go back way before Marx, and that Marx was just one variant, and that National Socialism was another (particularly evil) variant. I don't understand how Nazis could be call capitalists. Everything was run by the state more or less. I don't know of any Bill Gates or Nikola Tesla or Thomas Edison type figures known from Nazi Germany for being enterprising inventors or capitalists. In any case, been watching this in short bits but am enjoying hearing you explain your views. Also the channel as a whole has been very entertaining during the quarantine!
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  8507.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yet people have no problem binge-watching hours of inane reality TV drivel! Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into these videos, you've certainly enriched my knowledge and thinking a great deal, I was once a card-carrying member of the SWP, thanks for equipping me with the skills and rational arguments to politely inform people like my former self. It's really difficult a lot of the time because they are usually well-intentioned friends whom I like, but also fear they'll disown me, which I know is ridiculous but I feel that fear is one of the main reasons the far left is now mainstream
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  8508. Late to the party, but I wanted to thank you for this video TIK. You strike me as a guy that honestly tries to care more about history as such than as a tool to further your agenda. My great-grandmother had the misfortune of having to live under Nazi as well as Soviet occupation, and were she still alive today she'd spank these propagandists desperately trying to fit the facts to their own socialist narrative. Don't let the character assassinations get to you.
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  8509. This is amazing. Than you for making this. I'm sharing this to every socialist I find.
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  8510. TIK another great post. “State capitalism“ it’s like saying communism is “rugged collective individualism“. Of course the left ends up in these contortions because what they are actually supporting is odious. State control— be it by purchase confiscation or synchronization as it is in China today, has led to millions and millions of deaths. So of course they want to hide what they are actually supporting. The interesting thing about this is that Nietzsche in the Genealogy of Morals actually defines why socialist are so consistently on one side of an issue and why capitalist our on the opposite side— Conservatives see the world from the inside out and Leftists see the world from the outside in. This was more recently confirmed by a study done at Purdue university. That’s what abortion and taxes and gun control all have in common if you think about it; for both the left and the right. So the left is adamant about controlling everything in society because they believe it’s going to give satisfaction and meaning to their life is going to take the fear out of their life if they can’t control others. So this becomes a psychosis after a point. TIK they don’t want to argue because it’s not based in reason. It’s based on their fear of the external world. And when you argue against them you become an element of that fear – and need to be quashed! But the good news is that millions of people in this country have not changed parties from the liberal to the conservative and ultimately taking responsibility and looking at the worlds problems from the perspective of self, is the winning argument. It’s gonna take more than our lifetimes but I do believe that principles of responsibility limited government and freedom will ultimately triumph— and no small part to the effort of people like yourself TIK. (and apologies for the rocky grammar I’m gonna be late to work as it is☺️)
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  8511. TIK thank you for the response you’re doing incredibly important work that “academia“ is either refusing to do—or deliberately obfuscating for political reasons. The Left in this country does not want to debate— they are probably going to sabotage the presidential debates, because their ideas don’t hold up in the clash of ideas and so they have their playbook of ad hominem attacks, silencing debate and in some cases violence. When I saw your video that Mussolini was a communist and then edited a socialist newspaper— and when he was in power nationalized 75% of all industry and 20% of all the businesses in Italy?? It became immediately apparent that he was absolutely a socialist! The confusion comes because there are two fundamental issues nationalism and socialism. Communism is Pan-nationalistic—So the left portrays it as the antithesis fascism which is nationalistic—like China today. But the reality is it’s never the nationalistic component that leads to gas ovens— it’s always overarching governmental power— the socialistic component. Dinesh DeSouza pointed out that Gandhi and Mandela were nationalists. It’s not nationalism that leads to gas ovens and gulags it’s always the horrible power of government. We are watching that same power creep up upon us incrementally in the United States. And it’s frightening because this story always always ends badly. Unfortunately none of this is being taught in the colleges today because academia are the cohorts of these people who know what “best for us “. Thank you again. If we can ever restore and sanctify the traditions which created western democracy in the first place, it’ll be through the efforts of people like you.
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  8512. 41:25 is a great example of how the Labor theory is trash. Cars are so complex and require so much labor from the metal being mined, sorted, processed, smelted, melted again to be cast or milled or stamped, then the making of bolts, the design of the car, the parts shipping hours, assembly hours, transport to sales lot hours, etc. Cars would cost centries of labor hours were it not for market demand aka prices. Cars being $20,000 rather than "in exchange for 1 million hours" is a crazy good deal.
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  8513. Hitler was a socialist more than any socialist professor today
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  8514. Brilliant!!
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  8515.  @slaterslater5944  if you mentioned smth he said in the video ofc he wont respond cuz he already said the counter argument in the video
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  8516. I wanted to respond to top comment but there’s no room. I wanted to say I too was once a socialist then I chenged because I too was uneducated in politics. I also used to reference history and people took it as me backing hitler/Stalin when I was just stating history
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  8517. they can't lick our TIK ! :D have you read The Not So Wild Wild West? or the Myth of the robber barons?
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  8518. TIK this is a great video but I don't think you provided enough detail. Any chance we can have a 12+ hour version?
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  8519. Have you ever had a message from a marxist after this video telling you that it changed their mind? In my experience such people have their political ideology so interlinked with their identity that they will never change their mind no matter the amount of facts which are thrown in their face. They are much like the fascists and neo nazis in that way.
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  8520. Came back to say thanks for providing this amazing video
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  8521. You made an astonishing effort which as always will be underrated. But most of the socialist fanatics will probably never watch this video. For them its like a religion, like faith, like flat earth theory. These people rarely listen to any reasoning and I think its kind of useless to try to reason with them in the first place. And the only thing that can change their minds its their own personal experience... like for example to convince flat-earther you need to shot him into space and show him personally that earth isn't flat. Reasonable people here were probably on your side even without that effort. But thank you nonetheless.
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  8522. 432 thumbs down? What the hell is that? TIK does not deserve 432 down!
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  8523. Every comment from the leftist are mildly infuriating because they try to write a “Aha gotcha” moment, but the exact thing they say is countered in the video with great sources. If only they would watch the video, they might learn a thing or two.
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  8524.  @Gvjrapiro  Did you watch his argument? The first of your counter arguments is already debunked, „Hitler wasn't a socialist, because he killed socialists.“ So the Inquisition were not Christian, because they killed other Christian sects? Makes no sense. The main argument that Hitler socialized Germany and put state control over the whole economy means socialization. He was a socialist and an authoritarian. But if you want to be a socialist, because you are an Utopist, your ideas can only brought to work with force against the laws of nature, against the nature of men, against logic and laws of economy. There was a black market in Nazi-Germany and black markets only exist, if the free market is destroyed. By the way, living in the EU is already 70 or more percent socialism. The state is controlling almost everything, taxes are high and sometimes mankind will never learn. It is obvious that Hitler was a socialist and every fact, every data shows this. The thing you are arguing here is „but I am a socialist, I'm not like Hitler, MY utopia is wonderful, it will not kill millions of people! Just give me power and I'll show you.“ I bloody won't. And you say, „but meh flag is different!“ And I can't care less. If something squawks like a duck, walks like a duck and starves and kills like a duck, I call it a duck. Sure you are fighting a bloody civil war on your bloody edge of political spectrum who is the true believer and the only one worse than an infidel like me is a heretic like THEM. It doesn't change the fact that you all are, for me, the same and you only differ in the kind of flag you are waving, the music you are playing, but hell, even the songs you are singing are almost the same. You have the same death cult and you adore your dead, you love your Führers, your single strong men, you have after hundred years of bloody murdering and starving and killing over 150 millions of innocent lives at least to admit, that „you are the baddies.“ And I long for the moment in time when history and Historians wipe with your sorry asses the floor and give you the credit that you all deserve for this, for this suffering, this violence and this utter evil that you brought over mankind. See, there is nothing to say against a social politics, the idea of being social comes from the idea of Christianity, that all men are equal (before God) and also the Humanism itself is an atheistic spin-off of that idea, that goes down the same path of compassion and love and forgiveness, but don't tell me the ugly cruel states Socialism builds and all the suffering and killings and murders and knocking on doors at five o'clock in the morning in all those Utopias has anything to do with love. It is a power-game, and this godless abomination of an ideology always brings up the worst in mankind, feeds the lowest instincts and a man who is trusting a socialist has not learned anything. They are the baddies of history, the only as hateful, as destructive and even more murderous idea is Islam with now 250 million death toll, still rising. And most historians do come to the same conclusion as TIK here, but I am with him when he says that our educational system is deeply corrupted by Socialism, censorship, wishful thinking and that we, indeed, are living in a time of darkness. I appreciate your will to fight for a better world, Aidan, and I will always support you in doing so. But the better world is, where the light of scrutiny, science and enlightenment is shining not under the shadows hills of dead bodies and bones of millions, the darkness of an atheistic, godless religion or cult. Yes, we can dispute about the fact if Socialism is a religion or a cult, I would prefer cult, because every „movement“ has their prophets and their strong leaders, while some other aspects of the same idea, like intersectionality, which comes from Culture Marxism is more or less leaderless and carries all signs of being a godless religion, something that came with the idea, that religion was bad and has to be replaced. Well it has been replaced, yes, but by Humanism, by Gametheory and with that with laws of economic and so on. We are living in an especially dark times, the killings of the future are just a doorstep away, if we go any further. We learn that now, learn from History or we will repeat. Our world is full with Junkscience and the Marxists have long understood that science is the way to gain power in our modern society, control the scientific narrative and you control politics, because modern democracies are bound to scientific evaluation, they are bound to be rational. So: destroy rationality and you gain power and it is all about power for Socialists. It never was different. And if you wave that flag, you are without any doubt one of the baddies. And you have to learn that. Or you will be responsible for the next holocaust, and don't come to me with „but we all didn't know“! Back to your arguments. Nationality is society. Society is state. The Stalinistic fifth column was a supernation, the „nation of all workers of the world united“, it was control from Moscow. And Hitler was a socialist, but he didn't want to be controlled from Moscow, so naturally the Bolsheviks were his enemies on the path of his own socialism. But he wasn't a Fashist in the way of Musolini, because he didn't define the we against them at the nation border, but by race. And for this he Heim ins Reich all German populations on his neighboring states, uniting all Germans, we against them. The thing about socialism is, that it is a religion of hate, that implements the Ursünde idea of christianity in a different way. Your Ursünde may be your class with Marxism, may be your race with Nazism or you refuting to be collectivized by the ever growing state of Fascism. Socialism has taken some important themes from Christianity and has distorted and perverted its values to a mockery. Something of evil, something without forgiveness, without love and without the own soul that will stand just for the deeds on judgement day. Socialism does bring all the themes, all the myths that Christianity has with different faces. Their leader cult is always like a cult of the new Heiland, there are more similarities than I could count and you are intelligent enough to find them yourself anyways, if you dare to look. You don't need me for that. I fully understand that most people need something to believe in, and I totally respect that. But please, don't follow this evil cult of socialism, that brought nothing but suffering and death over mankind and that has been stripped of all loving power of something like Christianity and where you are not responsible for your deeds, because you are just a cog in the greater deed, in Socialism you will not stand in the end before God and have to justify your terrible ways, you were just „following orders“, you were just serving the collective. But you are. You are responsible. You do that. You are a part of that. And this is the lesson to learn. Hell, if you want to believe in something, at least believe in something where you have to justify your deeds, where you are responsible, where you are an individual instead of a mindless collective. And that's the problem with disputing things like this with a Marxist: you are believers. You are not rational. I often and for long disputed with Jehova's Witnesses in my life and I never got them to understand their illogical ways and how they are inside of something very irrational. They don't care, because they are believers. And that's why Marxist, true Marxist are lost for dispute. They are deep into the cognitive dissonance and as the old Nazis even at the age of 90 still were talking in the old ways, in face of their crimes never admitted their own wrongdoing, their guilt, true Marxists won't ever listen. Because everyone that is not inside their own cult, their own religious group is literally the devil and corrupted and wrong by definition. For me there is no difference. But at least Jehovah's Witnesses have to stand trial for their deeds. And of course they suffered, always suffer from Socialism, because they will reject it vehemently and will see it as it is: heresy and godless. I talked with one of them about their history with National Socialism for a very long time and I asked a many questions about it. Why not just to pretend to let go their believe and instead go into the KZ instead; because they have to stand trial at the end of days for that. They are also, like Marxist and other radical socialists, true believers. They go into their death instead of repelling. They are of course „harmless“ if you compare them to the bloody cult of socialism and all the murders and sufferings they brought upon mankind. By the way, I'm not religious. I am a man of science not of believe. But I can read the themes. I see similarities. I don't think I can convince you. The only one who can is yourself. But you only can do that if you are not a true believer. If there is some skepticism left. And I think there is. Or you would not be talking with me. And that, by the way, was why that Jehovah's Witness, after long talks with me slowly distances himself from that sect. I did nothing. I only was the mirror of his own questions and I tried to help him to find an answer. I decided not to argue against what you are talking, because you know the answers either way. It would now be interesting if I play devils advocat and you try to convince me that Hitler was a socialist. How'd you do that?
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  8525. Absolutely great article, you did here, @Tik. Don't mind the Marxist will never even listen to it, my experience is, that everything that is longer than a single sentence slogan will not stick to their brains. But your argument is well put, your sources are valid, you did a fine job. And the incredible crap we are going through in society will not stop until socialism has gotten the full scrutiny of history and science and the idea that the one socialist is good and the other socialist is bad, simply from the color or sign of his flag, as long as we believe this and let them get through with that as long the heaps of ever new bodies will stack up until mankind finally learns. Especially the dissection of the flawed counter arguments I liked, I heard that now so often that I can't stand it anymore. And while I am protesting against this "good" vs "bad socialist" or "nazism is no socialism" crap which is blatantly against the facts all my life, it is a good thing to see, that some people have the courage to stand up and say that the king has no clothes. So, you're telling the truth, hope you got fast running shoes. Our society is not there yet. But of course you are perfectly right. Your collection of books will help me as a foundation for my own arguments I have to do, thank you very much for your service. This article of yours should be getting a Noble Price. And it needs a lot of courage to stand up and say this easy to see truth, because you are standing against the narrative of some of the most violent, hateful and murderous people we ever have seen in history. It is a atheistic cult, a religion, a dogma and it is one of the most terrible, violent and harmful memes that ever were brought to life. The dark shadow of Socialism, Communism and the other playforms of socialism like the national or the fascist have to be put down and purged from our educational systems, and if not purged so put under the light of full and merciless scrutiny of enlightenment and argument and censorship is in the way. You did a great job. Thank you. You can't convince people that don't listen. But I listened. Thank you. Noble Price worthy (well the Noble Price isn't what it used to be, maybe you deserve something better than that for this.) To purge this madness from society is the big task for the next generation, because we failed to do so — up to now. Still, there is hope the CCP/Chinese system will fall and with that one of the last old massive powerblocks of this deadly and anti-humanistic ideology of hate, murder and theft. When I stood as a boy at the German-German border, viewing over the iron curtain, where soldiers were pointing machine guns on us ten year olds, I asked this question: „Why didn't they stop the Nazis with the war?“ „That are not Nazis“, I was told. „I can't see a difference“, I said. Of course I was just a child. What I meant to say was, „they are the same breed, they are socialists, they share everything and what little they differ is for me not visible or just a detail.“ I said that the king has no clothes and I never stopped saying that. Still, I never had the ammunition, the hard facts to support the obvious and without the stack of books you provided, it will be hard to convince people. You didn't change my mind, sadly. I already knew it, I felt it, I knew that there was going on some leftist civil war for a hundred years now. They always were fighting each other the hardest, because it is a cult, a kind of religion and what is worse than the infidel is the heretic. I downloaded this, for I don't think they will let this be uncensored.
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  8526. Thank you tik. This video has helped me in debates against hitler sympathizers and socialists. I appreciate the break down. Keep up the good work and stay safe.
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  8527. Capitalism is just a system of private property rights and a voluntary means of exchange of said property (or services) between two or more people.... I would love to hear precisely what part of that is even remotely applicable to Hitler and the national socialist party......
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  8528. TIK you have by far the best history oriented channel on YouTube. Keep doing what your doing. You explanations are well thought out and backed by thorough research with credible and numerous sources
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  8529. The Soviet Union and China also excluded people they didn't like so what's your excuse then?
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  8530. I'm sorry TIK, but this is the most in-depth, complete, detailed description of Nazi Germany I've ever heard. You're just going to have to suffer from being right. Those who disagree either don't comprehend this very complex description, or are possibly apologists for one side or the other.
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  8531. I think it's sad that you have to put a disclaimer that by explaining an ideology you do not support it. What kind of moron would come to that conclusion.
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  8532.  mike mcmike  nice discourse
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  8533.  @slaterslater5944  : You have no clue what you are talking about.
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  8534. what is fun is asking a self described socialist who is intrested in a stateless society about what exactly would cause the goverment to give control of the economy to the people and wither away and how entrenched lifetime career politicians even marxists would simply give up power and quit their jobs instead of creating problems merely to continue job security. these are all questions they have no answer for, and have no concept that most things in the real world work according to prison yard rules. where long term aims of cooperation and utopian vision should be based on short term observation of responsive behavior based on consequences. and checks and balances should be applied and boundaries set to politicians as well as everyone else in the context of freedom of association. and these gibs-me-dat-ians have no concept of that
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  8535.  jeff jr  as far as my feelings go I absolutely detest both Hitler and Stalin. I detest nazism (national socialism), marxism, fascism, racism and basically any kind of negative discrimination. I felt the effects of it on my skin so I have a pretty objective measurement of it. To a smaller extend the methods and motivations of Hitler and Stalin may have differed but the basical motivation and overall methodology were very similar or equal. And by the way there is no echo chamber for folks like me and even if there was I'd find it boring (nothing new in an echo chamber). I am in opposition to totalitarianism which these days seems to get momentum thanks to people like you. However, history teaches us that totalitarianism eventually fails and the only question is how much damage it will do on its way down, meaning how many lives it'll destroy in one way or the other. And by the way what bias has the author allegedly confirmed? My bias about what? Perhaps my bias against nazis and communists? Both sides - murderous ideologically possessed and corrupt cowards - spread despair everywhere they went. Of course I hold a bias against all of them. Your problem is that you don't!
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  8536. I’m only 1 hour 45 minutes into this so far . THIS IS A BRILLIANT PRESENTATION!! This guy deals only in Facts & Sense and clearly has NO Allegiance to Any of these ideologies but through clarity and straight talk he exposes the limited thinking and hypocrisy of ALL of these ideologies up to this point in history!! However the smokescreen of ALL of these ideologies are again being used to create confusion to gain control through Tyranny and it seems once again the populations seem to be falling for it / buying it when the FIRST Lesson the people should know by now or be taught or should learn is that Communism Bolshevism Socialism Fascism Marxism are all one and the same in their extremities and Tyranny through Control which is happening right now throughout the world through technology under handed lies , phycology and brute force. If one were able to understand this presentation you would understand what is happening today just that those doing it are removed several steps from the ideologies and techniques being used.
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  8537. By golly, this is the argument I've been making for literally years. I have always caught shit for it. I feel validated finally
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  8538. The attention to detail is tremendous in this video. This is what this platform should be used for, taking as long as is necessary to clearly demonstrate a point, and none of it feels like waste. Tremendous job, I’m sure the script took you some time, but the final product is very clean. It’s so difficult to articulate and argue ideology (probably why most socialists can’t explain what socialism is), but your thoroughness cuts through the noise to the core of the subject.
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  8539.  mike mcmike  Looks like somebody is, kek
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  8540. Yes, I really starting to see things now. I work in the government owned public transportation industry in the capital, i see and hear a lot of things. Price rises already started occuring even in food. Inflation only affected quality until now, but served food gone up by 50% since last year, all else by 10-25%, meat is getting really expensive.
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  8541. The whole point is that Hitler used them to get into power then disregarded them
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  8542. The TIK I know doesn't make mistakes, he makes "happy accidents."
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  8543. Probably re-upload, but put the link and talk about the confusion in the re-upload. Always like that you show your reasoning.
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  8544. I've got to say, your thumbnails have really come a long way.
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  8545. We need a modern agnosticism. This is why the marxist goes around criticizing 'rationality' since gnosticism is the opposite. They are abusing the ability of the human brain to believe two conclusions with contradictory premises, and calling it 'synthesis' instead of 'nonsense'. True synthesis, in scientific terms, is akin to light and QED; light has some aspects of particles and some of waves. That is an example of rational synthesis in ideas. No magic knowledge as we can communicate and discuss it without recourse to fantasy. Contradictions are to be resolved, not incorporated.
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  8546. What video did Elon Musk comment on why Hitler started WW2?
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  8547. The German accent for Susan wojcicki was perfect and accurate
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  8548. You're winning the argument and I'm glad you made this video.
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  8549. he has a vid look at the logistics playlist
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  8550. TIK your content and specifically your content on the battle of Stalingrad is quite simply unmatched. I’ve said this numerous times on your channel but I’ll say it again. I don’t think there’s anyone else on YouTube that’s putting in the work on and outside of YouTube that you do from the books to the battlestorm series to the videos on ideology and eta I really don’t think there’s anyone else covering the third reich or at least the philosophy of it the way you do. You really dive down to the last possible good source and give intellectual thought on the matter. I think everyone here appreciates that. Overall I’ll always support whatever decision you make as your my favorite ww2 historian/YouTuber as of right now. I think more people in the world need to hear your stances and facts especially on hitler and who he really was and what he really believed along with what actually happened. God Speed TIK!
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  8551. Insta click ^^ love your content TIK sir. you probally dont remember me but we was going to make some close combat videos like 10 years ago ^^ i was a gimp about it and it never happened ^^
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  8552. Thanks, TIK. Because of your series, I can honestly say my Stalingrad shelves very much resemble yours. All of your book recommendations have been excellent. The lesser or poor books? You're spot on in your analysis of bias and accuracy. Sadly, we share a similar number of duds. <laughing> Adding to books not to buy (good to borrow and read from a library) are: 'Survivors of Stalingrad' by Reinhold Busch; 'After Stalingrad' by Adelbert Holl. The latter is a memoir of capture and POW survival post Stalingrad. For researchers: good glossary of WW2 German military / Period-specific words, Phrases and Abbreviations is Thomas Houlihan's 'Kriegsprache'.
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  8553. Great video. Amazing how you can describe every book on your shelf by heart. I hope you do more of these ww2 military book recommendations/ reviews on other theaters of war
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  8554. Alexey Isaev has a lot of youtube presence, ive seen him in a lot of videos on a lot of russian channels specialized in history as a guest. Ive seen him even in the live chat of one WW2 podcast in english. That's funny to me, realizing that Isaev might have watched even Tik's videos. There's a lot of WW2 content on Youtube available if you know Russian, even on Western Front/Pacific Theatre
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  8555. 11:56 great detail in upper left corner. Hitler is, as we all are, concerned for TIKs mental health. Cheers from Serbia and thank you for this awesome content!
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  8556. Thank you for making this video. Seriously, there are so many damn idiots.
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  8557. Congratulations. You've had a break through that will create a solid foundation to keep working from. I've been involved in the American Libertarian movement. I got off to a very bad start with Objectivism because some of the followers of it couldn't separate the philosophy from the cult of personality involved with Rand. You've inspired me to to brush off this bad experience and give Objectivism a second try.
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  8558. Here I go spending half a year in the YouTube comments section again. The longer you live the baseder you become TIK. I hope to see where you take this.
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  8559. Damn, another great video that will force me to dive into the unknown to purge these odd and uncomfortable feelings Ignore the haters and do you TIK(Lewis)👍🏻
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  8560. TIK once again putting it in the best academic and philosophical phrasing. You're very good at expressing these difficult thoughts sir. As a massive history nerd I'd get that question a lot. My response to that was always that a thinking person can examine the sources to create a logical narrative. And that even in cases where not all the facts were known and such narratives of history were incomplete, it would still be quite possible for someone to look at those different narratives and the sources and determine which narratives were closer to the truth than others. Basically degrees of accuracy, but this of course led to the question of what standard you can measure that accuracy with. You have provided that answer here, logical validity. If a source contains contradictions there must be something wrong, a reason for that. The sources and interpretations that are most logically consistent and valid are obviously the closest to the Truth and therefore the most valuable.
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  8561. Forget "this is one if my most important videos". This is in my opinion your most important video. I'd even go as far as to say that this topic is the single most important topic that needs to be talked about in this era of society. You can see the effects of this problem everywhere. Politics, history, the news, religion. This mindset of denying reality and relying on faith leads to pointless conflict around every turn, and I think it has significantly slowed down the advancement of society. Excellent video TIK.
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  8562. This and your what causes depression and recessions video, along with the "Send us Wheat or Coffins" video are the holy trinity of TIK as far as I'm concerned.
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  8563. Lets give 5 dislike in honour of 5 common counter arguments
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  8564. Your hypothesis (not a theory yet) does not use hindsight which is the problem many historians and counter arguments are influenced by; we are trying to understand the thinking dominating the thought processes at the time, those thought processes at the time can only be evaluated with the data the person has available at that time and therefore understand why actions are taken by Hitler and Stalin. Hindsight will always prejudice analysis of the why of history. Keep up the work you are doing; it is excellent and thought provoking. Kind regards
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  8565. TIK, you were quite right IMHO in creating a new perspective / discussion on this matter and your explanation held water, it had me riveted as many of your presentations do. It's the best explanation I think we have, either that or an out and out miracle. If the British Army had been crushed to a man, eminently possible at that time . . . . and all, that such an onerous outcome would have entailed, it becomes doubtful we could have withstood a full invasion; morale may well have been the determining factor in all of that. As it was the absolute belief in the mythological, but nonetheless ubiquitous acceptance of the "Dunkirk Spirit" and the possible hand of God. The "miracle" of Dunkirk re-energised the populace and all the Armed Services. "We lived to fight another day.".
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  8566. nice vid
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  8567. I wish I was rich so I could Patreon the hell out of this channel !
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  8568. First
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  8569. Nope, you're definitely not the only one
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  8570. I can't seem to find the book, Hitler: The Policies of Destruction by Zitelmanm Does TIK mean Hitler: The Policies of Seduction by Zitelmanm instead?
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  8571. This thumbnail is pure fire 🔥
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  8572. Great tik but please pace yourself and don’t get burned down!
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  8573.  @TheImperatorKnight  TBH I did also like the old QA videos you used to do. Where you'd answer a few questions mainly from memory, a few quotes here and there and give a short story. We're spoilt when you do the big fully cited 45 minute ones. But either one is a good watch lad.
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  8574. You've done absolutely nothing to achieve the things you were born with. Your individuality comes from the achievements you make and the life decisions you make. What gender you were born, what nationality you were born, what skin tone, all of it is pure coincidence. I understand that people can feel affinity with the groups they are part of, but in my mind that has barely any impact on someones identity. An identity belongs to an individual, not to a group of common characteristics.
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  8575. What I just find amazing is we are told we live in this capitalistic world, (largely true), however growing up, and when I would experience my most pivotal years and at that age time seems to be going much slower I had no idea what capitalism was. Most of once life is in sleep and in in some other space, in that case school. Which is socialistic, government run with many problems and really corrupt, and the time you truly learn is when you leave the camps like einstein and others said. The other major problem is if you want the best product, you would create an incentive environment i.e the best teachers. That does not exist. The regime knows how to harp on "education.. education ... education" yet all that they would need to do is make competitive salaries for teachers, so the best end up teaching. Instead you get people who'd rather work in other fields, since the incentives aern't there. This is also by design because they don't want every kid to be at the top, they need people to fill many of the blue collar roles. I remember in my school, it was so bad and corrupt and the only reason there were top students is because they all had personal tutors, it was ironic how the school would venerate them as if the school had something to do with it when it was all personal tutors, aka home schoolers.
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  8576. Remember everyone, Antifa just means anti-fascist. They dont exhibit any fascist tactics or traits. They stand for minority communities! (As they burn them). It's unorganized! Their gatherings are just coincidence!
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  8577. Hi TIK, great video. I’ve seen your public vs private video and I’m a bit confused how corporations, such as Apple or McDonald’s, can be considered statist. Weren’t these businesses started by entrepreneurs? People willingly chose to partake in these corporations as developers, engineers, and laborers, influenced by free market forces. People also willingly chose to invest in these corporations stock prices. I believe you said that because the corporation is a collective, especially from stock holders, it can no longer be private. And society is the state. But people chose to do those things based on free market forces, didn’t they? In a free market society, would people be banned from co-owning a business? Would people be banned from making investments in companies? Don’t those rules contradict the free market? If I’m missing something please anyone tell me because this id very interesting
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  8578. Very interesting video TIK, you have definitely opened my eyes to some new concepts and understanding of what’s going on with the bigger picture economics. This makes me think about what role I’m playing in my business and how I can contribute to free market work environment.
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  8579. The only possible way for this to work in Ancap is if absolutely everyone in this society was absolutely honnest and respectful. Bothe in personnal and professionnal relationships. Otherwise, it is definitely not going to work well at all. You'll note that our society with a state would also work sooo much better if everyone was absolutely honnest and respectful.
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  8580. My guy, I've been listening to you for years, never commented before, but this epiphany you had is so fuggin on target its trippy. Yes so much to this and that video about society god, yes yes yes. I had this same revelation after years stuck in a socialist/society god worshiping mindset, hearing somebody else logically draw out the same conclusions is so freaking comforting. I feel like another enlightenment movement is beginning, people are synchronizing and waking up from the machine in small pockets finally; hopefully it's not too late before the fascists win out.
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  8581. ​ @TheImperatorKnight That's why we support The Night Watchman State!
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  8582. I value Jordan Peterson's rebuttal to the post modernist's view that since everything has an infinite number of interpretations depending on who is looking at it, therefore there is no "truth". It is true that everyone that reads a book will have a different interpretation of what it said. But concluding there is no true or more valuable interpretation because of that fact is wrong. Many people can look at a chair and some will see a place to sit... or a work of art... or a record of past climates (in the wood). But if someone sees it as a throat lozenge they are unlikely to get relief for their sore throat and will likely kill themselves if they manage to swallow it. We all work together consensually (in a perfect world) to figure out the best interpretation... the best view of history... that we flawed humans can manage. The post modern seed of truth is used by totalitarian central planners to deprive people of any history that isn't handed to them by the state. And the useful shallow thinking idiots that parrot it are bedazzled by the infinite interpretations seed of truth.
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  8583. I still cannot get over how people get around the whole 6 million people just gone who we know existed before the war. We know there were camps we have proof of people being sent to camps and not coming back, orders from those who ran the camps private recordings of high ranking Nazi’s discussing the “Jewish problem” hell even nazi maps of the camp locations and so on.
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  8584. Tik, if you're still curious, the "Paul McCartney deniers" thing is basically about the motivation for his direct and well publicized opposition to Ex-President Trump's negative opinions on climate change. It is not much of a "deep rabbit hole," more like a shallow mole hole.
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  8585. I downloaded Ur video just in case
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  8586. Very well sorted out. I absolutely agree with you Tik. Funny enough, I’ve had, being myself of half German ancestry, very similar thoughts questioning whether the Germans are actually western. One could argue back and fourth if you trace it back to the Roman/Germanic issues. I tend to point out that most of the socialist ideas are rooted in Germany (Marx, Weishaupt, Warburg, Rockefeller…) and that they had a fair share in the October Revolution. Even today you could look into the European Union and Walter Hallstein, you will find very interesting connections which might explain the current state of the world. Anyway. The question of a healthy national identity answered George Friedman pretty well. I dare to compare it to personal psychology: if you want a healthy relationship with your spouse, you need to dance. Not too close and not to far. You need to maintain your stable individual persona as well as a common sense. Similar like light is wave and particle, we are individuals and we team up as family. I’m very much an admirer of Ayn Rand and Mises. In the U.S., this requirement of a healthy individual - pursuit of happiness - luckily is much better understood than Europe. I can see how collectivism always was part of the (German) indoctrination. And it’s not a consequence of the Third Reich, it’s just the other way around. Friedrich Hoelderlin described this condition already in the 19th century: Hyperion. You can’t have a healthy society without having happy independent and free individuals. Just as the organism can only maintain homeostasis and health if every single cell has a proper metabolism and individually functions well. Again, keep your good work going. Nowadays it’s more important than ever.
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  8587. Sorry….just like it would be in college, your assignment was turned in late……zero credit. It’s for your own good…..builds character.
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  8588. @TIK I'm trying to write that the film you've mentioned AH:TGSNT needs to be addressed thoroughly, as it's still popular among many people (7.5 on IMDB)... but YT keeps deleting my comments. How about a mini-series about it?
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  8589. If you actually read and are fascinated by WW2 history Glantz, House and Citino are the truth. I am sorry for all of those who cannot accept it. (1k dislikes !?!?) wow...........
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  8590. Oberst Hans Steffler - 545I.R(replacing knetsch until the end) http://www.389id.de/IR%20545.htm https://stalingrad.net/german-hq/sketch-danglemaier/sketch.htm Oberst leutnant Eugen Brunner (Sep. 42 - Oct. 42) 546 I.R. Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Hartenstein (Nov. 42 - Jan 43) http://www.389id.de/IR%20546.htm Colonel Kurt Schuster- Woldan (February 1, 1942 - Jan 1943) 389 A.R. http://www.389id.de/Artillerie.htm Richard Claassen(15 october -to the end) 517 I.R. https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Claassen,_Richard https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/28889/Claassen-Richard.htm Hermann begemann 132 I.R. https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/1902/Begemann-Hermann.htm http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/B/BegemannH.htm Bruno schatz 261th I.R. http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2017/01/schatz-bruno-2406189403121974.html http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/S/SchatzBruno.htm Oberst Scheven 103rd panzergrenadier regiment http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/search?q=Scheven Oberst Grosse http://www.stalingradbattle.nl/personen/grosse.htm https://stalingrad.net/german-hq/fate-german-generals/killed-suicide-missing-generals.htm The website contains armeekorp symbols(14th panzer,17,51) but for 17th I am not so sure it is correct as it has the same symbol as the 357th ID.There is also pictures for soviet generals you may need. https://www.feldgrau.com/WW2-German-357th-Infantry-Division/ http://www.stalingradbattle.nl/eenheden/eenheden.htm https://stalingrad.net/german-hq/generals-and-divisions/armeekorps_commanders.htm A book with the symbol sold in an auction https://www.catawiki.com/l/33360495-germany-advance-to-bosnia-li-armeekorps-sudsteiermark-croatia-balkans-wehrmacht-rare-photos-book-1941 Knight crosses holders in stalingrad http://forosegundaguerra.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=18756 11th armeekorp https://www.balsi.de/Weltkrieg/Einheiten/Heer/Korps/Armeekorps/Armeekorps-Startseite.htm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:XI_Armee-Korps_unit_marking_Unternehmen_Zitadelle.png 6th armee staff officers Medical general renoldi http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2016/10/renoldi-otto-karl-0910188601041967.html Richard lepper http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/10/lepper-richard-1507189730031943.html Richard wulz http://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2016/06/wulz-hans-0110189310121975.html Oberst schmidt and barnbaeck to the right of paulus https://no.pinterest.com/pin/703265298040636225/ https://www.pinterest.com/pin/375628425149964810/ The department store https://www.pinterest.de/pin/375628425149964811/ Is there a better way to communicate with you.Maybe discord,you can hide ur email account and there is no need for a phone number.Here is my acocunt Plencers#4698.So I don't have to stay up late to comment
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  8591. Great video TIC! I love when you ANCAP the s***t out of the Nazis and other socialists. Your political history fusion videos should be forcibly taught in the schools before their decomision!
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  8592. At least we can be satisfied Boris Johnson will be in future PG Tips adverts.
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  8593.  @TheImperatorKnight  pleaaaase, that is crucial as we may have it in front of us...or maybe not, but after $22trn of monetary and fiscal stimuli, something nasty can happen
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  8594. You really enjoy the hate that comes towards you. Anyway, keep it up, you are still making people question themselves: "#Is that really the case?"
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  8595. Come now TIK. It's only 15 days to flatten the curve. We've no designs on your freedom or livelihood.
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  8596. This guy references EVERYTHING! Props !
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  8597. Your time stamps are poor but I can answer some of your questions. First, you don't even define Gnosticism all you did was define gnosis which is knowledge of spirituality, which is a part of Gnosticism but it doesn't cover the full picture. Gnosticism in full is a whole religious idea in which to put a definition to it would do a disservice to the idea itself. Again keep in mind that Gnosticism is a religion. The goal of the gnostic is to destroy the old order of being to build the new Utopia or hevean on earth and this Utopia is dictated by the person who received the Gnosis/ divine revelation. Nitchze understood that if god is dead then man will become his own god, struggle is also a fundamental idea of Gnosticism as the people must struggle to get to that hevean on earth. Tik did a much more in-depth video on it but i tried to explain it in a few sentences. 2nd to you point on the death toll the problem he chose 1933 to make his point on how Germans viewed work but I couldn't find any numbers on other early years but I wouldn't be surprised if there wasnt any major difference until the Jews entered the camps. 3rd he never said the Unions weren't forced, if you're nationilzed into the nation you have no choice so many people were most definitely forced into the DAF but also others most definitely saw it as a good thing to keep in mind. 4th He's pointing to other historians because they looked through the lens of the Nazis which others didn't but they also understand the literature on the Nazi ideology a lot more than other previous authors who didn't make the connection. 5th communists and Socialists were repressed and oppressed but his point is that the Nazis saw what they were doing as reeducationing them and turning them into functional members of the Volk. Keep in mind that this video is about what the Nazis thought and is more revolved around the Nazi perspective which is needed to understand what they meant by the phrase "work sets you free". And last to address you last point it seems you understand it already. They saved the germans and separated and Killed the Jews in which Tik mentioned.
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  8598. Haha... first
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  8599. Thank you for the most in-depth analyzation of Nazi ideology I have ever seen
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  8600. TIKs channel is growing fast and getting famous even Isaev mentioned TIK about Kurland pocket series
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  8601. TIK, you might be interested in a book by Rolf-Dieter Müller. He found evidence that Hitler immediatly wanted to continue the 1939 campaign against Poland directly into the Soviet Union, which was only foiled by the declaration of war from the Western powers that, he had assumed, was an empty threat. https://academic.oup.com/ehr/article-abstract/132/554/194/2849465
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  8602. Poor Hayek - he gets virtually no credit today for how correct he was. And probably never will at least for the near future due to the politicization of economics.
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  8603. I have a blind spot here too, being a non-economist. For me as a technician, 1+1=2. For an economist, it seems they reckon 1+1=3 ... and the point with the fiat money, with or without a metal standard, never makes "click" for me.
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  8604. Taxation does one thing -- it moves private spending to public spending. Anybody who thinks higher taxes is a good thing for the poor hasn't a clue. Thanks TIK.
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  8605.  @TheImperatorKnight  Great video TIK, speaking of historical work there is a YouTuber by the name of "DemocraticMarxist01" who has been making debunk videos on your content. Have you thought of making a response at any point in the future?
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  8606. Thanks Anton & Brad. And TiK
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  8607. This was a fun video. I love when we question the accepted narrative. Whatever the answer is it is great to always look for more.
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  8608. I think I'm starting to prefer your economic videos over the military history videos. Great video
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  8609. I used to own some of those hyper-inflationary Deutsche Marks I cannot remember exactly but they were something like one million Deutsche Mark bank notes. That would be the price of a loaf of bread :( BTW I like your new two camera set-up.
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  8610. Very good video, the only thing that bothers me is the assumed intrinsic value of precious metals. No such thing as an intrinsic value, the value of anything is whatever someone else is willing to trade it for.
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  8611. oh boy, this is sure to rustle some jimmies
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  8612. Your work is very appreciated. There are events discussed here that I must confess I’ve never even heard mentioned before . Thank you for shedding some light on this subject . I understand that people may think these videos are long winded but without the detail you go into the overall view would be deficient.
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  8613. Thanks TIK, you have just explained why we should buy physical gold! Also I now have to look at your economics videos as a 'whole series' to ensure that I have memorized the information correctly and learn the principles of the hidden banking secrets and it is crucial to understand them fully!
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  8614. Brilliant episode, bravo!
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  8615. I enjoy sending you fiat currency monthly for these informative documentaries. Thank you so much for your work.
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  8616. oh hell yes been waiting years for this series! keep up the good work and don’t burnout over the holidays!
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  8617. I haven't watched the video yet but tik I got to say your videos are starting to make a lot of sense after I started to learn about economics I have always been an capatlist but now from you and others I have seen what 'real' captlisim is. Although I don't agree with some of your view's with regards to what a nation should be your economic views make sense. Keep up the great work.
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  8618. I'm 5 minutes deep and you got my sub. I'm sad you didn't mention Peter Schiff 😔. Since his stance on bitcoin he has become more known than Rothbard. Happy new year thanks for the content sir
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  8619. "it is not a useless token only good for exchanging" angry bitcoin noises
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  8620. These economic "geniuses" that whined you're wrong in definition of inflation, are the very same people who were claiming just last summer that we will head into deflationary environment, because central banks say so (despite they were and still are printing money like there's no tomorrow). Now the central banks finally admitted the inflation is not just transitory, and that it will get worse. Hilarious. Well, made good money on the stock market, so thanks bunches money printers.
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  8621.  @hermitoldguy6312  BOOM! Profit is about energy. Wealth is retained energy. A species must be more profitable than any individual entity, in order to spend enough energy to create the next generation; thus all species must be profit seeking or become extinct A literal law on nature :)
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  8622. Remember that 6.8% is Keynesian inflation (ie "an increase in the general price level of the economy") If you want a leading indicator of inflation look at the M2 money supply [speaking as an economist] because it closely matches housing prices in the long run.
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  8623. Another fantastic video, hope you enjoy producing this content as much as we enjoy watching it!
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  8624. Watching this today, in Britain, so much of this seems so similar at the moment.
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  8625. They aren't attracted to "intelligence", they are attracted to social smarts and confidence - which, when combined, can often mask themselves as "intelligence". Very few women want to be with a guy who can explain the Banach-Tarsky paradox off the top of their head. There are quite a few women, OTOH, who want to be with convicts. Interpret it as you will.
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  8626. You are a fantastic creator and i am happy to be one of the many supporting you on patreon
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  8627. I knew Marx was a personally detestable man, and I knew some of the details of his life. I didn't know he was this depraved and despicable. It is very obvious how such a twisted and evil man was able to synthesize such a twisted and evil ideology.
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  8628. Hegel was a critic of Smith because it wasn't spiritual. Influenced yes but only in a way to warp Smith's ideas to his own pseudo religious nonsense. 😂
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  8629. A made a quick response video here, made in the spirit of sharpening everyone's ideas about economics: https://youtu.be/QPqPnWTaMrE
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  8630. I'll have see later off work. Looks good so far TIK. I do appreciate the effort you put in your videos as well as the research! I did finish you last two videos finally. Interesting stuff on Spain; I gather that Franco was pragmatic and saw taking his country into a war with the Axis on the backpedal would have been foolish. As for your video with state/private, I'll have this to say. I've worked in both both sectors. At one point or another, both of them have sucked for a variety of reasons.
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  8631. So it begins... HOLY ****! NICE MAPS!!!
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  8632. And so it begins!
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  8633. It's not about ideology but about lead up to battle of Stalingrad and why operation blue was so important to the Germans.
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  8634. Best wishes from German, I love your content but I have one small quetion: You sad that Dubno was the greatest Tank battle in ww2 but I saw a really convincingly video from Dr. Roman Töppel link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fLSUibuTt4 were he explain that Kursk was the biggest one, and now im not sure who I should believe . I know that you have a big mindset when it comes to ww2, if nearly watched all your Videos :D. What is your opinion ?
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  8635.  @MannerdDesert7  Yeah. I like the 10-30 min long videos. TIK sometimes has 3+ hour long videos that I almost never have time to watch/digest.
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  8636. Tik, How about doing these simple short videos as a change of pace. Change keeps life interesting.
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  8637. Another great video, love these series. It is obvius how much work, research and heart blood you put into this documentation, thank you.
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  8638. Absolutely amazing! Great job. Thank you so much!
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  8639. THIS IS GOLD
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  8640. TIK thankyou for having a open ended comment section that allows free speech , other WW2 channels are very anti free speech they say things like "Not everyone lives in America " or hate speech isn't free speech . Who gets to chose what's ok to speak of and what's not . I don't like it
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  8641. Wow. Bloody fighting, and impressive actions and gains on both sides. If 62nd can be reinforced and supplied quickly, they are in with a good chance of holding on against the Germans. Paulus needs to consolidate his gains and reinforce his troops before really seeming to make any kind of push. I've played Red Orchestrate 2 and can say, submachine guns and other small automatic weapons, are a lot better than bolt action rifles. Machine guns are handy for holding a street section or lane but otherwise, use defensively. And the Grain Elevator. What played that place in the game enough times to have an idea how bloody and fierce the fighting is going to be, to take it and clear it. Amazing work, really impressive, and just in 1 or 2 days of action so far. Next step. Getting rid of the political officers. Looking forward to the next episode, as well as your other content. 👍🍻
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  8642. So true TIK - Real live example: Single mother, x2 kids, council property newly built (value<£500K), 5 year old car, part time work earning close to nothing, this is my neighbor. Myself and wife working full time jobs, 10year old car, property on mortgage, one child as we concluded we can't afford more without a massive hit to work-home, home-work rosy standard. How is this fair? We are slaving to be robbed at the end of the month via income tax and other contributions in order to fund the living of my dear neighbor family. Nothing personally against the people but this is just insane! System is set to keep us tax gnomes just above the sewer level and fed just enough to make trips work-home, home-work. Oh, and if I slip I'll lose my house and so on, what happens to neighbor in this scenario? Yes, more money handed out as the standard of living has decreased. Bananas! Thanks :)
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  8643. This is exsactly whats going on with my country the U.S.A. under biden administration as we (the citizens) are paying for the ukrainians ammos and firearms by printing money and sending it to zelensky pockets for being a "hero". People alike stick together and ukraine is the most corrupt european nation. My business is ruined and on edge if bankruptcy and harris said "help is on the way" as she was chuckling and laughing. Rough times we are going through as gas reaching $5 a gallon in MICHIGAN! And what does our governor do? Pump more cash in monthly aid for teachers and parents with children under age of 18. At this point an economic reset seems to be our only option to save our people for going crazy as more people lose their wealth and saving on daily basis.
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  8644. second
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  8645. Not seeing Anton's video, but will check it out after this one. This should be a very interesting video today. Will post a reply comment to this one after watching this video & Anton's.
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  8646. First!! Edit: get rekt great jamie
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  8647. Not first...
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  8648. TIK would you ever consider going on a podcast? I think there’s plenty of podcasts out there that would be perfect for you to make an appearance on and potentially bring in new viewers. I think you’d be perfect on Triggernometry, explaining your Hitlers Socialism video and your economics videos and having the chance to better link it to the modern days issues.
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  8649. Ok, it’s nice to hear Anton Joly’s opinion, but what does The Spymaster think about this?
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  8650. For the emperor!!! And good work.
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  8651. LiliaTV who reviews mostly rpg type games has been hit by a similar scam lately too but she's back in control of her channel again now, fortunately.
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  8652. It's mind-boggling to me that marxism is still so popular today, an ideology that led to the death of over one hundred million people and countless other lives ruined. Nazism and fascism have been stamped out, only a few morons still believe in them, however marxism is still thriving, even more popular than ever. The power of manipulation and brainwashing of naive minds should never be underestimated.
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  8653.  @TheImperatorKnight  Big Tech is retaliating over the storming of the capitol building by cracking down on dissenting opinions. They hacked Arch's channel so as to invent an excuse to ban him, then they carried out a denial-of-service attack on Parler. I think the best course of action for you would be to upload a video essay on how Freedom of Speech prevents political violence, demonstrate the positive correlation between de-platforming and radicalization, and use historical examples as to why Cancel Culture doesn't work.
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  8654. Not yet, wait until the neonazis appear.
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  8655. Finished watching your video. And it is certainly interesting. I didn't really know why the United States went to war with Germany. Other than Japan was allied with Germany, and did the whole Pearl Harbour Strike on the US fleet, on 7th of December 1941. Beyond that. No real explanation other than. "We are doing it! And that's it!" I was not aware of how many armed conflicts were going on in the world at the time between the 1st and 2nd World Wars. I was aware of Spain, some stuff you've mentioned on Italy in Africa, (whatever the country was called in question). And all the Imperial Japanese stuff in the far East, but otherwise was not really aware of things. Also the War Economy stuff that carried on to this day. There's a lot of questions going on in my head and a lot of surpicions as well. But this was certainly and interesting video. Thank you very much TIK. Stay safe in your corner of our Noble Wise state. 👍🇬🇧🍻
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  8656. I love how Hitler plays the victim. Considering he wanted war in Europe as early as 1936, then claims that he was forced into it, is a classic case of projection. Yes, Roosevelt did conduct provocative actions that were violations of neutrality. Roosevelt had an almost pathological hatred of the Germans, and wanted to do everything possible to stop Nazi Germany. But neither the US nor Britain really wanted the war. What they did was in response to the hostile actions of Hitler and Germany.
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  8657. Except that clause only applied if it was a defensive war, i.e. if the US attacked Japan, not Japan attacking the US. Germany was under no obligation to declare war in the actual historical circumstances.
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  8658. Strange how the comments under this video speak on “de truth” but Irving has been found multiple times of falsifying and misleading history.
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  8659. He essentially spent his career inventing sources nobody had ever heard of to write his books and eventually got found out by defendants in a libel trial he persued.
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  8660. Great work TIK. Only a Nazi sympathizer would defend David Irving's ridiculous nonsense. They will stamp their feet in a pathetic protest like children insisting that Santa Claus must exist because they got a bicycle for Christmas. His books are disinformation and the product of a twisted individual, twisted much like his hero. Only worthy of contempt and refutation.
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  8661. Hello TIK, I have this question probably asked before. How many vidéos do you intend to do on Stalingrad? Many thanks and keep up the good work!
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  8662. Brilliant research! Why they dont get the supplies and reinforcements...Maybe the German high command was simply bickering over the supplies behind hitlers back, and Paulus lost the grabbing game. But who the hell had the power to strip 11 divisions from Hitlers chosen main push!?!
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  8663. Brilliant interpretation of events and the concept of Racial Socialism. You really have the hang of this, men of their time.. Post WW1. In my view, you are foremost in the interpretation of National Socialism.. History of this period has come a long way with your input... 👍🇦🇺
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  8664. Very much yes thank you! Its really unlike anything else I know out there, you should be really proud of it.
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  8665. Love the channel
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  8666. Tik, Off subject question, at time index 9:42 their is a picture of three germany soldiers, the soldger closest to the camera has strap on his helmet, which I have never seen before. Do you know what this is for ?
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  8667. Noice
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  8668. No Manstein was unaware of the Soviet reserves.
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  8669. I love your videos man keep them up you are doing such a bloody hard job by being so thorough and I just want you to know that we appreciate it!
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  8670. Currently working my way through all the videos. I can honestly say I get more and more impressed with every video. Quite frankly you blow all the main stream historians out the water.
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  8671. Leave it to tik to take a video about tanks and make it all about economics. :)
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  8672. First
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  8673. Has to be said old TiK is indeed a bit of a wiz with the accent biz ! 🙂👍🏻🙏🏻
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  8674. Great episode; I learned so much
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  8675. Superb Battlestorm vid as usual TIK but please do continue with the background prewar history. How can anyone understand the war without even considering its background in political, economic and social history? :)
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  8676. I questioned the ability of the single line railway which the Germans had converted to European gauge, to carry enough freight to supply the Stalingrad air lift, in the comments of episode 38. The fact that He 111s were re-assigned to support Manstein's relief attack, may imply that there were not enough supplies for the He111s to deliver to Stalingrad. If the German general staff had over reached their ability to supply their troops in southern Russia they may have wished to cover this up. Original comment edited - In his book 'Blood Red Snow', Günter K.Koschorrek says that on 24/25 October 1942 he was traveling to Stalingrad by train. Koschorrek says that the train was forced to reverse for 12 hours after partisans blew the tracks up. Later Koschorrek's train was attacked by a lone Il2, which does not seem to have pressed it's attack home due to 2 dual 20mm AA on the train. Koschorrek says that the engine hauling their train was struggling on inclines, after the IL2 attack the 320 replacements on the train had to push it up hill. More than 150km to the west of Stalingrad Koschorrek's unit had to abandon the train and march to the Kalach bridge on foot. Koschorrek implies that the locomotive hauling his unit's train was clapped out, the German railways were struggling to get enough locomotives and rolling stock to use in Russia. The Soviets seem to have been able to interdict the main supply railway more than 150km to the west of Stalingrad, using partisans and aircraft. Even if the Luftwaffe was able to muster enough aircraft to supply the troops in Stalingrad, would the railway(s) be able to deliver enough fuel and spares to the Luftwaffe to keep it airborne, and enough supplies for the 6th army in Stalingrad. If the Soviets had attempted to use aircraft to interdict the railway(s) to Stalingrad there must have been a large unreported air battle over these railway(s).
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  8677. conspiracy theory: \*exists\* TIK: alright, I will debunk this crap, but can I use it to bash on Halder at the same time? What do you mean why do you ask, what do I have this channel for otherwise? I mean seriously, where's the fun in not bashing Franz "Based Battle Plans" Halder? Is life even worth living without that?
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  8678. I´m ready with my tin-foiled hat on :-)
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  8679. 49:56 someone turn this into a gif or a short video ))))
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  8680. Compose yourself TIK. This is meant to be a serious channel. 😂👍
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  8681. "There's more.... there's just... so much more!" lmao 51:38
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  8682. I feel sorry for TIK, that he had read through that unnecessary thick book, for sake of examining those ridiculous conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are vain of society because they spoil resource of research to prove that they are built on evidence of absent.
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  8683. LLOL !!! Some of the best comedy you have EVER done ! Loved it.
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  8684. thanks TIK, this made me laugh more thzan any comedy or cabaret I have heard and seen for months! 😂🤣 Still one question comes to my mind: How is it possible that anybody publishes something like that?
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  8685. Oh wow I haven't seen TIK laugh this much since...well God knows how long. This book by far the most worst piece of fiction I've ever heard. Thanks for this entertainment good sir.
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  8686. Laughing so fucking hard! Great history book. Definitely makes all other authors laughable, especially the jesus part! Keep up the great work tik!
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  8687. If you stick to inflation, the you can inflate the numbers in both of the previous videos, thanks for all the videos this year !
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  8688. Maybe you should watch the video one more time
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  8689. I enjoy the channel and glad I found you. So much information and I dont have the tine to read like I once did. Thanks for all you do!
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  8690. Oh, a quickie.
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  8691. I've had watched WW2 in colour long ago, and the 16-million red army was the number that sticked to my mind as the size of the red army. As I've seen in Wikipedia and you have shown here this number is incorrect. Taking into account the context of the video, it could refer to the number of soviet soldiers mobilized during operation Barbarossa only. These series are plagued with mistakes from the one side to the other.
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  8692. I hereby accuse you of being anti German and anti Soviet at the same time! Shame on you on being impartial! How dare you! :D :D :D
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  8693. The truth fears no investigation . EU has banned much about the war , It makes younger smarter people ask why ?
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  8694. Wile I am watching this, I go over to Amazon Books, low and behold what do I find, Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. 4.2 out of 5 stars. True Mao wasn't a racist, he just killed anyone that wouldn't go along with his Communist form of government. That's why more people there and in other countries died under Mao than Hitler and Stalin combined.
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  8695. That was probably the worse joke I ever heard. Good video!
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  8696. Hello.
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  8697. Too much like life under lockdown?
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  8698. Thank you for a great video, that is the most information I've seen presented on the Greek suffering, and explains many things. Thank you for always sourcing your videos so well and quoting the sources at length. Please continue to make videos that focus on these sort of issues. I will be ordering up three books today thanks to this video. I really wish you would make a short response to a certain WWII channel that I also love, that has taken, shall we say, a different approach to describing the German economy under the Third Reich. It seems a strange way some historians really want to never, ever, say the Nazi's were socialists (one might speculate). The fact that they had a mixed system, were in bed with big corporations, and practiced a from of kleptocracy doesn't in any way negate their socialist goals, actions, or proclivities, as the economic destruction of Greece shows - the Germans were more into pillage, the Italians into enforced Socialism. There is the further political issues in post WWI - German that lead to many conservatives supporting Hitler, but one must remember that the 2nd Reich was the first true welfare state in Europe. At any rate. Great video, love to watch your work and recommend it to my friends and students. I am curious as to the thinking behind the fishing restrictions. I can speculate, but would like to know more. Thanks again!
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  8699. YouTube didn't alert me about the video. Absurd restriction by Google
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  8700. Foremost, the entire war was a gigantic tragedy. But this helps contextualize Allies firebombing German cities. Old proverb: don't spit on the world - if it spits on you you'll drown. Thanks for covering this TIK!
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  8701. Austrian Economics is perfect for a base understanding of things -- The next step from that is to learn about the reality of actual social/political economics. A person has to realize there is a distinction between the two. With Austrian being the foundation. Meaning you can use Austrian to criticize Political/Social and not the other way around. Cause when everything happens to fall apart it will fall apart back to that base start. That is also when you buy low to sell high later. lol
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  8702. I read My Opposition and found it thrilling. His whole diary reads like my facebook screeds this days. Thanks for the recommendation.
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  8703. First.
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  8704. Perfectionism is killing you. Maybe you should actually consider using this kind of filler content until Stalingrad is finished. I mean, anything that you can produce quickly and easily compared to your standards.
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  8705. Love your videos. This conversational style helps me to understand some of the ideas in other videos I might not entirely get. The back and forth allows for question and clarification that can help a listener better understand. Would love to see more of these.
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  8706. I would suggest just titling such videos as "Friendly chat topic(x,yz) or something to that effect , and then put them in a separate playlist (but still on TIKhistory). That way you the youtube algo is happy, and there is a clear separation from the other videos.
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  8707. I am almost entirely through this and I love it! I enjoy these kind of channels where people just talk.
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  8708. I know it was a patreon question but I do like the way you cover subjects that don't normally get any airtime.
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  8709. @TIK. Good vid, as usual. The level of detail you go into is fantastic for us 'semi-armchair historians'. I believe your vids have an unintended effect... When I try to go back and watch the old black and white films from the 'Battlefield' and 'World at War' series or the 'Timeline' series I end up not able to watch them for two reasons... 1) They lack the detail you provide and 2) They seem to become more inaccurate and at times outright wrong as new information is researched (by people like you for example) and old (and current) politcal agendas and narratives are exposed. I appreciate the level of work you must put into your vids. Please do keep up the very good work. 'Si vis pacem para bellum'. ;-)
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  8710. The production value in the video is outstanding!
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  8711. once again... great info w/specifics not previously mentioned in other accounts of the north African campaigns of world war 2. Makes me feel good about being a patron and supporting this channel.
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  8712. Damn! This series is amazing TIK and this video is even better than the previous, my head is inflating now
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  8713. Sticking to Banks i see
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  8714. It's TIK time!
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  8715. Tik - Have you read Ordinary Men, about Police battalion 101 and the final solution. Very interesting read about the ethics of the killers during the holocaust, but it’s also excellently written from an academic history perspective. Furthermore it includes some very interesting information about police battalion formation, heirachy and operational effectiveness as policeman, anti partisan troops, executioners and fully fledged military units as part of army group north, centre and south, losses, casualties and numbers of killed jews etc. Something I imagine you may have read, however if not I would sure give it a read, even if you are not necessarily interested in the ethics and psychology aspects of the book, just the history.
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  8716.  @TheImperatorKnight  Anything can happen. We live in uncertain times.
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  8717. Im here early
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  8718. I'm curious how much you spent on that 50 million dollar mark lol
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  8719. Konstantin Kisen Triggernometry mentioned TIK too
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  8720. No notification again but I checked and the upload was 15mins ago... damn YouT***
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  8721. State Capitalism is an oxymoron. And a scape goat for "it wasn't true socialism"
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  8722.  @marlkarx1757  Why does Cole need to define what a "free market" is and why does he need to point out if one has existed or not? You claim TIK does not understand he is using. Cole is only asking you to explain why. You refuse to do so. Maybe you should bring up an example of what TIK is biased on instead of having everyone else trying to read your mind.
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  8723. This argument seems unable to passed the Soviet Union/ PRC tests. They also banned other socialist party and executing a lot of “socialist” and previous comrade. If those countries were still considered as practicing socialism, then you cannot say that country is not socialist just by that country banning other socialist party and killing other socialists.
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  8724.  @rickglorie  Carl Marx was racist and anti-semantic.
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  8725. Regarding Hitler not/hate/kill Communist/Socialist. The definition of Socialism is social ownership of mean of production. The socialise entity can be race, class or even gender. National Socialism is not Marxism but both are socialism. Hitler Socialism is race socialism which socialised by race instead of class like Marxist Class socialism. The socialised enemy of class socialism is the capitalist, while the socialised enemy of race socialism is Jews. As communism and class socialism are the product of Karl Marx(a Jews), so he also hated them as Class socialism hate capitalist. Regarding Hitler is Right Wing From wiki The underlying theory of the political model used by "The Political Compass" is that political ideology may be better measured along two separate, independent axes. The economic (left–right) axis measures one's opinion of how the economy should be run: "left" is defined as the desire for the economy to be run by a cooperative collective agency, which can mean the state but also a network of communes, while "right" is defined as the desire for the economy to be left to the devices of competing individuals and organizations.[10] As Hitler and his party centralise Germany Economy, he and his party are definitely on the left side by definition.
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  8726.  @diegogbox  TIK went over both of these quotes in his 5 hour video. Hitler had his own definition of socialism, like most socialists.
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  8727. Can you prove that Hitler didn’t fallow the collective will of the German people?
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  8728. But this was relevant, he was targeting the fact that people say the Nazi’s privatized the economy by showing what their actual economic policy was like.
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  8729. Remember at that time nation really meant the people in it and not just the state, so any attempt to empower the nation was an attempt to empower the people.
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  8730. What is it then?
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  8731.  @nicknolte8671 wow, so it looked like Hitler was about to win, so the capitalists hedged their bets. Like who would you support, the Marxist who says he’s going to take everything from you and is unwilling to negotiate, or the Nazi who says he most definitely won’t not take everything from from you unless you support him if you just pay him of course. Like you should actually watch the videos because you make arguments that are already addressed.
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  8732. Wow its like he already seized power by that point.
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  8733. Write a book man
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  8734. They are purging collages and schools as we speak. No one is allowed to speak on todays campuses unless they are a fascist.
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  8735. As someone who has spoke to many National Socialists, I can confirm they are all Socialist and staunch anti-capitalists.
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  8736.  @executivedirector7467  if you want to insult my intelligence we can sit here and do that because you clearly didn't watch the video I'm not convinced because you didn't provide any sources and you completely ignored the source material of the video you didn't name any of his arguments you sat here promoting a very obvious agenda without backing it up with claims so if what I say is gibberish everything you have said is a disingenuous alibi and you've made it obvious you haven't even watched the video so yes I'm not convinced because you're not taking this seriously you're right you shouldn't be surprised I'm not convinced because you don't have any base or an argument so is that my fault or yours why would you want to reply to my comment without even watching the video to me it seems that you interpreted my question as something sympathetic to your ideology? why else would you use a foreign company that follows different norms as an argument to explain why the domestic Market of Germany is not centralized? why did you not even bother to mention the DAF or the two articles abolishing the rights of private property owners? why did you not mention the commissar that establishes prices for everything according to the state's needs? why did you not talk about the centralization of the economy and system design to distribute resources according to the state? why was dr Junkers kicked out of his own business by a giant State labor union? why would almost every business and every organization be organized under the daf? does that sound like free market? no im not even educated in this matter and I watched the video and I know what he saying you clearly don't so if you want to convince me you better start backing up what you're saying and debunk all these arguments
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  8737. The best part about these videos is that you can tell how increasingly frustrated TIK is becoming over having to explain this again and again. Not that I blame him..
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  8738.  @SvalbardSleeperDistrict  You know with the internet you have access to the same resources that anyone else does. You have the potential to be a historian. But instead you choose to be a boot-licking socialist who only trusts "official" narratives. SAD!
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  8739. So that's how shadowbans work. I've missed this video. There was no announcement neither in my phone my or my youtube scroll. Only because I have an interest in TIK work and from time to time chek the channel manual, I found out about this new video. Ty TIK for your awesome work. Without you I would have probably "sticked to tank"
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  8740. Another aspect that is NEVER considered is that the entire race issue was merely a Trojan horse for socialists goals. Let me clarify: They believed that the perfect human is a socialist, so an imperfect human is a capitalist. They concluded that a specific race (Je...) tends to capitalism and controls the banks and other institutions. Their conclusion was that it must be inherent in your/their blood to be an evil capitalist. To eliminate capitalism, their solution was to eliminate the people who invoke it. So again, it was simply about the grand socialist end goal. The race issue wasn't driven by genuine racial concerns; it was merely a vehicle or instrument to reach the final goal of a socialist world.
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  8741. "But Tik brown and red are both colors"🤣🤣🤣
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  8742. two different forms of socialism.
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  8743. Okay, so someone is only a socialist when they prioritise non-racial groups
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  8744. I appreciate this video and how it has been condensed from 5hrs to 1. Thank you TIK
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  8745. TIK, you might not even see this. But please know I look forward to every video and I plan my evenings on watching your new uploads. Cheers mate
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  8746. How can you be an anarcho socialist despite socialism requiring a state to exist, unless you’re talking about literal tribes with at most a couple hundred people
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  8747. 28:52 here TIK puts in the most simplistic form for Marxists to understand and you still play dumb
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  8748. Socialism is when the "proletarian state" does things
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  8749. "i couldnt be bothered to watch it all" oh boy, the intelectual left everybody.
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  8750. How can we get this video up in the algorithm, is the question. I don’t think lefties realize any of this and they need to, because I see a lot of parallels here from what is going on now.
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  8751. Honestly, put a giant circle of socialism, with marxism being a small circle inside and nazism being an even smaller circle inside the socialism circle, but apart from marxism.
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  8752.  @hobbso8508  in their minds, it's the same thing if the state is a representation of the people. It makes sense in their own logic, but the outcome was horrible, much like the early ussr and china during the great leap forward.
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  8753. "But for some reason, the socialist soy boy fascists in denial can't grasp this simple point" 😂 Research, brilliant; presentation, superb; quips, priceless
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  8754. Gott say . Through the years of watching your content. Your 'Mad-Man-H' voice acting is fun and sticks out. Whenever I read a book related to WW2 and AH quotes come up, my head auto-reads in that 'Mad-Man-H' voice. lol. Hey, Tik, Historian, Guitarist, and … voice actor ! not bad my man.
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  8755. Reading the cognitive dissonance of the reprobates trying to argue against you (while presenting no actual arguments) is beautiful. Brings a tear to the eye.
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  8756.  @CANNNIBALIX  The banks become Socialist when they're controlled by the State. From the 1848 Communist Manifesto "Centralization of Credit in the Hands of the State, by Means of a National Bank with State Capital and an Exclusive Monopoly."
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  8757. Wrong, the Nazi government was very pro welfare and they have workers de facto control over any factory they worked in. Which explains why the Nazi economy was so unproductive.
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  8758. Lmao you’re the one who hasn’t read a book
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  8759. the colour analogy....was brilliant... "stick to tanks"..... you must laugh so hard every time some states this to you
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  8760. 29:38-30:50 might just be the best explanation of this topic I've ever heard. 🤣👍
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  8761. Wtf, I didn't know TIK was a libertarian. I guess the more you learn about history, the more anti-government you become
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  8762. 44:24 .....the British summoned Captain Planet!
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  8763. This guy singlehandedly kicks Time Ghost History's ass. No mealy mouthed relativism, no weasel words or meek apologies to the mob, just an even keeled, no shit taken approach with boatloads of primary sources.
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  8764. Marxists are tired of ridiculing TIK. Check out FinBol and SocialistDemocrat's videos about him and then say "rational argument")) Would you like the links?
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  8765. Irving and Buchanan were both once legitimate sources and, curiously, they have both followed the wrong star to stray far from sustainable orbits later in life. I am intrigued by the tendency of some writers to err so.
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  8766.  @TheImperatorKnight  Probably because Beevor acknowledged (either openly or by inference - I haven't read the book) that it was the prompt and effective actions by the Wehrmacht that ultimately doomed Market-Garden. The Allies were just not able to move their units fast enough and in sufficient numbers to take advantage of their brief window of opportunity.
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  8767. TIK coming into 2021 with the best free speech argument
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  8768. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  That was the exact response I got, copy-pasted. The strange thing is that they brought up Hitler. My original comment was strictly about Italian Fascism. Here is my original comment for context: " ​@TimeGhost History I'm not on either side, yet it's clear that Fascism belongs on the Left side of the spectrum. See TIK History's "Public vs Private" video for an in-depth explanation. There's a reason why the era's progressives like FDR congratulated Mussolini and Stalin. Saying that Fascism isn't Socialism is like saying that Shia are not Muslim. "
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  8769. Hey TIK, thank you for making this video. It explains leftism in an absolutely clear way. I brought up this video in response to TimeGhost History's Rise of Evil - From Populism to Fascism, where they say Fascism is right-wing. It's amazing how many rhetorical techniques like "repeating something over and over makes it true" and "appeal to authority" are used instead of simply replying with facts and dialectic. Here is their response: "while we respect TIK military history work, his political science is not quite upon to academic standards. To put it more bluntly: it has a bunch of things desperately wrong so that the conclusions become nonsense. While Naziism did in its early days have prominent figures that advocated vaguely 'leftist; ideas, it is, as we said in this video, over in 1925 and definitely over by 6 December 1932. Hitlerism, which won the day does not in any way embrace an abolishment of private property, plan economy, or statist intervention into private enterprise (well except for expropriating Jews and plundering occupied or annexed countries). It's just plain factually wrong, so it's not a matter of interpreting things this way or that - it simply didn't happen. You can scream, holler, flail around and scream some more shouting to the forums; 'but, but, but, but... it was so! TIK said it was so! and so did a bunch of other guys in my Internet Social Club, they even have sources!" but it won't change a diddly.It just wasn't. And since it's almost impossible to prove a negative all we can do is show you how it really was. Wait for the next video for another piece of the actual events. Naziism was not a left wing ideology, not even fiscally."
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  8770. Oh and new sub 👊
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  8771. The idea the state will just fall away leading to socialist utopia is bizarre. The state's nature is to grow larger, it will not voluntarily cede its total control under any circumstances. Hence why every attempt at communism has failed and what is left is a poor dictatorship. "True communism has never been tried" because it's impossible to achieve. How many failed attempts at it will it take before people realize this shit just does not work. What's the magic number people need to see before they get it.
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  8772. It was amusing enough that when I wanted to understand fascism, I went to wikipedia and read a bit... The very surface info described fascism supposedly allowing function of the free market but at the same time controlling the market by directives, going into examples of directives it was as blatant as controlling the all of raw materials... So if you want to work in the free market, you'll need raw goods, which means you obey us to get permission to acquire raw goods... So basically if you don't dance to our tune, no "free market" for you. Literally, from the very wikipedia scarce info I've read, I questioned what's the actual difference between fascist economy and one under the USSR?... the illusion of freedom? BTW, what's your opinion on the accuracy and info (about revision of marxist values to fit their situation in conception of fascism and nazism) contained the the book "the big lie" by Dinesh D'Souza?
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  8773. Subscribed over this video. Amazing!
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  8774. He already disproved the idea of nacional socialism or nazism as a capitalist product, from the conception, to ideology and the "privatization" or how it should be seen... The state expropiating from the jews and geting a choke hold over the necks of german bussines If You can Cruise a +4h video it's really good
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  8775. I need to believe the Nazis used privatization and weren't socialist. So I'm just gonna downvote and leave a negative comment. THAT'LL SHOW EM! Imagine being this stupid.
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  8776.  @TheImperatorKnight  With the way the UK is going atm. Going hungry will be the least of our worries.
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  8777. ur work is incredible. thank u!
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  8778. As a fellow content creator, I've struggled with this kind of balancing a lot. If I can give you one piece of advice, take polls with a grain of salt. People want to express an "opinion", but that doesn't necessarily mean that they care about what you are going to do in the end (or even for the content at hand). Take care of yourself and keep your priorities clear. It's your livelihood in the end. I hope everything turns out great for you, man.
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  8779. Thanks Tik. I support your decision. Due to my own schedule I'm often watching your videos well after they release. Always leave a "like" and usually a comment whilst "liking" comments of others. Do late viewings and "likes" still have a positive effect on the algorithm or is it only those that occur on release? Hope the new approach gives you more of a life, my friend.
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  8780. "In order to go on living, one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism" - Hannah Arendt
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  8781. I haven't watched your video till now tik. I waited as long as possible. I wanted to have something great to look forward too. I reached my patience limit & here I am. Lol. Outstanding job TIK. Shout out> Anton, Brad & mark felton.
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  8782. Hey Tik. Hope all is well. I wanted to follow up from the last video and wanted to ask which Eastern Campaign you're interested in? I want to learn more about Barbarossa, and have Glantz's book on it that I intend to read this summer.
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  8783.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks! I enjoy it, and since we are in quarantine here in Spain, it seems I'll have time to do more subtitles
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  8784. You do a great job. Great referencing
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  8785. First
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  8786. i want a ZONKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :/
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  8787. This is gold 😂😂. The song at the end had me pissing myself with laughter, fantastic video TIK!
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  8788. Beautiful but so weird. When you flashed Boris on screen I laughed out loud. Thanks. And to think someone told him to stick to tanks.
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  8789. The song at the end makes it!
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  8790. That was hilarious. The outro, the song. Absolutely aces brother.
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  8791. The puns are Killin me lol!
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  8792. It's a good answer. If you are going to go to the trouble of writing out such a well thought out reply, you might as well make it content.
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  8793.  @TheImperatorKnight  I am not sure they will be off much use to you. Overall people who watch shorts tend to only watch shorts, not the long form content. Shadiversity has said he has used shorts to draw in a new audience, by doing a series of shorts, then no shorts for a while but long form content only, in the hope that the new subs will watch those as well. He said it worked, but that was several algorithm changes ago.
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  8794. Great video, I personally would like to see more like this in the future. Perhaps a longer video of you reading answers you've already given to previous comments.
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  8795. Still no notifications, how odd; I wonder why? Very important distinction and overlooked by so many, even in acedemia. First rate!
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  8796. You didn't let us down, take all the time you need. You'll be completely re-energised by this break! Sorry for your loss.
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  8797. Hello TIK! I posted your 5 Hour long video and asked people to play a game "make your own socialist utopia", on The Jordan B Peterson Liberal discussion group on FB. The discussion generated 96 Likes and 439 Comments! You are The Boss
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  8798. I honestly cannot see how anyone can argue that the Nazis were anything other than Socialists. The Nazi state had total control of the state, it told its people where and when to go on holiday, it controlled every aspect of life, in a very similar fashion to what happened during Covid!
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  8799. The term socialism has always been vague and predates Marx. TIK has never claimed Nazi Germany was socialist in the Marxist lens. The Nazis did not deregulate workers to help private companies. They got rid of private trade unions and replaced it with a state controlled one in the name of German Labor Front because they wanted to centralize the workforce to follow state goals and made it easier to plan the economy. The Soviet Union did the same exact thing. While the German Labor Front did some stuff employers liked it also did stuff that they hated. Lockouts were outlawed by German state and it was extremely difficult to fire employees because the state promised a job to every German worker. German Labor Front also did many measures that helped workers and objectively working people had better living standard in peacetime Germany than in the peacetime Soviet Union.
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  8800. I genuinely love all your content, but I will admit I watch the Stalingrad series the least simply because it is so information heavy and because it is so long. I am I think a third of the way through, so I dont end up really watching each of its episodes as they come out normally I see them multiple months post release. I have seen all the other battle storms btw, Stalingrad is just so long it takes near the same time commitment as watching a film to get through a few episodes. Their so detailed and have things I directly need to be paying heavy attention to compared to other videos that can be mainly just you talking with qoutes or text on screen so I can listen and half watch you on a second monitor while doing something else. Of all the other content though I would say the economics is my favourite.
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  8801. There's already 2,000+ comments, so I can't imagine you'll read this one, but I'd offer the advice that you give yourself a more lighthearted series to work on temporarily. I don't mean do a "fluff piece" but there are more fun aspects to history, lots of quirky stories, or just a subject of history you really love but doesn't fit your normal content (you tend to focus on WW2, I'm guessing as a history buff you probably don't stop there and have lots to say about...I don't know...Ancient Rome or the Mongolian Hordes or something, maybe it might be fun to do, I don't know) The other thing is possibly doing some guest spots on other history channels where the pressure to put quite so much effort into each video is replaced with the chance to just shoot the breeze with a fellow history fan about a fun subject. I know The Lotus Eaters fan base has consistently voted you as their #1 dream guest for an episode of their Epochs series (their history series with Beau Dade) and that seems much more enjoyable and less burnout inducing, as Beau is just a fountain of knowledge and it always makes for a fun conversation about different historical subjects. I know personally I'd be thrilled to watch a 90min chat between you and Beau about a subject you don't normally get to cover, and the more laidback approach might help you figure out the direction you want to take with your own channel a bit better. Either way, the content you have made won't go anywhere and you've personally done more to benefit the discussion of serious history, and provide one of the most cohesive defences against revisionism that we've all benefited from the work you've already done. All the best, mate
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  8802. First!
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  8803. Keep going like this Tik your content is amazing I'm waiting to see more of the economic and political content too
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  8804. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  People won't understand this even if you try to draw it. I don't know why, but there is a fundamental flaw in basic logical thinking for most people. They are so obsessed with trying to fit you in one of their narratives that they forget that reality has more possibilities than their heads have already created for them.
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  8805.  @Karelwolfpup  13th guards also arrived partially (60-70%) equipped so they had to scrap weapons from artillerymen (or any supporting units
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  8806. Hello Newcomer to the channel 😂
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  8807. Jes
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  8808. I love it ..waiting for every new episode anxiously ....i read several stalingrad books but couldnt visualize in this detail the whole battle ..brilliant work..love the graphics as well
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  8809. Once the city was taken, Paulus would have left a nominal force in the city and moved the rest of his forces out of the city to support the flanks on the Don or South. If done in time, they may have been able to prevent the encirclement or to at least break thru to Manstein’s winter storm counter offensive in Dec. If they could have blunted Uranus, the 6th Army would have resumed the offensive in summer 1943 to the south after being refitted and reinforced first half of 43.
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  8810. Great video. I just became a Patreon contributor. Keep up the good work !!
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  8811. I laughed very hard at the Australia post comment as its not wrong
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  8812. (copied from another video, since I don't know if you've seen it, and I'm lazy) Hi TIK, there is a book called (apparently) "The Meaning of Hitler" (German original title: "Anmerkungen zu Hitler") by Sebastian Haffner (pseudonym, real name Raimund Pretzel). It's quite short (around 200 pages in German) yet probably the best, most intelligent and most observant analysis of Hitler I have ever read. The last few videos I watched from you reminded me a lot of the book and the observations therein. I highly recommend you read it, it'll probably let a few ideas and theories you currently seem to have regarding Hitler "slide into place". Best regards from Vienna.
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  8813. Good video Tik. Speaking as an Australian, AusPost is a good example of a socialist organisation. You nailed it in one.
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  8814. This question goes straight to the roots of both the German-Soviet war and the Sino-Japanese war. Globalization was coming, and it was already happening. A world of international interdependence where no one country can do what it wants and needs to keep its partners happy to keep or raise their standards of living. Both Germany and Japan thought they could evade such a fate if they could just expand their territory so that they can produce all the food and fuel they would ever need. They were both countries with good technology but scarce on resources, so if they wanted to stay self-sufficient and not play with anyone else, invasion of weaker neighbours with lots of resources seemed the only shot they had. They went to war because they didn't want to be dependent on trade.
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  8815. I have learned what you are saying in Polish school. I lived in Britain for few years and I'm still shocked how many English are mislead and they think Socialism is "factory workers own factory and sing together cumbaya in heaven lalaland". It is pathetic... And they are even more pathetic when you try to explain them that Socialism sucks.
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  8816. You can sell it, but it's valued close to zero 😆
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  8817.  @TheDunestyler  yes? But it doesn’t mean they are being disingenuous or are lying. They are just confused and think you are the idiot because they can’t understand especially when they have a card in the game such as being a socialist themselves. They see themselves as the smarter individual not because they know how to counter the argument but because they think a “libertarian capitalist such as Tik can’t possibly know better then me or is using selective information to server his libertarian capitalist interests”
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  8818. No actually this was the major claim he refuted in the video lol
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  8819. Standing on a chair applauding and whistling wildly. 👏
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  8820. Thanks for responding to my comments TIK (and for reading them out in the silly voice ;)) . I think you misrepresented my point. I wasn't saying your definition is wrong and that mine is right. I really like how you clearly define your terms, that is good discourse. Where I disagree is your assumption that there is only one definition of these key terms and that everyone who uses a different one is wrong. That's not how language works, and I think we might lose a lot of nuanced meanings if we insist things like "people" ="state" = "socialism" however eloquently you argue your case. Thanks again for your great videos that even if I don't agree with, they really make me think. Sorry that some people thought that my comments were sarcastic or bad faith. I just wanted to point out that I thought you had overlooked something.
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  8821. Whole Lotta Tanks.
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  8822. hey tik, i checked some Italian sources. They all state that the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment was composted by the 5th, 12th and 3rd Bersaglieri battalions. One source says that the 3rd battalion was a motorcycle battalion, while an other claims it was a weapons support battalion ( 20mm cannons, HMGs and 81mm mortars). The second source seems more credible and maybe it explains why it wasn't mentioned in your sources, being a support battalion (just speculating).I cannot find anything regarding a 7th Bersaglieri battalion, however the 7th Bersaglieri Regiment was part of the "Trento" Division at the time.
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  8823. I think it would be a good idea if every antifa member watched this
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  8824. Glad I found this channel. Really great content thank you.
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  8825. Socialism: You have two cow. The government forces you to give one to your neighbor. Your neighbor does not know how to take care of a cow and it dies. Now you have one cow, and your neighbor does not have a cow. The government cuts your cow in half and forces you to give half your cow to your neighbor. The the government blames you for the lack of milk.
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  8826. I ran across some random TIK hate yesterday while starting to watch a livestream on D Dday. To be fair it seemed like a bit of jealousy, because it was about views that history channels on youtube get and how WW2 is the topic to cover if you want views. "Esp the eastern front like TIK", it wasn't said in a flattering way. It made me question was it professional jealousy or is there something else. How many people are mad about the "Nazis being Socialist" video and how much is it because TIK doesn't just repeat the official narratives like the other channels do? I watch every week and at first I myself thought "well this is different" but he includes sources to go along with his arguments, The sources being linked in the actual video is something that separates TIK from other channels in my opinion besides the view being taken. I watch a lot of history videos along with speaking engagements and this was the first time I actually heard some hate besides reading some comment in the comment section.
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  8827. The way you seamlessly put "Lord of the universe" into the introduction of Manstein got me real god. Hahahha, oh fuck! :D
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  8828. We should put Vatutin and Manstein on free market and simply observe which one will garner the higher price. Simples. ;-)
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  8829. Tik, regarding the "fashist" thing, I'm pretty sure that's a common mistranslation. For us, russian speakers/of soviet descent, Hitler's forces are commonly known as "fashist", not "nazis". So, when you see some /non german/ force being labeled as "fashist" it's probably about their allegiance to germans/some sort of collaboration, not ideology.
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  8830. TIK, congratulations on the best YT WWII channel to be found. TY also for enlightening me on Hitler's socialism & how that led directly to the Holocaust. 10/10!
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  8831. Seems like we are going through a food crisis now, TIK needs to delete his channel because he is right too damn much.
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  8832. First!
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  8833. The commies and other socialists are too lazy by definition to ever make a video "debunking" TIK. Great Job as always. I will contribute to your Patreon once i have a Job.
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  8834.  @QuizmasterLaw  I was a Libertarian even before I discovered TIK`s Channel but his videos have enforced my Libertarian worldview even more. Taxation is theft and fuck the federal reserve :))
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  8835. 3rd
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  8836. You don't know the first it as a Brazilian who mostly only watches English contents lemme me tell ya there is A LOT of content like this that just steals from "gringos" it's things like that that makes me stay clear from 90% of Brazilian youtube.
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  8837. UPDATE @TIKhistory ! The video was taken down "by the user."
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  8838. I honestly wouldnt be surprised if that guy will flag this video as bad mouthing or whatever
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  8839. I ❤❤❤❤❤Mondays:)
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  8840. TIK never stop making videos..
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  8841. I'm just shocked by what I discover with this video. Thank you for once again an incredible history job.
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  8842. I see what you did there, Tik. This time, your traditional easter-egg-per-video was a Pokemon reference.😁
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  8843. Hey TIK. About to watch your video, and I'm hoping it's going to be a good one. Had a productive day with my Father, and we are celebrating tonight with a takeaway Curry and Beer. I'll pop one open for you. Otherwise. Looking forward to you next bit of content. And you have my constant viewership. Service Guarantees Citizenship.
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  8844.  @yochaiwyss3843  He could not do more. The British people were still reluctant to go to war.
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  8845. Finally,. some besides me thinks the same way I did 50 years ago. I did not make the mistake of putting myself in debt for college education. TIK you are correct on the self education , self discipline & most of of all, good parenting of common sense along with street smart. Its very important to promote an education system that promotes teaching the FACTs. Currently now, it not happening with the education today. It is all about keeping the ED system alive & creating a jobs fair for employment.. I love the videos & this was a great editorial on what you said,.......
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  8846. Wow ! I'm very flattered by you using my post at 5:33. 😊 My own generation went through an education system that taught us to think and taught us to learn , for which I'm eternally grateful, while my kids got the National Curriculum. The difference was painfully obvious and frankly it worried me that they were being taught merely to pass exams rather than to succeed in life. Now, I'm not saying that "education" should do that - IMHO its the job of any responsible parent - but I do believe that education should carry some responsibility for equipping children for life in competitive world. The young lady whose post inspired this video will be alright because she's clearly got a good mind and can think for herself. Good on you, girl ! 😊
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  8847. Wow. Third?
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  8848. Shared. As a Boomer, I remember a very different narrative.
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  8849. Makes you think whether is there or not a political doctrine without a religious component - the nazis, the woke, the communists, the cringe far-righters - all share some sort of religious conviction.
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  8850. British humor 😂
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  8851. So well done for having the courage to put this out there knowing the inevitable push back. You make some good points about Hitler and Marx's religious formats, especially on their having "sacred texts". However I think you are wrong to describe Gnosticism as a religion in and of itself. When you say it is parasitic you have really nailed it - Gnosticism is a format of religion that has to leech off mainstream religions. As for it going back to prehistoric times I have yet to see any convincing proof of this. Most religions (especially Western pagan ones) have elements of mind-altering mysticism which supposedly lead to higher levels of consciousness - but it would be a stretch to call them gnostic. The demiurge - evil material god creator (as well as the Christian concept of the Devil) are most evidentially tied to the ancient Persian Zoroastrian religion where the good and evil gods are equal Ahriman (also know as Asmodeus) as the base material creator with the elements of earth and water versus Ormuzd (Ahura Mazda) being the good god of the spiritual world with the elements of fire and air. The Occultists and modern Wicca practitioners and the Freemasons may see themselves as inheritors of an ancient "secret" religion, but in reality they have zero evidence for that, just some relatively recent founders who like to claim an ancient heritage. Scientology is perhaps the most hilarious of these new Gnostics, where there is a straight exchange of cash for "enlightenment" as written up by a rather unimaginative Science Fiction writer seeking tax exempt status. Anyway thanks for putting it out there and exposing the idiocy of gnosticism.
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  8852. Jolly good Show, I admit I saw it but did not understand it because at the time I was sticking to tanks. I tore the second book apart looking for answers(because I thought a secret book might have answeers in it), and it gives his reasoinng for the eventual conflict with America. I just never looked at MK in terms of a meta narritive. The real trouble is there isn't enough time to study all of this in depth. Once again Jolly good show.
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  8853. This is Sparta.
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  8854. Honestly that explains a LOT of thoughts that have been brewing in my head for a long time. I'm an Atheist, but whenever I go online and see the "atheist communities" I am immediately hit with the exact same kinds of "arguments" you'd expect from devout Catholics. They aren't atheists, they're believers of the religion of "Atheism"! They don't question it, they just "know" that God isn't real. And the more time you spend in these communities, the more often you'll hear arguments eerily similar to those of Gnosticism. The "nothing is real, it's all an illusion of our mind" and such...
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  8855. Do I get a heart aswell?
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  8856. The existence of "Gnosticism" explains a LOT about National Socialism, along with many, if not most secular ideology and politics (including "democracy") we observe in the world. This ersatz religion is at the root of most delusion and evil in humanity, and should be recognized as such.
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  8857. I was puzzled in 8:56 by your weird way of counting to three with the fingers, under I realized the implications in british culture of two fingers raised together.
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  8858. This is probably the most explanatory video I ever seen on YouTube! 👍 Excellent job TIK!
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  8859. First
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  8860. Thank you for your objective analysis of this subject. It's refreshing to see in this day and age.
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  8861. great video as always TIK already looking for the next one ! 😑
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  8862. I think TIK enjoys the debates in the comments, so let me say something controversial.....Halder caused Operation KeelHaul.
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  8863. Hi TIK, the last couple minutes are wonderful and well spoken. Thank you for standing up to the age of cancel culture.
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  8864. I commented in an earlier episode about this operation, but I think it was a response to a question as to who we thought was most responsible for the failure of the Allied effort. Your entire rant in this episode it the reason why I subscribe, and the fact that you also recognize, and highlight, that you are still learning. I have the good fortune in being raised by Parents that pointed out that the moment you stop learning, you start dying.
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  8865. Thank you. Sadly, your amazing example on how to rebut an argument will be lost on those needing it the most. Shouting and name calling are the distraction devices of ignorant and fearful.
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  8866. Bravo Lewis, 90% of what you said, is perfect further proof that the Nazi ideology is Socialist. 'Ownership or control over the Country's means of production'. This definitively shows 'Control'. Unlike Mussolini's actual Fascist-Socialism of grouping (Bundling) all of the trade Unions together under one umbrella, Hitler's Nazi version removed all of the self-important trade unions and created a big one. No 'Bundles' there lol
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  8867. TIK stop telling the truth, you're gonna hurt the twitch and twitter champagne socialists 😢
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  8868. I demand we have TIK vs Reddit. It is grinding on the psyche reading inane comments without any pushback
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  8869. There are unions in the US. That's why all the jobs fled to China! One thing in the US is workers themselves resist the unions because they recognize them for the parasitic mafias they are. Unions hurt workers in the long run after they pillage companies for all they're worth.
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  8870. You know what... I think the Woozle Effect is the reason that this myth among many others myths about the Nazis their politics and economics is so misunderstood. Distorians created the first waves of secondary sources, and other historians since cited those sources, and people then cited those sources, and you end up having historians walking in a circle, never actually finding the truth.
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  8871. This is really good. Well done sir.
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  8872. these videos are better than anything on tv.
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  8873. I stopped watching Lindybeige for you, Tik and I’ve been watching him since he had 30k subscribers. Of course I still watch him from time to time but my god nobody can compete with you. You need a wealthy patron.
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  8874. I'm so please I listened all the way through. A whole lot of interesting subjects were touched, and each would make good discussion on their own. On education then the basics to age 14, done in school, I still maintain is important. Home schooling just can't give the social interaction that a playground can give. Many homes, parents, just don't have the teaching skills to teach let alone the academia to give a wide enough curriculum. Heck, not all teachers have it even. Anyhow, another good TIK input. I visited the Soviet Union when I was 19 in 1984. Big Brother propaganda there was so obviously disconnected to reality. There really were empty shelves in the convenience stores of Moscow.
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  8875. You're one of the very few content creators on this website who I have seen give a very honest breakdown of their feelings regarding their ability to manage Patreon (or SubscribeStar) questions along side the demand of the YT algorithm and their regular fan base. You make great content TIK, I especially love your ideological and political breakdown videos, I see absolutely no one else on this platform producing that kind of original, critical, and quality content. I love what you're doing and have been a long time fan.
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  8876. I'm from the UK and when my teacher said we was going to study WW2 she had made a 2 month presentation on women's rights during the war. We spent several months just studying what woman did as part of the war effort.
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  8877. Excellent video, answering our questions is in some ways a lot of what you do when you teach us about history, even still it's great how much value you can give from simple Q&A
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  8878.  @cwcsquared  And doubtless a law degree can equally lead to a history degree?
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  8879. Haha first!! :D
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  8880. Great vid again you bring a more in-depth take on WW2 again keep it up 👍🏻
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  8881. Hey TIK, if there is a full-scale war in Ukraine, will you do a battlestorm about it at some point?
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  8882. My take on that was that Lewis was giving the official line, with his own opinion reserved and open to persuasion.
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  8883. See? This is why the 2nd Amendment is VITAL!
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  8884. 26:18 Yeah, I do. You made solid points in yet another great vid. Keep it up👍
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  8885.  @TheImperatorKnight  It's ok, America sent thousands of rifles and Tommy Guns to the UK in 1940, and we can do it again. The hard part is organizing at the lowest levels so that any attempts at disarmament will result in another Battle of Athens, TN.
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  8886. Anyone else here, albeit by a circuitous route, because of Close Combat: Operation Market-Garden? When I was a kid, that game enthralled me with the complexity and desperation on both sides of the fight. A few weeks after discovering that, I found time-life books entire ww2 series of pictorial books on the 2nd world War while at a flea market with my parents, and now here I am. 25 years later. Watching another video about this operation. Great videos, TIK. I recently discovered this channel and it has reignited my passion for this material.
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  8887. This channel is fantastic. As a student of history I always wanted to focus on military history but never got the chance. Thank you for your work. Those 152 people that disliked this video don't have lives. They are pathetic. Keep it up TIK.
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  8888. Hey tik, thank you for your video on this topic. I have been studying at university for quite some time getting an engineering degree, which has been quite difficult. I am now almost finnished and i have the option of continuing my education or joining the workforce. While I am still not certain of what exactly I am going to do, this video has given me a new perspective on my situation. Keep up the good work and thank you!
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  8889. Makes me question why I am still studying a bachelor in Political Science, especially since i learn much more at home and it is cheaper too! I am way far ahead than my classmates who are starting their masters or even professors who are unable to differentiate the characteristics distinguishing Nazism from Fascism, or Communism from Social Democracy. I want to be an author and I am good at researching, critical thinking and investigating (much like TIK) but at this point, I am unaware of what jobs you can get with those skills.
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  8890. I'm not sure what prompted TIK to delve into these topics, but I love it and want more!
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  8891. Yellow (as in “yellow belly”) means cowardly It’s definitely more of an old timey insult, I rarely see it used in a modern context
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  8892. First!
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  8893.  @TheImperatorKnight  at least?
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  8894.  @TheImperatorKnight  I've heard Peikoff's second course on Modern Philosophy. It's fantastic! Looking forward to your thoughts once you get through it.
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  8895. Happy new year TIK. Glad to see you uploading so early in the year, and thank you for your great videos last year. Awaiting your Weimar hyperinflation videos, eye-opening stuff, love your economics explanation. Best of luck to you going forward, from Greece
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  8896. The discrepancies may still be of value to research, as they may indicate where the soviet intel thought hoffman's unit was at certain times.
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  8897. I just read this document from the link provided. It reads as if written by a staff officer far in the rear - but even that’s a long stretch. Real veterans, in any military organization do not write in this manner. All overview as if from a news report. Too many mentions of the Fuhrer and the Strategic situation. No mentions of killed comrades, meals, individual experiences, fighting details, deprivations…. Real veterans speak in details and struggle to place those details in broader context. This writing always starts with broader context and rarely if ever drills down. Why would anyone think that a German enlisted soldier would know the broader context in almost every entry? It’s not as if they were briefed in this manner every day. German infantrymen received mission orders. Then the talk of medals! By the time Of the fighting in August and September - no enlisted German would have been thinking about medals, much less writing about it! They would simply have been content to be among the living and wondering when this bullshit would be over! Again, he never speaks of his comrades - his squad - his Feldwebel. Always from the perspective of operational overview. Wish I’d read this document before. EDIT after finishing the entire video. As I'm sure you know, Russia has a poor record of manipulating it's history which continues today - It seems it never had enough "History Commissions" to defend it's history and when that doesn't work - shutting down organizations which take too critical of a look at internal Russian history. Now this is recent - we aren't even talking about the USSR. Just a few days ago, the Russian Memorial International organization was determined to be illegal - I remember seeing it in BBC reporting - here's a link. https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/28/europe/memorial-international-russia-intl/index.html Don't want an accurate tally of purges obviously. Past that - there seems a constant need to create "story writers" produce a more "Russian Excellence" version of history - two commissions have been created in the last 12 years. August 2021 - https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-history-commission-putin/31403236.html - New Russian History Commision created "in order to ensure a planned and aggressive approach to the matter of defending the national interests of the Russian Federation." and in 2012 "By Andrew Osborn Another from Medvedev's short stand in: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124277297306236553 May 21, 2009 12:01 am ET "MOSCOW—President Dmitry Medvedev has created a special commission to counter what he says are increasingly aggressive attempts to rewrite history to Russia's disadvantage. Supporters said the commission is needed to tackle anti-Russian propaganda in the former Soviet Union, an area Moscow regards as its backyard, but liberal historians called the initiative a return to Soviet-era controls." It's not that Russia is alone in history manipulation - it's rather widespread. Politicians and nationalists love to have control of the narrative. Too many people in my country (USA) that desire their grade school history from the 60's and 70's preserved also. You provided an excellent analysis of this story and it does stand to reason from the manner in which is was written, it's a fake - as I mentioned before - the writing style is absolutely inconsistent with diaries written by real soldiers in any conflict. Brilliant conclusion on who the author was. Soviet deception and a rather poor one at that. So Love and Appreciate your work, TIK!!!
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  8898. Hello Tik! Thank you for this research and analysis which concludes that it is most likely that Hoffman's diary is, in fact, Soviet propaganda. I want to thank you for all the effort you put into your videos. The level of detail you provide is impressive and, for that, I am thankful...Cheers from Peru!
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  8899. You're anti-Russian and all that Jazz!! Sorry. You left me no choice. 😉
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  8900. I KNEW IT! Thank you so much for this, I've always found it super suspicious how well that diary flows story wise and how it's carefully constructed to build a certain narrative. Real diaries written on day by day basis never work that way,
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  8901. Never clicked on a YouTube notification faster in my life
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  8902. Hope you're having a good monday tik
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  8903. Holy shit a 6.5 hour video that isn't a shitty Asmongold stream, have I been raptured?
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  8904. Better than history channel
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  8905. Hi TIK, I noted a little contradiction, maybe you can help resolve it. I was reading the famous and chilling diary of William Hoffman. He was apparently a soldier of the 267 infantry regiment, 94th infantry division. So I wanted to follow him virtually with your battlestorm. He said he is being sent northward the 4th september to Voroponovo station, walking all night until dawn, and then his regiment is attacking Sadovaya station the 5th. The 8th, he is still fighting non stop. To me, he is clearly describing what is going on in Kempf sector, but the 94th division is still south of the action on your map. On the previous episode, you explained how the 20th romanian division was sent south to allow the 14th and 29th to go north. Could it be that the 20th romanian had gone south further to allow the 94th to go north as well? Do you think the 94th division or at least the 267th regiment was also in Kempf sector on the offensive to the volga? Or maybe William Hoffman was not with the 94th division at the time (and maybe ever) but rather with the 14th or the 29th? Thanks TIK for your incredible work. Cheers from Paris.
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  8906. Tik, when you say Lopatin got sacked, did he get kicked over to some staff job or was he making little rocks out of big rocks in Siberia?
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  8907. damn it...I caught up.
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  8908. Gotta love seeing roger smith in a TIK history video.
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  8909.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm seeing cracks in the facade forming. There's a friend I've been discussing your banks & historical politics videos with for some time now who I recently had sort of a knock-down drag-out with about whether protecting "the devil you know" status quo is better than allowing disruption & upheaval of the current state. Eventually I got him to realize that everything he's concerned about is exactly what the state is already actively doing, and that the ugliness of the aftermath of "revolutions" is dependent on how much they're trying to impose their own centralized control. People fighting back the state on the premise of wanting to be left alone to live their lives aren't people who are going to disrupt the everyday workings of an economy, and everyone else will continue to go about business as usual to the extent they're allowed to do so. So just because a state implodes doesn't mean the table gets flipped on the rest of society... unless the state itself and/or a despotic attempt at a new state does the flipping. Both your approach over the years and Michael Malice's (who he also enjoys) helped me articulate my argument a lot. Reminding people that they already know just how inefficient, corrupt, destructive, etc. the state is and connecting that to their hypothetical complaints about a stateless situation seems to be quite effective. While it's important to address the lack of imagination for the market's desire & ability to meet demands currently in the hands of the state, even more important seems to be pointing out how the state is already engaged in all the harmful things they can muster up to be wary about and the special, monopolistic power and influence of the state only guarantees such problems rather than protecting against them. If you haven't watched any of Malice's appearances (primarily as a guest rather than a host in this regard), I think you'd enjoy it whether or not you fully take on his position. He's a self-described anarchist, not an objectivist, but does know and speak quite a lot about Rand and align far more than not. Personally, I align closer to his perspective than objectivism, but depart somewhat from both. He is very well-spoken and pleasant to listen to (also hilarious), a master of likeability to anyone which opens their mind to ideas they would never have given a second thought otherwise.
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  8910. Hi TIk, thanks for this video! This i will post on FB! Because this is also the case in The Netherlands with Healthcare and the Public transport. It is privatisation on the nsdap manner.....
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  8911. Never change TIK. STICK TO WHATEVER MAKE TIK, TICK. If making videos on economic theory keeps the boredom/burnout/poverty(video performance) at bay and allows to finish the Stalingrad series, then I fully support you making them.
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  8912. 2nd
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  8913. In principle we CAN calculate the probable outcomes of a war . All you need is a computer model that takes account of the motions of every particle in the solar system and a computer able to run that model and maybe you can get a better than 50/50 chance of predicting the outcome when it's not obvious. Calculating that German can still take Belgium is easy. Calculating if an alliance of Russia, and China would beat Nato + the Rio Pact is another thing. Good luck with the second one. I suspect chaos (sensitive dependence on initial conditions) will arise in the second case. In short who would ever calculate by any reasonable means that the British would loose at Isandlwana (during a solar eclipse which may have freaked people out), or at the battle of The Little Big Horn/Greasy Grass/Custars last stand the Sioux would win?
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  8914. Hi TIK I was searching for some counterpoints to your videos. Some creators are adding missing bits to your content, some are presenting alternative perspective. Everyone who criticized you (at least until now) is a complete idiot. Take for example NonCompete. Guy thinks he is debunking your "Private vs Public" video, and all he is doing is explaining how he disagrees with your definitions. Can you point to anyone who criticized your work justly?
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  8915. Hey Tik just two things I'd like to say about this video. Hopefully you don't mind to take the time to answer. 1) The whole "wrong but still useful" thing, I think there is still some merit. Now I'm not arguing on the side of those equations, but rather the idea of an equation that could do such a thing. Obviously its not possible to predict the outcome of the battle, but it is possible to get an idea of how it might go. If you put in both sides' forces, equipment, and conditions, and then see that you have a 30% chance to win the battle, then sure you might not actually lose but at least you are prepared for it. You could also see that (for instance) by increasing your artillery pieces you end up with a way higher chance of winning the battle, so you've identified your limiting point and can proceed based on that. So the point doesn't have to be to accurately predict the outcome, but just to prepare yourself from the outcome, hence "wrong but still useful". Now again I'm not defending those specific equations, I'm not familiar with them, and from the introduction you gave it seems they are outdated. I'm just arguing that "wrong but still useful" is valid. 2) I see this in a lot of videos, where you take the soviet style socialism and treat that as socialism. Its not a big deal but I think it would be better to distinguish it by calling it state socialism, or just a centrally planned and owned economy. Some prefer to call it state capitalism (as the difference is that now the state owns the businesses), but I think that term is just confusing. Socialism on its own does not call from the state ownership of the economy. That is just a branch of socialism, and I think it is quite misguided. The idea is that if the government control the means of production, and the government is democratic, then the people control the means of production. However giving power to the government leads to people like Stalin ending up with full control, certain people will argue with how much control he had, but its pretty clear he still had immense control, and certainly not democratic. However that is just a branch of socialism. I think it is important to make that distinction, rather than saying socialism in general. I guess its important to point out an example of how socialism could work besides that. For socialism to work it requires the means of production being controlled by the workers or the people, not the few people that have the capital. This does not have to be done by government ownership and control over the economy, and if anything that just gets in the way of those that call for communism (as that requires the abolition of the state). It can be done in other ways, for instance just splitting the majority of the shares in the company among its workers. Now I'm not advocating for any specific form of socialism or anything. It just appears that you base your idea of socialism just on one branch, when many (and from what I've seen most) socialists don't even agree with that. Maybe that's not the case, but regardless I think you could take the time to clarify at least "state socialist". Hopefully this doesn't come across as a negative opinion on you, I think very highly of you, and your channel is one of the few I have ever recommended to other people.
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  8916. no subject, no issues, no 'facts' are off limits to real historians
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  8917.  @TheImperatorKnight  I couldn't agree more. A backlash is part of being a content creator, and it does drive up engagement anyway. My feedback: When I started watching your videos about two years ago I went back and watched them all, including Stalingrad. The level of detail in the Stalingrad series was more than I wanted to watch, but I did so because I so love your work. My favourite videos of yours are the ones like the supply chain in Nazi Germany, economics, political philosophy etc. I love topics like North Africa, because the ANZACs come into it (I'm a Kiwi.) On a personal note, I have experienced burnout, and I recommend you seek professional help, whether that's in the form of seeing a psychologist or a life coach or whatever qualified health care professional you would resonate with. You certainly don't need to disclose anything about this in public and I would advise against it. The formal education system doesn't offer training in the kinds of skills we need to manage and get the most out of our adult lives. Individualised "talk therapy" is well worth the investment of time, in my humble opinion.
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  8918.  @TheDunestyler  THIS!!! THE STICK TO TANKS CROWD JUST DO NOT REALIZE HOW LEGIT TIK IS ON POLITICS AND ECONOMICS!!!
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  8919. Admittedly, I haven't watched the stalingrad series, because I'm intimidated by the size of it, your documentary is really massive.
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  8920. Take care of yourself TIK. Wishing you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. Good health and prosperity to you. Even though I do not agree with everything you put up, your perspective helped me explore more the topics you analyse and bring up and look forward to every upload. Dinner/Post-dinner is sorted on those days.
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  8921. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I don't watch it either and the reason is it is too much detailed. I feel like it is for historians. I need to watch for hours to have a general understanding of what happened and why. On the other hand I'm a fan of your videos on ideology, economy and politics. For example I'm looking for an update on Bankwars. Hope it comes soon!
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  8922. Chaos emeralds
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  8923. Damn! That thumbnail is fire
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  8924. That thumbnail 👏👏
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  8925. I wonder if this series will hit episode 50 or not. Its going to be over soon and TIK will probably never feel a bigger relief then when it does.
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  8926. I personally would love to see a TIK History Battlestorm take on the Battle of France, 1939/1940.
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  8927. It is my birthday today and this is the best gift.
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  8928. Careful, only progressives are allowed opinions.
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  8929. Just letting you know I didn't get notification of this upload. Even though I set my notification to "all".
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  8930. Mind blown what a video
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  8931. ​ @LibertarianLeninistRants  you call yourself libertarian leninist and you complain about other people being contradictory? LMAO
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  8932. OMG! THIS IS HUGE!!!!
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  8933. Terrific video, with excellent graphics and maps!
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  8934.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think you need to do both. Part of Mark Felton's success seems to be keeping his vids under 15 min. Your stuff is way more hard core history nerd material, which draws us hardcore nerds, but shorter vids, not so much like Felton's light history vignettes, but more in keeping with your hard core history specialty, could help bring more viewers. Short vids that cover strategic or tactical oddities that no one ever thinks about. Like this one...
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  8935. Considering how much you gave me to think about in the other videos on this subject, take as much time as you need.
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  8936. No worries, looking forwards to all of the upcoming subjects
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  8937. i was arguing with a communist, he said that in communism there would be no industry, i explained to him that industry just means "economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories" he still insisted that in communism there would be no industry, i just shrugged and agreed, he is kinda correct.
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  8938. You are awesome, TIK. And also, that 13 year old is awesome- whether she had the argument with her teacher before or after finding your content. That gonna be my daughter in about 5 years. My 7 year old freaking loves WWII and basically knows the general history of the 20th century by heart.
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  8939. I just watched a vid a couple days ago.......I forget where......that claimed this very thing.....that he didn't need to take the city and should have bypassed it.......this vid should be excellent ....they always are.
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  8940. Brilliant again 👏👏
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  8941. I have a question to anyone that will answer. Germany tried to starve Britain into surrender as Britain tried to do to Germany. Was the plan in Leningrad to strave the city to extinguish and dont except any type of surrender? If so that's brutal and no wonder they fought like beast. It seems they had literally 2 options fight or die period.
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  8942. Imagine living under a regime that is so antagonistic to the idea of individual achievement or heroics that you have to exaggerate your deeds, lie, and fight for the tiny spotlight allowed for such things and that tiny spotlight existing only to glorify the State. Socialism anyone?
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  8943. When people give up traditionally religion they inevitably take up a new one. Political Correctness (Global Warming, Feminism, Identity Politics, Trans, etc.) has become the new religion of the Left, and is pushed with all the brittle hysteria of a fundamentalist.
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  8944. Bravo, TIK. You are leveling up your game at an astounding pace. I am guessing the circular hand motion at the end of the video is related to the Ouroboros and the Hermetic belief of "As above, so below." If not intentional, you're definitely on the correct path philosophically speaking. Voegelin is a good source on this subject, and if you came to these conclusions without reading Peikoff's "The Cause of Hitler's Germany", then that'd be another bravo required. As you say, it's a cult and most of the cultists are unaware of it. They've been tricked, thus the myriad of historical references to Hitler having "had them in his spell" or "hypnotizing" the people. A good way to understand the trick or the "spell" is to understand the polysemy going on. Polysemy is when a word has multiple meanings, i.e: "I'm going to play outside." and "I'm going to see a play tonight." Same word, different meaning, based on context. What Hitler is doing is conceptual polysemy. The word "volk" was understood to mean "people" in a general context, "German folk". This is how most understood it. Hitler meant it in a particular context however, a National Socialist ideological context. This context can be referred to as Hermetic, gnostic, Marxist, progressive, etc. It essentially means a certain subset of people who have a particular gnostic view of the world. They have "nous" or "mind", essentially that they are awake to the way reality truly is, or as it's referred to in the West today: they're woke. The Hitler speech quotes you chose were well selected. Try replacing the word "folk" with the word "folx" and the language and meaning are near identical. Replace "Volksgemeinschaft" with "Folxgemeinschaft" and you get something very similar (though situated in a different context). In the name of "equity" in America for example, you get segregation based on skin color to protect the "folx". "Communities of color" in modern Western parlance is an equivalent to Volksgemeinschaft. "Safe spaces for trans folx" in modern Western parlance is an equivalent to Volksgemeinschaft. They are the Volk/folx, they have the "nous" or "mind" or are "awakened" (i.e: woke). That's the trick (well, one of them). That's the slight of hand, the conceptual polysemy. The average person doesn't think like a crazy person. When you're trying to point out how crazy people think, the reaction of the average person is to say "No, that's crazy, you're crazy, no one thinks like that." When you're discussing "unconditional surrender", it's the Volk that view it as the end of the Volk, that they will be extinguished. Not that they will be sent to Siberia or sterilized but that the Volk will be defeated which they consider to be the death of their "Volk", a specific subset of human beings who have true knowledge of how the world works. Today, you hear the same claim from "trans folx", claiming there will be a "trans genocide" - they mean the "way of life" of their "volk" will be extinguished, they will cease to "be". Conceptual polysemy, again. Makes it very easy to trick people. I'd also like to point out that the quote you use referring to "world history" has gnostic roots as well in Hegelianism. The Hegelians claim to know how "History" (capital H) unfolds, how you get from point A to point B, in a scientific manner. "Otherwise world history will have lost it's meaning." is Jodl saying what amounts to "Our theory of reality and how History unfolds and how we reach Heaven on Earth will have lost it's meaning". It would be the undoing of the Volk, their cult-religion being decimated. Keep up the great work :)
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  8945.  @TheImperatorKnight  I couldn’t agree more. I’ve thought National Socialism as being a religion/cult for decades , I’m so excited you’re looking at the subject in this regard too! My kindest regards to you 👍🏻🙏🏻
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  8946. Good lord bro this comment section is looking like 1933 Weimar Republic. So many trolls and ignorant people. Shame
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  8947. These days fascism means libertarianism. If you want low taxes, small govt, and to freely choose which charities to support, you're a fascist. Sigh.
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  8948.  @TheImperatorKnight  thank you so much! I will add your video to my recommendation at the end of it (: BTW wasn't the doctrine of facisim a document written by gentile and mussolini ?
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  8949. TIK is great because he pisses off both the far-left and the far-right (the actual far-right, not the leftist buzzword). When you’re pissing off both extremes, you know you’re doing something right.
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  8950. So according to Gentile this video only exists because I am watching it right? You are welcome TIK for all my effort.
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  8951.  @TheImperatorKnight ”imagine watching the video”😂
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  8952. Didn't they describe at the beginning? They own buses and charge people to use them.
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  8953. Sowell City 👍
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  8954. We had roads, schools, hospitals, etc... long before big government and income taxes ever existed.
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  8955. Your content is amongst the finest content on this platform and the consistent quality you and your associates produce is simply astounding. Don't let the vocal minority bring you down there are thousands of people, just like myself who eagerly anticipate your videos. It is refreshing in these times to have someone able to admit thier mistakes and do thier best to be transparent. Please keep doing the amazing work and I think I speak for 99.9% of your subscribers when I say thank you for your diligence and commitment to the truth.
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  8956. I'm extremely curious about how when you read through a book you takes notes or summarize events to relay the information back to us? I feel like you probably go through a lot of notebooks. Lol
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  8957. Watching 13 days after posting, was on vacation and i turn off all media during. Lewis, this is a service to humanity and liberty and i (my name is Pat) want to thank you personally for it. I am proud to support you on Patreon, its some of the best fiat currency i have ever spent. Thank You.
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  8958. Looked up that Sewell guy.. what a creep! Explaining away all these communist criminals, still shamelessly calling out for socialist revolution A.K.A. murder and theft. After seeing another one of your brilliant videos, I realise it's kind of weird people get cancelled for nothing, but nobody's looking at his stuff as sedition or hate speech. If he was a National Socialist or Muslim hardliner or whatever maybe yes, but he's a socialist "scholar", so that makes it Ok I guess.
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  8959. 25:39 Do you know if the wikipedia article has always said this or if this is a recent change, like how wikipedia recently removed all references from their article about the 1932 US election of the dems criticizing Hoover for bringing the US towards "Socialism"?
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  8960. Somehow we seem to be at the exact same spot 100 years later and the same leftist hypocrisies are being praised.
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  8961. It becomes increasingly obvious to me that Communism is a religion. Luxembourg's comments make much more sense if you replace "counter-revolutionary" with "heretic".
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  8962.  @bghyst  Why not both?
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  8963. 42:48 TIK dude, its never real socialism, unless whoever is expressing that opinion is in charge. Socialism is a scam for politicians to make money. We get to suffer, They get to enjoy life. At least under feudalism, the nobles had obligations to their tenants. This new nobility is so cut off from reality, they feel no obligation to anyone. 43:00 Mad as a hatter! Mad does not mean dumb though, it just means they are not in contact with reality.
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  8964. Those peaceful protesters make me think of the fiery but peaceful protests of 2020.
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  8965. I've been waiting anxiously for this video, and shall be for every one to come in this series.
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  8966. Having spent a fair bit of time watching and listening to left wing YouTubers, I can unfortunately say that the term "Not a Real Socialist" is still getting a lot of mileage among the folks who believed Marx's lie about socialism being democratic in nature. It is meant as an insult, but if these YouTubers knew the truth, I have a feeling that being called a "Fake Socialist" or a "Counter-Revolutionary" would be seen as a compliment. I truly hope that none of these folks actually want what Marx really wanted, but for some of them, I'm not going to hold my breath. Some of the folks in the left wing YouTube space make Rosa Luxembourg look like an upstanding citizen.
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  8967. Prophesor TIK once again brings light to the truth of these Marxists and their Brother Socialists including the NAZI's. All pretty much the same result. No different than the Democrats in the US. Labor in the UK.
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  8968. You are doing amazing job! Never return to tanks X)
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  8969.  @TheImperatorKnight  Drachinifel made a YouTube video on the West Africa squadron; I recommend it, and him generally. https://youtu.be/TiSekII0sjw
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  8970. First
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  8971. Excellent analysis. Unfortunately current political climate has allowed her ugly racist vomit to nearly become mainstream.
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  8972. 31:34 That joke is a war crime.
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  8973. Fox Mulder it's not just a battle that happened 70 years ago though. It's still a battle to this day. Fascists like Lauren Southern are still using nazi propaganda like Dresden to promote their cause. To ignore the impact that past fascism has on the modern day political arena is unrealistic. The battle against totalitarianism must be continued lest it rears its ugly head again like it's doing in Syria, Turkey and it did in Charlottesville. That battle is the same as the one fought on cable street, in valleys of Aragon and on DDay. As one of the volunteers from the international brigades in Spain put it after rejoining the British army in ww2 "it's all the same bloody fight"
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  8974. Wow, didn't expect the "immanentization of eschaton" quote here! Doubleplus good!
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  8975. One of your best videos to now! So interesting, so eye opening, so condensed logic of ideologies! So clear to understand when you say it! Great job, and please continue to dismantle the globalist cult of Klaus Schwab, EU, WEF and the elitist of today!
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  8976. True bombshell been dropped here TIK 😵 Going to use this dialectic knowledge to hopefully save a few cultists.
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  8977. This is why they can say that mathematics, logic, and other obvious truths are racist.
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  8978. When dialectics say, "You don't understand," what they mean is "You don't believe."
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  8979. A lot of buzzwords in this comment.
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  8980. Your references below are fantastic.. thank you
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  8981. First time listener but the subject is something that I've been pushing for a while regarding the democrat Left that are spiraling down into the Cult Cistern - another C word that Cults use. Excellent monologue... and teaching. It's very sad to see the zombification of the Left. The "Thesis -------- Third Position -------- Antithesis" explanation makes it all clear. I knew by looking at history and learning more about it, Hitler and his henchmen took a number of ideals from the Leftist (more specifically the American Democrats playbook). They toned it down a little. But today when we look at the situation in Ukraine for instance and there is clearly nazism running rampant and we have the Western collective cheering this along against what most of the West still regard Russia as being (or lately they say the Russians want to return to Communism or the Soviet model), and therefore must be crushed. The whole Left/Center/Right is no longer cut and dry. Those who were once regarded as anti war have become warmongers, and then there are other factors that have seemingly swapped sides. But where has Centrists gone? Now it is much easier to say there are those captured by the Cult by greed or coercion and the other 'C's in the Cult equation. Now it is you are either in the cult or not, an elitist, or not. The Synthesis, third position is taking the pole position in the Left and the Right... the centrists seem to have needed to make their decision to either move out of the way of the Left or Right and they are losing their footing. It's no longer black or white. I'm definitely going relisten to this a few more times as you've explained it very well indeed. Thank you *subbed
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  8982. GREAT VIDEO i am going to rewatch this video until i understand the ideas you talk about better then show that video to my friends thank you Tik.
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  8983. Heck. 34:00, synthesis & third position. Anyone else in the UK remember Tony Blair talking about the "third way"? Not being too literal here, just thinking about how he pitched New Labour as being for the working classes and business friendly, where in reality it was neither
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  8984. Now i need to see a video of TIK playing the banjo... 😂😂😂
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  8985. this is a fascinating video. thank you. lots to think about
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  8986. I wonder how do you get someone out of this cult, you can't reason with them. Most people I know who were in found their own way out.
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  8987. Rats... Oh well. Interesting video non the less. @TheImperatorKnight 
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  8988. The obsession of racists with the idea of degeneration resulting from white people mixing with coloured people is an interesting look in the fallacy of their worldviews. It's certainly true that under the wrong circumstances, 'negative' traits can become widespread within a species. Resulting in a backwards step, in the eyes of us, as a sapient species that can think about the wider implications. I've read reports on how elephant populations in Africa are on average becoming less endowed in regard to their tusks. Even though tusks are an effective tool for digging or shoving, and a lethal weapon against hippos, lions and rhinos. And therefore their reduction in size is an overal negative for the species. A fact explained by the 'selection' is carried out by human poachers, who shoot the more prominent bulls for their ivory, ensuring the smaller tusked specimens survive to procreate instead. Of course the issue with this proof of negative evolution is that it wasn't 'moral degeneracy' and 'woke' that resulted in these outcomes. The female elephant does not think "I know the herd wants me to get it on with a big-tusked chad alpha-bull who can make me feel like a real cow. But what I really want is to dominate a small-tusk beta cuck who simps for me". We already know the cause behind this negative pressure, so evolutionary decay isn't inextricably connected with immorality or rejecting tradition. For race mixing to result in the proliferation in negative attributes, you have to first believe that other races are by default purveyors of these bad genetics. That black people are dumb, hispanics are lazy, asiatics are sneaky and underhanded. They're already putting the cart before the horse, and working backwards from there to gather evidence through a confirmation bias to support their racial worldview. Even if they can prove that modern society is somehow more degenerate and sinful, it won't matter as the methodology for proving race mixing is bad was flawed to begin with.
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  8989.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hope you get better soon
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  8990. Thanks for the video, dispite you being sick. Get better soon!
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  8991.  @TheImperatorKnight  get well soon TIK
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  8992. this is 1st class content. love it!
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  8993. Love seeing your patreon list growing as the weeks go by. You deserve it, great stuff.
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  8994. TIK, you should read James Kelly Morningstar's "Patton's Way: A Radical Theory of War", (Naval Institute Press, 2017). This book gives a different perspective on the whole thing. Also, opens the question - who was the best general during WWII?
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  8995. Break from Stalingrad was also the better strategy! Cheers!
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  8996. It was working until it got to Nijmegen. The reason it failed was not shown in the Hollywood film because it was an American failure to secure the undefended Nijmegen bridges on the first afternoon that compromised the operation. The wrong crystals affected exactly two radio sets at Arnhem - both VHF sets used by the American USAAF Fighter Control Teams attached to 1st Airborne Division. The film doesn't explain that, again for obvious reasons.
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  8997. That was a really important video, i didnt understood all of it the first time i watched it, but then on my second watch i got it. So they decided to do a broad front strategy which was slow and thus worse compared to a quick trust given the context which was that the Germans had collapsed and was unorganised. Why? Because chasing the Germans was motived by Montys ego and so Eisenhover didnt trust Montys plan. It really makes you think even the best plan can be downvoted if people think its for your own ego.
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  8998. Love the ad-lib, funny and puts things into context very quickly. All hail the all knowing Von Manstein, praise be the...👍
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  8999. Thank you, TIKhistory.
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  9000. Finished the video. Boy like Life, History is more complicated than it seems. And humans for that matter as well. I am reminded of a little quote. "Armatures study tactics. Pros study logistics." Eisenhower had basically 2 bad choices to make with the whole narrow v wide front. And had to select the least worst one. I am also reminded of Monty saying the allied logistics were "dog food" in your allied logistic video. Taking the ports should have been a priority and getting the logistics train its transport as well. Hitler's Fortress Orders clearly had an impact on the allies because they were holding vital objectives, and slowed things majorly down. Also the black market activities of the American logistics officers as well doesn't boost my confidence in the US military. Given this was happening in 1944. Doesn't seem that surprising this stuff still happened in Nam. But that's jumping ahead. Very interesting video and certainly a reminder to me. If I'm writing large scale warfare stuff. I'm going to focus on the bigger picture stuff than the individual battles. Also covering the logistical stuff as well. Thanks very much TIK. Looking forward to your next video. Take care.
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  9001.  @TheImperatorKnight  make sure to get your rest TIK. Proper rest is necessary for your physical and mental wellbeing.
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  9002. Narrow front strategy would simply cause a german pincer attack on the flanks after the allied units stretched out
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  9003. EXCELLENT JOB! Thank you so much. No controversy from me. I can honestly say that I have never disagreed with you and always learn something from you. You are going to be my first to actually pay for. Going to patreon or whatever now. Won't be alot but you deserve to be paid. You are MY historian❤.
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  9004. I've paused at 21:36 to respond to your puzzling ("suspicion") over the attraction of the Hegelians to the liberals, and how easily the liberals seemed to be taken over. Frequently I suspect that people interested in having a hand in the direction of society are more concerned about change vs. stasis than they are in the direction change will take. Those interested in change would rather get on the train that's moving, regardless of its apparent destination. Some are so confident in their righteousness that they assume that, in the long run at least, the change will wind up being in the direction they prefer, so that the main objective for the moment is to shake things up. Meanwhile the liberals roll over easily because of a certain optimism on their part as well: seeing the benefits of progress, knowing those were a result of science, and the reformers seeming to be scientific.
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  9005. One of the best videos I have ever seen on YouTube. Thank you for this wealth of information.
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  9006.  @flashgordon6670  STOP SPAMMING
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  9007. Hello Tik, I wanted to know what you think about the channel called «TheFinnishBolshevist» or something like that. He has made «Tikathon» videos debunking your videos, in his comments everyone agrees with him (they are commies in priviliged countries who support the death of my relatives). I would like to see you respond as they always say you dont respond to the real arguments.
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  9008. Happened before WW1, mate. Look at the 1906 - 1916 "Liberal" govt. A Socialist's wet dream a lot of the time; even the King was half-Commie!
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  9009. These videos just get better and better. Stalingrad must have really sapped all of Tik's energy preventing these thoughtful and informative videos getting made. This made me think a little more how in America it is Progressives vs. Conservatives yet regardless of which group is in power, the same things happen and nothing really gets done. "Socialists are just puppets of the Elite" I am starting to think any political group is a puppet of the Elite, who I would define as the descendants of owners of vast fortunes of wealth along with the exceptionally gifted who have been corrupted and coerced into their cause of staying on the top of the heap. It seems you don't get to enter politics unless you get past an appointed group of Gatekeepers who decide if you get to be on the ballot. Mosely thought authoritarianism would get things done "in the good interests and welfare of the people." He overlooks the reality that the authoritarians use that power for their own welfare and interests and if you complain, it is off with your head. Mosely seems like a naive ideologue with good intentions.
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  9010. 120 to 160 days of being able to feed yourself...after a major government effort to increase food production.... So....fail.
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  9011. I have been reading and watching history, especially ww2 content, for 40 years, your filthy detailed work is the best i have ever engaged with. the detail and quality is off the scale tik. Please take all the holidays you need, i will never stop accessing your stuff it is amazing mate.:}
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  9012. Of course it was important,it basically exposed the Royal Navy weaknesses as a fighting unit,helped to built sympathy for Great Britain as the "sympathic underdog",undermined the nazi legitimacy as nothing more than pirates. And got the US,ad the whole american continent into an undeclared war with Germany,which on long term was a death sentence.The german could have done more even with such finite resources if they had a proper naval air force,a competent leadership who were more fighters like Wilhelm Marshall and less organizers Raeder,a better cordination between the mon-existent naval air force ,U-boats,and limited surface fleet,and if the admirals actually learned about modern technology instead of having an argument how should a sailor behave :The Royal Navy was far from the dominant force,they even had a mutiny in 1931 because of reduced numbers,wages.On the other hand the Royal Navy got rid self from its weaknesses quite early,admirably
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  9013. Good to see you back, I'd rather you did these videos than take issues with Holocaust deniers and suchlike. "we have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down" comes from Shirer's Rise and fall of the Third Reich", chapter 24, and was apparently a comment made by Hitler to Jodl, but Shirer does not give the source for it.
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  9014. Best Monday I’ve had in a few weeks Welcome back TIK
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  9015.  @mojewjewjew4420  He lives in the UK. It is getting insane there.
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  9016. You might want to retract that statement when Canada is euthanizing its disabled and depressed citizens
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  9017. But TIK the Nazis are Capitalists! They Privatized the country! My Marxist educators told me so!
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  9018. That's the problem with the Internet, I guess. And as human beings, it seems we often dwell on the negative comments rather than the positive ones. However, you seem to have the negative commentaries pretty well summed up there :)
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  9019. Thank you... also before I watch😀 From Transilvania-România, thank you for your fantastic work!
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  9020. yarr! don't ferget to arr-arr yer eye-arrs TIK XD
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  9021. Angela, I do YouTube videos & at times spend 2 hours looking through archives for ONE photo! Yes, some people have no idea the work that TIK puts into this. Well said!
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  9022. 12:00 I think there's a third explanation why he remade 6th army: because he's a socialist. This is partially heartless, but to the social organism, the death of its members - even hundreds of thousands - is irrelevant. The organism lives on. It doesn't do to leave an arm or leg cut off (neither practically nor "morally"). Beyond that it's just details. We can justify that in recreating 6th army, he honored its sacrifice as others would fight on in their name. Or that he was a heartless bastard who replaced them before their bodies were even cold, or stopped moving for that mater. Or that it made little difference and he might as well. Nazi Germany, like all of humanity, was built by the dead, but built for the living.
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  9023. I just got a notification that someone replied to a comment I made on Episode 5. I made that comment 3 YEARS ago.
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  9024. Will we be returning to North Africa after the end of this series? Also, you definitely deserve a break after this is over, good stuff as always.
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  9025. Just wanted to let you know that I appreciate your work very much. Thank you
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  9026. Erdogan smashing that unlike button
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  9027. Yo Tik, love the Erdogan dig. Great video as always.
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  9028. The quality is so high i can't watch any other documentaries lol . keep the insane work tik
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  9029. It was a German calling another German a fascist, though. While I think fascism and nazism are basically two branches of the same tree, TIK is right that a German wouldn't have called another German fascist.
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  9030. This is such amazing detail. Thanks for the video.
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  9031. Thanks for taking this on Tik. A lot of us had figured out there was something wrong with the popular long standing simple minded assumptions about National Socialism but didn’t do the hard work of analyzing just what. I see you’ve really kicked over an ant hill with this one.
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  9032. Ah, the FinnishBolshevik! By all accounts a master of falsity for the left on YouTube. I never laughed so hard during covid as watching his videos of the Show Trials in the USSR. His videos are truly food for the credulous. There isn't a device capable of measuring his historic misinformation, he could run bs circles around Bubba Clinton
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  9033. I love this video, come back to it a lot. Would like to see one of these guys debate you on this subject. But I don't think they will, it a lot easier to criticise someone without having them present to counter said critisism.
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  9034. You know the commies are insincere is when they start name calling and what gave it away was when they told their listeners NOT not listen to your 4+hour video. They know they have no intellectual arguments to counter your claims, that's why they attack you by saying 'you're dumb' and say '...first 15 of Tik's video was krap bla bla bla'. Sadly the weak minded will fall for their nonsense, I'm equating their weak mindedness to socialism.
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  9035. Its quite obvious these ppl dont watch your full vid b4 unsuccessfully trying to discredit what you say.
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  9036. It’s so refreshing to see someone, let alone a YouTuber, who is able to state his case without getting angry or throwing insults back at his critics. If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s people who do the opposite of what this man does. How are we ever going to persuade the other side if we’re just going to stoop to their level?
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  9037. One thing about TIK is he doesn't stoop to belittling unless it's deserved. Almost every single time he fights absurdity with rational and facts. Stay the course TIK keep putting forth fact based history. If more people used LOGIC instead of emotion to reason things out we would live in a better world
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  9038. Thanks for the video TIK, very informative as always. I do have a couple of questions though. I hear many people call cooperations "private cooperations", does that even make sense if cooperations are publicly owned? Also, just out of curiosity, if you believe in free market capitalism, do you believe then that cooperations should be dissolved/taken off the public market, and run as private enterprises. Or in your opinion, do public cooperations have a positive impact on economics? I guess what I'm asking is whether or not private enterprises should stay private. Apologies if I've got my terminology wrong.
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  9039. 26:06 I never watched the video but I've listened to it probably 4 to 5 times because it is a huge video and its alot of information. I put as much time into listening to it as I have read mein kamf because yet people dont want to actually research they want to spout nonsense
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  9040. 15:18 The reason people mob is not because you say something stupid, it's because they are idiots. It's like when I explain was fascism and third position is to people say fascism is capitalist when fascist corporatism is not capitalist. But they will claim to know it better than an Ex-Fascist
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  9041. 6:17 The reason the reason the Roman empire gave out bread was so Roman Citizens would spend more on luxury goods and increase the trade that was going on. And that is socialism since socialism doesnt care about the reason for doing egalitarian activites as long as they are doing egalitarian activities like described
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  9042. I admire you for trying to change people's minds Tik, I do however think that most people are unable to have a debate on most subjects, especially subjects that involve politics. In my opinion you are fighting a losing battle trying to debate people who will never change their opinion no matter what evidence you give them.
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  9043. Wow that closing quote, It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance... Wow.
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  9044. Wow... It's easy to disagree with your economic views, @TiK... But not easy to do it as badly as these guys.
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  9045. They are Ingsoc
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  9046. I've not long found your videos, I have watched the socialism videos all the way through; I am a fellow historian who came to the same conclusions you have about 5 years ago when studying. I got into a massive argument with another classmate when I said Britain isn't capitalist for the reasons you describe. It was interesting because he lost his temper massively. He isn't a socialist, but the thought Britain isn't really capitalist really bothered him. Please keep these up, I'm enjoying them.
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  9047. I am starting to wonder whether they are trying to professionally troll and thrive on it for some views? I don't know, it's hard to grasp that they are really genuine at all. It would've been nice to see a reaction video to yours (TIK) and argue your logic/interpretation with their thinking, but I never like it when the arguement has to begin and end with insults. Apart from that, it seems like those videos where people review a book or movie without reading/watching it.
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  9048. I'm starting to think a lot of hard leftwing language is literally Newspeak. It's like a mash up of contradictory values that makes no sense. They want to be seen as pro-autonomy against authoritarians, but all of their concrete political beliefs are on the more authoritarian end of the political spectrum. I got to the point of being so fed up by nonsense that I questioned if "capitalism" exists at all, and determined it does NOT. It seems like this has been a term created by leftwing revolutionaries to make the rest of society seem like a political system, so they can pretend it's political authoritarianism and reject it. This is why the term is so debated; some people who want healthy economies that are open and voluntary are willing to call this "capitalism". The problem is it's not a centralized system; it's decentralized representing the behavior and choices of thousands to millions of people. On top of that, there is a trend in calling liberalism capitalism by both liberal supporters and leftwing authoritarians who are against "liberal capitalism". None of it makes any sense! Decentralized relationships and economic behavior is not an ISM.
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  9049. This was fun lol! Don’t let it beat you up. Your work is great and your mind is clear. These dudes are acting like religious zealots projecting what they want the objective definitions to be to suit their desires. Not worth stressing over. You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.
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  9050. This might sound crazy, but Hitler is actually a national socialist. This means that he wants to create a people's community on the national level. This is neither capitalism nor marxism
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  9051. My stock reply to this one. It is a spectrum in a sense, but they have existed as almost every possible ratio of mixture so far. The politico-economic system, known as Capitalism, was discovered only by philosophical, specifically ethical advancement. It can only exist in conditions of political freedom, and the most pure form of Capitalism that has existed, was the United States in the 19th Century, the discoverers. The result of this discovery was the industrial revolution, and the largest standard of living increase in recorded, and even theoretical, human history. Even if you combined the world income per year for the last 3k years, it would not surpass the instant wealth and living standard boom. So, we know what happens as the spectrum tilts further toward Capitalism(economic freedom, rights, property), flourishing. Marxism, I use as a term for any ideology that spawned from Marx's Hegelian influenced ideas. Most world -isms as a result fall under this classification. This was what happened when you take F.G.W. Hegel seriously, and wanted to see "epic action". Marx made a framework for revolution, almost as if he included the key variables as (blanks) for convenient filling in as appropriate for the context of intended use. "Convince (the pawns) that they are the most powerful, or entitled, group in society. Point to the (easy scapegoat) and claim that they are oppressors, or malicious, and are the only obstacle in the way of (juicy goal) and your future. Incite, and inspire (Epic Action). Bloodbaths ensue. Economies are destroyed or bled and rendered impotent to the extent that the scale tilts to the Marxist side. Marxism is(Force, Sacrificial Killings, Theft, Brutality) Example of a Nazi Marxist Framing. "Convince "the Aryan Nation" that they are the most powerful, or entitled, group in society. Point to the "Jews" and claim that they are the oppressors, or malicious, and are the only obstacle in the way of the victory of "the master race" and your future. Incite, and inspire (Epic Action). Bloodbaths ensue. Economies are destroyed or bled and rendered impotent. You can use this with China's Cultural Revolution, Bolshevik uprising in Russia, and any other smaller example of Marxist uprisings, all used that framework. Government =/= Socialism Socialism requires political power centralization, due to the collective sacrifice of the individuals. Someone must step up to manage the gangs or pressure groups that arise when the "individual" is ignored. Capitalism is at its best under a neutered state, limited to only protecting individual rights to life. If the state can initiate force for any reason, the poison has begun its course. Conclusion. Marxist derived ideologies are all the same. Poison. There is no fence to sit on. Good and Evil exist. Good is life, and Evil is Death. Please pick a side, and don't buy the "Cult of Moral Greyness" thing. Mixed economies are caustic mixtures of opposing ingredients, and will ultimately disintegrate if the poison is not extracted. I hope you have a wonderful evening.
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  9052. You wanna...ya know...right? Cause if you do stuff...right, then ya know...right? And, and, and, and...if you...you know, do that thing...right? Then it's not socialism...right?
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  9053. Getting OWNED 🇻🇳⚒️by someone who doesn't believe in private property?
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  9054. The corporations are a creation of law. The state create a fiction which recognisance the personality of the corporation separated of the individuals who are in reality in charge of then and those individuals are restricted by the law which create them. So technically we can't say that corporation or partnerships are private.
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  9055. I’m actually curious because of the Roman empire and they did have a thing called the collegium, the Roman guild. As we know guilds are trade unions which is just another way of saying syndicalism and syndicalism is basically corporatism. Even Marx calls guilds feudal Socialism. Part of the inspiration for Italian fascism was the Roman empire so it’s not offbeat to say Rome was guild socialist and so was fascist Italy? You even have the spawning of it from syndicalism. Even the Nazis had a national trade union that controlled the economy.
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  9056. "What has racism got to do with socialism?" My god, LISTEN! LEARN! THINK!
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  9057. this video gave me an epiphany on socialism - the average socialist doesn't understand the concept of the individual. in their minds capitalism & socialism are just 2 competing forms of collectivism - socialism is ownership of the means of production by the ppl, while capitalism is ownership of the means of production by the "bosses" (eg. corporations). am i missing something or is that the basic issue?
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  9058. 38:37 “maybe I’m wrong but I doubt it”. Oooooh the irony!
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  9059.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm the third one, then. Being supported by Conservatives was misleading to some of us.
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  9060.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hey, thanks for the answer, i never thought i would get your attention... :) That is a funny claim akin to 50 cent army... My theory is that they seem to have a cognitive problem with the fact they can't accept that they were fooled. That is kinda psychological, it is kinda normal that consciously or subconsciously people try their best to give excuses for anything that they learned wrong but pushed so hard... Because if they are wrong, they have to deal not only with the fact they lost time in their lives, but the fact they made misleading propaganda to other people. It is more like an ego battle to defend their social and personal integrity...
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  9061. I found you a few days ago and it reignited my interest in early twentieth century history, so thanks for that. Also, that Mike Mcmike guy is STILL in that comment section to this day arguing with people, using ad hominem and a slew of other logical fallacies to try and "win" arguments, it's actually hilarious. He also calls himself a poli-sci major, which is absolutely laughable, but also somewhat believable with how much of an extremist he is. I can't imagine how sad of a life you have to have to do that.
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  9062. they are full of shit, you have presented the most honest and rational argument on this subject that i have ever come across
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  9063. those goofs could just watch sections 5 and 6 of TIK's original video and half of their points were crushed already, the other half is just childish whining 'it can't be like that, i don't believe it' and TIK really is spoonfeeding information in his vids so everything is extremely clear and can be processed more easily, so it is evident right from the stard that they havent watched the video
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  9064. TIK. We have differences when debating the western front... But. This video of yours on Hitler's Socialism is absolutely 💯 % SPOT ON. And I hope that people are noticing this as well. If you watch carefully. There is HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WORKS OF HISTORIAN AND POLITICIANS... Clearly politicians have politically oriented wiev on historical events. THAT IS BY DEFINITION NOT HISTORY BUT POLITICS ... Thus this is not objective and genuine work ...
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  9065. I thought it was common knowledge Hitler was a full blown socialist! They just dont want to have thier idiotic failed idea's to be associated with Hitler because even morons have some standards and they would never get so many to join lol.
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  9066. I love how they say "Tilk" as if to make it all the more obvious that they aren't paying attention to anything.
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  9067. that Google chrome logo has my dying
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  9068. hahahhaha wtf thumbnail is so good
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  9069. 2nd
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  9070. On critical race theory you have to remember a lot of this comes from American thinkers in the American context with American exceptionalism in full display. You see no American thinks we would ever do the things Hitler did. ( Of course ignoring what we did to the American Indians.) Then there's a fact most of the critical race thinkers are Black people. We are a minority of this country we would never ever have the power to commit genocide. That said since you are British I will inform you of something you may not know. You are not a racist, but this is a thing racist white Americans would believe and say going back through from abolitionism to Martin Luther King. A conspiracy theory which tries to say that all black civil rights movements are all about white genocide . That black people want to enslave white people and/or genocide white people this is said by a surprising number of is the number of people now. Call it critical race theory when a black person and a white person have a baby and genocide when that happens that happens because they don't consider the baby white. They call it critical race theory to see a book in schools about Rosa Parks! You are clearly talking about the actual academic study of critical race theory which happens in colleges, and which does have some Marsist inspired thinkers. In the American discourse CRT has been equated with pretty much any aspect of the civil rights movement. Just as in the past you can find people who called Martin Luther king a communist in favor of white genocide which is of course ridiculous. Dictated to my phone while going through a drive-through to get fast food like a real American. Edited again to add a link. https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/white-genocide I've even been accused of being anti White for supporting Ukraine somehow. A question for you was the US really capitalist from the start ? Back when it did have slavery and anti Amerindian genocide or was that something else? I think it was an economic theory called physiocracy at work which is more of an evolutionary ancestor to both capitalism and socialism which placed land ownership in the center of it all. Coupled with American exceptionalism and a sense of White Anglo Saxon protestant supremacy in at least some of the ruling class.
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  9071. Evans might be a marxist but he has utterly rejected postmodernism so he's still of use.
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  9072. It's funny you have to write a long disclaimer for reading a book. The free West.
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  9073. Yup. Canada's screwed.
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  9074. TIK has an Instagram? Someone must have kidnapped Lewis and replaced him with a lizard clone. He will slowly start shifting toward woke-statist propaganda. When future historians will look to see when was the first sign Lewis as we knew him was gone - this is it. Damn you lizards! You will roe the day!
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  9075. I think the up-to-the-minute version of this would be the temptation I now feel to think of Vladimir Putin as "madman Putin". Despite the immense evil he and his regime are inflicting, I think it's clear that they have reasons for doing so, that those reasons are logical consequences of false beliefs about Russia and the West, and that the beliefs are the product of particular life experiences, most notably Putin's experience of the fall of communism in East Germany.
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  9076. First
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  9077. That is funny. I just discovered your channel watching your first video about Market Garden. Currently I'm in a middle of translating it into Polish, but its gonna take a while because its about 2 hours.
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  9078. Socialism is about equality of poverty. Unless you are in Party leadership.
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  9079. Curtis Yarvin calls it "adaptive religion". That Gnostic mystery power cult memeplex multiplies in public schools like malaria depends on mosquitoes. The secular schools are vaccinated against religions, but not against the infection of the atheistic branch of quakers.
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  9080. Amazing work Tik, this series has been awe inspiring and is probably going to be the most thorough work on this battle for a long time to come!!
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  9081. I made it all the way through. Watched everything. Congrats tik on this amazing documentary
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  9082. A superb series TIK that has already become the definitive reference on The Battle of Stalingrad. Many thanks for your total devotion and commitment to telling this history warts and all in a meaningful and complete way. Totally factual and relevant from start to finish. Excellent. Bravo for your hard work.
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  9083. While a response video would be great, I wouldn’t blame him for not doing so. Fredda is a total hack and fallacious arguments are a pestilence in his video.
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  9084. Such an amazing video on a little known raid.
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  9085. Great history by someone who does his Homework!
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  9086. I would argue that NAZI propaganda posters appear a bit clumsy and "in your face". I think modern propaganda is a lot more subtle and effective at influencing large parts of the population without them realising they are being subjected to propaganda.
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  9087. With the Nazi propaganda equating capital exchange and commerce as "evil", "diseased" and "Jewish" how can anyone believe that the Nazis were right-wing and not socialists? This erroneous image was begun by Stalin's USSR during WWII. It stuck and continues to this day. It has become a tool of left-wingers to equate conservatives with Nazis, which is blatantly false. We might have hoped that our education system would enable students to discern this with proper teaching methods. Instead they promote this notion.
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  9088. With all the purple guys you would think this video is some game theory about FNAF
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  9089. Great video Tik. You are doing great noble work by exposing the long standing lies of socialism, nazism, etc. that have misguided millions for decades.
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  9090. Sadly TIK history I posted some of your videos on a Discord group I'm in and everyone there almost immediately dismissed you as not a "real historian" and guess what happened when I pointed out that you cite your sources and where you get your facts from? They said "Yeah well so did David Irving!" Man socialism is a cult.
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  9091. Teenagers will forever fall for it. But how you guide them out of it will produce a different outcome
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  9092. Very well done as always!! This video reminds me of just how much I have learned from you. You also inspired me to read Mein Kampf a year ago. I have come to appreciate just how dangerous propaganda is and as Hitler recognized, most be people can be influenced!
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  9093. Thanks, I had never understood Marx's anti-semitism in spite of being Jewish, even after your video on it. I was thinking about anti-semitism the way the NatSocs conceived of it.
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  9094. 3.00 i'm pretty sure that the cross in the background belongs to the jew, as if to say: even if you convert, you're still a dirty jew
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  9095. TIkhistory....have you ever thought about making some of these videos into YouTube shorts?... like the one about Karl marx being an antisemite.... a LOT of people don't know about that.
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  9096. Ok, let's do a poll then; Are you a Nazi - yes, no? Do you hate Jews? - yes, no? Do you wish you could have been in the Wehrmacht in the 30s and 40s? - yes, no? Do you think ethnic cleansing could have merits - yes, no? Who would ever answer a poll honestly even if they believed these things? Polling is grossly overrated as a way to determine what people want or are thinking. Ask Hillary how accurate she believes polls are, especially on an emotionally charged subject.
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  9097.  @TheImperatorKnight  If not for the fact that you only do History and not Lore like Arch Warhammer (who recently got reinstated, yay!), I would've advised you do a Lore series for a 'dark' setting like 40K or the web-serial Worm by Wildbow.
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  9098. Question: is it possible that Zhukov's information uses the old calendar? The soviets switched Russia from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar, which was 13 days ahead. Apparently though, some parts of society, notably, the Church, continued to use the Julian calendar. If so, then we might find that his numbers make more sense if you add 13 days. This may or may not be consistent. I doubt Zhukov was highly religious, but it may well be that keeping track of the days gets hard. Religious holidays can be easy markers... and these would be wrong for the modern calendar. If the dates keep being wrong, it might be worth checking for that. I assume historians have long checked that and it doesn't work out, and that it's just "politically correct", but worth asking.
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  9099. Hey Tik great video but I have always wondered how hard is it to find the profile images of the generals and ranks of both the german and the soviets. Did you find them in the books you used as sources or a single Google search was enough?
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  9100. After beginning to read when Titans clashed i started to appreciate your videos more. It was hard to understand where the units where attcking.
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  9101. Fuckers dropped mortars on my field kitchen, can’t have shit in Stalingrad
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  9102. I never knew that soviets almost lost it all on the very first day of city fighting.
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  9103.  @greg.kasarik  yes the detail is better than the skipped across overviews we are used too, including the pissed off chef who refused to make meals after being bombed out of his kitchen x 2
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  9104. Stop it with these filthy detailed videos. I know the local member of Parliament and he is going to make a law that will outlaw your content. Brah!
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  9105. How the hell do u do all this work man, excellent job, this is historical research at its finest.
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  9106. First!
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  9107. Great start for a video, straight to the point without all sorts of stupid bells and whistles, ADHD intros.
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  9108. Just found this - l have an interest in this titanic battle and this with the maps is a real gem Thank you
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  9109. Thank you TIK for another great video.
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  9110. At this point it sounds as if both armies are so depleted that 10 soldiers could make a huge difference in the outcome. Maybe they should have moved the artillery during the dark of night. You would think the average soldier knew that the artillery would be further back than they are. Maybe some of them had been farmers two weeks previously.
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  9111. Wonderful work, Tik! Thank you! Every time, I see a new episode of your Stalingrad series, I just get motivation to play the great Battlefield Europe mod of the Panzer Corps game, where you can - with incredible hard work! - change the outcome of the whole war with the Axis.
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  9112. God I love your videos Tik, so entertaining
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  9113. This is an amazing presentation! Great job!!!
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  9114. have u ever thought of putting the audio of these videos on Apple Music or Apple podcasts? Would mean being able to listen to content on the move without paying the increasing price of YouTube premium.
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  9115. I really love your channel mate. You’ve inspired me to read books and I thank you for that. I was wondering if you can make a video regarding the similarities between Marxian Socialism and Darwinism. Highly recommend you read James Gregors, “Marxism, Fascism and Totalitarianism” He goes into great details between the Proletarian’s will not to be extinct and the supremacy of the proletariat. “The supremacy of the proletariat will cause them to vanish still faster. United action, of the leading civilised countries at least, is one of the first conditions for the emancipation of the proletariat.” *Chapter 2 "The lower middle class, the small manufacturer, the shopkeeper, the artisan, the peasant, all these fight against the bourgeoisie, to save from extinction their existence as fractions of the middle class. They are therefore not revolutionary, but conservative.” https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm
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  9116. Is that why he said Gott mit uns
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  9117. Ayy
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  9118. 44:30 Ridgway sounds to me like Patton here... only the "yellow-belly's" remark is missing...
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  9119. I may have misheard it but it sounds like you said that Hitler started the Ardennes offensive against the Americans and assorted allies in 1942 instead of 1944.
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  9120. Where's the historical proof that Montgomery cared for his men more than Eisenhower or Bradley cared for their men. That sounds like a lot of opinionated nonsense. From what I've seen and read Montgomery cared for Montgomery. I'm not saying that he cared any less for his men than anyone else but I don't see any proof that he cared any more.
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  9121. Watched and commented. Screw YouTube, it hates history channels.
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  9122. Excellent video.. i've always found it crazy how Montgomery comes out of WW2 for being this arrogant bluffer who consistently exaggurates his contributions and has a revisionist view of things and yet the US command was full of characters like Patton, Bradley and Ridgway. That isn't me saying Montgomery is innocent at all, just that they were all obviously as bad as each other, i think the only difference was that the US generals (and admirals) behaviour often feel driven by jingoism whereas Montys behaviour was purely about his own self perception.
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  9123.  @TheImperatorKnight  you’re an inspiration, and I appreciate all that you do!
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  9124. Respect to TIK for pausing Stalingrad. You're not letting anyone down. It was a decision you had to make
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  9125. Go go gadget algorithm boost!
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  9126. Tik you made a minor mistake at 5:05. You said 16th of december 1942
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  9127. Hey TIK Great video again. Keep them coming but don't burn yourself out.
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  9128. Bro cannot take a break 💀
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  9129. You seem to consider Glantz's work as reliable.......was gonna ask what you felt about Stahel's work as I just bought his "Operation Barbarossa and Germany's Defeat in the East" and then saw your reference to him in your sources......was thinking of getting "When Titan's Clash".....now I will...as well as the one mentioned by Fritz......thanks for all......Lmao....."I'll let you have an opinion"......and one more lol......"Bah Humbug"!!!!.....my sediments exactly......but do have happy holidays never the less.......I mean ....why the hell not?
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  9130. The speech bubbles often have such underrated jokes. And in comic sans too!
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  9131. Wow, that was quick! Have you really take a break, or you just work on this episode? Anyway, great to see you back!
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  9132. I feel like he gave pretty good reasons for for his credulity or incredulity in each case. Where do you feel like there was a Russian story dismissed or German story believed without an explanation of why? And, since this is the internet, I'll clarify that I'm asking genuinely, with an open mind to the possibility that maybe he is biased.
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  9133. "Gimme gimme gimme some bullets after midnight" Really??? :D Great episode, as always!
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  9134. this was a perticularly good episode
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  9135. Every time i feel usless i would think of Yeremenko
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  9136. Nooo, I couldnt beat you ;-;
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  9137. Socialism is when you help build monopolies, privatize shipbuilding steelmining docks and the railways, the word Re-privatisation is created to describe your policies and you kill the strasserists calling them "Salon communists"
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  9138. You are the first european I have heard of who understands nazism. National socialism versus international socialism. Nazism vs communism. Now tell us where europe and the states are going with socialism based on "cultural marxism" and intersectionality? Cultural marxism does not push the elimination of the ruling class but of the ruling racial and sexual group, white males.
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  9139. Ask 30 socialists how many branches of socialism exist and you will get 30 different answers
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  9140.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for the reply! Maybe something short like the Russian War 42-43 as that seems to be the body of most your work. If you're looking for a change of pace - There seems to be very little modern work done on Operation Husky (Sicily). Podcast might be a good idea as well. I'd tune in! Just me. Keep up the outstanding work!
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  9141. Man Tik, you've really got me doing things. I've ordered Hitler's Beneficiaries and Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler. This was after I ordered, and received Shattered Sword, a book about Midway.
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  9142.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm locked and loaded with my new AR15 in Texas.
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  9143. Fanatificationness
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  9144. You do a fantastic work! Keep it up, I've just finished watching your series about Market Garden it's brilliant.
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  9145. Burn them?
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  9146. TIK Great review. 5⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ worth. Keep 'em coming.
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  9147. Third!
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  9148. So many cringe-worthy comments out there whey they claim nonsense without citing sources, really. Thank you for keeping up with them.
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  9149. @TIK jeebus, vid's barely up 24 hours and some of the comments... yikes how the hell do you stomach it?
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  9150. Could you make a video series on economics
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  9151. Tik I love your content m8 and I really like that you've gone in all this effort to explain many economic related subjects from our common perspective instead of just saying : go read rothbard or go read x ( x insert any austrian economist). It's easier this time and age to recommend a video to someone than a book ii think. But as for the last thing you said, to stick it up to the stick to tanks camp, well I wouldn't be bothered if you did. The reason I came to the channel first place was due to m. History ( my hobby since I was kid, so you just make it easier for me to gain info without breaking my budget) and the rest are the extra treats that keep me coming back every day to watch what I have missed. Keep the good job
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  9152.  @TheImperatorKnight  exactly. Easiest example is Paulus. Fact is he did not attempt a breakout. So in this case Paulus dumb right? NO. That's why we need to consider more than just facts to understand the whole picture
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  9153. That tax man joke was great 😂😂. The level of British sarcasm in this video is amazing I’m loving it.
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  9154. Love your videos TIk whether its tanks or economics.
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  9155. You are one of the better intellects on youtube. Your economic talks got me hooked but I have for years been wondering if any of the Hitler boys got into Blavatsky or the other witch Alice Bailey. That video had me subscribing. You not only show your face, but you CITE YOUR SOURCES bravo! I would not waste too much time with back of the class critics who are just looking for a face to punch, these clowns cherry pick on some phrase or another and then stop your video when they know they got a demon and reach for their gun, don't waste your time honoring their "critique", they don't honor yours
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  9156. How is it possible to be Anarco Socialist, where the government is weak or doesn’t exist and still has control over the means of production? It must be an oxymoron like State Capitalism.
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  9157.  @Hunterchuck  I believe it was an honest mistake since the error is very simple to trace. Besides there's no ideological reason for him to overblow the famine, the one he mentions happened before the communists came to power.
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  9158.  @samsonsoturian6013  I blame the idiots who fall for the liars, and the YouTube algorithm for pushing his garbage channel. He's just your typical rich kid spoiled brat champagne socialist.
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  9159. It's so frightening how Lenin and these communists are worshipped by very influential people out here today like Second Thought.
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  9160. the Marxist idea of democratic dictatorship is why we have countries like Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). But leftists will say that you can't say that the followers of a mid-twentieth century Austrian painter were socialist. Or that he was a socialist. Because you wouldn't call North Korea democratic would you?
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  9161. Tik you’re my favorite YouTuber ong,you show how these people truly think and feel and how they try to deceive everyone around them.I’m only 21 but I remember when I was younger reading and believing this stuff and thinking why none of it made sense and your channel is a treasure trove of exactly why because it’s not supposed to,it’s supposed to contradict itself to lie to anyone who read it to not get the real message
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  9162. Great video. Historians it seems skip over the fundamentals of the operating "software" of most important figures. His brother provided the framework and intellectual blueprint for the revolution....in my view. Great post. Remarkable.
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  9163. For a person claiming to care so much about people , he wasn't really very compasionate towards their suffering. How typical, how telling.
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  9164. It's easy to pass the blame to the guys that are no longer around to defend themselves.
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  9165. I think your theory about The Vinnitsa Conference is correct, but incomplete. If Halder convinced Hitler that the Don flank was not an immediate issue, because the city would fall in 10 days (which, if true, would make sense), but later Paulus and Weichs say they can't guarantee that and that they need reinforcements, the logical next step in the conference should be "so now that we know it's likely the city won't fall in 10 days, what DO we do with the Don flank?". At the very least they should make some contingency plans, like "we try to take the city in 10 days, but if we fail, we do x". But you do not mention any such plans being made, so I think we are missing some element of the puzzle. The simplest conclusion would be that Hitler chose to believe Halder over the commanders in the field, which would make him just as guilty of the mistake and looks somewhat strange in the face of him loosing faith in Halder a few days back. Second option that comes to my mind is that Paulus and Weichs eventually gave in to the pressure and said "ok, if you give us those reinforcements, we can take Stalingrad in 10 days". Third option would be that everyone realized that, until the allied armies arrive, they don't have enough reserves to both attack the city, attack the Caucasus and secure the Don flank, so they chose the least bad option, but I think such discussion would leave a trace, at least in memoirs of some of the participants. One thing I also find strange is the subject of Caucasus completely disappearing from the discussion. I mean Hitler just a few days prior to the conference feared the war was lost because of a failure there, raged at his generals and took personal command of the forces, yet during the conference he agreed to focus the effort on the city and to send Paulus reinforcements, which he probably could use in the Caucasus? Sus.
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  9166. Christmas came early!!!!!!
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  9167. Regarding the 76th Infantry Division's non-participating in the Stalingrad city fighting, it is most remarkable that seemingly no one by the authors of many books bothered to go to a veteran, especially a division, regiment or battalion-level officer or NCO, of the 76th ID and simply ask 'was your division engaged in battle for Stalingrad proper?' . Even failing that hard work, a researcher could have consulted the Bundeswehr, NARA, UK military archives as there were many records from the period, e.g. division, army, corps operational diaries. Sloppy or lazy authorship. There is a saying about history, viz. that the further away from the event in time the more apt the truth is to be found. This is most true in the case of Stalingrad.
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  9168. I live in the states. With all the bs and covid im glad I can turn to guys like TIK to get away from it all! Thank you for posting. Im becoming a patron. Also it reminds you that no matter how bad you got it you could of been in the cauldron of death....Stalingrad.
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  9169. Surely I cannot be the only one who wants a separate video about the 28th Detachment of Tank Destroyer Dogs? I propose that it was they who turned the tide of the battle long before Paulus stepped foot into the city. Thanks again for an amazing episode, Tik. Wishing you a happy holidays and a healthy and prosperous new year!
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  9170. I am writing as a fan, who is very impressed with your productions. I saw your video where to opine that your history-degree is worthless. I think I see in your work and attitude, as well as your presentation a plethora of skills that for me are appreciated and esteemed. I hope that you would agree, you have honed valuable skills to a fine edge. I learn from you with each episode, what it is to think like an historian. You have those skills in spades. I am impressed that your degree is a terminal degree in the discipline, a PhD I sense. I don't hear discussion of historiographer anywhere else, nor do I know anyone else who reads 10 books on the same subject to present. Your abundant skills are extremely valuable and you display mastery I don't generally see from any other production. Good wishes, and keep up this fantastic series. A Fan.
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  9171.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well he has customers! Was meaning to ask - is there any way to make one -off donations to your channel? Me and a couple of my mates are not keen on subscriptions but we'd like to fire across some support your way
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  9172.  @TheImperatorKnight  I bought Joly's atlases because he helped you with this - I wouldn't have known about them otherwise
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  9173. The pronanciation of Krylov would be more accurate if you just say krilov/kreelov instead. It`s Russian ы which most westeners cant distinguish from regular i, like in see, me, be and we used to it. Some authors used y for this letter ы but it`s not in any sence sounds like english `y`. Just enter Крылов to google translate to hear the pronanciation.
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  9174. I was notified of this video, but only about 40 minutes ago, for information I am only about 35 minutes into watching this, so perhaps there is something fishy going on with YT if you posted this video nearly 3 hours ago.........excellent vid as always. I don’t agree with YT doing this, but when you use key words like Jews, Nazi and racial in a video then their algorithms will kick in, and doubtless somebody at YT had to vet the video. This is not free speech, this is You Tube......
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  9175. No, Rotterdam. Wrong video mate...
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  9176. Ayo im early
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  9177. Notified before 18.30.
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  9178. I really enjoyed todays video. Thanks for such detailed info!
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  9179. I found it under another videos suggestion. At that point it said it was up for 9 minutes and had 3 views. I would say that this was around 4 hours ago for me :).
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  9180. Lots of youtubers are complaining about this. And about likes and even dislikes disappearing.
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  9181.  @TheImperatorKnight Yeah I have noticed YouTube is at odds with some of your videos and it's disheartening to say the least given the superb work you do. Sorry TIK.
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  9182. I haven't been notified, just saw your video when was scrolling down the YouTube
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  9183. Got recommendation as usual on all Your videos by 1800 CEST. +-5 minutes but that does not count.
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  9184. I got notified about 2 hours ago.
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  9185. 3:33 is that a dawn of war refrence ? happy guardsman noises
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  9186. Stick to ideology TIK. I don't think tanks are for you.
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  9187. Hello Tik. After I found you channel, I have been looking increasingly to your videos and I want to congratulate you for their quality. I am astonished (but I should not be) at the backlash you are receiving from the numerous indoctrinator leftists, who see themselves as "neutral", and judge everything around them on a primitive political basis. What a sad time for free minds! Cheer up!
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  9188. You got verified? Nice to see!
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  9189. Love the series TIK, especially your in depth narrative presented with enthusiasm and very entertaining. Terrific, professionally rendered, graphics and photos. They really support the strategy and tactics and give life to the details! All in all the series is emotionally stirring. Nice job.
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  9190. No one ever said that their Captain was good at reading maps. Clearly he got lost on exercise and ended up in the wrong city on the wrong continent and facing the wrong direction. It could happen to anyone!
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  9191. lol did you just have paulus singing fleetwood mac?..... nicely done if so
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  9192. Keep up the great work!
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  9193. He did one before but I think he privated them. I feel like he thinks video games are a waste of time and he could do more productive things, like make more economy videos, hopefully.
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  9194. It’s about time you got back to sticking to tanks lol (obv sarcasm)
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  9195.  @TheImperatorKnight  that is a mental fact I always like to bring up. That 2% saved them from famine in the 90s when the collective system totaly collapsed.
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  9196. Those awesome ones - your patrons - without whom, folk such as me would never get to see your superb videos - are the ones whose opinions matter.
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  9197. Yes! Saved evening! :)
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  9198. A bit of good news I found a good picture of Richard von Schwerin in the Bundeswehr archive but the bad news you have to pay it. Also if you need help updating the german unit cards you can perhaps teach me how to do it but I have no experience in photoshopping and the whole thing can result in failure.All the relevant information is in the updated word document in the link I send two weeks ago.
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  9199.  @vladdrakul7851  USA is not a free market capitalist nation anymore specially since 1971 when they abandoned the gold standard. Prove is that public spending is more than 35% of its GDP. US economy is dictated by the politicians through the FED "a-la-Soviet" way.
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  9200. I love how tik is a free market capitalist. Its so refreshing with how the media has become overall.
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  9201. side note. i recommend the audible version of basic economics by tom sowell cuz its 24 hours long and the one he posted is 9 hours. much more content thats all relivant.
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  9202. Your explanation about how prices are come by was awesome
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  9203. This is a brief reply to multiple comments on the impossibility of applying free market economics to soldiers in combat. The Mercenary. The only type of soldier that would exist in fully free market economy. They operate (the genuinely professional ones anyway) exclusively on a profit or loss basis and do buy their own bullets, even when they are taking them of the dead, as they would be doing in a combat situation. In that scenario the mercenary is still actually buying his ammunition as he used his skills as currency to kill the loser whose ammo he is taking: the ammo acquired is his return on investment (ROI). i.e. he effectively bought his required additional bullets while under fire. In a fully free market economy there would not be the myriad of different incompatible equipment, in particular ammo, that is found in the war between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Efficiency would demand a very limited selection of ammo and equipment that all sides would use to ensure availability when needed. The point is that it is very possible to set a genuine price on battlefield activities in a fully free market economy and that price can be used to determine logistics.
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  9204. BRAVO, Sir! There is only one economic law: The Law of Supply and Demand. In the modern world, J.M. Keynes is revered by politicians and Socialists around the world because he had a plausible explanation allowing said governments to manipulate their economies as if the only law was not a law, not even a suggestion. Commentators here have so far ignored your message and focused on the historical records. That's too bad. But I suspect they have missed the bigger point as they are lost in the lie that Ends Justify Means (EJM). This leads to all wars. There is no profit in war, there never was and there never will be however people are lost among the trees of history and cannot see the forest. Subscribe tonight and sharing your wisdom with all of my friends, those who see and those still blind to the fundamental lie of this world: EJM.
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  9205. You even recommend Thomas Sowell, it just keeps getting better!
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  9206. Excellent video TIK! The vast majority of folks don't intermingle logistics and economics, let alone in an understandable manner, so it's always great listening to and learning what you have to say.
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  9207. War is a waste of resources
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  9208.  @davidkenkadze115  Or that war in most cases is socialized losses, and privatized profits.
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  9209. One of the greatest explanations of free markets on YouTube... I was about to bring up Mises then you did it for me.. absolutely legendary material...
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  9210.  @linusteir  or you can just watch the videos about tanks and let him post whatever he wants no one is forcing you to listen.
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  9211. Best channel on youtube, i actually love your political and economic videos as much as your war ones, its refreshing to hear an intelligent voice for capitalism when so few are about, i too am a reformed socialist (phew) ! but you very neatly explain why capitalism is so efficient, ive heard 1 million times the markets are more efficient but no one explained why, well now i know at least one reason.
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  9212. YouTube automatically deletes comments that contain certain combination of words, antisemitic or racist comments.
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  9213. I wonder if this video will attract more braindead Neo Nazis than your video about the non-historian David Irving. I hope so, I could use a laugh
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  9214. Which sea did Hitler sail across? I laughed so hard. Yes, I Do need to get out more.
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  9215. Do you think Hitler's shaking hand was in part caused by withdrawal symptoms?
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  9216. Blood and Stocks!
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  9217. Socialists trip up on this, for whatever reason. In order to have socialism, the State needn't technically own the means of production, just control it. The fact is, if you control something, that means that you de facto own it, but that's an unnecessary detail.
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  9218. Wrong. Even Marx disagrees with you. That’s just a lie.
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  9219. It's Gaslighting by the left. Rewriting history to suit their leftist agenda and mantra. Socialism good: Capitalism bad.
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  9220. Leftist, socalism is defined by state control of the economy. The problem for these leftist is they can't stomach that their ideology lead to groups such as the NAZIs. To avoid reality, they ignore any ideology that doesn't match their Marxist definition of "control". Control has to be how they define it, however perverted that is. We see them on display everyday, just change the definition of a word and now they are right.
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  9221. This is sadly the most popular misconception about the Nazis. To a point that I literally have to explain to people that a POLITICAL PARTY is not PRIVATE. Even if headed by a Dictator calling a Political Party Private is dubious at best. I then have to list out all the organizations/surrogates the Nazi Party created to replace the Functions of the German State, basically sidelining the old German State with the New Nazi Party (ie State).
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  9222. Sorry for the being graphic TIK, but I think I peeded a little.
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  9223. Lol, only 2 years behind? 😇 No problem, we still really appreciate your work
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  9224. this is one of your best videos. thank you and good work! I've read up about this campaign, despite that I learned some new things.
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  9225. YESSSSSSS, THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO.
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  9226. Hi TIK, love your work, been watching your videos since the market garden fiasco and compass videos, also love the Chieftain and Military History Visualized and the 5 minute guide to warships guy. I think a lot of the reason why your getting a lot of left-right topic comments on this video is because everyone has there own perceptions on what is left or what is right on this ambiguous and unhelpful diagram. Even though you state in thr video your basing your left right diagram on Degree of Freedom, people (mainly us americans) still hear what you say with a mindset of "Democrat=left, Republican=right" with everything. Many crazy far left and far right communicators like to either: move communism to the right to make it seem like there is nothing wrong with moving "more left" and thus "this time socialism will work" (we all know how that will go), or they put fascism on the left and say there is nothing wrong with moving more right, but moving left will lead to socialism and fascism, so we must move right at all costs! These are being couched in a Democrat or Republican "us vs them" mentality so that's why you are probably seeing a shitstorm in the comments which dont really relate to the video. Even though you couched it in a degrees of freedom, Americans are probably more polarized so the right sees it as a cheap win against the left and the left sees it as reactionary propaganda and you will no doubt see rebuffs with people trying to convince you that fascism is on the right in the comments, forgetting or even ignoring that your using a different viewpoint on the scale than they are so your views are incomparable! That's why I like the quadrant system, where you have an up-down axis and a left-right axis. It also forces the viewer to think about what your saying and learn something, and not base what your saying up against there preconceived notions. They go "hold on a minute, he's talking about something and labeling it in a system that I've not completely been indoctrinated in, I better pay attention and use my brain", at least until that system gets absorbed and polarized by the general population as a whole. This might be a better system to use, have you thought about it before? If you have and haven't decided to use it, I would love to hear your perspective on it and why you think its not suitable! Maybe a video? I like your perspective on things and value it highly. (Disclaimer, I myself view the climate as a serious issue and that puts me solidly in this binary choice of the left camp, I support restrictions/regulations on businesses for environmental reasons, or to prevent an oligarchy from taking hold and choking out free markets. I personally have been taught that too much of one side or the other is bad, and a blended system works best.)
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  9227. What is fascism? Covid-1984 and the New Normal.
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  9228.  @TheImperatorKnight  as said before, thank you for your time!
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  9229. At least Orwell never had to try and define an 'Antifa'.
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  9230. Why was it restricted? If it is history then it must be heard. Is it critical to the communists as well as the axis countries? Probably "sleeping giants " that complained. They make multiple accounts to make their numbers look larger when making complaints.
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  9231. For those that can stringently apply critical thinking over historical study, it's ludicrously obvious that Communism and Fascism are the same for the end-user/victim. A cage.
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  9232. That's why I wasn't able to like the video. Fortunately I got to watch, because it's an awesome video. I can only assume YouTube wants to cover Nazi war crimes in Greece.
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  9233. not the first
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  9234. I just wish people wouldnt threaten you when they disagree with you
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  9235. Have you actually been trained as a historian? Just as an FYI, a big part of being a historian is to come to a conclusion on the evidence you have of historical events. Its literally trained into you if you do it in professional education so "a true historian does not make his own interpretations " is the opposite of what the system actually is supposed to be.  The whole point of being a historian is to question the evidence, status quo and view events with their own perspective, its how you have multiple historians coming to their own views on the same event. In your world, there would be no true historians on the planet as they all have a bias concious or not and all come to their own conclusions.  TIKs political videos can be a fair bit of hot take imo and I disagree with him on them, but to say what you did screams ignorance of the field.
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  9236. Great rebuttal. Worth the three year wait.
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  9237. @TIKhistory all of your battlestorm series are incredible. Nothing else on the entire web can even come close to comparing to the thought and detail you (and anyone else that may have helped you) have put into these works. Keep the good stuff coming but dont forget to take a breather for yourself every now and then!
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  9238.  @Michael_x7  the trick is to type your comment than copy paste cuz 2 clicks is faster than typing
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  9239. Not fair. You must have some NASA internet
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  9240. thats right but they talk about a modern war which is for a large part dependent of oil.
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  9241. @ 22:45 It appears that Toprani did write a book, "Oil and the Great Powers: Britain and Germany, 1914 to 1945 (Anand Toprani, 2019". Here's a brief review: https://www.energyhistory.eu/sites/default/files/pdf/15_Oil%20and%20the%20Great%20Powers_2.pdf
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  9242.  @TheImperatorKnight  Marx and Lenin would have classed any Christian dominated state as imperial, certainly. Hitler, I'm not sure, as he didn't have a grudge against his parent's religion and he equated the Vikings and Holy Roman Empire with the Germans. The only place all Socialists would agree on wasn't imperial would be archaic "pristine" hunter-gatherer clans that we know little about.
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  9243. First!
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  9244. The problem with TV documentaries is that they purely for entertainment purposes and have to cater to the lowest common denominator. They pick and choose the sensational a lot of the time as that's entertaining to the masses. It's the same with nature documentaries. I did a Zoology degree, about when Blue Planet came out and asked one of my lecturers if he liked it. He said it was rubbish as they hardly mentioned plankton at all and most the life in our seas is plankton. He may have been biased because plankton is his thing.
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  9245. The thing is that you make documentary sized videos as normal ordinary videos. Which is ... Very exhausting for a solo content creator. There should be a throttle back in the amount of releases and fill the intermissions with shorter facts in between, a bridge in a way to make the transition to the bigger project videos a bit fluent.
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  9246. Great video though obviously
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  9247. "He really liked Irn - BRUH..."
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  9248. the end of chapter 2 of the comunist manifest is a instructions guide on how to become a national socialist fascist. communism and fascism are the same thing. the communist are never capable of moving beyond of fascism. fascism is the maximum on the left that they cant go.
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  9249. I'd kind of like to see discussion between you and Weber where you can both present arguments and maybe weber can show some more sources. That said, it's interesting and controversial video.
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  9250. Friggin’ commie and fascist
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  9251. Okay... what I find interesting about this is.. don't Socialist argue that you can not take Hitler's words for it and that his books are nothing but propaganda... YET... they're using Hitler's excuse for being in Munich at the time as truth? So .. seriously, contradictions literally going through the roof on this one. I've run into people on other history channels on youtube who say TIK can not be trusted, he uses Nazi sources, Nazi propaganda, he spreads Nazi propaganda... but from what I've noticed it seems Socialist are the ones doing that at this point, only the Nazi propaganda that is convenient to their world view however.
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  9252. What's funny is neonazis on 4chan literally do the same thing as Hitler, they are constantly using laughably transparent semantical games to try to make their socialism somehow different.
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  9253. Great Vid, again, they all are. Just joined your Patreon to support your work.
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  9254. 20 k subscribers. Congratulations TIK. You deserve it !!!!
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  9255. Hooray! The next episode is out! Keep it up TIK! Congrats! This series nails it! You deserve a holiday!
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  9256. Best history content on YouTube.
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  9257. What a great video! Critical thinking is so evidently lacking in our world, on so many things. People are like sheep. Sheeple. It's great to see someone questioning the standard assumptions. Thanks for sharing.
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  9258. As a trial lawyer I love this video to bits. It is actually a very very good example of how to give an effective closing argument.
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  9259. It wasn't...
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  9260. Peerless
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  9261. The thing that has always bothered me about the Suvorov thesis is - where are the operational orders? Launching an attack on a National Scale is the basis for cutting down whole forests to generate the paper. The Soviet Archives have been open for a good long time now - I would think that if there ever had been such orders written up - it wouldn't have all been destroyed - and someone would have found something by now. I could believe that the Soviets might well have attacked the Germans at some point - but July 1941? No. That I seriously doubt. .
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  9262. Thank you .
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  9263. Never trust the media.
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  9264. This is your best video to date TIK!
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  9265. The early Bird ...
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  9266. Wtf bro
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  9267.  @TheImperatorKnight  Hope it doesn't come to that situation.
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  9268. “Commieservatives” had me rolling on the floor XD
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  9269. Healthcare insurance companies support Obama Care because many more customers are forced to buy their insurance.
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  9270. Happy Independence Day TIK, I think you are not American, but happy day nonetheless.
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  9271. huge state payments to women for child support, taxes on batchelors.. I had no idea feminism was so close to nazism..
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  9272. Love the content👌 TIK keep up good work 👏
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  9273. Very good video please make more economic videos!
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  9274. Because of Tik I’ve read Rothbard and mises probably non stop for the last few weeks, and the primer on economics by Hazlitt is brilliant instead of Foucault and all that nonsense that Hazlitt book should be on every political science and social science course from day one, relates directly to those so called sciences as it does to economics. Most common sense thing I’ve read in years. As a direct result of all that I’ve start an executive mba nothing like learning and I love watching these videos because they are directly relatable to other historic events see Rhodes fro instance or Keynes and is also relatable to a post pandemic economic landscape. Thanks tik top stuff mate!
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  9275. Thank you, TIK from a proud supporter. It never ceases to amaze me that the Leftist trolls who prowl this channel's comment section can hear about a social welfare program that is identical to the types implemented by Communist regimes, a war on wealth and the wealthy that would warm the hearts of any ANTIFA activist, destruction of markets and capital, State control of industry and banking, transfers of wealth by expropriation by the State to give unearned benefits to workers and farmers, and still insist that the Nazis were Right-wing. I know people believe what they want to believe rather than face an unpleasant reality, and this is certainly true of Leftists whose entire Worldview is constructed around wishful thinking. But at some point the stubborn refusal to face the overwhelming evidence that the Nazis and Fascists were Left-wing becomes a malignancy. It's no longer denial to spare one's cherished beliefs, it manifests as a contempt for the truth. To all the Leftists who refuse to recognize your ideological ancestry and play at intellectual bankruptcy by trying desperately to redefine Right and Left, know this: the truth is gaining ground and no amount of pseudo-intellectual gymnastics is going to stop fair-minded people from being persuaded by the evidence.
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  9276. Tik, you should do a series on the historical roots of socialism in its various flavors and guises. Too many only know the Marxist definition and nothing about the predecessors and other socialist ideas. Your discussion of economics helps put historical events in a better context. An interesting parallel to Adolf and his minions is what the Japanese wanted to do in the Pacific and some of the ideas behind traditional imperialism; a semi-closed or closed economic sphere.
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  9277. Unexpectedly, TIK has become the motivational speaker many of us have been needing all this time. Thanks, man.
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  9278.  @mrpinkfreak4168 yes, if you’re economically illiterate.
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  9279. Who would've thought misrepresenting nazis would make people vulnerable to propaganda?
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  9280.  @zantharian57  okay then what is the real history and where are the sources you gained this special knowledge from?
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  9281.  @f1ah  He cared for his country by sending his fellow germans on a futile rampage accross europe resulting in millions of aryans dead?
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  9282. "forced synchronisation". Much like we see with woke socialism sweeping across the Western world right now... It's almost like the people who have been calling everyone else "Fascists", are in fact the Fascists.
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  9283. At 20:50 this is so important... Live in Portugal, everything he says is true here because our government meddles so much compared to the rest of the EU. Always in the tail of the EU no matter how much money Frugal countries send to us... Socialism is the utmost cancer of society.
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  9284.  @f1ah  So that's exactly what you're saying then. He removed them alright, all 6 million of them.
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  9285. Has anybody read The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America by Leonard Peikoff? It goes into this stuff, but I haven’t gotten to reading it. Just wondering what some of the people that have read think of it.
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  9286. Ive bought Antony Beevor stalingrad. In french XD so now i need to wait some more time to read it :/ But great video as allways
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  9287. uhh... A very VERY dumb question so late into the Stalingrad series - Are you using NATO division icons or different ones?
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  9288. It's 2am and I'm having trouble sleeping, so of course this pops up
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  9289. Could you make a video on Hitler’s views on and relationship with Christianity? I see a lot of Nazi apologist attempts to claim Hitler was pro-Christian despite his adoration of paganism, the at odds nature of Nazism with Christianity, and his actions against the Catholic Church if they didn’t fall in line with the Nazi party similarly to how they treated private property. From a lot of material I see on the subject, historians seem to only focus on priests sympathetic to Hitler, or wholly against him without any detail in to why.
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  9290. I find myself rivetted watching each new episode in this series. I can't wait for the next one. Thank you, TIK, this is an excellent production!
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  9291. i'll just stick to: "thanks".
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  9292. Fascinating. Properly representing someone you disagree with. Civil discussion with someone you disagree with. Good use of sources and a paper trail for everything you talk about. I thought that this would just be one of your analyses going in, but it was something quite different. I don't fail to be disgusted by Fascism either way, however, and what kind of hell the Platonic vision would unleash on us all if it actually came to the fore of government implementation. :)
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  9293. "Sounds more intellectual" - no, they sound like they use big words to express small ideas. "Thinks capitalists and marxists are greedy" - everyone is greedy; it's the human condition. Anyone who thinks there is a system in which people are not greedy is living in make-believe.
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  9294. Leonard Peikoff's book was excellent, thank you for the recommendation.
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  9295. Listening to this kid, Keith Woods, was like listening to Hitler's exact talking points. Decadence is the product of a rejection of collectivism. We hate capitalism but we're not going to destroy the small businesses like the Communists, equating the Left's attack on decency to anti-Statism instead of recognizing it correctly as Gramsci's social hegemony in action, believing that collective identity and Statism are somehow a magic pill for all social ills. It's downright eerie how this kid echoes Hitler. Edit: As an aside, I find it disturbing that these people's content gets scrubbed. Firstly, I'm an advocate from free speech - so principle, and secondly, because these people are gold mines of material that we can use to refute both them and the putrid Leftists, which no doubt, is why the Left is desperately trying to silence them.
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  9296. TIK You know that is a nice suggestion, I think I can work it into my new script about how the state can only consume wealth. Thanks for inspiring me yet again. :D
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  9297. Hey TIK, I want to thank you for fixing my view of economics, one day I hope to make videos on about economics that are of similar quality to the videos you make.
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  9298. Will you cover everything until down to platoon level?
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  9299. Is it fair to say its impressive that the Germans took as much as the city as they did given how battered they were at the start?
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  9300. The Australian army has 1 armoured and 50 infantry. That's one tank and 50 soldiers.
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  9301. Great Video TIK! Might the triangular division be more suited for the Western trenches of the Great War? Often the third division was a reserve division. You have a narrow front, so you can't put everyone at the front at the same time. Flexibility is less needed because it is harder to outflank in the narrow battle front. Each time a regiment withdrew it needed to be replaced quickly, to avoid the enemy from exploiting a gap in the lines. Thus having a lot of reserves at the ready was key. Where there any differences between the eastern fronts and the western fronts during the First World War, organizationally speaking? The Eastern front was wider and more mobile, and because of this saw less extensive trenching.
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  9302. I can't speak for much of Beevor other than that I read his book on Crete 1941, and I found it to be a frustrating read. In that book he had a lot of stuff like "person x who would later botch the critical moment of battle Z we haven't talked about yet." And the narrative would always just jump around like this. Maybe I'm stupid or something but I found it all very hard to follow. It also seemed very British-centric, the Germans and Greeks sort just existing as a backdrop against the adventures of a bunch of Englishmen, who were all apparently writing novels about what they were experiencing.
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  9303. yo
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  9304. 18:36 Clever jab at the authorities TIK, loved it!
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  9305. "If your likely to get triggered, run off to your safe space" Based Subscribed
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  9306. Curious that every new vid of yours except this one showed up in my recommended. hmmmmm
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  9307. I love the disclaimer in the beginning well done sir👏👏👏
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  9308. Even if I'm not triggered, can I run to Zelensky's bunker anyway?
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  9309. TIk is suffering from war fatigue from being in Stalingrad too long & is asking for permission to cross the river for R & R.....
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  9310. Maybe nightmare to make but gold to watch. Well deserved break
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  9311. Enjoy your break, TIK!
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  9312. Get off youtube and social media and have FUN Resting is not a waste of time when you need it then it's exactly what you should be doing Take it from me, every hour not rested when you ought to have will have to be paid in at some point usually with interest.
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  9313. TIK, I heard on another history channel that Soviet doctrine regarding minefields was simply to walk into them and treat it as battle casualties. Is this true? I'm asking YOU if this is true because you have a good track record distinguishing between propaganda, hyperbole and verifiable truth. Thank you.
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  9314. Love your channel TIK , Great Content 🖤🍻🍻🍻
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  9315.  @TheImperatorKnight  Either way, your videos are now level 100. Good work! (Been a patron since early 2021)
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  9316. kudos to TIK for not shying away from a political video. These are much harder than simple military videos depicting OOBs and unit movements. The content is harder to evaluate and check and much more likely to enrage viewers.
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  9317. So how was Lithuania? Hitler: It was fine until I got expelled. Okay.... why? Hitler: The Soviets hated me because I bullied everybody.
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  9318. When you posted that first video calling Nazism "Socialism" I strongly disagreed. I felt that your concept of Socialism was far too broad. As though any government throughout history with ANY social policies at all was Socialist. Which is ludicrous. Because the way you explained it ALL governments = Socialists. As though the two words were simple synonyms. Clearly this was not the case... So I am very pleased to see you clarifying that portrayal in this video. Calling Nazism (extreme) Socialism along racial lines makes a lot of sense. That it was a regime that took some ideas of the likes of Marx but then fit them into a racially oriented understanding of the world. And added non-Marxian economic policies as well. Of course the whole concept of "race" is poorly defined. And what Hitler chose to deem as Race was arbitrary at best. But...understanding how they thought helps to explain their actions. Not excuse them, of course. Just understand them better.
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  9319. You’ve literally just proved TIKhistory’s point … You think he’s insane because YOU don’t agree with his actions. That was the whole point of this video which he mentions in the first few minutes.
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  9320. The video uses no scholarly sources, instead the film-editor relies solely on emotional music rather than evidence to support his claims, often which were already discredited decades before he was even born. Wise as been caught multiple times lying-by-omission and editing contradicting materials from this opera piece. If emotional music is more to you likely, continued with baseless claims for over 6 hours, what can be said. Either way the video is amateurish at best.
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  9321. Well, it's not taught in the US because our education system is infected with pro-socialist ideology and they want the many failed socialist states of the 20th century to be forgotten. And we've seen the scary results of this, more and more young adults are now advocating for socialism.
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  9322. why always those who want to save the world cause the most harm?
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  9323. I appreciate level of bravery in subject selection in era in which big media corporations try to use unfair competition practices to destroy youtube creators.
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  9324. Awesome argument and I for one believe it fits the evidence better than any other theory (or the propaganda many would have us believe).
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  9325. "The ancient world was pure, light, and serene." Wow, I don't think I've ever heard a less accurate statement about history. I hear that, and all I can picture is cities burning, women and girls violated and murdered in their homes, thousands subjected to hideous torture and extended execution, grueling slavery, and frequent genocide all coming up as the obvious counter to the insane take that the ancient past was a lovely place. Hitler was a lot of things, smart wasn't one of them.
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  9326. Looking forward to the stalingard 24 hour video lol..the more detailed the better so my hats off to you for that buddy..i just found your channel 3 days ago and its by far the best History channel for ww2 on youtube in my opinion..keep up the great work
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  9327. You forgot the timestamps in the describtion
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  9328. Never really comment but wanted to say thank you for your videos. I enjoy your level of research especially on these types of videos that can rile up anyone who doesn’t want to hear a researched objection/opposite opinion.
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  9329. I think this channel has held up a mirror and forced people to see something they did not want to see before……. All that happened here is TIK did it again…..
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  9330. "The soviets had... gulags" ROFL
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  9331. Soviet High Tech....gulags......😄😄😄
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  9332. 18:33 the soviets had gulags xDDD
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  9333. I don't think it is a contest. Radar, Sonar, and nuclear weapons shows the huge technological superiority of US & UK.
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  9334. First!
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  9335. I don’t know if i am being a bit silly but this is something I am curious on: We are taught that ww1 the technology favored defense while ww2 favored offense, is there any reason for that Sorry if I sound crazy because it might be simple
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  9336. T34 was best tank of WWII.
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  9337. Also is technology in manufacturing just as important as technology in performance specifications?
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  9338. what degree do you have ? I've been speaking with several people and they told me "he doesnt have a degree so he doesnt count" I personally don't believe in that, facts are the same facts, every man interperts them diffrently. hope you will see my question (:
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  9339. did the kampfgruppe video ;))
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  9340. This needs to be seen by all British MPs before they re-nationalise the railways in the UK. Having written that, our railways are not private anyway, just a poor in-efficient half way house.
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  9341. It's not real Socialism. The NSDAP only had four-year plans not five-year plans like real socialists.
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  9342.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks, I'll have to check that book out. You know, you're one of the few historians on youtube who will not only cite his sources but give them full credit and urge people to dive into them. That's probably the single most important thing you could do given how easy to manipulate people are if you feed them well-produced video propaganda, and that the only thing that can help them is reading good material with primary sources. Your dedication to the truth, however unpopular, is beautiful.
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  9343. Coal butter sounds delicious. I don't get the hate
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  9344.  @TheImperatorKnight  gonna have to go to VAR for that!
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  9345. Here in socialist Venezuela, we have the bigest oil reserve, and we lack of gasoline. The socialism make magic tricks
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  9346. No, you've got it backwards. History teaches that Socialism lays waste to everything. TIK has learned that lesson.
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  9347. Well, that's basically what a Historian is; it's someone who looks at events from the past, analyzes both primary and secondary sources of the event (mostly primary of course), and makes a conclusion.
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  9348. This is a very important topic. it can be seen that have very strong points there and you are very knowledgeable, but a clearer video is necessary. i don't think any youtuber have covered this topic so throughly. you know what, even Hyak in road to serfdom is not so clear. Thanks
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  9349. "Götz Aly: Hitlers Volksstaat" ---> very very Good book
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  9350. Brilliant work as always...
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  9351. First?
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  9352. You picked a good point to divide the episode. Looking forward to part II.
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  9353. Hi tik, i have a question. Why don't you write a book about the differences between socialism and capitalism. You are a great historian and I like how you simplify things that are complicated in other literatures. best regards.
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  9354.  @TheImperatorKnight When the time comes, take a break as long as you need, and remember... drink a lot of BIER !
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  9355. I'm looking forward to part 2. Take care
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  9356. Second!
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  9357. Seems that Franz Halder is a great admirer of Jonathan Archer !
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  9358. Hitler: is mentioned Youtube: it's time to demonetize
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  9359. Your problem is that you think people are rational. They are not, believing people are rational is itself an irrational belief since it doesn't line up with how humans behave. If you want to convince the masses, arguments are pointless, only emotional appeals and propaganda works. Even such different experts on the topic as Edward Bernays and Joseph Gobbles are in agreement on this point.
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  9360. I started out my adult life as a left of center authoritarian. Life experiences dragged me right of center. Then in what can be best described as a political conversion experience drove me into the libertarian camp. When one first “converts”, to whatever they may change to, they are driven to want convert others and they assume their conversion process is typical. Conversion events are personal. What series of events converted one person may never be replicated in another person. This is because life experiences made you receptive to the conditions of your conversion. I’ve dissected my own experience. The book that started me in this direction only did so due to a single paragraph. The book itself was mediocre at its writing and at this point a completely irrelevant read. I doubt the author considered the paragraph in question particularly poignant. It hit me just the right way and caused me to ask questions that went in a new direction. I’d be stunned and shocked to discover anybody considering this paragraph or even the book itself a turning point in their life. The book itself really has no libertarian principles. Yet, here I am because of it. Do not expect to convert someone disagreeing with you in the comments section. The nature of discourse and argument almost guarantees that the participants will not be moved from their positions. However, those lurking in the background and reading the arguments might be moved or have a seed planted. Use the comments section to strategically go after well crafted arguments of the opposition and pick them apart politely as you do. Set rules. Rule One, don’t respond to people who call you names. Use comments like most other providers do, as fodder for easy videos when you need to kick out content but need a break from the hard slogging of research. Your video “Hitler’s Socialism” is closing in on ¾ of a million views. What did that video do for me? . I am a well read historian grounded in the much of the same economic literature you are. Up until that point I had accepted the idea that Germany of that era was at some level rightist, authoritarian and maybe somewhat capitalistic. Although I held those views, it always seemed like they were somehow wrong, but I couldn’t explain why. Now I can. Previous to this video I would have let someone walk all over me in a conversation characterizing the National Socialist system. Now I don’t. Guess what I do as I side gig? I teach home school students history. I guarantee you the views of your video are now front and center in any discussion that crosses economics, history and governance. My son has the typical attention span of most young adults. My excitement over your take on events, caused him to slog through the entire video. That’s an amazing feat. Among his friends he’s the political and history guy . His circle of friends takes his views with a fair amount of weight. The key points are it has nothing to do with who you are arguing with, you don’t know who is being impacted down the line by these videos and you’ll never be sure what bit or tidal wave of information is going to have impact. Be you. Be honest and authentic. You are changing the world in ways you can’t imagine.
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  9361. TIK, if it means anything you got through to me and I can’t thank you enough for it. Although I’m not thanking you for the ever increasing book list. Swings and roundabouts hey.
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  9362.  @Alte.Kameraden  I would say that it's a call to both that state and personal responsibility to take care of our society. I would put forward the argument that nothing works without faults, so as members of a functioning society, we still have to step up from time to time.
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  9363. ayo tik: im a libretrian socialist. a market socialist if you will, a democratic socialist also fits. there a lot of strands of socialism that object to stalinism or leninism or maoism. a lot of what you are describing are also my expiriences with marxist-leninist. I very much believe that socialism is correct and try to convince people whenever I can. however unlike what you described there is a third option when I fail to convince someone: I just failed to convince the person. I can comprehend someone simply not agreeing with me, it frustrates me: because i believe injusteces in the world are very grave and result from capital control (not that facist states like china are not blights). but with leninism being the dominant branch of socialist ideology in the world I can see why people are suspicious of the potential good democratic socialist movements can bring. honestly I feel in the current facist landscape that is shaping around the world we are closer allies to eachother then our authoritarian counterparts are to us. your videos on national socialism are well made. thank you for your work
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  9364. TIK, thank you for your videos. When you go fishing, do you catch every fish in the lake? When you make a good video do you convince every progressive authoritarian? No, its not possible. Keep up the good work. Progressive leftists will demonize. Haters will hate. Fanatics will ignore every fact and reject every explanation. You don't ever get through to the fanatics and the cultists. But you can get through to rational persons - some of whom are confused leftists or somewhat middle of the road. When you were a socialist, you still were a rational person with a respect for facts. Ayn Rand believed that philosophy rules cultures and the fates of nations - in the long run. The salvation of modern life is through a rational philosophy. Politics and economics are downstream of culture. Cultural values are downstream of philosophy. Philosophy is dependent on a rational epistemology and a clear reality-based metaphysics. You might want to read Rand's non-fiction. You might read OPAR: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. It addresses a rational epistemology and metaphysics right at the beginning. Or you might want to continue to research the topics that interest you and make the videos that you consider worthy of your time. The fanatic leftists will reject and demonize. Persons less trapped in the leftist cult might stumble upon your videos and have their eyes opened. Please keep in mind that even the most skillful fisherman still has many that escape the net. Keep up the good work. Keep your spirits up. Thank you for your videos.
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  9365. Stick to politics more, please!
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  9366. You have two choices. 1) Keep telling us the truth, being the one shining point of truth is a dark universe of misinformation, and be labeled as "misinformation" and banned by the YouTube Ministry of Truth, or 2) Lie to us, telling us how wonderful Socialism is, and get fat checks from George Soros and Islamist Caliphates.
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  9367.  @erozionzeall6371  “Explain to me why anyone should be able to earn billions by doing nothing” Please tell me how to become a billionaire by doing nothing, I could use the money.
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  9368. I grew up left, and a problem for allot of people is if you devote years of your life to a certain view point it is extremely hard to change it. Rather than admit wasted time. You see this even in professional fields were older professionals won't update their techniques. What you said about ambition is spot on. The left views things, that the forces against you make ambition futile. I was extremely discouraged to be competitive or ambitious because they had the attitude you will lose anyway. I was however discouraged from being lazy (which I was because the idea you can't compete was demotivational). Leftists in fact are statistically more likely to have anxiety which with such a world view makes sense. State capitalism, buisness and tradition they see as against you. They also believe that the state can in be a firm without its own self interest. There is also an element of faith. They need to believe utopia is possible, they are in denial of the constraints of human nature, other factors that make free market capitalism the least bad system we can have. I've had leftist friends tell me in moments of clarity "You might be right but I can't believe it." When I went to grad school I ironically knew the most about Marxism of all my classmates but was later given a hard time when they realized I was not one, they saw me as a wolf in sheep's clothing. I think how you should maybe approach it as you are planting seeds. Some people who disagree with you know maybe years later your videos will make them question their beliefs. I think of it like in the Truman Show (silly analogy) when the girl years ago tells him his world is fake and years later he ends up realising the truth. A little doubt can slowly blossom into questioning one's own belief later down the line. Be honest, be patient, don't be angry (which is hard when the other side constantly won't listen). Just because you may not directly see the minds you change doesn't mean you won't.
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  9369. TIK: why am I even doing this? what is the point of this? tik I love your videos. what you are doing, and why you are doing it is important. THAT is why you are doing it. because it's important. I love your videos. I have learned so much that I've never heard in other history videos.
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  9370. Comment 2407 Tik: Suggestion. Only answer questions posed by your Patreon supporters. At least they paid for your support. I watch your videos on history because, you do your damnedest to provide proof.
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  9371. You´ve talked me out of socialism
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  9372. Not again, Mr. Blair
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  9373. 3rd
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  9374. I think the issue with the left, is they push charity away from personal responsibility, over to the state. Making Charity no longer an individual's responsibility but... a requirement by force. This in turn takes the personal aspect out of charity, and people hired by the state to watch/help people a "Job" and not something they do voluntarily out of their own kind heart. How in any way can that provide a superior service?
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  9375. The socialists know that you're telling the truth, so they get scared! Because you are a potential threat with all your knowledge. A threat to their dreams of a socialist utopia! That's why they attack you! Keep doing what you're doing and ignore the socialists!
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  9376. As someone who is mostly only aware of the Western Front beginning with the Normandy landings, I never would have thought I would come to appreciate Monty until now.
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  9377. I started watching last night i couldnt stop watching and had to forcd myself to stop on the morning of June 5th just to get some sleep so i wasnt tired for work this Morning. Definitely your best battlestorm yet!!
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  9378. Oh yeah... Can't wait to get home and watch this one.
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  9379. Great Battlestorm! And nice change to warmer climate then that on Estern Front ;)
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  9380. I don’t mind waiting several months between videos if this is the quality and detail he will go for. I praise his Stalingrad series but I believe the long form format is the way to go. Thank you TIK!
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  9381. @TheImperatorKnight thank you for the clarification. And thank you for your precise work and for converting me from a statist into an libertarian
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  9382. Great video, well worth the wait!
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  9383. a most excellent battle analysis worthy of deep praise indeed, and well worth the wait, so much so, i have sent this for my father to see as well :P
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  9384. cancelled coz rommel's original plan was abandoned
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  9385. Boo
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  9386. Awesome work as always Mr L
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  9387. Okay I just found this episode and have not watched the beginning of the series, so I am going to teleport back to episode #1 and start this great work from the git-go. Been busy rewatching the Stalingrad series is why I missed getting onboard from the start.
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  9388. What the heck, 560 Axis tanks in North Africa in 3 Armored divisions compared with 1,160 tanks spread across 19 divisions on the Eastern front? That's insane and not something I would have thought to compare, thinking that of course the Eastern Front would be priority and North Africa the sideshow. Very interesting.
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  9389. 47:42 Seriously good song.😁
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  9390. Sounds like you're moving up. Having an editor could free up an amazing amount of time. Any particular reason why you wanted to build your own new PC rather than just buy one or do a build to order?
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  9391. Take your time TIK to get everything sorted out. Your shorter, one-off videos are great and as always, very well put together and reasearched. I personally find it a blast when you upload one of them to break up the stalemate with some new and interesting topics.
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  9392. Hope everything works out with your new employee. It's a big step, taking responsibility for another human being's financial welfare, plus all the admin involved. That's how I felt years ago when I made my first hire, anyway. It's obvious you need some assistance, the quality of your work is outstanding, but the strain must be intense. My biggest hurdle was training my employee to do things the way I wanted (I was a technical author), but then accepting that he had his own style and step back. Good luck to you both.
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  9393. I wish my condolences to you and your family, Tik. I also would like to point out how much your work ethics and effort are inspiring. Your videos normally ooze these qualities of yours, but the fact that you are willing to personally supply and train somebody so they can achieve the results you need is very cool to me. Its inspiring to see passion allied with organization
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  9394. Hiring somebody is a big deal. Congratulations. You'll end up feeling like you have a kid. It's not just you now if you fuck up. You have others to think about that depend on you. It's good for the soul. I don't get the "three week" training time. I think you'll find that's not necessary. Having seen your videos I think a week will be more than enough. Unless you're really upping the level. Anyway... Great news! I'm very happy for you. Onward and Upward.
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  9395. Hang in there Tik. Love your channel !!! The level at which you go in-depth to illustrate important times, dates and people in your videos is incredible and I really appreciate it.
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  9396. Thank you for your videos! My mom is going to be undergoing chemo and radiation for her cancer, and I will be spending time watching your videos! You’ve been an inspiration for me!
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  9397. This is great news! I can't wait to see what you can do when you can concentrate on what you do best with a clearer head. Maybe you'll even have some time for having a life for a few hours every month. 🙂 Wishing you the very best.
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  9398. I can't wait for this to pass and see what you are going to be cooking with a helping hand. This could be huge! PS. I just want to mention, I have actually used your videos to de-radicalize neonazis, so thank you for what you've done, you are making a big difference for the people who are being drawn into that hideous ideology!
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  9399. Nothing worse than thinking one doesn't have the time to sharpen the axe because there is too much wood to cut. It is important to stop, sharpen the axe, and then begin working again faster.
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  9400. I loved this video but i personaly think socialism can work (depending on the leader, type and other) i hope if you read this comment you wont see me in a bad light since this is only my opinion. Keep making great videos.
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  9401. Ouch...you realize we're not getting a TIK heart?
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  9402. How do you even make videos this long of this quality this quickly?
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  9403. Nice job on this; well worth waiting for. For photo of Gatehouse, check the scan I emailed you back in May.
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  9404. As a proud Australian:) thank you for videos on the western desert campaign.
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  9405. Hey TIK! Okay you have convinced me, just started on Overy's book. Only four chapters in and I'm amazed at the amount of information I never knew. Ordering Ostkrieg and then When Titan's Clashed, thanks for doing what you do.
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  9406. I'm a patreon of TIKS. I also strongly suspect I don't share his political beliefs. That said, I'm not here for that, I'm here for interesting historical analysis. If you don't like his Nazi = a form of socialism analysis (I'm still thinking on this one, though it's a well presented argument in my opinion) go somewhere else that confirms to your beliefs. I think he has made it clear in various videos that one of his intentions is to challenge accepted interpretations of history by looking at the evidence, and then making an assessment. An honest and worthwhile endeavour in my opinion.
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  9407.  @cookingonthecheapcheap6921  here's a link to the pdf and the epub https://mises.org/library/vampire-economy
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  9408. ​​ @shawnjohnson9763  Fascism is a combination of left-wing and right-wing which is why the term "third positionism" exists. The fascists call themselves revolutionary and against reactionaries as they wanted to create a new society instead of preserving the current one. Some fascists also dislike the monarchy if they think it's against their ideal society. Since Mussolini himself was a socialist when he was a teenager, had he been born in the 21st century and become the leader of Italy, he probably would have tolerated non-effeminate gays.
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  9409. The overwhelming majority of socialists I know are people who had an easy life and chose to rebel/hate their parents while scavenging off their wealth. Saw this all the time while attending San Francisco State University.
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  9410. Yes to the video just ripping on Marx! I'd watch that in a heartbeat.
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  9411. You should timestamp the video for each individual
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  9412. "Based on corporate syndicalism, revisionist socialism and organicism, fascism reached power in 1922 after the great war with the March on Rome and implemented a dictatorship." "Mussolini too was called and willingly called himself an 'idealist'" because " he was open as a young man to contemporary trends, he tried to infuse socialism with a new soul, using Sorel's theory of violence, Bergson's intuition, pragmatism, the mysticism of action, all the thoughts that had been in the intellectual climate for many years and which seemed to many to be idealism ". This is the well-known judgement of Benedetto Croce ( History of Italy from 1871 to 1915, Laterza, Bari, 1942 7 , p. 279)
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  9413. why is Keynesian economics so prominent among economists? if your job is economics, how can't you understand the essence of it?
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  9414. It is clear that the American government is going down the rabbit hole......they're losing control. This certainly will not end well.
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  9415. Finally someone with some insight into economics with a historical perspective has made a rational analysis of the current situation. Good work TIK.
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  9416. You havent seen entire video probably
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  9417. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for using Austrian economists and presenting the Austrian economic perspective in an honest and objective light. You are one of my favorite historians!
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  9418. Hi TIK. Great video. While I agree that the rapid increase in size of the Red army had on the quality of the red army officer corps. I think the purges still did serious damage. Firstly the 2 Marshals that survived the purges were old Cavalry officers and the ones that were least in favour of modernising the red army. Had Tukhachevsky survived the purges rather than Budyonny. Is it not more likely that Russia would have been better prepared both in equipment and military tactics? Do you think so many red army soldiers would have been encircled and captured in the first years of the war? Secondly, the introduction of the political commissars at every level would have surely led to limitation of independant or adaptive tactics, the idea of not doing what the party/commissar wanted would lead to the arrest of your family (as well as your own) would lead most (from NCO level upwards) to toe the party line. Thirdly if as in the American army, the red army needed new blood, which I agree with. Why then were so many Russian officers reinstated? How many of the officers that Marshall got rid of were ever reinstated? It seems to me that the American "purge" was done out of the recognition that modern mechanised warfare required new thinking and the adeptation of tactics, and people that showed these abilities were fast tracked to the higher ranks. While the Red army purges were made out of political paranoia and personal vendetta that removed many of the supporters of a modern mechanised Red army.
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  9419. All of Crusader in one day? Let's see if I can do it.
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  9420. TIK I've just discovered you, needless to say I 'Subscribed'. You have extraordinary knowledge and I thank you for sharing it with us.
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  9421. Viewed it in one marathon sitting. Excellent work, sir! And now I understand why some call your work "Halder Hate Hour", haha.
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  9422. Simply incredible. Wow is all I can say. I stumbled on this by accident while listening to a Lindsey-beige episode. Before I go to bed I start up some sort of podcast, this one started as I went to bed. It was still playing when I woke up, I then napped, and woke up later and still going. I love it! Very through, repetitive yes, but very very through and well done! In a day where all we get is 180 characters of news via Twitter, Twitch, blogs, news feeds... I am very excited to find anything with in-depth content like this! Cheers and Tally-Ho
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  9423. Your work Will pass tru history. Trimendius respect to you and your work.
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  9424. Very well done. Thank you.
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  9425. First
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  9426. Like you say, an epic adventure with lots of twist and turns, that I'd never heard of!! This is one of those "alternative media" productions thats lead to me not watching terrestrial TV anymore, thank you ✅👍
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  9427. I finally finished this documentary, loved it! So when do we get Gazala and El Alamein? I would also love to hear what you have to say about Torch and Tunisia. Keep the good stuff coming!
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  9428. Three words for you: professional historian work. Thank you!
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  9429. They tried to surrender but there was no infantry to capture them. You can’t make this shit up.
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  9430. This is the truly sad thing about Military History: It's flocked with Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists. There'a a reason why every single reputable historian hate you guys.
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  9431. TIK Glad to hear it. This sort of debate always gets wrecked by fanatics on both sides, its depressing. Been ploughing through your videos over the last week, want to say I'm hugely impressed by the research and effort you put in to rewriting some of the misunderstood and misrepresented parts of history. Many thanks!
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  9432. TIK this video needs to be spread around more. This video by ''history buffs'' Has this myth still in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG-tG-Wo0Do The poin tis made by nick starting around 12.10.
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  9433. The Monty teaser to draw us Americans into the battle lol
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  9434. Publishing the entire battle at once sounds great too. I have to admit that with Stalingrad, at some point I got really sick of the episodes, went back to Crusader and watched it in one go. Perhaps Stalingrad was simply too long?
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  9435. what i found out till now: "ideas move history" https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqsoWxJ-qmMuYO4AKp7NZ_qBy6gaj3cUv&feature=shared also "the DIM hypothesis" book unfortunately i dont know the people who answered me, so i cant assure you if it's the best quality answer, but it IS sth to work with. i have heard the quote before, but i'm not sure if you needed sth deeper than that. i hope the sources can help you more
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  9436. I've talked about your series as an example of just how HARD it is to do GOOD history. Glad you are doing better and I'm here for where-ever you take the channel. Well, almost anywhere. If you try to pull off a cat-girl gamer channel, I may have to unsubscribe.
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  9437. When are you going to do more bank wars and economy content?
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  9438. I think doing something like Historia Civilis would be beneficial to your channel. Basically have a website were you have progress bars for script writing, animations and recording of the next video, that way you could anchive more transparency with viewers.
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  9439. How Hoover did mess with the economy contrary to popular belief!
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  9440. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  You are right, thank you. My grandfather was part of the 18th Division but was lucky that before the attack he was sent with the 720 Independent Battalion to Crimea (Kerch Peninsula) to gather the Russian military equipment that was abandoned there (he was armourer). For the next months he was in command of a squad defending the coastline.
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  9441. He has to do that or people will use the clip out of context to prove that he is a nazi.
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  9442.  @Chud_Bud_Supreme going to be honest this guy seems kind of sus. His use of David Irving as a source is a very big red flag for me, as well as the aforementioned blame on the war on the allies for starting the war, not inherently because that opinion is bad, but because it seems to contradict and misunderstand Hitler’s goals and ideology.
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  9443. Possible suicide referral might be Inga Ley?
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  9444.  @jstevinik3261  BadHistory is the very epitome of ideologically-driven cringe.
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  9445. Youtube himself, lmao i genuinely died of laughing
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  9446. I consulted a fortune teller: She said that one day you would read “The Mass psychology of Fascism” by Wilhelm Reich. Despite his use of the word “fascism” Reich makes it clear what he is talking about. He was there in the early 1930’s. Sure he was a Marxist but he had to reckon with the total failure of Marxism. In addition that prediction the fortune teller mentioned that you would talk about the book and author. The fortune teller so far has only been wrong when she’s been wrong and on this issue she is not wrong yet because you are still alive and I believe can still read and talk.
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  9447. If you can't trust your own senses or your own intellect, how then can you determine if someone else is more knowledgeable or competent, or trustworthy? Seems to me there is a huge, glaring hole in that argument. You know, aside from that ideology being bonkers.
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  9448. @TIK I know this is probably better for a Q&A video, but I’m a bit confused about the circumstances of Hitler’s decision to divert Hoth’s 4th Panzer Army south instead of keeping them alongside 6th Army to take Stalingrad. Could you elaborate?
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  9449. just found your channel and WOW, I am extremely impressed by your work. You have a new fan and I wish you nothing but the best. Rebel from Atlanta, Ga.
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  9450. Thanks TIK. I never thought such non-documentary video supported accounts of companies moving across a map could interest me. I became a (small) patreon of you some months ago because of your excellent Arnhem videos (under my real name btw.). I spent over two hundred hours looking for reference pictures for making a model of the city of Stalingrad for an air combat flight simulator and your info here ties that all together really superbly. Going to Arnhem tomorrow for some work, and because of your videos I now know exactly where I would be stepping on ‘holy ground of indiscribeable sacrifice’. Thanks for all your hard work to keep this history alive.
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  9451. That was pretty fucking ninja
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  9452. 🇺🇸I never had any interest in economics, Thanks Tik for giving me some interest.🇩🇪
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  9453. Hey I'm a DIsney Lawyer and you better fucking remove that thumbnail or I'm going to sue. How dare you appropriate our trademark!
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  9454. Stick to uhhh tanks or banks? ;) Hope your well Tik!
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  9455. Congratulations on actually getting an ad for once TIK!
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  9456. Once more time a masterpiece on a suprisingly intelligent subject 👌how am I happy to support your great work 👏
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  9457.  @Calbeck  Youtube has become very censorious lately.
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  9458. As a native of Lübeck, I want to applaud the decent approximation of the pronunciation of Lübeck.
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  9459. Kerscher’s question causes TIK to do research (procrastinate); TIK’s video response teaches me more than I ever knew about the Luftwaffe.
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  9460.  @Syn_1  Germans also ruthlessly bombed Polish cities on day one of the war. Before a single British pilot got off their tea break.
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  9461. As I stated some time back when you were approaching burnout. Your lessons are not for the current masses. You might be suprised how many young people (teens and twenties) who have an interest in WW2 history watch your videos. By teaching them the differences between facism and socialism, and the differences between the various marxist ideologies. You are preparing them with knowledge to face the indoctrination they will face as they proceed with their lives and educations. Keep up the good work, and always follow your passions.
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  9462. 15:57 God am I excited for those videos. Oswald Mosley has been a major thorn in my side as I always believed he was part of the problem in distorting the difference between National Socialism and Fascism but knew very little about to actually argue on either side. Finding ANY objective information involving the ideologies of the Second Great War has become exceedingly difficult.
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  9463. Keep it up if you can.. It is important work.. I was trying to be a better socialist when I started looking in to it, wonted to be able to argue for it affectively! To my shock horror I found my self in doubt the more I read and discuss it with others who call them self socialist. Your work made me doubt further the validity of the socialist narrative. I no longer consider my self to be one. You efforts help me to clear up some confusion. Thank you
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  9464. I will not lie. I am more interested in the war fighting itself. The battles, operations and logistics that you cover. I don't like politics & other rubbish that politicians get up to behind the scenes. But I know its important and significant to what is happening & why. So I make a point of learning, listening, & understanding the subject. Information is Ammunition, and Knowledge is Power. I don't have to like something to in order to learn about it. And like wise the Economics affects things as well. Much of what you've said in your videos on this stuff I have seen affect how things are now (the present). And I can see the connections. Like the programming of some people on Socialism makes me wonder how they still put cloths on each day & make decisions on what to eat. So I have to say I am glad we are moving on, as this has gotten rather tedious for me. But the work you put in to make things more digestible to some people, I hope will help more people along the path to enlightenment. I never got the chance to be infected by all this stuff. So dodged a few bullets there. Looking forward to your next video. And never back down to the woke or the deniers. 1 drop of blood in the water, and they will devour. Remember. Their only good tactic is to attack your character, not your arguments.
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  9465. I love your "I am a socialist" video even if it is 5 hours. If these people can't take time to watch it then they aren't really interested in the truth or learning. I wouldn't take any of those critics arguments too seriously.
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  9466. 5:30 "Leistungsgesellschaft" means more than mere meritocracy, which judges and rewards you based on your performance and achievements. Instead it means in practice that everyone has to give his all, preferably until burnout. Present day Japan is a better example of this. It is beyond meritocracy.
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  9467.  @TheImperatorKnight  I’m not a native German speaker, and I am not fluent, but I can read German pretty well, so this debate has been fascinating for myself personally. Your effort level in these projects continues to be remarkable and notable.
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  9468. Have you managed to obtain the primary source ‘The Nazi Economic System’ By Otto Nathan? This source would add so much detail to your videos on the economy of the Third Reich. There are 11 Chapters 1: The Impact of Fascism: Otto discusses how the impact of Nazism has changed the economic structure of Germany from a market economy to a planned economy (10 pages) 2: The Institutions regulating industry: Here otto details the types of regulatory bodies used by the Nazi's to create a state centralised economy (46 pages) 3: The Use of Cartels as an agency of control (25 pages) 4: The institutions regulating agriculture (23 pages) 5: Control of Money and Banking (30 pages) 6: Control of Production (33 pages) 7: Control of Labour (44 pages) 8: Control of Prices ( 62 pages) 9: Public Revenue: Here otto details how the regime acquired currency to pay for their state projects (mefo bills etc.) (56 pages) 10: The Effects of the military economy on civilian consumption: Here otto details how the planned economy destroyed living standards (34 pages) 11: Conclusion As you can see, this source is incredibly detailed. Otto Nathan agrees with your interpretation that the economy of Nazi Germany was a planned economy.
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  9469. Your vids are Awsome and very informative. Good work
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  9470. Slightly larger scale than the old Close Combat videos I watched years ago of you playing Stalingrad. Love the filthy detail.
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  9471. Btw leyser is in charge of the 29 mot division since late sept
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  9472. Stick to banks.
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  9473. Hey TIK! Your dedication to this project is UNREAL! I don’t know how you’re doing it, but I am sooooo glad you are. Your a real unsung hero for WW2 history and I’m 100% certain your name will echo in history for your amazing exploration of Stalingrad and WW2 history in general. The world really needs more people like you in it!!!
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  9474. I had to pause because I was laughing too much. I wasn't expecting that reference.
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  9475. I'm wondering whether the battalion commander killed in the attack on Rynok was Captain Mues, mentioned in Craig as an example of how a beloved leader's death can demoralise an entire unit? The death of Mues was mentioned in the Squad Leader game rulebook.
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  9476. TIK As a scale modeller i have to say that scale model and decal companies should pay you royalties.
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  9477. Honestly after reading/listening/watching content related to these ancient religions and philosophies I can’t help but feel drained and almost depressed. TIK since your reading all of this stuff non stop how do you feel after reading it all, because honestly it just makes me depressed lmao seeing all these ideas and the destruction people use them for.
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  9478. This video just popped up in ny feed. Right now there is some idiotic argument on YouTube about some bimbo doxxing some dude. She has like 40 million followers. Her content is based around reviewing tik tok videos. They're both vapid and vacuous. Whereas this deeply philosophical video has 300k views. I believe this is an indictment of society.
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  9479. Oh great a backrooms reference hahah. Now it has even more lore lol. Love it 😄
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  9480. As a patron, go in depth on this. The answers in understanding this equip us better to escape the propaganda of the modern day. When you understand today as spiritual warfare, there is peace in understanding. Thanks tik.
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  9481. Because altruism requires from you self sacrifice and you therefore can be shamed or forced yo became a slave for somebody else. It is a bottomless pit requiring you to fill it yet you never will because it is imposible.
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  9482. I was surprised when you said you hadn't read Rand because the altruism vs. self-interest argument is very Rand/Objectivist. Personally, my view on her defined philosophy is that it tries so hard to counter what she perceives to be the cardinal sins of the Judeo-Christian worldview that she ends up coming essentially full circle... and on fundamentally Judeo-Christian terms, really. Not the most precise way to make the point in my opinion, but a particularly useful one for forcing people to reconsider their a priori preconceptions and the definitions behind them. For example, one of her basic assertions is that self-interest (when not hampered by short-sightedness) is what benefits others most, while altruism paradoxically does the opposite. Okay perhaps, at least as a general rule, but the very assertion is begging the question on whether the good of others even bears any value. Part of the argument is that what's good for others benefits the self through goodwill and cooperation, fair enough, but it's still arguing for self interest for the good of others rather than purely for its own sake. It's certainly true that there are instances where true self interest DOESN'T align with the good of others, so... get away with it when you can? I think a lot of the confusion stems from defining altruism as necessarily being at the expense of self. Hence, the common assertion that true altruism doesn't even exist. I see no need to define self-interest and altruism as mutually exclusive, but rather in need of proper prioritization. As Rand helps point out, self-interest is not half as evil as it's made out to be, and altruism is far too easily a façade for narcissism. Where the self-interest and altruism align, fantastic. Related topic: Jordan Peterson's "clean your room" argument, which is essentially the oxygen mask argument.
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  9483. Through my life I've noticed there ha always been an effort to cover up what really happened in Nazi Germany. As an adult I assumed the socialists were just covering up how national socialism was a just a version of socialism. And they would also blame nationalism. But now I think socialist historians were somewhat intoxicated by national socialism and knew it's appeal to the socialist mindset. Hence agreed to cover up what National Socialism was. They thought they were doing the right thing.
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  9484.  @TheImperatorKnight  Glad to hear you'll be making more videos on the topic. I thought the same. I rewatched their video after having watched your video essay, and all I could really gather from it was that they were asserting that Nazis were not Socialists without any concrete argument to back it up. Just thought I'd ask to see what you had to say about it, thanks.
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  9485. I AM A DWARF AND I AM DIGGING A HOLE, DIGGY DIGGY HOLE ! DIGGY DIGGY HOLE !!!
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  9486. That thumbnail is sick
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  9487. TIK have a question how do you go though like a book with 100 sources effectively as possible? Like how to you go through the sources and know it’s trustworthy when it is like 100 it will take a long time. PS have a break when you feel like it
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  9488. Very nice and succint, TIK. Very nice work. I have to say, I knew all this happened already, but your presentation is detailed and compelling. It's also bloody painful to watch just how incompetant our commanders in Africa were. While Monty was far from perfect, at least he was somewhat competant.
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  9489. "Stay on target. Stay on target." Am I expecting too much to see this as a reference to Star Wars?
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  9490. Don't Panic! Don't Panic! Don't Panic!
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  9491. Hahahah the dialogue you put between them 10:43 the respect ma authoritah got me (south park reference)XD... Or you have lack of confidence in me... I like watching ur educational videos to learn something but i also appreciate these dialogues u put :D cheers from Serbia :D
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  9492. yeah
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  9493. Your “just a YouTube video” (quoting you) is outstanding, thank you! I really enjoyed it.
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  9494. This is a thrilling video. Stunning insights that clarify many issues. Kudosto Mr. Tik.
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  9495. Oddly enough, I saw this as a recommendation on another WW2 documentary video here on YT that featured Richard Evans, I wonder if that is a coincidence haha. Subscribed, nicely put together sir
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  9496. The more I hear about how the N. Socialists and Bolsheviks gained power in the early 1900s, the more I see parallels to the UK and US right now. Our institutions are being captured by people with absolutely no desire to help the native populations who believe they have the right to completely manage us I call the contemporary progressive neolibs 'technocrats.' They used the insurgent arms that constantly protest and riot where necessary but then once they gain power in Parliament or congress they then discard these movements to ensure they don't turn against them.
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  9497. Life is too short to get dragged into the drivel of the Left. Excellent video, a pity that the Left will ignore or denounce it.
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  9498. Part of me wishes to say: "wow, self, it's a bad day when you're reduced to watching details about The Night of the Long Knives." The other (I would say more considered) part of me wishes to thank you for thoughtful historiography.
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  9499. What a minute, so your telling me that socialist, redditors, and college students lied about Hitler being a socialist. I am totally shocked, shocked I say.
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  9500. Sadly Zitelmann is denounced as a historical "Revisionist" in Germany.. like everyone else who does not support the AH -> fascist idea..
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  9501. Hey Tik. I recommend with your recent videos on hegel and marx that you watch Leonard Peikoff’s history of modern philosophy course. I didn’t even know this exists for a long time after watching his original history of philosophy course but I think it is quite interesting although somewhat hard to find. I really liked his explanation of hegel’s ideas and how marxism is actually an irrationalist hegelian cult.
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  9502. Tik, I think your work pointing out that the NAZI movement was socialist in character is very important. Of course the academic community rejects i because so much of it is socialist in character and wants to condemn capitalism rather than admit the totalitarian character of socialism. Capitalism may have its faults but one of them is not totalitarianism.
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  9503. Creepy similarities between Nazism and Woke culture (Modern Marxism) Nazism: A Socialist who abandoned their hatred towards the upper class and focused their hatred towards the jewish people Woke culture: A socialist who abandoned their hatred towards the upper class and focused their hatred towards the white people
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  9504. I thoroughly enjoyed your narrative of referenced primary sources and historical commentary. Wonderful, even if damned complicated and turgid, which is not your fault but inevitable because of the language employed by socialist and Marxist theorists. Nevertheless, you were transcendent of the ghastly linguistics, making otherwise impenetrable history comprehensible. A real historian and a rare thing (not only on YouTube). First class. Thank you very much.
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  9505. This is a important video. This has more accurate information than anything I have ever seen. or read.
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  9506.  @TheImperatorKnight Apparently their head political figure is working at trying to cut down the government to near-nothing to get rid of corruption on a populist basis. Something about a chainsaw, it’s really interesting. Also apparently, leftists are trying to compare their guy with Trump and the dude over in El Salvador.
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  9507. I was extremely sceptic when I started this video as, like you said, many works are riddled with what I would call propaganda and falsehoods. I was surprised to see this was an ACTUAL referenced video. Great work!
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  9508. Please do more economics tik. I really do enjoy your content on war and I’m sure many other do. But where I think you really shine is your politics and especially economics. I would love to see you cover some topics about modern day Britain and how the state and socialism is weighing heavily upon British society. Similar to your network fail video on British railways.
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  9509. An American here. I think this is a fair assessment of the situation of the issues between Ike and Devers. I am fond of both of them. I think Ike was over the best choice for SHAEF and Devers was the U.S.'s best Army Group commander. They both had flaws and realities they had to deal with and some failures on each side. I will state that while the allied logistics were "Meh" that is far greater than the logistics of any of the other forces in the west.
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  9510. 2:54 just wondering: why are the "X"s on top of the MTO and ETO not the same? MTO has 6 whilst ETO has only 5. Is this simply and editing mistake or is there more behind it?
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  9511. Good analysis! You poke, legitimately, at long provided and accepted narratives and criticism comes when folk’s reluctance to new and valid ideas are challenged. Keep up the good work!
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  9512. A farm that big must be rather tricky to manage
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  9513. More short videos TIK Btw, great content
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  9514. Simple and concise, excellent.
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  9515. Spoiler: nah
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  9516. When we see Israelis, Sinn Feinn and Ulster Unionists united with apolitical Brits, it's serious. Odd that so many right wing riot areas are in Labour heartlands...
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  9517. Starmer's photo opp at Southport was disgusting. Spoke to no one
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  9518. Y'know what's crazy too?? The SCOUSE and the MANCS have come together. Like jesus christ Starmer, this is BAD!
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  9519. A fact-packed video containing information that everybody needs to see. However, can I offer a suggstion? Keep the vids to 30 minutes or less. I was showing this to 2 people and they jusy bailed out after 25 minutes, saying it was too long.
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  9520. Those people raising their arms were directing it at the police saying they were the Nazis
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  9521. This is why you never give up your guns
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  9522. Regarding the alleged Nazis among the protestors: when someone throws the Roman salute at a cop, they're obviously calling the filth Nazis. The old "Ja, Mein Fuhrer!" is classic British mockery of tyrannical dimwittery; rather appropriate when confronted by skull-cracking thugs in uniform. Alas, the obvious is not so obvious to those who view everything through a distorted lens and care more about controlling the narrative than reporting reality.
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  9523. Brilliant piece well done sir Two Tier Kier the Kneeler Stalin needs to be got rid of
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  9524. I'm an American Anglophile who is black. I've visited the UK twice. Appalling to see what is happening just like here in the US with all the freeloaders and criminals flooding in. I'm proud to be "far right"!
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  9525. I would just like to say I shed a tear or two when you read the note at the beginning
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  9526. @TheImperatorKnight  Even though we both hold different opinions on the situation, I'll give you props for responding to my comment. 🫡 P.S. That's a useful link.
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  9527. ​ @TheImperatorKnight Democracy: The God That Failed
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  9528. Thank you for this video ❤
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  9529. Thank you for calling out this madness and calling it out for what it is.
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  9530. The peaceful resolution was to vote. People have voted and voted and voted, and consecutive governments have lied and failed the people. So what's left?
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  9531. The "Mein reichkomiStamer" killed me
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  9532. Unfortunately, the English voted for and accepted their destruction with open arms.
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  9533. I'm from Oz, this policing behaviour was exactly the same during C19 in Melbourne, they would target the peaceful protestors and label them anti (fill in the blank), but when BLM or any leftist protest came to town, they went unhindered... this is happening across the globe, by design. They want us to engage in violence with the infiltrators and paid actors, so they can then excuse themselves arresting normal people, who are legally and peacefully protesting, by smearing them with their slogans (Brown Shirts tactics much?). Their playbook is known, it's now up to us, the peoples of all countries targeted, to stand up and be counted. Not with violence but by pushing back on their nonsense.. From Oz with love
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  9534. @ 25:00 "Churchill didn't mention the holocaust at all in his Second World War book, neither did Eisenhower or DeGaulle." I have the 1950 hardcover edition of Eisenhower's "Crusade in Europe". There's no entry in the index for "Holocaust" but there are three pages listed under "horror camps". I'll quote from Chapter 21, "Overrunning Germany": 'April 12 [1945] I spent with Patton. Before the day ended, the scenes I saw and news I heard etched the date in my memory.' 'The same day I saw my first horror camp. It was near the town of Gotha. I have never felt able to describe my emotional reactions when I first came face to face with indisputable evidence of Nazi brutality and ruthless disregard of every shred of decency. Up to that time I had known about it only generally or through secondary sources. I am certain, however, that I have never at any other time experienced an equal sense of shock. I visited every nook and cranny of the camp because I felt it my duty to be in a position from then on to testify at first hand about these things in case there ever grew up at home the belief or assumption that "the stories of Nazi brutality were just propaganda". Some members of the visiting party were unable to go through the ordeal. I not only did so but as soon as I returned to Patton's headquarters that evening I sent communications to both Washington and London, urging the two governments to send instantly to Germany a random group of newspaper editors and representative groups from the national legislatures. I felt that the evidence should be immediately placed before the American and British publics in a fashion that would leave no room for cynical doubt.' FDR died that day, and this may have distracted the media from paying attention to that particular camp at that particular time. Later, from Chapter 22, Victory's Aftermath: 'Of all these DPs [Displaced Persons] the Jews were in the most deplorable condition. For all these years they had been beaten, starved, and tortured. Even food, clothes, and decent treatment could not immediately enable them to shake off their hopelessness and apathy.' Ike may not have mentioned the Holocaust by name because that term wasn't used until after the war, and his memoir is a tale of his personal experiences, not a history of the entire war. He definitely did not try to deny or minimize the horrors he saw.
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  9535. @TIKhistory Didn't Time Magazine also make You its official Person of the Year for 2006? That sounds like an undeclared conflict of interest TIk! 🤔
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  9536. Hello tik, I’m just getting into the eastern front and ww2 in general and I was wondering what books you would recommend?
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  9537. "If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialists." I love that quote, its so damn true. I learned more economics from playing markets and shops in video games than i did in highschool, where i had to take a 3rd year course with no prior experience and catch up on my own.
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  9538. I like your military videos but I like your economy history videos even more. I'm watching them over and over as I find them fascinating. Economy history is one of the topics there should me more videos out there in general to enlight people.
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  9539. TIK, I found all your political videos extremely useful, very well explained, and backed up by hard evidence and references. As a 34 year-old woman who grew up in the horrors of socialism in Yugoslavia, and managed to move to the western Europe and finally start living a normal life, I can firmly claim that your videos about perfidy of Marxism/Socialism/National socialism represent the best and the most correct content on YouTube about the atrocities of these demented ideologies. Please continue making such amazing quality videos, and keep pushing against all this craziness!!!
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  9540. BANG! That's the sound of Tik's mic hitting the floor as he walks away.
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  9541.  @morstyrannis1951  It can. But there are those who would rather remain enslaved to comfortable untruths than accept uncomfortable truths.
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  9542. Well at least in your new job you don't have to face the nastiness of the customers you encountered in retail... or do you ? ;) Keep up the great job !
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  9543. I think a problem with the media obsession about Hitler emphasizing him so much as this ethereal demon and not the dictator he was gets in the way of the truth and beating people like him in future. Every politician is not invulnerable. They make assumptions...and really in politics and warfare nations aren't half as brave as people make them out to be. Bluffing, realizing someone won't do a damn thing was hardly a unique thing around this period. Hell, Mussolini just rolled into Rome, marched into the capital and no one said a dickie bird. It's stranger than fiction at times.
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  9544. Always look forward to Mondays and the latest TIK videos. Makes my inner history nerd happy. Made the decision today to become a supporter on Patreon.
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  9545. I really respect TIK and all his methods but I just cannot take his conclusion that Hitler was socialist seriously, no matter how long he makes his video or how many sources he uses to back it up. Even in this video he says that "Hitler's socialism" flies in the face of Christian teachings and in the same breath that Hitler believed that there was an international judeo bolshevik communist conspiracy. It's just so inconsistent, both for Hitler and for TIK's "read against the grain" mentality. "Hitler was socialist" is like the first thing they teach in red scare class, it's right there in the Black Book of Communism. Hitler adopting the trappings and rhetoric of leftism while at the same time destroying unions and buddying up with big corporations is like textbook fascist populism. Just cos you make people build the autobahn by hand doesn't make you a socialist.
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  9546.  @jessesinclair3861  so you agree Hitler is a socialist, he’s just not your kind of Socialist, like Socialists in the U.K. Labour Party aren’t Marxists, like Trotsky had a different vision of Socialism to Stalin, who had a different vision of Socialism from Lenin. Remember TIK has outlined this, the concept of personal property was removed by the Nazi laws in the 1930’s - if you’d bothered to watch TIKs videos he’s addressed all of this. That’s why businesses could be and were taken over by the state perfectly legally during the third reich. You’ve spouted some sound bites and think that’s a rebuttal to a series of lengthy and coherent analyses of Nazi dogma. You’re very unconvincing.
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  9547. People studying history should not try to be politically correct and pretend economics don't matter. As far as I can see, Austrian-Chicago liberal economics are a scientific fact, and critical to understanding history. Keynesian and socialist economics are basically like disproven pseudoscientific theories that came before humans really understood science like astrology, the geocentric universe or body humors.
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  9548. Well, as a citizen of the USA, I am certainly glad we do not have a crushing debt imploding our economy, or a fascist government, nor sending our military abroad for economic gain, or likely to start a large war with a pseudo-communist nation over a smaller nation positioned between us...oh, fark. Thankfully we are smarter than the Nutzi's since we print money, give it to the Federal Reserve, who then purchases our Treasury debt, which I am assured means we are not a 'banana republic' but a modern Keynesian state. I assume these MEFO bills, er, I mean Treasury bills will not be a problem one day. I think you have it right. The current national socialists do not want the truth to come out, nor the Marxists, since they also believe in stupid things like 'shrinking markets' and 'labor value theory'. In the comments on another channel a 'socialist' called the Soviet Union 'State Capitalism' while another free marketer called crony capitalism 'Fascism'. From this I conclude that we are going to repeat history again...because no one is owning up to the consequences of their actions or the reality of the ideal theories they espouse.
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  9549. Keynesian economics : lmao 17:50 TIK just explained why the US stimulus bill will not work
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  9550. 27:20 - really like the aside on the logic of why the Soviets claimed they destroyed an entire battalion. Nicely thought out.
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  9551. Comment to boost the algorithm.
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  9552. Hi Tik! Thanks for your videos, they are awesome, I'm looking for an specific anti tank battalion, it's the 521 s. PanzerJager abteilung, it has the St. Emil, and Dicker Max tank destroyers, i've doing research and they were in this campaign but I can't find them anywhere in your videos, I thought you may tell me where is this unit? Is not at the front now?
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  9553. 150.000 subs 🎉 congrats
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  9554.  @TheImperatorKnight  77th Brigade proudly stating that their mission is to "fight online misinformation" by spamming their own misinformation on social media sounds extremely Orwellian.
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  9555.  @neiloflongbeck5705  I don't see much validity in argument that semi-monopolist or what effectively is a colluding cartel of main tech companies can abuse their position as much they want. I mean sure, now they can do it with impunity but I would neither build any moral argument nor even a legal one as technically speaking there are on the books quite a few unenforced regulations concerning anti-trust and against unfair competition.
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  9556. My favorite YT channel <3 Keep up the awesome work TIK!
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  9557. So I am realy interested in history especially ww2 (love the eastern front) and I want to read more about it. Problem is I dont know what books are good to read. Could you recommend me your favorite books or maybe even do a video about that? If you dont have the time for this I could also just wait for your book revieuws to be uploaded and pick some books from there :)
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  9558. Will you do in future Italian theatre like Monte Casino and Anzio? Maybe Sicily? Thanks...
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  9559. As stated by Engels, joint-stock companies are a product of the socialisation of private means of production,[1] however, socialisation for someone’s private interest did not constitute Socialism.[2] As long as he didn't deliberately say that "Amazon is Socialist", TIK is right under Marxism theory, even using the theoretical standard which no Socialist regime IRL would able to pass. Amazon being public or worker-owned (in share) doesn’t necessarily means it is socialist. Fredda is either confused with the concept, or he was putting words into TIK’s mouth to defame him. [1] “This rebellion of the productive forces, as they grow more and more powerful, against their quality as capital, this stronger and stronger command that their social character shall be recognised, forces the capitalist class itself to treat them more and more as social productive forces, so far as this is possible under capitalist conditions. The period of industrial high pressure, with its unbounded inflation of credit, not less than the crash itself, by the collapse of great capitalist establishments, tends to bring about that form of the SOCIALISATION of great masses of means of production which we meet with in the different kinds of joint-stock companies. Many of these means of production and of communication are, from the outset, so colossal that, like the railways, they exclude all other forms of capitalistic exploitation.” (Friedrich Engels , Part III: Socialism Anti-Dühring) [2] “But of late, since Bismarck went in for state-ownership of industrial establishments, a kind of spurious socialism has arisen, degenerating, now and again, into something of flunkeyism, that without more ado declares all state ownership, even of the Bismarckian sort, to be socialistic. Certainly, if the taking over by the state of the tobacco industry is socialistic, then Napoleon and Metternich must be numbered among the founders of socialism. If the Belgian state, for quite ordinary political and financial reasons, itself constructed its chief railway lines; if Bismarck, not under any economic compulsion, took over for the state the chief Prussian lines, to be the better able to have them in hand in case of war, to bring up the railway employees as voting cattle for the government, and especially to create for himself a new source of income independent of parliamentary votes – this was, in no sense, a socialistic measure, directly or indirectly, consciously or unconsciously. Otherwise, the Royal Maritime Company [founded as a commercial and banking company in 1772 and granted a number of important privileges by the state. It advanced big loans to the government and, in fact, became its banker and broker], the Royal porcelain manufacture, and even the regimental tailor of the army would also be socialistic institutions.” (Friedrich Engels , Part III: Socialism Anti-Dühring)
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  9560. Even the best script can be shorter, any academic know this. I am looking forward to Battlefront Gazala. Merry Christmas from Denmark!
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  9561. You run the only trustworthy history channel on YouTube. Apart, perhaps from that Drach-something guy who deals only with naval history. Don't let us down and steer away to some ideology, please. If you don't, we will forgive you everything else.
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  9562. Love your channel man. Keep up the good work, you're seriously good at what you do
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  9563. Merry Christmas TIK, thank you for your hard work
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  9564. I still have alot of videos to catch up on. Beeing dumped by the mother of my children before christmas have given me the time to finally catch up!
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  9565. ​ @TheImperatorKnight We appreciate what it takes for you to do this. Looking forward to the next, no matter the wait. Merry Christmas!
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  9566. I’m reading “Dilemmas of the Desert War” by Michael Carver in preparation for Gazala. Merry Christmas TIK.
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  9567. Brilliant.. in depth, and very well presented. Bravo!
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  9568. Nice important video to understand the eastern front warfare.
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  9569. More informative than the official documentary. AWEEEESOOOOME!!!11
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  9570. Great video tik I really liked the extra animation and clip art you threw in for this one.
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  9571. history was my second favourite subject in school after geography but i was literally told 'there wasn't much future in it' as a career and got pushed toward science for a-levels and ended up doing engineering at uni. i mean, i can't complain it is as close to a guaranteed career for life as a 21 year-old is likely to get given the terrible and persistent dearth of people choosing my specialty but at 45 i'm basically a manager which is not at all what i wanted to be and i do wonder what if?
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  9572. Agree with your start date, TIK. The issuance of Directive 45 on 23 July named Stalingrad as an objective for 6th Army for the first time. Never thought I could find an hour-long briefing on order of battle entertaining--but...I did! You are an excellent teller of history. Good work!
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  9573. The symbol of the 113rd ID: the two vertical lines represent "1" and "1", placed over the numeral "3" kipping on its back. Yes, you can slap your forehead.
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  9574. I really like your content. Too many morons will constantly say the german army were angels during ww2 and that only the SS commited mass murder or burned down towns. Keep it up, you are needed on youtube.
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  9575. Nice!
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  9576. You talking about the people not taking care of the trucks was fucking hilarious to me. You see, I used to work for one of those big delivery corporations. 1. Of the ~40 things you are supposed to check on your truck before each day, people check about 5 or less of them. 2. Our boss had a meeting to exclusively tell people to stop overfilling the oil. 3. Beginning of my shift: "God damn motherfucker who last used this car didn't fill the gas." 4. End of my shift: looks at 1/4 tank of gas "good enough for next person." 5. I've heard someone say if the shipments are late, and everything is going to be late anyway, you might as well take your time so you get to overtime hours that day. 6. Writing "needs oil change" or "needs tires replaced" on the maintenance sheet means absolutely nothing to the company if they don't directly own the car. 7. The difference in how people treat their own cars vs the company cars they don't own is unbelievable. 8. People not knowing if the van they used was diesel or gas so they just guess. 9. Random small damage on a vehicle that isn't reported. Ever. Especially if they know no one else will use that thing for many months. 10. "Hurry and get this late arrival package on time!" Courier drives company speed and it's late because he gets paid by the hour, not by whether he does the corporation a favor
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  9577. ​ @TheImperatorKnight This comment wasn't aimed at me but thank you. I've been struggeling with similiar issues as him. The thing about switching your goal from happiness to satisfaction seems very helpful in particular.
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  9578. Video didn’t get much traction it seems well I’m all for this content
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  9579.  @TheImperatorKnight  Qualified yes. At the risk of being Pollyanna, it's possible that everything lies at the heart of the debate: micro 4/3 v. full-frame cameras, low-gluten v. high-gluten flour in pizza, guilt or innocence in a murder trial.... The thing is that you are suffering from what I call "being nibbled to death by a bunch of ducks." Debate demands rules, and ad hominem, of which you are the frequent recipient, is a fallacy, which is a worthless distraction. I will confess that I have had sport at the expense of idiots. There is a U.S. Youtuber at Notarubicon that has an interesting take. He pins stupid comments at the top of his Comments and invites his viewers to mock them. Anyway, best of luck. We need you. Don't flame out.
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  9580. I’m sending you coffins !
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  9581.  @TheImperatorKnight  I've seen people dance around the subject for 3x longer and not impart as much insight into it.
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  9582. This triggers a question I've had since I tried watching Downfall for the first time recently. My impression of the movie was that it was basically the "Madman Hitlr Get Out of Jail Free Card" in cinematic form, so when I got distracted around halfway through, I didn't bother coming back to it. But it did get me wondering just how much of the movie WAS accurate. Being set at the 11th hour of the war, a bit of madman may have appropriately reflected the desperation of the situation. And surely, some of the auxiliary details could have been extracted from or inspired by actual accounts. It would be interesting to hear the perspective of the Buster of the Manstein Myth
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  9583. "Hitler and his Generals" has just been added to my "Bibliography of Shame" ie books i should have read by now. Thanks Tik
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  9584. Agree, it's a great insight into Hitler's thinking at this time.
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  9585. First?
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  9586. Socialism is much broader than Marxism or Leninism and has much longer history than Karl Marx. The key idea with socialism is economic control by the elites/government supposedly for the benefit of society. The details of the control vary considerably and the degree of private property rights and political rights also varies widely. The Nazism and Fascists were types of socialists but not Marxist or Leninist in outlook.
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  9587. @Zinedine Zidane That's just Fascism in general
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  9588. I love how commiboos and media people are talking about the massive casualties the Soviets took like it's something to brag about not be appalled by. Getting soldiers killed is the single easiest thing you can do in a war. They should take a look at why the soviets lost so many men and they'd have their mind(the one they share between themselves) blown.
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  9589. Interestingly, two of my comments were deleted. Apparently, asking a question or quoting a statistic gathered by the International Diabetes Federation, is not allowed. I humbly apologize to my overlords.
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  9590. At 3:22 1,9 million German women, 10 million Soviet women.
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  9591. This is the most dislike I ever seen on tik video neo-nazis Marxist are you f** doing this
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  9592. "I’ve researched this topic extensively for years." Nice. Please share your sources.
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  9593. TIK can I have sum ❤️ too?
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  9594. ‘Scum bag politicians’. Well said!
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  9595.  @TheImperatorKnight  British Royal family
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  9596. one of your best vids in my opinion
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  9597. TIK - No truth at all, the RAF never came close to being defeated. That they allegedly did is one of the biggest myths of the war, fortunately a myth that is utterly destroyed in Bungay's brilliant 'The Most Dangerous Enemy'.
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  9598. Pun in the thumbnail = instant like
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  9599.  @XavierY828  Krupps -> Nazi member, Government Officials Opel -> Nazi member Vögler ->Government Officials
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  9600. I think you should watch the video.
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  9601. "...equivalent of todays 100 mil. Reichs Euros" - quotes of an absolute legend
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  9602. Absolutely right. As former East German I can attest to the fact that we systematically were brainwashed about anything to do with Hitler and the Nazis from Kindergarten on. The financing of Hitler or who elected Hitler and countless other facts were systematically distorted and falsified to the point that even nowadays scores of East Germans still believe the BS.
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  9603. Love the thumbnails!
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  9604.  @TheImperatorKnight  Wikipedia:No original research : "Wikipedia articles must not contain original research. On Wikipedia, original research means material—such as facts, allegations, and ideas—for which no reliable, published source exists.[a] This includes any analysis or synthesis of published material that reaches or implies a conclusion not stated by the sources. To demonstrate that you are not adding original research, you must be able to cite reliable, published sources that are directly related to the topic of the article and directly support[b] the material being presented. Primary sources that have been reputably published may be used in Wikipedia, but only with care." not only they don't expect primary sources, it also has to be reported on by " reputable publishers" aka who ever they like.
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  9605. PS. Wikipedia is not to be trusted.
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  9606. "100 million reichs euros" 😂😂😂😂
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  9607. Yo TIK, thank for the vid! Been following you for years - keep it up you are doing a good job! I love how you are almost on the brink of being militant in the voice lately - not like in the beginning 😀 I think your awesome - you tell them fools!
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  9608. The video is about how this support isn't the reason Hitler gained power nor proof thet they were capitalistic
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  9609. The sad truth is that most people experience great discomfort when their core beliefs are challenged.
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  9610. I really like this challenge on the narrative on the Nazi party was capitalist and why they were in fact socialist. And I understand why socialists want to distance themself from nazisme. But sadly for them, the evidence is all over the place. Maybe in some years from now, new evidence will pop up that proves otherwise. Good job TIK keep it up. Looking forward for you next battle-storm video/series 🙂
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  9611. ​ @JohnBrownsArmory  You seem to fall between choice quotes (sometimes imaginary, sometimes absent context) as if they were flights of stairs. Tasteful irony isn't waiting for you at the bottom - just bad faith. In short, if you want people to take you seriously, perhaps at least attempt to take their arguments seriously in kind?
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  9612.  @JohnBrownsArmory  Youtube automatically flags comments for manual review if they include certain words. Kind of hilarious to accuse anyone of bad faith while fabricating quotes multiple times in a row, though.
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  9613. The claims he made in his "popular" works are not relevant to this video because they concern US business interests funding Marxist Bolsheviks (e.g. in Russia), not Capitalists in Germany funding Socialists also in Germany.
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  9614. It's easy to admit you were misinformed instead of deflecting to unrelated garbage. "I understand, Hitler was not funded into power by Capitalists, even if he attracted attention from them after he seized power. I am more concerned with what came after he gained power..." That's all it takes, but you have to leave the lies and half-truths behind if you want to set yourself free.
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  9615. Hey TIK here is a supporter of your work. I like how you dont take the simple (in most cases wrong) answere and go on with your day. You put in so much effort to finde the truth. That is why I love watching your videos. Thank you so much for your content.
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  9616. It is wild to see how flimsy that natrative is. Hello to all my fellow sane and intellectually honest people in comments section, and thanks to TIK for another superb video
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  9617.  @vincen4465  vast majority of push for communism went from middle to low high class, as they constituted the majority of organization and intelligentsia promoting communism and communist policies. Not to mention its explicit urban focus.
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  9618. So you didn’t watch the video? Shut the fuck up then.
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  9619. The real question is, would it really matter if the Nah-Zees were funded by capitalists when they acted like the socialists there were when they came to power? I'd say it wouldn't, even if it wasn't made up, though I'm not part of the "guilt by association" demographic.
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  9620. Lewis, I've been following you for ages, but this is probably one of the best, if not most important videos you have done. Bravo, mate! The 'side-bar' critiques are incisive, and the overall message is crystal clear. 👋👋👋
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  9621. 16:55 a quicker option...on the Person layer, you can choose Select and Mask. You can pretty much click on the person and it'll select him and mask the background. Once you're used to it you'll be done in seconds with a click.
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  9622. I love the blooper outtakes
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  9623. can we just have a full episode of bloopers?
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  9624. This year i made a 25 page report ( school project ). It was exhausting . What tik has managed to achieve is simply unbelievable.
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  9625. Name in Credits for Supporting TIK > a fictitious foot of land in Scotland and calling yourself a Laird
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  9626. Take a drink every time TIK does the Circus Music
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  9627. F*cking love hearing a capable person talk about his/her subject of interest. Impressed am I of such a hard working and succeeding human beeing. Your videos keep making my day.
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  9628. Take a break you need it also a quarterly blooper video could be a lower effort video, I watch it.
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  9629. Thanks for taking us through your workflow. Would it be easier to use digital copies of texts because of the ability to copy and paste relevant text rather than to type each and every word?
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  9630. It took me 3 months to read 1984 so I can't even think at the fact of reading anything else than Wikipedia.
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  9631. Tik, if at all possible take more time for yourself. I don't think being a workaholic, in fact I know being a workaholic isn't a good thing. Make it a rule you got to take at least one day off a week. You're not a medical intern working in the ER 100 hours a week. Give yourself a break. The quality will stay there and you'll feel better. I spent 10 years working 60 to 90 hours a week depending on if it was in the month, end of quarter or end of year. For quite a while I had every other Sunday off. And if that Sunday fell on one of the three things I mentioned above I didn't get that day off. You're a brilliant historian, but even historians can't burn themselves out. Hope 2023 is a wonderful year for you
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  9632. I made a career out of being a programmer much of it for presentation, and you have described the frustration of doing complicated things as well as I have ever heard it. You can not do that kind of work without a huge personal drive (a demon on your back) to do it right. Miss one word in the 1000's of pages of instructions and you are fotally tucked. THEN TIK gets to try and make a hundred heavy books agree with each other, the people who wrote the books made mistakes, the editors of the books made mistakes, the people in the books made mistakes and in many cases lied like carpets and in your field of history many of the people who really knew the truth died finding it out. Then you meet the hell of trying to get two different applications to interface. Same as above with no help. In exchange for no boss glaring over your shoulders as you try desperately to fix his screwups, you have to figure out how to explain everything using the maps when you have a thousand watchers who pop a woody whenever they find something to complain about. I don't always agree with you but I do respect you. In the end that is a higher compliment from a fellow professional than any other.
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  9633. I suggest you back up EVERYTHING, i know it will be several terabytes, but Youtube can be fickle and delete your channel or something. Hard drivers are cheap now and i would suggest periodically increasing your storage bay and saving your work bit by bit, not all at once.
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  9634. I don't know why but your Editors animation swelled me up with pride. Your editor is coming along nicely TIK.
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  9635. Can we get a video of just bloopers? I know it's frustrating but I laughed my ass off. Need a longer version. 🤣
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  9636. This is a great watch even if you're not interested in making this specific content. I've been working on a Fantasy novel, and I've already heard several useful ideas only quarter of the way through
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  9637. One of your all time great films.
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  9638. This is some really, REALLY wierd shit.
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  9639. 39:09 This is a comedic masterstroke that had me laughing.
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  9640. Sneaking in a page from a DnD book when talking about the made up races was brilliant! Lmao
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  9641.  @DaveSCameron  you're commenting everywhere here saying TIK is wrong. What exactly do you disagree with him about?
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  9642.  @TheImperatorKnight  I watch like all your videos, really helps the time go by to have something I can listen to while I'm waiting on dump trucks or something at work, I can't believe I missed it, definitely is my lucky day I'm super excited to see the next episode of your Stalingrad series, I see it getting a lot of response videos and what not and am eagerly anticipating the next goldmine of entertaining information you have in store Keep doing you Tik, your the best
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  9643. Another amazing video🙌
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  9644. "the second boso-culture" shows Bozo the Clown hilarious
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  9645. Fascinating and …scary. thanks
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  9646. Communism is the same way, a fantasy.
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  9647. I recently received "Island of Fire" and the book is amazing!
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  9648. Hi TIK. Absolutely love your vids, you really did a good job presenting history to us. Could you get me the permission to translate your work into Chinese? As a Chinese fan, I would like to add Chinese subtitles(mainly Battlestorm series) to your vids which allow more Chinese history enthusiast who doesn't speak English to understand your work. Sam
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  9649. #halderdidnothingwrong
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  9650. TIK so don't sound too good man. I hope you get better
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  9651. I love the list of poeple who hate Halder. xD
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  9652. Would the Germans won WW2 if Hitler was in charge of Operation Barbarossa instead of Halder?
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  9653. First!
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  9654. Are you going to cover the operation Little Saturn and Winterstorm in this series? In which point are you going to end this show? Your work is great btw.
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  9655. sub'd
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  9656. Thank you TIK for your videos. Long ago I found TV documentaries to be... sterile, using the Madman-Hitler-get-out-of-jail-free-card over again. Your work challenge the narative and trully inform not only about one of the most savage periods of human history, but also about the road that lead there. And I§m not talking about your economics, philosophy and theology videos, which are of superb quality as well. The best thing is that you have your facts straight, source materials and do not hesitate to acknowledge a mistake or an overlook. Keep up the good work and please: Don't stick to tanks! :)
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  9657. WELL DONE,! very educational....
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  9658. Matt Hancock is an expert with midazolam
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  9659.  @TheImperatorKnight  funny thing is that besides that one division of Hamas that is Ba’athist/communist leaning, most of the modern day tankies would realise that the people they’re supporting are more like the “far right” they claim to be fighting. Even as a supporter of Palestine and not Hamas, it makes me laugh seeing them try to justify Hamas kidnapping innocents who aren’t even military targets to “end muh western imperialism”.
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  9660. Darwin: Natural Selection Galton: Rational Selection Hitler: National Selection A doctor prioritizing race and nation over an individual violates the Hippocratic oath. I like how at 3:25 Tik's added touch of using his hands to get rid of the screen graphics, and the subtle calling Feminists "women of the night". These ungodly, man-hating hags hide behind "fairness for women" to advance a horrible political agenda. It is ironic that Goebbels would have been considered defective and De-selected due to his club foot.
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  9661.  @TheImperatorKnight  Oh hello TIK :) If you don't mind me saying, I feel like you give these strange people a little too much attention, your content is glorious and I'd hate for you to be too preoccupied by that delusional negativity of theirs, not that I've been subject to anything like that before. Have a good one man :)
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  9662. Reddit: You can't prove what you are saying Tik: Witness me bitch
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  9663. Very nice connecting the concept of Patrons to this
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  9664. oh no... a semantics argument without sources... well, I'm bored, let's see... 1) "Socialism = Public Sector control => State control of MoP (Where's second option:People?? State=People now? Where's '/' ?)" As you said and the video *emphasizes*, public= people, or the majority of "people". The Nazis claimed to represent the majority's will (in a way they did) and even while they took power from a smaller German government, they gave that power to themselves, forming a new German government. 2) "Marx": State of people = Hierarchy of society of people => Death of state of people=Withering of society (wtf)" The people make the society... did... did you not pay attention? He literally explains that it is impossible to have a stateless society because people always make up the state. 3) "*Collective = Group => Public => Collective=State Not really: Stateless society = Collective=State (So for you a stateless society is only one without collective, only with unsocialized independent individuals. Then any human interaction which involves collectively doing something (exercising control over stuff) is by your vision, an exercise of State. Also, all pre-agricultural tribes are thus either all already States or not Collectives at all) But: Anarchism = Freedom for private individual => Not collective Anarchism = Individual control of own Economy => Anarchism=Capitalism" Okay, clearly you didn't watch the video. No, the argument isn't that a stateless society is one without a collective, the argument is that you factually cannot have a stateless society because society is always the state! Yes, that includes ancient pre-agricultural tribes because even those have some form of hierarchy (men go hunting, women stay caring for the children, etc.). Anarchism is also impossible as it requires some form of enforcement because people inevitably form, you guessed it, societies (states), so in order to maintain some kind of stateless state, you need a state! Yeah, I'm convinced you didn't watch the video, you just jumped on some scenes, vaguely got some definitions, ignored his sources, and decided to go on a semantics rant that you made longer by spacing it out that way.
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  9665. So glad you didn’t stick to tanks!
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  9666. This is spot on. National Socialism was not the opposite of Communism. It was a rival conception of Socialism. It was National Socialism as opposed to International Socialism. It was socialism mixed with a corruption of Darwinism.
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  9667. Damn bro, I hope you keep fighting these SJW assholes who keep trying to silence you. Good luck man, also you just got a new Subscriber. :)
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  9668. Here in Peru, a few people (including) have starred a whole commotion in Twitter saying "Nazis were left-wing and socialist". For some reason it is vital for left-wingers and socialists that Hitler has to be a capitalis. The more proof you show (I use this video's source a lot) the more they go back to thje straw man "YOu belief Nazis are socialist because they have the word socialis, but youi know the North Korea isn't democratic, hahaha". Also they never have a response to "ok, Hitler may have been a righty (not, but, for this discussion) but it's clear that the two greastes genocides were Stalin and Mao who are unmistakably socialist. BOnus poionts for Pol Pot, the greatest by proportion".
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  9669. Overall you made a very good job on making a lot of research in order to make this video, congratulations! But at the same time i got a lot of questions about the political spectrum you present on this video, in which you basically say: "statism = left & capitalism = right". -What about those presidents (like Colombia's or Honduras' president) who self-proclaim themself as right-wing by having ideologies like nationalism or by mixing the state with religion support, but at the same time does not allow free market to be at it's maximum and sometimes they even gave economic goverment support to it's people. Those can be considered as leftist as well? thank you.
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  9670. Wow!!!What an incredible piece of work! Finally someone who is able to hold their own especially in this ever increasingly skewed world. Thank you TIK. :-)
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  9671. Ok part 2 when? 🙃
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  9672. Of course Hitler was Socialist. Anyone who looks into the regime and have a sufficient grasp of history understand this. The concept of Socialism predates Marxism. Learn your history. It's simple facts: There shouldn't even be a lively debate about this question, yet instead there is endless confusion in academia and elsewhere.
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  9673. The common argument I hear was Hitler wasn't a socialist because he stood against Marxist Socialism.
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  9674. I LOVE YOU! FINALLY someone else who UNDERSTANDS! someone else who THINKS! you even put the true political spectrum in here! I would like to add a bit of terminology here though: I personally call the "socialist" type of command economy "sociofascism" to encompass the idea of both being the same thing, and to better show the separation. under this I put socialism, communism, and fascism as different types of command economies, each gaining control over the economy in different ways, as I have seen each follow a pattern. communists usually directly take control over the economy, everything is directly the states, socialists usually do it indirectly through government industries like how America does its healthcare and education systems, and fascism does it usually through absorbing companies into the government rather than taking control over what they own. I do not disagree with you at all about the structure and ideology behind these economies, they are all socialist ideologies, I merely think it to be a good idea to separate the economy part into its own sections to better understand it.
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  9675. Thank you TIK for another incredible video with great evidence and citation! I will be slowly digesting this for the next few days so I can retain most of the information. Keep up the incredible job :)
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  9676. My home schooled daughter, who is now 14, will be studying WWII this year. These videos will be a helpful resource. Thanks for your work.
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  9677.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think it would go a long way to acknowledge the fact that many very wealthy people dont indeed deserve all of the wealth they have because they used the state in order to get it. Thats the problem with all current capitalist societies. Some form of a state in our current age no matter how small one thinks it should be is necessary for a society to function at very least to maintain laws and provide military defence but the problem is the state ends up being able to be bought which it has been so the more wealthy companies and individuals end up going around the market basically by using state power to help them gain wealth. The reason the rich are far more obscenely wealthy than the rest of the population is the fact that they get to a point where they can buy state power. What people get wrong though is when they try to counter this "socialism/government handouts for the rich" with more socialism or when they see one talking about how the rich are too rich (which they are due not to the market but abuse of state power) they assume its communist rhetoric. Another problem is if there was some kind of movement that was to establish 100% capitalism what is to be done about wealth that was earned by state power abuse rather than through the market? On a totally unrelated note have you ever heard of the ideology of Social Credit? I live in one of two places in the world where they actually came to power albeit they never tried to implement their full economic policy and from what I gather their idea was that the problem was not "socialism vs capitalism" they took the stance that collective ownership of the means of production wouldnt work but the flaw that lead ultimately to the depression from their viewpoint was the traditional money supply/medium of exchange/banking system was flawed and not based in reality. Im not saying their exact solution was correct but I think there is indeed a problem with the current "banking system" considering that it has had to be propped up by the state on numerous occasions. The exact medium of exchange is still up for debate in my opinion because the current state backed fiat and the previous semi state backed gold standard are very flawed.
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  9678. There are capitalists in American prisons ergo America isn't capitalist.
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  9679. Most useful video on the topic I have ever seen. I have heard these arguments using both Nazi Germany or Facist Italy as some sort of whataboutism as a supposed "rightist" example of bad behavior. Thank you for the well researched info. Have this vid saved as a research go to in the future. This vid does not deserve all the downvotes it has even if you disagree.
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  9680. Socialism is about envy, covetous nature, theft, murder etc. If you read the 10 commandments it basically says thou shalt not be a socialist. I'm not even religious, but this was figured out a long time ago by people who came before us. Hey bud, its not a good idea to steal what your neighbor has, pretty bad idea. Murder, yeah prolly shouldn't go around murdering people, it doesn't jive well.
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  9681. This is a true masterpiece!!
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  9682. 4. The definition of Socialism is "any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods." No other tenants are required, if the means of production are in collective control, it is already a variant of Socialism. 6. Because they were his rivals, much like the Mensheviks were rivals to the Bolsheviks, which is why the Bolsheviks killed all the Mensheviks. Were the Bolsheviks not Socialists because they killed Mensheviks? 7. He abolished all other political parties other than the NSDAP. Right-wing groups that resisted these measures were crushed just as hard as Left-wing groups. He also didn't find a common course with Capitalist industrialists, he stole their companies from them. Capitalists and Conservatives were killed on the Night of Long Knives too.
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  9683. This sounds creepily like the direction the USA is going, pushed by Democrat policies
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  9684. Love the comment section. The university educated or indoctrinated against the common sense thinkers who say if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck and calls itself a duck we should assume its a duck.
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  9685. Can you publish this as a paper or booklet? would be nice to make this quotable! :D
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  9686. Stay mad chief :P … anyone who uses Dunning-Kruger as a counter argument is almost always wrong
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  9687. "No, Hitler was not a total socialist since he acknowledged elements of private economy." - You mean like Lenin did as well? Not being able to go 100% on a system does not mean you aren't a socialist. "I think almost each country or each society includes socialistic elements and capitalistic elements. There are only few purepred socialistic or capitalistic societies. Hence, it is a question of the ratio. USA may have a soialist percentage of 5%," - You clearly don't know much of government control of the economy in the USA nowadays. "Germany today 20%, Third Reich 40%," - Nope. "DDR 80%, UdSSR in 1940 98%, UdSSR in 1990 90%, North Korea today 98% etc." - Thats not how you define an ideology as socialist or not. As TIK highlights in his video. Even if we were to agree that the Third Reich wasn't socialist, which it was, that doesn't mean National Socialism is not socialism from an ideological standpoint.
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  9688. The same people who say that Hitler wasn't a real socialist are the same people who say that real socialism has never been tried.
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  9689.  mike mcmike  Your mind is as bright as a bat cave, I am no libertarian and although I slightly disagree with him, he still does raise a few points worth discussion. You are making poor assumptions, Mike.
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  9690.  @TheImperatorKnight  Impressed by you seeing this comment, heart's much appreciated
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  9691.  mike mcmike  What is your point? Did you not even watch the video?
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  9692.  wannabchomsky  North Korea can proclaim itself a democracy by definition and by the fact they have votes, the official name of North Korea is the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.
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  9693. @TIK The Best Video. PhD Thesis. Masterpiece. I've shared it on FB, twice. As I lived in Yugoslavia, I know some practical things about Communism, western people don't. While I was listening to your video, I knew what you are going to say. I knew why something happened. I knew what false privatization is, I knew what fixed prices were, I knew what dog-pig-creature is. I knew all of it. How? It's simple. It was the same thing as Yugoslav Communism, with one difference: Germans uber Alles vs All Yugoslav Nations live in peace in harmony but kill the rich However, the bloody civil war in the 90's was not the worse part. Eating pidgeons, not having the chocolate and not having electricity for several hours - were not the worse part. The worse part is the mindset. The whole nation learned how to live under Communism. Once the Communism has gone, people were left down with no skills. The majority don't understand the real world. And here is the consequence, The Highest emigration of youth, besides the fact it's not easy at all due to visas and regulations. We are still poor, and we will stay poor for at least 50 more years. Once established, Communism destroys generations. Even when it falls, it's still destructive. Learn from history, learn from Yugoslavia, learn from Romania, Bulgaria, East Germany... Don't be fools.
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  9694. Share, please.
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  9695. It's the postmodernist narrative that you've upset man. I, on the other hand, very much appreciate your true histories!
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  9696. As a person who lived in socialism, I think, your analysis are spot on.
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  9697. I read these top comments, and keep thinking, TIK explicitly addressed this exact point in this video. Turns out your critics, as you point out in this video, do not actually watch your videos. They read the title, and try to gleam the gist from the comments.
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  9698. THANK YOU! TIK, I can't imagine how much effort this must have taken, but believe me: it's appreciated. The evil totalitarianism inherent Socialism must be called out and it's high-time historians stop denying the historical record. Keep up the good work! Respects from California.
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  9699. What? 2000 dislikes? Haahhaahahaha hahaahhaaaaaahhaaahaa haaaahhhaaahaha haaaahaaahhaaha. Those commies. Congratulations on this tour de force, TIK.
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  9700. Lovely video! I actually listened to the whole thing and all I can say is, well done.
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  9701. Edit : you said exactly this at 3:57:30 I got the logical conclusion that Hitler was socialist just by using my brain 2 years ago, your video providing sources is even better. Lets be real here, the only reason they don't want to admit Hitler was socialist is because it gets to the logical conclusion that all 20th century autocracy were left-wing. And Socialist have always used Hitler as the scapegoat against the right. Loosing this is so bad for their ideological conquest they will naturally use double-think to fight it. It matters not... ''All you freedom-loving ''left-wing'' thinkers of the West! You left laborites! You progressive American, German, and French students! As far as you are concerned, none of this amount to much. As far as you are concerned, this whole book of mine is a waste of effort. You may suddenly understand it all someday- But only when you Yourselves hear ''hands behind your backs there!'' and step ashore on our Archipelago.'' -Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. The gulag archipelage : Abridged. p. 468
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  9702. Also Richard Pipes who isn't mentioned in this video
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  9703. Do you plan to make more videos about politics and economics? Also do you plant to go a bit into youtube politics since you mentioned Sargon? Great video keep up good work.
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  9704. The stupidest argument against the idea that fascism is socialism is that Hitler's Nazis killed communists. Factions and sects of religions and other ideologies have often fought one another. Protestants fought Catholics. Different sects of Islam fight one another. I've even heard of Buddhists fighting one another for control over their temples.
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  9705. Aidan Barton "Words actually have meanings." What a fine thing to hear in today's postmodernism infested discourse, where everything is redefined to the whim of the speaker. This might be the start of a great conversation. To begin with, and to either refute or agree to your arguments - what would your definition of socialism be?
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  9706.  wannabchomsky  and ofc you ignore the ideology part of my arguement and also ofc you did not watch the video itself, the soviet union wasnt socialist, you had peasent who weren't forced into collectives because you needed someone to steal from, i do not care what economy the 3rd reich or the soviet union or whatever nation had, the economic compass has left as state controll and right as individual controll, no country has full capitalism and no country has full socialism because in practice no "full on" economy works, we need parts of both.BUT the whole fcking arguement is based on their ideology, which clearly spells out that both nazism and marxism want to control the means of production, one just has the state made up of workers and one of aryans, it doesn't matter, both wants to socialize the means of production.And no i had no "formal" education, i don't want some commie historian tell me that fascist are literal devils and marxists are some great revolutionaries who want to free people and make their lives better.NO, they are the same stupid ass ideologies that want control over our freedoms.TIK was right, the internet is full of commies, who won't watch the videos debunking their nosensencical arguements.
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  9707. Hi TIK. This is your greatest video but it was hard for me to get through it, not because it was long but because it made me depressed. Things seem to be going the same way again.
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  9708. Putting it as much as I know on the scales, I believe the totality of the evidence favors TIK here. I also have a feeling it may heavily favor his position. Frankly, the more threats and abusive posts devoid of any points of argument/evidence or posts that are clearly cherry picking and actually addressed by TIK in the video, the more I tend to think TIK is right. Screaming, yelling, name calling and idle threats may work on playground or at sporting event or fight with your wife (maybe not) but in a debate like this it mostly illustrates weakness of your position. I was taught that two of the best things to be are brave and right. TIK is both here.
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  9709. A long video, but by god was the subject matter interesting, i see what you mean about the education system being a bit useless considering the number of misconceptions ive been under.
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  9710. The internationalist socialists are capitalists in disguise. They want to own slaves and mansions,
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  9711. I had also been taught at school and college that the Nazis were really capitalists using the socialist label to gain power. I was young and stupid so never really questioned it. Then in my early 30's I was at a dinner party with some Marxists and this topic came up and I decided to annoy them, as they were quite annoying themselves and argued that Hitler was a socialist and noticed the more I argued with them and destroyed their points the more furious they became. I will admit that at the time I did not really have any strong opinion on the subject and did not really believe my own points. Howver, to make a long story short, after the marxists resorted to very silly comments and personal insults I had accidentally as a side effect convinced myself that Hitler was indeed a socialist. Having watched this video and the excellent video private vs public I realised how crude and uninformed my own arguments were compared to in-depth information given here by TIK. I feel that I have learnt a great deal from just these two videos alone. Excellent work which I cannot recommend enough. I know that this is a very long video, however, the time seemed to fly past once I became engrossed in the subject. This is in all seriousness one of the best and well informed videos on You Tube.
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  9712. Hey TIK, or anyone of knowledge that can respond, is there a way to get the talking in your video into a word document (and have a copy of slides of the video as we) so I can read everything you have said?
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  9713. The most comprehensive truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth I've seen & listened to about Nazism and its orientation on the economical & political map as of yet. All the rest are sweeping inconvenient content under the rug, omitting or covering by clouds of obfuscation. This whole content should be taught in schools, instead of CRT which only makes people dumber.
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  9714. When you visit a video 5 months later and it becomes more relevant.
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  9715. TIK is amazing. Very well researched videos and sound reasoning. The fact that TIK has to make these disclaimers that just because he is making a video about the national socialists does not mean he espouses these ideas, this just worries me that the state of society especially under identity politics has gone down the drain.
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  9716. ​ mike mcmike  1. Repeated assertions that the author is a ‘libertarian extremist’ is not a destruction of the argument of the socialist underpinnings of National Socialism. By design and by the necessities of total war the Nazi regime was permeated with such policies. True, the government did not outright seize the means of production as in Soviet Russia, nonetheless state intervention was rampant and these policies were often not required to be legally enforced due to the prevailing threat from the party through coercion and violence – unless of course you were Jewish whereby state seizure and ‘redistribution’ of equity was rather more brazen. By the early 40s however the Nazi state was firmly entrenched into the latter part of the name whereby independent personal enterprise was merely a visage; the majority of decisions for private enterprise were made through the Reichswirtschaftsministerium which determined what a businessman could produce, what to buy, at what prices and to whom to sell, with severe penalties for disobedience – sounds like socialism to me. An individuals work was subservient to the needs of the Reich, and to Arian volk. More generally Hitler favoured several anti-capitalist economists (Schmitt and Feder) to this end, in part due to anti-capitalist links to anti-Semitism, but also as the means to establish greater control of private property and of individual work (the Reich Federation of German Industry eventually fell under full state control and the implementation of the Reichswerke Hermann Göring for example). More specifically however to quote early Hitler in 1941: ‘Economically, it meant building a National German economy which appreciated the importance of private initiative, but subordinated the entire economic life to the common interest.’ You seem to have greater issue with the ‘libertarian extremist’ author than with the content. Again, he did not say that Pinochet was a socialist, nor did I. Quote: also if fascist hitler was a socialist, so was Pinochet, because it was "pubic power" what are you talking about?? A: I’ve no idea what the hell you're on about here as I did not say anything close to this. If you wish to establish a separate dialogue about Pinochet or reference another video crack on, that is not the thesis of this video. 2. Firstly I can not find a point in this video that he says "corporations are the state" but I'm happy to be proven wrong if you can provide a timecode. Secondly, your 'here' link does not work however I will endeavour to find it as it appears like either circular logic a mis-interpretation of an argument – perhaps something along the lines of ‘Demos + kratos by its broadest thinnest definition = democracy’, nobody would generally suggest that as an absolute definition of modern democracy, nor is it the topic of discussion here. 3. Again, that’s not an rebuttal against the content of this video. And 'crazy' is an insult, not an argument – see Monty Python for help on this. Scanning the comments sections as you recommend I generally see more of your ‘gems’ with many stereotypical banalities whereby you assert 'git gud at history (no reference needed)' and tiresome insults of 'simp', 'beta', 'idiot' and 'boomer'. I am not sure quite how you find that any of these qualify as useful beyond inflating your ego but to me they appear to be only a telling sign of a man with no intelligent arguments to make and an axe to grind.
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  9717. So, over the course of a few days I’ve listened to this fully and doubled back to some parts to fully get this massive load of information. I can firmly say that out of the 23 years of my life and the 23 years I’ve spent obsessing over history and WW2 I was fucking right about Hitler and I can just quote you, share this and spread it as much as I can and damn near gloat about it. Thank you so much! I love this video and I am so glad this was recommended to me.
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  9718. You are the thinking man's historian THANK YOU! I have been enjoying your videos for a long time.
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  9719. Hello [ TIK ] one challenge that may present itself is the assumption that this topic scares most people because these folks don't have a good foundation of understanding of information, on many levels. Thus this sharing, post of your's scares these folks because they don't have a sound identity of good sound Socrates, Plato, and Aristotelean philosophic education, understanding this information is non-dimesional data. Hitler was insane, paranoid and he didn't understand nor believe in anything spiritual, which we all are in our very essence. Thank you for this upload, I found it very interesting, and challenges me to think deeper about capitalism, democracy, republic oriented execution.
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  9720. I hate everything socialism. This whole plandemic has shown me the the evil of the national health service. Its always about money and control.
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  9721. Much respect. I go to this channel when I want the real answer to a historical question. Whatever you cover. You cover it all the way and dont edit your answer to suit others. Your one of the only trust worthy sources for history out there. Im sure Im not alone in thanking for sticking to the truth on socialism and all the other topics you cover. Keep up the good work. Its sadly rare to find honest answers anymore not filtered down so to not "upset" certain groups. The unfiltered truth is hard to come by these days
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  9722. TiK, this is the most important video of the recent decade on this subject. Thank you for your work and research, do not worry about all the negative opinions. Keep doing this amazing work, I am waiting for more Battlestorms in the future. Best regards from Poland
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  9723. TIK well I think it’s safe to say you ripped him a new one
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  9724. Why does your description of privatization (as referred to by us westerners) sound so much like modern democratic run crony capitalism. If you really want to think about it, its a logical next step to cut down on man power. Instead of sending government agents to go through every ledger, it's done with tax and property insensitive. Walmart, Disney, Lows, Microsoft, Apple all companies that since the death/step away of their founders seem extremely privatized as discribed here. People to day say Hitler was a foolish madman, the man knew his stuff and was an evil genius. If you don't believe it, then why have his idealistic successors been able to sneak the same policies right buy you? Grow up, wise up, and smell the roses. We are living in a time far worse than Nazi Germany (excluding the Jewish extermination). Why? Because you don't see these same policies being pushed until someone breaks it down like in this video. Hitler, Stalin, Marx, and Satin himself have been wining right under our noses. So, now that we know, what are we going to do about it? Btw, this video was buried underneath 20-40 "Hitler wasn't a socialist" video's. So there is your media control as well.
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  9725. sorry sweaty but i, a drug addicted american anarcho-feminist am the arbiter of who is socialist and who is not. you are wrong.
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  9726. Amazing! Well said. I have been arguing against the Contradictory talking point of the left here lately with the origin of Socialism. Mussolini and Hitler were Socialist Fascists. This guy is good
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  9727. This video should be mandatory for all High School students. I literally co-wrote the book, The Capitalist Manifesto, which was praised by Steve Forbes, see www.thecapitalistleague.com. That being said, I know a few things about Capitalism and Socialism, and I find your documentation here to be impeccible. Brilliant!
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  9728. I love how long all these comments are. Kids are used to rambling for paragraphs without any concept of sourcing their comments, yet demand that their opinion SOMEHOW going to rebuke and debunk literally anything in this video
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  9729. The very nature of the 3rd Reich’s “Angels of death” (Engel des Todes) responsible for child murder, euthanasia and removal of the “social sickness” defer such actions to the “health of the state” over the welfare of the individual. This in itself is reflective of the socialist model underlying the 3rd Reich.
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  9730. Watched it from start to finish! Briljant breakdown of the concepts of socialism and capitalism, backed up by noumerous solid sources. End of discussion. Great work TIK!
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  9731. Do you believe there is any difference between no socialism and anarcho-capitalism? I know you think we have never had true capitalism but with the definitions you have presented, I think the conclusion is that real capitalism is anarcho-capitalism. I am not sure if I understood you correctly.
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  9732.  @planets9102  Your not fully wrong but that doesn't change what bernie preaches or that socialism is a shell game that depends on the individual talking about it.
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  9733. TIK, what a spectacular beat down.
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  9734. WOW...God bless the English. Who else would make a 5 hour argument (exquisitely detailed and sourced) to rebut the views of Socialists whom we all know to be religious fanatics impervious to logic. Fight the good fight brother. We Americans like the quick and easy method.. Here is mine. Anyone that wants to expand government is in effect a socialist. Doesn't matter what they call themselves. Hitler could have called it National Capitalism and the effect would have been the same, MASSIVE expansion of the government both in size and scope. If you want to kill people for their race or even worse for the thoughts in their head, you need a big government to accomplish this. This is why socialists are dangerous and must be crushed. Once they have the massive government in place they can (will) round you up and put you into a Gulag, or put you in an oven. If you limit the size of government you prevent these ghastly people from harming and killing others... Which they invariably do. Dont argue with them, destroy them. The end.
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  9735. Such an overused argument.
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  9736. Excellent video. As someone that has lived in china a long time this video has helped me understand exactly what the Chinese government is. I thought I knew before, but this discussion really clarified things.
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  9737. Most historians came from leftist institutes and want to distance their socialism form Hitler's socialism, they do not want to admit that any form of socialism is bad,
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  9738.  @kingorange7739  he didn't as both his comments are already addressed in the video. If he did he would of made a different argument or a counter to TIK's counter on said argument. Instead just repeats the same dead horse rhetoric.
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  9739. Youtube auto removes comments all the time. When talking about the Nazis you have to be very selective of your use of words, tragically. Also, TIK counters that argument in his video, heck he countered it in an earlier video.
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  9740.  @slaterslater5944  Oh boy, you should go watch TIK's video on recessions, or his recent Videos on Inflation. Gold had nonthing to do with the crash of 29 or the hyper Inflation of the Weimar Republic. No major country on earth was on the gold standard, even before WWI many including the German Empire were on an exchange rate standard. Which meant they were not even backing their currency with gold or any hard capital. It's also why FDR confiscated gold, paper money is worthless. The gold confiscations were for state use not to irradiate the gold standard. If it was they'd have no need to confiscate gold to begin with. Also I spoke nonthing about bringing back to a gold standard. It's just an example how modern currency does not even count as capital. Today even a rock = capital more than banknotes. It's also the reason it's illegal to destroy metal coins because they do not want people melting them down into something more valuable, USA goes farther by introducing alloy mixes into it's coinage as an example. All to make it hard to extract value from valueless currency.
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  9741.  @slaterslater5944  Not when years of your labor get thrown in the trash as all your savings become worth less year after year, interest rates forced by Central State banks being no were near inflation rates forcing you to either buy land or invest creating artificial growth that eventually tanks annually. None of this is Capitalism eother but state manipulation of the economy and finances. Even then Capitalism isn't failing, Capitalism requires capital and the very fact your currency is inflating implies that it is not capital as it holds no real value which is why it can inflate. Even Marx said capital is anything that is useful beyond just money, gold can be made into things, paper money I guess can be used as toilet paper, which emphasize how not valuable it is beyond barter. So ironically right out of Marx himself making money by todays standards isn't even Capitalism.
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  9742.  @slaterslater5944  they do a great job. I love decades of inflation.
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  9743. After watching it in parts over the last three days, well the writing is on the wall really. Regardless what you call the Nazis, the were a form of Socialism. At the least from the same cloth, born of the same mother. It was already self evident to many prior but saying nay now is denial or belief plain and simple. For me it was self evident even when I was a socialist back in school decades ago. For me it was self evident because I grew up in an environment in which Socialist praised Nazi social programs, yet aways said they were not Socialist. Even Star Trek had an episode which praised the Nazi's economic recovery as a great example of the benefits of Socialism. A TV show created by a Socialist which turned the Federation into a Socialist Utopia by the 1980s Sequel series. It is one if infinite examples. Even Bernie Sanders earlier this year praised them for their Social programs, yet he will likely claim they were not Socialist. How can someone have such a backwards view? Ask any Nazi today and I bet they will say they are. I know so, I've talked to plenty during debates with them. PS sorry for any typos this was typed on my phone.
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  9744. because both leftist and righty want Hitler to be capitalist.
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  9745. What I don't get is why some people refuse to accept that nazism is actual socialism. Anyone who has read mein kampf would know. To me it's as simple as that.
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  9746. TIK you need to realize this important fact my gender studies professor taught me. Socialism = caring, sharing and nice things Nazism = hating, stealing and bad things Therefore Nazism /= Socialism QED.
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  9747. Thank you for trying but I'm afraid your presumption that persons committed to the ideologies of the 'Left' are up for a reasoned debate are just wishful thinking! To most of those 'lefties' I have met and tried to engage it is akin to a religion rather than political ideal, and it is 'heresy' to try to cast any doubt or differing interpretation on their accepted understanding of the ideology concerned.
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  9748. That long list of patreons needs no contrasting! Congrats!
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  9749. Can't you put those cards on the video itself linking to this, or just record the relevant parts over?
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  9750. Hello TIK. I feel the easiest and best thing to do is just include a 2 minute explanation of the errors at the very beginning of the next Battlestorm, and then include a link to this video to it for those interested in the whole story of it. Also, I greatly appreciate all your hard work in this endeavor. Please take it easy and relax. And then a few years from now, your Stalingrad Battlestorm will be the - be-all and end-all of this subject matter.
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  9751. TIK You have to be on a watchlist :D Nice new video and topic. Gonna give it a watch during the shift today. Cheers!
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  9752. Megazoid... LOL!
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  9753. A leftist cannot be a liberal is truth. If someone calls themselves a liberal and a leftist they are full of crap.
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  9754. Good comment. Refreshing after reading the one written here by the whining and complaining naysayer who insists TIK ought to drop these extremely interesting and in my view, very important lectures.
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  9755. I have read (in Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World by Patrick J. Buchanan) that it was a mistake for Britain to guarantee Poland's independence because that removed a reason for the Polish Govt. to negotiate with Germany. Ignoring the moral implications (given what we know) of allowing Germany to do as it wanted in the East, I believe that the main reason Chamberlain guaranteed the independence of Poland, Hungary, and Romania (despite the fact that Britain had no way of sending actual help to these countries) was because he felt humiliated and betrayed by Hitler after Germany took over the remainder of Czechoslovakia in March 1939. I find it interesting that no one seems to mention the German pattern of aggression happening every six months starting with the annexation of Austria. March 1938 Germany annexes Austria, Sept. 1938 Munich Crisis, March 1939 Germany takes Czechoslovakia as a 'protectorate' (Britain guarantees the independence of Poland, Hungary, and Romania), Sept. 1939 Germany invades Poland WW2 in Europe begins.
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  9756. Dear TIK, Ever since watching your public vs private video I can't help but notice how many times phrases like "private corporation" get used pretty much everywhere. Ever since you bestowed me with the fruit of knowledge that said video was I am unable to walk in the garden of Eden that was my wilful ignorance and I fully blame you and youtube's recommendations for this. That being said do keep up the good work, I'm too deep now and don't plan to stop watching anytime soon PS: Great video, diving into Hitler's mindset, be it his simple strategic reasoning or his philosophy, is always fascinating
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  9757. When I went to (Catholic) High School we had a book about critical thinking. A tactical error on their part. I vehemently hate censorship but no one cares what I think. I live in Australia which is multiethnic (an with the usual racist problems). I am a big fan because I love the food it brings (ok, that is a flippant reason. There are much more important things that multiculturalism brings to my country that I love).
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  9758. Geez, a lot of the anti comments here are superficial at best, even the ones that are long winded keep trying to unfavourably compare National Socialism with the communist brand. The usual 'I have an agenda now let's find a way to prove it' kind of arguments. Of course National Socialism was not the same as other versions, so what? Where is the rule that there can be only one version of socialism? Where is the rule that socialism can not use established infrastructure such as industry to operate? TIK has an excellent point worthy of serious and thoughtful consideration but it hasn't happened.
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  9759. If you look at Tik's videos, you can tell only the ones where he justifies Hitler had a form of socialism. Has a bunch of neo-bolshevik, internationalists, whatever dislike, simply because they don't see the same talking points hitler used in his national socialism, is similar to, but not in direct accordance with so-called "socialists", you can disagree, but this is a well put video. I don't agree with a lot of Tik's historical reasoning in some instances, but he definitely puts in the effort and research into his videos.
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  9760. Its just ridiculous that they will demonetize videos about history, then they will allow people to show dead bodies and its fine because a lot more people watch it. Do they not understand that the REAL issue is with the huge channels that do stupid stuff and people notice?
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  9761. The US is a socialist State though.
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  9762. Don’t listen to those idiots saying you should have just stuck to tanks, your allowed to have an opinion too! I agree, the nazis are socialist! since your willing to make a video like this, you just earned my subscription! Keep up the good work!
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  9763. Great video! Loved the books' reviews and reccomendations!
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  9764. Ooh I think I might’ve asked for this! A bookcase tour!?!? A bookcase tour!!!!! Dreams do come true!
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  9765. Thanks for the bibliography, rare a channel will list sources.
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  9766. I have most of these books, Federowicz publishing has those specialty books, what about Erickson road to stalingrad? Sgs just put out a stalingrad game on sale for 16.99, TIK great video loved it
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  9767.  @TheImperatorKnight  and every comment feeds the debate and the algorithm, and every time he comments he would have watched it. Some would call this a loyal customer :D
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  9768. This has basically rendered my GCSE History qualification worthless.
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  9769. Just as an aside. Correct me if I am wrong, but during the conflict, the incumbent German government did not increase taxation or any method of money gathering for paying for the war, expecting to reap the reward once ethyl were victorious in the war. This is an ill financial decision that adds to the point.
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  9770. Just fin watching all your vids, only took me 5 months to do it and they were all excellent Tik keep up the great work !!!!!! Just got nothing to do now untill your next vid comes out lol lol 😆 😂
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  9771. So, if it wasn’t the reparations of the Versailles Treaty, what did cause the hyperinflation in Weimar Germany in the early 1920s?
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  9772. Check out the earlier videos in the Bank Wars series. This is just the latest installment
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  9773. The older I get, the more I realize that everything I learned about history growing up was a lie in some form; either because it was taken out of context to tell a completely different story, or its made up all together with no proof whatsoever. And it still happens to this very day where we constantly find out what the media tells us is incredibly misleading with them intentionally leaving out important information, or they pull a "trust me bro" by citing an "anonymous source" as proof.
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  9774. I love the Keynes voice. His bullshit sounds much funnier with it. You should record an audiobook of his "General Theory" in the voice.
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  9775.  @TheImperatorKnight  I want to watch that one. I’ll do so when I can. The latter is a concern of mine. I’ve been playing catch-up on 200 years of Ukrainian-Russian history. I am into,”Case White” by Robert Forcyzk though.
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  9776. I've been awaiting this episode for a long time but because of recent world events I'm going to have to wait till I watch it. It's not exactly triggered but seriously bummed out by what's going on in the world right now. Still appreciate you making these and I will watch it ASAP.
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  9777. First!
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  9778. Guys, make sure you give a thumb up to the video to counter all the nazi scum downvotes
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  9779. Great video. I've been thinking about this for a while and I've always been split between ideas. I do agree with the idea that there is a right interpretation of history, but I would like to ask whether by using logic and evidence you could reach different conclusions. Reality is one of course, but there are many cases where there is not enough evidence to validate one argument over another. Nowadays there are many cases where there is too much evidence that is false and that is manufactured for propaganda. How can you establish what evidence to use? How can you impartially judge sources? If a person lied 99 times, can you assume that at the 100th time they didn't lie? I hope you make more videos like this because it is very interesting and I respect your work. Then again another question should be: how can I trust you? I didn't read your sources and can't ensure that they are genuine or if you aren't quoting out of context. Can you even read all the sources necessary to make an informed judgement? Does that mean I need to blindly follow experts who have better access and understanding of sources than me? Just food for thought...
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  9780. a truly excellent discourse, TIK, a very important document.
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  9781. Great video as always. About the Bayes theorem argument, I don't understand how that could make any sense and I'm curious about why people told you that. Probabilities without an objective world to work in don't make sense because thery were introduced to explain the objective world in an easier way.
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  9782. Hey TIK, just wanted to say I'm oncr again amazed by the professionalism and inteligence you display in yours videos. Might aswell throw some of the algorithm magic on your way
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  9783. Extremely interesting. I must rewatch that conclusion…
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  9784. “In the grim darkness of the post-truth age, there is only screeching” 😂
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  9785. I knew there was a reason to pay you! Thanks man, you justify my faith in what you do again.
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  9786.  @TheImperatorKnight yes. I’ve recently kinda been asking myself the same thing because whenever i seemingly found a conclusion to something it inevitably has just lead me to further questions. Sometimes to the point of actually arriving back at my starting question. Incredibly frustrating.
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  9787. I'm certain that TIK (like most people who benefit from Objectivism) wasn't converted to the philosophy, but rather it brought what he already valued and aimed for into improved clarity and focus.
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  9788. - Damn I hope just one person apreciates this one... 21:35 Oh Cartesian Doubt, Damn that guy is a giant on who's shoulders many MANY have stood. 40:03 But you did literally put Descartes before the horse!
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  9789. “Your truth” “my truth” Marxist buzz word nonsense. I hear people using these phrases all the time and it’s usually to justify immoral behavior or Just a cheap way of trying to get out of admitting fault for particular actions.
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  9790.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you for responding. I do agree that the video by Fredda was quite bad, considering he used arguments I believe you have responded adequately to. The only thing in his video I believe was even worth thinking about was your use of sources in a few of your videos.
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  9791. Welcome to the A is A Gang TIK, Given the recent ''podcast'' type video you made with your friend, would you be open to do it with others online personalities? Given that you have discovered Objectivism, I think it would be very interesting to see you discuss with Liquid Zulu. He's the reason I am now also an Objectivist and he's working real hard on unifying those concepts with Austrian Economics and Rothbardian Natural Law. That Conversation would be really fun to see.
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  9792. Hagel can't move left Hagel can't move right Hagel moves to a third direction 😛
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  9793. The two theories are not 100% at odds. Halting was convenient both tactically and strategically for Hitler, though his general staff probably didn't agree.
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  9794. 👍
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  9795. wait i think at 5:14 you made a mistake that it should be 64th Army because at that time chuikov was the commander of the 64th army ?
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  9796. Adolf Hitler the communist? I knew it!
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  9797. And making YouTube videos.
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  9798. I want to see you making the rounds on popular podcasts. Id like to see you talking with Victor Davis Hanson... also Joe Rogans show
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  9799. Oil and gas prices are high; Europe is financing Putin's adventures.
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  9800. Can a BATTLESTORM about Chernobyl please? You can consult us S.T.A.L.K.E.R. players for our expertise on the harsh realities of life in "The Zone".
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  9801. I dont leave comments online cause its mostly a waste of time but what a great explanation you have done explaining intentional obtuse topics and comparing them. A FEW SUGGESTIONS... You have broken down the body of a ideology into core organs and analised and compared them across to see how they corelate and what do they mean. Here comes the request if you ever find enough time to do it. If you could make a similar brakedown of terms and organs regarding the soviet union, usa, chinese comunist party, feudalism and the new economic order so we could see the natural evolution of the world and its power blocks. I would also say it is quite important to understand the historical subtext of any types of ideologies for example soviet russia style communism had alot of similarities to the old czarist form of feudalism, marxism is the way it is due to it springing up in a highly urbanised and industralised geography and american style politics have alot of historical foundations based of the fact that usa was more or less free real estate populated extensively merely 250 years ago. Good work explaining politics in concise ways.
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  9802. I mean I love both, also the economic side to WW2 made me a lot more interested in the naval aspect
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  9803. I am here just to comment on the epic YT picture for the video. The irony (and sarcasm) about Manstein is genious and nearly TIK trademark. :D
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  9804. It's never unnecessary.
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  9805. Hopefully this didn’t come at the expense of whatever’s left of TIK’s sanity.
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  9806. I can't watch this yet, as I'm still not caught up. Just dropping a comment to let you know that I appreciate all the work so far!! Amazing stuff!
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  9807. TIK, what has been going on during this time period inside the actual city of Stalingrad? Were there any gains/ losses by either side, or is everything just static?
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  9808. OMG the thumbnail is fire 🔥 🔥 😂😂
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  9809. Tik why do fascists and socialists love labor unions so much, whats so special about them? How much power so they really have?
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  9810. The thumbnail got me cracking xD You've spoiled us yet again tik. I'll watchbthe video once I'm back home, I just wanted to pop in for a quick comment. I mught comment again if I see something interesting
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  9811. TIK, you should rename your channel: "But is this really the case?"
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  9812. First!
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  9813. Amazing video Tik
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  9814. You’ve hit on the problem with ancap. It’s why I tend to line up with Objectivism which is what Piekoff elaborates on. Objectivism recognizes that a minimal government might be needed for security but it also rejects mandatory taxation to pay for it.
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  9815. Anarcho Capitalism turns the phrase "the customer is always right" into a religion, but the truth is that people are stupid as hell.
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  9816. You always make me think. You have a way of researching and explaining things that works well. I don't always completely agree with all that you say- which is healthy- but please keep at it.
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  9817. First 🎉
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  9818. ​@TheImperatorKnight I do have to say that you made an interesting argument - I didn't expect anything less from you. Since we are talking about political theory here, I do however feel compelled to point out that such a system has never been tried on a large scale in reality, not even close. I honestly don't know about the feasibility. But I'm probably the wrong guy for this discussion anyways, since I sincerely believe that the only thing that matters in the grand scheme of things is technological progress. While I find politics and economics interesting, they aren't really topics I really burn for.
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  9819. Absolutely mind-blowing stuff - Love it!
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  9820. Taxation is rape
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  9821. I like the idea of using insurance companies as stand ins for the state in terms of dealing with conflict and protecting property rights - there can be outside competing judicial firms that two parties can agree upon when going to court with each other over legal issues. It gets deeper than I feel like typing about though. Read Dr. Robert Murphy’s Chaos theory. I read that a long time ago. I think it went over this topic.
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  9822. BBC Ministers of propaganda; lol 👍
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  9823. I agree with you on the free market when it comes to roads, houses, products and even the police. However the military is a very differnt matter. If a small group of radicals like a cult feilds an army and the general public thinks we live in an age of peace it will get rolled over by the fanatics.
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  9824. Do you believe the right to bear arms is a human right?
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  9825. They're probably will always be a want or a need for a state but taxes should be consensual. Quality content as always Tik.
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  9826. Thank you so much tackling this ancap subject. I've been waiting/hoping for this. All the politic and economic videos are the most interesting for me. Nevertheless, I like all the others too. Keep up the good work.:yougotthis:
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  9827. 20:32 Why 1824?
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  9828. An excellent presentation 🙂👌
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  9829. Google, aka YouTube, uses the most despicable business tactics in paying their creators, business owners and members. After Google bought YouTube, there were no more millionaire creators like Pewty Pie. The money is channeled back to Google with demonetization for just about anything Google can think up but can never declare specifically in writing. It may be a word or showing too much cleavage but Google allows YouTube videos of full nude yoga. Business Owners get emails from Google telling them they will be eliminated from any web searches unless they pay a few hundred dollars a month. And Google does all of this.
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  9830. Man I just looked at you sources… Thats like how many books I’ve read in my entire life!
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  9831. Also, TiK, I suppose you will most likely never see this comment but I figured I’ll give it a shot. The "StG 44" at 13:37 is (I’m almost positive) a MKb 42 (H), which was an earlier version that lead to the StG 44 that you happened to mention. Anyways, thank you for the amazing video.
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  9832. watched the whole thing. While i do not agree with everything you say, you absolutely deserve a thumbs up. My vision of a better future seems not far off of yours.
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  9833. TIK, you put a lot of time and effort in your videos I have been there with you from the beginning of you Utube channel just want to say thank you for all that you do.
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  9834. Did the alt-right dislike squad hit this video as well? :'D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtHNmV-Wtbs
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  9835. So, in short, Hitler wanted to create a democracy of race? Sounds accurate.
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  9836. I really don't understand why so many classical liberals or libertarians today fap so much over democracy, "democratic values" etc., when in fact there is no value in democracy except what Mises wrote - that it provides a bloodless regime change. Usually.
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  9837. What you're getting at here is that since the American and French revolutions every single dictator has to at least say that they are for the people one way or the other. We know it's nonsense but they have to say it. And I think that we see that playing out in many different ways. This is a topic I would love to explore with you in even more depth.
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  9838. Build back better....bloody hell my friends what times we live in. Love you TIk your one of the few voices that speak out against these weird times we are seeing ourselves fall into. Once I got out of highschool and did my own research the more I found myself not liking democracy, and socialism ect. Well sometimes I kind of wished I still liked it then I wouldn't be worrying about those who come after my time.
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  9839.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'll be on the lookout for Zitelmann if I can. I see about Evans take on Hitler and Socialism. A video on the Weimar would be interesting, though I don't want you to spread too thinly. Hope you are well across the pond.
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  9840. "It's not like the Third Reich was a republic or anything ?!" 1:32 Tik, you are magnificent
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  9841. OMG I love this video!!!
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  9842.  @TheImperatorKnight  Please do so! I have got the impression that it was deliberate in order to relief the German state from the burden of the war debt. And it 's peculiar that it all started only after the murder of Walther Rathenau...
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  9843. Thank you for this video TIK. Or I might say Tank you?
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  9844. Now this is jaw dropping
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  9845. Tbh the main takeaway from this video is that, in contemporary popular discussions of politics, the term "democracy" is widely misused because of how fetishized it has become, and how vague its deffinition has thus become in the public's minds. Whenever any politician wants to advertise his program as good, in some generic, non-specific sense, he says it's oh so democratic. We've even adopted the term "democratisation" to mean "generalisaton of access, which is assumed to be a moral good, by default". . Regardless of what democracy actually is and of whether it is good or not, methinks it rather undeniable that the modern citizen believes in the moral superiority of the system he lives under, over all others, at least in the abstract, as the pre-modern European peasant was convinced of the divine mandate of his monarch to rule over his realm. Certainly one seems to have more or less as unsophisticated an understanding of the workings of said systems, as the other. They just know to believe it's a good system.
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  9846. Btw, have you seen LiquidZulu's response to your video about Ancap? Did you feel like you came closer to being an ancap or do you feel like he left a lot of questions unanswered?
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  9847. Love the references at the bottom. Never seen that before. Brilliant idea.
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  9848. Second!
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  9849. "The idea of WORK is at the heart of the ideology." And now I understand why so many people think the National Socialists were "right-wing". There's nothing a communist hates more than actual work, so it must be evil and thus "right-wing". lol
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  9850. You make good poitns, if I might make an argument for the mustache man wanting peace with Britain though, perhaps the reason he allowed the dunkirk escape is because he wanted those british troops for the soviet front. It is well known that in the post war the germans tried to set the narrative that they were shielding europe from the soviet hordes. It is lesser known that this was the case as early as the invasion of poland. I think both explanations could be true, but I think its not necessarily a contradiction to let the British escape and to desire peace with them, or an alliance. I think its the mustache man who said "The purpose of any alliance is to wage war, all others are meaningless." It was either him or the bald man in the south, but still, it reflects both of their views on treaties that werent military alliances for the purpose of offensive war.
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  9851. Really - the only thing Dunkirk would have given is 600,000 more mouths to feed, not unless they had held them for ransom.
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  9852.  @TheImperatorKnight  same :)
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  9853. @adum50 To some extent I agree with you. His contribution to the world was enormous, but that does not mean his theories were correct and I think that many of the points in this video go a long way to demonstrate that. "Karl Marx invented modern sociopolitical theory that's still being used around the world even today. He might have created the most deadly ideology to ever exist in human history, but you can't deny that his contribution to the world is enormous." I hope you see my point. Frankly, I think a lot of Keynesianism sounds good in theory, but again like Marxism, history really does prove that it has not been effective.
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  9854.  @TheImperatorKnight  I was about to ask You about how You think about the current madnesses. Thanks.
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  9855. Im starting to enjoy litening to theses videos. Its a rather interesting topic. ^^
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  9856. Marxists claim that the current system isn’t a free market so even they agree that capitalism isn’t free market. What they expect people to do is defend big corporations. Also if Ancapistan can have a state as long as it’s voluntary then it should be able to have welfare for the poor as well as long as the money is collected voluntarily just like people voluntarily give it money to maintain roads or street lights and such. Sudden Y the difference between the libertarian left and the libertarian right doesn’t seem that big. Both hate capitalism and want a free market. One of the few differences would probably e the libertarian left would still want some laws to protect workers rights etc but even there nothing is stopping people from voluntarily banding together in a worker’s association and demand better conditions so it almost makes it feel like we all want the same thing. The problem is that many that call themselves libertarian are defending big corporations and are actually neoliberals seeking to expand the power of mega corporations because they get paid by them for lobbying etc. thanks for this video it really opened my mind. Personally I’ve lately been interested in the idea that people have right to personal property and anything they build but not land because land is a finite resource. There is only so much land available and as such is different from anything that can be made more of. This goes in hand with the Georgist land tax of undeveloped land idea. Aka the one tax idea or only good tax idea. Even Milton Friedman said it was the best form of tax. I know some hard core right wing libertarians will be instinctively against any kind of restriction on private property but land is limited and different is the argument.
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  9857. Your mum's a state
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  9858.  @TheImperatorKnight  Buckley mentioned a little in the introduction about the misconception. I believe it has to do with the fascination about the German Army in Popular memory. The tactical brilliance which masked strategic weakness. I’d argue it ties into how postwar history of the Wehrmacht was crafted thanks to people like Halder. Mistakes were made on the British side(Antwerp could have been taken a few weeks earlier, though by the time it was fully operational, it wouldn’t have ended the war by 1944 anyway.)
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  9859.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think you got em with that camera work in the intro. Adds to production value.
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  9860. Lol, first source, "in Glantz's Stalingrad" 😂
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  9861. While I may not agree in all your conclusions, it seem odd that people get as worked up about history as seem to be the case. The war ended over 75 years ago!
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  9862.  @TheImperatorKnight  the light, the camera zooms and some parts of the edition where a quote is highlighted (from what I've seen so far)
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  9863. Hey TIK keep it up, I like these economic videos you are really exposing the leftists in each one by noting how big government intervention in free markets leads to lower standards of living.
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  9864. Sir. I am proud to support you on Patreon. You make the internet a better place.
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  9865. Thank you for another informative and very well done video. I look forward to further videos in the series. Will this series alternate bye-weekly with the series on Fall Grau/Stalingrad? Just curious. I enjoy almost every video that you produce and have learned quite a bit from.
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  9866. Wow, feels like the record is on repeat.
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  9867. This is brilliant Tik, and very relevant to the times we are facing. Thank you very much.
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  9868. If Socialists realized that Socialism was the cause of the problems they say they want to fix, the world would be a much better, happier place.
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  9869. Another great episode TIK. And so relevant to today.🏆
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  9870. Now this series is what I've been waiting for. Thanks Tik!
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  9871. What a brilliant video, making clear the fact that making war is a huge and intensive outlay of blood and treasure. How is war paid for? Mostly by borrowing or stealing the resources.
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  9872. This video just helped confirm many things I talk about with my friends when it comes to modern economics and politics. I don't know if the additional information makes me feel happy or sad because a part of me wished I was wrong.
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  9873. May von Mises smile upon you.
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  9874. Stick to BANKS Lewis, makes TIK History what it is, it's all connected and people who don't understand that economics, politics, geopolitics, geography, etc. are all connected to what start and end wars including and especially WW2. Bravo, best content out there for HIS-story. 👍
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  9875. Explains why pre-WW1 German Gold and Silver coinage is so hard to find!
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  9876. You are the only guy who could begin a video talking about KM with out me instantly leaving
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  9877. Magnificent! Your economic videos are a true education.
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  9878. I think that the break you took has really improved the video quality.
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  9879. 5:45 it has a small intrinsic worth on its own. You can burn it and it well help you stay warm. This happened in the weimar republic (big sorry)
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  9880. I agree with previous comments below. Excellent job tackling this topic and exposing details many would never see/hear/or read! I like your style and you have hooked me.
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  9881. Lost my shit when I saw Halder was your ice cream loving friend 😂
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  9882. Time to feel depressed about every single penny in savings.
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  9883. This one is full of enlightening information. The main thing I learned was that TIK is very unhappy if he doesn't get his ice cream.
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  9884.  @TheImperatorKnight  They add a neat new dimension to your videos... plus we get to see your amazing bookshelf in more detail! (Possibly a quick video on that?)
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  9885. This is why Economics should be a fundamental part of the formal study of History.
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  9886. Easily one of the top 10 best videos on the channel. cant wait for the next in the series.
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  9887. It seems you are the one who wants to character assassinate TIK with lies here. [He claims in other videos that one must look at all the sources to come to an objective conclusion, but instead relies on only a small amount of libertarian sources such as Leonard Peikoff and conspiracy theorists such as James Lindsay whilst ignoring modern academic scholarship] Here is the books sources of this video: [Goldstein, P. “A Convenient Hatred: The History of Antisemitism.” Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation, 2012. Hobsbawm, E. "How to Change the World: Tales of Marx and Marxism." Abacus, Kindle 2011. Jones, G. "Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion." Penguin Books, Kindle 2017. Kengor, P. “The Devil and Karl Marx.” Tan Books, 2020. Marx, K. “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy: Volume I Book One: The Process of Production of Capital.” PDF of 1887 English edition, 2015. Marx, K. "On the Jewish Question." Edited by Tucker, R. PDF. (Originally written 1843) Marx, K. & Engels, F. "Manifesto of the Communist Party." PDF 1969, original 1848. McLellan, D. "Karl Marx: Interviews & Recollections." MacMillan Pres LTD, PDF 1981. Mises, L. “Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.” Martino Publishing, 2012. (Originally 1949) Mises, L. "Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis." Liberty Fund, 1981. 1969 edition (roots back to 1922). Morris, M. “Edward I: A Great and Terrible King.” Windmill Books, 2009. Muravchik, J. “Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism.” Encounter Books, Kindle. Peikoff, L. "The Cause of Hitler's Germany." Plume, 2014 (originally 1982). ISBN 978-0-14-218147-8 Samuels, L. "Killing History: The False Left-Right Political Spectrum." Freeland Press, 2019. Wheen, F. "Karl Marx." Harper Press, Kindle 1999.]
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  9888. A literal demon. I hated Marx but clearly not enough. Holy shit, the physical and mental tourture he forced upon Jenny and their children. I have to wonder WHY, after so many justifiable reasons and moments didnt she grab the kids and leave? Was it just the social stigma of an aristocrat who married down becoming a divorcé in 1800s Prussia?
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  9889. Yes, the reason why was because the Jews were forced into a corner, then the Germans mocked them for being in said corner
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  9890. I am very surprised that you have not received a lot of hate mail and the attention of the YouTube moderators for your recent forrays into the actual history of Nazism. At least in todays America we hear the "right" being smeared as "Nazi" or Fascist. The reality however is that the parallels with Nazism and Fascism in general seem to be overwhelmingly on the political left. Conservatism by its very nature is resistant to change and even more resistant to "revolution". You do speak the truth, and I challenge anyone to refute your analysis. The problem though is if the truth gets out, there are enough thinking people left in the US that may finally make the connection and see the current crop of leftists for what they actually are.
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  9891. Another great video. More interesting, better explained, less biased, more intellectually genuine then most of the crap lectures I sat through at University.
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  9892. I agree with almost everything you say. Except for the wording of working hard deserves higher pay. Higher production deserves higher pay. I can work really hard and producing nothing.
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  9893. One thing about Leftists you have to know! If they had the ability to comprehend basic economics they would not be leftists! You can’t teach them anything, not even with a baseball bat! Save your breath and respond to intelligent thinking people! Thank you TIK for producing such a wonderful Chanel and having good common sense!
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  9894. First
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  9895. Glad to see that it has begun. I'll start now so I don't have to binge one whole day or even more at the end.
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  9896. Checked in again on 9 October 2019 and saw "TIK has 100k subscribers". Well done, sir.
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  9897. GASP Holy fucking shit!!! It s fucking here
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  9898. Magnificent work, Sir.
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  9899. Oh man. Its happening!
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  9900. I can't wait till you put together the entire season and then I can binge watch the entire season. Or perish in the attempt...
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  9901. Battle storm Stalingrad posts on my birthday, thanks Tik for a very special birthday present ❤️❤️❤️
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  9902. probably late to the party but, fuck nazis
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  9903. TIK I was watching a movie Y U DO DIS? quits movie
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  9904. Here it is , tik you've saved my October /November
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  9905. This is why I’m a patron great job TIK
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  9906. Thanks for part 2. How many episodes will season 1 have?
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  9907. Happy 100k subscribers!
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  9908. Okay so I'd like to ask the ten dislikers to explain what was wrong with this presentation.
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  9909. Absolutely brilliant!
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  9910. I guess I won't be learning for my German classes then...
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  9911. how about displaying the size of the 112th "division" in parenthesis beside the division symbol?
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  9912.  @LibertarianLeninistRants  Dude. the soviet union had mass starvation before and after that. The Soviet union exported so much wheat that the people starved which lead to the Tambov Rebellion. It ended in mass arrests and executions. In the 30's the Soviets oppressed the Kulak which were more richer peasant. These Kulaks were murdered, arrested and sent to concentration camps. The people only found out the hard way what have happened when there was no more food and new starvations happened. The Soviet Union most likely didn't have a economic crisis in 1929 because they where already far below that. You can't go much lower then starvation and famine.
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  9913. This is why the state has no business in the economy
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  9914. One of the best explanations I have heard. Its amazing we humans keep making the same mistake.
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  9915. Not arguing the principle concept so to speak but more like adding an additional variable or query (I would say for once not blaming the bureaucrats but rather blaming them for not enforcing their own rules) but one thing that has bemused me for a while is that the government is the only one that is legally allowed to "print" money the banks essentially "print digital money" in that they can lend multiple times the amount you have deposited with your money acting as a security - so lets say £1 pound deposited for every £10 lent we have in fact £9 fake money being in circulation and this going on with banks lending to banks so £1 of government backed fiat was acting as security for £20-£100 of debt, which I believe precipitated the fall of banks like Northern Rock.
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  9916. From this video, there is nothing I can do personally about these massive shifts in markets and the global economy as a whole. All I can do is try and survive.
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  9917. Your conclusion about the gold standard misses one HUGE FUCKING POINT. The average person is little more than a retard that wants free gibs from the government but if you raise his taxes he will riot and literally burn your government down. So printing money for his free stuff is an easy solution on how to tax him. And obviously you cant not give him free stuff since he would then simply elect the guys who promises more stuff. Try electing a guy who says he will abolish welfare or pensions. I will eat my hat if he gets even 1% of the votes. I do think a gold standard would be a good think but it is never ever going to happen.
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  9918. Nice to see historians that aren't communists.
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  9919. Hello Tik. Hope all is well. I have been getting through Zitelmann page by page. I must admit, his work is pretty dense, much like Gotz Aly. Good information, just very academic and slow going. Hope things on your side of the pond are well. Stay cool over there.
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  9920. It's a debate! Now we will find out who is the master debater, the mighty TIK or Anton Joly.
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  9921. There are times when there is no right answer.
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  9922. TIK when are you going to do videos on the genocidal events of WW2? There is much misinformation on the internet doubting the narrative and would love to hear your rebuttals
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  9923. What if i told you it is 0330 here too?
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  9924. I see you haven't made a visual annotation to the video, is this even possible after uploading it? I'd say this mistake does justify replacing the video. By uploading a new one and either by making it private or completely removing it.
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  9925. Am i wow
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  9926. Hi again
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  9927. Why does it feel like YouTube is turning more and more into a full-blown university?
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  9928. The Spymaster believes that not being able to break out was part of Paulus' key British Agent Training .
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  9929.  @TheImperatorKnight  Honestly mate I think you’d do great but I can definitely see why you’d be hesitant. I think on the right podcast you’d be allowed to say what you say and not have to go much deeper than a surface level. There’s the line you say frequently where you say how many sources you used and such and I think that would be enough for that level of conversation. I think you’d also be able to let off a little steam on the personal side of things as well. It would be a chance to tell your story and how it felt to have all these people come at you like they did. Anyway, I’m at risk of getting a bit rambly so I’ll leave it with this, I hope you at least keep the answer as something other than an unequivocal no so if the day comes where you do feel like it you go for it. Keep up the good work!
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  9930. TIK loves "gammon cam"
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  9931. This is how ppl must conduct debates
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  9932.  @TheImperatorKnight  I’d be all for a TIK podcast episode. I think you’ll do great. At one of Perun’s videos, when I recommended your channel, another person replied and said that only your military and tactics videos should be watched and that all your videos that discuss politics or economics should be ignored and dismissed. I disagreed with him. There actually are more than a few topics where I disagree with you (for example, I think your stance on the Treaty of Versailles may not be as balanced/moderate as mine, as I feel that while the actual terms of the Treaty weren’t that harsh, the psychological effect definitely contributed to/aided the rise of the NSDAP), but that does not mean that your work should just be dismissed and ignored out of hand. I personally believe that Jordan Peterson is wrong about more than a few topics, but that doesn’t mean that I’m going to dismiss most of his work (I also disagreed with the action of a person who said that they only read the first few chapters of Economics In One Lesson by Hazlitt before throwing it away) I’m still hoping that one day someone would upload their own 5-hour video responding to “Hitler’s Socialism” that civilly and professionally addresses the points you make as well as your sources.
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  9933. Hey Tik, how are you?
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  9934. That WH40K reference <3
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  9935. Thanks for the heads up Tik. Hope all is well.
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  9936. How can they grab your name?!! Don't they have to be unique? Did he put a space after it or something?
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  9937. @TIK, I just wanted to say thank you for all this great continent you produced throughout the years. You have inspired me to read books and I cannot thank you enough for that. Will you by any chance make a video on the issue of British Fascism? I’ve purchased Oswald Mosley’s “Fascism for the millions” and it’s extremely anti capitalistic. Please keep up the good work!
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  9938. Wow, the last sentence about biased critics (or shills, trolls) made me chuckle :). I´m looking forward to TIK´s response to those.
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  9939. Is it possible that the West handed them over because, at this time, the Allies were still expecting to have to invade the Japanese home islands and they would need the Soviets to help?
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  9940. I am not sure if David Glantz agrees with you on Keelhaul. He gave a talk at USAHEC over seven years ago. It was a throwaway comment during the q&a. He said that all these books on keelhaul need to be looked at again. The Q starts at 1:10.20. You may want to watch the entire snippet https://youtu.be/5qkmO7tm8AU
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  9941. Am sick of these school systems
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  9942. For the very first time I don't agree with you, at least to the best of my awareness ;-). I believe Hitler "only" wanted expansion to the East to get "his" Lebesraum destroying his twin brother, Stalin, in the process. Once the Allied did not tolerate the invasion of Poland, everything went out of control. Do not try to find any coherent plan, but only justifications to his modus operandi and (mis)judgements (which is the human way of connecting of real or false premises). But that's just my view. Thanks for your great job, it is so necessary nowadays specially among the youngsters, so unaware.
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  9943. I came, I liked, I saw.
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  9944. Second
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  9945. Dear sir, thank you for your diligence and hard work towards our history. Please continue with this. I find it hard to describe in proper words , how important this kind of content is.
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  9946. @Achilles Smith Yeah there's no excuse for that. It was huge news within historical academia and the author had two years to become familiar. Big oof on Neillands part.
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  9947. Oh this is gonna be fun. Neo Nazis will be coming in droves to defend their beloved "historian" 😂
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  9948. Irving is not a historian, you obviously didn't watch more than 10 secs of the video
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  9949. A really excellent video, TIK, thanks very much. I've always wondered about this issue, and you've definitely settled it for me. Well done.
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  9950. Make sure you hit "all" notifications. I havnt seen a TIK video in months. I was beginning to wonder. Stupid algorithns
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  9951. Your work is amazing TIK, never stop. A comrade from the old close combat game series here. Cheers mate
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  9952. Take a break .. The European court of human rights demand it .. Oooops The British court demands it I mean ,,superb vid
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  9953. So we're supposed to remember these things so that they won't happen again but YouTube censors this because it's suspect. YouTube is doing a lot for the Holocaust deniers.
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  9954.  @TheImperatorKnight  Finished the video. I wish I could give my honest opinion about the subject. But I don't want to get flagged, you & I don't trust the algraphic gods of YouTube. Suffice to say. Well done. Glad I got a notification about it. And I hope you are okay after doing the reading & work for this video. See you in the next one. o7
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  9955.  @TheImperatorKnight  You're really very good at dramatic reading - better than some audiobooks I've listened to - well you've had lots of practice! ;)
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  9956.  @TheImperatorKnight  wasn't the henschel 129 with the 30mm mk 103 a common aircraft mainly used for tank busting at this time?
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  9957. The like/dislike ratio says it all, a great video with good solid history, keep it up TIK
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  9958. Not the same Willy Brandt who was in Sweden at this time.
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  9959. Not alone in thanking you i'm sure for a logistics heavy episode Tik. Like no other episode in a truly great series this really illustrates the overall situation and answers a lot of questions concerning the predicament of both sides. Sterling work!
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  9960. Hi TIK, One thing to know about Joel Hayward is that his Masters Thesis attracted controversy for being a little too close to holocaust denial. I haven't read it myself (Canterbury University put an embargo on the Thesis) and he told his class when I was in it that his thesis didn't arrive at any firm conclusion on the matter (as if that's a defence when it comes to reviewing holocaust denial). But a friend of mine had got his hands on a copy and says it's full of serious methodological errors and that his supervisor seriously should have intervened. I don't know if this has any particular relevance on Stopped at Stalingrad, or any of his works on airpower in general. But it's worth being aware of.
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  9961. Willi Brandt you say? Hmm, where I heard that name before...
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  9962. ill bet the disclaimer alone triggers and made all the wokies cry haha. god i love when you slap the radical lefties TIK,its higherly entertaining,funny as hell and also based
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  9963. Thanks TIK, for bringing forward some off the lesser known facts and history!!
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  9964. Wow, Frey being limited by his Ultra on Crete is an explantion for his poor decision making I've never heard, and makes sense, glad I subscribe to this channel!!!!!! I look forward to anything on the MC monastery!! Anyway loved every min of this one!! Much obliged!!
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  9965. Thanks TIK! The best episode yet! Great Work! Love this!
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  9966. Hi @TIKhistory i am loving these videos as much as the tank videos if not more. Keep them coming 😊
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  9967. I haven't seen one of your videos recommended for months. and I am subscribed, strange. will turn on notifications now tho.
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  9968. once again, TIK will establish a new world record. you should call the Guiness Record. im serious , you might win the longest documentary??? keep up the good work!!
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  9969. Tik talked a lot and i mean A LOT about the soviet troops throughout this Series. So i really don't know where you are coming from.
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  9970. Stick to tanks
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  9971. Merry Christmas TIK and family.
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  9972. "No references".
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  9973. Those poor Tasmanian's haha 😁🤣😂
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  9974. Oh please, stop, I'm barely 10 minutes in and I can't stand it anymore! I'm laughing myself to death here! Edit: Even I didn't know that Hitler was a buddhist wizard.
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  9975. Listening to TIK go through 45 mins of babble to enjoy TIK LMFAO'ing for whole minutes were worth it, Change My Mind!
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  9976. 46:09 Comedy gold starting from here
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  9977. Israel has taken over Tasmania - haven't laughed so hard in ages. Sorry to all Tasmanians etc. Still you should be able to get some great Bagels now.
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  9978. Israel has taken over Tasmania! 😂😂
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  9979. OMG! You're NOT a Wizard, TIK????? :D I lost it at that point, mate :)
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  9980. Thank you TIK for this video, I haven't laughed for a while this much
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  9981. rolling on the floor, laughing my arse off...... If you believe in the Hallet, you will inherit the gifts of the Hallet :)
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  9982. 1:03:48 Ok I think I could have lost track a this point .. Hitler is now a catholic Jewish Tibetan monk freemason with magic powers .. am I correct?
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  9983. I've never laughed so Friggin' hard, since my teen years, when I dabbled in Mawiwawee...lol
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  9984. loved it when tik chuckled "i am sorry its such good history "
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  9985. TIK, I think you stumbled across how your Marxist viewers see your video explaining why Hitler was a socialist.
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  9986. I was laughing a full five minutes earlier. 😂😂😂
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  9987. Great to see you laughing TIK.
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  9988. 50:00 :D :D :D
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  9989. Mein Kampf is banned on amazon yet they sell this crap.
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  9990. 46:30 magic training 😉
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  9991. First!
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  9992. I've never seen Tik laugh so much. Damn
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  9993. @47:18......literally fell out of my desk chair laughing. I thought it was an acronym at first...but nope. Dunno who rated that book as "airport comedy", but it's a spot-on description.
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  9994. Best video ever! 🤣🤣🤣
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  9995. Only thing that book is lacking to make it truly accurate are aliens and a nazi moon base.
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  9996. Can't be a TIK video without taking shots at ole Halder, lol
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  9997. Dear TIK, love your laughing in this video, i had too laugh a little bit too :D
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  9998. TIK if you thought this book was a trip you should find "Hitlers Occult War" its....well its a thing
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  9999. TIK laughing is contagious
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  10000. A Catholic Jew with Tibetan occult practices. No references. Don't believe me? You were not trained in magic. I have to go the SAS are coming for me.
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  10001. Good work. I think shorter or grouped QA videos would really help you with that backlog.
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  10002. good idea, its should easier expand that amazing channel. Sad that TikTok spoil such nick xD
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  10003.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you, I'm surprised I missed that.
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  10004. Informative video as usual TIK. What I would like to know is, how big was the red army when Barbarossa was launched and in particular, how many forced did they have in Europe able to fight the Axis at that time in the very beginning?
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  10005. Glantz puts the Red Army’s total killed or captured at 14.4 million, therefore, if they still have over 10 million at the end of the war, no fewer than 25 million must have served at a minimum. The 34 million number seems correct
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  10006. Sound advice not only on historical statistics but with all information ( present and past )
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  10007. 14:01 https://youtu.be/Tvc8mP5LkKU Here's WW2 in colour making the claim that 16 million troops had mobilized. Taking into account the context, it could possibly mean the number of troops mobilized during the initial phases of operation Barbarossa.
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  10008. The biggest question is. How much inflation was required to fund and pay all these soldiers, and the factory workers to supply and arm them? Nevermind the Gasoline to fuel it all, and the gold and other rare earth materials dug up by the gulags.
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  10009. Man your bank war vid was really well done good job !
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  10010. when yourre gonna make bank wars episode 2 ?
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  10011. I did NOT expect that intro O.o
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  10012. My favorite anti Soviet/German proCommunist pro Capitalist anti propaganda economists pro Tanks / anti historical 😂 Love your videos
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  10013. 9:30 . SPOT ON. Writing a historical book at the moment and I stress this many times... 'facts' are taken from a set of documents and are not my opinion. If there was a clerical error in the documents and another source states different numbers, names, events etc... the 'facts' are liable to change. This is the nature of history.
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  10014. TIK doing weiner jokes is the Christmas present we were all looking for.
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  10015. TIK you look much better the time off was well deserved and I believe will help you in long run. Sometime off few weeks off every few months will do you wonders and we will enjoy your content that much more thank you long time patron
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  10016. Karl Marx’s Das Kapital is an impenetrable Economics book - not exactly easy reading.
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  10017. It is indeed quite clear that you did not watch the video
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  10018. You have a great channel! And one new sub =)
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  10019. Which historians/books in your opinion are the most reliable and trustworthy when it comes to the eastern front ? I have a good overall knowledge of the subject but want to dive deeper into it! Great video! Keep up the good work ! 👍🏼
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  10020. Youtube keyboard hero alert
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  10021. congrats, you just got me as you sub number 18,305.
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  10022. Great work.... Wish I could subscribe more than once...
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  10023. WTF WHY DID I ONLY FIND THIS OUT A GOD-DAMNED YEAR LATER?!?!!
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  10024. What's up with the warning before the video?! Come on youtube, I just want to learn.
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  10025. N ooooooooooo , TIK , no no no .Do not be tempted ,cancel culture is oh too real ,look at Dr David Starkey
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  10026. FK youtube, thx for censoring this video, you fascist fucks. On topic: thanks TIK
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  10027. Aly's book is superb, can't recommend it enough.
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  10028. Can't. He needed oil and resources he didn't have. Due to autarky he wasn't able to buy it from other nation, and even if he did the UK blocked his transports anyway. Hitler had to invade the Soviet Union because if he didn't, he shouldn't have a chance to win against the UK due to the lack of fuel and raw materials.
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  10029. Mate. Your sarcasm, that nod to Count Dankula, and poking at that other Socialist in charge of that Economic Forum when reading that list was brilliant. I also agree with you about de-radicalization. It is something I try hard at when I get Nazis who blame Jews for all the issues of the day replying to my comments on history and libertarian/Classical Liberal/Conservative political channels, and I have achieved getting some listening to this channel and questioning their ideology. However I still struggle with teaching ideologues of the Racial/woke Socialist counterpart. You do a service to humanity mate. An important thing in understanding both the light and darkness of the past, to aid and understand the present and create a better future, requires the understanding, of evil, and people have forgotten that understanding evil, is the greatest way to learn how to fight it with full understanding, and why all ideas should be allow freedom of speech. I really dislike this logic that "oh you can't say that because there is anti-semite in the comment section that listens to you!" My response to that is "good! Maybe they'll question the ideology that teaches all these terrible ideas." So we can counter them before someone becomes another Hitler. I've seen this very same logic used with Putin as well, and get yelled at or treated with emotions when I tell people why Putin is not a madman. I can see patterns and that he has a strategy that is failing, but he's not a cartoonish bad guy waiting to press a red Nuclear Launch button. Ah, but I suppose i'm a Russian agent secretly calling everyone Tovarisch. The duality of humanity is we all are on the line between light and darkness, and ideology can subvert what is light and dark. It is our ideals, culture, choices, morality, free thoughts and actions that decide where on that line we stand, and why. In my case. I can simply understand the logic of authoritarians, because I wish to keep the values of Truth and Liberty alive. Unfortunately, Socialism in various forms are the dominant ideology in cultural power now, be it Globalism of the WEF, to what gets called 'woke' now at the activist level and I oppose all variations of it because I definitely don't want to live in a Communist China, or a National Socialist state.
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  10030. Hitler is not even in the top three of most evil humans from that era. Those are: Mao, Stalin and Pol Pot. Therefor I claim that the only thing worse then a NATIONALsocialist, is an INTERnational socialist.
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  10031. oh damn! my comment got featured :O must have been a rare big brain moment on my part :'D
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  10032. TIK I would love it if you made a summary video of 'I am a socialist'. I link this video in many an argument when people call Hitler a far right fascist however it's like 4 days long & I doubt people would sit and listen when they already don't agree with the premise.
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  10033. First!
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  10034. I like how he uses the Hitler voice for the customers.
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  10035. Me too, I had to learn History Theory after I got my History degree. ...to be fair, I learned it in graduate school after getting my undergrad degree (B.A.) in History.
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  10036. Third
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  10037. TIK As a Brazilian, I must inform you that libertarianism is doing well here. For example, one of the biggest YouTube channels that promotes libertarianism in the world is from Brazil. It's called “Ideias Radicais” and has 619 thousand subscribers. A good way to bring the Brazilian audience to your channel is to make a video about some aspect of Brazil's participation in World War II.
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  10038. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  I completely understand you sentiment towards Marxists. Personally I'm still at the "rolling my eyes and thinking they'll eventually grow up if you tell them often enough that their economic theory belongs with the tooth fairy and Santa Claus". I would very much enjoy you covering the Battle of France and the interwar period. I might be a bit biased towards the French not so much because of my ethnicity but because I've seen so many claims that just don't make sense on the other side, that I might be overly dubious. It would be nice to have someone fresh to the subject review the evidence and talk about this understudied part of the war. Still I would mostly blame the French for doing an absolutely terrible job despite good intentions. - They tried to enforce the treaty, but with the US and the UK refusing to get involved and even siding with Germany (thanks Keynes) it made it look like France was out for German Blood. - They tried to prepare for a new war, but they overly relied on their allies (mostly because of the terrible situation that France found itself in in 1919). They hoped the Belgians would let them take position before the war started, something that didn't happen because the British decided to be thick-headed at the worst possible moment. - They wanted to attack Germany earlier but they were told in no uncertain terms that the British wouldn't stand by them if they were to do so. (Munich Conference) - They were completely disorganized, still using telephone lines which added to the Chaos of the battlefield. - ... Germanophobia was a thing, but French politicians seemed to have had a pretty good grasp of what could be expected of Germany without trying to destroy them either. Wilson's ridiculous naivety and the British worries about France getting back it's world power status after the war made them both try to enforce a post-war status quo, based on a wrong assessment of the situation (Thanks Keynes). The Status Quo was "60 millions Germans convinced that they hadn't lost, in an almost intact country (they did fuck up their money, but money isn't wealth) indebted to 40 millions Frenchmen in a impoverished, destroyed and politically isolated country" ... how could it end well ? As for the book, I was thinking of Etienne Mantoux's "The Carthaginian Peace or The Economic Consequences of M. Keynes" I'm sure the tone is right up your alley :D. Where Mantoux (a french economist who died fighting in the Free French Forces a few days before Germany's surrender) goes through all the assumptions and predictions made by Keynes in "The Economic consequences of the peace" and just slaps him on every point showing that the data simply doesn't match Keynes assumptions (why Keynes's book is still referenced when talking about the Versailles treaty after being so thoroughly debunked is beyond me, but hey inertia + left wing bias + poor economic understanding in the academy, who would have guessed right XD). It's been translated but it has only started to be cited in research in the late 90's, despite the fact that Mantoux was Keynes contemporary.
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  10039. i'm a big Thomas sowell fan is the other authors version of basic economics truly necessary
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  10040. basic economics by thomas sowell, recommended by you is amazing, thank you
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  10041. Maybe you could do a comparison, of how ideologies differ in their view and analysis of history? Would be glad to see something like this. Love your content, keep on going. This whole "he is a brownshirt" backlash is just a pathetic attempt by those, who have no arguments to silence you. So it shouldnt affect you.
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  10042. Tik this is a great idea but one thing you should either treat your audio with a plugin like Waves Clarity VX or put you mic closer because there so much room sound reverberating its hard to hear you Tik clearly. Its ok if we see the mic you don't have to hide it for informal discussions like this!!! I'm listening on Genelec 1032c studio monitors! But yep I want to hear more of these conversations! Cheers!
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  10043. If you're in the medium of video production, probably better to cast guests who are willing to be videoed. But it works as radio
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  10044. "You're wrong" is the most predictable response in YouTube comments. It requires no thinking, proof or rebuttal. It is the standard tactic of the Extreme Left. Deny, deny, deny, then accuse others of exactly what you are doing - hence the things they hate, they falsely see in you but not in themselves.
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  10045.  @unscentednapalm8547  I gotta know. Why did Tom Scott block you?
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  10046. Since you might continue doing these, can you elaborate more on what you think of Jame Lindsay's "Negation of the real" lecture? What specific things from that lecture did you agree with and why? Any doubts about that lecture? Things you aren't sure of or flat out disagree with? etc. Keep up the good work!
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  10047. Are you making things up? Where are the sources to this video? ;)
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  10048.  @junior.von.claire  "Slapping incident per Patton" already has a TIK video. A few years ago now, so you'll have to dig, but it is here.
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  10049. Socialism is the centralized control of the means of production. Sound a lot like what the Germans were doing in 1917 that collapsed the economy there
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  10050. Woow nice....First time hearing of Chezch National Socialist Party..Probably they were first one of its kind in world... Good to hear about them..:)
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  10051. I think you should make more political and economic videos as i personalty find it more engaging than your milliraty videos
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  10052. So, I was scrolling through the comment section, but I couldn't find anyone who asked you how Stalingrad is going, so, how is it going?
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  10053. Because that's Socialism, you know...
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  10054. Thanks for the new video, was looking forward to your Stalingrad work. I think I saw this book in you library. "War of Annilhilation: Combat and Genocide on the Eastern Front, 1941." by Geoffrey P. Megaree. Finished it last week. Book was pretty good if maps weren't the greatest. Did combine the political and military aspects of the Wehrmacht much like "Ostkrieg." Hope all well.
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  10055.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm now even more red pilled thanks TIK 😀. I'm very happy that I found your channel because you really helped me understand how the world works and how much government screws us over.
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  10056. Here before "you have no idea what you're talking about, I teach economics at the WEF" comments.
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  10057. Brilliant work. This is now my favorite history channel.
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  10058. Hint to people who does not understand how it works, or flat-out are in denial: Giving every human a 50kg bar of gold would make gold worthless. Because every human now owning 50kg worth of it means that the supply of gold has gone up to the point of it not having any value anymore. The higher the abundance of an object with a value to it (such as currency) there is in circulation, the lower its value becomes. Increasing currency supply erodes its value. That is inflation. The more currency there is in circulation, the more you can buy as you now have more currency to spend. This causes the masses to purchase more than is being produced or sold. That is shortage. The more currency there is in circulation, the more companies can charge you for any goods you may buy. That is rising prizes. Rising prizes and shortages are both symptoms of inflation.
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  10059. Ah yes, the magic theory of printing infinite currency without it losing value. I love it! Imagine asking some of these people if the prize of gold would decrease or not if every human on earth owned a 50kg bar of pure gold. Then what the inflated gold supply would do to the economy if its value didn't decrease...
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  10060. Just finished reading the Road to Serfdom, was looking for another good book. Thanks TIK, going to read it!
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  10061. in europe we are in an economic stagflation since 2008, idk when we will break out of it, the GDP's of shengen area countries never crossed the top of 2008
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  10062. How does inflation benefit the rich? I get how inflation screws over the majority of people and their savings, but won't it also screw over the rich?
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  10063. 100% TIK. I'm a financial analyst and am now sitting in cash. FTSE down 2% today, maybe it's the beginning.....
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  10064. Oh boy. I have been a disciple of Milton Friedman, and his explanation of the mis-steps of the Fed at the start of the Great Depression. He claimed (I thought) that the Fed tightened due to concerns about gold outflows. Now you say they actually loosened. I guess I'll read Rothbard's PDF.
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  10065. Hot take but TIKonomic videos > TIKstory videos
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  10066. TIK I dont know if you have considered using documentary footage to see some of the tanks and weapons in real footage but maybe there are some issues with copyright.
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  10067. Goddam, you took the one genuine laugh I had in two months time. Tanks for the content as always!
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  10068.  @TheImperatorKnight  take that break TIK. Can't always have the petal to the metal.
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  10069. Thank you for one of the most interesting videos on YouTube. I think you need to understand the economics of Nazi Germany before you can understand the war since it is so intertwined. I know if no other YouTuber who goes into the economics of WWII like you. I know some people say stick to tanks but if you try to understand WWII by looking at tank battles I'd argue you have no intention of understanding it at all.
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  10070. TIK I hope you will cover more topics in interwar period especially in politics and economy, because it's very interesting and i never learn about it in my school (since, maybe, our country wasn't directly affected). Sure your videos about military history in WW2 is one of the best in youtube, but I hope you will cover more this. I also hope that you will cover the situation in post-war period. But don't forget to rest and be healthy. Thanks for your great videos
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  10071. The definition of Socialism is social ownership of mean of production. The socialise entity can be race, class or even gender. National Socialism is not Marxism but both are socialism. Hitler Socialism is race socialism which socialised by race instead of class like Marxist Class socialism. The socialised enemy of class socialism is the capitalist, while the socialised enemy of race socialism is Jews. As communism and class socialism are the product of Karl Marx(a Jews), so he also hated them as Class socialism hate capitalist. So he can be racist and a socialist.
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  10072.  @nicknolte8671  TIK said, "Prior to Hitler’s seizure of power, the only major industrialist who was actually a committed supporter of Hitler was Fritz Thyssen"(20:48). He never said [only one capitalist funded Hitler prior to the seizure of power], you are putting words into TIK's mouth and arguing with the argument you made up for TIK.
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  10073. this video is supposed to be a summary of the five hour one, defining socialism took up ten minutes there. So defining socialism here without bringing up all the sources would simply be ignored.
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  10074. I think the reason TIK dropped socialism was because he realized that antisemitism was inherent to the ideology. Though I’m not him so I can’t tell you for sure. I personally believe that Hitler was a Marxist before he became a Nazi and so he infused the aristocratic socialism with workers socialism.
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  10075. Yeah, watch the video next time.
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  10076. I posted this video on my Facebook page. In less than 24 hours, I was suspended for 30 days because the post allegedly didn't follow "community standards." I think their algorithm flagged it simply because there is an image of Hitler. Good grief...
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  10077. Yes, when you watch old footage of the Nuremberg rallies the first thought which comes into your head is, yep privatisation and small State politics. Definitely right wing 😂
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  10078. The National Socialist German Workers Party firmy believed in tight government control over every aspect of Germany's economy. Yes private enterprise was allowed but only if the interests of the Third Reich were served. Nazi authorities were empowered to seize anything at anyitme without due process or any compensation.
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  10079. Wow! You’re also a Misesian. Awesome! Subscribed.
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  10080.  @coachhannah2403  Messerschmitt was loyal to the Nazi party… As were the other two you mentioned. If they weren’t, they’d end up like Junkers. Privately owned as long as you’re doing explicit what the government wants, and if you don’t you get replaced by someone who will, isn’t private. And guess what, Messerschmitt wasn’t privately owned. It was a share limited corporation ran by shareholders. It wasn’t privately owned, it was a public business.
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  10081. On Reddit I got downvoted to oblivion saying Mr H. was a socialist.😂😂
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  10082.  @TheImperatorKnight  I was wrong about Mises and Rothbard (and their school). My stupid. I was just brain farting about former socialists in general when I was growing up all switching sides on their economic obsessions but staying with economics and the transferability (which I always felt was code for the super rich and their state).
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  10083. HEARTBREAKING: Marxist discovers that other kinds of socialism exist 😢
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  10084.  @stephanedaguet915 Hello, fascist here. Me and my fellows despise capitalism with all our hearts. This is the problem with never interacting with your opposition: you start creating fairy tale fantasies about what they actually believe.
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  10085. And second thought acts like he debunked the claimed the Nazis were capitalists using the same tired argument
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  10086. I always enjoy your vids, and will continue to do so. However even though I knew on a surface level that Fascism and National Socialism were related to Marxism, I didn't truly realize just how deep the connection is and was ignorant that Marxism was itself a variant of Socialism. I always thought Socialism was just a variant of Marxism, thankfully my ignorance has waned and I can actually start to understand this subject more deeply.
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  10087. Nope, they implemented a bunch of pro worker policies. Cope.
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  10088. Ah laissez-faire free markets, where the government directs businesses in what they can and can’t produce I’m sure that’s just what Friedman had in mind
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  10089. I'll join everyone else in saying this is also my favorite topic for you to cover. This concept of the Nazis not being socialist is one of those "universal truths" that is based on absolutely nothing and bursts with the tiniest bit of searching beyond HuffPost, Reddit, or Wikipedia. TIK I wish I could teach a WW2 class with a curriculum based entirely around your content.
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  10090. Thank you first and foremost for your candor and reply. Is it fair to say culture, breeds racism within one's own country? Personally, I now cling to my German heritage more than ever. But there was always sort of a hushed tone about it when growing up, as if my grandparents were ashamed, hiding, but definitely not as proud as I am now. One other question, is it, do you think it's okay to have pride? I believe I pride but not power. Again thank you for your time. Your opinion matters. 👍
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  10091. Very good job, TIK, imma sharing the video among my friends. Thank you.
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  10092. In Communist Russia, the workers couldn´t strike, cannot change jobs without State approbation and salaries were low compared with democratic-liberal countries. Saying that german workers were like medieval peasants was right like any socialist system, we can say that communism is the Feudal system brought to the Industrial age of the XX Century.
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  10093. Wow, that is Brilliantly explained... made perfect sense to me, but to be fair, I had already come to that conclusion through personal research, you have placed all the trimmings and facts in order. many thanks for the mass of work done to achieve this.
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  10094. Was arguing with a guy the other day about this exact same thing brought your name up and he actually accused you of going through and cherry-picking your sources and quotations in order to further your narrative
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  10095. Brown is actually orange, Lewis.😉
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  10096. Coming soon, the new Volkswagen "Volks grr MineShaft" , the aggressively designed minecart for all your mining needs :D Seriously though, good video. Shame that the Socialists are so scared to watch it and have too low an attention span to watch the unabridged 5hr video version.
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  10097. TIK you have to stop this I'm going to dry from laughing, seriously it's tragic how often you have to point out basic differences to people
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  10098. First like and comment
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  10099. So few views on such a great channel. Too bad people have not seen it yet. Keep up this great work. It's super informative and also a lot of fun to watch.
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  10100. Awesome video! I'm currently binge watching this series! Good stuff
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  10101. Hi This is a most excellent video. I can see the forces on the map. You explain who what where and when the forces move. I was able to follow/ understand how everything played out. Again- a really great video.
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  10102. Amazing production. Super quality, great research and so nice to follow. I do not understand why you do not have more followers. But I guess it is a small audience covered. But it us for sure not du to quality an insight. Thanks for this!
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  10103. I read a great deal of Marxist (not tanky stuff) but I am a moderate Social Democrat, because sometimes they have interesting perspectives, sometimes right - but we know how communism rule goes.
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  10104. You will never convince them to listen to other views. They have been brainwashed by an educational system that preaches inclusivity only to the extent of including people with the same views. In the old days people with contrary views would be sent to Gulags or re-education camps. Today they are de-platformed, cancelled etc.
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  10105. It is sad how necessary this video is in the modern world.
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  10106.  @TheImperatorKnight  Going through their sources, I can see where they get their history. Joachim Scholtyseck is a German historian, very hard to track down in English and the referenced papers are paywalled. This is what google turned up: "Aug 1, 2008 - While Scholtyseck condemns left-wing fascism theories as 'polemic verbiage' (p. 251) and criticises the 'moral righteousness' (p. 252) and ..." Robert J. Soucy is an Oberlin professor. That in itself speaks volumes. Here is what Wikipedia says: "Too many historians, Soucy argues, have taken the "socialist" rhetoric—or Orwellian "double-talk"—of some of these movements at face value, ignoring how it was repeatedly contradicted by their specific positions on social, economic and political issues. For Soucy, these organizations were far more nationalist than socialist, as was also one of their precursors, the Cercle Proudhon, which honored not the early "property is theft" Pierre-Joseph Proudhon but the later much more socially conservative Proudhon."
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  10107.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think that Leftist social policy would increase state expenses, leading to more taxes being required to bring in revenue. Also, the pro-labor laws are regulations and would impact the market (interventionism). However, TimeGhost History doesn't see it that way. This is the other, longer reply they alluded to earlier. " @CtrlAlt Debug fiscal policy doesn't divide in a clean way from a historical perspective. Most political movement don't have a radical fiscal policy, and these change over time and opportunistically. Within a certain timeframe you can make distinctions, but they don't apply universally over time, not even relative to the times. In general there is a division between plan economy and market economy. Almost all mainstream parties have espoused market economy, both on the left and the right. The extreme left, as in Communist derivatives of Marxism, and radical Socialism espouses plan economy, and the abolition of private enterprise and ownership. Equating that with interventionism in the economy or taxation is not correct. Interventionism and high taxation has been a factor of both the right and the left mainstream as seen for instance with Hoover and FDR during the Great Depression. Moreover it never goes anywhere as far as the Marxian economic ideas. The radical Socialist, or Communist method to achieve the goal of a collective, non-private economy is fairly simple; collectivization by seizure and expropriation, elimination of all private trade and profit, centralized planing of production and trade. The other often misaligned idea is that one or the other side of the political divide is protectionist and the other is pro-free trade. The US GOP is a case in point. While the GOP has been fairly securely lodged on the Conservative right for 100 years, the party has gone from protectionism in the 1920s and 30s to free trade post WW2 and is now moving back towards protectionism under Trump (although most Conservatives seem to disagree with him on this). Obviously here too the Radical Left is different as plan economy by force is protectionist, however this is dependent on the rest of the world and since Communism has never seized the majority of the world market, the Comecon and China was forced to take a pragmatic approach and accept the international market economy, albeit grudgingly and with resistance. Within the Comecon a strictly planned, and Russo-centric trade system was enforced. As pertinent to our topic, early Fascism under Mussolini espoused some radical left economic ideas that had components of Marxian economics, as did the Strasserists in the Nazi Party. Mussolini abandoned these ideas as the party gradually came in control of Italy. While they did impose some collectivization, this was eventually abandoned and they finally ended up with an interventionist market economy. The Starsserists were as we have outlined defeated and never had any impact on the Nazi Party during its reign. Instead Hitler stuck to a racist, interventionist market economy. Both economies were impacted by international sanctions which made their foreign economic policy by force protectionist, but that was not ideological; it was the inevitable effect of foreign restrictions aimed to curtail these regimes. "
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  10108. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  However, I did get more replies after I asked for what exactly did they think you get wrong. " @CtrlAlt Debug the sources are in the description. TIK's mistake is that he both gets his facts wrong and then he applies his political opinions to his analysis. He claims that the authoritarian involvement of the Fascist parties in all aspects of society is equal to collectivization, which it is not - it is what it is; authoritarianism. He also takes a number of aspects of the economy like interventionism and labels it leftist, which is simply not historically correct as we have outlined in the other longer reply to you. " According to TimeGhost, this is what Left and Right political alignments mean (I clipped a couple pieces together for this part): " Yes... since you don't know the meaning of these words you should perhaps refrain from regurgitating propaganda from your online social club, as you obviously would be incapable of discerning if what your political masters and minders tell you is even remotely correct. Lucky for you we're in an educational mood over here, so here it goes. Social Reactionary is someone who wants to undo social reforms and return to a previous state of social values. Social Conservative is someone who wants to maintain the social status quo and keep the social structure of society as it is. Social Liberal is someone who beeves in a moderate change of social structures, but does not look to make fundamental changes to societal order. Social Progressive is someone who looks to change the social structures of society to a new form of social order. Thus Reactionaries and Progressives end up on opposite end as one tries to return to an old thing and the other tries to achieve a new thing. The tendency is that Reactionary is viewed as a tendency towards a more hierarchical social order and progressives to a more egalitarian order, but that's a bit theoretical as many progressive movements have ended up with very hierarchical orders, despite pressing egalitarianism. The words 'improve,' 'make better,' 'worsen,' or 'break' should be avoided in respect to these classifications as that is a matter of opinion. It should be fairly obvious that a reactionary believes that a return to older values is an improvement and that the progressive thinks so about their changes. On the other hand the reactionary will obviously think that the progressive is making things worse and the progressive will think that the reactionary is worsening society. In any case your masters and minders have taught you wrong - authoritarianism pops up on both sides of the political left/right spectrum and even then they are not the same, much like a rotten apple is different from a rotten orange, despite both of them being rotten. You should perhaps get off the Interweb and read some books instead - you can even get them online for immediate download these days. " " Left vs. Right classification in historiography is a social policy issue. Radical Social Progressives on the extreme left and Social Reactionaries on the extreme right. Conservatives on the centre right and Liberals on the centre left. "
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  10109. Ignore the haters, attacking the historical and philosophical foundation of Commies and Fascists is the right strategy.
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  10110. I love how you trigger the Marxist Socialists.
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  10111. if i've learned anything about socialists or communists , its that they cant be honest and truthful if their life depended on it they will lie in order to "promote their cause"
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  10112. Just one word "WOW". TIK I cannot thank you enough for opening my eyes. Keep up with this great videos.
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  10113. having worked "downt Pit " in Yorkshire l thought l was a bit far left, then joined the Army and seemed exstreamly far right.............had a good think and realise the far right is far left.......................then watched your vids on here which are fantastic and you saying everything lve ever thought of the Nazi's and Commies both the same, brilliant , keep up the good work................Airborne!
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  10114. I feel as though I have been circling this channel algorithmically for at least two years. I am fully immersed in the history/battles side of YT, but have somehow only landed on your channel in the last week. Obviously I haven’t crunched or even seen the numbers, I’m just a lemming looking for an educated point of view, but it seems obvious that your videos are disfavored by the algorithms. Award winning work imo, whatever donations you have received could be doubled and it still wouldn’t be enough. The tremendous effort and research put into your videos are unparalleled. Thank you immensely.
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  10115. Thank you so much for this video! It was really thought provoking. I wish I could download it.
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  10116. Pure gold TIK!! :)
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  10117. I love logic in conversations. Nowadays, people are muh feelin's.... Best channel ever !
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  10118. Love you Tik. Keep up the teachings mate. You feckin rock. So eloquently explained. Taught me alot.
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  10119. Saw this video linked in the bad history subreddit page. There’s a lot of angry, one sided people there. An ideological echo chamber perhaps. Feelsweird when a nuanced approach to this topic is impossible for these people. One read of goebbals dairy shows he and his associates were communists, at least in the 1920s. How do we even define socialism? Is not a collective government with a large centrally planned economy not somewhat similar? Nazism isn’t an easy thing to define. But the comments in he subreddit are shameful.
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  10120. I'm smashing as much of this channel as possible since coming across it.
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  10121. So, i used to use the term state capitalism. Used to. Thanks to you.
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  10122. Excellent video! Wonderfully presented. Will you ever venture into other areas of history rather than WWII history?
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  10123. This video got you a subscriber my friend :)
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  10124. sir, you've done the best video on the subject that i have ever seen. good job and keep it up
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  10125. I just discovered you and you are an amazing youtuber, thanks for all you do. You deserve at least 200k subs and you should get that quickly as soon as the algorithm starts to favor you. This video is amazing and I keep trying to click the like button as I forget I have liked it already as the video is just that immersive.
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  10126. This video was phenomenal!
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  10127.  @timobrienwells  "No, TIK is not on the ball. His claims are wrong and unsubstantiated.." - Elaborate "Germany did not lose the war because of oil." - Not by itself "The Germans had tight but sufficient supplies of oil through the war until late 1944." - Not necessarily. U have to understand, that while Germany has enough oil to continue to wage the war, it was not enough to sustain any major operation. Hence why Kursk was the last major German offensive on the eastern front. "Operation Barbarossa did not fail because the Wehrmacht ran out of fuel. It failed because of poor decisions at critical times. It also suffered from logistical problems due to distance and weather, as was expected." - I will give u that. But Tik is only saying the oil problem was adding to their logistical issues which were true. Even Potential History covers this. "TIK has claimed that the Germans had more vehicles in 1942, but no fuel to run them." - To run all of them in a consistent offensive, yes. "He makes this claim without any supporting evidence whatsoever." - Watch some of his later videos. He provides more sources during those. "If this ludicrous claim were true then why did the Germans then produce even more vehicles in 1943 and 1944?" - U mean mainly tanks? Because they actually did not produce as many U boats or aircraft. But to answer ur question in the most basic sense, It was because u want good reserve of vehicles when the country sake depends on it. Plus since by 1943 they were fighting a war on the defensive, they could afford more vehicles since oil was not getting consumed as much. "If they had no fuel for them, what would be the use? The whole claim is just ridiculous and uninformed." - Not really. Ur trying to treat it like Tik is saying Germany had zero oil after 1941. What he is trying to say is 1941 was their last chance to get oil before the deficit began affecting the Wehrmacht. This is why only AGS advances in 1942. Since they only had enough oil to supply one army group in a major offensive. "TIK's problem is that he does not know his subject matter." - How so? "He completely ignores, or does not know about, the doubling of synthetic fuel production from 1941 onwards." - He literally has a video link in the description covering Germany's synthetic oil production. "He also ignores the large increase in domestic crude production in and around Germany during the same period." - True, but while that helped a great amount. It was never going to be enough. "TIK reads and believes historical revisionists." - Such as?
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  10128. timobrienwells except many historians have already backed the existing oil crisis Germany was facing. Yes, some disagree on the timing. But it was something legitimate. TIK has made mistakes before. And I’m not the biggest fan of his political videos. But for this, he was on the ball.
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  10129. How so
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  10130. Hello TIK! I added Serbian subtitles, please check them.
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  10131. Doesn't seem long winded to me. When you are doing history and trying to prove your points you have to go into details. People into history, think his videos are as long as they need to be. They are a series of videos on the same topics for haven's sake. His videos are not designed for flash and uses cheap graphics to help show positions on the map...GREAT JOB TIK!! for someone who does this as a hobby, you are doing great!!
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  10132. The thing is that more manpower need more logistics and the german army already had severe logistical problems supplying the men they had. As TIK mentionned, the capacity of the german army were already restricted because of their lack of fuel and at some point, could only properly supplied one army group. So even with enough manpower, if you can't supply them properly it makes no difference.
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  10133. very good video.  a real treat for your Monday posting.  until now I figured Ploesti was sufficient, since every strategic game on the subject imposes a special rule if it's captured..  Now I know better.  Thanks for the data. and context.
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  10134. Good stuff. I like your bit about "no such thing as a revisionist historian" Agreed, if you are not revising history then you're not a historian. Too many people confuse "history" with "the past". I'd be interested in your take on the success (or not...) of a German invasion of Britain in 1940...
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  10135. Great work , offering new views & ideas with well balanced argument
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  10136. Next week: The reason why Germany really lost WW2, the weather was too hot/cold/moist...
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  10137. Another great watch....fantastic research and reasoning to substantiate your opinions. Keep up the good work!
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  10138. I fully support your decision, and I hope it allows you to devote more time to taking care of yourself. Keep doing your amazing work, but always keep in mind that perfect is the enemy of good!
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  10139. Maybe experiment with ChatGPT? Tell it to write a script, then troubleshoot it?
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  10140. Have you considered resupplying your videos via air?
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  10141. I'm in shock. Bearing in mind the cuality and the amount of detail and information devoted to the Stalingrad series, they are not getting the channel up, but down. Really, I'm speechless.
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  10142. Flexible schedule is fine!
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  10143. In the western world, they are also living in a majority lefty system (schools, government jobs, science, sport, etc.) They are also highly aggressive against other philosophies. Not even the Neo Not-Sees are as openly aggressive
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  10144. Reddit hates Tik for associating Nazis with their dear love, socialism. 4chan hates Tik for associating Nazis with their dreaded enemy, the left.
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  10145. If the can get a couple of videos a month that upset redditors, ill keep giving you the monthly fiver.
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  10146. Third
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  10147. With the research and the elaborate graphics, when do you get time to rest? Perhaps, you don't. You must love what you do.So do I.
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  10148. So far, 147 upvotes and 0 downvotes. Before the National Socialists and International Socialists enter the chat.
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  10149. Can i please have a heart also? It would make me happy
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  10150. Thank you so much for your hard work. Will not be missing a single one of these documentaries.
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  10151. Do I get a medal for posting I arrived 35th and commented the 3rd?
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  10152. COVID-19 China flu quarantine? Plenty of time to catch up on TIK videos and learn some history
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  10153. Yasssss
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  10154. earliest ive ever been to a tik video
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  10155. TIK saved me from these people
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  10156. I'm 1 minute in but I totally agree, people need to watch the full video before they comment.
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  10157. Fun fact : I am Asian and I didn't know where Rice come from until now.
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  10158. The song!
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  10159. Amazing musical piece at the end the vast skills of TIK never fails to surprise. XD
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  10160. The little tune at the end was awesome! 😂👍
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  10161. That Boris joke got me good
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  10162. seethe
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  10163. Tik dropping some jokes, I like it.
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  10164. It does not help, that we have at least 3 types of different things that is all called racism. 1: you have believing one group is superior to another, based on genes of parent. 2: the people who think their culture/religion is superior to all other 3: thinking people are born with superior or inferior soul based on family. (And you also have the communists, who claim anybody who is not a communist, must be a racist).
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  10165. Please more short videos like this!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
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  10166. Just a quick comment of Thanks!! We enjoy your videos!
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  10167. Tik, if I may, I would like to recommend the following books for you. I think they go in hand with your subject material well, and you might find them useful. Marx & Satan by Richard Wurmbrandt New Lies For Old by Anatoliy Golitsyn The Perestroika Deception by Anatoliy Golitsyn MindWar, MindStar, and FindFar by Michael Aquino The Celebrations in the Life of the SS Family Treason's Peace; German Dyes & American Dupes by Howard Watson Ambruster Dreamer of the Day: Francis Parker Yockeyand the Postwar Fascist International by Kevin Coogan The Hitler Legacy: The Nazi Cult in Diaspora: How it was Organized, How it was Funded, and Why it Remains a Threat to Global Security in the Age of Terrorism by Peter Levenda Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile by Paul Manning The Bormann Brotherhood by William Stevenson
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  10168. Sorry for your loss.
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  10169. You'd let me down if you didn't take time off. I'm sorry for your loss, and please don't come back until you are ready. You are not disappointing anyone by taking care of yourself and your family. Wishing you and yours the best.
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  10170. Sorry for your loss Tik. You are my favourite youtuber, and look forward to seeing you in the future whenever that is, take your time - your content is the best.
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  10171. Take all the time you need. Sorry for your loss.
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  10172. Another amazing video, TIK. Thank you for the great content.
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  10173. Wasn't expecting yet another video already again, noice
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  10174. On the contrary, you could just as easily argue that leftist definitions of socialism are too narrow and cease to be useful. You and TIK are literally doing the same thing, yet you wasted your time trying to contradict him with this essay lol
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  10175. First 😅
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  10176. Hey TIK, I'm on page 42 of 1,711 of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer (1904-1993). I'm curious about your opinion of this book.
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  10177. I notice a strong similarity between the Nazi economic system and modern Chinese socialism. Rather than nationalizing and directly managing all aspects of the economy, the totalitarian state infiltrates and assimilates "Private" entities, merging them with the state without totally consuming them. From that position it puppeteers a market economy, with the same fundamental problems inherent in socialism.
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  10178. Not exactly. The German state set the prices for everything even if it destroyed the profitability of certain ventures. For instance, the German trains were required to charge only enough to break even while the state would build any future rails needed. Free market governments set ration size and price when there was a shortage.
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  10179. TIK I pay youtube Premium and hope 1. A fair part of that money goes to you and 2. That you can output more content. I dont want to stress you. Its just so interesting, I cant wait for your videos like a kid on Christmas.
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  10180.  @TheImperatorKnight  Well, keep on the good fight brother. The flak is heaviest when you're over the target.
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  10181. I see the problem is most people think of a command economy as a Soviet style economy not realizing that all large economies have elements of a command economy. What differs is the degree the state intervenes. Socialist economies feature are primarily command economies with strong state intervention unlike mostly capitalist economies which have limited state intervention.
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  10182. @TIKhistory, I like your battlestorm stuff on North Africa rather than Stalingrad. I think you should take a serious break from Stalingrad, for at least a year.
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  10183. I feel like the history Channel went through a similar phase. I look forward to the Ancient Aliens content.
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  10184. Hi TIK, we watch the channel because of your beautiful mind, not for a specific type of content. Be well.
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  10185. Bro you’re covering the worst hell on earth in recorded history. Take your time bro. You’re literally saving lives. Your content deradicalized me I was ready to cleanse the lesser races before I found your content.
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  10186. The extremly good quality of Stalingrad series matched by no other channel and what makes it one of a kind, i do however enjoy other content too, but please continue to do what no other channel does nearly as good. Anyway, I wish you good health and choose what is dearest to you.
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  10187. Personally I think your videos are too long, they are great and detailed but sometimes when you only have a couple of hours free a day to watch YouTube and with all the channels it tough to sit through. I watch your channel for "theory" I guess. I think your small area of expertise against everyone else on YouTube is the ideology. After decades of absorbing WW2 / Nazi / Soviet that's where you shine. I'm sure breaking up your videos into a mini series style would be more financially beneficial for you and gives you less stress to make an hour for 20 mins instead of 90. WW2 in real-time as an example. Love your work and glad I found you 🤓
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  10188. Hello TIK, I enjoy watching your military history videos but I wouldn't want to watch them at the expense of your wellbeing. If you will forgive a few suggestions. Make some rest days mandatory in your schedule. If you have Stalingrad on a monthly schedule, then double it to bi monthly or tri monthly, your fans will wait. Give yourself a bit of time to work on shorter vids and different topics. I've quite enjoyed some of the vids answering Patreon questions. Be well.
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  10189. #TIK - Given your recent fun with You tube, I have been asked by them to review this video for which you've got five stars and praised for being informative, interesting and I ticked 'other' hoping it would allow me to elaborate by stating you were accurate, independent and gave very detailed accounts, but alas no text box came up so I couldn't add the further comments. I just had to have a laugh at it all!
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  10190. Almost tenth!!!!🙄
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  10191.  @TheImperatorKnight  I liked your "Actually, Leftists Aren't Stupid" video (even if I mostly disagree). You ever think about talking more about politics and your own political evolution?
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  10192. Just imagine that the entire Netherlands costed for the Wehrmacht 5 days and 2000 casualties
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  10193. No they only sent partof the division. After enough weapons arrived the rest of the division was sent.
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  10194. Allmemoirs must be used cautiously and checked against other evidence.
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  10195. Try Anton Jolly and his channel Armageddon. Its great. He even cooperates with TIK.
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  10196. well, in terms of the Kotluban offensives/counter offensives... I suppose that really depends on how valuable you think Stalingrad as a city and logistical hub is. Given that you have artillery on the other shore able to reach any part of it, the fighting destroyed the rail lines, gas lines, stripped buildings of roofs and the fuel storage areas were utterly destroyed, it feels like losing Stalingrad for the Soviets was less of an issue than the Germans keeping it and being able to utilise it was. Ideally one wants to utilise a city that you've captured, and that's rather difficult if it is bombed to shit. Then again, the only reason that the city was bombed to shit and utterly ruined was that due to those same offensives the fighting in the city was all that much harder for the 6th Army. I suppose, once Uranus is done and we see the final surrender of the 6th Army and get a final look at the casualty tallies for both sides, then we can gain more perspective on whether the Kotluban offensives were really worth it. Also of note is how throwing utterly green troops into a complex and harsh urban combat scenario is not going well for either side. At the mention of 45 Rifle Division not having enough rifles for the troops I wondered if maybe that was where the infamous "first man shoots the rifle, second man carries ammunition"
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  10197. Anarchists are only opposed to government until the government collapses; then they're communists.
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  10198. Hey @TIKhistory ! I love your vids and like today they are the highlight of my evening. I have one question though: The soviets seem to suffer a lot more casualties than the germans. But why is that so? Shouldn't the defender have an advantage? Where the german soldiers better? Where german tactics better? What combination of circumstacnes gave the german soldiers the edge?
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  10199. I'm sure the 83rd would have taken that bridge on day one
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  10200. Only 136k subscribers for this channel is a war crime.
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  10201. TIK and Mid ary these views are of course open to debate, all answers are welcome to enrich the debate. Those are just my macro opinions on the subject. Impossible to get into more detai here. Thank you both
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  10202. Please tell the guy to take a breath every so often so I can Breathe too. Nevertheless he is an excellent presenters
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  10203. 21:35-22:37 Boom, killshot
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  10204. Free enterprise is now ultra hardcore right wing? Lol ok pal.
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  10205. It's impossible to argue for Socialism out in the open because all evidence is against it. That's why its advocates have to slip its definition into the cracks of what wasn't said in a given moment, make personal attacks against their opponents, and refuse to define it themselves. The fact that the idea has power in the present day is a testament to the power of propaganda and ignorance, and TIK is doing a great thing by arguing against it as clearly and thoroughly as he does.
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  10206. How tf can the analysis be good if he doesn't understand the theory?
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  10207. @TIKHistory Great video, this cleared up some confusion I had from your previous Public vs Private video, that even a previous comment response you had given hadn't cleared it up for me. I agree, I think a new third term is needed for Corporations OR at least acknowledgement that when people say "Owned by the Public" ie Govt control the mean something quite different than "Publicly Owned" ie owned by shares. Generally Ii think it's used when the ownership was achieved without the use of money to perform a voluntary transaction. I'll have to think of a more formal way to say that, as it's current formulation is a bit sloppy. PS: Yeah, the definition between Village/town/City is somewhat vague. Think of the classic "Heap" problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorites_paradox#:~:text=1%2C000%2C000%20grains%20is%20a%20heap.
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  10208. Stick to banks.
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  10209. TIK you do a more thorough analysis of the issues you cover than 99.999% of YouTubers. You’re taking flak because you’re over the target.
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  10210. I love when TIK starts getting sarcastic all the while drilling points home well done sir
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  10211. Angus "TIK" Young
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  10212. Seventh!
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  10213. You deserve every subscription
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  10214. So, what was the name of Hitler's Party? Answer:...Wait for it... Wait... Yes! The National SOCIALIST German WORKERS' Party. "Yeah, but it doesn't mean what it says". "It wasn't really socialism". "But the emphasis should be given to the word national, therefore we can ignore the rest of the name". "They didn't interpret the word correctly. Only my university does that". OR It was Socialism. And universities are corrupted by the left. p.s. Musolini was also a socialist.
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  10215. Great work! Comments are crazy, this people did not read Das Kapital or Mein Kampf. Absolutely solid arguments, and not a single point countered. Oh the state of western education.
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  10216. It’s much easier to fool someone than it is to convince someone that they have been fooled
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  10217. I appreciate your work, you offer a different insight into history which is very interesting. I'm doing history at university. I really should read more especially surronding Nationalist Socialist Germany always interested me. Thank You.
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  10218. Props for having the balls to publish a video which you articulate ideas that will more than likely not be liked by most people for a huge spectrum of various reasons. Its one thing to have an unpopular opinion on economics or one in history but to mix unpopular economics with an alternative view on history takes brains and balls. I think you are before your time but please keep makinh content.ty
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  10219. 6TH !
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  10220. Wow. A 24 minute video just to say: I don't know. :)
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  10221. Isnt it Erich von Manstein? You said Eric
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  10222. This was a fun video ! The scoring system was silly but added to the entertainment value for sure!
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  10223. Didnt u wanna take a break? Welcome back.
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  10224. Never go fully semi totalitarian.
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  10225. Tik, I know you read your comments, I don't believe in pateron but I watch your content regularly and enjoy how you present the facts. Was wondering out of the library of books you've read on world war two if you could choose only one book as the best book you've read, which would it be and why?
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  10226. Thank you for using the term devastated instead of decimated.
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  10227. The "Best General" question can't be answered. It's no chess match where the opponents start out with equal troops and information. Also, while Rommel, Guderian, Manstein, Patton, Vatutin, Shukov etc. are famous for their "actions" and get the credits and blame, it was their chiefs of staff who did all the work. A general depends on his staff (and the combat troops) to be successful. You could say the best generals - meaning successful - were the ones who picked a good chief of staff.
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  10228. So much for Nazi efficiency. No wonder the Nazis stole food from people all over Europe, wartime occupation doesn't exactly make for efficient agricultural production. Still does not justify the delibrate starvation of millions of civillians POW's by them though.
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  10229.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'd make a joke about Stalingrad, but I ran out of them. In all seriousness though, the city will be a massive headache for you, don't stress yourself too much out there! :)
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  10230. “Social democrat” = fakes asking permission before compelling you to do our bidding under barrel of gun.
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  10231. Again YouTube didn't alert me of this video. Speaking of 1984 and Orwelian times. Good job Tik, great video as usual.
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  10232. Beats being locked down for 23 hours a day for nothing but a flu.
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  10233. Thank you once again for your work. Two points: #1 If you still can't see the central planning/socialism here then you are dense. #2 If you don't recognize TIK as a valid historian then you are probably an elitist snob with a piece of paper (diploma) proudly hung where everyone can see. 😎👌
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  10234. The errors in July led to a situation in which no one was available to prevent the disaster in winter.
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  10235. yet another epiosde of our beloved series! thanks TIK!
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  10236. I remember pre-internet rushing home from work to catch a documentary on tv about Stalingrad. Over the years I've read books about the battle and seen other docs. Was always wanting more information - now down to one man's hard work we have this unparalleled document. Indebted to you Tik.
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  10237. Pleasant to see a presenter engage so much with his audience.
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  10238. Tik does this so people can not use these quotes as his ideas.
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  10239. It just goes to show that the words fascism and socialism are just epithets: you can put anything with socialism and people will actually think its some valid ideology or party when its not. Up to today people still use Social Nationalist, Populist Nationalist and so one, in their party name and people will think that they invented something new, when in fact it has always been old ideas.
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  10240. 155,000 !!! ...damn. I need to start stealing other people's work. Mine has only netted 4k subs to date!
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  10241. Historiou plagiarised video was just unlistead minutes ago!
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  10242. I mean this as a compliment TIK but your sighting sources has ruined alot of other types of history for me lol, I'm trying to find other history youtubers like you for ancient Greece ancient Egypt Rome and Carthage. You are one of if not the best ww2 history channels on YouTube.
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  10243. There's a Marxist YouTuber called "Second thought" whos videos are straight up Socialist propaganda. He made a video claiming Hitler was not socialist, and all the points he made have been debunked by you countless times. But he still has a large following and deceites people into believing he is giving a neutral perspective of history, when In reality its socialist propaganda.
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  10244.  @TheImperatorKnight  ALSO, just so you know he removed his video lol
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  10245.  @TheImperatorKnight  unfortunatly not, after 2021 I have been quite busy and grown distant from youtube, but always take the time o watch your videos so keep us updated please. Also he is "making" your stalingrad battlestorm too, keep an eye on him and I do hope more brazillian youtubers do the same, hope yotube deletes his channel
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  10246. @TheImperatorKnight  For as long as good people like you must rely on YouTube and small donations, it will be an unsolvable problem and various grifters will be operating and taking the advantage.
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  10247.  @TheImperatorKnight  count me in too. I´ve already denounced this channel.
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  10248. Is this who the removal of the visible dislike counter is supposed to protect?
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  10249. Finally someone that gets it. TIK you brilliant son of a bitch, thank you so much for speaking out on this. Nazis ARE socialists. Thank you!!!
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  10250. The problem is that if you are not fully truthful about something then you have to cover up parts of the story. The “academic historians” are typically left wing and so can not accept that the Nazis were National Socialists. As TIK pointed out, Socialism is a modern form of the “redistribution of resources through the power of government” philosophy. Socialism takes on a variety of forms with National Socialism being one of the forms. When it comes to the redistribution issue, the question that you ask is what are the identities of Peter and Paul in the Application of the “Robbing Peter to pay Paul” approach to government. In the case of German National Socialism, the “Pauls” were the German People while the “Peters” were primarily the Jews and Slavic people. In the case of a pre modern example you could say that Julius Caesar used the power of the Roman legions to rob the Gauls to pay his legions and the citizens of Rome.
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  10251. Any thoughts on talking about the Rheinwiesenlager Camps? I know the initial research on it wasn't considered to be very professional, but then it seemed nobody wanted to look into it. Conditions were horrible and the numbers in the enclosures were high. It's not far fetched to believe that there were significant numbers who died in these camps. Whose numbers do we believe?
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  10252. I really enjoy your forensic analysis of the subject in hand, but I really struggle with your desire to equate the actions of a gang of criminal gangsters with Socialism. Like billions of others, I am a Socialist and my vision of the world doesn't include rounding up young men and forcing them into prison camps and murdering them.
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  10253. Sound pretty much like the holocaust with its deportations and ghettos and camps. What a disgrace. And yes, i have been aware for decades that this happened, but the graphic and personal descriptions of the events just make it so much real. Also, handing out people that never were soviet citizens... thats the kind of shit makes you to go to hell in afterlife...
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  10254. "Jews to power in Ukraine". lol, what?
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  10255. In the part of the video where you are naming off various places that the Russians were deported from, you mentioned “Toronto “I’m just curious if this is Toronto Canada?
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  10256. Yeah, but don't worry. Today's Western troops and police wouldn't do anything like that to their own citizens. Just ask the French and Australians.
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  10257. Never mind YouTube, I think you might recieve a visit from the British authorities after this video = lol
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  10258.  @Toralian89  "So it's okay to support annihilation of your own people"? Must be, because that is precisely what the Soviets did, and they Red apologists are very much fine with that - the Communist regime killed more citizens of the USSR than any other power, with the official death toll surpassing the 20 million by the time of Stalin's death, and to that we have to add the millions of Khazaks killed by Krutschev in the 1960s, not to mention all the other millions of victims killed from 1954 to 1991.
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  10259. Oh boy the comments should be fun
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  10260. I thought Britain had a thirty year rule for classified information, is sealing a different information dissemination process?
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  10261. This was a great video. Delivered with your usual attention to detail. Well done mate.
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  10262. Great job Tik, you are on top of of your game, on land and sea. Thanks.
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  10263. second
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  10264. Very nice video. Thanks for the in depth coverage.
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  10265. SHOTS FIRED lol love your willingness to just put it out there.
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  10266. It's a bad idea to carry the truth to people who don't care about the truth.
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  10267. Hahaha I laughed out loud at the "French" flag. Very funny
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  10268. This made my blood boil, that poor girl will be bullied and pillared for the hate crime of disagreeing with an educator.. An educator that I pay for by the way..ggrr
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  10269.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm conflicted, always love a new video but don't want you to burnout and have no quality of life. :/
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  10270. Hey TIK, so i haven't watched this video yet but i will after writing this comment. I just want to thank you for sharing all this information with us. I've been watching your videos for a few weeks now and my thoughts and feeling about capitalism and socialism changed A LOT!! I'm 24 years old and i grew up in a family full of communists and socialists. They taught me that capitalism was the reason why people are dying of hunger/thirst/war etc. (you know.... those damnn capitalists...) and the only way out was socialism. I was a socialist too. When I started watching your videos a few weeks ago, I was skeptical, I didn't want to believe you but i chose to be open-minded. I didn't want to be like those viewers who throw disrespectful comments on comment sections. I really wanted to understand and learn the truth and I think i did (thanks to your videos). Please keep doing what you are doing, the people who are willing to learn will always find your work helpful. Have a great day 🙏
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  10271. Shit. I'm second
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  10272. and your suggestion for how the end of the war could have played out differently is?
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  10273. You know I was just getting into Gnosticism and I think I fell into some of its trappings, I was prepared to say that you don't know what you were talking about when you started talking about the Gnostics , But then I kept watching, Now I Don't exactly know what to believe anymore, Its certainly not Gnosticism not after this video. It doesn't help that I have schizoaffective disorder and already have problems when it comes to religious beliefs and among other things, Either way I just want to thank you for helping me see more clearly
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  10274. This is madness.
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  10275. I really like your humour: 0:46 "Because why not?" and the Duke from Babylon "Hey guy..."
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  10276. Come on 300k ! Good vid !
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  10277. Early bird here👋
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  10278. @TIKhistory, to be clear from the get-go, I have seen first hand and my family experienced the effects of Leftist ideologies. It's bad and a very unhealthy situation to go through. All this Wokenism and Cancel Culture are the direct descendents of that frame of mind and ideology. Hence, my dislike/hatred towards Leftist ideology. I do have a question for you. We know (I have read enough to know this for decades) that Socialism (or an adaptation of it) was behind the Naz1s and H1tler's thoughts. We know this for a fact, and yet the media and many historians say otherwise, and above all political commentators try to label the National Socialist Germany period as...right-wing in nature. That's to be expected of them. But a fierce critic of Wokenism and the Left (he admiited to "detesting them"), Jordan Peterson, has said on different debates/interviews that "we've also seen the results of right-wing ideology. Where? The Naz1 Germany. What are your thoughts on this?
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  10279. I know you like to be informed when YT fails to notify - this video seemed only to show up when I had read your subscriber milestone announcement just now.
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  10280. Thanks for covering this topic. I am a German myself and currently doing a deep dive into this time period. It's actually covered quite well in school - we don't just cover it in history class, but also in other classes like german - but of course, there is just too much information to teach everything in school. So video essays like this are extremely helpful! Thanks for putting in the time and effort to create this! Its appreciated!
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  10281.  @TheImperatorKnight  lol I guess I am. Dumb luck :D
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  10282. "Compliance equals safety"?!?!? Sounds like the typical socialist bullshit you hear from the left nowadays who think Communism was a good idea that just needs another try. People who'd love to take away your freedom of speech and everything else so they can be wok and have their safe spaces.
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  10283. "And that’s great! I’m against lying-thieving murdering scumbags too."... ... nice. : ))))))
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  10284. These videos are the best. So hilarious after a good smoke
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  10285. Game, set and match! TIK, my congratulations for your overwhelming and convincing “victory” over the Russian state sponsored trolls. Well most of your ”critics” are these sad kind of “persons,” with actual brains that they willingly employ to prevent the truth and history converging.
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  10286. i'm really glad i've watched this video till the end. it was a really powerful message. but now i'm in despair, what is there for me to do? what shold i do and what i can do? thank you TIK!
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  10287. Tik feeding trolls is not mandatory but love your work ethic.
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  10288. TIK, I don't want a subscription but I do want to make a 'one off payment'. I can't see an option for that... how can it be done?
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  10289. 9 views, im in top 10
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  10290. and yet it almost did and had Gavin's 82 AB taken their PRIMARY objective with "thunderclap surprise", as Brereton had ordered of his airborne commanders, it almost certainly would have succeeded, as XXX Corps, with 43rd Wesex in tow, would have been in Arnhem before the German reinforcements arrived from Germany.
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  10291. As a Yank, I will readily admit that American commanders didn't always make the right decisions. If the evidence shows that General Gavin make an improper decision, so be it. Be that as it may, I stand by the belief that Market Garden was a poorly planned event on the part of the British.
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  10292. A trip back to Market Garden? Nice.
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  10293. I'd love to see a commenter respectfully disagree and have it turn into a back and forth educational series seeking the truth as you propose at the end. I agree with you that everyone would benefit
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  10294. If you understand economics, the phrase "capitalist price controls" should cause your brain to bluescreen.
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  10295. Socialism: Collective ownership/control of the means and distribution of production. You, dear labor, ARE a means of production. Therefore, Nazism is the antithesis of capitalism if it denies the worker to own their own labor, chose where, when, or to whom they rent their labor.
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  10296. But a trade/workers union controlled by the state and mandatory cant really be called a workers union since the union controlled by the state will go the states errands and is merely a way to control the workers. It is not a free union designed to be the counterpart to the private and public companies
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  10297. The NSDAP abolished capitalism, nationalizing the unions and the businesses, which neither the workers nor the owners liked. The labor front sounds a lot like a guild of some kind. In the Marxist sense, national socialism sounds a lot like a regression from Capitalism to Feudalism. Socialism is a failure every time someone tries to implement it. It just results in the bourgeoisie and workers being crushed by a new political class of kings and lords.
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  10298. After seeing TIK deflated when he stopped the Stalingrad series. Good to see him animated on a subject again.
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  10299. I’ve been wondering about the veracity of this exact statement.
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  10300. 19:41 "It was in reality a vast propaganda organization and, as some workers said, a gigantic fraud." If Shirer was still alive, I'd ask him how the unions of today are any different from his classification of the mustache one. Hell, unions have been a vehicle for propaganda since the 30's at LEAST (Here in the US). I could probably make the argument that it happened earlier too, but I do not have the confidence or the sources to try and back that claim up.
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  10301. Lewis this is really interesting. Have you ever thought of sticking to tanks, banks and w... anyway. Awesome work as always.
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  10302. Nice!
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  10303.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yes, I do like some of the battle videos, but the politics ones are my favorite
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  10304. This is my 4th time watching this. I've subscribed the first time. It still is a riveting and fascinating experience. I esp enjoy hearing about the Afrika Corps and anything relating to Rommel of course. You have a great talent in telling and showing these important historical battles. While some others put me to sleep, your videos have me glued to the screen from beginning to end, and leave me wanting to hear more! Thank you for putting in all the time so that we can enjoy being educated . 👏👏😉😍
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  10305. This is like the best documentary of ww2 . I can clearly understand what was going on , I like how u are using the symbol of each battle group and formation and so on to give us a clear understanding of the situation .
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  10306. Good video. I been recommending more batch QAs if they are quick ones to answer. Probably the only way you'll gain any ground on catching up with these.
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  10307. Hey @TIKhistory a big thank you for this video from Germany
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  10308.  @TheImperatorKnight  I love history, and I've learned more reading various game sourcebooks, or visiting the actual sites, than all the hours I sat in school. And as a professional musician (well, as much as anyone can say that nowadays), I would say the same about any fine arts degree. If you can play, you can play, and no degree will make you better or worse. If you can't, they aren't going to teach you how in college. You can learn music theory online for free, and go to open mics to practice playing in front of people. And honestly, if you think getting a music degree will allow you to teach music, well, I hate to break your heart, Amber. You need an education degree to teach, so the person who taught you music or art couldn't play the radio or draw flies.
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  10309. Same
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  10310. Always liked Aaron Clarey, he's been uploading for a long time. Please don't burn yourself out!
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  10311. "The Vampire Economy" is a fantastic read. It took me a while, but if you read it and check German law at the time(basically fact-cheking it just for reassurance)and still think Nazis were capitalist you have a reading comprehension problem.
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  10312. YES. Definitely do more of these long form Q & A's. Loved it.
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  10313. Ask Mastershot? On TIK video? It's more likeky than you think Also it's the first time in a very long time that I watch the video as soon as it comes public
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  10314. How TIK, I never even heard of this. Thank you for the interesting content!
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  10315. Weird that you’d link a Academic Agent vid, especially in this context. He’s a big fan of Evola, who pretty much saw Jews the same way Marx saw them. Great job otherwise.
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  10316.  @TheImperatorKnight  I've seen people burn out over time working rediculus hours, and it's not good. I'm looking forward to seeing your content for decades to come, so go easy mate !!
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  10317. HOW ARE THERE ONLY 200k VIEWS?!
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  10318. amazing doc!, could you set up some timestamps for easier navigation?
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  10319. Excellent detailed expose of Operation Market Garden. Good visuals to support your expose. Thanks. Patton was very displeased with Eisenhower's support of moving critical supplies to this plan, versus his plan in the South.(Metz: perhaps another review on your part?)
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  10320. True. However. I guess that was out of the scope of this video.
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  10321. You said that you supposed he landed a permanent job straight out of phd which in spain thats basically impossible.
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  10322. I could not agree more. I have a $20,000 history/social studies dust collector sitting in some box somewhere while I work as a warehouse manager. It's nothing more than a piece of paper if you don't pursue a profession related to it.
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  10323. I tried first year uni 4 times and failed each time, wasted every dollar I earned in my 20s on cigarettes and computer parts, and still managed to stumble in to a $100k IT job with no Uni quals, just some cisco courses. I bought a house at 35, a bit late, but not having a student loan helped to build wealth quickly once I did figure out how to save (or rather, how not to waste money). Great video TIK.
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  10324. GET IN THERE LEWIS. DONE IT IN STYLE AGAIN.
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  10325. Battlestorm next week?
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  10326. Draft is taxation with representation
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  10327. Very well done, TIK! Thank you for your thorough work!
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  10328. The closing questions: Yes. The winners almost always treat the losers poorly. POW's should be imprisoned so that they cannot return to the fight, and then they should be released into the general population of their home country after the war is concluded so that they can help kickstart their countries economy. NO. Draft is enslavement. -US Army Veteran
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  10329. I have criticized you,but this is one of the best videos you ever made,you have some brilliant videos related to logistics
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  10330. ​ @TheImperatorKnight But is this really the case intensifies!
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  10331. Amazing quality. Subscribed. Would love to hear your take on Stirner, especially as a reaction to Hegel. Hilarious that "spaventarsi" means "to scare/frighten" in Italian. So, Spaventa is literally a spook.
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  10332. Krebs: My Führer, the Russians are about to enter Berlin. Führer: Not to worry. I read Wilhelm Hoffman’s diary. I now know everything about urban combat. Jodl: My Führer…
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  10333. I guess this is the trouble with this period in history. You are dealing with two perpetually lying authoritarian regimes recounting their history of their war between each other and hoping to find the truth in there somewhere.
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  10334. I am going to be an asshole devil's advocate here...is it possible the alleged "Hoffman" diary could have been real but the errors attributed to the "fog of war." I would hazard to guess Chuikov altered the diary, if it existed, to fit his narrative. My honest take is that is is likely fake.
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  10335. Why do I picture that Romulan officer From Star trek Deep space 9, Screaming "ITS A FAKE!" at captain Sisko all of the sudden???
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  10336. Oh noes, Tik! You've not provided any evidence which would allow me to denounce you as socialist sympathiser of either persuasion and therefore I feel I must protest most strongly on behalf of all deprived (depraved?) Wehraboos and Bolshies everywhere at your stubborn refusal to demonstrate any bias whatsoever! Now, excuse me while I go push over a statue and deny history somewhere else... Another good one, mate! :)
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  10337. The history pages on Reddit are full of political activists and socialists that will actively censor unconventional arguments. Heck, one mod on r/history has TIK blacklisted just because of what he said about the Nazis and socialism.
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  10338. With this one video you earned every dollar you have ever received via Patreon. Well done TIK! Thank you for bringing integrity back to history one fact at a time.
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  10339. Those dastardly soviets and their propaganda, it's a good thing western governments don't do that kind of stuff. Can't wait for the next hyperinflation video, I'm glad those are problems of the past since I've been assured that any amount of inflation we have is transitory and actually good for me!
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  10340. It indeed already takes enough to produce such valuable and qualitative content like his series to begin with, if Tik along the way even doubles down and manages to expose to the truth certain false bastions that fooled everyone then like he did with this video then there's nothing to do but just thanking him.
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  10341. Question is, why wasn't this questioned earlier, when it seems so blatant now. Surely more Historians digging into this would of noticed, and it would of been caught far earlier. Yet it still used. Are specific people just sweeping it under the rug because it makes their stereotypical version of Stalingrad make sense?
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  10342. Is this a differant TIK channel? I only ask because im not subscribed and there's no chance i would've unsubbed myself. Edit: nope i was just unsubbed somehow. Good thing i noticed
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  10343. Good work. Until the original copy is discovered, and I don't believe it will be, we should treat this as Soviet propaganda. If a genuine one is found, I would suspect Chuikov's account was cherry-picked and embellished, making it obviously Soviet propaganda.
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  10344. I'm watching this on Christmas lol
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  10345. The memery in the animation and comics are getting great xD loved it, keep going!
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  10346. It is astonishing how deeply anti-Semitism is anchored in left-wing ideologies.
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  10347. Socialists like to make similar claims about Nazi Germany. They claim the Nazis "privatised" a lot of things, and that therefore this meant they were "far right". But they have to be using a weird definition of "privatised" in order to make that claim.
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  10348. A little detail you might want to add is that the biggest shareholder of the "Deutsche Bahn AG" is...the state itself with 100 %. Our railway company is by definition a socialist company
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  10349. How about taking on the Holy Grail that is the NHS?
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  10350. You've hit the nail on the head with this one.
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  10351. Network Rail has been nothing but a disaster. Your video highlights correctly that the state is one building the train system in the UK, meaning its not Private in anyway. If people believe it to be Private, all I am going to say is the fact that the government funded and still continue to fund the HS2 project, which is massively over budget.
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  10352.  @TheImperatorKnight  because you've reached the same conclusion he has using logic as your guide. That people are far more sensible with how they spend their own money than they are with spending somebody else's money. One would think that that's an obvious statement but somehow it is an entirely alien concept for socialists.
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  10353. UK is an exercise in gradual democratic socialism
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  10354. From this side of the pond, I could never figure out why Brits were complaining about the "privatized" rail service. They would complain about poorer service and higher prices, claiming that this was because of "greed" from the private companies. Now I understand; it was a farce, a trick. California pulled this same trick a few years ago when they decided they would allow "free markets" in the electric company pricing. Except they didn't. The wholesale price of electricity was free market, but the government controlled the retail price. Net effect was power shortages and the power company going bankrupt.
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  10355. Please try to upload more videos these days,all stay home , also i believe TIK you understand that today we live in a period of time when history is writen :)
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  10356. F... you tik....i’am drunk and i will dissagre you
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  10357. Quick question TIK! Do you recommend Anne Applebaum book? You have Red Famine in bibliography and I have seen her other books in polish (Iron Curtain and Gulag) but She is better known in Poland as pro-US journalist than a historian.. May I have your opinion on the subject?
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  10358. That is what it actually means, but in philosophy it has a slightly different context. In philosophy a posteriori means a premise which is based on realworld observations/evidence whereas a priori means a premise which is based on something independent of evidence and can be proven logically
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  10359. Simple: you can't predict the future and if someone could they'd be the richest person in the world.
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  10360. We do need to question history continuously. As someone once said, "History is mostly lies, and the rest are bias". :)
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  10361. i just would like to say that your videos are excellent and i applaud you for continuing your good work.
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  10362. But the October revolution - is in November as Russia was using a different calendar from the rest of the 'West'... ... so not a "ture" error. See Samual Pepys's diary - he uses both old Brit and new Brit dates for much of his writings ... ... for a very short intro see; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750 : ))))))
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  10363. Great video! This reminds me of one of the classes I had to take for my master's. During that course, I was reminded that revisionist historians are an imperative part in preserving and reinterpreting the historical data. And, I can never forget that the old interpretations of different events (such as the Mexican American War) will always be challenged by new, refreshing perspectives.
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  10364. I'm pretty sure the negative connotation with "revisionist historian" comes from its use by Holocaust deniers who used terminology from actual historians to make their unfounded ideas seem more official. It's revisionism to disagree over how many people died in the Holocaust or how they died, as long as you have actual evidence to back it up, but saying no one died and it was fake is... not revisionist.
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  10365.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yeah truth be told,there is some need for other topics as well,I watch some of your Stalingrad series from here and there and they are really detailed and well made along with the map quality that keeps getting improved from time to time. It would be wise to delay the Stalingrad series as you've said and focus on other topics about not only Nazi Germany but of other countries too if you got the sources,an example would be the Greek political scene from 1922 to 1941 which can be interesting.
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  10366.  @TheImperatorKnight  I've watched all your vids, I especially like the oil & economics ones. Is your editor taking enough of the strain? Not being critical, just nosey lol.
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  10367. This news is very demoralizing. The Stalingrad series breaks new ground on the internet (or, indeed, anywhere) and it would be a massive defeat for sourced history on the medium if "paused" turns out to mean "unfinished." I don't mind a more relaxed pace of once every two or three months, but I don't like the idea of an open-ended "pause" that may never resume. There is no inherent merit, from the content point of view, in publishing a video every week for its own sake. Indeed, many of the intervening videos in between our monthly Stalingrad fixes are weak by comparison. Stalingrad is the jewel in the crown of internet military history presentation and I hope it remains so.
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  10368. Youtube stopped telling me when you drop a new video.
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  10369. Have a great New Year take some time off enjoy your personal life and recharge, we will still be here for you and Tik can I make a suggestion try reaching out to Drachinifel as you both cover the same eras and might be able to do a collaboration.
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  10370. This series is what dragged me through month and a half pf power outages and blackouts in Kiyv, when the only thing I was able to do to entertain myself was watching Stalingrad series from episode 1 downloaded to my phone. But if you fell like you shouldn't do this, so be it. You did your contribution already.
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  10371. I'm a casual history enjoyer, I like going in and out of different time periods, looking at different historical figures and taking a generally macro approach to history. Occasionally, I pop in and out of the Stalingrad series because the micro-level of history is also fascinating, with bonus points to production value making it a great experience. To be really engaged with the Stalingrad series I would have to go from the start, have a general overview of the importance of the battle within a larger context, etc. Unfortunately, it's not something I'm 'THAT' interested in, hence why I don't necessarily follow the series. To really answer your question, the crux would be the difference between the 'casual' and the 'dedicated' history person. For better or for worse, I'm the former. That's why I quite enjoy the Q&A videos, or when you take a question from your Patrons and cover it for a video. It's a pleasant, wwell-researchedand informative video covered succinctly enough to find yourself at the end of it thinking: "well that was certainly worth watching". But even as a casual history enjoyer, having things presented succinctly, or in small ten-minute videos isn't what captivates me. For example, your long form content is also amazing, think to the highly viewed and perhaps 'controversial' three-hour video on Hitler's socialism, that for me is fascinating. To give another channel, for example, EpicHistory, their 'Napoleon's Marshals' series, or their series on the Decembrists was long but well worth the watch. As I'm writing this brain dump, it's becoming clear in my head that it's just to do with: hyper-specificity, level of dedication required and the level of pre-requisite knowledge needed. Hopefully that answers your question in some way. If you have any other questions, please send them my way and I'll be more than happy to respond. Now time for you to take the gloves off and have fun!
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  10372. YES!!! finnaly!!! YES!!!
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  10373. @TheImperatorKnight This is why I love you TIK. You have the exact same views on politics and economics as me and you are the greatest WW2 historian to ever live. I promise you that.
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  10374. epic thumbnail ahahaha
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  10375. Epic fucking thumbnail!
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  10376.  @TheImperatorKnight  That makes sense: the nine days of relative uneventfulness explains the big leap forward in time. Inspite of the lack of sources, the series still remains very detailed. Thank you TIK, you are almost there! (This series is just too good, maybe I almost don't want it to end!)
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  10377. I like the way the quotes are made to look like text from a book, looks good
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  10378. There is a factual error in your video, to become a super fascist you need 7 chaos emeralds, not 6
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  10379. Lmao the thumbnail.
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  10380. Noti Gang❤️❤️‼️ Thank you Tik🙏🏿❤️
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  10381. I hate that series' on YouTube don't get recommended the longer they go on. You've only improved since the first episode, but the damn algorithm is messed up and your content doesn't reach as many people as it should.
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  10382. Man I’ve watched this like 5 times, such a good video.
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  10383. " I'm NOT a Racist or Anti-Semite,..." Ha, ha, ha...of course you are ! .DD
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  10384. 2nd
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  10385. Backing this video up just incase Youtube decides to show it's anti-semitism and take it down
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  10386. Man you're gonna' get a lot of angry messages after this one lol.
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  10387.  @LibertarianLeninistRants  Libertarians don't want to get rid of the state. Communism requires a powerful state to operate.
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  10388. By dismissing it as reactionary you show you have nothing of value to say and no rebuttal worth a damn. It's the equivalent of right wing Americans calling anyone left wing a libtard. Why now should I bother reading your essay?
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  10389. Let’s see how long this video lasts before Youtube takes it down. I doubt that Marxists at Google don’t want this information to be public knowledge.
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  10390. I can help here a bit, being a Jew and all: The Pharisees are an ancient sect that's mostly gone nowadays that rejects renewl of interpration and modernisation of the faith. They pretty much look at the old testament and take it literally, a thing which orthodox judaism doesn't do. If there are any more instances in the video where I can help, I'll edit this comment.
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  10391.  @Rob46373  Britain did not have the power to fight both Germany and the USSR at the same time. Britain would lose the war in such a scenario.
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  10392.  @nickschulz3367  I liked it. 😀 There is some understanding needed for what it takes to be a YouTuber. Consistent uploads is one. You can't wait for the deep dives. If one can put out a fun, easy video in between longer, more in depth ones, he will benefit in the algorithm, he will benefit in work life balance, and he may even benefit from people who like shorter videos. (I like anything I can get my hands on. :D) I don't want dumbed down videos, but it's easy to forget that the biggest audience is the new audience. I think a balance is key. Doesn't have to be an equal balance either.
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  10393. 3rd? Maybe?
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  10394.  @TheImperatorKnight  Please forgive me for asking a question that belong more in the private realm. Who is telling you that your video is bad? I mean, who point out that you did a mistake here, or researched wrong there? How many are there? You have made a few videos where you explain very well how you work and the process (I love them because they show how much work that goes into every video). I haven't seen anyone coming up better ways to do things. So you are pretty much on the top then? Actually your work is pretty revolutionary. If we look away for those silly haters that cannot point to anything meaningful other than "it is stupid", I cannot see anyone that point out anything bad about your videos - so why tell yourself this? Your line of thinking is very common, and too few get challenged with these questions in order to try change their way of thinking. The risk is burn out. The thing is - the audience isn't really that demanding. I believe you could literally just have a video and read something profound from one of your books be just as entertaining, or rambling about things you do not have a qlue about. As long as you are honest(which you are) it will be ok. The "monday video" as you call them just need to be "audience level ok", and should be a 1 day production. Youtube graphs is not the reality. You produce content that can be re-seen later, it is just a question of how to promote that. Have your eyes on the target - you can be done with stalingrad by christmas (where have heard that one before?). :)
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  10395. Communism removes the industriousness from people .
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  10396. I wonder on how many watchlists you already are and to how many you will be added after the eugenics video. 😂 That being said... Oh mama!
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  10397. Can't wait for the comments to make the battle for Stalingrad look tame in comparison. Either way, I'll watch this with an open mind. Change my mind TIK.
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  10398. I've spent hundreds on PC games, PC components and audiophile gear, but I consider the $$ spent in patreon dollars for this channel have yielded more dividends. Thank you.
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  10399. Tik, it feels really weird to watch one of your videos with only 15min (i know its boring for some but i became addicted that is bizarre to see something less than 25min but still your videos are always enjoyable) . Keep up 💯
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  10400. This! This is my favourite TIK video. I have watched them all(or not the QOTD-stuff yet). I have seen you fx destroy the South African historians and all of the bad history in Kurland. Earlier you have agknowledged mistakes but the honesty in your comments in this one felt so real. Even TIK can be human - at least sometimes. Love your stuff man. You are a constant motivation for me. Take care and carry on!
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  10401.  @TheImperatorKnight  wow i hope that book has a cover of gold and is written by hand.
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  10402. Oh boy, are you ready for Mike McMike or AIden B to come in and epically debunk this video because apparently, the 137th Tank Brigade at 15:00 is apparently a few meters to the left?
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  10403. What a series this has been so far! Words can hardly describe how awesome all of your work has been, and I've enjoyed it immensely! Thank you so much!
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  10404. First?
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  10405. Not going to lie, the closing remarks at 21:00 have given me such a sense of dread and fear. So anyway, good work again TIK! :)
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  10406. Not sure about this one, will have to think it over. But interesting. Thank you.
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  10407. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  people(from what I've seen leftists) accuse him of being a Nazi and try to discredit him.
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  10408. Could you do somthing on sir oswald mosley? As someone who lives in the uk I would like to know a bit more on uk history.
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  10409. I've been saying that the NAZIs were socialists for years. It's not difficult, people. There's a clue in the name. National Socialist German Worker's Party. Apart from Nationalist and German the rest of the name is usually applied to the majority if Socialist Communist Parties. TIK is not the only Historian saying this. But people just don't want to listen because it groups the NAZIs together with their own Socialist beliefs.
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  10410. Fascism is a collection of toddlers who need a strict Daddy to tell them what to do with their lives. It is not necessarily racist but it is the fear of personal responsibility. I think these monsters are born this way.
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  10411. I saved the video in case youtube gets it down
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  10412. Academic Agent is an Evola fanatic now, which is idiotic and makes me laugh uncontrollably
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  10413. Thx
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  10414. No, you cannot touchy penis! Sorry I cant help myself😁
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  10415. Thank you TIK! You just made my monday 100% better! Much love from Romania - keep exposing the statist lies! 💗
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  10416. 7:16 penis in our minds
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  10417. Only 673 views in 10 minutes?! Man, TIK really fell off. Jokes aside, I love these videos and hope they continue!
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  10418. Small question Tik: I’m not completely sure how you stand. Are you a libertarian or an objectivist? Bc you talked a few times about Any Rand which could mean that your a Objectivist but I just wanna ask
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  10419. Brilliant expose! If this had been a fight, your opponents would be knock out in the first round. I kept imagining the Leftists trying to deny any of this, or to manufacture an argument to counter a word, but they have no answer except a baseless denial and "my feelings".
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  10420. Thing is, here in the US, this is exactly how the original roads were built. And yes, they DID get built - often in patchwork and inefficient fashion because different companies had different priorities in different areas. We had plenty of private tollways and turnpikes but they often only serviced regional concerns because that was where the money was. Government didn't need to build ALL the roads, but it needed to build SOME in order to coordinate things, as well as to build the National Highway System.
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  10421. I haye a post on X that shows this is how most UK roads were built historically before being seized by the state. I can provide you the PDF of the historical study that contained maps and statistics on the builders. This video could have used 2-3 more minutes of referencing that forgotten history. Love the use of OpenTTD to make a point. Well done!
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  10422. Busses make profit? 😂
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  10423. I hate youtube cencorship, letting a stupid ai to decide what to ban or not will make informative videos impossible, this youtube cencorship happened in almost all history chanels in youtube; TIK, Military History Visualized, Armchair Historian etc. There should be an alternative plartform to youtube.
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  10424. WHAT?! Next you'll tell us you don't walk on water...
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  10425. You are not authorized to break out, Manstein will rescue you!
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  10426. Basically, from this whole video I only remember TIK often uses the green screen. Therefore, he greenscreen's the book shelf behind him. Therefore, he has no books. Therefore, he doesn't read any books. Therefore, all of his videos are fake. Yeah, I know, I'm a genius.
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  10427. What is needed is a platform that is similar to YouTube that does not handcuff content creators with adhering to present day political correctness, even to the point of trying to force history to be rewritten to reflect today's psychotic politically correct climate.
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  10428. TIK STOP!! We patrons greatly appreciate your efforts you do not need to justify your work effort its outstanding. However as a self made business person I know burnout can cause you to hate doing something you used to luv. Take sometime for yourself you will find we will still be here and at the end of the day the money will come and take care of itself despite utubes crazy rules. As a matter of fact I’m going to upgrade my membership and hope more will follow to help you continue your fine product. Ps need new support levels . I luv TIK Monday’s
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  10429. Thank you for another informative and interesting and well presented video!
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  10430.  Ho Lee Fukk  Yes Sir. When my niece, a college student, would disagree with me about a historical comment I would make, I would recommend that she research the subject to obtain the truth. I would also recommend that she research the claims of her professors. I told her that I would be proud of her for doing that. She never did. She had to much faith in her Marxists professors. To check on them would be blasphemy.
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  10431. Totalitarianism sucks!
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  10432. Howdy Tik... We're kindred spirits in that debate is what truly matters, not screaming nonsense... I wish you all the best, and do enjoy your videos. I to have studied history for forty years, and learn something new every day... Take care, and hang in there friend.
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  10433. The more things change, the more they stay the same. It's like poetry, like they rhyme. The Democrat party sounds exactly like the MSPD, using claims of "democracy" to gradually transform into a Marxist Socialist state.
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  10434. The US is Socialist already. Our central bank picks the winners and losers and uses our money to do so. They redistribute our wealth through the printing press..
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  10435. The parallels to what’s happening today in the US are frightening.
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  10436. TIK, it is impressive how you keep on publishing videos on a regular basis while at the same time keeping the quality at an extraordinarily high level. I don’t know how to praise you enough.
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  10437. Yet again showing that the generals and the troop battles are - in the end - totally insignificant to the overall path of history. Keep up the good work. That said, whilst now totally bored silly with say Stalingrad as a battle, I have really enjoyed the original and follow up vids on Market Garden... so not a totally political animal. : )))))
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  10438. Thank you for this video @TIK, I really appreciate it. Particularly the drawing of the lineage of National Socialism back to Marx.
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  10439. Stick to TBanks....👍
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  10440. I wish more people would watch this channel.
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  10441. "Peaceful protestors" ? Here in the United States during the summer of 2020 , according to great part of the media and politicians , we had a lot of "peaceful protests", I see history repeat itself , once again .
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  10442. As a sidenote, Benito Mussolini was also a social democrat in his young years. Be too became "disillusioned" and added the nationalism to mix.
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  10443. Thanks for NOT sticking to tanks (btw i find these more intresting than the military things)
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  10444. Love your videos TIK! You are the antidote to the modern leftist narrative!
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  10445. 37:00 Funny... for in school the hyperinflation of weimar was sold to us as a failure of capitalism...
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  10446. I'd like to see you debate a socialist who's about as well written and educated as you are. That is if you haven't done it already, I'm not versed into the TIK lore.
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  10447. 1. He never said national socialism was a good thing, nor did he hint at it. I have no idea where you picked that out of this video. 2. Luxembourg and Liebknecht were calling for an armed revolution, which would result in nothing more than the deaths of many people. If the Russian revolution is something to compare, Lenin murdered thousands of socialist who were not radical enough, let alone hundreds of thousands of none socialist. When you arm a mob, and resort to violence, you are just as responsible for said deaths. Even if you don't pull the trigger. Luxembourg/Liebknecht in turn were inciting and calling for that revolution, every death caused is on their hands, not the Freikorp or the SPD. You shouldn't' have sympathy for their deaths. Conclusion being, they signed their own death warrants.
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  10448. Outstanding! Really starting to bringing the whole distorted picture into focus for me.
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  10449. The bear necessities joke was terrible. Keep it coming TIK
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  10450. 31:34 made me unsub Jk
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  10451. 10:14 Truth drop via TIK !
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  10452. Second
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  10453. A synthesis between fascism and communism, you say? That could never happen....🙄
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  10454. TIK I'm a bit confused with your use of the term 'fascist' along with communist. From previous videos the difference between the SPD and the NSDAP (Nazis) was the inclusion of nationalism in the NSDAP, both being forged in the same group of people. My understanding is that fascists are purely nationalist, not socialist or communist. Franco fits this paradigm but Mussolini started out as a socialist but wasn't a racist like Hitler. Perhaps I'm being to inclusive in descriptive identification of these political ideologies. I'm seeing both SPD and NSDAP tactics employed by the Left here in the United States as well as Europe and British heritage states. I'm rather enjoying the fact that Denmark is leading the world in dismissing the plandemic.
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  10455. The French did get there first in 1794 but then reintroduced it so they only finally abolished it in 1848
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  10456. Curse you Tik, I now have BareNecessities stuck in my head
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  10457. Another great video! Excellent research, as usual. My own modest contribution to the knowledge on Pavlov's House was based on archival documents by 13th Guards Division: https://youtu.be/kJ0QtCuJSN4
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  10458. seethe tankie
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  10459. Uh oh, its one of those “you just don’t understand” dialectical materialists getting their panties in a bunch again. I doubt you even listened to most of this presentation—saw the title and first minute, and went hell bent into your written diarrhea
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  10460. Ay TIK, I found a quote in a 90's book (I can't really give you the title sorry), but I think you'll find it...interesting: " The concept of "political correctness" (even the connotations of the phrase) stems from marxism orthodoxy and is based on the premise that there is an ongoing struggle by a variety of suppressed groups who are at present viewed as relatively powerless (such as women, African Americans, Hispanics, the physically challenged, etc). It is their collectively aim (as well as each group's individual one) to wrest socioeconomic power from those who have it at present. This is Marx's "class struggle". Futhermore, those groups are assured by Marxist theory of fighting the good fight, the moral fight, because the historical dialetctic (or the *Marxist "God"*) is on their side. Their morality and their future victory are assured by the very fact that they are currently powerless. This is why, for exemple, blacks cannot be "racists" or women "sexists", at least according to this theory based in the Marxist historical dialectic."
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  10461.  @SchmulKrieger  there is no difference. The end state is the same. No matter the goals leftists state they have. They self describe the means of achieving their goals as a tyranny. Feudalism under their rule. All goods, materials and services are rolled out through them and no one else. No one is allowed to even take care of themselves without them. ALL must be within their political religious purview. None can exist outside even in isolation else utopia cannot come to be. They wrote books explaining all of this. Content creators like TIK History and James Lindsay, Jordan Peterson, Stephen Hicks are citing THEM and THEIR words, Speeches and works, pointing out what happened when they won and took over and explaining why this common religious view will always lead to that same outcome.
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  10462.  @LindrosPetri  Or you could simply indicate the essence if their reasonability
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  10463.  @LindrosPetri  Because they arent reasonable
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  10464. Maybe it’s just me but I really hope that was a Top Gear / Jeremey Clarkson reference at the end there 😂
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  10465.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think he is a gnostic all along he just correctly poses that communists are bound for moral and practical failure. Look at how he recoils from the question if god exists despite posing as a christian. I am agnostic myself so i have no problem with whatever he wants to believe, but I think it may clue you in. He also agreed a lot with Zizek in his interview, to be perfectly don't remember what were the contents of that interwiev, but i remember it was rather weird.
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  10466. I can recommend "The Socialist Phenomenon" by Igor Shafarevich.
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  10467. Marxists will be raging that your comparing Marx with Mosley and Hitler
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  10468. First today
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  10469. 8:12 That, beyond the superb quality of your contents, is why I love this chanel so much. 🤣
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  10470. This was a very good question and I was wondered the same thing. TIK I give you a lot of respect challenging decent debates about the ww2 history information👏👏 .lgnore the morons and keep putting out solid content!
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  10471. Your videos do not inspire me to accept what you say as the total truth but rather to seek the data and information to find it by myself as how intriguing it is, keep up with the good work.
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  10472. I hope you feel better! Good on you for still putting out a video even when sick.
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  10473. Here before all the comments get deleted gang
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  10474. Get well soon!
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  10475. Why no, I don't we hogtied nearly enough German soldiers and left them on railroad tracks like some corny old Western movie. That's surely what you meant by tied up, right?
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  10476. Just brilliant ,very well researched and narrated .
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  10477. Aha, I've always wondered why the talked about Arnhem being the last bridge... because to reach Germany without any large river, the Rhine at Arnhem is not the last obstacle, because then you have still to cross the Ijssel at Zhupten. But there are no more water obstacles between Arnhem and the open Ijsselmeer (and Flevoland didn't LITERALLY exist, back in 1944). On the other hand, to isolate German forces in Holland, there was still the problem of the Afsluitdijk
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  10478. one must remember that Liddel-Hart was an early proponent of what the Germans eventually came up with and all his historical analysis favors such plans. In reality, no "single thrust" plan was workable. while the German forces in France were defeated, the Wermacht was not and as we see in Holland later, any single thrust makes the defender's problem much simpler. So in the end, the broad front operational concept is what laid the foundation of the concentric offensives in 45. This should have been started in the north in July 44 with a concerted effort to open Antwerp. Then, and only then, could a real discussion as to the operational art to be used would be meaningful.
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  10479. I think i agreed with you, I wish this sort of topic was discuss in the history channel instead of the trash we ended up with.
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  10480. Stick to poliTICs!! 😄 great one once again!!
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  10481. @TIKhistory, on a different note, when you make a video (such as this), how do you square things knowing that you're basing everything, on books? You had a great video, months ago, talking about sourcing. I'm going to assume that your sources are solely the books and not supplemented by the actual sourcing used IN the books. In the case, you're using an opinionated book(s) - opinionated based upon the author putting things together - and then determining your thoughts/opinions. Doesn't that create a situation where your video source is then tainted? I guess the overall question is how do you boil down secondary sources (books) to just the facts and avoid the pitfalls of creating a video and coming to a conclusion based upon an opinion of data? Great work, as always. Keep it up and we'll keep on watching and commenting!
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  10482. 3:27 I laughed so hard.
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  10483. Does youtube now demonetize videos just for saying the madman's name?
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  10484. Hmm yes, the allies stretching out would have left them vulnerable to german pincer attacks, so it was good that they stretched out instead. Stretching out along the cost like month's narrow plan would have been no more (and infact most likely less) vulnerable to gean counter attacks than the irl broad front.
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  10485. American Historians: "We really hate Monty!!" Brits: "Why does everyone always talk about how much they hate Monty?" Monty: Says some really stupid shit that will definitively make people hate him.
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  10486. Not sure if my assessment is correct, but to me it appears variety is the spice of life. This latest vid seems a bit more 'on point' then the last few Stalingrad vids (that is not to knock all the time and effort that went into the Stalingraf sofar BTW) It all seems a little less tired, cynical and negative (sorry for the apparent harsh choice of words)
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  10487. 21:30 All I saw in bottom right corner was a black muppet, my screen is scattered...
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  10488. Brilliant im going to have to go back and re-watch Market Garden now
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  10489. Stick to TANKS! …Not!😉 Thanks for an interesting and entertaining video.👍
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  10490. It's a minor detail, but you're using the wrong flag for Canada. The Maple Leaf didn't replace the Red Ensign until 1965. The variant of the Red Ensign in use as Canada's de facto flag during the Second World War was: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Red_Ensign#/media/File:Flag_of_Canada_(1921%E2%80%931957).svg.
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  10491. I'm curious to know if you're picking up the Hegelian and Gnostic stuff just through the history books or perhaps you're following a certain one James Lindsay? ;)
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  10492. TIK, every single economic video you put out becomes my new most favorite video, this is the type of stuff we need and with the most comprehensive list of references I've ever seen.
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  10493. A fellow You Tuber refers to the professional politicians as the Uni-Party . That is because both parties in the United States are composed of upper class individuals who are members of the same country clubs and the same gated communities. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
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  10494. I started to see the flaws with the political spectrum a couple of years ago and I'm really happy that this past year I see more and more people doing the same.
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  10495. First half of this video is literally one of the greatest works by TIK in his career in my opinion. 😂
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  10496. Nope! We haven't magically evaporated and nope, you didn't have to descend into the netherlife of retail. Truth be told, I don't think that retail was, under the given circumstances, in the cards for you anyway and that you would have had to direct your self-sustaining efforts along the lines of transport & logistics (which might have constituted even a worse predicament in post-Brexit UK and at the whims of the local variety of wild-haired despot.).
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  10497. https://youtu.be/pAgnJDJN4VA
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  10498. Glad you are back, YouTube served me your new video about the 2 generals before this video for some reason
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  10499. 9:05 "They couldn't have used Britain as an Airstrip" lol, nice 1984 reference ^^
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  10500. Hard to believe governments can cause shortages and logistics crisis with bad policy in a "free nation," but here we are in 2021. America relying on 40% of its imports arriving through only 2 ports in a state that has restricted the means to move goods from those two facilities (i.e. California A.B. 5 and California's DMV ban on older trucks).
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  10501. love that hoi4 reference
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  10502. Enjoyed you adding content alternative to the Eastern Front! Wonderful TIK!
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  10503. More on money. More on money. More on money. That inflation vid was ACE.
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  10504. Glad you are back. I know that too many (even if well-meaning) of an advice can also be tedious, but speaking as a person, who's also working mostly 7 days a week (my "normal" job + a personal project) I really can't stress enough how important is that you take regular breathers. It's individual, so you will find out by yourself on do you need at least a day of not doing anything with the channel per week or a week a month off or whatever, but the important thing is to have it systematic, so that you also have something to look forward to when you feel tired. In my line of duty work is related with ever-ongoing events (football to be precise, so there the events won't wait for you when you decide to rest), but what's working for you is that history CAN wait. The guns in and around Stalingrad did fell silent while you were at rest :))) I am sure that 90% of your viewers will be more than happy to have a bit different video release schedule, as long as they know they are still regular and you are getting enough rest, so really worth figuring a bit of a new schedule for yourself, like you anyway allude to in your comment. Keep up the great work!
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  10505. I think two great revelations come to light in this video, 1) The impact of the British socialist planned economy before the war even started, which was a major factor in subsequent food shortages. The jammed ports situation and, like Germany itself, mismanagement of logistical infrastructure, most notably, rail, are major revelations. 2) Hitler's prescient acknowledgement that North America would ultimately need to be dealt with before his plans for the Reich could be fully realized. In watching your body of work about WWII, the one thing that continues to stand out is the almost universal underestimation of Hitler's intelligence and forethought. The constant and continual "madman Hitler" propaganda has successfully hidden this fact which is a bit scary. It has been all too easy to do this by caricature of his speeches and rallies and Charlie Chaplin. But what did those caricatures accomplish? It distracted us from what he was really trying to do and how much it "made a kind of sense" from a particular philosophical perspective that was actually salable. So why would there be such an effort, wittingly or unwittingly, to hide this aspect of that period from public knowledge and historical contemplation? His was yet another in the series of Republic, Utopia, Leviathan and Marxism, etc., which dreams have not abated with the demise of Hitler and/or the Soviet experiment. The effort continues among in increasing number minds that one might objectively consider lesser minds than Hitler's. We can ask ourselves the same question that Hitler answered for himself: Is North America the main impediment to world unification/conformity/hegemony? In the 20th century, it was "North America's" sticking its nose in that was arguably a deciding factor in thwarting the intentions of those who had made the first moves in the greatest conflicts of that century, not forgetting also its contribution to the fall of the Soviet Empire at the close of that century.
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  10506. The definition of Socialism is an ideology that advocated “Social Ownership of means of production”, which appropriate the surplus product, produced by the means of production or the wealth that comes from it, to society at large or the workers themselves. ("Theory and Practice in Socialist Economics") Even after ditching Otto Strasser, Nazi economic system did able to achieve social ownership of means of production. By the fact that the surplus product produced by means production, and the wealth derived from it, were appropriated to society as a whole by a the State and to workers by DAF. The way how Nazi Germany appropriated the surplus product met the description of two principal variants of social ownership of the mean of production according to the following source. "Here again there are two principal variants of such social claims to income, depending on the nature of the community holding the claim: (1) Public surplus appropriation: the surplus of the enterprise is distributed to an agency of the government (at the national, regional, or local level), representing a corresponding community of citizens. (2) Worker surplus appropriation: the surplus of the enterprise is distributed to enterprise workers." (Toward a Socialism for the Future, in the Wake of the Demise of the Socialism of the Past, by Weisskopf, Thomas E. 1992. Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol. 24, No. 3–4, p. 10) Historical fact show that Nazi Germany gradually eliminate unemployment, the taxes were levied against the rich, the corporations, and foreigners like the Jews. They weren’t levied against the poor, who had their food, rend, clothing, and recreational activities (plus others) subsidized by the State. ( Aly, “Hitler’s Beneficiaries,” see Chapter 2.) “Family and child tax credits, marriage loans, and home-furnishing and child-education allowances were among the measures with which the state tried to relieve the financial burden on parents and encourage Germans to have more children.” (Aly, “Hitler’s Beneficiaries,” p38-39.) In addition to this, there were price controls, wage controls, rent controls, and centralised distribution of goods - materials could only be bought with certificates which had to be obtained from one of the various central planning boards which distributed said materials.( Reimann, “The Vampire Economy,” p51-52, p67-70, p251-254.) Historical fact also indicated that DAF in real live was not pro-capitalist as the Nazi in your own imagination. Capitalists were also being regulated by the DAF. Under the new National Socialist regulations (enforced by the DAF), the concepts of “employers” and “employees” were done away with, being replaced with the terms “leaders” and “followers”. And while some “followers” did complain about the new system, saying it was benefiting the “leaders” at the expense of the “followers”, their “leaders” also complained about the new system. (Evans, “The Third Reich in Power,” p107. Lindner, "Inside IG Farben,” p70, p83. Shirer, “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” p327-329.) “Yes, I am the ‘leader’ in my factory; my workers are my ‘followers.’ But I am no longer a manager... (Herr A. Z. quoted from Reimann, “The Vampire Economy,” p107.) I cannot decide what is allowed or forbidden in my own factory... (Herr A. Z. quoted from Reimann, “The Vampire Economy,” p109.) There have been cases where managers were removed by the Party of Labor Trustees and replaced by ‘kommissars.’ ” ( Herr A. Z. quoted from Reimann, “The Vampire Economy,” p116.) Furthermore, the “private profit” of those private companies would still be forced to redistribute among the workers ( to further the Nazi goal) by the DAF, the party subordinates, or directly by the Nazi Government. "A year or so ago I was ordered to spend social evenings with my 'followers' and to celebrate with them by providing free beer and sausages. The free beer and sausages were welcome enough ... Last year he (The Labor Front secretary) compelled me to spend over a hundred thousand marks for a new lunchroom in our factory. This year he wants me to build a new gymnasium and athletic field which will cost about 120,000 marks." (Reimann, The Vampire Economy, p. 112)
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  10507. The only difference between national socialism and communist socialism is that one deals within one nation, the other insist the rest of the world participates in thier socialism.
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  10508. It's hard to expect people who went through the First Great Depression and the greatest hiperinflation at that time, to want a raging, free market capitalist economy. In a way, it may have been a good thing, they didn't have a highly efficient economy during the War.
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  10509. @TIKHistory, RE vacations: your boss sucks, you should find a better one 😛.
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  10510.  EKREBORN573  please that shit is garbage. Half of it is just made up by like a 18 yo kid. & Doesn't answer my question at all. U wanna hate on chosen ppl fine, there's Way better arguments to be had than that drivel.
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  10511. But tik, you've been DeBunKEd already!!!! stop saying my religion is related to bad people 😢
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  10512. Damn, that's a whole lot of state intervention and control for a supposedly Capitalist system. Almost as if it isn't Capitalism. Funny how those who rail so hard against Capitalism would totally be on board with most of these policies, very funny indeed.
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  10513. "but their vibe was like, totally far right!" The nazis who complained about their historical oppression, wanted a revolution, striving for a classless state, collectivist, implemented access to healthcare for all. You're so ridiculous.
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  10514. Congratulations on 100k Tik! Also good idea to make addendum videos.
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  10515. This guy is great, but he definitely works too much!
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  10516. Hat off for all the hard work and effort you're putting into making these videos, but I'm not completely satisfied. You should also go to Russia, travel through those places and make the video on the spot, and in the process you could ask local inhabitants if they know some more info about history of battles and maybe even some lesser known details. Additionally, you could hire a metal detecting search team, which could make some digging on those sites, and definitely you should hire several Russian and German historians to go with you and give you their opinions, with proper translators, of course. I mean, we really could use a bit better production. Oh, wait! I forgot you could hire some actors which could make reenactments of all those battles on the very spot, just like some History channel documentaries have. Now, that would be swell! And you don't need several hundred thousands men for that, but I guess 50-60 thousand would be just enough as you can add some CGI in post-production. But ok, I suppose I could live without reenactments. Tho, it would really look super great. I hope you'll consider my glorious ideas. Carry on, soldier and take care. ;)
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  10517. Stalingrad will be your magnum opus.
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  10518. Perhaps your videos should come with trigger warnings. ⚠️
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  10519. Great!
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  10520. Oi mate! You have to get a loicense for charisma where he is, and most of us don't bother.
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  10521. Bro, you are so shadow banned, I don't see your videos pop up in any recommendations whatsoever. Only by remembering that I haven't seen your vidoes in a while lead me back here.
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  10522. Thanks Tik, you are a real educator and have helped me understand the factors that built this incredible event and offered some sense into what is often sold and just madman Hitler. .
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  10523. Bravo TIK. If you’re still sick and tired of life in the cauldron, you hide it well. Terrific content. 👍
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  10524. General Milsch is, I think the ONLY Jewish German General, I think, that Hitler ever allowed to serve in the German Army of World WarII. How did he do this? By making the General an "Honourary Aryan!!" I shit ye NOT!! Simple as that. He also did it for a chauffeur of his, but I can't for the life of me think of his name.
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  10525. Tik i hope you see this. Thankyou for all the content you produce at such a high standard
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  10526. Thanks for doing this TIK it's history of the likes i've never seen
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  10527. Soviets must have trying hard to fail harder than Erdoğan's attempt to save Turkish lira. If our success criteria is Erdoğan, as a Turkish person I can clearly say that kotluban offensives can be considered succesfull after all.
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  10528. Tik, I have a question about a book on the einsatzgruppe, its called "Masters of Death" by Richard Rhodes, do you know anything about it as far as it being close to the truth or a bunch of BS? It's got a bunch of photos, whatever that's worth, but I thought I'd ask, and if anyone else knows anything about the book I'd really appreciate any help, thanks and great video ✌️
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  10529. I’d dismiss pretty much anything Vasily Grossman said as bullshit.
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  10530. Operation Lull, not to be confused with Operation Lol, the unofficial nickname of the Fourth Kotluban offensive
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  10531. Ahhh He's so close, so many times! How does he not make the connections in his brain?
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  10532. 2 + 2 is 4? Your ignorance shows how little you really know about history, TIK. Don't you know that 2+2=5 ever since Stalin's first 5 year plan?
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  10533. I disagree with some of TIKs definitions, but I think he has the better part of the argument.
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  10534. Some comments about corporations from a US perspective. I can not speak to all countries, just the US: Corporations are not inherently public. There are 4 common models (and there are more, but let's be simple here) for business ownership: Sole Proprietorship (Sole Prop), Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), Subchapter S Corporation (S Corp), and C Corporation (C Corp). Public entities in the US are exclusively C corporations (at least I have not heard of a public B corporation, but again being simple) as the exchanges only allow for C Corps to be listed. But all forms of corporation allow for multiple owners whether public or private. The public versus private label comes from whether the stock is available for purchase via an exchange. There are more exchanges than most of you probably know about (raise your hand if you trade on the pink sheets). The idea is that ownership in a public corporation is more liquid and can be traded to others for established value. I run into owners who want to give ownership to their employees. There are lots of obligations when you do this and very small businesses should think carefully about this before they do it. The reasons in the US to choose one of the forms of business organization has to do with taxation and ownership liability (again ignoring the oddball organizational structures). LLCs, S Corps, and C Corps can have 1 or multiple owners. The number of owners is completely separate than if the corporation is public or private. In fact, Private Company stakes can be sold. This is how startups mostly get funded and owners (or part owners) sell businesses in some cases. Yes, there is a difference between an asset sale and a stock sale, but it is not germane to this topic. However, most all businesses that you talk about with tight ownership are corporations in the US. The one exception is Sole Proprietorship. The primary reason that many eschew is liability. If you are a Sole Prop, your personal finances are mingled with your business finances. This means that there is no legal protection of your personal property if your business is sued. Other business organizations grant more or less protection in this case. I think it is difficult to define the ownership of a large public company as socialist. The vast bulk of most large companies are owned by funds (mostly mutual funds). Mutual funds and Individual owners then purchase shares in companies and all the ownership defined so far is owned by private individuals. Government entities, typically pension funds, also invest but they are generally not controlling owners and often struggle to find productive places for their money. The place that the US government has directly invested (looking most recently at the solar business) has been a disaster. Governments are not good judges of good businesses. How corporations are run and governed is a completely different topic and is a disaster here in the US.
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  10535. This is a perfect example of what Mister Thomas Sowell illustrated in his masterwork The Vision of the Anointed. Those individuals TIK is responding to feel superior and attacked because they disagree. Rather than making cogent, insightful observations they name call and berate the individual they feel have damaged them. It is not useful to disparage them, we must learn as thinking individuals from this perfect example. I know TIK has stated he grew up with indoctrination to emotionally identify with socialism. But, he read, grew, and moved past those Statist ideas. More debate and more discussion is how minds are changed. Personal attacks and name calling are not useful.
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  10536. They don't care about a debate, they will just rapid fire spam you with "He's an idiot I debunked this already" or the same stuff you refuted 1,000 times to make you avoid the topic altogether. But you have to of been online long enough to know that letting them see you are bothered by what they are doing is just blood in the water for sharks.
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  10537. THEY'RE SO CLOSE TO GETTING IT BUT SO FAR AWAY (Be it just stupidity or otherwise)
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  10538. TIK I do agree with you on the premise and I just had a question. You explained how the individual ownership is capitalism but by law corporations are considered individuals with individual rights, do they then fit the definition of capitalism?
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  10539. Reupload the video at 50x and send it to them if they want to watch a shorter version. Twitter especially has made people unwilling to participate in long form content despite it being fairly important to the debate. Shorter forms of debate end up with people unable to agree on basic principles or accurately depict the opposing argument. I had a debate (through email) with someone I know IRL about unfairness in the US prison system, and while I agreed in part with what they said, every single theory they proposed was offered as a foolproof solution despite that being far from the case. As an example, there is a theory I cant' recall the name of which if you have the perpetrators of a crime meet and speak with their victims, then there is a decrease in recidivism (by around 20%), but depending on the victims and the perpetrator it can just cause emotional damage to the victims. They suggested all prison sentences should be replaced with these meetings despite the increased harm to the victims and that it is an imperfect solution always. I asked for examples of massive corporations using prison labor while paying the prisoners pennies, they sent me examples of prisons with a system where small businesses can employ inmates (where the programs were put in place to assist inmates get a job after they leave) or prisons which use their inmates to mitigate the costs the State has to pay (ie, where the inmates grow food for the prison). They then send me a book to look at, which claimed that the reason why a guy was ineligible to vote was because he was black, not because he killed someone and the state he lived in has a rule which removes the right to vote if one is convicted of murder. I finally said to them, you make have good points and there are certainly things which could be improved, but everything you sent to me disproved went against the factual basis of your complaints and the options you are advocating for. The really sad thing is I think that if they decided to research the topic, instead of putting down the top things from a google search result, then they could also certainly have provided evidence of their claims, but they did such a bad job, that it couldn't even convince me the problems existed.
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  10540. "he wants to link the holocaust to socialism to dirty it" pol pot, Stalin, mao, maduro, all bastions of civility and compassion.
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  10541. The last 15 mins of this video was holy shit, im living in a sosialist world already
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  10542. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  Sorry, and thank you for the answer, I'm still getting there in the abundance of your great lectures, but gonna prioritize this video now.
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  10543. The guy with the southern accent is getting on my nerves why does he call TIK 'tilk' 😂
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  10544. Hey Tik. You have opened my eyes. Thanks for this
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  10545. Is trying to argue against TIK a fetish or something? Do people take pleasure out of being deconstructed by an insightful pommy for almost almost an hour?
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  10546. Lefty’s always resort to nonsense when confronted. This is because they have no counter arguments. I think it’s called muddying the waters. It’s not a good tactic.
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  10547. Debate has nothing to do with convincing the other participants. Its all about convincing the audience who is undecided. And your video has done that very well i believe!
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  10548. I made it through the whole video and found myself getting more absorbed the further I got. I already want to watch it again. But to do that is need to watch the public vs private video again as its basically part of the same video.
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  10549. Lots of people seem incapable of understanding that 'all socialism' =/= Marxism/communism. People are frothing at the mouth to prove to TIK that National Socialists aren't congruent with the Marxist approach to socialism. But then they laugh when he says that national socialism is just that a nationalist/racist variant of socialism, not the internationalist/classist variant and claim this argument to be completely unnecessary.
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  10550. 15 minutes in, the debunkers didn't produce any evidence, just their opinion or world view.
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  10551. I’ve watched your five hour video and really enjoyed it. I’ve been looking for someone from the Libertarian camp to explain their position for awhile, and I think I’ve found him. Your video on MEFO bills was gold. I know you won’t even consider, but I’d love a study of Kapital that comes from the eyes of a Von Mises, Menger, Hayek person like you. As a Marxist that would be the ultimate challenge. Anyway, best to you man. Love the channel and your intellectual stimulating arguments.
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  10552. Pretty good video TIK but could you please explain a bit more how a Corporation is Socialist not Capitalist? I kind of get what your are saying, but it seems a little off to me. If two individuals for a partnership is that Socialist? Can't Capitalists and Entrepreneur pool resources together and not be Socialist?
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  10553. This was very interesting. Could you clarify something for me? I live in the US where we have many large private corporations. For example, I used to work at a very large printing company with revenues of over $1 billion, and it was obviously incorporated. It was privately owned, it was not publicly traded on any stock market. How does this fit into your definitions?
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  10554. I am not an economist and have not seen your initial video, but it is on my to-watch list.: Hitler hated the Soviet Union, and people assume that this means he hated socialism and was therefore a capitalist. It seems very logical, but I have learned that just because something is logical does not mean it is true.
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  10555. To be fair I’ve watched half of this so far and they just make claims and refer to other socialists. They don’t present any credible evidence of their claims and call you names. I’ve laughed so hard listening to their vomitous drivel. If Nazis who hate Jews so much are so different to other Socialists then why do Corbyn supporters hate Jews and Israel so much? Bit too much of a coincidence to not show a tight connection between Marxism and National Socialism.
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  10556. 10:55 nice sound filter. This radio effect is going to give these segments more character. 24:07 The Long man 2 is also bad? (Mauler reference) Sounds like it :D 24:27 maybe make a short very compact video, that explains the gist of it and then leave in description and on the screen links (time stamps) to the large video, where the specifics are explained in more detail. If somebody can't navigate that, then you are dealing with an idiot and that is a really tough fight to deal with. 27:40 you can't fix acustic people. Point them out, explain why they are wrong and that would serve as warning to the other normal people. Some people are going to be stupid and spreading missinformation no matter what, just basic statistics.
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  10557. Leftists are either ignorant or deliberately dishonest. They have to lie to people to get them accept their disastrous policies. Keep telling the truth, TIK.
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  10558. Dont let idiots disheartenin you. They are mad copeing. These people can't be deporgramed with a wholesome convention.
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  10559. This is a quality program. I guess you could make the argument that some of the content by TIK is debatable. However, you could make the same argument about anyone who dissects historical events. That’s especially true about programs dealing with Hitler and the Third Reich. The individuals who get their panties in a wad about Hitler being a socialist do so because they are in fact socialists themselves. TIK, my advice would be to consider the source and let it go. Thank you for the great historical content! Great Podcast!
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  10560. My friend recommended me your channel and now I can see why. You're awasome! Great videos. And you red-pilled me. Till this day I thought we lived in a socialistic-capitalistic hybrid. But in fact it is fully socialistic economy.
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  10561. Good video TIK! I really hope you’re not losing sleep over this.
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  10562. I noticed that These type of people (well no one actually) can’t beat Austrian school economists. If it’s gene Epstein, Tom woods of Robert Murphy and Rockwell. They never lose in economic debates. If you are American hopefully you got to see Ron Paul annihilate every republican on the debate stage. Well done tik.
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  10563. Hitler was a racial socialist.
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  10564. I think we need to stop using the word Capitalism to refer to the free market. The word was coined by socialists.
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  10565. As a long time fan of your work, I steered away from your political stuff because I thought it was mostly BS, but I gave this one a shot. Most importantly, I got out of this thinking I now finally understand that what you define as "capitalism" I would refer to as anarchism. I might give another go to your 5 hours one now. If you ever get to doing a 10 minutes summary of it, as you said you might, it would be important to make that clear, imo. When you say "capitalism", most people would think of the current western economies, which is not what you are referring to. I still think you are wrong about anarcho-capitalism and it will undoubtebly still irritate me to listen to you talking about it.
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  10566. His FU comment completely shows this person for what he really is, & that has to include he's not a nice person.
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  10567. The fact that you managed to keep a straight face throughout all that is pretty impressive. I dont particularly agree with what you said about companies "going public" being something socializing, as its not a redistribution, simply individuals or private entities buying into a company at a mutually agreed price. That being said its a shame the two people who were chatting did not manage to raise a single genuinely good counter-argument. Anyway, keep up the good work "TILK"
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  10568.  @TheImperatorKnight  its not that they havent seen the evidence, they close their eyes, plug their ears, mumble “lalalalala” so they disregard it
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  10569. I can't imagine how frustrating it is for you to go through the painstaking research that you do (as History requires) to have a video response like OSD's out there that doesn't take the time to actually go through what you're putting forth and then make counter arguments. Instead, the put up what they did because they already had a conclusion on your video(s) and didn't bother to LISTEN. In an age of instantaneous information, we've forgotten how to sit down and investigate information as long as something is conveniently presented to us that matches what we "know by association." I don't think you're some intellectual revolutionary that's trying to shake up any sort of system, but just someone that went "But is that really the case?" to questions that you have. TIK, keep doing what you're doing. You're doing great work and it has helped me become a better "Student of History" as we like to say. I've been a long time subscriber to your content and I wish I was in a position to subscribe to your Patreon, but I hope at least an encouraging comment will provide you with some sort of value.
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  10570. Love how the guys' reading comprehension is so good they can't understand a simple paragraph explaining Hitler's socialism in Hitler's own translated words, but they want to claim they've debunked the obvious conclusion that Hitler and the Nationalist SOCIALIST party were Socialists PS you are good, I was having trouble with him actually reading Finnish's comment, when he was clearly the wrong person to be reading out loud, but the dead pan stare at the screen when he said 1500 was priceless
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  10571.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yes I seen the post! Who ever it was. Was a very angry person. I feel very sorry for a person that angry. I don't mind a light ribbing from the other side. But that hinged on madness.
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  10572. Thanks for the clarification. I'd appreciate you analysis of this TimeGhost History. This episode -- "Why the Nazis Weren’t Socialists - ‘The Good Hitler Years’ | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1937 Part 2 of 2" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHAN-RPJTiE) -- calls many of your claims "myths". That it is "a political fallacy that the Nazis were fiscally Left-Wing, even socialist, based on what some of them said but never actually did": He (Indy Neidell) says some things you have said, and it appears he doesn't think Hitler is a capitalist. So what was he?
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  10573. I hate this argument. So many people base their arguments over this topic on their feelings. They like socialism and hate the NSDAP so NSDAP can not possibly be socialist. That’s not how it works.
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  10574. Look here, TIK. https://youtu.be/bGWNMcodEtk These 'warm brothers' try to disclaim the reality.
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  10575. TIK, I am so sorry that people can be so ignorant and bull headed. It is obvious you are correct in your video. A true shame you have to waste your time going over facts that are already evident in your original video.
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  10576. Very well done. +100 EP for the effort to even consider to answer these kind of wannabe "critics"
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  10577. People use "socialist" to mean "good" and "fascist/capitalist" to mean "EVIL!" With this vocabulary, there's no discussion possible because in any compromise between good and evil, evil wins.
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  10578. I just wish them two guys could of done a better job really. I love a good debate TBH.
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  10579. Here's another problem, the guys do not even let Tik finish an argument, or even the first sentence of an argument, before shorting he is wrong. Nobody likes to be wrong, but are these people unable to handle being wrong or something?
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  10580. It looks to me like many of the people arguing against Tik's video, have not watched the video, but instead screened the comment section and drew their arguments from there. I hate to say it, but many of these people are not very intelligent. What's really scary about it is that they think they are.
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  10581. 46:25 Is that a socialist admonishing someone for arguing semantics and definitions instead of looking at the real world results?
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  10582. So, if we don't have a capitalist system in truth, what do we have? I'm not versed in this area, so I'm curious.
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  10583. 48:40 is where the absolute hilarity begins... IT walks in and IT stands directly in front of him and the fucking stupid brain-dead moron socialist still can't see IT.
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  10584. A society can combine capitalism and socialism for a limited time only. Eventually one of them dominates. Capitalism can easily withstand political changes, but socialism cannot. Capitalism doesn't need a dictatorship to continue production as socialism must be defended politically from many capitalist tendencies in the society. It is most fortunate that some people are so arrogant they criticize your lectures. By their criticism they show how stupid and dishonest their criticism is. You have excellent videos and should have millions of prescribers, but the majority is stupid and unable to understand politics and economy.
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  10585. If you take the time to listen, TIK's classification makes perfect sense, it's logic with proof at every step. References support his statements. Still, those blubbering bozos who are not able to put together an intelligible phase are criticizing him. Brave new world...
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  10586. First!
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  10587. Hope you get it sorted
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  10588. I bought it after seeing this video. Thanks for the recommendation.
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  10589.  @TheImperatorKnight  I am sure Spartacus will be among the first to order this book.
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  10590. Dictator's are back....
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  10591. I just got the most unlikely add, TIK, of some language school, teaching Hebrew. So, the algorithm obviously do not consider you a nazi, why those pesky commies still do? 🤣
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  10592. Long have I hunted for pol of sed, now I can get it! Ngl I’m not a massive fan of the new cover art but tbh a) I understand in this climate it needs to be changed significantly to pass censors and b) it’s the inside that matters. Also hi TIK!
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  10593. Wenn Kartal Kaya oder seine Kollegen dies lesen: Wie lautet der Titel der deutschen Ausgabe des Buches? Momentan finde ich nur die englische Ausgabe, sowie das Buch "Hitler, Selbstverständnis eines Revolutionärs". Ich glaube gerne dass dieses Thema in der deutschen Hochschullandschaft sehr ungern besprochen wird, aber irgendwo muss doch entweder eine deutsche Originalausgabe oder eine Neuauflage existieren, oder? Danke. In Englisch: I'm looking for the German edition of this book, and I'm unable to find it, so if the contact of Rainer Zitelmann is reading this, he should refer me to a source for the original print or the German edition of the reprint.
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  10594. I was looking for that book bought it right as soon as you said it was a reprint of it thank you so much i would of never of fond it thank you so much🤔😃
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  10595. How much similarities are there between the Nazi German centrally controlled economic system and the EU and US 'modern' centrally controlled economic system? Do they as Germany did have to start wars to kick the can a little further ?
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  10596. I hear the idiotic argument all the time that "Socialists don't kill Socialists", trying to prove that the Nazis weren't Socialist (usually the idea is that National Socialism cannot be a form of socialism because they fought the USSR, as if China never fought the USSR, or Cambodia never fought Vietnam, or China never fought Vietnam, or dozens of countries in Africa never fought one another, etc.). Often polities go to war even if they fundamentally agree on lots of things... in the Hundred Years War, both England and France were monarchist and Catholic. It didn't stop them from devastating, well France mostly (though you could say England depending on whom you ask). Left fights Left, Right fights Right, monarchists fight each other, socialists fight each other, Christians fight each other, Muslims fight each other... two groups fighting each other proves very little about who thinks what, who is correct (if anyone) or how they would describe themselves.
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  10597. Waiting for my new book to arrive, thanks again!
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  10598. 28:44 Korfes just gave the whole game away. National socialism is real socialism and if one abandons racism then he can easily convert into a Marxist. Brilliant stuff
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  10599. 20:11 That's a missed sponsorship opportunity right there!
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  10600. You are the ONLY Youtube content creator I would say this too.... take a vacation.
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  10601. Crybaby
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  10602. Yeah I tried reading marx and lenin just to get an idea of what the hell it was about........and hit a wall of undefined terminology and abstract undefined wtf. It reminded me of certain other people/groups who are always playing bs games and gasslighting the hell out of you.
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  10603. One of your best videos (for me). Thank you!!!
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  10604. gnosticism is so hilarious once you are aware of it. It is literally everywhere. As the writer of the gnostic gospel of Thomas said; "when the one becomes two what will you do?". Of course the very idea of one person becoming two is laughable and a sign of severe mental illness, but many, many, many modern NPCs believe this kind of horse feathers garbage. But, what can one expect from people who think chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
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  10605. Idealism is also the intellectual basis of modern psychology. Which explains why psychology is largely just so much babble.
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  10606. maybe it is more like a feature of human psychology seeing as it is so common? Like an illusion or hallucination, something misleading in perception.
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  10607. It's been several months since this video was released, and I'm still laughing uncontrollably at Hegel's face covering the guys crotch in the painting. Guess he really was a knob after all...😁
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  10608. What a ride. For years I have been following this series, THE reason I subscribed. Seeing the toll this took on you, thank you TIK. The end result is beyond superb and a reference on its own of the battle and the war even. Keep up the amazing! Thanks for reading and bye for now 😂😂.
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  10609. Thanks for basically slowly k'ing yourself over this amazing content sir! Happy you are trying to take better care of yourself. Kudos to all you do!
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  10610. Are A.E. Samaan sources reliable, as I couldn’t find the source for the claim about them killing their own injured soldiers who weren’t seriously injured?
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  10611. TIK this has been a series for the ages. Thank you for all the hard work. It has been great to watch your series and I can’t wait for more!
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  10612. ok people, whos ready for the binge re-watch with me? awesome job TIK loved it all and I am not joking I will 100% be re-watching this whole thing again. truly a master piece
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  10613. I watched almost all the episodes of this series and loved it. Great work !
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  10614. TIK great video's my late neighbor Arnold served with the Germans as a Sniper at the age of 17 and was captured by the Soviets as they were fleeing the Battle at Stalingrad, spent 2 years in a prision camp and said if you made the first week then you were good but a lot died that first week. Said the Russian soldiers treated him pretty good and actually taught him how to play chess. TheGerman soldiers used to call him a "Pol Lock" because his last name ended in "IE" so it was assumed he had some Polish in him. LOL
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  10615. Many thanks TIK. Sorry it's been such a slog and taken such a personal toll on you. Hugely appreciated though; again, thank you.
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  10616. Wow it was a ride. Truly with highs and lows and damn was the end a depressing low for the soldiers in the pockets. Thanks TIK! Grüße
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  10617. I am exhausted TIK and I only had to watch the bloody thing. Can’t imagine how you feel making it after all these years
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  10618. The best video series on Stalingrad in the world today. And I watched every minute religiously, for circa three years
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  10619. What an EPIC undertaking, I dont have to agree with you on every single thing but your dedication and titanic work, as well as pinpoint reasoning and description of underlying detail is unparalleled like ever, not only you give us the citations from historians focused on the topic, but also add your reasonable explanation of why. Thank you TIK, awesome work. Hope you will rest a little and Merry Christmas!
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  10620. MANY THANKS. THIS SERIES WAS GENUINELY EPIC AND SET NEW STANDARDS IN HISTORICAL PRESENTATION ON THE INTERNET. CONGRATULATIONS.
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  10621.  @TheImperatorKnight  not too far from the truth lol, Think Nigel Askey but worse.
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  10622. Congrats TIK! You've done it and should be proud! Im gonna start a rewatch from the beginning again soon. Cheers🍻
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  10623. This is already a legendary achievement, and as your resident communist viewer I will add that whatever Youtube or the advertisers paid you for this is a fraction of even its most superficial value.
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  10624. That was fantastic? awesome?amazing? wonderful? superb? engrossing?.. I find myself lacking the vocabulary to express my sincere gratitude Tik, for creating this masterpiece of narrative and visual history. Thank you for such a deep, gritty journey ....Four years!!!....Fuxxxng hell......Wow.
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  10625. Amazing!!! It's actually over. Watched every second. Thanks TIK. A simply mammoth undertaking - now preserved, hopefully forever, in digital media. And the most impressive thing is the non-biased context, so all who watch in the future will get the facts - at least as accurate as you could get them considering some biased sources, and that it all happened some 80 years ago.
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  10626. TIK - what an awesome history you have produced. You should be exceptionally proud of it - especially given your struggles to get it completed! Hopefully with a bit of distance you will come to love it, having sensed you felt it was a bit of a millstone around your neck…! I’ve really enjoyed it (well enjoying isn’t the correct word) and have learnt so much. Thank you again
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  10627. Congratulations TIK! I have my differences with you regarding the "banks" videos, but I have the greatest respect towards you in the "tanks" videos. Battlestorm Stalingrad is a true masterpiece of military history, one of those achievements to be proud of for the rest of your life. I look forward for more Battlestorm series, but I hope you take your time, you truly deserve some R&R after "suriviving" Stalingrad! :)
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  10628. I’ve spend the last week addicted to this episodes, your work will remain ethernal. Outstanding job.
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  10629. TiK, you do a great job of objectively breaking down stats to make points clearer.
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  10630. Hey, TIK, are you gonna respond to Fredda's recent video about you? He says he's using sources, but he only cites 4 of them that are contemporary to WW2 and the nazis. He basically disagrees with you on definitions and that's it. I commented that, by his logic of the nazis being capitalist, the UK was still monarchist, because they still haven't completely abolished the monarchy. He also tried to best you at military logistics, apparently - because locomotives shipped to Algiers weigh over 3,500 tons and it took the british govt weeks for their big-data informed experts to do, during an operation that was already in execution... or something like that.
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  10631. Hum, I'd kind of like to "like" your video, but with 400 likes and 4 dislikes it's just too perfect... -_-
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  10632. Another great vid. :-)
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  10633. Outstanding!
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  10634. Although I find some of your other videos biased, but then again all history is, i thourgly enjoy battlestorm series. This is exactly what Ive craved for such a long time. Please keep this series going.
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  10635. Amazing videos. Thank you for your contributions, TIK
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  10636. Wow, your channel keeps amazing me!
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  10637.  @TheImperatorKnight  I would suggest Philosophy: Who Needs It as a good all-around introduction to her thought, or the Virtue of Selfishness if you want to get right into her ethical theory. If you're looking for a dramatized vision of how it would look to live life as she sees it, I would read The Fountainhead.
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  10638. Tik, I just wanna say I am really appreciating analyses like this, especially now that I have seen a lot more sudden antisemites (and marxists on the left using the same imagery to claim others are antisemites, like Goblins) using the exact same rhetoric, imagery and codewords. Many of them claiming that Hitler and the Nazi's were fighting the current modern clown world, supposedly created by Jews. I have been seeing these propaganda pieces in a modern form. Globalists supposedly are Jews etc. This analysis has answered a lot of questions I have had since I started seeing a lot of modern antisemites pushing similar things, such as the colour theory and nose imagery, and I think it's become important now more than ever to counter the old propaganda, to fight the new believers of the modern incarnations. Some of this propaganda has helped me understand why Goblins from a Harry Potter video game gets associated with Jews. I still see quotes attributed to Rothschild that suggest that Jews are secret world domination bad guys based on these stereotypes. This has been the best debunking of three different Socialisms and antisemitism I have seen. Thank you for helping me learn a lot. Edit: I also must say i've been called 'Goy' more by antisemites than actual Jewish people these past few weeks.
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  10639. I thought the same 😂
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  10640. Your work is the epitome of due diligence and I hope that the sacrifices involved are worthwhile. My understanding on both history and modernity are being furthered by my exposure to many sources and yours is very valuable, indeed. I’ve been recommending this channel, generally, and several of its particular videos for months now. About a year or two ago, I noticed my study on human behavior often led to economics. I’d never really been inclined towards the works of Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, F. A. Hayek, Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell or Ludwig von Mises, but they’ve been, and continue to be, invaluable. Frankly, until watching your 4.5 hour video “Hitler was a socialist” and “Public vs private”? I thought my comprehension of the relationship between socialism vs fascism vs communism would remain forever incomplete. Hopefully, you realize how significant is your work for the better grasp the consumer may gain on numerous other subjects. In the past year, I’ve listened three times to The Road to Serfdom audiobook, on YouTube. The version with the red thumbnail has the best narrator I’ve ever heard. Time stamps are in the first comment. Were you to be inclined, I believe a breakdown of this book could help humanity immensely, a strong statement but I’m serious. Until later, thanks for contributing to the world in a positive way. ✌🏻
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  10641. Another thing worth noting about all of these propaganda drawings is that Jews are almost always depicted as being male, with Jewish girls and women being omitted. Almost as if they don't exist. One might think that there was a sexual element to this. Jewish women being explicitly omitted so as to prevent male German readers from even sexualizing them. By contrast, a recurring motif in 19th Century philosemitic literature and artwork is "la belle juive" or The Beautiful Jewess.
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  10642. Western community does not have access to majority of the soviet archives, most of the archives are accessable only by Russian/CIS historians. Modern russian government still keeps a lot of documents as secret, and sometimes even extends their secrecy. Especially they were not accessable in Soviet era. So limited exposure to soviet sources comes mostly from political situation. I am pretty sure a lot of WW2 Historians who wrote about Western Front in the Cold War era would like to get access to soviet sources and not base their works only on German ones.
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  10643. If Zhukov account was trustworthy calculating from the 14th september 45 days yields the following result: Uranus would have been launched on October 27 1942 , nearly a month before the real Operation Uranus begun. At this point in the war Stalin would have probably be reluctant to allow such an extension. Assuming a two week delay and the memoir's 45 days implementation period (59 days in total), extrapolating from the real date the counter offensive was launched , in order to be ready for november 5th the meeting Zhukov attended should have happened on september 21st, a week in the future from where the series internal timeline stands.
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  10644. As a graphic designer myself, I can only say "Wow that looks amazing" It's a dream project for sure.
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  10645.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for the reply. It is hard to keep track of the numbers and also a lot of men are lost by even the hour so it changes so fast.
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  10646. What were the numbers of troops the Soviets had for their counter-attack and how many did the Nazis have? Did they attack with less men than the defenders?
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  10647. You have an interesting way of shoving squares across a map, making me fill my whiskey glass twice......as usual when a new episode is out. Thanks again.
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  10648. I have been so excited for the next one to come out. You do some of the absolute best historical, economical, and sociological commentary, period. Keep up the excellent content good sir.
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  10649.  @TheImperatorKnight  thanks i am watching video you mentioned above.
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  10650. Brillant TIK, Brillant
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  10651. Unless it's my shitty screen, @6.55 there's a typo on your map. 'Stalingrad Airfiled'.
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  10652. Both Lewis and his narrator girl pronounce 'H' in acronyms as 'heitch' instead of the classic 'eitch'. Is it a new norm or what?
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  10653. Amazing video! However, why not adding some sort of distant battle background sound or anything? Would make this series much more bearable for the long lengths Again though, good stuff!
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  10654. Holy crap! 12 hours of intro just to get to "the beginning"? I didnt think the story about this battle could be that messed up before.
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  10655. A point to consider about Zhukov. Maybe he is using the old calendar when he writes his memoirs and not the Gregorian that we all use.
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  10656. The good...your brilliant series TIC! The bad...showing more reading material....I have never been more happy to be skint! :-)
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  10657. Hi @Tik, great content you got. Do you have any video about the rising of the nazis, and does it include the background from ww1? And how close was it that the communist took power in germany ?
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  10658. Tik... you should stay with your political videos... According to my degree from r/History, you are wrong. They told me that the city fight already begun.
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  10659. dude love your sarcasm , keep including it in your videos, it's an even more compelling reason to enjoy your videos ^^ keep the good work , salute from ALGERIA
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  10660. Hello @TIKhistory, if possible could you tell me if you have any academic background in the study of history or any similar subject, or are if you are an enthusiast, since your content has excellent research and presentation, and thus I am sourcing some of your videos (especially on the rarely studied East Africa Campaign) in a project on the African Theatre as a whole. Thanks!
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  10661. Hi TIK, in the video on "How hitlers table talks broke history." you said that you were going to make a video on Adolph and Christianity. If you do so, there is a website called History for Atheists run by Tim O'Neil which deals with historical misconceptions usually encountered amongst atheist, he himself is one however, on the website there is an article about the topic, Richard Carrier also comes up in some of the articles there and from the information in those articles he doesn't appear in a particulary good light.
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  10662. TIK thank you for all your efforts.and your hard work. I really appreciate it.
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  10663. Thank you
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  10664. Since you changed the title, I'm watching a second time.
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  10665. Stupid censorship from YouTube. You get a like just for that.
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  10666. Sir, I was reluctant to watch this video, but I did. Very well done! Your knowledge and story telling ability is great. Airborne! All The Way, Sir
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  10667. Well up to standard, TIK. Brilliant
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  10668. Ha. ‘Klaus? Are these the bad guys?’ Brilliant.
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  10669. National Socialism is simply a reaction to the cultural destruction of the Soviet system. Mussolini and later the Austrian were Socialist but didn't want their nations culture and traditions subsumed in an Internationalist Trotskyite cultural blob.
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  10670. TIK - after doing that "map recon", here's a suggestion. Put more distances, or mentions of distance, in the battlestorm vids. It would put things into better context, say on the race for the wire, if it was stated that Rommel's units moved so many miles from here to there. Ore that Pienar sandbagged and took x days to move only 20 miles north toward Point 175, etc. Depth and width of the pocket the Soviets still hold in Stalingrad, etc. Anyways....great stuff you're producing.
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  10671. Wow...just wow. I've watched your Courland Pocket Battlestorm. And am watching the Stalingrad. But OMG....what a clusterf*ck of a battle / battle plan. One thing that I only literally just did, here at the end, was go to G Maps and measure out the distance from Tobruk to the wire. It is only about 75-80 miles. That really helped put things in context. I wish I'd done that earlier.
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  10672. Merry Christmas, TIK. I hope the fat bloke in crimson gives you a bag of books.
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  10673. TIK I know! I really need to get back on it. Merry Christmas as well if you don’t upload before then :)
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  10674. THANKS YEREMENKO 👍👍
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  10675. Why the soviet air force was so dominant during the night?
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  10676. Lewis (TIK), you are the best. Keep on your good work. But please take care of yourself too!? Love to be one of your Patreons.
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  10677. I'm glad I found this channel this year I've binged alot of his videos.
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  10678. I thought the same thing until TIK mentioned that going north would mean a waste of (perceived) momentum into the Soviet lines to the south. Given the same level of information at the time, it seems like any smart commander - especially one commanding an army that was on its last legs - wouldn't want to waste such a hard-earned victory. And of course, none of it would really matter in a few weeks. Chuikov and his army have already achieved their purpose - keeping the Wehrmacht pinned inside the city - by this point. Even if Paulus wiped the 62nd army out on the 16th or 17th, it would still take him weeks to refit his broken units unitl they were strong enough to move again.
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  10679. Wait did TIK just make a star wars reference
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  10680.  @Raskolnikov70  Well I was making my comment with the 20/20 hindsight of what actually happened. If I were in the same position, with the same level of knowledge that Paulus and pals had, I would have probably moved in the direction of the recent string of successes in the south, hoping sheer momentum to turn things into a rout. I agree with your overall point. The sheer attrition already inflicted on the Nazis at this point makes the situation basically non-salvageable. Even if they somehow took the city, the campaign is already lost.
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  10681. Jason D Mark's book Island of Fire is a good read. Unfortunately you have to wait forever for Australia post to deliver it.
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  10682. Youtube turned off my notifications...
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  10683. Thanks TIK. Watched this with one of my kids. Also appreciate these shorter bite sized segments.
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  10684. Love the 17:23 Abba song reference 🤣🤣🤣
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  10685. 13:35...Gifted...Halder...😅😅😅
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  10686. I will suggest you also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17DkMDvKqw0
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  10687. Hey man, I have great respect for you and others like you, I sometimes don't know how you handle the stress from people whether it be holocaust deniers or people running on politics, shit talking etc just know that you have my full support. Ive been watching you for almost 2 years now keep in mind im only 18 and you have been a joy to watch and also a great teacher hell sometimes Id play your lectures over my teachers, so thank you and I wish the best for you! I really do hope to see more content from you and hopefully a larger following of people that even if they don't agree that don't act like animals.
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  10688. Any government that gives support by Public Services in health, education, welfare, has a socialist element. The UK is a socialist country as is the USA. Though mild, to the point in the UK it could be called compationate capatalism, or something along those lines. All given a good dose of liberal values with free speach and greater tolerance. Doesn't mean all socialist or liberal views are bad; though extremes of any form of political direction generally are inpractical and non compatible to human behaviour. The "Left" do not own the word socialist nor liberal. I think Racist Socialists fits Hitler's Germany very well. One of their main competitors for power were the German communist parties. These the Nazis overcame through thugery and selling a similar but highly toxic racist socialist product. Socialist ideas sell well when things are going badly, for whats not to like when something for nothing is offered. add an escape goat even better. Hitler, by not upsetting the class system or wealth creators bettered the French revolutionaries that had guilotenes far too deeply and had ended up with Napolion to lead them out of their mess (France was starving and in chaos). Do correct me if wrong, but much of Hitler's thinking must have been done when he was an art student drinking at Pais bars whilst borrowing from Jewish banks/lenders. Perfect cocktail to think up his twisted theory. One reason Germany fought to the end was that they had bought into this racist socialistic ideal and invested heavily in it. The German behaviour in Russia was appauling and its scale took the whole German Nation complicity to apply it in its full horror. They fought to the end because they were hard wired and guilty as hell. TIK keep up the good work.
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  10689. That's communism. I know US propaganda has done it's best to erase the difference between the two so that any leftist movement can be painted with the evil red commie brush, but the whole point of socialism is that it's a transition from "capitalism" towards "communism". In the case of the Nazis the idea is that personal property is good, so long as personal enterprises serve the state. And the owners are good aryans the supreme leader approves of, obviously. The state may not own the means of production, but it certainly controls them.
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  10690. I get your reasoning, but I still don't agree. The fact the Hitler said stuff and wrote stuff, doesn't mean he believed in it. He might have said it to gain more followers. I think reading a book that he wrote and inferring from it about his views is not the best course of action. The best way, in my opinion, of assessing someone's views, is through their actions. That's why the fact that not all property was nationalized is important in my opinion. I don't think Socialism is all about the nationalization of stuff, what about other policies which are strictly Socialist? Did he enact any of them? Did he do anything else that would suggest that he might be or not be a socialist? I am not too fond of the subject, and would love to hear about this from you in the future. And also, I think what you said near the end is completely true. That fact that something is similar in a certain way to something else doesn't necessarily mean it inherits all of it's other traits. Your example is correct: If we say that Hitler, and therefore by extension the NSDAP were socialist, and we see something else that openly calls itself socialist, it doesn't mean that it's necessarily similar to the NSDAP in any other aspect exept it being socialist. Interesting video, really made me think
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  10691. Having now read many of the replies (though admittedly no where near the 3,691 as of writing this) I think that many fail to actually comprehend one very important paragraph of your (TIK's) response which is: "People have defended the Soviet Union (even though they had private property and the capitalist New Economic Policy) because they're willing to make exceptions for that, for some reason - that reason being they're willing to defend the USSR's un-socialism because it fits into their Marxist Socialist ideology. This is the problem: I'm not discussing history with people who are interested in history, I'm discussing history with people who are talking specifically about the ideology of Marxism. This isn't about Marxism - this is about National Socialism and the wider-socialist movement, not Marxism. If I said "Hitler and Marx shared the EXACT SAME ideology" then you have a point. But I've NEVER once said that at all. Socialism is not just Marxism." It seems that a raw nerve has been touched by the response of many of the commentators, as is evident in them not wanting a personally held belief to be challenged in their 'righteous' authority of some beloved political ideology rather than looking at the historical debate with an open and unbiased mind - or at least one open to a real possibility of changing a personal understanding of historical events.
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  10692. There wasn't true privatization in Hitler's Germany. If you didn't do what the Nazi party said you would not have a private company for long. Hitler directed the country on what to do. It was a false privatization.
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  10693. While I can't say I've never heard about Nazis being socialists, it came from the actual (libertarian, capitalist, national-conservative) far-right, so I assumed they wanted to distance themselves from those guys. But thanks to your work and the discussions which followed, I realized that those far-righters were 100% correct! Nazis and Fascists were lefties, yet somehow people who are as far away from them as absolutely possible, ended up being associated with them. Now I can't unsee it anymore as well. The greatest switcheroo ever.
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  10694. Whether you agree with this analysis or not, leave the vulgarity and obscenities out of your comments.  If you can't rationally argue your point, don't argue.  Statements like "You're a f*cking idiot" and "You obviously know nothing about this" do nothing to advance debate.  Keep it civil.
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  10695. Liberalism was capitalism and democracy conservatism was status quo of religious leadrship and what was left of the nobility
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  10696. Thank you for your work answering these questions. Greatly appreciated your thoughts.
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  10697. Fanaticalness? ;-) It IS a word!
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  10698.  @TheImperatorKnight  I didn't know about the failure of the steam controller. Thanks for that information!
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  10699. Very good very important video as always. Btw are you backed up on Bitschute yet?
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  10700.  @Peorhum  It was implied. One of the primary reasons why socialism fails is because it is highly efficient at badly allocating resources in ordinary times compared to market economies. However during crisis, it becomes an advantage. The Soviets probably would have collapsed (like the French) if it weren't for the stoicism of the people and the ability of Stalinism to take draconian measures regardless of their handicaps.
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  10701. And I've subscribed on Patreon ;)
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  10702. Hey, TIK, I have a question. What other books would you recommend for WW2 (in Europe)? I've had interest in WW2 for almost 4 years now and all my knowledge about it has come from documentaries mainly. I recently discovered your channel and have already watched a couple of vids and... You are definitely going to be one of my go-tos when it comes to that topic. Your vids are brilliant. On a side note, atm I'm reading "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" - it's my first book on WW2 and Pre-WW2 topics. But after I finish the 2nd part of the book, what others would you recommend? The one in the video here, I'm probably going to get.
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  10703. This may sound a bit daft but I would suggest you look at some older English books from when English was more like German a Tyndale Bible and Wycliffe is what I looked at but any literature from the era would help. Also there is a method of learning that stressed the similarities between languages before going into differences. German is at a basic level vocabulary wise surprisingly similar to English. EG Commen Zie Mit Bitte (please excuse the spelling as I'm dyslexic and have enough problems with English). became Coomen thee wit bitte in a form of Saxon English which became Come thee with please in a literal translation. That's not exact but you get the idea.
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  10704. Looking forward for Operation Crusader! How much time do you spend reading books each day?
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  10705. I know this is really off topic but...it is so frustrating to hear folk talk about the destruction of the middle class here in the states but seldom hear of the Federal Reserve Bank and Nixon closing the gold window having "some" involvement in that destruction.
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  10706. My comment was highlighted in this video, but it was the s##t stirer who replied to my comment who caused the fuss among others. Good in depth reply TIK as always
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  10707. For anyone doubting the power of government: Take a look at the manmade CO2 production chart recently published. You can then observe how the production increases after the climate meetings.
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  10708. Paid back in Gold you say. :P
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  10709.  TIK  Stop using TIK's account name, is disrespectful to the man. I can smell a rat and a scam a mile away.
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  10710. The British were supplying critical aid to Russia in 41/42. But since the collapse of the Soviet Union, a trickle of information has emerged from archives in Moscow, shedding new light on the subject. While much of the documentary evidence remains classified “secret” in the Central Archives of the Ministry of Defense and the Russian State Archive of the Economy, Western and Russian researchers have been able to gain access to important, previously unavailable firsthand documents. I was recently able to examine Russian-language materials of the State Defense Committee—the Soviet equivalent of the British War Cabinet—held in the former Central Party Archive. Together with other recently published sources, including the wartime diaries of N. I. Biriukov, a Red Army officer responsible from August 1941 on for the distribution of recently acquired tanks to the front lines, this newly available evidence paints a very different picture from the received wisdom. In particular, it shows that British Lend-Lease assistance to the Soviet Union in late 1941 and early 1942 played a far more significant part in the defense of Moscow and the revival of Soviet fortunes in late 1941 than has been acknowledged.Particularly important for the Soviets in late 1941 were British-supplied tanks and aircraft. American contributions of the time were far fewer. In fact, for a brief period during December 1941, the relative importance of British aid increased well beyond levels planned by the Allies as a result of American reaction to the outbreak of war with Japan; some American equipment destined for the Soviet Union was actually unloaded from merchant vessels and provided to American forces instead.Even aid that might seem like a drop in the bucket in the larger context of Soviet production for the war played a crucial role in filling gaps at important moments during this period. At a time when Soviet industry was in disarray—many of their industrial plants were destroyed or captured by the advancing Nazi troops or in the process of evacuation east—battlefield losses of specific equipment approached or even exceeded the rate at which Soviet domestic production could replace them during this crucial period. Under these circumstances even small quantities of aid took on far greater significance. Once again raw figures do not tell the whole story. Although British shipments amounted to only a few percent of Soviet domestic production of machine tools, the Soviet Union could request specific items which it may not have been able to produce for itself. Additionally, many of the British tools arrived in early 1942, when Soviet tool production was still very low, resulting in a disproportionate impact. The handing over of forty imported machine tools to Aviation Factory No. 150 in July 1942, for example, was the critical factor in enabling the factory to reach projected capacity within two months. https://www.historynet.com/did-r... (https://www.historynet.com/did-russia-really-go-it-alone-how-lend-lease-helped-the-soviets-defeat-the-germans.htm)
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  10711. If I rolled my eyes as much as you'd have to when reading idiot comments like those, I don't think my eyeballs would ever reset to a normal position. Low intellect people and narcissists will always have something negative to say......Bravo Lewis, keep up the great work and try not to let them get to you....
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  10712. I basically agree with everything you've been saying, but I think you phrased some of it poorly. it sounded like you were saying "objective truth didn't exist," which is postmodernism, but what you actually said was closer to "objective truth exists, but our ability to understand objective truth is flawed," which I agree with 100%. I apologize for misunderstanding your intent.
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  10713. Having been watching you for a good 4 years now, I'm surprised anyone was surprised by what you said in that video. EDIT: 4 years, not 3.
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  10714.  @TheImperatorKnight  I have never heard of this school of thought before. I'd have to read up on them first because I'm struggling to conceptualize what they would consider a "fact".
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  10715. DON'T READ COMMMENTS
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  10716. That ending tho... I'm Lovin' It
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  10717. 1st thing 1st, brilliant Epstein joke esp considering the nature of the video. Love it. 2nd, i know how much it sucks to be misrepresented on a personal level so beit on a professional one it must really boil your potatos. the critics in question are, in my opinion both the least significant and the hardest to converse with. Critics are a good thing, especially when it comes to history as we all know. However, when they disagree for the sake of it and have objectivity clouded by whatever personal gripe they have against you, reasoning is pretty much impossible. They're more interested in their own opinions and theories and, it very much seems like they take offence to anything that doesn't adhere to it not just regardless of the reasoning but worse yet, without even entertaining the prospect of reason. In short, they want conformation of their views, anything else is wrong and not for reasons exposed by debate but by way of some flaw in your person or my favourite, unsavory and opposing political bias. They hear but don't listen. Say what you want, regardless of how logical and reasonable you may be, they hear what they want and don't have the capability to actually listen to what you have to say. The ones worth your time and effort may not be anywhere near as loud but are vastly greater in number.
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  10718. Tom Woods just released a great episode, this one on the necessity of historical revisionism. It'd be great if the two of you could have a chat, or if you got onto misesmedia.
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  10719. Is there a r/ShitTankiesSay subreddit? (looking) Yes there is but it is "private". I thought Socialists are all about making everything "public" and "private" ownership of anything is antithetical?
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  10720. My conclusion from watching your video was that yes there is an objective truth about what happened in history however most of our sources are not always completely reliable. That being the case we have to compare multiple sources and the events and narratives that come through most clearly and often, that hold up under scrutiny, are usually the truest version of what probably happened. I'm not sure what issue anyone would have with that idea, it's basically kind of saying if you want to understand history you have to apply the scientific method lol
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  10721. Angry TIK is the best TIK...😂 It is all good, TIK. Keep it up and don't think about the rest. There are those of us that actually enjoy different angles, through which we can question history. After all, that is the whole point.
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  10722. The problem I have with your framing is that it is easily abused - If truth is subjective, then all 'truths' are equally valid. I would frame it as historical narratives are subjective, but some narratives are closer to the actual historical truth than others, even though that is itself an impossible ideal.
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  10723. "Stalingrad is killing me." When the battle is so deadly it is still killing people 79 years after it was over.
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  10724. You, TIK, get way too many comments for one to make a difference, but here I go.....................Do I agree with you on everything? No, but that shouldn't matter as I firmly believe you are one who studies, analyzes, and presents such in each episode as best you can. Also you lay out the factors and evidence you used to develop your conclusions. For this I consider you a credible source of information. Thank You.
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  10725. When saying something that goes against the establishment narrative on any side, get ready for the bot armies to attack.... these likely aren't real people attacking but bots... working for whoever
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  10726. They always project mental illness (theirs) onto you.
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  10727. Subscriber on Patreon now. Thanks for the content !
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  10728. Your detractors want to discredit you by using your own words against you. Its college freshman year antics trying to sound intellectual and insightful. Of course it is neither. History will always have unknowns. All we can do is keep asking questions and doing research. Every event has millions of data points, some important, some mundane, some critical.
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  10729. People who post on reddit suffer from ADHD. Not all of them but the ones who try to gate keep are the usual suspects. I have posted on reddit about TIK video's before and got the same response, they DON'T read or listen to what is said and dismiss out of hand like it is an instinct.
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  10730. Socialists are morons that ignore history.
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  10731. Could anyone clarify TIK’s political/economic positions? I’ve watched a few video’s and I’m trying to understand the angle he’s coming from. I’d guess he ascribes to a Neoliberal view of society and the economy. But at the same time he seems to take very anti-state positions which are more Laissez-Faire than Neoliberal! Anyway, totally unrelated to this video here.
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  10732. reassuring that you're prepared to revise your own work.
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  10733. It's an underappreciated trait to be able to own up to mistakes instead of going into the trenches of F you buddy, no F you pal. It makes me trust you more as a source, the fact you are thinking critically and revising yourself :)
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  10734. Been a fan since seeing your incredible breakdown of Germany's oil shortage during ww2. Keep up the good work!
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  10735. Your eyes look puffy, is it just the lighting? Are you feeling ok? We can wait for a video if you need rest dude.
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  10736. First like
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  10737. Here comes the "tHAt wUzN't rEeL cOmMUniSmS!!" cope.
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  10738. This is such a brilliant analysis...But socialists not only want to be dependent on the State: they want everyone to be. And that's where they clash with modern society despite the level of achievement that way of thinking has reached in the EU and the liberals in the US. And that's why both fear "communist" China: because embracing the most unhinged form of capitalism starting with the death of Mao Zedong got nearly a billion people out of poverty in less than thirty years. They don't want the "highly developed" societies of the West to find out they live by the principles of Socialism. Particularly those new elites who got an absolutely underserved position of power. I'm fighting the algorythm not to miss any of your uploads, TIK.
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  10739. 26.30-28.25. Hats off
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  10740.  @TheImperatorKnight  Masks are optional in most places here in Florida! Its almost back to normal except the rest of the economy is being dragged down by the leftist states that are under basically martial law
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  10741. As of the release of this episode, this documentary now has a runtime of 12 hours 2 minutes and 4 seconds.
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  10742. Hold on - I am so slow. Now I'm signed up I can send a 'tip'. Sound. Reinforcements headed your way mate. Keep up the good work especially the economic and political context/ Keep pissing off those Internazis
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  10743. Oh yeah, early again! Wheres my medal?
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  10744. Wow i was watching Shaun's video on nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki (which i'm yet to finish) and i can't believe how spoiled i am by the level of detail when it comes to sourcing. Its easy to over look your reference box at the bottom of the screen which says which book, what volume and page number which adds another level of transparency to your work which is always a big plus👍
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  10745. I was not notified. The video showed on my recomended feed after i Watched Drachinifels Wednesdey video. Today on 14 of April.
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  10746. I was notified
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  10747. Thx for the in depth vid on my home town!
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  10748. It was on my home page and subscription page. I was on so I saw it.
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  10749. Stupid question but I'm wondering what if any similarities there might be between the modern CCP and the Nazis if any? China isn't really communist and it's not capitalist so it crossed my mind that their might be similarities between the two. Sorry it's not quite the usual question. Any reading material on the topic would be appreciated.
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  10750. When did you post it originally??
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  10751. Got a notification
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  10752. I found it in my subscription feed just now; it wasn't there before. Approx 3 hours after upload?
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  10753. Hi TIK!! 👍👍 It just took me a little while to find that checkered flag emoj 😂
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  10754.  @TheImperatorKnight  2 hours ago is states. So it could be upto 3 hours I think as it only gives you a rounded hourly time frame if that makes sense
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  10755. I have an observation War is a war crime. No matter how bad the troops get it, civilians get it worse, especially women. Everybody focuses on the battles but what if somebody chronicled the brutal treatment of your average civilian? All we can do evidently is try to lessen the severity of war from war to the tenth power down to war to the first power. It still sucks. We still could have the war to end all wars which would have to mean the extinction of humanity which obviously for us is not an ideal solution.
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  10756. @TIK spooky timing with this vid, I just finished Rotterdam in my PanzerCorps Grand Campaign 40
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  10757. Its in my notifications but didn't show up in the latest vids. I had to go searching for it because Monday is Tik day. Do you have an auto queue? I've just noticed that your delivery is very good. Not a single um or ah or pause. If you were this good in your seminars at uni I wonder why they didn't encourage you to become an academic?
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  10758. I didn't get notify
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  10759. I got notified precisely 2 hours ago , thanks TIK for everything
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  10760. no noification so far
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  10761. I wonder if there is are ANY girls that following theses series.
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  10762. TIK, the talk around time index 17:57. Use the German airpower to attack the boats. I take that idea differently than you seem to. During the day the boats should be tied-up on the east bank of the river and they would support like fuel dumps. So day light should find the boat beached or tied to a piers, which would help the germans in two ways 1) the targets are not moving and 2) a near miss would hit the river bottom and explode close enough to damage the boats under the water line ( the type of damage that would have to be fixed and would take way to much time as in days). Also Fuel dumps would be close to this boat beaching area, also a good target. One problem for the germans air power would be USSR anti-aircraft guns this would also be a prime location for them.
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  10763. Great video ..but doesn't it show how stupid war is ! no common soldier wants to be there ..but they obey orders from those who make war.
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  10764. The germans are running out of tanks and ammunition. Supposedly, they are able to produce enough tanks and equipment to resupply. Are the German logistics actually that bad in the Stalingrad area, or is there more this? 🤔 There is so little left...
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  10765. My notifications don't work
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  10766. You're not alone!
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  10767. Excellent video, as all the videos in the series are! A question though. Something confused me a bit: at 23:40 you mention 2 regiments (385 & 524) of 112th RD. Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't 112th RD engaged at the Kurgan, having been reduced to justa couple of hundred men or so? How can two of its regiments be engaged elsewhere - and were these then only 100-200 men strong at this point?
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  10768. Just wanted to say that I love the series, but I have a question. Did you translate Winterfeld on purpose? Because on the Map it is always shown as winterfield, or is that a different detachment that you are referring to?
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  10769. This series is an ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE TIK!!! You have had me at the edge of my seat since the first episode! Your work is second to none!
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  10770. filthy as fuck - loving it!
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  10771.  @TheImperatorKnight  oh fuck that means another month to wait. :( I wish there was a way we could do it faster, but that would probably mean rushed production. Sad
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  10772. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! XDXD
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  10773. Every episode is so very interesting, a magnum opus indeed.
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  10774. i've noticed that during several episodes now shooting range and water canisters remain red, does it mean that they were occupied by soviets? i haven't noticed any action around them though, is there going to be more action around them?
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  10775. Last place I would expect to see Fleetwood Mac references, lol
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  10776. Sorry to disappoint, but in British English it is indeed 'your anus'
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  10777. @Sea Ruler  Most farms in the 80s were not private, where the hell did you get get idea from? Until the Soviet Union collapsed, it was almost impossible to have any private property other than the apartment from the state, which it's self was in reality owned by the state.
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  10778. I was here when you had 10k subs. Onwards to the half mil!
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  10779. Gosh a brilliant and very thought provoking video. I think one of your best, though maybe because it addresses a question that has vexed me for my life - were the Germans (greater Germany) inflicted with some madness that could only be eradicated by destruction? Until the last of the active WW2 generation passed away I could still find myself shocked by comments, some frankly not very nice that would make me ponder, while at the same time the impact of the war directly on my German family as people with a proud Hamburg heritage was severe. In my mind would a Germany governed by the German military have been better in 43 or 44? I rather think not - for me the July plot was designed to maintain the elite - an elite that even relatively recently I’m not sure realised their part in their own failure, though they were perhaps thankfully largely powerless by the 1990s
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  10780. Decent subtitles, love it! Can always be counted upon to go that extra mile our TIK 🙂
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  10781. Yes new episode
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  10782. TIK, can you explain what's with the flag of the 255 Cavalry Regiment? I've never seen a Soviet flag like that.
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  10783. Commieeeeeeeee
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  10784. Hey Tik, just wanted to say that your channel is criminally underrated and your content is some of the most in-depth, complex and non-biased information on the numerous topics you cover. I somewhat recall years ago when I was seriously beginning to start, albeit on a very amateur level, studying the real 'war', that is the war of logistics, of economics, of doctrine, of unit composition etc. After growing up with a western view of the war through the eyes of Hollywood, the ever reliant (heavy sarcasm) History Channel and "distinguished" tales from our lord and saviour, Eric Von Manstein, I am eternally grateful for you forever changing my dissection and analysis of this conflict and its surrounding topics. I believe the first video I ever watched was "The MAIN Reason Why Germany Lost WW2 - OIL" and that just blew my mind. I won't waffle on any further as I'm sure you are busy sorting through the huge number of Patron questions I'm sure you receive, but thanks again for giving us all great content! We truly are spoiled!
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  10785. You explained capitalist rational vs socialism in 10 minutes. Better than many of professors, journalists or politicians in my country. Only 10 minutes is enough if you are open minded. You are good!
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  10786. In America. Hospitals fight to be allowed to be built. The government limits the number of hospitals and their sizes. New hospitals are usually new additional locations even though people are begging to get into the market.
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  10787.  @dannyhalas9408  13:39 I think this part of the video explains why profits and losses reveal efficiency. Medicare and medicaid are funded by the government, and the increase in healthcare costs correlate exactly around the same time these programmes were instituted, according to Consumer Price Index and Medical-care price index from 1935 to 2009. You can try to sell a product as expensive as you wish, at the end of the day, if people are your primary market, you need to have a price which they can afford. You don't need to have as low as a price as you can afford when you are primarily selling your products to a state. And as for railway... In 2016, there were 1.718 billion journeys on the National Rail network, making Britain's the 5th most used in the world. Since privatisation, the number of national rail journeys had increased by 117% by 2014 and according to a 2013 Eurobarometer poll, satisfaction with rail of UK respondents was the second-highest in the EU, behind Finland. The rate of improvement increased compared to that experienced in the last years of BR, according to research by Imperial College London. The researcher said their findings showed that 150 people had probably lived who might have been expected to die in crashes had pre-privatisation trends continued. I'll give you there has been confusion about responsibilities that has led to several safety-critical incidents and incurred high costs for companies and passengers, but overall, were getting better bang for our buck.
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  10788.  @dannyhalas9408  But the NHS is a black hole for money
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  10789. I Love mondays. I don't know wchich I am Thanks TIK
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  10790. Was it because of their system? Or in spite of it?
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  10791. But that's the point. If it costs more, that means its more in demand, which signals for more doctors and nurses. Whereas in NHS, there are shortages. Even in the US, there are still restrictions on supply of doctors, which artificially drives up the prices. And insurance which maintains the high prices. And you can't buy insurance across state lines. And you can't see prices of medical services to compare. All of these things are anti-free market processes that artificially drive up the price of healthcare in the US.
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  10792. And I can lol about your example, because I consistently get 1 day delivery. :D I would argue that critics of the Austrian School fail to make connections between cause and effect. That's why a failed program can be grounds for more of that failed program. They don't understand why something failed, and can't explain it, so they push more resources at the problem. You can brute force something like this, but it is a waste of scarce resources, and will cause higher prices and shortages, but once again, no one will question how these came about, except for the excuse of greedy capitalists. Not greedy socialists, who want a "free" lunch and care not how it gets there.
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  10793. Crusader was EPIC. Very enjoyable and supremely detailed and delivered.
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  10794.  @kamilkrupinski1793  it does. The money spend is a metric. How can you compare companies but not armies? The efficieny of amazon and fedx are measured by prices or rather profits.
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  10795. Or may be it can but we don't know yet becase noone tried...
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  10796. So UN Agenda 21/30, among other things, is trying to "perfect" a fully socialist economy and, at the same time, keeping the Bankters on business by digital fiat money and destroying the market with prices/wages control and altering interest rates. You'll be a communist slave you'll be happy... (World Economic Forum)
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  10797. This comment is on the production value of your content: You seem to be ever so slightly out of focus. It is a mild flaw that does not take away from the message of the video. Is your camera autofocusing on something behind you or have you set the focus manually?
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  10798. TIK, this is one of the greatest vids I've seen, and I've seen basically all history content of yours. This should be sent to the IL Principal who just got rehired plus 150k in back pay, while being an out spoken Holcost Denier.
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  10799. Interesting video. Be nice to watch before work. Oh, did pick a copy of "Vampire Economy." I know there is a free copy online, but I prefer having a book at hand. Hope all is well!
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  10800. Oh yeah, my provocation worked)
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  10801. The very first 10 minutes of this video should be required reading in any History, Philosophy, Humanities course.
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  10802. ​​ @Web720 Any of them admitting that would be a major breakthrough though! That is a valid difference between NatSoc and the Commies, and one that would force them to consider Hitler to be left wing, like them. That's an uncomfortable pill to swallow after all the conditioning of "the Na-zis are far right," and all the bells and whistles that come with that, for years. A pill many will be forced to swallow in such a situation.
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  10803.  @joshuamaurer9784  I agree, but those they currently prefer to listen to actually do want things destroyed. I still hear evidence with a plea that if so and so leader would just see this evidence, they would change what they are doing. They want the disaster, it was their plan to make a disaster and their plan is working well. Destruction was their goal. They are not inclined to see evidence that their plans are working as bad, so they will not change. Many of their followers are not inclined to look at facts because they have already made up their mind and facts are confusing.
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  10804. Anarcho-syndicalism is one of the most baffling ideologies I've looked into yet. I do need to read more about it though
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  10805.  @TheImperatorKnight  I just finished reading Evans "Lying about Hitler", what a great read
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  10806. First
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  10807. Anarchy (an archos = without ruler) is the only form of democracy. Self-proclaimed representation in politics can not work. How are 150MPs going to equally represent 18 million Dutch citizens.
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  10808. I was hoping for a definition of fascism. In the end he didn't give one but gave an 8 minute description of why it can't be defined. I was initially disappointed but after rewatching, it made a lot of sense. I wish he would have given a one or two line elaboration on why both conservatives and socialists are unwilling to define fascism - because they see aspects of their own ideologies in any definition which causes them to not give a definition at all.
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  10809. Fascism is what we have today in America, driven by the snowflakes and the Antifa.
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  10810. TIK as a historian my self , and huge ww2 buff , I can say everyone of your videos are on pint ; so keep it up we are with you
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  10811. The sarcasm in this video is great 😂👍
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  10812. I think alot of it is that you dont kiss the communists butts. And you tell the truth about WWII Gemany...THEY WERE SOCIALISTS. Both of these are big NO NOs by modern western progressives. Sry if this post gets a bit political.
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  10813. A COMMENT THAT IS EARLY!
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  10814.  @TheImperatorKnight  LOL. I'm a bit on the slow side. Same. I'd like to see where the specific details come from. Almost done with video. Sounds like numbers were fudged to argue about German Superiority. Include NKVD losses but not Waffen SS?
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  10815. HOOO DAMN Marx got burned! Nice TIK!
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  10816. This made me to start supporting the channel finally 😊
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  10817. His last rebuttal was 5 hours I consider the long ones a gift 😉
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  10818. How was your secret National Socialist meeting on the dark side of the moon?
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  10819. 8:10 "Print more money!" Nice joke! :-)
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  10820. Libyan oil was not discovered yet in those years, Romanian oil was insufficient.
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  10821. Hi TIK, great to see you as always
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  10822. Anybody know in which Video he answered the question about how Hitler treated Ukrainian girls?
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  10823. I honestly believe that while the USA was very hostile towards Germany in 1941, declaring war was an extremely large mistake. Without a declaration of war, the USA could not have broken Germany's industry by bombing, which is probably the largest German defeat in WW2 that nobody talks about. Also, the Germans could have probably inflicted enough casualties on Bomber Command to bring Harris' campaign to a stop (the German night fighter force was very potent until 1944, when the USAAF's campaign against oil and aircraft production broke it). Besides, can you imagine D-Day only with the British donkey brigades? (Yes I have a low opinion of the British army in WW2)
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  10824. TIK attempts to outmaneuver his opposition(also known as Patreon questions) but has he left his flanks vulnerable? Find out during this weeks' Battlestorm.
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  10825. Any chance you can expand on Italian performance/ participation on the Eastern front? Great videos, severely underrated channel. One of the few on YT who understands the economics of war.
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  10826. How do you know so much about the Eastern front? I read books and watch thousands of hours of YouTube videos but can't seem to retain shit. Got any study tips?
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  10827. How many questions remain?
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  10828. oh he only two years behind...
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  10829. Tik why did german not secure their flank and stay on the don and sweep south and not care about stalingrad.
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  10830. Do you watch Hitler rants parodies?
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  10831. N. African campaign. Please do more on that. LOL. Come on TIK, you've got unlimited time and resources. Though i would like more on N. Africa.
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  10832. are you really 2 years behind on with Q&A questions? lol
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  10833. There's two channels on YouTube that I have watched all the videos more than once, this is one and Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles. Great indepth information that allows you to really soak in the details and try to get a better understanding.
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  10834. Second
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  10835. First
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  10836. I'm not going to ask questions because I am enjoying learning much from answers to other's questions.
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  10837. With his late Patreon videos TIK is reminding me of a joke from the Simpsons where they show Ringo Starr insisting on answering every fan letter he ever received, even though it's 30+ years later.
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  10838. kinda explains why REDDIT /BADHISTORY has been on a giant 'NAZIS WERE NOT ACTUALLY SOCIALIST' astroturf for the last few years. lol hitler ranted about capitalism as much if not more than he would eventually smear the jews... they were one and the same to him.
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  10839. All of the accounts of AH's career as a double agent are bit silly anymore. Those of us who are really interested in WW2 can understand this. Don't worry TIK, the Marxists are the world's destined losers and we all know that too.
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  10840. And the neo-marxists, via CRT, have reframed class struggle as racial struggle. Just saying......
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  10841.  @sethtwc  Time is a factor, your looking for now to back over 100 years ago. Back in 1918 to 1920 from the end of the war until Hitler joins the DAP is over 8 months, and over 7 month until he is recruit to be a spy. It is in that time he had joined the communist party and was elected as a member of that party to the parliament in Jan 1919.
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  10842.  @TheImperatorKnight  Apparently, the same number is confirmed by David Glanz in Battle for Leningrad 1941-1945, on the page 457, other then that, russian Wiki has no other sources. Here's the quote: Almost all the rifle divisions of the army were exhausted in previous battles and totaled from 4,000 to 6,500 soldiers and officers in each [19]. (a link to Glanz's book)
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  10843. Man these are good. Only just stumbled on your vids and I've learnt absolute bucket loads.
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  10844. Great video like always dude! I'm thinking about buying the book Ostkrieg: Hitler's war of extermination in the east. What do you think of the book? :-)
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  10845. Wow! That's a bit disorienting. Producers have been wrecking documentaries for the last 50 years, and this is the first time I was ever able to complain _and be heard_! Thank you.
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  10846. Yo tik don't make me force you to go on a break
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  10847. War is stupid, begun by elites, slaughter of commoners.
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  10848. Fantastic job as usual TIK, thank you for your diligent work. And thank you for your time and effort in all your videos. I'm sure it gets very frustrating and exhausting
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  10849. If I was you, I wouldn't do all the extra work with proving your statements with references. If people don't trust your knowledge they can change the channel. Just saying I never questioned your knowledge. Love the channel from Flint Michigan U.S.A
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  10850. I know it's a massive job but these videos are so good! I binged up the late 18 videos which made me really impatient for the new ones. But take your time I just love these videos keep them up.
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  10851. @TIK Hey TIK have you ever considered putting some kind of indicator on the units showing how much of the original manpower strenght was availible at that time (I fully understand if this is far too much effort) just wondering if you had considered it. Sidenote, everytime I see a new upload from you it feels like christmas has come early, my family is very confused about all the christmas invites at this point.
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  10852. very good video. however, in a court room i haven't seen any critical thinking & none or any "evidence" just speaking from personal experience!
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  10853. wow, this Suvorov guy is fucking insane, and probably hugely popular among the alt-right, judging by his "Hitler wasn't so bad" stance. which is effectively what this is.
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  10854. Love it
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  10855.  @TheImperatorKnight  Btw love your videos. Regards from Sweden. :)
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  10856.  @nickhambly8610  That doesn't even remotely affect my point And I know that. It's not some kind of secret knowledge, it's common sense
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  10857. "Wall Street" doesn't really exist, individuals do, and they represent banks and other legal fictions. "Wall Street" funds everything. Did various bankers fund various extremists throughout history? Yep! They did! Does this imply a (Iew) bankers' conspiracy? Nope! Capitalists act coherently in common ways not due to overt conspiracy but instead because of common beliefs attitudes and goals. Marx, himself a iew decided to advocate... the iew banker conspiracy theory of history wtf lol self hating :/
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  10858. Wow, I totally share the opinion of that guy. Teaching economics like you do really help understand the principles of economic.............. Though I still don't get it, I do understand a bit more than my macro/micro economics classes. I never though that economics could be interesting....
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  10859. Could you recommend any books that clearly demonstrate how nazi economics were socialist in nature?
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  10860. At the beginning you said that the Nazis weren't taxing the Poor but rather corporations. The problem with this is that corporations aren't real, tangible entities that can actually pay. At the end of the day, every tax on corporations are taxes on people. This is a concept taught in economics as "Tax Incidence". The first choice for people who pay corporate taxes are customers, as companies will simply raise prices or add a fee to cover the cost of the tax on the company. So, if you tax cable companies to use public utilities they simply add a "franchise fee" to your cable bill. If they can't increase prices due to price controls or a highly competitive market then they will try to take it out of workers, be it through lower wages or fewer benefits/promotions/positions. It's very often for wage increases and bonuses to be deferred as a way to make workers pay without physically take money away from workers. Not giving them money they would have otherwise gotten is functionally the same but not as many people get mad. If they can't do that either then it comes down to shareholders. The whole point of putting money into these firms is to get money back out, if a company doesn't give dividends and reports bad numbers then the money that would have gone to shareholders (which nowadays is as much worker's retirement programs as anything else) gets diverted to the government instead. At the end of the day, they did increase taxes on the poor in an indirect manner, but tried to mask it via price controls.
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  10861. If you're interested in hard evidence of how modern economists/central bankers are clueless, check out Emil Kalinowski's channel with the legendary macro strategist Jeff Snider. I love it because it's fairly technical, but the layperson can get into the big ideas too.
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  10862. Why are people coming out of university competing for low skill jobs? Could it be because there are not enough high skill jobs, and too many people are pursuing higher education and fewer people learn crafts and trades traditionally in traineeships? And so, when they finish their studies and they dont find anything in their own field, they cant do middle class trades and crafts since they lack the skills and experience and minimum wage is the only thing thats left for them. Seems to me highly educated people are encroaching on low skill minimum wage jobs at the same time as people with no education what so ever are elevated into minimum wage is whats causing the friction. We need more middle class trades people and less people with university degrees working the counter.
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  10863. Higher wages isn't the answer. It just makes labor uncompetitive and unemployed in developed parts of the world. Lower prices is the answer. Slow and steady deflation. Deflation makes interest unnecessary and restricts the power of finance capital. End the Bureau of Land Management, stop prohibiting the people from living on the land. End taxes on land and housing, stop dispossessing families when they temporarily can't pay taxes. And so on and so forth.
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  10864. Both the Third Reich and the Stalinists were projecting each other as cryptocapitalists.
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  10865. Having "BBC" among the flashing montage of socialized aspect. Very cunning.
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  10866. Tik do not stick to tanks
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  10867. “They had purged huge swathes of culture and the arts, the universities and the education system … of everyone who was opposed to them.” Sounds a lot like the Left in modern UK.
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  10868. ​ @ImperialFascio what did you wait from him?
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  10869. An excellent video for reference purposes
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  10870. That info is not always available and would be changing day to day. I think TIK is working pretty hard just doing what he is doing.
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  10871. Greetings TIK ! Just finished this chapter, and as always you have done an outstanding job! I've been watching your videos for quite some time now, in fact, I ended up cramming for the Stalingrad series to keep up with the channel! Currently, I'm trying to muster enough will and finish your amazing Hiter's Socialism! I think I subscribed a few nights ago, so for me, it's official! XD You have been a great teacher in History, Economics, and Politics in these trying times, and for that, I am immensely grateful ! Thanks again for your great work TIK but please don't burn yourself out, and I pray you get well soon !
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  10872. Real fascists believe in not sticking to tanks!
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  10873. I've read Peikoff's book, per TIK's recommendation and it really is an excellent book, not just eye-opening and illuminating, but it's well written and an enjoyable read, important I would say to properly absorb the information, I flew through it.
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  10874. New camera or just different lighting?
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  10875. Excellent as always 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.
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  10876. First!
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  10877. TIK did you take all your Close Combat videos down? Simpler, happier times :'( !
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  10878. Interesting, indeed. :) Hobart's beliefs are the exact same ones that led to the formation of the US Air Force in 1947. Air War Theorists had proposed that air power could annihilate armies, fleets, and economies on its own since WWI. This is why the strategic bombing campaigns of WWII were given as much priority as they received. Even today, the Air Force sneers at Close-Air Support as heresy, since it serves the ground forces. :P Another cause for Britain's Armor doctrine being behind the curve was because of Ernest Swinton. Swinton had fought in the Boer War and WWI, and was a visionary theorist. He was a major figure in the development of the tank, and had the foresight to see its potential. After WWI, most armored forces were brought together, since the colonial garrisons didn't need them. Swinton was offered the chance to be commander of every tank unit in the British Army, and yet he declined. This was a huge mistake, and made no sense at the time. Had he accepted, British tank doctrine would have been equal to German doctrine, if not cutting-edge. Can't wait to see the next video! :D
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  10879. Hi TIK, I picked up D-day by Beevor the other day when I was in easons. I'm just there for a more casual, enjoyable read. i.e. not getting bogged down with dry troop movements like Glantz. Would you say that Beevor is the best man that mixes both enjoyable reading and in-depth manoeuvres and the like?
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  10881. Interesting, didn't know most of those details. Do the books analyze how the scheduling change affected the outcome? Or what the Allied plan was? I could imagine that the reverse order would have had limited casualties (as the night would make it hard to get any idea of the situation, or organize a response), and the night raid would then have met a nearly deserted city. Then again, it may be more complex. Just as in Rotterdam, a bombing might be sanctioned for legitimate reasons, but bomber command then decides to turn it into terror bombing. Harris supposedly did believe in that (though it's hard to believe a Brit after the Blitz thought terror bombings get anyone to surrender?). Those people would have plausible deniability. They wouldn't rat each other out as the public condemned it. And even if Churchill (insofar as he might care anyway) got angry, his hand would be tied insofar as he signed the order.
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  10882. I'm happy you finaly begun to cover a bit more of the annihilation process of WW2, still waiting for this video on the Shoa. I'm obliged to do a bit of promo for one of your colleague who also covered the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voF7KCOm6eY&t=13s name's Kraut and he is very good (but unfortunately far more irregular than you) I would be surprised you never watched it. Anyway good job as always.
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  10883. It took me eleven days to decide to watch this very sobering account of the bombing of Dresden. Thank you for your conclusion, identifying the correct number of dead and the intense research to make this video possible! The Germans are very meticulous in their preparation of records, a lot of which aided their prosecution at the Nuremburg trials and we are supposed to believe a guesstimate over their intricate work? I do not think so!
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  10884. Damn you for using that photo of firefighters at 19:35, I'm going straight to hell for laughing...
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  10885. Thank you for clarifying this topic. In the past, my commie connections (I'm a commie myself) claimed Dresden was a deliberate act of intimidation of the Soviet Union, having the postwar future cold war in mind. Now I know that story is total BS.
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  10886. Why are you apologising? You are doing a fantastic job...take a break...
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  10887. And forget about the haters during your break. They are not wroth your efforts. Cheers!
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  10888. Discovered your Battlestorm Stalingrad series after hearing favorable references to your work on Military History Visualized. Expected to be a bit let down. I can't ever remember being more wrong. But it's simple not possible to create such quality, research intensive and nuanced work without giving yourself mental breaks. Humans aren't wired that way. FWIW-I only saw this post after failing to find Episode 36/36 of the Stalingrad series. Glad you took a break. The quality of the post break work speaks to the wisdom of your decision.
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  10889. The thumbnail says it all, lol
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  10890. My advise for scheduling your upcoming weeks: Stick to blanks.
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  10891. How dare you be human! Unacceptable behavior! =)
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  10892. My advice is take far longer off . People have no idea how much work it takes to put stuff together for YouTube. Then you get those experts who have done nothing or made any content criticising. My tip is if you want to remain fresh why not take six months off and let people revisit the content.
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  10893. Take a break man... there is no replacement for it, other than breaking, and that's not worth it. We'll disagree in two weeks time... cheers m8.
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  10894. Take as much time as you need TIK!!
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  10895. No need for apologies, holy cow what I just watched for the past week after finding your channel was nothing short of a masterpiece! In the future, if you ever need any assistance with reading subtitles, I will gladly volunteer for that job! Can’t wait for your next series, man that was great, this is exactly the type of content I crave!
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  10896. Take as long as you need. We owe you, not the other way around!
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  10897. Take the break. You deserve it. Enjoy!
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  10898. No worries TIK. Rommel needed a break from the Desert from what I know of the North Africa Campaigns. And you've done a lot of work, and a well deserved break is deserved. Just remember my episode title idea for the next Stalingrad. 🙂 Take care, and see you soon. 👍
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  10899. No, I refuse. Your purpose in life is just to entertain me.
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  10900. Hope that's sarcasm
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  10901. Defeated by Stalingrad, I might have known!
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  10902. Good work, enjoy your break .drink on me 👍🍺
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  10903. did that email say june 2019? yea its taken a bit :D but better late than never!
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  10904. Hahahaha the subtle YouTube for dummies and ww2 for dummies in the background.
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  10905. Would definitely recommend Hell‘s Gate by Douglas Nash if you want a really good book on the subject. Probably the best and most comprehensive book on the subject.
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  10906. second
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  10907. The owl for the 23rd of November scared the shit out of me 😂
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  10908. #GoTeamCryFake!
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  10909.  @peterlawler2201  Problem is that not all historian agree. Problem is that many of policy of NSDAP was socialist. Totalitarian state is not right-wing concept, that is creation of left . All disscusions are concetrated in difference in definitions. We can argue all day and all night. Stalin also use some tatcics from right-side of political spectrum, just look on his action about patriotic and nationalist propaganda in WW2. But noone claim that Stalin was right-wing. Problem with definition of Hitler as a right-wing is like problem with Stalin's propaganda about Trotsky. We still use terms created by WW2 propaganda in total different political situation. Today some socialist and communist still argue that USSR wasn't real socialism/communism. That is also greate field of disscussion. In comaprition to Marx teachings I'm personaly sure that USSR was real marxist socialism. That is not only my conclusion, many thinkers and historians agree with me. I just propose, read Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Hitler. Make your own conclusin. Always check facts. That is my advice.
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  10910. I like your videos but i dont like the racist scum in your comments.
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  10911. A lot of anti-semites in this comment section despite the fact that the video doesn't supports their views.
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  10912. Sounds from about 8mins on your describing the culture war that's taking place right now .... there is one race being portrayed as the CAUSE of it all .... funny how history repeats ain't it ...
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  10913. is this your first time in the TIK comments?
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  10914. People should look at the videos and books by Timothy Snyder, for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjHw_uXeKU. Snyder a historian of Eastern Europe who teaches at Yale. He is fluent in five languages and understands ten. He has spent a lot of time in Ukraine.
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  10915. Why would he, he wants to prove his argument with facts backing him up
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  10916. Also recommend Thomas sowell basic economics... A great read
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  10917. Shrinking markets is a communist principle, so is it not taught because then people would realize that Nazism and communism are incredibly close? That right wing and Nazism are unlinked and that if anything its a left leaning ideology? Im just spitballin here, but i can't imagine why pinko's would not want people to know this while they are saying things like "the only way to defeat fascism is to move left" thinking
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  10918. One of your most brillant videos !! Absolument brilliant !
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  10919. Hitler may not have been mad, but any high school student could teach him a thing or two about comparative advantage and the foolishness of thinking about trade as a finite 'cake' where one party benefits only at the expense of other trading nations.
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  10920. Damn these comments lol subbed
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  10921. If there was a scarcity of food, people would pay more for food, and more food would be made. Their minds were so very poisoned.
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  10922. 528th like, still no dislike
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  10923. I’m a Baptist Christian and can find 3 verses from the bible that indicate national socialism is not compatible with the Bible Jesus was a Jew John 4:9-10 KJV Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. [10] Jesus answered and said unto her… Christians are Jews inwardly (spiritually) through faith Romans 2:29 KJV But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Race is a social construct Acts 17:26 KJV And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
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  10924. Seems someone has been listening to James Lindsey... ;-)
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  10925. If you won't be done until 2043, then so be it! Quality over quantity, always. Take all the time you need :)
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  10926. This bar on the right side is ........... just freaking CRAZY man! Admire your dedication. I can't wait for it, but you, take your time. I mean it. Better to see it next year then not at all due to you being burned out.
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  10927. Might I suggest you use your research and get something from it why not use what you have learned in post graduate study or think about actually writing books. I am impressed with what you are doing and I think you need to think what you are going to get out of this before you run out of steam..because YouTubing is a lot of work for very little return methinks best wishes
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  10928. hahhaahh, good one mate :D take your time TIK, dont burn yourself out mate, theres no rush at all, i dont care if it takes you 20 years, as long as its done right (which i know you will) it will be worth the patience. I say give yourself a week off!
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  10929. Greatest presentations in YouTube about war themes.
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  10930. I'm dairly new to the channel, so what is he talking about exactly?
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  10931. Since I only just discovered your channel and have pretty much marathoned everything on it, greatly enjoyed it, and greatly appreciated the hard work that went into producing it without having said it, I will go ahead and say it. Is it done yet?
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  10932. Great work TIK, thanks! Alot of the "dismissals" could be because they are too ideologically biased towards Socialism, to admit anything bad about it, or their leaders.
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  10933. ​ @DjDeadpig lol, you really think they wont be the same establishment shills even if they somehow carve out a win?
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  10934. I’m gonna post some of my thoughts on this for people to hopefully read through and share their own opinions. Feel free to see how well I fit into the pattern TIK described. I am willing to answer clarifying questions as well. Thank you in advance to anyone who decides to give it a go and share their thoughts. I haven’t got to the end of the video yet but it doesn’t seem like anyone made this point. I wouldn’t say I was ever a “true socialist” but I can say agree/used to agree with my of what you might call socialist ideas. But I have a very different origin into having these ideas and I am very curious to see what people have to say about it. Growing up the religious views I was taught were that: Jesus loves everyone and if you repent your sins and accept jesus then you go to heaven. So even hitler could’ve gone to heaven. I was taught that harming other people was wrong unless it was to defend myself. And I was taught that hate was dangerous and therefore I should strive to not hate. We didn’t go to church or anything and we were not religious in the traditional sense. But my mom and dad wanted me and my sister to live by Jesus’ teachings because he taught how to be a good person. I would say overall I had very little parental issues but not that I had none at all. When I reached high school though I started to feel lied to and betrayed. I started my ninth grade education during the 2008 recession. I realized that despite my parents working themselves ragged that we had very little security or actual wealth. My father could see the writing on the wall and was laid off while preparing his next career path. He started his own business and we were able to survive. I watched my parents work themselves ragged for years. We had to file suit on the bank just to keep our home. My grandparents owned their house. But the bank owned ours. The bank owned all of my friends parents houses as well. I didn’t know a single person who’s parents actually owned their home. They always either rented our had a mortgage like my family did. As a teenager I felt utterly betrayed by our great country. I was quite the patriot as a child and that just collapsed. To this day I feel like a bunch of evil corrupt men are destroying our country to put in more strip malls. My parents liked George Carlin very much and he became like a seer to me. To this day I am still dumbfounded how relevant what he said still is. Fast forward to your hitler was a socialist video. I was blown away. I realized that what I was told socialism was doesn’t exist. Now I believe that America can best be described as “socialism for wealthy people austerity for the poor” I don’t know what direction the solution to our problems lie. Maybe I never will. I don’t think socialism for everyone is the answer. But if we got rid of corporate subsides and legal bribes and corruption in the form of lobbying would that be enough? My whole life I was told we live in a meritocracy but the evidence of that to my mind is nonexistent. I would very much like to live in such a society though.
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  10935. TikHistory, you will come off so much stronger if you dont entertain these comments with emotions. We need you to be strong, in order to make your argument all the more strong for all of us.
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  10936. Having just viewed your video on "How Do You Know You Are Right" I cannot wait until you see "Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology" by Rand. It is the only presentation of a valid theory of concepts. It will make your certainty stronger.
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  10937. For the record, a lot of your points from the original video also strike home with me, and at a certain point I (a Croat) was a translator for The Venus Project and The Zeitgeist Movement (modern socialist/communist utopias), alongside my Lithuanian girlfriend at a time. Eventually we both grew out of it seeing that it can only work if everyone is onboard with the idea and follows the spirit of altruism from top to bottom, and that just ain't gonna happen.
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  10938. I think the problem Tik is with the sample size. Alot of people on Youtube are unproductive individuals. They often are chronically unemployed and just sit on the internet all day. Some have jobs but they neglect the rest of their life responsibilities. I've witnessed both of these. Don't take them too seriously.
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  10939. If anyone else is having trouble finding the Leonard Peikoff "The Cause of Hitler’s Germany" here is it's ISBN if you search that you will be able to find it. is available in paperback and electronic formats. Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Plume (November 25, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0142181471 ISBN-13: 978-0142181478 There is a website linking for American websites.
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  10940. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  Carrot or Stick, I suppose it depends on who you ask. I've added Six Pillars of Self-Esteem to my reading list, goodness knows I could use a mood boost, as I didn't get the same surge you appeared to after Atlas Shrugged, long read, good points, but it does have some logical flaws. Nothing's perfect.
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  10941. Christianity is not about self-sacrifice? Did anyone tell Jesus this??
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  10942. Oh man what a great topic…this could be argued either way…well if we’re talking about Germany …Italy and Japan were in the Stone Age by comparison, not to mention at what point in the war are we talking about
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  10943. The Soviets had gulags. Good to see Tik still remembers what is important.
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  10944. That’s it, I can’t stand the suspense anymore, I’m going to look up how the battle of Stalingrad ends.
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  10945. Love the videos! Do you mind if I ask what camera you use to record these videos?
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  10946. The Soviets had... Gulags. I died! xD
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  10947. Arguably, the first assault rifle is the "Fedorov Avtomat": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedorov_Avtomat
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  10948. Also there are things like nylon, penicillin, DDT, and diesel locomotives, etc.
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  10949. Tik sticking to tanks!
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  10950. Oh boy, prepare for "BIAS!" spam no matter what you say.
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  10951. Before I even watch, I'm gonna say the long-range bombers were likely the real winners of the war.
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  10952. A great subject for a video. Both sides had some pretty flawed technology but whereas the allies were gradually able to address this I dont think the germans were at least not to the same degree. Shortages of oil and a host of other strategic materials make the question a liitle skewed the longer the war goes on.
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  10953. Alies and No. Should add, I’ve never understood the fear of saying the Germans was an affective army, hell. Germany declared war on the world!! And it still took the world some time to beat em ;). Let’s look at it this way. If you took the exact number of tanks and soldiers and so on and had the battle one vs one. Germany vs Russia, Germany vs US etc who would your money be on? Even if the Germans wear effective, their still wankers and bad.
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  10954. 3rd this time :((
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  10955. The Nazi's stole the jet engine blueprints from Sir Frank Whittle, so effectively, the ME 262 was using Rolls Royce jet engines. The Meteor and 262 were in effect; using the same engine!
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  10956. Didn’t do retail , but was a self employed electrician and we had , what we called “ screamers “ idiots that phone back and sat “a cat triggered my motion detector” 🤦‍♂️ “ what’s my ‘secret alarm pass number ? “ as an alarm wakes the entire street then tell me I’m an arse for causing the annoyance 🤷‍♂️ . So I sympathise totally
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  10957. I cant belive just a couple years ago your channel was just short of 1000 subscribers and it was based primarily on the Close combat series. I am very glad to see it grow like it already has, I did tell you it would happen! Yoyoman out o7
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  10958. What would happen if the Sahara dessert introduced socialism? Nothing for the first couple of months, but then there would be shortage of sand...
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  10959. You know one of the things I want to do is commit all of the things that these people, these socialists said and wrote to memory and then slightly alter some of the terms and some of the names and use them as quotes in chat rooms with socialists or self-proclaimed socialists and then when they start buying into it and believing the hype and all that other stuff I reveal the truth that all of these things were said by Adolf Hitler and his party. I think that even then it probably wouldn't even faze them. They would probably just deny it and close off their mind to it
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  10960. And thanks for all the great book recommendations!
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  10961. The more I learn about the Nazi economy, the more stupefied I am at the sheer luck they had in not having their country implode before the war even started.
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  10962. Mind blown, this is more conclusive of Nazi germany being clear socialist
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  10963. weird comment, but I quite like the use of images for your references
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  10964. Really a great program thank you very much. Well done well done
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  10965. Hey TIK! Just doing what I can to make the percentage of Nazi comments and mad critics and whatnot lower, enjoy the comments I guess, byyyyyyeeeeee-
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  10966. Let’s go all the way to El Alamein mainly because I’m writing a paper for the military in the battle!
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  10967. There are so many fascinating campaigns in WW2. North Africa is quite a story, the back & forth. Both sides came very close to defeat before the Allies eventually won.
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  10968. Yep, this is a good time for a Stalingrad tactical pause. Shorter Battlestorm videos are fine. Other videos are fine. A week vacation is fine. Your channel is a journey down a long road of history and not a sprint. Avoid burnout. I would enjoy an informal video of a historic location with you just reading the signs on location. If that would be low stress for you. Stay healthy.
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  10969. TIK please take more time off you deserve a break mate. Have a few beers and watch England thrash Germany Tuesday night (well in our dreams at least!).
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  10970.  @TheImperatorKnight  My personal belief is that ENT is a very underrated " Trek " !
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  10971.  @fredrikcarlstedt393  The intro song was the worst part of it though xD
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  10972. really not shocked you use to be anarchist since you still oppose the state.
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  10973. I am and was raised as a capitalist, but I am not blind to others in need. I believe that it is in, not just mine, but everyone's interest lo look out for each other. I joined the RMC in 1981 and was retired in 2018, and when you're a member of the Military you tend to have a lot of time on your hands, so I studied History and received two degree's from Oxford in the subject. You're doing a good job lad. Before Christmas there was a power blackout, luckily only for about 6 hours. Now my wife and I own our house and have solar panels with 48 hour backup battery power for night time. Across from us is an elderly lady who lives in a Council bungalow, who we kind of adopted, especially during this pandemic. Our youngest son ran two extension cables over to her house (it was nice to finally say "see" to my wife to why I bought such long cables), a electric oil radiator, a lamp and a couple of surge breakers. I would hope that somebody would do the same if it was one of our parents in the same situation. So I suppose you could say I'm a capitalist pig dreamer.
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  10974. Like Tik I was a far-leftist and he really does hit the nail on the head when talking about their worldview
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  10975.  @superduperotter3232  Taxes are not free market, rather they are socialist theoretical solutions to solve the many "flaws" of capitalism according to them.
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  10976. Hi TIK, this was an excellent video, and I can attest to what you said: as I too have made ( or rather still am making) this same journey. I really do understand your difficultly, I myself have been thrown into terminal depression, so I really hope you keep strong... as this is just too important. BTW, finding your channel really helped me when I was so low.
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  10977. Just wanted to say, I am a leftist but I still watch your videos and i listen to you, you actually got me conflicted about my believes, but I am not convinced of the right yet.
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  10978. Hello Sir. Don't let it eat you up. Human animal is a weirdo. Growing up in a socialist workers paradise to counter 8 hrs at school our father would read us Lord Byron, George Orwell, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn. You're doing good work!
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  10979. I know you’re right about leftists instantly dismissing evidence contrary to their belief system because whenever I’ve shared your video about Hitler’s socialism, I’ve had a snarky response to it within five minutes, not the six hours I was hoping for!
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  10980. As a US buisness owner gotta disagree on a lot of things here, while you also do bring plenty of valid point Fucking love ya though!
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  10981. 42:01 Haha, isn't that something someone would say who's trying to trick me ;)
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  10982.  @TheImperatorKnight  Depends, I had a coworker who was pretty far on the left. One conversation I had with him was about how an apartment owner was going to bump up rent prices after doing some renovations. He was claiming the owner should do the renovations without increasing rent. I asked him how the owner would pay back the bank after taking a loan to do the renovations. He didn't have an answer to that and made a joke to deflect. It ended there but it was obvious he realized he was talking nonsense. Still way on the left the last time I saw him, but in that instance he realized he was wrong. And I never argued, just asked a simple question. This was a pretty smart kid, we are both software devs. He just never really thought about the implications of his ideas. Same guy, different instance was during the first Trump impeachment. He was sitting at work eating popcorn watching it live. He was super excited over the idea of Trump being impeached for being a russian agent (his opinion). I asked which is worse, Trump being found innocent or the President of the USA elected in a free and open election being a foreign agent. Had a similar response to the first case. He didn't stop eating his popcorn and watching though. Clearly didn't want to think about that question. In that case I don't think it made an impact.
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  10983. The only success I've ever had talking to socialists is to ask questions that force them to actually think about their own positions to answer. You can't argue with a leftest, but you can get them to question themselves. These can't be rhetorical questions, they need to be real that actually force some thought.
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  10984. You could just continue making your videos and stop interacting with people. You clearly have a solid fan base, including me, so just stop reading these comments lol.
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  10985. You don't have to be stupid to be wrong.
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  10986. Even as a former leftist I get the compulsion to call the left all greedy, evil, egomaniacs who are just doing what they are doing because they want to feel like saviors of the world or justify their own shitty behavior. Yet I know that's not it, I was there, I was one of them, yet when you argue with these people and see how hard it is to get them to understand, and have to deal with all the insults, and watch helplessly as their actions negatively effect everyone around them. It makes you bitter and angry and leaves you wanting to lash out... to call them names, and "own" them in a debate, you want that slam dunk moment, and it's never going to come. I wish I was a more patient and understanding person, but I fear I am too high strung to sway others away from the left.
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  10987. Personally I think all extremists both far right and far left are either dumb or evil.
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  10988. The Hazlitt audio book lasts SEVEN hours !!! Here goes..........
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  10989. Tik you are absolutely smashing it I didn’t pay much attention to politics before listening to your programs I thought socialism seemed a nice dream and that capitalism would try to rob me in the long run, you got through to me, the economics are fundamental and incredibly interesting. Don’t stick to tanks and please don’t give up the fight!! January is over and the rest of the year is easy. Keep your chin up there are plenty of people fighting in your corner even if we are not as vocal as the socialists
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  10990. God also deliberately made man and women imperfect and them cast them out of paradise when they acted imperfectly ;-) Get your head around that one?! Interesting that you bring up religion in this context. It seems that most ( if not all) socialist/Marxist/Communist states attack religious institutions, Now I think I know why Thanks to you. We must have one true faith, after all, all other faith and belief is heresy! I would class myself as a leftist, I'd be happy to take the challenge and listen to the book. It's the least I can do in return for all the hard work you put into your Eastern front series. Chin up mate. I think you are making more of a difference than you realise.
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  10991. TIK. Watch this last night it played on my mind... You don't need to beat yourself up. Your journey has brought you to this place and you shine a bright light on it. Others need to take their own journey. You should enjoy that you've arrived and the people and ideas resulting from the journey. For all the people you perceive need to take that step, there are and will be, many that take their's.. so.. Vietnam series?
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  10992. If the socialists are left and the nazis are socialists aren't the nazis left? I always wanted to ask that
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  10993. You're troubled by wondering what's the point of you making these videos and you're feeling burnt out. I think the problem may lie in what you say you're trying to achieve. You spoke more than once in the video about 'getting through to these people', and that right there might be your mistake. Rather than believing that your videos ought to be about directly converting people who may be stuck deep in an ideology, think about them more towards the aim of simply putting the truth as you see it out there in the world, which you also alluded to doing. But not to one group of people, but to everybody. There are a lot of people out there who don't think about these types of things much at all. You'd be illuminating them. There are people not on the left who sometimes don't make the best arguments, you'd be informing them and helping them to think better. Then as an added bonus you may help a minority of people on the left who are in the position you were back in 2018, you'd be helping them too. So seriously give a second thought about what value you are bringing and think less about trying to change the entire worldview of a specific group of people, which is probably in itself too much of a mountain to realistically climb. Just putting the truth out there as you believe it to be for everybody in a good faith approach is probably a worthy goal in itself. That would be what a good historian would do, rather than them setting a goal where they feel they ought to commit to changing the mind of a very narrow set of people.
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  10994. So tik this is a class video as a left wing myself I disagree with some of it but that’s just what’s going to happen but am wondering what is your opinion on the current Tory party and the shit they have been doing ?
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  10995. He didn't say conservatives are fascist/nazis. He was expressing the Leftist point of view of the Right and Conservatives. I mean I literally recently not even 40 minutes ago just got bombarded by someone on one of TIK's videos posted repeatedly copy/pasted quotes from Richard Evans, and Kellner trying to prove the Christian Church was in league with the Nazis, in spite of the fact you can literally go to the Holo** Museum's website, and it literally tells you why, and how much the Church resisted and eventually resorted to collaborating and keeping their heads down because doing otherwise was well dangerous, and the Church decided to protect it's people, ie members of the clergy vs resisting. Which means the Church didn't willingly side with the NS, unwillingly collaborated. Despite being an atheist I'm willing trying to defend the Church's actions and why being conservative didn't have anything to do with it. Yet trying to convince people of such things, when they're already imbedded deep in their minds that the NS Persecuted just about everyone regardless whether left/right conservative or liberal is hard for some to grasp because they've been conditioned one way or the other. He even posted a list of Political Parties he called Right Wing, even though one of them wasn't, that supported Hitler's Enabling Act. I literally had to show him how every single one of those parties was forcefully dissolved within months after the Enabling Act. Literally being bullied/harassed/pressured into closing their doors by the NS who promised they'd be a Collations. Of course he dismissed it and spammed more copy/paste comments. One of the parties leadership even became parts of the anti Nazi resistance, but of course..... that doesn't matter to someone that nuts.
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  10996. OK, about fruit of knowledge. The reason why eating the fruit of knowledge is a bad thing is because it makes humans capable of good and evil. It basically DOOMS SOULS TO HELL. Without ability to differentiate good and evil, there is no responsibility to do so - and so everybody goes to heaven (and humans are also animals, but yeah). But once you can differentiate good and evil, you have the responsibility to do so: and if you choose evil, you are dooming yourself to eternal damnation.
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  10997.  @TheImperatorKnight  I agree with you there definitely and I see that now that I've watched lots of your content. However from personal experience and talking with co-workers in my industry in general, people don't understand the difference. Its a lot like your Hitler Socialism video where people have a very surface level view and see Hitler working with big business to a degree and go "Oh Hitler is a Capitalist" when you can and have proven he was not. People on see the corporation making money for a few and assume it's capitalist. This impacts your economics videos because to a degree you massively over estimate your audiences knowledge on the subject. You make comments that seem paradoxical to the unanishiated but are completely correct once you've gone through and fully comprehended the sources. Sorry to keep bringing personal experience into this but you speak like your a professional and it's a subject your professional in and assume a base line knowledge that a lot of your audience doesn't have. For example with your videos on MEFO bills it was like you were talking past me until I read "The Vampire Economy" (Thanks for the recommendation it is a good read). Once I had a degree of understanding it was a much better video and I understood a lot more of it. The issue is the targets for this, the socialists haven't and won't read the original sources which leads you to be shooting for 2 different goals, talking past each other. it's very easy to be mad at someone who is criticising your ideology and confusing you. The Best video you've done is "Fascism Defined" because it takes a core consept that you refer back to a lot, and defines it clearly from the beginning. I Don't mean it be rude with this criticism but I want see you improve more then you have already.
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  10998.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'd recommend my videos on "Hitler's Fallacies", "What if Appeasement Had Continued?", "What if Stalin Made a Separate Peace with Hitler?", "What if Britain and France Declared War on Germany?" and "What if Churchill Won In 1945?" These are WWII related and cover similar themes to what you discuss here, as well as plenty of others too. As aforementioned, they are History focused with the Alternative History as a mere footnote at the end, with disclaimers warning that this would never have happened.
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  10999. TIK reinforces the fact that my Patreon dollars are well spent. Great job.
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  11000. How to you deploy tanks to a combat zone with no ammunition??? Mind boggling, Great video!!! SUBSCRIBED, keep up the GREAT WORK!!
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  11001. the massive work behind this video let alone the production is one of the greatest piece of history put in front of our screen....FOR FREE this is god's work!THANK YOU
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  11002. Finally, finished up this video. I appreciate the in-depth analysis of this battle showing that the results were due more to British missteps than the brilliance of Rommel.
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  11003. Worth the wait, I will enjoy everybites thanks for the content you made my week!
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  11004. TIK, congratulations on BATTLESTORM GAZALLA! Incredible details, well done maps. Very well scripts. Thank you very much!
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  11005. YES! YES! And YES! That is what I've been waiting for! THANK you TIK you're The Man.
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  11006. It's been up a little over a day and I've watched it three times. This is definitely rewatchable content because sometimes I miss the little jokes, and I'm still getting more out of it. Great work!
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  11007. Fantastic again, thankyou TIK! Thoroughly enjoyable and educational!!
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  11008. Omg, what a piece of art ♥️
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  11009. Yesssss, been waiting on this 😊😊
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  11010. Thank you for all the hard work ❤
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  11011. What an incredible video. Must have taken months to research and prepare. Thank you
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  11012.  @TheImperatorKnight  hahaha, good enough reason for me. I think post war the term honey may have been adopted. more due to actions in North west Europe where the defrocked M3s were referred to as Honeys, more so by Cdn Army, of which British armour was heavily involved with in the Battle of the Rhineland. Either way all reference I have read talk about the M3 with the turret removed, as being the Honey... with how history is often told my veterans where you have to question their memories, we shall likely never know the truth. PS BTW, good video, I am glad you are back to North Africa.
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  11013. thank you for mentioning Bir Hakeim ( from a french subscriber)
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  11014. Outstanding, hearty thanks to all involved.
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  11015. A return to TIK Classic! Great stuff. But imagine how much more work it takes to make one of these verses the political discussions. Hope you don't burn yourself out again, Lewis.
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  11016. Well done. Worth waiting for. I really enjoyed watching this one. I liked the new graphics, how your telling the story and explains the battle. 5/5.
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  11017. Watched it twice now, loved it
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  11018. Working with this associate sounds like an excellent investment, I'm excited to see what comes in the future of the channel! Take the time you need, mate, it's worth the wait for all of us.
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  11019. Your videaos have always been worth the wait! My condolences to your loss, but also think of the legacy that person leaves. Its a challenging period now scalling your business and great you take the time to invest in quality, train someone up instead of pushing for short term gain! Looking forward to the next vid, whenever you are ready to publish it.
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  11020. Just wanted to say, thank you for the great content and good laughs. Your videos have changed my whole perspective on history and things are very clear to me now. I’m sorry for your loss. I understand how that feels, losing a family member. Just know that we’re here for you :)
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  11021. Back as a patreon to support this awesome guy who makes awesome content. Keep it up TIK!
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  11022. Very sorry for your loss. But glad to hear that you're hiring someone so you can focus on the history, can't wait to see the results!
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  11023. Condolences above all. Keep your great work up, please! I remember you mentioned you hired a girl for the Stalingrad map, is she your new hire?
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  11024. Coming back strong with a light bit of economic theory on boom/bust cycles i see. Take good care in training the editor, great decision to do some smaller videos to teach her the ropes. And, welcome back
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  11025. Sorry for your loss, I also suffered a loss in June and it’s not easy at first but you do get through. May I ask what software you use for animation and editing? Take care of yourself first.
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  11026. TIK people are complaining about your videos being too long?!?!? I can't get enough and want more when the are over. By far my favorite WWII channel, wish you could devote all your time to it :)
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  11027. Excellent work once again. I think you will find that the Panzerjager battalions were equipped with the Panzerjager I (Czech 47mm ATG on Panzer Mk. I hull).
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  11028. Nice video TIK. The out of focus part was only a slight nuisance, nothing to worry about. Good choice to keep yourself visible, as I find it a lot more compelling to watch with facial expressions and hand gestures, rather than just map/symbols with a talking voice.
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  11029. I like your honesty, thanks !!
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  11030. You're not wrong, TIK. I think there is a perception that history is boring because it is irrelevant: it's the past, it's gone... who cares, right.. ? I believe that we as a culture - and politicians in particular - are arrogant enough to think that they are "special" and "unique" enough such that "this time is different". In other words, "unprecedented"... Yet history is full of the same mistakes being made AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN by business leaders and politicians who are so full of their own ego and hubris that they have no concept of the extent of their own ignorance and stupidity. (*cough* George W ). Because each time they thought "this time it's different" Personally, I'm particularly interested in political and economic history... although at the end of the day it's all history, and military history is of course no more or less important than any other area of history. I was moved by your piece about bread and the German 6th Army: it was a brilliant demonstration of how this hubris and ego ended up directly affecting the lives of everyday folk. It's the everyday folk who ALWAYS pay the price of this ego, hubris, and general psycopathy of leaders. From Domitian to George W: it's the regular guys who die by the hundreds of thousand as a direct result of this psycopathy. So people need to understand that history is ABOUT THEM; not just maps and kings and big battles and stuff. Also, I think that history is taught in a very myopic, one-dimensional way at schools. For instance, I remember having several lessons devoted solely to the minutiae of the English Armada of 1588 (and how us brave plucky English valiantly repelled the Spanish ships blablabla ) yet NOTHING about the at-least-as-unsuccessful English Armada against the Spanish in 1589 (Google it - it was a complete catastrophe...) For instance I was taught precisely nothing about the apocalyptic An-Lushan Rebellion* (estimated death toll up to 1/6th of the global population) or Genghis Khan's murderous antics (killed a mere 5 - 10% of global population) This is before we even begin to get on subjects such as the history of slavery, or the history of fiat currencies, or the history of uncontrolled government spending, or... So, yeah, people need to realise that history is about them. It explains who we are. It explains why we are in the situation we are in. More importantly, It warns us about bad political leaders and unwise political decisions. And finally: don't confuse History with INDOCTRINATION. There's a lot of that about these days. Learn up on history - genuine history - and you'll be able to spot the indoctrination a mile off. On everything from Feminism to Global Warming to invading Iraq. History is the best Bullshit-Detection-System there is. Keep up the good work, TIK. (*Chinese history... MIND BLOWING )
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  11031. TIK I've subscribed literarly a couple of days ago and find your channel very positive. Obviously, it's a good idea to learn Russian, because here in Yoztube there's a lot of material and lectures on the WW2 hidtory! BTW, did you watch the Soviet Storm documentary series?
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  11032. I got into military history (as silly as it is ) was call of duty 3 and call of duty world at war. I also grew up by watching documentaries about ww2. But call of duty brought me into military history as I wanted to learn more I’m still interested in history because i find it very interesting and I also ask the question “why did so many people have to die”and “what for “ (Btw I enjoy your videos and keep up the good work)
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  11033. TIK, thank you so much for emphasizing the importance of economics and politics on military operations! I'm so sick of this idea that military historians should stick to studying military operations. Someone claiming to be an expert military strategist with no understanding of economics or politics is like someone claiming to be an expert on the heart with no understanding of the circulatory system.
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  11034. I love all your economics video and its why i support you. However to me this was the best one.
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  11035. I was brought up as a Lutheran and don't recall anything altruistic. Rather, libertarian ideals. I'm a full blown purist libertarian now. I hate, really hate anything socialist. In saying that I believe in being thoughtful and mindful of others as what happens to others will affect you at some point. A capitalist society works well because of free market and private agreements between individuals. Judging the socialist ideals of today and the actions of these people I would say that what's explained in the video is very true
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  11036. This is the most frustrating thing I see -- and, please, tell me if you see it yourself. I have found, consistently, that people who are guilty of "sin" are very likely to project that sin onto others. Case in point: My aunt had an affair. My father (her brother) then told her, straight up, that what she did was commit adultery, and that's technically correct. She accused him of saying horrible things that she would never say about her own family members. It's like her own hypocrisy was literally staring her in the face and she somehow had the psychological capacity to block it all out. I see the same things in these socialists: Marx was a fat, lazy ass, yet he had all the answers to the very real problems laborers in that era faced. Trotsky mooched off his industrious, bourgeoisie family in order to indulge his idle fantasy about annihilating all bourgeoisie. And Hitler....Hitler saw the Jews and Bolsheviks as such an existential threat to the German nation that he intentionally slaughtered the German nation and allowed the USSR to just walk right into Berlin. Dictators and hypocrisy. It's a strange combination.
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  11037. ​ @aleksazunjic9672 debt.
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  11038. Just found a moron on twitter with a thumbnail of this video saying "Can someone steel their heart and watch whatever BS this is, and then share wtf they're on"... LOL This video was 100% on the target. They cant even be bothered to watch a video. Can somebody please watch it for them and tell them what to think hahahaha.
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  11039. I do believe he was making a joke about the atom being "unsplittable", i.e. nukes.
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  11040. ...and Das Kapital was a tough read because he avoided definitions, leading to paragraph after paragraph of arguments full of floating abstractions. It takes a guarded and disciplined mind to read the Manifesto and Das Kapital. There is no reward for reading his works, unless you want a good example of a human being who is explicitly anti-reason, anti-human, and anti-life. Do not read Marx unless you've trained yourself to recognize the informal fallacies.
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  11041. I studied Karl Marx (not his work, but his life) some years ago before trying to read his works. I totally agree that he was a lazy thinker and a social parasite.
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  11042. I've honestly never even thought about it. But, to be honest, pretty much every hardcore socialist I've ever met seemed to hate their parents, but would never turn down their financial support. Knew someone years ago who went down the rabbit hole. I found out she had a second social media presence for her "True self". It was the usual garbage, but now that I think about it, she spent a LOT of time talking about how her father was a terrible man and "Forced her into slave labor". I.e., He made her get a job when she got out of high school. On her "normal" social media, she was constantly talking about how great he was and once bragged he bought her a new car. That she almost immediately gave to another socialist friend who wrecked it. Needless to say, we didn't remain friends much longer. Especially when she found out I attended a 2nd Amendment rally and had pictures posted of the antifa losers chilling a block away instead of forcing the revolution like they had promised. That was funny.
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  11043. Just got done watching a few of your videos on Hitler's rise to power, namely "The REAL reason why Hitler had to start WW2" and when I finished and checked your page here is this video. Perfect timing!
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  11044. The US Government never stopped FDRs depression era New Deal, infact it has expanded crazily for over 80 years with or without a downturn in the economy.
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  11045. Communist cough... nice
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  11046. TIK - it's videos like this one that prove that my meazly $10 a month is WAY WORTH IT! Even if you are completely wrong here - and I don't believe you are - but even if you are off here, you have opened my eyes and made me think. Where were you in my high school history classes? Oh, yeah, I was a stupid teenager and I wouldn't have listened anyway. Keep up these fantastic videos! TIK, any time you visit the USA, I have 5 beers waiting for you! Thanks for the detailed job! P.S. I love your accent. Yeah, yeah, I know...what accent! LOL!
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  11047. I for one an glad you do not stick just with tanks. People need to listen to what is being said here. Open your eyes and see what economic hell is coming and the war that will follow. If you want too see what happens when society breaks down, look at what happened when Yugoslavian broke up.
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  11048. TIK stick to economics. 🙂
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  11049. Hah, went thru it. Good grief, what a marathon.
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  11050. When a YouTube Channel is better than TV's History channel with high budget ( BBC, National Geographic... ) :
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  11051. A cure for coronavirus stay at home blues?
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  11052. The more I know about war, less sense it makes, basically thousands of men died everyday because a bunch of bad decisions of some random jealous old man. By the way, I wish I could find the songs used in these videos.
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  11053. Just found this -- fun!
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  11054. Well I just watched a 9 hour YouTube video. Comment for algorithm.
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  11055. This have been my bedtime story many times. Its nice to wake up with it still goin 🤩👌
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  11056. 9 hours??? XD
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  11057. Oh yes i binge watched the whole thang. Woop woop
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  11058. Marathon watched it! :D
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  11059. You do a fantastic job. Keep up the great work. Thank you very much 🙋‍♂️🤜🤛🐈🐅🙂✌
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  11060. Yes, I watched Mannerheim-video, it was good! Subscribed as well. Keep up the good work!
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  11061. When you talk starvation of the Ukraine, everyone's mind goes to Stalin and holodomor, not to Germany. Being that Stalin did this to his own people and in peace time in why sticks out above what Germany did in war time.
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  11062. Shame how you can't talk about the Eastern Front without a bunch of stupid communists and fascists showing up and calling everything they disagree with propaganda.
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  11063. I'm not sure you've covered the battle of stalingrad in enough depth. A REAL academic would have also examined the conflict from an amazonian indigenous lgbtq+ person's point of view who was trying to reduce the carbon emissions of a t34. Thier sacrifices for the international proletariat should not be ignored! 😂😎 (actually great job 😊)
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  11064. The first video of yours I ever watched was Operation Compass, and wow, look back at yourself, you were so excited and full of energy and passion for what you were doing. Looking at your recently, you look like a haggard mess haha - love ya. I'm pretty sure that you promised us the full North Africa campaign, which I was so excited about, then Stalingrad came along and it just got ditched. I was so disappointed. Eventually, after waiting a very long time, I decided to watch Stalingrad, and hey, it's great, but it isn't what I came here for and got hooked on. One suggestion. If you are picking up from where you left off (or if there is a gap, works both ways) on the North Africa campaign, maybe a brief summary, perhaps 10 minutes of "this is what has happened up until now" (use your old footage), and then launch into it. For those who have seen the previous videos, it's a fantastic refresher without watching the whole lot again, and for those who are new to the channel/topic, it puts the battle in a context. I'm super excited to see more North Africa content :)
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  11065.  @TheImperatorKnight For the question “what is the driving force / primary cause in history”, Peikoff addresses this in the following video which is an addendum to his book The Ominous Parallels. I know you’ve read The Cause of Hitler’s Germany; I believe that book is a subsection of The Ominous Parallels, published on its own years later. The DIM hypothesis is also related, though I don’t know if it addresses this question directly. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PfMNCCT1uOI&t=2208s&pp=ygUncGVpa29mZiBwaGlsb3NvcGhpY2FsIHRoZW9yeSBvZiBoaXN0b3J5 For the question “what is history and what is its proper methodology”, there may be bits and pieces by Rand or Peikoff, but I do not think there is any comprehensive work addressing that.
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  11066. Why not do a weekly Check-In video, if there is no other content ready to be published? Doesn't have to be long, five to ten minutes (or less, if there is little to say), since I would miss you very much if you disappeared completely for five months 😢 You have changed my life, TIK.
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  11067. "Thanks to Objectivism, I just got over my burnout last week" Now, that's a TIK line if I ever heard one
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  11068. Battlestorm in WW1.
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  11069. I may have a little interest in the British North African campaign, but I know that this channel could make me VERY interested. So I’m looking forward to it.
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  11070. Only TIK would describ a 40 minute video as a 'penny packet'!
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  11071. I recently viewed your video on karl marx (lower case for lowlife). Specifically, it described what I will describe as the irony of marx born a Jew yet, the source of his ramblings stemmed from his extreme case of anti-Semitism. Only the brightest can absorb that much information in that short video, I would certainly look forward to more on that subject, indeed, I will return to it for more reviews..
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  11072. I really feel a couple of hundred years later people will genuinely be incredibly grateful for all these videos!
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  11073.  @TheImperatorKnight  It’s great, and he has a whole series of lectures on the book as well.
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  11074. @TIKhistory, the best Objectivist book that attempts a theory of history is the DIM Hypothesis by Leonard Peikoff. It's an excellent book.
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  11075. I like the idea of one video in one go. Instead of many smaller videos.
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  11076. TIK i think the 1 big video is Awesome. I still go back and watch the 9hr crusader video regularly! I believe that was your best Battle Storm series.
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  11077. I discovered your channel just this year, and god i wanna watch the whole stalingrad series, but i just can't find the time for it. For most of your videos you can just listen to it, but it's kinda not an option with battlestorm videos :( i swear i will watch the whole series but i don't know when
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  11078. Can't wait for a long gazala video 👌hate the short video format! I've not enjoyed stalingrad so not been watching for ages!
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  11079. "thanks to objectivism" does it mean You've read some of Ayn Rand's books??? 😁 I remember that "Capitalism the unknown ideal" was o Your list. As a great individual You should be proud of your work. Good job
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  11080. I am so fired up for this Gazala video!!
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  11081. Just finished watching Crusader and it was outstanding. Looking forward to your Gazala series. Thanks!!
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  11082.  @TheImperatorKnight  Your battlestorms are amazing, but some how i like more the simpel economy/politics videos thanks for the great content.
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  11083.  @TheImperatorKnight Thank you for the really detailed and enlightening reply! I believe, in a sense, that it speaks to what I am going through currently. Being a history major in his senior year of college, I have been long exposed to the "subjective interpretation" of history, and because of this interpretation, my mind has been haunted by a deep uncertainty. This is because, in essence, I have been taught to doubt everything, as nothing is "objective". Our understanding of the past is rooted in subjectivity and that true historical objectivity is impossible as every historian is biased and every history is an argument for said bias. (This is a bit hilarious as my professor, in spite of this strand of self-awareness, chooses to try and hammer into us Marxist-socialist historiography, implicitly implying it to be true). As a result of this, rather than being confident in what I research and write, or even satisfied with the finished product, I am filled with deep anxiety and loathing against it. I believe that this comes down to said interpretation, and how it tries to tell me that there is no concrete truths in the historical craft. This depresses me greatly, and has served to disillusion me, because I did not want to pursue history so as to write half-truths or biased lies. In addition to this, due to the "subjective interpretation" haunting me, I have become increasingly paranoid over any source that I read and/or research from. If history is subjective, and since every historian is attempting to craft their narrative out of preconceived biases, then how can I trust anything? How do I know I am not being misled, and being driven into an echo chamber? Am I to give up trying to understand and know history, or even try and understand what is true and what isn't, or what is good and what isn't? This, in a sense, is why I have been afraid to read Leonard Piekoff's work. I am terrified that, since he writes with a certain bias (for Objectivism), I would leave with some sort of warped representation of history, philosophy, and reality. But, then again, if everything is subjective, even opening any other work of history would lead me down the same path (potentially). This is my current conundrum. I hope this response wasn't too rambling :)
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  11084.  @TheImperatorKnight  Sure! I'd love to contribute to the discussion! Thank you for being so open and understanding! I'll try my best to rewrite what I said! :)
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  11085.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm really sorry. I thought I was being a little too personal in my reply and felt uncomfortable afterwards. It was irrational for me to do so, and I apologize.
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  11086. Hey TIK, are you a subscriber of objectivism? If so, have you thought of making a video on it? Did Leonard Piekoff's book work towards your perspective on objectivism? All the best!
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  11087. TIK's Table Talks :P I'll be upfront and say I've been one of those people who wait for one or multiple big condensed videos on the Battlestorms. I knew Stalingrad was going to be a monster, though, so if it can't be done then it can't be done.
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  11088. Objectivism doesn't have a theory of history but the objectivist author Peikoff (the same) has a very abstract, big picture theory about how trends in the way people approach epistemology affect their culture. The title of the book is "The DIM Hypothesis" where DIM is actually an acronym for Disintegration, Integration and Misintegration. Integration here refers to putting observations together into new concepts or elaborate theoretical systems.
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  11089. The real culprit here is von weichs. I find it odd that the Army group B commander could not persuade OKH to move a panzer division to Heim. As in most military failures lack of imagination doomed the Germans.
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  11090. 18:56 BobRosskii
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  11091. Sneaky 21:06. BobRosskii
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  11092. Well… your question is not phrased properly. If someone terminates himself, he has chosen to do so. And this choice is based upon his value and belief system — as you point out. I guess your question is, should a person’s belief system be structured to promote self-exiting. And I would say no. The proof is history. Not morally or anything like that. NAZI Germany, Communist Russia, Cummunist China, and 1930-1945 Japan all have a more structured, less free belief system compared to the U.S. and post-war Germany and Japan. The British and much of Europe are stuck in the belief that Socialism is not the same as Fascism or Communism but, as we can see from their output, they are kidding themselves. The more government control, the less free the mind, the less the innovation and production. A slave is never going to be an Edison, Bell, Musk, or Ford. Indeed, look at Sowell’s economic analysis of the slave south verses the free north from 1776 to 1865. The south was way behind in everything economically. Slavery is inefficient and expensive. An externally controlled mind is slavery without the chains. The objective for a society, aside from self preservation, is to maximize contentment. Free minds do this much better than central authorities. This is beyond having been proven within the past century.
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  11093.  @soupycask  That's why I was curious as to what TIK thought. But I like that there's a channel with contrasting opinions. I know TIK doesn't like Churchill either
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  11094. Wow having your high command debate on having their commanders commit suicide does not inspire confidence
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  11095. Last time I was this early the Germans actually had to pay money for oil. It wasnt traded in negative prices.
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  11096. Thanks for that thumbnail, TIK, I had a pretty bad day and the laugh did me good.
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  11097.  @TheImperatorKnight  That’s good! I’m afraid I haven’t, but I plan too. Finally got some projects done at work so I’m not as stressed out.
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  11098. Blithely, ironical comments seem to get the most attention - like ' Tanks for the Maus, what do you think at a 'Glantz'? Oh haha. Thankfully TIK does answer serious questions (though only from patreons). We've all heard the term 'Megalomania' associated with Hitler a thousand times, but what is the definition, and does it really apply? Is one born with a pre-disposition, or can it be caused by circumstance or a combination of both? Definition of megalomania 1: a mania for great or grandiose performance an outburst of wildly extravagant commercial megalomania — The Times Literary Supplement (London) 2: a delusional mental illness that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur
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  11099. I laughed at the title. STicK tO TAnKs!!
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  11100. Tanks for the excellent video !
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  11101. Duuude I expected a stupid video with loads of click bait and mad nazj scientist but this was actually interesting. Thumbs up. BTW wot maus my fav tank :)
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  11102. 47% of all Tigers were destroyed by their own crews. Only 45% by the enemy. Sledgehammers: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II (English Edition)" by Christopher W. Wilbeck The Book doesn't explain the missing 7%
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  11103. Huh, TIK finally sticking to tanks :) huehuehue PS - loved it. Cheers!
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  11104. /s Real conclusion: Porsche was a British agent! His goal was to waste Reich resources at a critical point in the war!
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  11105. I like the thumbnail. It's very funny
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  11106. Dear TIK, I found a rare (for you) contradiction in this video. You're claiming some of these tanks weren't a waste of resources, but you often claim that every centrally-planned project is inherently a waste of resources. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the first words you said as an infant were "The State is wasteful". Now which one is it?
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  11107. Stick to lorries……😀
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  11108. Israel taking over Tasmania hahahahaha
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  11109. TIK NEEDS TO STOP DOING VIDEOS ON TANKS AND STICK TO STALINGRAD! Lol 🤣 😉
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  11110. So basically it's all Paulus and Porsche's fault? Got it.
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  11111. I hope for you that you never go into politics. The unironic madmen that call themselves journalists and politicians would destroy you for giving a differentiated view on Hitler and enabling people to make a picture of him themselves instead of just accepting the NPC view of "Hitler bad because Hitler bad"
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  11112. TIK, we all know Halder would have saved the German army from destruction 😳
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  11113. 199K Let's go!...
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  11114. I suspect there were nazi sympathisers within the British civil service, Goverment and secret intelligence services who were able to discredit information coming into the country. This would explain how it was that information regarding forthcomming military actions did not provoke an appropriate response despite the fact that the same sources were accurate in their information in the past. Whilst not actually giving secrets away these pro Nazi traitors were able to frustrate the truth being revelaed. It is known that certain intelligence services were compromised and that many opperatives 'dropped into occupied Europe' were 'picked up' as soon as they landed. Some of these top class and ultra right wing folk were so high up in the establishment that who they were and what they did will be kept secret from the British public for ever.
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  11115. in 1939 there were 20,000 people in German KZ camps; 0.025 pct of the population. If about 10 pct of the population (80 mill total) were communists and 25 pct were social democrats, about 28 million people should have been in the KZ camps. Today in the German Republic, 60,000 people are in prison for various crimes.
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  11116.  @jamesmackenzie1536  " literally the Nazis took control of the German Evangelical Church and killed a handful of specific priests that were against them," all part of the state, and nothing outside of it, those who do not become part of the State, are removed. So in short, you just undermined your own argument.
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  11117.  @TheImperatorKnight  He also waged war against the traditional family as well. Using the Hitler youth to completely undermined the family structure within Germany. Even when many parents resisted, by keeping their children out of the public educational system which the regime had absolute control over, the regime reacted by making youth service mandatory. By controlling the children, you control the parents in short. The parents no longer had control of their children, or their family, but the state.
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  11118. ok, I'm just gonna ignore everything else about this and focus on one thing. Churchill did NOT start the bombings on civilians. That goes to the germans when their volunteers bombed Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Then When they bombed Warsaw at the start of ww2, and also don't forget the bombing of Rotterdam. The RAF only bombed Berlin for the first time in August of 1940.
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  11119. Excellent video 👍 Heard of you from the Lotus Eaters, glad I did.
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  11120. hello tik, great video (as usual) but I wanted to warn you. since I did not get any alert about your hippy hitler video (although I've suscribed to your channel for years) I did not see it earlier. I've watched it now. the link you put in the comments to a video about Schwab doesn't work anymore. computing forever's channel has been cancelled. something very bad is going on on youtube and open minded tellers of truth like you seem to be less than welcome anymore. I think it would be a good idea to prepare yourself to switch to an alternative plateform just in case things get worse.
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  11121. Don't forget to click the like button, comment and subscribe.
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  11122. There is such a quantity of books behind you, that they are holding the bookcase up.
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  11123.  @TheImperatorKnight  You, Joe Rogan, Jordan B. Peterson, Strong Successful Male, Tim Pool, Better Bachelor, and other minor YouTubers who are trying to criticize the authoritarians. Thanks to you and Timcast, the terms Left and Right only divide and conquer.
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  11124. I don't need a ride, I need the ammo to defeat socialism. And TIK you have Himars of good argument to use. You just need to condense it so its more man portable. Pub ready. Socialists don't mind taking years, a lifetime, to undermine a system. So socialism is not going to be broken in a few days. Remember socialists have invested so much into it, so who wants to be shown to have been conned? Keep up the good work; and don't forget the fun stuff....Stalingrad...
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  11125. "You can lead a horse (or a horse's ass ) to water but you can't make him drink."
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  11126. TIK I believe that the fellings of helplessness you have been feeling so far is due to the fact that you've been trying to make members of a global cult to think with their own head (remember Marx and his manifesto of faith?). So it is reasonable that you may have been frustrated with people refusing to see the thruth but from this video it seems that you are starting to realize you just need to change your mindset about your approach. While this may be a bit paradoxical the best way to get to people listen to facts is to ''evangelise'' the good word to as many people as you can and a few are bound to stop and listen. And some of those may go on and spread the word further and get the ball rolling. In the video you reached the right conclusion: stop focusing to talking to deaf ears, talk to those who listen and they (we) will spread the word around. People tend to ignore ''that guy on on the street talking crazy nonsense'' but if we start hearing it from coworkers, friends, family it stops sounding so crazy after all and it might be worth spending a few minutes to know what the fuss is all about. We write comments such as this to cheer you up. But know that your work also inspires people like myself to try and help our friends and family to stop being simple sheep and start thinking with their own heads. You do amazing work and I hope you never lose the energy and zeal you have! Have a nice day.
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  11127. TIK, my best guess is this, you were an honest and truth-seeking socialist. That's like a unicorn and isn't a sustainable position to be in. Most socialists are in love with other people's stuff (covetousness). They aren't smart, they aren't honest, they don't seek truth. They want power so they can remake everything in their image. They are tribalists. Now, not all socialists are like this, yes, so there are some who will listen. But, that is the minority position. Remember, you can't convert true believers. Like all fools, they believe without evidence (their faith is blind). Ergo, they cannot change their minds regardless of what you do. These are also the loudest people. Lastly, these videos are useful because most people aren't socialists, and they believe the lie because it was the first thing they were taught (I call this "the problem of first knowledge" and others "the problem of first impressions"). So, while it takes lots of effort to overcome the "first knowledge" problem, you can indeed do it. BTW, these are the quietest people.
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  11128. Very important work TIK. Before I watched your videos I also thought that the Nazis and fascism was capitalism. The socialists deliberately do not want to call Nazism and Fascism socialism. Instead they say it was capitalism 😤 straight lying
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  11129. TIK you are providing a much needed service in helping other clear thinking people better articulate that which is obvious to us and should be obvious to everyone. Of course, not much seems obvious to those nurtured in socialist lies and incoherency (the circulatory system of socialist ideology). It's not a failure of clarity that so many people still hold tight to their fascination over the emperor's new clothes. No matter how many times and ways that you point out that the emperor is stark naked, there will still be many who refuse to see.
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  11130. Three Meters is correct about persistence and consistency. I have been studying the amazing Martin Luther. His persistence and consistency changed the world. Bear in mind that his opposition still never ceased, and some of it got more extreme than ever, even after his peaceful death.
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  11131. I think you should go for the Jugular of "privatization" and tackle Germa Bel himself. There are at least three angles there : * A video on the USSR and the NEP : Like, the socialist in the USSR themselves had to reprivatize under Lenin. Applying the same reasoning, they would have to conclude that Lenin wasn't a socialist because he did the exact same thing. This pretty much destroys the basis of the argument of "They privatised something = They aren't socialist". Plus, they only did it because their economy was literally crumbling at the time (one of the best example of how socialist doesn't work, thanks lenin) * Address the whole "against the mainstream" paper. It is short (like, less than 30 pages), and has a fair ammount of flaws. It's basically just a list of "examples of privatization", but he cannot point toward a global policy at all. Another big thing is that he limits himself to up to 1937 (so just the first 4 years of nazi rule), which is very convenient because he talks a lot about "United steel" and its privatization, but when Goring made his giant steelmaking organization for all of Europe, it was in... 1937. Funny how that worked out, lol. That way, you can just ignore the nazi doing the exact opposite because it happened afterward. * The paper where he initially launched the whole "Nazi privatization" myth is actually "The coining of privatization and the German's natiional socialist party". It's a 9 pages long paper, where he tried to say the German coined it. In it, he mainly quotes just some english sources who are using the term (sometimes, in a totally irrelevant fashion), and one book in particular by a marxist at the time (she was unhapy the nazi reversed some policies of the SDP). There's just one german source, which is by a journalist... It's very flimsy. **In the end of the paper, he concludes the English speakers "may very well have imported the term from German"**, but he never proved it at all. Essentially admitting he couldn't prove it !
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  11132.  @TheImperatorKnight  I was born in Yugoslavia 52 years ago so it's a given to me that socialist always lie. Even after the fall of communism (hard Marxist socialism) they were replaced by soft nationalist socialists and the BS continued. We have a saying "isto sranje, drugo pakovanje" (same shit, different packaging).
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  11133. 11:19 "For the past couple of years, I've been doubting whether I've explained it correctly" You have. The thing is socialists always lie, by omission, by gaslightning, by straightforward lies, by semi-truths etc. They always, always have to lie.
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  11134. Don't drop the subject tik, you are making a slow difference
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  11135. just had an argue with woke idiots about this topic , they think nazis were right wing cause they privatized the economy
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  11136. just punching it into google translate gets you "synchronization" but using it in a sentence you get "conformity" I'd hazard a guess that's more correct
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  11137. Your self assessment of the situation is bang on. Your audience can be roughly delineated into honest and dishonest actors. Some of your loudest critics are engaging with you solely to demoralize you. As far as reaching the the emotionally invested left, reasoned arguments aren't as effective as emotional ones. Your material has helped in deradicallizing the disenfranchised right who recognize the inherent wrongness of the current social trajectory and seek some reciprocal. The identitarian right (natsoc) has been actively recruiting in those circles and your material helps to point out that flavor of socialism's same inherent flaws. Keep up the good work, take heart. While you may have difficulty getting through to recovering liberal socialists you are making a meaningful difference in the reactionary right.
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  11138. I legit thought for a few minutes that today was Monday because of your video 😂
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  11139. Oh my God, I'm in the video! ** Squeal **
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  11140. Thanks again for hitting this topic TIK. Are you familiar with the work of James Lindsay. He (in my opinion) is the preeminent scholar on the cult of socialism. Check him out here on youtube. Just like you he has a thorough and intellectual approach to his work on youtube.
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  11141. It’s absolutely not futile. I’ve been carrying your message forward and I’ve been happily surprised at the lack of cohesive argument in return. You’ve helped me to really appreciate the common ground between fascism, national socialism, Marxism and communism as a whole. Please keep up the great work, your content is amazing!
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  11142. I am new to history and did not have an opinion. Thanks.
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  11143. Tik as somone who has debated and argued with socialists before (partially using your content with all its sources) its a lost cause to try to convince the vast majority of them unfortunatly. Most are so invested in their ideology to the point where its more of a religion than an ideology and even if you have all the evidence and all the correct sources the debate will inevtiably devolve into insults and mocking from the socialist you are debating. However its not a lost cause to try to educate people who are open minded trying to find the truth on this subject before colleges and universities try to lead them down the road of becoming that die hard socialist in your comments. I think if you focus on the fact that your videos are catching people who have been miseducated about what socialism is instead of focusing on the fact that you could not convince some of these die hard socialist that have no interest in an honest reasonable fact based debate you would see that you have made a difference.
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  11144. thanks for reading the comments TIK. i'm a veteran of the channel, and it always warms my heart when i get a response from you. i just want to put my 2 cents here. and my walk through lefist and communist movements. i started as a communist in my teens, jumped to trotskyism, then to anarchism. i'm saying all that because it's really funny that there are more parties in the left than there are people. in greece, where i live there are about 25 leftist parties. one in particular is represented as one, but contains 14(!) different parties from socialists to anarchists. so my answer to all of that, was to leave, and try and get my mind to work, on what seemed right to me, on every different topic. so thanks TIK,, although i had an established identity as a leftist. i was able to get out of this monolithic thinking that the left is passing through propaganda. i have a very interesting family, that went through WWII, and the rebellion from the greek junta in the80's. if someone wants to hear, i'd be happy to share. Anyway Thanks!
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  11145. A great historical travesty is the metaphor of the "zeitgeist," which is commonly translated (and used) as "spirit of the times." 'Zeit' itself however refers first to the ebb and flow of the tides, and "spirit of the tide" is a much better use. When authoritarians describe zeitgeist, they act as though a single man or thought is the culmination and it is worming its way into millions of brains. In reality, the zeitgeist is the ebb and flow of the millions, swaying in one direction or the other, and "great men" are merely pebbles in the sea. It takes some effort to move them, but they don't stand a chance against the tide. Trying to reverse the tide is nearly impossible. This is what you are doing when you crash into the common conception of authoritarianism head first with the tools of facts & logic. Those are two things that have never once stopped a genocide or fomented a revolution. Trying to channel or divert the tide in a more productive direction, now that can be done, and the tools you already use do that best. If you can move the needle even slightly on these topics in the eyes of the disinformed, disinterested public. a significant portion of currently indoctrinated people, especially so-called ideologues, influencers and thought leaders, will shift. "Learned thinkers" are the driftwood, not John or Jane Smith aged 17 who watches Youtube instead of paying attention to their classes. If you shift the window of the conversation even 1/10th of an centimeter for those people, you are warding off literally millions of future Hitler stans. As far as how to shift that needle, make some videos about tanks and start jumpscaring people with economics right in the middle of them or something I don't know lmao
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  11146. Native German speaker here. Just my opinion: the process of Gleichschaltung for me stands for a political term for making all institution work synchronously, march in "Gleichschritt". It doesn't make everything or everyone equal or equally treated, but aligns all fundamental institutions with the Nazi state agendas. Putting aligned people in power and making everyone else align or resign. It is very similar to processes in the Soviet union, GDR, and other Soviet satellites. Nobody calls those Gleichschaltung though. For the Nazis, I think the term is used since it describes the very focused process of consolidating Nazi party power over the state and the people, as a concrete phase shortly after gaining power.
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  11147. Since you asked for advice. My advice is to please not lose sight of the individual and not' resort to name-calling. Your last video on Hitler's socialism was better in that regard but it could still be better. Consider that your audience includes people who have never watched any of your videos before. When you start ranting about your critics and detractors it will turn off people who are unfamiliar with the topic and/or slightly disagree with you. From their perspective, they don't care in the slightest about your frustrations with people making bad arguments. If they already dislike you then it just makes you look petty or silly in their eyes. Calling people soyboys really doesn't help either. Of course, that doesn't mean you shouldn't address people's arguments but should have less of an emotional response. If someone agrees with the people you complain about then they're much less likely to take you seriously. I can appreciate that it's easy for me to criticize when I'm not the one who has to deal with this but to me, this is the biggest thing that can improve your videos.
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  11148. Oh, regarding your doubts expressed at the end. Please, pretty please, do not change. Be you. Be caring. We like you like that, so if you change anything, there is no given we'll keep on liking you... Them's the facts.
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  11149. Check out James Lindsay, The negation of the real. If maybe it won't bring on any revelation to you, at least it might give you some ideas on how to approach this topic.
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  11150. my second question is why exactly central banks stimulate the market buy lowering interest rates? I get the inflation gives money to the state and takes it from us but I dont think that is all thanks good bye. P.S. sorry for any grammatic mistake that I may have in my language im still trying to learn English
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  11151. Hey TIK, your struggle reminds me of James Lindsays work on Critical Race Theory. He has proven that it is a new form of Socialism, and he has spent a super human amount of work on academic research, source gathering, book writing, and video making. You should contact him and team up. He has hit on a glaring hole in recent academia, and suffers the same ridicule despite proving everything beyond what is required.
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  11152. TIK, I've noticed in my own dealings with Socialists that they really don't understand what socialism is. I've shared your videos to try and help educate them, but it's usually a futile endeavor. It all comes back to the definition argument. They believe that socialism is a utopia that is free from money, greed, and violence, where everyone shares and is equal. I've even argued with a guy on twitter that had to desperately present a fraudulent and doctored screenshot of a definition of socialism that could actually support his argument. He blocked me after I found the website he altered and uploaded a screenshot of the true definition.
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  11153. You don't understand, I will not be on the same page with you but you are a good opponent, thanks for familiarizing insights into all that stuff, keep going
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  11154. TIK!! My lefty wife told me ages ago that "Nasty" Germany was very capitalistic and privatised everything. Of course I was ignorant and just took in her "facts". After watching you I have had a VERY interesting conversations with her, and I believe her mind has been changed a little. Want to write more but gotta go. Love your work. x
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  11155. TIK, arguing against a religious belief based on antiquated or misinterpreted understanding of doctrine is not an easy things to do. You want to plant more trees to turn into a forest. Keep making sound arguments and keep up the pressure on those whom don't understand to make them become intrigued by your stance against the false ideals a religion has. Martin Luther put his life on the line, you are doing it for a different reason and in a different way.
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  11156. What's the point? You sir are making outstanding content than is so thoroughly researched that I feel comfortable citing you as a source. I can tell you that I have already opened people's eyes by relaying your information to them, and have encouraged them to watch your content. Thank you for doing all of this. Your effort will always be appreciated.
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  11157. @TIKhistory  If you consider many great figures in history, they often never get to see the fruit of their labors. It is an unfortunate fact of life, but know that if you're following your passion and believe that what you're saying is undeniably true, it will eventually permeate, as the truth always wins in the end. As for the groups, I am sure that all not all individuals fit cleanly into each of them, but I think it is probably close to being accurate. I think that engaging with the third group is pointless if your goal is to change their mind. However, if your goal is not to change them, but to provide fact based evidence that others can use when confronted with the same arguments with more open-minded people, I wouldn't see it as pointless. I don't remember where I originally heard it, but the point of debates isn't to convince your debate partner, but rather to convince everyone who is watching or listening to your debate. Regardless, I appreciate your content and hope that you continue into the future, no matter how that content evolves.
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  11158. In regards to your final statements about not getting through to people and therefore your videos addressing them being pointless, I disagree. You may very well never get through to them. However, people who watch your videos and bring your arguments to others can actually have an impact. I believe that the issue stems from the fact that those who watch your videos either already agree, are open-minded and willing to entertain your arguments, or are hate watching for that sweet sweet dopamine hit. Those who are hate watching will be the most vocal and the least likely to change. This creates a facade of your arguments falling on dead ears, but it is nothing but a facade. I don't know if I agree with everything you say, all of the time, but I have been able to make headway with some using portions of your arguments. You addressing the headstrong hate watchers allows your sympathetic viewers to have responses to any attempted rebuttal that is thrown their way. Ultimately, I don't think anything you've done is pointless, albeit it may seem unfruitful from your perspective. With that said, you should pursue topics that you will enjoy pursuing and I will personally keep partaking in your content. Thank you for your videos and may God bless you and your family.
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  11159. What you are doing is NOT futile. In fact, it is necessary. Just because false information has captured public sentiment doesn't mean we should all just go along with it. That's how you get stuff like the Holocaust. 99.9% of the people I interact with do not know the relation of Marxism to Anti-Semitism, and how they are deeply intertwined, or how class warfare actually works in practice. If we don't keep talking about it, it's all just going to happen again to another group. keep up the fight, humanity NEEDS people like you.
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  11160.  @TheImperatorKnight  I'm one of those detested Millennials, and I'm 100% on board with you Lewis. You're reaching the current crowd as well
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  11161. TIk as a Brit myself I would personally love to see a few videos on Mosley, especially since I can't seem to find any form of information on his ideas.
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  11162.  @TheImperatorKnight  Glad to hear it -- and if you feel like you have been holding back content for the sake of being diplomatic towards the trolls, well, hopefully you feel free to go further now. Definitely looking forward to the content. Regarding Biscari, I just think you gave too much uncritical weight to Bradley's views, which led you down a path of blaming Patton. As you discovered in the Monty/Bulge video, Bradley used his two(!) memoirs to distract from and blame others for his mistakes. As he was a very long lived WW2 leader (died 1981), he had the last word of the major Allied leaders, and thus his writings colored perceptions of the Allied efforts more than they should have (imo). I think you will discover more of that as you progress through his career in Sicily (II Corps Commander) and Normandy (1st Army Commander / 12th Army Group Commander).
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  11163. Your frustration as a researcher and creator is understandable. You are doing original work, want to debate the merits, but instead get a bunch of trolls. I think you should just put out the videos and let the cards fall where they may. You are definitely unplugging people from the Matrix. And I say this as someone who disagrees with some of your content. I think your conclusions in the Biscari video were unfounded vis-a-vis Patton, for instance. Still a huge fan and appreciate your videos. Looking forward to the next BankWars, as I think that is the series most relevant to today's economic conditions.
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  11164. You're not going to convince people who have nothing but spare time on their hands. Their standard for what is a compelling argument will never be met and that is something I'm sure you're well acquainted with. If you never heard of SerpentZA, I'd highly recommend his channel. He lived in China and is now getting hate brigaded for posting now negative content about the country and its leadership, but he goes on because he loves the people, the culture, and for truth's own sake. Regardless of how you will steer your channel, I just wanted to express my sincerest appreciation for the work you did. I was a patreon ages ago but with meager retail wages I had to stop for now. Regardless, you were the only person I subbed to not because I necessarily always agreed with you (especially at the time), but because the content you put out was solid. Because you didn't argue by insulting others, and you acknowledged every source no matter how tainted it may appear to be (Eric Hunt, Irving, Hoggin, Soviet stats, etc...) and pointed out inconsistencies not because you were picking favourites but because you seen problems and distorsions. That is something you have methodically done, which I now do too, with more patience towards others. Finally TIK, I think it may be your reputation that prevents you from breaking through to people, by that I mean the nature of the source. People expect you to say what you say, so they remain skeptical when you say what they think is predictable. Had THEIR friends suggested that Venezuela is real socialism or that they may get novichoked tomorrow for not ratting out their fellow comrade neighbour, maybe they wouldn't be so dismissive of what people are telling them.
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  11165.  @TheImperatorKnight  I think that you've always had a different spirit from the typical socialists, the only similarity is that both you and them were mislead by the same propaganda at one point in time. I also think that your previous socialism was just an opinion rather than an identity or a religion.
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  11166. Absolutely love this series, I've watched it from start to latest video twice now...unparalleled, excellent work👍
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  11167.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks TIK, Btw this is your niche IMO, a lot of good channels exist on the battles of WW2. However, there is a dearth of good content when it comes to the real reasons behind the conflict itself.
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  11168.  @TheImperatorKnight  He has a few other books on the subject of National Socialism I have read and all point into the direction of him being one himself.
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  11169. Funny enough, when I was in high school, I checked Plato’s Republic and Hitlers Mein Kampf out of the public library at the same time. The similarities were striking to me, even at the time. Specifically, the know it all writing the thing, who was trying to craft a society from the top down with objectively bad ideas.
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  11170. TIK: "Fascism draws inspiration from Hegel" Me: Well, I do think it does, but I think TIK is exaggerating he- TIK presents two quotes straight from Hegel and Gentile that flow from each other perfectly. Me: "Oh, sh%t".
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  11171. Peikoff and Rand are questionable sources at best. Much of what they wrote is bunk. Now, before people accuse me of being a socialist or a leftist—I am not. My criticism of Objectivism comes from a theologically Protestant and politically conservative perspective. I actually agree with Objectivism's free-market economic philosophy, but their dismissal of the family, nation, and church is what irks me. Objectivism wants everyone to be a hyper-rational, unemotional, self-interested robot. But that's not what humanity is. The human condition is one of subjectivity, emotions, and faith. Trying to purge humanity of those things is a devil's deed. Moreover, humanity can't possibly exercise rationality and reason to such an extreme extent due to the spiritual, psychological, and moral effects of the Fall of Man. The mission of Objectivism is literally impossible. Additionally, I think the altruism–self-interest dichotomy is a false one; rather, it's a spectrum.
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  11172. The tik backrooms thing threw me off 😂
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  11173. If you like that Peikoff book you gotta read the DIM hypothesis, How We know, and Explaining Postmodernism. You’ll love those books too.
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  11174. I didn’t expect tik to name drop the backrooms.
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  11175. Just a material Fuhrer in a material world
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  11176. I think one of the reasons people disagree with your narrative of "Hitler's religion was Gnosticism" is the very word "religion", or how it's understood in the Western world. to us Westerners, "religion" basically means "worshipping a deity", as in "the Christians worship Christ, the Muslims worship Allah, the Jews worship Jehovah", or even "ancient Greeks worshipped Zeus, the god of thunder". but Gnosticism is less of a worship and more of a way understanding and making sense of the world; a philosophy of life and the world, rather than religious worship of a given deity or entity. thus, Gnosticism more akin to Buddhism of Confucianism. Buddhism and Confucianism are not religions in the sense of "organised worship of a certain deity", but rather "ways of understanding life and the world through the lens of some philosophy and shaping your life accordingly"; be it a philosophy of a good life devoid of worldly tribulations, or a philosophy of becoming one with your community (family, country, etc.). and IMHO in this light Gnosticism is somewhat like Buddhism of Confucianism: it's more of a philosophy of life and the world (sic! Weltanchauung - literaly "world-view") as opposed to an organised, worship-based religion. the True God of Gnosticism doesn't want you to worship him; he doesn't really care about worldly worship. all the religious rituals, all the worship, all the prayers and sacrifices etc., are just unnecessary worldly disturbances - what is necessary is that you adopt a certain world-view or philosophy, and that through that world-view you strive to transcend yourself to become one with the True God. and yes, there were Gnostics that treated Gnosticism as a religion and tried to become one with the True God through religious rituals, like Madame Blavatsky etc.; but my point is that Hitler wasn't one of those people - he wasn't interested in religious worship, but rather in the philosophy of life and of the world as he saw it (i.e. the Weltanschauung). I'm not here to argue with your point that Hitler was a Gnostic - in fact, I agree with most of your arguments. I'm just pointing out that some people may have misunderstood your point, because most of the Western people don't think of Gnosticism as a religion per se, but rather as a philosophy of life. and Hitler didn't really "worship" Gnosticism as a religion; rather, he subscribed to the Gnostic Weltanschauung.
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  11177. mentioned the backrooms: +10 internet points
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  11178. The fact I read a comment on TIK's Don't be Daft Union video in which someone said his points didn't matter because "Material Reality" just rings home how people are still part of this religion til this day.
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  11179. The blood issue is one that has been around for millennia. Even in the Bible, especially the Old Testament, there is lots of concern with blood. Prohibitions against eating animals with the blood still in them. Sprinkling the altar with the blood of the sacrifice. Then, in the New Testament, we have the sacrament of the Eucharist, the body and blood of Jesus. All of this was, I expect, quite separate from the "philosophical" concepts, and predates them, so it really tends to support your thesis. And, no, not too much information. It is stimulating. It is also YouTube. I can stop and restart any time. Keep it up.
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  11180. <3 FED reference
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  11181.  @TheImperatorKnight  1: Aye, Fake made a good point on that. 2: True, the execution of people is not a nice thing. -But honestly, I think it was a necessary move under the circumstances. but that's IMO. 3: And yes, thank you for reminding me. Forgot they did try previous in other episodes, and do some damage as well. Its the small details that easily get forgotten. So damn much stuff.
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  11182. ... and the algorithm managed to get this video on my home page.
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  11183.  @TheImperatorKnight  i meant i was 5 seconds too late
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  11184. Thx TIK really sound like a good way to fine bias in books or articles and so on. Sorry to bother you again but will you do more video about theory of history?
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  11185. After watching all these videos it seems that the entire North Africa campaign was completely bonkers. More twists and turns than a mountain road.
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  11186. How dare you not make a Stalingrad video. What do you think youtube is TIK? An open platform for creators to make what they wish?. Make my Stalingrad video now dammit! JK 🤪
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  11187.  @TheImperatorKnight  Not at all. If one argues against what some people badly want, or need, to believe, it's obligatory. People will never believe anything they don't want to believe unless you can make your case forcefully. It's far better to do that with facts and research, if one seeks an audience of those who actually think for themselves. In the long run perhaps those willing and able to observe, learn and decide for themselves are the opinions that matter. 'Useful idiots' are useful, but they're still idiots, and hence ultimately uncreative and unproductive. Credibility is essential, unless one simply wants to 'preach to the choir'. All credible argument depends on solid research, facts, contemporary sources and citation. @Axisjampa says your citation and research "has no match on YouTube". As you point out very effectively, your credibility is above the level of even much published literature. One need not sacrifice quality to the medium. It separates the 'wheat from the chaff'.
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  11188. Excellent and comprehensive background leading up to the purge. Thanks ans I subscribed.
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  11189. Excellent video extremely rational in a world if invective and distortion from the Marxists. Thank you for your excellent work!
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  11190. The "working class" is an invention of those who didn't work therefore had time to invent it. REAL workers did just that-work and try to feed their families. Like they do today under increasing pressure from all sides.
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  11191. Absolutely the best and most comprehensive analysis of Hitler's purge of the SA!! The problem is that socialists are never interested in either "comprehensive analysis" or "logic and facts." They desperately need Hitler to be the "right wing" side of their "totalitarian coin,"
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  11192. The attempts by Hitler to get people to vote their way into socialism explains why so many people today lose their minds when it's suggested that fascism isn't right wing.
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  11193. Hey TIK! I recently was listening to a talk by Milton Friedman where he mentioned a book by Igor Shafarevich called the Socialist Phenomenon. I found it incredibly enlightening, he covers socialist adjacent ideologies from the ancient times, hydraulic societies , the Middle Ages (including gnostic and heretic sects) until today. If you haven’t you should seriously check it out.
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  11194.  @shukuffxi  From what I understand nearly every non-communist subreddit is liable to be taken over by unemployed (socialist) moderators who will use the most obviously named communities to parody it
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  11195. Hey Tik. The thought police of youtube won’t allow me to say where you can find the course so that’s why it’s taking me some time to respond. But it is called the history of modern philosophy. It you type in history of modern philosophy leonard peikoff you will get it on one of the top results on google. On one of the websites of the ARI it stated that the course was free but they made a mistake I think because you can only get a paid version on ARI. However the website that I used is not ARI. I can’t say the name because youtube will nuke me from orbit again while after doing the research it seems totally legit but as I said it should be one of the top results. All I can say is that the website starts with an h and ends on an r. If I go into more detail I get deleted.
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  11196.  @TheImperatorKnight  It is called the history of modern philosophy. It is said to be for free on an ARI website but I couldn't find it for free on any of the ayn rand institute's sites. However you can buy it or you can get it on a non-ARI website called hubhopper. If you type in history of modern philosophy Leonard Peikoff it should be in the top 10 results you get. Last time I wrote a link in a comment my comment was auto deleted so I thought this would suffice.
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  11197. TIK is so far ahead of the game with these videos, it’s not even fair to point and laugh at the seething, coping Lefties anymore. Nah, it’s still funny. Carry on...
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  11198. TIK hits another home run! Love the historical discussion and breakdown of the timeline and facts.
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  11199. Typo in the word "completion" 35:24
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  11200. D'oh!😫 I was second
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  11201. I was watching this on a tablet in bed and my wife came into the bedroom. She commented that you had a wonderful way of presenting the subject and a great and interesting voice. To the extent that she had become engrossed in listening to a subject she wouldn't have had any interest in normally. As for myself, well I'm on my third viewing of the Stalingrad series and each time I pickup more fascinating detail. As I'm quite disabled now your history presentations help pass what was previously quite boring days. Having read several older histories of the war in the eastern front or indeed the western desert I can't believe how much you have enlightened me. I've never believed that Hitler was a madman, evil very much so but not mad. I can imagine towards the end that he went of the rails as he watched on helplessly as all his dreams were crushed. I was an avid reader of Manstein. Raus and Mellenthin and cherish their books but you've helped me to be careful regarding their memoirs. Many thanks for your hard work.
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  11202. The frustrating thing is that real history is replete with examples of the things that are wrong with socialism and why it never works, and so what the despots do is attempt to rewrite the history, and doom humanity to relive it all over again. The level of cynicism it takes to use the egalitarian nature of decent human beings and pervert it into a state-sponsored means of control is hard to imagine, and is the reason it draws so many ill-meaning adherents to its cause.
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  11203. Hey Tik, not sure if you talk about it, but i've recently dug stuff about the '' Non-agression pact '' between the USRR the the 3rd Reich..........is it me or it is WAy, but WAY more a collaboration act than an Non-agression pact ?
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  11204. My dear Tik, your comments section is almost as enjoyable as your content.
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  11205. I'm going to blame Pienaar.
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  11206. You could say he was DEVERStated. I'll see myself out.
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  11207. Another damm good video loved it
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  11208. For the algorithm
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  11209. Just found your channel, and I am liking your content and presentaion. I will begin viewing more of your videos. Thank you for your efforts. jimandnena
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  11210. Yep i think it is a error. 5 X are a army group and 6 X is the theatre of operations in this case mediterranean and europe.
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  11211. No dislikes yet, nice
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  11212. 1 dislike is muammar gadaffi
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  11213. Love your videos man!!
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  11214. A tik video that I can watch from beginning to end!
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  11215. Notice how all attenttion was immediately taken from the murdered children and the outraged citizens were attacked by Starmer and the state. These people enabled the murder of your children by the worst of savages in the world and are smug about it.
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  11216. Excellent, i have subscribed 👍
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  11217. Yes! Thankyou Tik, I totally agree that the state should not be snatching people's kids.
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  11218. What happens after knife crime? Spoon crime? Spork crime? You as a people have had your lives and rights taken away, left to the whims of criminals and terrorists. Treated like livestock...
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  11219. This is what happens when you allow the right to protect yourself to be regulated away. Once it is gone - it's extremely hard to get back. British people need to claw back their individuality and self-determinism. They were convinced by pretty promises and verbally virtuous language that depending on the state was easier and better. Now you see!
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  11220. Your concluding statements seem too inline with Voluntaryism to be coincidence. I sense an influence from the likes of Rothbard and Hoppe. In any case I applaud it.
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  11221. I'm ashamed that I was laughing during the whole video because every time STARMER was mentioned, I couldn't resist to heard "STEINER" instead, which is a general mentioned in the scene from "the fall" that became a meme. Hahahaha holy moly 😂
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  11222. TIK it's just my opinion but this gov't and the Starminator are clearly doing this all deliberately. It's a UN driven agenda, it's an internationalist, globalist, technocratic scientific New World Order, One World Government driven agenda which must break down and destroy the nation to bring about the new system. They know exactly what they're doing, and they do not give AF how many letters and angry videos and tiktok clips we make. They're not accountable to us, they take their orders from above and beyond the areas of reach and influence we have as UK citizens. This is all divide and conquer 101 and it's, sadly, working perfectly
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  11223. Dear friend, I am a long time subscriber and viewer of your channel and it is great. But for the last five years I have been viewing what they have been doing to your beautiful country and people and I am sickened and outraged. How dare Starmer desecrate those little girls memory by showing up to their vigil.. Please be careful my friend because Starmers uneducated left wing thugs want to silence all of you. God bless you, you are a faithful Son of England and a very brave Patriot.
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  11224. This video encapsulated EVERY feeling I have for our people and the way we are being treated.................AND being required to FUND it to boot !........can you feel that ? an ominous rumbling underfoot - THAT is fifty generations of our own people rolling in their graves wondering what the hell they fought and died for.
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  11225. Oh my God....the little letters made me cry❤️
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  11226. Well done. I know this took a lot of time, energy and bravery to make this. Historian, David Starkey, has the same assessment as you. But coming from a local man, the message is that much more powerful.
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  11227. props to the guy in the blue turban! Damn! Preach!
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  11228. You must cancel subscriptions to fake news newspapers if you want to see change. Much of the media has been trained in socialist green ideological university papers and are bent on a bloody revolution, using their control of unions to manipulate workers to do their bidding.
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  11229. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  thanks TIK. I'm considering making one again, last time I was on there was ten years ago. I'm being careful even on here as i'm already getting comments disappered. Stay safe too.
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  11230. Thank you for this Tik. You have excellently demolished the 'far right' rhetoric and all the lies. I did not know you were from Southport, it makes it much more closer to home than say, someone from me, commenting on it. Rotherham and Leeds are close to me as well. I share many of the same opinions as you mate, i'd go as far as too say most. I'm two days late, because this whole mess has actually demoralized me and angered me too, if I have any faith in humanity left, it's in people like you and those speaking up, and maybe I should in my way too. I've been commenting less on the internet because I was censored often, but maybe I should speak up as an individual once again, but you have spoken everything I wanted to say too. It's always historians and those who understand history who should be listened to especially at times like now. I am also not Far right. My true beliefs are a mix of three ideologies, some normally in disagreement on some matters. They fall in Conservative and Libertarian areas of thought though, some directly inspired by what I learned on your channel Tik. All those shouting "Fascist scum, off our streets" should learn from here as well. The "Uniting the Kingdom" March was a true unity of individuals. That's the true Britain I believe in, although I know they are ideals.
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  11231. I went to police station the other week to be an appropriate adult for my step grandson who'd been falsly accused of burglary, anyway i was at police desk and the police were all covered in tattoos and most of them had LGBT key chains round there necks, also im 5'10' and was towering over most of them. When i was a kid you had to be 6' height and definitely no tattoos FFS it kills me to see what my country has become, i was born in 1969 btw and i love being English but actually hate my country now but unlike the cowards who are coming here i will never leave my country. Onward Christian soldiers marching on to war, he he
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  11232. From Southport yeah????? You dont have a scouse accent though....
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  11233. Tik, I had no idea, greetings from Ormskirk.
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  11234. I'm Indian. I'm totally against Illegal Immigration destroying Britain. So, I must be a Far-Right White Supremacist Thug, eh, Stinkmer?
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  11235. If they do he will have been proven right! Worrying times.
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  11236. It is the same in germany... the social democrats - who used to be THE party for workers and unions ate neither social nor democratic these days. They are fascist-adjacent at least!
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  11237. As always Tik a great exposition. Not to far removed from your essays on socialism, national socialism and fascism. I fear many points you bring to the table will be misunderstood by the sheeple. Delivered with courage and conviction
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  11238.  @Mestari1Gaming  Lol no he wasn't. There is evidence that prove the contrary.
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  11239. He doesn’t care.
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  11240. This is 1 of the best videos iv watched, an expert in national socialism, communism and the far right and left, putting the points and argument together articulately, well done sir 👏
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  11241. Why do they always protect the murderers and not the victims?
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  11242. We are heading to a totalitarian state.
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  11243. Share this video
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  11244. The irony is that it was the government and elites that were responsible for the horrors of history, NOT the working class and population. Yet the governmemt and elites blame the population and effectively tell them they must be held accountable....!!! Enough of the gaslighting.
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  11245. It seems, you misunderstand. He says the government is racist against its white population. And political and legal injustice against native Brits in favor of migrants and their offspring can definetly be seen as fascism. Just reverse this time 🤔
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  11246.  @TheImperatorKnight  It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes. Keep up the good work.
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  11247. All these young lives wasted due to Nazi Germany's hideous ideology, in the end it only bolstered Stalin's own hideous ideology. So sad.
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  11248.  @TheImperatorKnight  Not to worry! Chuikov has clearly got the whole Luftwaffe after him- the Bf 110s will be there next to have a crack at him!
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  11249. At 11-40 he says he did not notice the approach of a number of Ju 88s.... that came in to attack us... and he and his officers jumped into a dugout just in time as the Stukas pounced. It seems he could not identify aircraft properly as a Stuka is a Ju 87 or am I missing something?
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  11250. The funny thing is they think the right is fascist, yet the left supports censorship and no free speech, forced vaccines, they prosecute their political opponents and nearly every institution in society shares their viewpoint. If you don't have a high ESG score, you will lose money and investors. All of this shares a similarity with the fascist nazis and how tyrannical they were.
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  11251. "This book presents a number of difficult features. It is privately printed. The author’s name is a pen name. The history is done like an archeological dig, going from the Nuremberg trials to the issuing of the Communist Manifesto. It also cannot be read from back to front because of its cross-references. The font for headings and subheadings is stylistically idiosyncratic making it distracting to read. The narrative is that of a PhD thesis, with massive amounts of quotes but no formal bibliography of the cited works. On the website, Samaan describes himself as an architect, designer, mechanic, artist, photographer, and student of pre-Columbian architecture in Latin America. He was born in El Salvador, but is now an American citizen with mixed Palestinian-Christian and Hispanic ancestry." ... might be worth knowing BEFORE leaping into this 'new' but old book - which hasn't made it to you list of references yet.
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  11252. I recently read the book - Travelers in the Third Reich by Julia Boyd and it was mentioned several times by different visitors to Germany in the NSDAP run Germany of how things appeared to be following the Communist line in regards to taking over businesses and whatnot, which makes it all the more amazing how the narrative myth nowadays that Germany was some privatized haven for businesses all the more deluded.
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  11253. Your economic content is absolutely awesome and gives more context to WWII! Don't listen to these "just stick to tanks people." Keep up the excellent work!
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  11254. Stick to what you want to do.
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  11255. Stick to tanks and be like the rest of the mainstream hackstorians, you don’t want to offend the Marxists
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  11256. TIK's Public vs Private video is a masterpiece, if more people looked at politics this way It would be a better world!
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  11257. I am assuming that the people who do not want politics discussed in a historical context would be Marxists, Communists, Socialists, Nazis, Fascists ect. The advocates of these ideologies do not want people to realise that the implementation of their politics causes pain, misery, suffering, poverty, war, genocide and death. A point that is hard to argue with once you start look at 20th century history. I doubt that most of us who are not socialists / national socialists have any problems with politics being included in any history videos. Though I do like tanks and would be quite happy with any tank centric videos.
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  11258. TIK, you have demonstrated that you are a reasonable person. You are able to change your mind in the light of new evidence. It is no wonder that you realized that only Austrian school of economics makes any sense whatsoever. A reasonable person sooner or later rejects Marxist or Keynesian theories, and can eventually overcome state school indoctrination. Good job, TIK. As always.
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  11259. Hehe, great job TIK, you crush these airhead-wannabe-critics with honesty and facts. Fantastic! Epic roast!
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  11260. Well. TIK, i recently learned why i get into so many political discussion, suffering the same issue as you. Being told i dont know what nationalism, socialism, communism and fascism is... i found out it was because i looked at the ideologies in their historical context.. and in todays historical context they have been labeled different. So why was nazism nationalism? because some one crammed it into the nationalism tab... Same goes for fascism.. i mean, if i understand correctly, Mussolini's fascism isnt even fascism by todays standard. - So i guess thats why people today can disregard fascism as fascism and say nazism isnt even nazism... because they dont look at it with the historical context. So i am all aboard with you. Though, i think it would serve you better, to keep the tone neutral and objective. There is a risk, when it gets a more personal nature, and that is that the discussion will move from the matter at hand, and to "i feel hurt of your tone, lets discuss that now" - which is not good for the discussion. I've become increasingly curious. You clearly dont like socialism, and is pro capitalism. I can see your arguments for this. As a Dane i was wondering, whats your opinion on our social-liberal system, and system of collective agreements between union and state workers? - as i understand, it has many elements of socialism... but with the free marked, global economy and right to possession.
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  11261. Jayzuss Tik, don't waste so much time responding to idiots. Talk about whatever you want. If it doesn't interest me I'll just listen to something else, and I'll still contribute through Patreon. Cheers, mate.
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  11262. As a democratic socialist who believe that a mixed economy (nordic model) is favorable to the chicago school which in my view favors economic growth over the well-being of the population I quite like your economy/politics videos. The reason being that they are well made and intellectually challenging and thus enjoyable even though I disagree with most of your views.
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  11263. s-TIK
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  11264. I bet Panzer II fucked up a lot of infantry!
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  11265. You always seem to "TIK" A few people off. I always learn from your videos, "tanks" very much!
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  11266. Ugh TIK I feel bad for you mate. Anyone who presents simple facts in this modern world is called some unpleasant name by someone. Please understand the bulk of your audience isn't that dumb and we just love watching the stuff you put out due to your high production quality and extremely detailed sourcing.
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  11267. Spending way more money than you can afford-isnt that what most western goverment have been doing since 2020?
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  11268. Well Linus I'm just happy to see fresh research. Something besides the "Hitler was madman out to conquer the world ". He appears to have been a reckless narcissistic adventurer with a lot of charisma and wrong ideas. Maybe he was just "Upside Down" financially as they say. And needed a good Chapter 11 plan. But would anyone buy into a used economy from this guy?
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  11269. I enjoy these videos on the economics. Even if some of your data were incorrect (which I don't believe) it opens up stimulating discussions. And clarifies details of these matters that are still not clear over 81 years later.
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  11270. This is the third time that YouTube has unsubscribed me to your channel . I love your brake down of history and professional fact checking.... unfortunately you have a woke Corporation and sheeple shadow banning and running from the truth .
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  11271. 17:52 A government spending too much, getting in to more and more debt by spending on the military and servicing the debt already accumulated so having to go to war. This sounds to me a little like the present-day USA.
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  11272. 18:44 hmmmmm going immeasurably into debt, massive military budget, expansive welfare programs.... American in 2021 be like, "haha, I'm in danger"
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  11273. I think you nailed it. This is a new and exciting approach to history. BUT, you forgot something. The invasion of Poland was a joint operation of Germany and the Soviet Union. The British didn't declare war on the Soviet Union. They were only after Germany. What could explain that? It's peculiar. That might be why Hitler was questioning. [If the British had not declared war, who would have been next for Germany? The Soviet Union, obviously.]
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  11274.  @TheImperatorKnight  Don't let the haters get you down. I only discovered the channel a few weeks ago and am loving it. The haters are probably just jealous of your millions of views.
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  11275. I've been telling people how Hitler (or atleast the 3rd Reich) was actually a socialist/semi-socialist state. But conversations I've had went to shit when the person I'm usually discussing with spirals down to "Capitalism bad, Hitler Bad so Capitalism = Hitler" when it was far, far from that in reality. I'm all about debate but some people are hopeless. Thanks to this video I've learned new stuff to better articulate my opinion based on facts.
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  11276. If Hitler was a Christian then why did he condone genocide?
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  11277. Is there an unbiased channel on YouTube?
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  11278. The assertion that Christianity is incompatible with socialism needs support. The earliest Christian communities were socialist.
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  11279. Hello TIK, I want to ask you: is it possible to make single donations instead of subscription?
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  11280. Bill Gates says the same thing about a limited time left and we only have 30 years before we starve
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  11281. Socialism doesn't work and would implode without expansion.... What about DPRK? They didn't expand for 50+ years and now they all have electric transportation that's owned by the people. 🤣 They also have the most advanced environmental protection policies I mean just check out their carbon output.
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  11282. A shame you had to reupload it TIK! I didnt spot the error on the previous one, as I was just listening and glsncing at the vídeo a few times. I hope commenting on this can help boost the numbers for yoy
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  11283. 10/10 Greta Thunberg impression
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  11284. Rewatching 😄
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  11285. IT WAS A YEAR AGO? it really felt like it was around 4 months ago or something. Time really does fly huh
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  11286. How is different from Stalingrad? production-wise i mean. it's same type of research and pc work no?
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  11287. 32:56 I was not expecting to laugh out loud during this video but it was a pleasant surprise.
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  11288.  @TheImperatorKnight  Just want to say It's joyous to see you in high spirits and doing what you do best!
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  11289. When there's something strange in the eastern front, who you gonna blame? Madman Hitler!
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  11290.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thank you for the diligence! This is why people love your channel
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  11291. First to Like tho’
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  11292. thx TIK, How do i become a patron,
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  11293. Thank you Lewis for answering my question! I am looking forward for the video . The subject is important for me because I think there are a lot of factors that are not recognized today and Versailles is used (by dystorians) to obscure them. IMO the popularity of Hitler and NSDAP did benefit from the political instability, but his appointment as Chancellor was due to the fact that many important forces in Germany wanted democracy gone. If it is not too much to ask, maybe you can make a video also about the assault guns? The thing is that this subject is linked with many "problems" of The Third Reich : weapon development, economical constraints, Army and industry interactions, various branches of the Heer and their interests, the myth of excellent German tanks and many more. If you are interested I would be more than happy to elaborate more. Edit distorian not dystorian :(
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  11294. You got a 2.1??? I'm truly amazed you didn't get a first because you are brilliant at what you do.
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  11295. you believe you should specialize, TIK .... then stick to tanks :) LOL, I couldn't resit that one. And of course, I'm kidding.
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  11296. Hello TIK I am interested in all history but mainly around the Napoleonic era up to the end of WW2 I'm currently focusing on the Anglo-Zulu War I know it might not be your speciality but would you have any recommendations for literature in this topic as I can't find alot around the subject Ps Love the videos keep up the good work
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  11297. For those who can read topographical maps http://www.topotijdreis.nl interactive from 1815-2016. This gives valuable insight into the terrain of Market Garden area of operations. Highest point in Groesbeek 99.8m.
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  11298. Brilliant video. Thank you. It will be interesting to see what Anthony Beevor says in his new book: Arnhem, The battle for the Bridges. I just got a copy of it today.
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  11299. Not surprised at all I think it's a very common feeling not to appreciate an achievement until long after the fact, I was the exact same with my degree, getting my job, and passing my driving test, only months after each of these events did the happiness come
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  11300. Not that big
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  11301. You're on your way to YouTube millions! ​ @Raskolnikov70 
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  11302. Merry Xmas, TIK, hope you had a good one ^w^
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  11303.  @TheImperatorKnight Thank you! I’ll check it out. But I have to tell you even though I have had the hardest time of my life your videos have had a massive effect on me trying to get out of anxiety. If I end up thinking bad thoughts I just watch a Battlestorm video and feel better for the moment! Thank you!
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  11304. TIK, you really should stop making mountains out of mountains!😁Attempted humor aside, take as long as you need to make a quality product. I like the amount of detail you go into. Hope you also end up covering the follow-up of the battle including Tobruk and race to Egypt.
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  11305. Each of your Battlestorms have been better than the last. I have your Market-Garden Battlestorm bookmarked and the difference between it and Stalingrad is immense.
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  11306. Hi Tik, your attention to detail and quality and trying to get things right is excellent. As you noted, our understanding of events may change as we learn more about them. But getting the broad strokes right will always help the future understand the events.
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  11307. First!
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  11308. 21:15 XD that made laugh for some reason
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  11309. D Bruce "someone saying" "Another event hit us like a ton of bricks: for the first time Russian tanks" T-34 "appeared! The amazement was complete. How could it happen that there, upstairs, did not know about the existence of this excellent tank? "Otto Karius Guderian: "For the first time, the superiority of Russian tanks T-34 was manifested in a sharp form. The division suffered significant losses. The planned rapid offensive on Tula (the last frontier in front of Moscow) had to be postponed. " The next mention of the T-34 Guderian does in two days. His lines are full of pessimism: "Especially disappointing were the reports we received about the actions of Russian tanks, and most importantly, about their new tactics. Our anti-tank weapons of that time could successfully operate against T-34 tanks only under particularly favorable conditions. For example, our T-IV tank with its short-barrel 75-mm cannon had the ability to destroy the T-34 tank from the rear side, hitting its motor through the blinds. This required great art. " Gunter Blumentritis: "... And suddenly a new, no less unpleasant surprise came upon us. During the battle for Vyazma, the first Russian T-34 tanks appeared. In 1941, these tanks were the most powerful of all tanks that existed then. With them, only tanks and artillery could fight. 37- and 50-mm anti-tank guns, which were then in service with our infantry, were helpless against the T-34 tanks. These guns could hit only Russian tanks of old designs. Thus, the infantry divisions were confronted with a serious problem. As a result of the appearance of the Russians of this new tank, the infantrymen were completely defenseless. "  "In the region of Vereya tanks T-34 as if nothing had passed through the fighting orders of the 7th Infantry Division, reached artillery positions and literally crushed the guns that were there. It is clear, what effect this fact had on the morale of the infantrymen. The so-called tank fear began. "  "If this tank goes into production, we will lose the war" von Reichenau "Extremely high fighting qualities. We had nothing of the kind "Major-General von Melentin  "The best tank in the world", Field Marshal von Kleist, "A very disturbing report about the quality of Russian tanks ... The superiority of the material part of our tank forces, which has taken place up to now, has now been lost and now passed on to the enemy. Thus, the prospects for quick decisive victories vanished. "Guderian. "The T-34 tank made a sensation." - This 26-ton Russian tank was armed with a 76.2 mm cannon, the shells of which pierced the armor of the German tanks from 1.5-2 thousand meters, while a distance of not more than 500 meters, and even then only in the event that the projectiles fell in the side and aft of the T-34 tank ... The Russians, creating an exceptionally successful and fundamentally new type of tank, made a big leap forward in the field of tank building. "General Erich Schneider B. Müller-Gillebrand: "The appearance of the T-34 tank was an unpleasant surprise, because due to its speed, high throughput, enhanced armor protection, armament and, mainly, the presence of an elongated 76 mm cannon that had high accuracy of fire and penetrating capability of shells on a large, still considered an unattainable distance, was a completely new type of tank weapon. German infantry divisions, although they had each a total of 60-80 anti-tank guns and had a sufficient number of other anti-tank weapons, but with a caliber of 37mm guns, they almost did not have a damaging effect on the "thirty-quarters". The 50-mm anti-tank gun put into service by the German troops at that time was also not effective enough ... "" The appearance of the T-34 tanks radically changed the tactics of the tank forces' actions. If so far certain requirements were made for the design of the tank and its armament, in particular to suppress the infantry and infantry-supporting means, now the main task was to demand enemy tanks at maximum range in order to create the conditions for subsequent success in combat. "
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  11310. I rush home from work everyday just to hear you talk about tanks and infantry😊
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  11311. TheCleansingx He uses sources from both sides,you idiot.
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  11312. I would just say I'd personally consider BT's medium tanks. The Germans had shite anti tank rifles. Simple as. Will need to watch the rest of this video later. Hope all is well TIK. ;)
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  11313. I think the anti-questioning nature of being on a college campus (ironic) is what got me deeper in history. I did have some great professors that made you question everything, but the students often resort to gaslighting and social pressuring when it comes to talking about history or politics. It's especially terrible when they skip classes and claim they know everything already.
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  11314. Good work
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  11315. great video, great channel. keep it up
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  11316. I got stuff on 14. PD. From Mitcham's "panzer Legions". Still need it?
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  11317. Stop teasing us with mentions of your upcoming documentary and just post it already Reeeeeee... :D
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  11318. You are awesome m8 .. keep up the good work love your videos I watch every day .
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  11319. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/79._Infanterie-Division_(Wehrmacht)
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  11320. I'm in the NZ Army reserve and YES this bull shit stills happens. Seems nothing has changed.
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  11321. Bro, stop....giving me so many great books to read. My list is already long enough
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  11322. Why were they so incompetent? Because it is the government. Nobody can screw a job up better than a government organization. They do not hire the best and brightest and do not promote an atmosphere that encourages doing it right. Just a bunch of screw ups doing what they can to keep the cushy job they have.
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  11323. Mini-plenty jokes are double pluss good
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  11324. More of this content please, this was genuinely quite an informative video. I've always had a separate "fondness" for listening to Memoirs, but I never considered the element of accuracy until your perspective on them. It's made me rethink a few things. Hope you keep touching on topics like this more, genuinely quite a good video. Cheers
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  11325. Excellent reporting, TIK. The actual stenograph notes add human and objective element of what the Germans knew at that time via field intelligence. Just the hypothetical idea of Hitler dismissing the 6th army as lost in favor of strategizing how to keep German troops in the Caucasus through the winter is so intriguing. That would have been a ballsy move.
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  11326. Stick to tracks @TIK
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  11327. If the generals had stopped kissing Hitler on the butt to make him feel better this whole thing would have gone differently.
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  11328. Just going by the thumbnail, is this the time period where the top brass of the Reich was greeted by ghosts?
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  11329. 7:40 Is manstein having a 'Varus ! Where are my legions?' moment? 😅
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  11330. great video TIK. wouldn't it be a cool for you to get back at some economic video I really loved them specially the 'What Causes Recession or Depression' now here's a question I have for you I live in Iran and the country is famously in hyper-inflation, would you class the situation in the country as an ordinary hyper inflation(which is not ordinary) or there are ways for us to impact it(the government is not very cooperative), thank you if you've read my comment would love to hear your narrative:thanksdoc:
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  11331.  @lloydchristmas1086  Pretty good, about 800 ish pages. The Bibliography is insane and makes up a good chunk of the end of the book. I can see why Tik and others dig books like these. Just about to start officially reading it once i go to lunch!
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  11332. FIRST!
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  11333. "I am still on a break from my Stalingrad series, but I've completed the script for the next episode aaaand produced a full video regarding relevant context to Stalingrad that didn't fit that well into it..." Agree or disagree with your views, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who didn't agree you work your socks off!
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  11334.  @ruberxwibebadhi  Steady on, mate! Let the lad catch his breath. 🙂
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  11335. @TIKhistory  Damn😞 Eitherway TiK, good job and keep up your content. We all appreciate your effort and to be honest I learned a lot from your channel more than all of my high/middle school history teachers. Best regards from your Italian fan Gabriele😁👍.
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  11336. Okay. Before watching this video I will say that the Soviets turned the war around before lend-lease really started to take a big effect. However I have never said that they won alone. After all. The UK refused to give in making the invasion of Russia a two-front war. That is not "alone" in any way. I do think americans are kind of blowing themselves up and trying to make themselves more important then they are. The Germans are more then able to lose a war without the US involvement.
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  11337. first, what a good vid
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  11338. I don't have to watch any of this video in order to call any claim such as this utter and complete BS. I WILL watch it, if not to only watch and see how many of my points made it into the above video, but I haven't seen it yet, as I am writing this. Yes, the USSR was fighting the main bulk of the Nazi war machine; however, the USSR was using ALL of its war effort against the Nazis. They weren't fighting against Japan, which The US and Britain were also fighting at the same time that they were fighting Germany. Before the US even entered the war, they sent military aid through "Lend-Lease" to the USSR, as they continued throughout the war, to the number of such items: 400,000 jeeps & trucks 14,000 airplanes 8,000 tractors 13,000 tanks 1.5 million blankets 15 million pairs of army boots 107,000 tons of cotton 2.7 million tons of petrol products 4.5 million tons of food That is a massive amount of material that the USSR desperately needed in order to fight off the Nazis. I wonder what they would have been able to do without getting the pairs of boots alone. I'd love for someone to figure out (if possible) how much of an impact it would have been if the Soviets hadn't gotten any of this stuff. I'd figure that the Nazis would have made much better headway if "Lend-Lease" had never happened. Having looked up what it meant on Wikipedia (not exactly the most reliable source, still is right more than it's wrong), here is a quote by Nikita Kruschev about the topic of "Lend-Lease": "I would like to express my candid opinion about Stalin's views on whether the Red Army and the Soviet Union could have coped with Nazi Germany and survived the war without aid from the United States and Britain. First, I would like to tell about some remarks Stalin made and repeated several times when we were "discussing freely" among ourselves. He stated bluntly that if the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war. If we had had to fight Nazi Germany one on one, we could not have stood up against Germany's pressure, and we would have lost the war. No one ever discussed this subject officially, and I don't think Stalin left any written evidence of his opinion, but I will state here that several times in conversations with me he noted that these were the actual circumstances. He never made a special point of holding a conversation on the subject, but when we were engaged in some kind of relaxed conversation, going over international questions of the past and present, and when we would return to the subject of the path we had traveled during the war, that is what he said. When I listened to his remarks, I was fully in agreement with him, and today I am even more so." And again, when you consider that the Nazis were fighting the British (and later the Americans) in North Africa, the Allies in and around Italy, and then in France and Western Europe, forcing the Nazis to expend more and more in a hopeless effort to stem the tides on Western and Southern fronts, while also fighting the Russians on the Eastern front, it is ridiculous to even think that the Russians were fighting all alone, while the Germans were fighting the rest of the world. Also, the Germans had to deal with hundreds of British and American bombing raids that progressively destroyed much of their manufacturing and war-making capabilities. The Russian war effort was massive, along one massive front, against an enemy that was fighting along fronts on land and sea, against The British Commonwealth and The United States. The US sent Russia massive amounts of material through U-Boat-infested seas, which the Germans would inevitably find impossible to defend. I don't know how a one-on-one war would have inevitably ended between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, but if Kruschev's own opinion about it has any weight, I would have to at least conclude that it wouldn't have ended well for the Russians.
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  11339.  @mafiousbj  That's what I said, you're avoiding viewpoints that conflict with that of your own, and you're justifying your decision by claiming this video has a clickbait title when it doesn't (and how could you know anyway if you haven't watched the video).
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  11340. You are beyond confirmation bias. I know, the truth hurts.
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  11341. I loved. that graph! :)
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  11342. Without the Molotov Ribbentrop pact there would have been no invasion of Poland, and no WW2; at least in the way we know it. To say the Russians sustained more casualties simply means more Russians were victims of the policies of their government than any other, even more than Nazi Germany itself.
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  11343. Good video TIK but I find the whole discussion meaningless. Why are commies pushing this narrative in the first place? They want to use the struggles of the soviet peoples against the nazis to try to argue that communism is good. That makes no sense. There was nothing inherent to communism that enabled Russia to push back the nazis and eventually take the reichstag. If anything, there's plenty of arguments that could be made that Russia managed it's victory despite communism and not because of it. Think of how much better things could have been for the red army were they supplied by a market economy and managed by someone other than Stalin and co. So really, how much of an impact the soviets had in defeating Hitler is irrelevant to the tired communism vs capitalism debate. This is commies trying to take the valor of Russians who fought in the great war and use it to bolster a political ideology that was an absolute bane to those same Russians.
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  11344. I'm from Russia and bachelor in history. So that pro-Soviet (pro-Putin) narrative about WW2 or, as it's called in Russia "The Great Patriotic War" (1941-1945), is absoluetly part of propaganda. The WW2 researches are considered as "toxic" among historians in Russia because it's very easy to get into prison for comparation USSR and Third Reich, Stalin and Hitler, Nacism and Communism. Also you can be charged for saying that in 1939-1941 Soviets and Germany were de facto allies. Yeah, it;s prohibited by law. So the russian goverment literally wiped every solid study on WW2 and Soviet's role in it. So the majority of population doesn't know any information about role of land lease etc. More of that, the archieves are still closed for public and we don't know the whole truth about Stalin's regime. So the narrative about WW2 in Russia is fucked and the Putin's goverment puts tons of money to spread it across the Globe. I wish cancel culture could work on that commies shithead journalists that write articles like that. Peace ☮
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  11345. 3rd
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  11346. Bogged down in Stalingrad. Nice pun Tik! I love it!
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  11347. Selfishness is not the same as self-interest. A selfish person might act against his self-interest by wanting too much and neglecting the claims of others. For example, a selfish man may enter into a business partnership that could get him a lot of money, but because he doesn't respect his partner's legitimate claim to the profit, he tries to squeeze as much out for himself and the partnership falls through. Mere self interest drives men to achieve things. Selfishness drives them to ignore the legitimate self interest of others even when it might sabotage their own self-interest.
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  11348. YouTube censorship has become ridiculous.
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  11349. The ending is so compelling. Numbers don't matter as much as the crime. Murder is murder, slavery is slavery, R is R. The number of victims of any regime doesn't matter as much as the fact that regime created victims. What matters is humans were maliciously deprived of their humanity.
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  11350. People who play HOI4 would have noticed this. If Germany declared war against Czechoslovakia in 1938 and is losing against allies we can notice a coup in Germany as told by TIK in this video.
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  11351. The British people too wanted peace in 1938, not just Chamberlain.
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  11352. That's a shame, but get your reasoning. It would be fun watching people grasp with some of the ideas you've put forward in your videos. ie we don't live in a capitalist society (uk for example), but a socialist one. Anyway keep up the good work.
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  11353. I feel there is a joke here somewhere along the lines of Chamberlain had a blank czech but managed to bounce it?
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  11354. :-) Thank yiou for this great clip, for listing the sources and especially for going after "blurred" historical "facts".
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  11355. Lol!!! Yep, never heard of that second guy, either. And you description of wikipedia is accurate. They've done the same thing to the Battle of Wounded Knee (there was a battle, and the massacre came after the Indians lost). Your 'triggered!' face was priceless. XD
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  11356. I must say TIK I have watched a lot of your videos now and do confess I thought you were a classic revisionist and a slightly smug one at that (apologies). But the more I watch and the more I re-research myself what you present the more I find your videos to be abjectve, non biased and very empirically evidenced. I thank you for that. "Question everything" is what I have taken out of your videos the most. Thanks mate.
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  11357. Good research well done mate
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  11358. Nice Video TIK ! One question concerning stalingrad I have is: Could they have evacueted the 6th Army by air ? So bring in supplies and on the way out load the planes with soldiers. Is it possible to do the math by fligths taken ? of course one must consider that the wounded would be flown out foremost - but if they only flew out heatlhy soldiers ( so to get more people in one plane) how many could they have gotten out ?
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  11359. Stick to Thanks!
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  11360. You didn't even watch the whole video you weirdo.
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  11361. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. The unions in my country were all communist. Workers must control the commanding heights of the economy and all that ‘good’ stuff. They always compared the companies that created and ran the industries to fascists and Nazis and called them right wing so I think the Nazis as capitalists was an assumption created back then. The unions collapsed the industrial sector of course and became discredited in the 80s but the Nazis as capitalist seemed to persist even through the collapse and discredit of communism. It is only on watching your videos a couple years back I realized that Nazis were actually socialists with all their government control and centralization…no wonder the Nazis failed too 😅 And no wonder that the USA did so well 👊🙌
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  11362.  @memorydancer  I have never got the feeling that TIK pushed the narrative that capitalists had nothing to do with Nazi Germany. He said that they MOSTLY had nothing to do with NSDAP's RISE TO POWER. Once Hitler seized the power, they normally had to interact with Nazis because they wanted to secure their businesses and in Party State like Nazi Germany that can be done only by indulging the Party Leaders. TIK also mentioned in this video that some industrialists had pledged financial support to Hitler in 1932 but ONLY IN CASE OF A COMMUNIST INSURRECTION which never happen so they didn't have to honor their pledge. On the other part of your response: I grew up in a Socialist Yugoslavia. All the things that we had, German workers under Nazi state have had as well: one Party system, 'democratic' elections with only one candidate approved by the Party, Party officials doing the State work, State youth organization with mandatory membership, only one Trade Union, belonging to the State, voluntary physical works on building the country's infrastructure (mainly roads and railways), workers resorts (mainly on the Adriatic coast) where workers and their families were sent by the State Trade Union to rest, celebrating one Leader and every part of his life (some of it not entirely factually correct), mandatory study of State ideology in high schools, even the"people's" car produced in local factories. Trust me, an average Yugoslav worker from SFRJ would found a lot of familiar things were he somehow ended as an ethnic German worker in Germany from 1933-1939. Also, regarding support by capitalists to the 'left-wing' parties: after the fall of communism, during the reign of Slobodan Milosevic here in Serbia, there was a rather fringe political party called JUL (Yugoslav United Left) which was created when several hard-line communist parties and fractions merged. As I said, this was a fringe party but it had one peculiarity - it was the party of Milosevic's wife Mira, who was a sociology University professor with strong Marxist ideology. Therefore, this party was in coalition with Milosevic's Socialist Party and JUL got waaay more high positions and CEO places in state-owned companies than what their power and popularity among the people was (to the detriment of some high-ranking officials of Socialist Party). What was interesting about this party with Marxist political program was that most of the Serbian tycoons and richest people of that time were, if not members, then, at least, financiers of JUL! I'll let you conclude why was this the case. And oh, yes...a lot of prominent ex-communists from the SFRJ era easily 'changed' their ideology and became hard-line nationalists, or even chauvinists. Interestingly, their social and economic views remained strongly Socialist, authoritarian and totalitarian.
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  11363. Another great video TIK! I like all your videos but the ideological/political breakdowns of National Socialism are my favorites!
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  11364. But what do you want to hear? I have been a subscriber and connoisseur of your videos for years at this point, it's kind of preaching to the choir if I say; 'you've given me much to think about'. Tbh, I can concur with the statement 'there aren't many sane people left'. Over here in the Netherlands we got a fucking National Populist as the largest party and I know friends of mine who voted for him! "It was a protest vote" Fuck off, mate! Fuck politics and fuck people who bring their politics into their work thus ruining it all for the rest of us. I swear history would be a much more fun topic if historians weren't such infentile PILLOCKS at times.
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  11365.  @TheImperatorKnight  My God !! This might be the MOST important video in the entire Youtube. I'm so you did this topic. This is such an important topic that everyone must know. Capitalism vs Communism is the biggest false dichotomy scam ever. They are NOT in opposition but rather friends. Thank you Tikhistory.
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  11366.  @TheImperatorKnight  Awesome 😀Btw I am going for a Flames of War tournament where the setting is Market Garden. I am playing as the evil SS Germans so I am taking a lot of inspiration from your earlier Battlestorm video about Market Garden. I hope that I can get a copy of the "It never snows in September" book published around 1996 which you recommend about the German perspective about Market Garden.
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  11367. “Mainstream historians begrudgingly accepted the truth,” another reminder about how so called “intellectuals” are really ideological loud speakers, reminds me of when TIK brought up “Hitler’s True Believers,” I forget the video but it further proves this point.
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  11368. You haven't even watched the whole video yet considering the time it was listed. Modern liberals are so disgusting.
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  11369. "Hitler was drowning in donations but in fact he was drowning in debt" Quick reminder that for The Left, those two are the same thing. The Left in Finland has claimed multiple times that the government doesn't need to pay back it's debt and therefore we don't have to worry about it.
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  11370. Marxist ‘Historians’: Nothing is ever the fault of socialism and/or communism. If you disagree then you’re racist.
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  11371. Sane person here! 😊🎉
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  11372. As someone who was born in one of those socialist countries. I find your video very useful, thank you TIK.
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  11373. TIK video is out... I turn off my add blocker and watch adds.
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  11374. I don't understand the tobacco guy argument. You say he did not fund Nazis because he was just doing it to increase tobacco sales. Wouldn't most big business funding because they had private agendas and not because they were Nazi supporters?
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  11375. I have recommended your channel to all history buffs that I know. You are by far the most interesting and informative person on this subject👍🏻 I will wait (inpatient) for the return of the series, maybe give it a rewatch.
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  11376. Well I've watched some of the Stalingrad videos and I've just subscribed and leaving a comment as a sign of appreciation for your devotion and time and effort you put in.Take a break life is much more than working your ass off 24/7.
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  11377. You did the songs yourself ?! I'm impressed and I was too captivate by the song "logistic", I never heard it anywhere else but even if I knew you liked music I didn't think that you would push it to make your own stuff
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  11378. TIK, I resent and dislike you calling yourself stupid or anything like that. This is probably the largest historical video project ever done on an historic event as momentous as Stalingrad. I have learned an immense amount about the battle because of your work and animations. Text cannot provide a perspective on the real happenstance on a battlefield as it lacks the sense of flow of events over time. I can think of no one who can put all this together: the history; the critical analysis; the computer animation; the scripting; and do it all as a polished, complete project. This is a mammoth project; you are ambitious, and you have undertaken something which will stand the test of time. What saddens me is that the quality of your work highlights the utter rubbish that the History Channel has become ever since Disney got its putrid hands on it and ruined it. Real history is being done on Youtube channels, not network television which has largely become a burnt-out wasteland.
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  11379. Lewis, man, the idea that you do not have any days to rest during a normal week is mind boggling. Even regular tax slaves have 2 each week) Please, slow down and get some free time. Patreon gang, I belive, would be on my side.
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  11380. I thought maybe you were taking a break from the Stalingrad videos so that you could finally leave the house to purchase more blue short sleeve polo shirts. 😆 Just kidding. Sort of. Also have you thought about getting an inexpensive tablet to use as a teleprompter rather than a phone? I think they're pretty cheap these days and it would probably make for far easier reading.
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  11381. BLENDER TIP.Btw, you should be able to select both bezier front lines at once ,go into edit mode select both bezier vertices and edit/move both at the same time.
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  11382. Perhaps you could help the release schedule a little by releasing these bloopers
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  11383. You do fine work. I wouldn't worry too much about fewer viewers. Views on Youtube are way down across the board post COVID. Be happy, stay sane and I'm sure everyone looks forward to whatever type of historical content you decide to create.
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  11384. I suppose Tik has withdrawn from the Stalingrad Pocket and has taken up winter positions until the summer. 👍
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  11385. TIK: “Just to keep it simple...” ten minutes of sample editing later. TIL: “if this were a real video i’d make it better.” Haha. My man, the amount of attention to details you put into your videos is incredible. I love these videos and I have watched all of them. Some more than once. I wish all historians were as committed to the details as you. Bravo.
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  11386. I loved the bloopers, 3rd motorised mountain. Wait, they had more than 1!!!. Joking aside excellent video Tik.
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  11387. 13:48 LMAO thats some hair yanking, infuriating, hilarious and despairing shit man
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  11388. Fantastic work mate. Never seen a history documentary as detailed, accurate and well done as your Stalingrad series. Mark my word. Overtime this will become highly viewed videos. Im sure of it. Give it time and some patience.
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  11389. Hi Tik! Searching for Stalingrad on YouTube made me find Tikhistory. I think you are doing a great job and I am sorry you are burned out , but I understand you need a break. I will still watch what you think to upload! All the best!!!
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  11390. That work schedule would not be sustainable REGARDLESS of the topic. Indeed, most research says doing more than 10 hour shifts and more than 50 hours per week INEVITABLY leads to reductions in quality (error rates etc) AND the ability to sustain the schedule. Yes there are exceptions/outliers, but frankly that schedule was DESIGNED TO FAIL. Seriously, you've set yourself up for a crash if you continue to work daft amounts without ANY time off. It's simply UNHEALTHY and unsustainable. Mountains of studies reach more or less the same conclusion. It seems to me you might want to consider just what you want to achieve WITHIN a sensible, sustainable schedule. Then decide what topics ought to occupy that schedule. DON'T do a plan that DOESN'T set constraints on timing and total hours because it will almost certainly collapse eventually, where the damage done will be related to just how long you pushed on 'in the Red Zone'. Hopefully that's what you're doing now. Replacing one massively unhealthy and thus unachievable AND dangerous if well intentioned plan with a different one with the same central flaws isn't going to help you. When I had staff, I would MAKE them use leave once it accumulated beyond a certain point for EXACTLY the same sorts of reasons, with some financial considerations on top. Go have a break. 🥱🤣
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  11391. I liked the music:)
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  11392. Brilliant work.. you've REALLY outdone yourself here.
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  11393. 7:30 that is because university isn't real work. All the children who go think it's so hard and incredibly mentally taxing but really it's a walk in the park compared to the real think where your income depends on it.
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  11394. Himmler is an occultist
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  11395. Brilliant....so educational.
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  11396. that was awesome, really interesting
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  11397. Proof that take 1 obscure unimportant fact and let a philosopher get ahold or it and they creat a whole universe around it. Are not the Marxist doing the sme thing with class villains in sted of race.
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  11398. I read your disclaimer to the YouTube censors. I don't think it will help. The management of YouTube is not opposed to fascism or national socialism. They are hell bent on doing everything they can to permanently establish it as the dominant system over the whole Earth.
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  11399. You know what is interesting? There is only one race. The human. Our DNA is the same. Only about 1% is different among us. This accounts for the different appearances. Science has proven this. Just think about people of different cultures can mate and have babies. This would not be possible if we were different races.
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  11400. Astonishing video! Just beautiful, thank you for your hard work on the topic! Amazin, Brilliant!
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  11401.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yes I saw the Video before you made it, yes that sounds strange but thats just physics^^
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  11402. Posting this episode on my Bday? Thxxx tik!!!
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  11403. Take a pint for every : Soviet Attack on Mamayev Kurgan Time TIK says "The Soviets launched another attack on Mamayev Kurgan...but they didn't get very far."
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  11404. Wait, is Halder is actually a good guy?
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  11405. Never followed a serie that gives this much info on the Stalingrad topic, German and Russian side!!! Who needs History channel when you have TIK? 👍 Grts from Belgium
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  11406. Not Halder! LOl
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  11407. I feel like the real reason TIK won’t tell us about Army Group B’s manpower problems is so he can bash on Halder in the future.
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  11408. 5:37 Don't think I didn't see your little Lord of the Rings reference. ;)
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  11409. They had to strip. Gigidy. 🤣
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  11410.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yes,in history you all ways try to go for the truth,otherwise it is propaganda and that is very annoying to watch even if it is "your" side. I think you try your best to seek for the truth and that makes this very good.
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  11411. This is not a critism as such, however I do think that one could argue that you are a little cherrypicking. Sometimes you question (heavily?) authors (trustworthiness?) sometimes you use the same to support your argument. Not sure if I understand why and how.
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  11412. 31:10 Captain Picard sitting next to Manstein? ....so timetravel really excists🌟
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  11413. wow I cant wait for the next episode, you are doing a tremendous and HUGE job here TIK thanks for your videos!
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  11414. but it takes a genius like manstein to see, that you have to shorten your logistical lines in order to win.
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  11415.  @TheImperatorKnight  Its funny that iam still excited watching it, like i would not know how things will end. You are doing a great Job with every BS Series so far.
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  11416. Yellow highlights are very helpful
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  11417.  @soulknife20  sex changes=sterilization=eugenics
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  11418. fact that you need to open with a disclaimer for those sensetive snowflakes says it enough. and if not for idiots than it would be to make sure youtube wont see you as a supporter of it. anyway as always ,good vid mate! let the historic truth come out so those lefties might have a understanding that supporting the left aint really as much of a good idea as they think it is
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  11419. Too many people have convinced themselves that crimes like this can never happen again. They will ignore all evidence to the contrary until it is too late and their turn at the headsman comes. Isn't it fun to live in one of the repetitve loops of history?
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  11420. When you finish Stalingrad, take a break. The only vacation I recall you've taken in recent years was for bereavement. Put the books down and go fishing, or something.  @TheImperatorKnight 
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  11421. I GOT NO NOTIFICATION FOR THIS VIDEO! QUITE OBVIOUS CERTAIN SOMEONES AREN'T TOO HAPPY THAT YOU'RE EDUCATING US ABOUT CERTAIN SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE STAYED SWEPT UNDER THE CARPET! THOUGH I AM STILL "STICK TO TANKS" GUY, I APPRECIATE YOUR BALLSY DISCUSIONS ABOUT ISSUES THAT MAIN STREAM HISTORIC MEIDA DOES NOT DARE TO TOUCH!
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  11422. I find it rather funny the notion that socialists have about TIK that he is somehow pro nazi or something, it's not something you need to consistently remind yourself of, but bloody hell they were evil.
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  11423. I pride myself on listening to points of view with which I disagree. When I first saw the title of this video, I didn't want to watch it, but I made myself watch it.
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  11424. Five hours Tik? FIVE HOURS?! Ha ha
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  11425.  @ASSouls-ui4lo  I'm not being funny, but all those points were covered in the video. The Left/Right dichotomy is unhelpful when reading history for the most part, given that it changes so much. The distinctions between Socialist, Marxist, Fascist and National Socialist were considered very important in the early 20th century, as I'm sure they were in the 19th century when Marx was writing. We've since made many conflations in retrospect. A Communist could speak with hatred regarding a Democratic Socialist, reviling them as "moderates" or "liberals". It strikes me as eminently reasonable that a racial Socialist such as Hitler could speak with hatred regarding class-based Socialists (i.e. Marxists). Much as a Catholic or a Protestant could speak with hatred of one another during the Reformation. The Narcissism of small differences. The key constant, was the collectivist approach, as opposed to the individualist approach. Authoritarian control vs Liberalism. From my limited reading of Mein Kampf, I'm aware that Hitler entertained the idea of becoming a Marxist in his youth before realising that theirs was a global, universalist message ("workers of the world" etc), whereas he was more concerned with the particular Nation and Race of the Germans (which he considered Austria to be a part of, reviling the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire). As TIK says in the video, Socialism is a much older idea than Marxism, simply being defined as the public control of the means of production. The state definitely qualifies as public by any definition. And Hitler's Germany certainly seems to have exercised state control over industry and businesses, judging by the evidence presented in the video (just not in the the exact mould of the centrally planned USSR). It's a compelling argument. But if you have evidence to the contrary, or if you contest the definitions used, I'm open to hear them.
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  11426. Thanks, TIK. Really interesting video. Stick to tanks and absolutely anything else that you want to talk about and I will listen to it all. I appreciate what you do! And as a successful business owner, TIK understands the value of effort, risk and reward. If the socialists don't like what he has to write, watch another video. That's why it's called the FREE market.
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  11427. Please explain how 'socialism caused the great depression?' I was given to understand that Keynesianism ( a very much watered-down form of socialist economics ) ended the depression and saved global capitalism. Thank you.
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  11428. I'm watching this video second time waiting for the promised 1 million dollars
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  11429. You can't really have a fixed rule on what is capitalism since its core is based on individuals doing something with another individual.
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  11430.  @TheImperatorKnight  this talk of winning and beating Reddit is really making them salty
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  11431. Just finished the video, had to watch it in three attempts and am now rewatching the first part. Your meticulousness is really something to marvel at! Please, keep up the awesome work! You are doing something very important which will no doubt impact many lives positively.
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  11432. Around 1:29:00, you talk of social darwinism I must point out that Darwin had not much to do with it, and was misquoted. There's no such thing as "Darwinism" in evolutionnary science, and we moved past his ideas as new evidence appeared. There's no -isms in actual science ... So "social darwnism" is just another ideology floating around with confused ideas. It certainly isn't Darwinian... Anyway, the activists that ended propping it up socially weren't that far from Hitler in terms of nonsensical ideas, while Darwin was pretty opposed to it (he was notoriously anti-slavery for example) In general, trying to apply evolutionnary ideas, or any scientific ideas for that matter, to politics is dubious. Anyway, I dunno if it's really possible to get rid of the term "social darwinism" at this point culturally, but personally, I don't like to use it because it misrepresents darwin and his ideas quite a bit.
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  11433. I haven't seen a video from you since a long time, when you just talked about military history alone, i'm glad that you had started to talk about these topics. These is a long but detailed video that has a lot of useful information. I'm from Chile and i studied history on the university, of course i ended being very "pro state" (not full socialist, i was never so stupid), but since a cumple of years ago I started to inform miself by videos of spanish sepaking libertarians intelectuals, like Axel Káiser, Juan ramón Rallo, Gloria Alvarez, etc. and then i readed the books of people like rothbard and hayek. It was a hard intelectual transformation... but i achieve to see and conclude the same things you present here. The great example in my country is the socialist goverment of Allende and the UP (unidad popular) (between 70-73), the one who expropiated many companies and farms, and when the economy wasn't producing he used the money printing and the inflation for finance his socialist agenda, and also controled prices, creating a black market and pointing that "it was the traders foult"... that was a disaster that led to the destruction of the democracy and the "coup d'État" ended in the military dictatorship of pinochet. Of course the left says that all that disaster was the foult of the US intervention, that actually existed, but every time i asked some marxist if that economic mesures had worked on any other place or time... they just can't answer. In the hispanic world we are suffering the same cultural war than you, and is incredible how the left dominates the public opinion with their false interpretation of economics.
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  11434. 3:30:-- Still here. 4:25:-- What I don't understand is how people (authors) haven't learned this lesson from Mussolini. Or do they acknowledge that he, and Fascism, were socialist but National Socialism isn't? He had been a good socialist and then, because of the Great War, went off in the direction of nationalism. Granted it would have been ideal if he had called his party National Socialism and Hitler had called his party Racial Socialism, but still, this looks pretty straight forward.. 4:40:-- You know what you say about debate sounds a lot like how free markets determine value. What we should want is what Socrates wanted, a free market for ideas where everything can be questioned and given its proper value. I've learned so much more since I left university than I learned back then. Thanks TIK
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  11435. Well done Tik, you are an absolute hero for standing by the evidence and resisting the mendacity of the Nomenklatura establishment!
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  11436.  @TheImperatorKnight  thank you for your reply, I will look into the Austrian and Chicago School. Maybe I will find something that I can agree with so that I don't stand between both systems as I am now
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  11437.  @TheImperatorKnight  I figured that #2 would require a video all its own, but I twigged to the fact of its matter and knew you'd be very well positioned to do it. If and when I can aid your efforts via Patreon (or a similar system) I'll be aiming to do so. Thank you so much for your hard work.
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  11438.  @slaterslater5944  so they didn’t persecute Jews then? 🤦‍♂️. Maybe I was a little strong in calling it “the ultimate evil” as I guess you could argue that they did not see Capitalism as being more evil than, say, Communism, but they were certainly heavily opposed to Capitalism as we see it today. My reason for saying “ultimate evil” was because whilst they may not have persecuted Capitalists specifically as such, they did see Jews as the gatekeepers of Capitalism, and they absolutely persecuted the Jews more than anyone. As I said however, their objection to Capitalism did not make them necessarily Socialist. In fact, I think debating whether Nazis were Socialist or Capitalist is a little silly as they were there own thing, taking snippets out of various ideologies to build their own National Socialism. Gregor Strasser spoke in 1925 how: “We want in place of an exploitative Capitalist economic system a ‘real’ Socialism, maintained not by a soulless Jewish-materialist outlook but by the believing, sacrificial and unselfish old German community sentiment, community purpose and economic feeling.” Yes, Strasser was taken out in the Night of the Long Knives but this notion that Capitalism and the Free Market was a Jewish concoction ran through Nazi dogma right until the end. And whilst his quote states how they seek a ‘real socialism’, those on the right ought to understand that Strasser used this term in order to redefine the Socialism of the left.
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  11439. OK, I've heard people argue that the Nazi's were not a Socialist regime and that is a debate I am prepared to have, but I fail to understand how anyone can argue that they were Capitalist? The Nazis viewed Capitalism as the ultimate evil. It was literally the reason they persecuted the Jews, at least it was one of the main reasons. When you know that the Nazi's claimed Capitalism was developed and controlled by the Jews how can anyone call the Nazi Party "Capitalist"?
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  11440. Was a very fun and educational video @TIK . Although I do believe your logic was a bit of a stretch at times, the mass of sources, quotations and facts more then make up for that leading to a very insightfull 5hrs (not wasted).
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  11441. Did you even watch the video? Socialism is defined as collective ownership or control of the means of production. It's pretty simple, really. And your wordy comment demonstrates that you failed to watch the video. So why comment on it?
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  11442. There is no way national socialism was capitalism, that's absurd. The reason socialists get angry when it's pointed out as national socialism was socialism is because the modern left have fascist tendencies and call everyone Nazis, so when it's pointed out that they are similar to Nazis they lose the plot.
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  11443. Still love the video interesting to see this getting 100k views an alot of pissed off Socialists in the comments. Which makes sense given this also disprovese the post war right an left paradigm. An putting Nazism in its proper place next to Maoism, Stalinism, Marxism, and Socialism.
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  11444. Good video, but my God, it's Social DaRwinism, with an R, not Social Dawinism. I can forgive a few accidental typos here and there, but this particular one is repeated over and over again and annoys me as hell and detracts from the honestly good points you're making.
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  11445. Your videos have blown my mind! Everything I thought I knew was BS and I feel like I've been driving a car for years with one wrong wheel and finally have it fixed. The car is driving normally now and everything makes way more sense. Brilliant work. I'd love to see you spread the word on Jo Rogan.
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  11446. Socialism is defined by Merriam-Webster as "any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods." Socialism in its base form really has no tenants other than collective control of the means of production. The National Socialists seized control of the means of production and placed it under the de facto administration of the state, so they are Socialists.
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  11447. Bravo !! Jolly good show, old chap !!! An excellent lecture. Your arguments are spot on !!! I just wasn’t sure if you were explaining the economics and national socialism of the third reich, or the current economics and socialism, or national socialism ( depending which party is in power) of the United States. Your in lightened friend from across the pond.
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  11448. Hi TIK can I ask from your creator statistics how many people watched the whole video in proportion to likes and dislikes. I know this is not a perfect method but I am interested how many people just clicked one way or another.
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  11449. Austrian economics is right. It's what Humanity need, not socialism nor socialdemocracy, nor communism. Capitalism (true capitalism, not crony capitalism) equals freedom and liberty. Private property is sacred, because it's embedded in the natural law. Universities in the the West have been and are still today contaminated during more than 8 decades with Kremlin's communist propaganda spread by financing lefties embedded in them. TIK, you're so right and brave by speaking the true. I sincerely salute you, Sir. Greetings from Spain.
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  11450. All socialism is state sociopathy.
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  11451. You’re succeeding when you got 4.1k dislikes.
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  11452. Now that's useful and interesting content
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  11453. There's no reasoning with extremists. Thank you for desiring to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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  11454. Except he isn't. Fascism and National Socialism are two seperate ideologies. Also you are seriously trying to say a socialist wouldn't use murder as a political tool when Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Kim did just that? Bud there are many fronts where you can try to challenge the notion of the Nazis being socialist, the authoritarianism and use of murder is not one of them.
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  11455. Thank you for all the great stuff you post Tik.
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  11456. Probably responding too late for you to see it, but… Good on you for your work. I don't agree with your political views, but I appreciate your well laid out and reasoned arguments, and despair at the quality of the counterarguments you get. Sadly, it's a poor reflection of our society that people consider such responses as valid counterpoints. Keep up your good work!
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  11457.  wannabchomsky  you seem to be not understanding my argument and the argument of TIK since from all the different Comments I have seen from you have been quite angry, but to answer you they don't care whether you call them an illiberal democracy or what not and in fact I had never heard such a term as illiberal democracy because it just doesn't come up all that often when talking about nations.
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  11458.  @TheImperatorKnight  Make this the pinned comment, such insight is worthy of a Pulitzer Prize
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  11459. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV1h_XotlLo
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  11460.  @slaterslater5944  Sorry, you must have missed the beginning. Talking about how bad Socialism is and how some believed Hitler was right wing Conservative, when he clearly was a Socialist's. Outside of this Country, a Conservative party is Center and everything else left to hard left.
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  11461. Thank you. That s what I ve been saying, nazism is a left wing agenda. Thank you for the confirmation! We are so indoctrinated by heresay,lies. and schooling that we ve forgotten to think and analyze!!
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  11462. Buckle in TIK! We are due for a wild Marxist ride. Glad you snapped out of the university trance like I did.
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  11463. I have been making this argument for so long.
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  11464. so youre saying the guy is wrong. i really wanted to find a comment that critisised the video, thank you for that
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  11465. Dude you are never going to convince everyone. But you convinced me. I remember thinking that you were a crazy Holocaust denier when I saw your first video on it probably over a year ago, I don’t remember anymore. Up to that point I had watch a ton of your videos and remember thinking it was a shame that someone who did such great work and made great documentaries and info was so horribly wrong on this. I didn’t make it a few minutes into the first video before I turned it off and stopped watching as many of your uploads as I had previously. But maybe a couple weeks later it came up again in my feed and I watched it all the way through. I was still skeptical but it made a bit more sense. The more I’ve read researched I’ve realized you were right from the start. No matter if it’s true or not it flys in the face of everything people are taught in the world today. People will and probably should always have a negative reaction to this idea the first they hear of it. That only makes discussion and research more important. The truth about the Nazis has been covered up the next question is why.
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  11466. I live in Communist country, this thesis is gold, the bitter truth about Communism, Socialism, Marxism
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  11467.  jeff jr  I find his definition clear, comprehensive and logical. Please don't write slander. Share your thoughts and argument them with evidence or examples
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  11468. Tik’s arguments work for everyone that isn’t a proper Marxist
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  11469. wait, so fascists are on the left as well, because socialism under the nation, so the political and economic compasses should be based on the left meaning more power to the state and right meaning more power to the individual, so political right is anarchy because no state, political left is (choose your type of) socialism because "everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state" I'm watching the video for the 2nd time, sorry if i missed the part where you correct this comment or something, but this and your public v private videos are very much enlightening, thank you sir!
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  11470.  @TheImperatorKnight  My pleasure! I've been watching your content since Market Garden and I'm very happy you've consistently kept at it and where this channel is now. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for the countless hours of research and meticulous work you've put into informing your audience with your in-depth historical, economical, and social analysis. Cheers from Romania.
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  11471. Hey TIK, this video just got a shout out from The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters (i.e. Sargon of Akkad/Carl Benjamin's podcast/news agency/business venture). Link, including precise time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYiwuPixM1M&t=414s . Seems Callum enjoys your content. ^_^
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  11472. Wikipedia's definition of socialism does not include any reference to the Nazis, National Socialism, Race-Based Socialism or government led socializing based on race or gender, nor does it contain any reference to fascists. It's clear that socialist want nothing to do with race based government. Oddly, and in recent times, socialists have warmed to race based and gender based government led socializing if the race or gender is being victimized. AH made the same argument, that his race was being victimized.
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  11473. Hey loved the video really helpful for understanding national socialism.
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  11474. @GhostOfTomJoad Like Stalin, Maduro, Mao, and Castro ?
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  11475. ​ @Charles-pf7zy  This has been covered before. Watch the video and try to keep up. Marx: Socialism by worker-councils (equality after purging the Rejected Class) Hitler: Socialism by race (equality after purging the Reject Race) Pinochet: Socialism by corporate identity (equality by subduing all identities to a shared identity) Socialism in three cases. One is called Communism or International Socialism. The second is called National Socialism. The third is often simply called fascism, but is equally a form of socialism. Every nation that has ever implemented any of those systems, or variations thereof, has at times needed to rely on private/capitalist forces. There. There's a TL;DR for your deeply propagandized brain.
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  11476. They reject the definition of state because they want to change the definition to fit their agenda. Like a spoiled child who wants what he wants not matter whether it's right or wrong.
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  11477. Over 2 thousand dislikes!! Fuckin' woowww!! So many butthurt socialists!! O_O Those are epidemic!
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  11478. Ah don't worry about it, the Reee-brigades are pretty normal since at least 2014. A lot of viewers were so severly fucked by the 2008 crash that they went socialists. They don't understand that their useless degree in feminist basket weaving would have fucked them anyway. Ignore the REEEtards and move on, if all fails laugh about their temper tantrum.
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  11479. That wannachombsky dude is cringe af ngl
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  11480. I like how the commenter disagreed and instead of trying to correct anything went straight to calling you mentally ill…no correlation
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  11481. This isn't tanks. Angry KGB Noises
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  11482. Unfortunately, sharing this video on facebook or twitter will get you banned.
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  11483. Wow what a video. A long one, but a couple of good walks with the dog 🐕 helped. Good on you mate
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  11484.  jeff jr  Jeff I think one of us is a troll and I think it might be you. It's been a fantastic waste of time trying to discuss this with you as you clearly have no counter argument to TIK which you should be able to do if he is so wrong. You have 5 hours of stuff to pull apart and yet you spend all your time just calling people you don't agree with "idiots" now if you can't argue your point you're probably wrong. So Jeff to summarise you have no leg to stand on otherwise you would just explain your point and that would stand on its merit. Now I can only assume you are either lacking any integrity or you're a massive TIK fangirl who trolls to get interactions with the sexy mofo. So either way Jeff this is has been a fantastic waste of everyone's time so good luck at improving your debating technique and here's a tip, actually back up your argument.
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  11485.  jeff jr  ah sorry buddy, thought you understood what I've asked you to do 3 times but I'll try to make it easier. 選擇 tik 提到的三個主題，並提供反駁它們的來源。 Hope that helps. :) Also I feel your pain arguing with earthers, but it's so easy to disprove them when you talk about hurricanes/typhoons, I'm sure you understand why they break the flat earth model. I should let you know I'm not coming at this as a TIK fan boy but from a position of interest. History changes and just because what is taught is seen as correct, it doesn't always mean it is. Christopher Columbus discovered America, Henry VIII wrote Greensleeves, the pyramids were made by Jewish slaves (could be a touchy subject posting under a video of Hitler but hey ho)... these used to be thought as historical fact when they actually weren't. So that argument isn't a strong one. We shall see with time what happens with this topic though.
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  11486.  jeff jr  how many hours have you wasted trying to say TIK is wrong without actually providing evidence to the contrary? I had a root through the comments on here and replying to people here must be your full time job! Hats off but this video has triggered you so much I'd advise a nice holiday... maybe Cambodia?
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  11487. "Who is going to catch criminals if there are no road pirates" This is one of the most glorious lines I've ever heard.
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  11488. As you said in 10:43, "Racism is fundamental to the National Socialist ideology." I don't really understand how this relates to the economic school of thought of socialism. Also, at 20:07, is it possible for an interpretation that socialism is a dictatorship of the proletariat?
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  11489. Highly valuable material mate. Superb work and effort.
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  11490. TIK, bravely spoken. - Please, may you all remember that N. Lenin praised Mussolini as a proletarian "Hero" in 1923 in his Pravda editorial. N. Lenin adopted Mussolini's reformed[?] Marxist-Fascist dialectic advance. This enabled N. Lenin to transform the Moscow Soviet to the SUPREME SOVIET and thus claim a privilege to purge the lesser Soviets of "Counter-Revolutionaries" by the hundreds of thousands. - Marxist-Leninism is FASCIST SOCIALISM. - COMMUNISM became FASCIST in 1923.. - Communism became a 'Death Cult' slavery system under Stalin, a precursor to Hitler's Aryan Marxist-Fascism. - Lenin got there first. - Mussolini was close but only wanted to wipe-out the Ethiopian Christians instead of everybody. - Hitler's Racist policies are nearly direct translations of the US Democrat Party racist beliefs and enacted state segregationist laws.
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  11491. The worst isn't just that people call Hitler capitalist, but that they call all fascism capitalist. Very absurd worldview
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  11492. Great video. The only problem, you can only lead a horse to water. Your video is competing with Wikipedia, CNN, the U.S. education system, and many other outlets that spread misinformation due to peoples political beliefs. Keep it up though, we always need some light to know we are alive.
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  11493. lol i didnt know you had this many lunatics in the comments
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  11494. My only regret is I cannot fully download this video with all the stuff in the description
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  11495. 12 minutes in I looked at the timer because I wanted the video to be long and had the idea it woulden't be... never been as wrong in my life and happily so, also I watched crusader in all episodes and the giant one as well, good thing you only have so much time to work on your amazing content, because if you made any more I'd probably go hungry.
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  11496. Thank you TIK, for this substantiated, well rounded, and articulated argument. I have always considered socialism to be a categorical evil and called Hitler as one. When people counterdict me, I will refer them to your videos on the topic.
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  11497. 1:58:50 The sad thing is, with JP Morgan & Friends financing all sides of WW1 and WW2, the weird Austrian as a bit of a point. Those wars would not have been possible without that outside financing. The Austrian has made out a couple patterns, but then always jumps to black&white extremist conclusions and injects certain details out of the blue. Which lead to the inconsistent garbage he in the end came up with. Either way, all Socialism leads to tyranny, fascism if you will - for nobody is allowed to be outside or against the Collective. So why bother with any versions of this horrid scam in which there is always only a small group amassing power and wealth while impoverishing the people? Animal farm depicts it right. The Socialists call Napoleon, the pig, a filthy capitalist, when that is not what he was, he was an antisocial/sociopathic/psychopathic scam artist. But then, maybe Socialists are really just that: Bad Capitalists who try to scam their ways into power and wealth with no regard what happens to those behind them, whom they close the door towards, pull up the ladder that they themselves just managed to climb.
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  11498. This video and this woman, who actually LIVED under the National Socialist German Workers' Party regime, supports Tiks’s thesis on the subject, NATIONAL SOCIALISM IS A FORM OF SOCIALISM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEcQS9GDtK8&feature=youtu.be
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  11499. wannabchomsky and Aidan Barton, you both have been nominated wih honors as TROLLS of the year of this video. They have shown a complete lack of proper desire of interchange data and arguments, and instead they have been spamming insults and short and meaningless sentences as "he's is wrong; he's is inventing definitions" and such, without consideration of well defined counter-arguments, etc.
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  11500. TIK I would add Democratic Socialism is considered the modern socialist third way . I was married into one of leading family’s in the movement and your very correct they do not care about the average Jane or Joe , for that matter many so called Democratic Socialist are in Fact closer in their out look to National Socialism . They feel the educated Elites should Rule and all others should do as they say and minority’s are useful idiots to be used to sow fear in those that want drink the cool aid .
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  11501. I've been saying this since I was a teenager. That a Natzi, Marxist, and Communist all have Socialism as a base and it never turns out well. Socialism came first and they just tacked on other elements and call it something different but they all have the same rotten core. It's idyllic in it's idea of how humans should all work for the best of each other and an equality that is usually left to the God figure in religion and ultimately leads to people being forced to do what's best for others. It's the modern equivalent of forcing people to convert their religion under force and can never end well. Like any true believer, Socialists believe they are on the right side, do the right things, make the right choices, and you must join them. Yet due to ignorance about where these ideas began people keep falling into this ideological trap seemingly a country at a time and it's really hard to see.
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  11502. I watched the whole video several times over. Unless you do. Please stop venting your biased poorly educated OPINIONS here ... Unless you watch the video in full your opinion is cute but invalid empty unsupported ...
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  11503.  @personaa422  Yet you deleted your comments. You have no integrity by doing so. If you had faith in what you were saying you wouldn't of deleted your comments. Why should anyone argue and debate with someone who can not even standby their own comments? " And just as I thought. The reason any of TIKs viewers are here... is the same reason you are. Entertainment. " Now after that opening, I'm picturing you as the boy's Teacher from The Incredibles when he goes "See you see that!!! He is Guilty!" You wouldn't be here if you didn't find some kind of entertainment either. We love history, we love politics, we all enjoy the debate. So you already defiled your own argument with your opening statement as there is no other reason you'd be here either.
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  11504.  @personaa422  Looks around Where? You've not posted one comment in this subthread, that refutes anything.
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  11505.  @personaa422  Well aren't you a blast from the past. If they're easily disproven timestamp the moments he is wrong in the video and disprove them.
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  11506.  @logicsconscience  Again, if you do not watch Section 6 you will not understand how your point 4 is actually incorrect. Property wasn't private, and income was what the state allowed according to his Section 6 with a simple explanation. ie the State controlled how much they made irregardless how much the company made, the Party which was the state could suck as much money out of any company's profits it wanted, whenever it wanted. Also again, you still presented a 'weak' source as a counter to his premise. So in the end you're argument against his premise still doesn't hold water. You have to watch the video....
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  11507. Implying you didn't watch the video. His premise is a premise, but the details on why he made that premise is deeper in the video. So trying to counter his "Premise" without knowing why he made that premise isn't a good way of counter arguing his video. Also your example of "Oh they said they would never invade the USSR but invaded the USSR anyways." Implying you can not take their word for it is nuts. There are a lot of reasons why they made that None Aggression Pact, and never had any plans of honoring it, and that in itself has absolutely nothing to do with whether Nazi Germany was Socialist or not anyways, in turn, your example is irrelevant to the debate. From your link. TIK address and completely debunks this in Section 6 of his video, with a sludge hammer at that, it's hard to find your source even remotely convincing, definitely when your source was published from a Academic back in the USA in 1944, who had no direct access to information and it was all 3rd hand information. v this below is from your source and it's just laughable... it's an economics who does not seem to understand how Nazi Germany's economy operates hence why he describes it in a "Puzzling" manner ie he is having a hard time trying to find a way of how to define it. " It was not capitalism in the traditional sense: the autonomous market mechanism so characteristic of capitalism during the last two centuries had all but disappeared. It was not State capitalism: the government disclaimed any desire to own the means of production, and in fact took steps to denationalize them. It was not socialism or communism: private property and private profit still existed. The Nazi system was, rather, a combination of some of the characteristics of capitalism and a highly planned economy" PS this part from above "the government disclaimed any desire to own the means of production, and in fact took steps to denationalize them" He is literally taking the Nazis Word for "Privatization" seriously. So even you're own attempt to say you can not take the Nazi's word for it, well this man is taking their word for it. So your source is by an economist from outside Germany, taking Nazi Propaganda, seriously.
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  11508.  @Gilmaris  Maybe you should watch the video in full. He does address the points you made, including Night of the Long Knives, even if you dislike me and what I wrote. Being you only addressed the intro of the video I'm under the assumption you didn't watch it. Being everything is timestamped and most, properly cited, you should have no serious issues refuting what he is saying.
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  11509. I do not upload videos myself, the only ones I ever did was when I was into playing The Sims 2, since removed them all. Would be nice to see how much time a viewer spent actually watching the video though that might be asking too much of youtube. Just a time next to a commenter's comment. Could you imagine the bliss that would cause discussion vs complainers.
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  11510. If the State Controls the Private Companies they're no longer private. Seems that flew entirely over year head. If the Private Owner must obey the State they no longer have private control of their business and are now only running it on the State's behalf. Go against the state and see what happens to your business, Junkers found out. In short it's not privately owned, not anymore. Hence why TIK is right, that it is an oxymoronic term. TIK's definition of Socialism is also the textbook definition. Same one I was taught in school. If it's overwhelmingly considered Worker Control that only means the Socialist who overwhelmingly agree are Marxist. Even then I know you're wrong by that statement because most Socialist including many Marxist on YouTube including one TIK cited in his Public vs Private video openly say Common or Social Control not worker control, including a former Soviet Citizen who host the Ushanka Show Channel who said Socialism is when the State Owns all the business and factories and he was given a USSR education on the subject. Only some Socialist mostly Communist still say Worker Control. Btw the Ushanka Show tuber was banned from Communist forums on Reddit because he gave them honest answers about the Soviet Union. He even did a wonderful video on it, he is openly anti capitalist so he wasn't banned for being hateful toward Socialism. Just many Socialist have unrealistic romanticized ideas on what Socialism is. Which is why TIK is also right when he says many Socialist have no idea what Socialism is.
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  11511. Hey Tik, what's your opinion on corporate tax avoidance/evasion and North European public taxation that gives its citizens the right to see anyone's tax returns to know how much tax they're paying?
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  11512.  @julymagnus493  you haven't given any logical reason as to why this video "has nothing to learn from", which by the way is bigotry. And also, cognitive dissonance. But go off.
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  11513. Hitler is a Socialist.
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  11514. Stalin: Workers of the world, unite! Hitler: German workers, unite! That is the only difference between Hitler and Stalin. Left wing National Socialism IS left wing Socialism.
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  11515. Interesting how much Hitler and Marx hated the jews. Marx would have not attracted any negative attention with his ideas about jews amongst the high ranks of the nazis, quite the opposite. Just read Marx' 'On the Jewish Question' and you see what I mean.
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  11516. Great channel, very much appreciate your work. Thumbnail for this one cracked me up! Hope you feel better soon! Cheers.
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  11517. Great voice over TIK,
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  11518. Thanks TIK! Please remember your health is more important than anything else!
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  11519. Hey TIK, I watched your videos on Hitler being a Socialist, Public vs Private, Mussolini & Fascism, your reply video "TIK gets 'owned'" and I have to say that I really enjoyed them. Although after watching them all you could say that am rather terrified of what this means, the whole public vs private thing makes pretty good sense after all and with the example of company stocks I think it hammers home the point. The whole Socialism being State (Public) Ownership of stuff like land, basic services and so on really got me thinking so I thank you for that, especially as my collage now soon to be uni lectures would probably not know this or not understand it (although not understanding it might be a bit unfair) and if they did probably would not have taught it. It's not every day that a couple of vids are so well researched that they give you an existential feeling of dread that only Lovecraft could dream of conjuring on to his pages.
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  11520. Love you TIK. Myself not a very emotional person, but when I see how diligently, thoughtfully and professionally you produce your content and how exhausting that is, can feel nothing but admiration for you
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  11521. @TIK; I think you are brilliant. Period. When I began following you I was convinced there was nothing new I could learn about WWII. I had read every book I could get on the subject. You akways mention Panzarkrieg, I have it at home! Was I wrong ... Very much so! I never realised the value of logistics and economics before hearing it from you. I never realised how "national" socialism and "intenational" socialism are basically the same ideoloigy, with a few tweeks here and there. I many actually have learnt more economics with you than I actually learnt in 6 years of University. I mean, I studied Political Science in Spain. I am sopposed to have the mental tools to analyse stuff like you do, but my education was very biased in Uni. Still, I can recognise those that make sense, and all you say makes sense to me; I just never looked at it in the light you shine things. In every video you prove me "right" about as many times as you prove me "wrong". And I love it. If there's people calling you so and so, well, they probably are too set in their own ways and are just unable to listen to a different narrative than what they are used to. I can only feel sorry for them, but as you say we do not live in a time of reason and logic. We live in a time of tribalism, "Right or wrong, my group comes first." I have stopped arguing with so many people lately because they simply don't care about the truth, but rather about what they want to believe. It is a pity. Do not focus on those that attack you, it's useless. They can chose to believe you or not. I am loving Stalingrad, I am binge-watching them, and I am so sorry to hear you say that it is killing you. I dont want it to kill you, take your time, oplease.I don't think I would mind having to wait a couple of months for another episode if that is what it takes for you to muster the strength for it. TIK, I would love to see you to the end of those 7 months, even if it takes into next decade. You know... enough time to allow your sanity to stand fast. You are inspiring. I envy you. :-)
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  11522. Hey TIK, do not focus too much on unfair or biased critics. They may be jealous or, because you proved them wrong, just triggered. Nowadays facts don´t matter for many people, just having the entitlement to be right is enough. Why some feel attacked by just an opinion, even a well reasoned, is beyond me. Although no one has the absolute truth, your videos are great.
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  11523. Because you admitted during your narration in the original video that you were unsure of the numbers, I think it would be a shame to remove the original episode as it is overall one of your best videos in the series. Additionally, numbers aside, I think one can still conclude that the Kotluban offensives did indeed result in high Soviet casualties compared to German, so it's not an outrageously egregious error that will end up in any serious errors down the line.
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  11524. You need to go back and double check everything. Every comment response, every source, every figure on a minute by minute basis. This is completely unacceptable and you should feel bad. Correct everything then quit. Aaaannd back in the real world. Being conscientious is both a great thing and a curse and probably one of the hardest things to balance in life. Your work and discovery is pretty astonishing, especially at the rate you do it, and you are clearly a proud man. It will be interesting to see what happens in the future when technology comes to this form of media, especially when it comes to that which Elon Musk concerns himself with on implanting knowledge straight to the brain. I dread to think what price they would charge for installing the stalingrad playlist into my brain would be. Probably out of my fiscal reach haha.
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  11525. TIK? An antisemite? Is this view including or excluding all those times he said: "then the Germans killed the Jews," "then the Germans shot this many Jews," and "the holocaust happened" ?
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  11526. Tik you do an amazing job and we appreciate your work. Your content is some of my favorite done anywhere. Take care of yourself and just know most of us are truly impressed with your work.
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  11527. Indian schools: given that the British Empire was our own abuser, we don't learn much about the World Wars, and more about our Independence movement, which was at its peak at the time. There was very little focus on the wars, or non-Indian history in general. At least, that's what my history classes were like
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  11528. Hey TIK, I have never commented anything before, but now I feel oblieged to. Do not let yourself taken down by criticism. Though I do not always concur with you, I think you do an outstanding job trying to find the truth. A historian can always only try to get as close to the truth as possible, while never fully reaching it. As for your opponents, remember what Churchill said about having enemies. And you should not delete the video. Those of us who have eyes and a brain should find your corrections. Keep up your good work!
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  11529. I am a patreon. I can live with you taking more time between videos. I can't even watch them that regularly anyway since im a father to two.. i just catched up with your stallingrad videos... been truely enjoying getting into town. But man.. what a beast of a battle. Have you considered hiring help? Like an animator?
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  11530. I don't know how you approach your work TIK, but i guess there's a lot of overlap between different areas you cover, but what if you were to focus solely if possible on Stalingrad until this epic is complete? I guess there's a lot to consider about choosing that option. Regards re-uploading with corrections: i have to agree with A Man Overboard's comment below. All the best mate and remember to take breaks, i'm exhausted just thinking about your workload! Cheers
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  11531. Great work, discovered this channel not long ago, very impressed by your work ethic, approach and patience
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  11532. Someone get this man a pint and a fortnight holiday.
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  11533. Dear Tik... Although this video has not been published recently, and since many comments have been made I seriously doubt you would see mine. While you may (sometimes - it happen :) ) jump to conclusion quickly, the fact that people from various countries have different perspective is actually f***ing true... even among Western countries. I saw it for myself while living in UK with a english and a german housemates. And I'm saddened hearing about 15 minutes or a few hours about WW2. In France - my time - we had WW2 hour main subject for 6 month in middle school, then again in high school (still far from enough to cover a percent of the topic when you're interested in history). The fact that "D-day and El Alamein alone" were the turning points of the war is not a common belief, except among very uneducated people. BUT, it changed quite a lot and I'm afraid that, time passing, new generation get less and less educated about it.
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  11534. I know this will get lost in the sea of comments but I think you should unlist the old video and re-upload an edited version with it stated in the video that this was something you had to change. As for some of the other things mentioned all I will say is take care of yourself.
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  11535. TIK, you're far to hard on yourself. You are ONE person. If it takes an author years to write a book, it'll probably take an equal amount of time if not more to actually graphically represent it, capture the correct narrative and do all the other amazing stuff that you do. If I were you, just add to the parts of the video that contain the errors by placing text highlighting/noting the actual figures.
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  11536. TIK, I hate to tell you this, but it is not likely you will ever reach people who go for ad hominem attacks instead of addressing which parts of your content they think are incorrect. These people tend to be not worth the effort as they are usually not willing to open their minds to alternative theories and do not understand that a proper historian will try to report on something as objectively as possible based on available evidence rather than presenting personal opinions as certain facts.
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  11537. They hate TIK because he speaks the truth. 3rd wave marxists - in Estonia we call them "watermelons". Pushing communism under the banner of "Climate change" or whatever.
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  11538. Well why not allow these TIK videos alone to be enjoyed by those who are true fans of these particular studies which TIK produces. For these specific lectures TIK DOES genuinely have a sizeable audience. So why try to censor that which many of TIKS fans genuinely and thoroughly enjoy just because YOU don’t like it? Frankly and with some respect, just shut up and put up by enjoying his other work.
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  11539. By Nazi logic, if I punch someone in the face, I can press charges on that person for their face hurting my hand.
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  11540. Another brilliant video, thanks TIK. A lot to digest in this one. might have to watch a few times.
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  11541. Make the state less powerful so ethnicity means nothing legally. Ethnicity seems like a personal matter not a state matter.
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  11542. 4:56 Self censoring in a video about censorship... What a time to live it. And it's only characteristic that censorship is the only thing that makes propaganda work - lie can only conquer the minds en mass if it stays unchallenged.
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  11543. Here is a lecture that also points to the idea that the state does not have to take the property as long as it has the people. https://youtu.be/17DkMDvKqw0
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  11544. It happened to me in Highschool in Venezuela, I was sent to read Das Kapital as pre-military indoctrination, a few years later I read Mein Kampf, that as you described, shares pretty much the same economic principles, in the end the state will control the means of production. Your videos keep getting better and better, Market Garden was awesome, but the latest ones specially the one about "That House In Stalingrad" was great, but this one shows that you are capable on translating simple battlefield actions into their true, strategic, geopolitical context. Honestly dude, thank you for this video!
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  11545. Once you understand that Hitler's National Socialism, was just another twist on socialism, then it all makes sense. Identity politics, collectivism, fear tactics, Leftism, these are all tactics that Nazis would have employed.
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  11546. Most people in the comments to this video really does not seem to have read much of Mein Kampf because you are definately correct in that Hitler was definately not a capitalist. I find that point very clear when we listen to his speeches as well. It is also, just like you said, a poorly written book and truly a struggle to get through (pun intended)
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  11547. Francesco Salvatore yea fun fact thats what i also found out when i researched the topic today I thought that because thats how I got told in school so im sorry for spreading false information
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  11548.  @rlkinnard  Watch and see. P.S., you only really need to watch from Section 5, the first bit is mainly a response to Marxists such as the Finnish Bolshevik, etc.
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  11549.  @TheImperatorKnight  by the by, as a politics graduate I think your analysis of the political spectrum is spot on. There is a concept in politics called the political compass which tries to address this similarly to your response, except that they incorrectly place liberalism as the opposite of authoritarianism (which I feel is inaccurate). I personally believe that a third axis is required to represent social political values (on which I would place conservativism and liberalism on opposing ends). Bravo for being among the few to realise the total ineptness of our current spectrum
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  11550.  @Gvjrapiro  Actually I'm claiming that a cow and a rat are both mammals. And yes, I expect it must be very frustrating to argue that one group of brutally violent socialists, who behaved virtually identically to other groups of similar brutal and violent socialists, was not, in fact, socialist. The problem is that you are very childishly demanding that you are correct without any supporting evidence, while ignoring all sorts of evidence that disproves your petulant assertions. That's isn't very grown-up now. Is it. What is socialism? "Socialism is a lie against socialism." No. It is a scheme to defraud people through an ideology-based religion called socialism. By your argument, criticizing Scientology for being a criminal scheme to defraud people by pretending to help them is "circular reasoning," because, by definition, all Scientologists help people. Again, very, very telling that you've apparently done research on this. Now you're criticizing me for being diligent. I must admit, after dealing with decades of half-truths, deliberate omissions, clever fabrications and outright lies by very creative Left fascist advocates, I have made it a habit to do a lot of research on what socialists and socialism. Thanks for noticing. By the way. I'm not a "rightie." I think of "Rightism" much as I think of the "Global Zionist Conspiracy" or "World Capital" or the like - namely, a convenient made-up group of villains that socialists like to use to justify mass killing, institutionalized thievery, enslavement, exploitation, etc. For example, there was no "kulak" conspiracy that the genocide of the Holodomor was meant to respond to. Lenin had decided to enslave farmers, but failed to do so during the Tambov Uprising and so the Bolsheviks temporarily gave up. In the early 1930s under Stalin, they resumed the attempt and finally succeeded, with the unfortunate side effect of crippling Russian agriculture for several decades. Likewise, if the Doctor's Plot wasn't cut short by Stalin's death, we would have had a second genocide of Jews by socialists in the 20th century. Under Allende, the life expectancy was already going up, public programs were actually bringing people out of poverty. The economy suffered, but the people didn't. What utter contrived bullshit. The Chilean economy went into a freefall under Allende. He was turning Chile into what Chavez and Maduro turned the Venezuelan economy into. Under Pinochet, living standards went up for the majority of Chileans - so much so, that the country became a leading economic powerhouse in South America. This was accomplished, not by the ham-handed efforts of a fascist dictator (Pinochet knew as much about economics as Allende), but because of the free market, free trade economic strategies of the Chicago Boys. That is, unless you want to claim that the disappearance of Left fascist "activists" for several decades had something to do with it. Certainly getting rid of a group of arrogant, ignorant, obnoxious, lying, thieving, murderous Left fascist banditos didn't hurt Chile all that much. I'd certainly entertain that possibility - especially in present-day Venezuela.
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  11551.  @Gvjrapiro  I cannot stress enough how little I care about how apologists for Marxism feel about what I call them. My concern is accuracy, not the feelings of Left fascists. In fact, I would argue that scholars have spent too much time for far too long trying to appease the Left fascists thugs in academia. But thanks for your input. Fascism came from socialism, and is a variant of socialism. Socialism itself is a scheme to rob workers and enrich socialists. This wasn't obvious at the beginning of the 20th century, but it most certainly is now. There are far too many examples of socialist regimes to plausibly deny it at this late date. I do not neglect to notice the irony that socialists falsely accuse their victims of the sort of aggressive exploitative behavior that socialists traditionally engage in once in power. Who are the socialist elite? The Assads of Syria, the Castros of Cuba, the Kims of North Korea. The fuerdai of mainland China, the rich National Socialist elite and the nomenklatura of Bolshevik Russia. The colonial autocrats of the Warsaw Pact nations of Eastern Europe. The wealthy elite that live in gated communities in Vietnam. The Bolichicos of Venezuela and Ortega's Pinata Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Mugabe's ZANU-PF vets in Rhodesia. The evidence against you is so overwhelming. Stop robbing the people who work for a living by calling them "capitalists." Give it up already.
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  11552. Dude, you're 100% correct. Spot on. Don't let the butthurt commies in the comments get you down. As usual they're just making futile attempts to distance themselves from Nazism as a socialist cousin.
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  11553. These comments are hilarious. A swarm of people who doubtless never bothered to watch TIK's long-form style before pile on here to express how butthurt they are by this video. Well, shills, ya'll tried the "I loved your videos before but now I unsubbed" shit with MHV when he did a video on East Germany, and I know virtually all of you are larping. First: Many of you trot out the "the workers did not own the means of production" line. Yeah? So what? Name a country that ever had the workers own the means of production. That sounds pretty anarchist, doesn't it? You all claim to hate anarchists because they are disorganized morons, and you aren't wrong on that point (anyone who doesn't believe me just needs to study the Spanish Republic's war effort in the 1936-39 civil war). But now the fact that the Nazis don't have workers owning everything means they are not socialist. So they're equal with the USSR and the PRC then, right? The workers owned jack there too. Early in the book of Acts (an explicitly Christian document in the New Testament) God literally has to strike a couple dead because they claimed to have given their property to the nascent Christian community and actually lied about it. Think about that - a piece of religious propaganda that praises a form of communism (involving a couple dozen people at most) has to have God killing people to make it work for another couple chapters. Really makes your decentralized centralism seem workable, that does. Second: the only difference between Hitler's Germany in 1941 and Stalin's USSR the same year apart from the antisemitism is that Stalin could order people around directly, while Hitler ordered plutocrats around in return for forwarding them with labor (i.e. slaves) and contracts. The result to 95%+ percent of people is basically the same. You get no social mobility. Hitler's mode of governance (if not his 1920s platform) is literally indistinguishable from Teddy Roosevelt's platform as the candidate of the Progressive Party in 1912 or of FDR's National Recovery Agency in 1933. The government and big business partner to set production targets, wages, and pretty much everything else. Now if I'm a working class person, does it really matter to me if my working conditions were set by Gosplan or by an industrialist and the ruler talking over booze? I suppose it does if you're an anal retentive political philsopher, but the result is exactly the same for the worker. [also, look up the life of Plato to see how anal retentive philosophers fare putting their theories into practice (cough) Syracuse (cough)].
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  11554. It would be great to shake your hand one day. I am long time Patreon supported under a different user name.
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  11555. Here on YouTube we live in the TIK era for WW2 history videos.
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  11556. The Lighthouse book isn't very good...Mostly churns over old territory that's covered bettering 9ther books. Only dedicates a small part of the boom actually to Pavlovs House.. Disappointing.. :(
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  11557. Love you bro You got my 46 stoner ass to buy Glantz and Citino.
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  11558. Now I know why you are sooooo exhausted, reading all that, which I am assuming you did.
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  11559. Another great video by TIK. It is always funny how easy it is to derail the marxist train of thought with facts and logic.
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  11560. Good God, man! Do you realize you are using logic and rational, documented arguments? Have you no mercy? I have been studying history for 50 years. Every time you post I have to perform a partial core dump of my supposed historical truth. That is good news. The old man can still follow your arguments and learn.
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  11561. More we study this war more stuff we can find that disprove the oficial narrative.
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  11562. 3:15 -- Socialism or Barbarism. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahaha! Sewell is such an idiot. They're one in the same.
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  11563. Of course you put out this video right after i had a question on Germany's reparation and war guilt in my history exam lol
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  11564. Based on the responses I have gotten, I can see why Lewis grows weary of trying to engage in meaningful dialog...
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  11565. he has got one on Market Garden
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  11566.  @TheImperatorKnight  thank you for your honesty because where do people go for news they go to cnn I've actually been watching videos from the local regions where the operation is taking place and its quite different than what is being said on TV at least most of the area!
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  11567.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks for your honest opinion. So many things have happened in recent weeks, it's definitely too early to make any judgement when the fog of war is full force.
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  11568.  @TheImperatorKnight  Oh my bad,I have seen all the episodes but there are so many I forgot that you'd mentioned it! Thanks and good work.
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  11569. Thank you for high quality content! You're as unbiased as it's humanly possible and when you share opinion you're clear to state that.
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  11570. I don't leave comments or upvotes that much on youtube but thought I just say, don't let the idiots dissuade you from making your videos. As a history fanatic like yourself, I'd like to thank you for your time and effort in making you vedios and remember that if you are upsetting both the far left and far right you must be doing something right.
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  11571. A lot of thought went into this. Bravo, Bravo.
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  11572. I have seen had to witness a number of channels (historychannels) that inject opinions or certain views into their video's. They either misrepresent evidence or lie by omission. If its a random person doing it, I can ignore it, but some of them are people with a history degree, sadly. They get taken serious and their views parrot-ed by viewers believing it to be 'the truth'.
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  11573. Welcome aboard. It's been great seeing your evolution. Your often irrational viewers helped drag you through the crucible. Keep up the great work. And now hopefully you'll learn how to pronounce "Ayn" properly. Cheers.
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  11574. In this case the fault is not in the perception itself, but in how you interpret the sensory data given to you. The senses cannot percieve incorrectly, but you can incorrectly identify what you percieve.
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  11575. Very good video and very good points I can see why u recommended we all watch it, as somone who loves history it is always important to think about these things
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  11576.  @TheImperatorKnight  OK, I understand where you are drawing the distinction. I think you may have been happier as a scientist rather than a historian.
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  11577. Once again, you really outdid yourself. What a great video. Everybody should watch it.
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  11578. TIK, your line of thinking is beautiful and something to admire. I've always wanted to become, at the very least, a good thinker and you are someone I can look up to for that. I thank you once again for this video and many more to come. I know it's rather late to say, but best wishes for the new year because (and excuse my language) you'll kick ass!
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  11579.  @TheImperatorKnight  i hate it when people do that. There are plenty of genuine bad things about the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation that there is no need to create fiction.
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  11580. Sorry but you're wrong tik. Why? Well if I don't say you're wrong I'll lose clout with my virtual social circle that hates you for no good reason. Please delete your channel so you can stop spreading your hatefacts that counter our heavily biased views of history we use to build a narrative.
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  11581. @TIK The book "What Stalin knew" by david murphy discusses this in lenghth. He seems to be of the opinion that stalin went into shock because he was so unprepared for Barbarossa.. I didn't read the whole thing (only the first 1/10 really) and can't vouch for the author but it's definitely related to your question
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  11582. Fins poles and balts. Fucked by all sides of history.
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  11583. Thanks for that fantastic answer TIK! Love your work and as always you find a way to throw in amazing content that I've never heard before even though I'm familiar with the topic. (BlackJackSwagger)
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  11584. LoL a 20 oz bottle of cola is already 6x more expensive than it was in the early 90s. And forget the other bs reports, the reason for the war in Ukraine is right here: https://youtu.be/If61baWF4GE
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  11585. JuSt DoThE tAnKs TIK! Obviously I'm kidding. I love the Battlestorms and I love the Bank Wars. I probably like the Bank Wars even a little more because it is so subversive to the current paradigm and historical misunderstandings. Thank You.
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  11586. Can you perhaps set up a channel on Odysee or Rumble. I do not like but acknowledge that Youtube still feels like it will remove any of your content at anytime.
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  11587. Just to comment whatever, to boost the morale, hit "Like" button, check if I'm still subscribed and save it for later.
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  11588.  @murtisoft  you cant be authoritative when you have no state through which you force your beliefs on others. Hence why "authoritative right" is as self-contradicting as "state capitalism"
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  11589. I like the troll job of the book in the book shelf. “WW2 for dummies”. Nice!
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  11590. This reminds me of what’s happening here in America though it is not to that point yet
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  11591. I have never understood why someone who identifies as a nationalist is considered to be on the right. I have always defined left as total government and right as no government with everyone at differing points on that scale. Tell me why I'm wrong (or right 😄).
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  11592. To identify an evil one must first know what it looks like. The lack of this is how Mussolini style fascists have taken control of my local socialist party despite being supported by our local antifascists.
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  11593. Its so funny (and worrying) to think that the amount of Mosely lackeys I find on tiktok follow more of an allegiance to Hitlers racial anti-semitism, and even better is they know fack all about the economic system of National Socialism and/or Fascism .
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  11594. 23:38 - "I'll some videos on screen..." No videos are on screen.
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  11595.  @Maxste1n  Because communism is an inhuman ideology which not only doesn't work it kills in industrial quantities during it's inevitable failure.
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  11596. Queue the AC/DC because Battlestorm Stalingrad is back (in black)!
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  11597. Another round of exhaustive presentation, TIK. 👍⭐⭐⭐ I think this is where gathering more info on Paulus and the German 6th Army's predicament between September and December 1942 provides us with a much better picture. More specifically, this helps to answer the question why Paulus did not order a breakout. After a while, I started asking the following question: "If someone other than Paulus were in charge of the Stalingrad pocket, would he have made much difference?" My short answer: "Not very likely. After all, even the world's best operational mind will be subjected to the very same logistical hell Paulus had faced." I still remember Anton Joli's reenactment (featuring TIK!) radio exchanges between Paulus and Manstein (and between their staff officers) which clearly showed how much Paulus was concerned about his supply situation. While Paulus was relegated to the post-war historical dustbin, unlike Manstein and many others, I think he was no worse than most of his peers when it comes to commanding an army. Just imagine, what a difference it would have made if Manstein were in charge of the Stalingrad pocket instead of Paulus. 😛 Also, from Captain Obvious' point of view: if Paulus lacked the means to implement a breakout, then his next best option is to cling to Stalingrad's urban landscape. Having shelter can spell the difference between life and death!
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  11598. Love the thumbnail
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  11599.  @Maxste1n  Because communism is an abomination and it was a scourge for Eastern Europe, that's why.
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  11600. The more I see of Hermann Hoth during this series, the less impressed I am by him. The thing is, he seems to be considered capable, even talented, as a commander, but I've seen a lot of questionable decisions and what seem like clear mistakes. It seems like Werner Kempf was the guy in 4th Panzer Army who had his act together and a good tactical sense of how to operate a panzer force. It makes me wonder if Hoth's reputation is potentially built on the achievements of subordinates under his command (he had Rommel's 7th Panzer in his XV Army Corps during the conquest of France). But I'll admit that my perspective is limited by what I've seen from TIK, and perhaps there's other perspectives on what Hoth's capabilities were as a commander. But I do find myself wondering whether he deserves a re-evaluation for his reputation.
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  11601.  @TheImperatorKnight  Everyone suspected as much.
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  11602. That song is..... Remarkably apt. Thanks for that🤣
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  11603. I wonder if these videos make Tik feel the same way as a one hit wonder band playing their one hit at a concert. It's exhausting, and they don't even like the song anymore, but half the people there only know them for that song.
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  11604. Lotuseaters gave Tik a shout out yesterday. Good to see Tik's rational explanation about what inflation actually is, is gaining traction.
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  11605.  @Maxste1n  because communism is evil
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  11606. @TIKhistory  just became a patreon, thanks for the great content.
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  11607. Wow you replied instantly to a video that is a year old... I am impressed. So impressed that I shall buy the book :D Give this man some subs goddammit!
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  11608. My way of putting the concept of going where the data leads is "keep an open, but cautious, mind".
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  11609. What prevents an entrepreneur from building the worst bridge they can get away with? Demand changes over time, so a cheap bridge that'll last 10 years is a better investment than an expensive bridge that lasts longer than the groups funding it.
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  11610. If you are interested in anarcho capitalism read Rothbards anatomy of the state and David friedmans the machinery of freedom.
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  11611. TIK. Do you know Corbett Report? Tomorrow I stop paying some and give that to you. I started out not liking you. You’re my favorite contemporary thinker now.
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  11612. I believe I share the same position. Clearly corporations, when they get too large, ally with governments against the people to assure a de facto monopoly status. And governments are never efficient in anything, it only takes from others for its own benefit. Perhaps an arrangement can be made to prevent Corporate lobbying or "foundations/charities/slush funds/bribery 501(c)(3)'s" from using their money to force agendas and propaganda against the wishes of the people. Clearly smaller businesses prove to be the heart of innovation in the long term, as large businesses play it safe. meanwhile, small businesses try to find new ways of making money. Small businesses don't have the luxury of playing it safe.
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  11613. TFW you realize you're almost 5 years older than your favorite Youtube content creator, and not even half as knowledgeable or intelligent (on any topic) as he is: 😢.
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  11614. Good class professor TIK. Can you do a bookshelves tour? I am interested in the collection behind you.
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  11615. Make more of these videos. Much easier to produce compared to battlestorm and will get more comment engagement and push you up the YT algorithm.
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  11616. This is a fantastic video, very fairly presented. As an Anarchist I hate the term AnCap for several reasons, mainly because once you understand what anarchy means there is a very obvious conclusion that a free market goes hand in hand with it. As you stated Capitalism is a dirty word pioneered by Marx and capitalism seems to me to require governments helping corporations to form monopolies. But I fear worse than that, is the term AnCap seems only used to aid and give legitimacy to the term AnCom which from my understanding is a complete oxymoron. The ideals of anarchy and communism are diametrically opposed to each other. It also aids in promoting the idea that anarchism equates to violence, as we all know it's the left that often resort to violence as they are ok with forcing their opinions on others, the further right you go the more likely your opinion is to live and let live (freedom of association) which is the foundation of the ideals of anarchy.
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  11617. No rights exist beyond that which is taken. I think the only exception is self-autonomy, as in (as of right now) there are no forces that may physically compel you to do things interceding your brain. Everything else is a fight, 'rights' are privileges. Therefore, the state is 'correct' because they're strong. Its that simple.
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  11618. Good video, I’m used only hear mocking towards ancaps. I’m kind of voluntaryist, so close but kind of different.
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  11619. I had a little giggle at the 2:50 “bbc minister’s of propaganda” nonchalantly slipped in there 👍😂
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  11620. I'm AnCap-Sympathizer but not fully sure that I am AnCap, so I am libertarian with AnCap-leanings, but not an AnCap "True Believer". There are still unanswered and hard to answer questions there that have not been recently tested in the real world.
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  11621. Well presented video that even I can follow! Keep up the great work!!
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  11622. The hilarious thing is we don't trust the government to build the bridge, the government pulls taxpayer funds and gives the money to contractors who actually know how to build a bridge, then hires a contractor who knows how to inspect the bridge and make sure it's up to standard. If at any time there's a problem with the bridge, then it's the contractors who get in trouble, government has made money doing nothing more than taking money from one person and giving it to another person, taking a big cut to fund government expenses and salaries.
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  11623. Why'd you continue working for the company if it blatantly refuses to pay you? Not to mention you can sue for breach of contract
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  11624. You nailed it. Thanks for posting this great primer.
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  11625. Anti corporation free market person who wants limited government is a good description.
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  11626. Double speak. The free market also provides many good things diametrically opposed to those you selected. Freedom is freedom. Slavery is slavery.
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  11627. Capitalism the unknown ideal, by Ayn Rand - a great book (!)
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  11628. I'm given the result of 'Paleo-Conservative' from political ideology tests. I'm a Free Market advocate. I've always been against Anarchy due to the type of Anarchists I've been exposed to here in America. I've also been bombarded by the enemy with propaganda my whole life, telling me that anyone who opposes the government's authority is a bad person/group. It's only in the past 8-10 years that I started paying attention at all, and only the last 3 years that I've REALLY started looking into the forces that drive society. I'm still utterly corrupted by the propaganda, as I struggle mightily when it comes to actually giving ideologies with shared elements to mine a fair shake. Oh, and posting a comment to help the algorithm as I think more people need to hear about this subject.
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  11629. Your videos are so interesting and educational on subjects like the true mechanism of economy and politics and alot other things like gnosticism. I do not agree with you 100% in all aspect but you truly given me a better understanding and tools to (what I hope) judge things more accurate. Also changed my political stance somewhat on the way. Keep up the good work. :yougotthis:
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  11630. Private military companies would just turn into warlords and you will again the state you hate so much just much worse than it was before
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  11631. I like this. I don't get to talk with... pretty much anyone ,, interested in the subject. If I brought this up with friends, they would change the subject to their new Dr Martins....or whatever. And that is ok ...but I don't get to talk/explore this subject or others like it with an interested party, So vicariously I get to do that with your videos... SO .. in my view.. these are worth wile subjects to discuss... please keep up the good work. . They do not fall on deaf ears.
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  11632. This is for TIK, Karol or anybody: is the "gangster problem" insurmountable? Suppose you have a functioning Ancap polity of size x. Suppose that outsiders, fascists and discontents decide to take your stuff. So they band together as a gang of size 3x in order to loot your polity. Sure they'll turn on one another when they're done, but what does that matter? Without the ability to centrally govern the economy, institute conscription and other war measures, how can the Ancap polity hope to withstand these gangsters? Serious question.
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  11633. The fundamental problem with our current system is that it really is a monopoly game. The way it's set up, eventually all the wealth becomes concentrated in a single pair of hands. Currently less than 100 people possess more wealth than the bottom poorest 50% of humanity, and the disparity is only getting worse. I saw one video by a former French banker who was fired from his job for merely asking one question that he thought was innoculous enough at the time. In his words, there is no free market, the banks decide which people will get the money to grow their business and who won't, they pick the winners, the idea of the guy building up an empire from their garage is a myth. I'd be wary of using fast food outlets for an example, in the U.S., a large number are fronts for laundering drug money.
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  11634. "What happens when someone pays to those mercenaries to kill, rape and rob you more than you pay them to keep you safe?" You get the chinese communist police. There's nothing stopping you from hiring mercenaries in a western democracy other than every other guy with a bigger mercenary group - be it a government or otherwise.
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  11635. Wish I could have hit the like button on this like ten times! You are thoughtful and articulate, what a fresh breath of Youtube air! SUBSCRIBED!
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  11636. Watch out TIK, here come the socialist bootlickers in the comments to white knight and defend the big daddy government.
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  11637. Very informative video. While im an objectivist and not an ancap, i can see their arguments. You reading Rand will really help parse through all these ideas i think. Thanks again for all content you make, it makes work eaiser when i listen to it.
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  11638. 20:34 What event does 1824 stand for? The year of TIK's birth, or what?
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  11639. Even if someone wrote a perfect book, the reader is flawed and biased.
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  11640. I like your historiography videos.
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  11641. Awesome stuff Tik! Glad to be a patreon ;)
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  11642. After 7th part today I'm gonna watch all from start again. I left it when it was part 4 now for the sake of fresh taste I'm gonna start again 😊😊
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  11643. Love you man
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  11644. The Germans did build the VolksGrenadier units with this firepower focus in mind. They were equipped primarily with SMGs and LMGs towards the end of the war. The SMG is really a weapon for trench/urban warfare. It's for spraying around a corner, accompanied by hand grenades. For the Volksgrenadiers, this was a good weapon since they were intended to be defensive units fighting in villages and prepared positions. It (and its ammo) is also cheaper to make, which is good for 2nd-rate troops.
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  11645.  @TheImperatorKnight  sorry TIK, at the very least you've shown you aren't shying away from sensitive issues.
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  11646. Hey tik, I'd love to hear your political views, I know that can be trouble, but it'd be interesting to know exactly what you think. I get a mix of a classic liberal, and a libertarian
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  11647. I don't think I can even say the H-word without youtube deleting my comment. 🤷‍♂️
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  11648. Wehraboos dislike this video in droves
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  11649. TIK: "Nazi germany was a democracy!" Leftists: "b-b-but Hitler wuz a dictatur" TIK calmly explains how Hitler was sweating bullets while the 60+ million strong german public mercilessly exercized their ownership over their property in their socialist paradise Leftists: Incoherent screaming
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  11650. All states are (registered) corporations. Corporations can only have employees and assets, and their goal is to generate profit. So question should be - what is an individual within these states, and can states (corporations) write laws? They can write internal corporate policies, but to whom do those policies apply? To their employees? And only during work hours? I would say that so called educational systems (schools) have failed miserably, if their purpose was to educate and are immense success, if their purpose is to indoctrinate.
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  11651. It is not what the politicians says, it is what he does that matters. You wont get elected by telling the people the truth.
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  11652. Excellent mention of the Austrian School of economics.
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  11653. I am,sorry, Benito, but I must rain on your parade. Because the people outrank the state, as the state cannot exist without the people. A government without people to govern would be worthy of analysis, nay: in need of it.
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  11654. Bruv, you are factualy correcy but susan wojchjnbvisjkie won't like it ..
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  11655. Tik your video are getting better a lot more fun to watch thank u for all u do
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  11656. I don't want a People's anything.
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  11657. To learn history, you gotta learn from both perspectives. You should know that just one side telling the story dosen’t tell the full picture, its always going to be bais especially the side telling story will just base some elements on their agenda. By listening to both and compare their perspectives you can peice an almost full picture on how the story went instead of being misguided. And no, this video isn’t rubbish, why don’t you check out the sources provided in the description instead of avoiding them just because it hurts ypur emotions and own politcal belifes. Yes, no doubt Hi*ler did alot of messed up stuff during the dark years of the 30s to the 40s but that dosen’t mean you should ignore his side of the story. Infact no side should be ignored, both should have the right to speak their side of the story, no matter how messed up one of them can be.
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  11658. TIK, very interesting discussion.
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  11659. Who was the intended successor of Mussolini?
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  11660. At last a video of yours that is about politics and I don't disagree with the foundation of your logic.
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  11661. Just bought 1984 yesterday, It will be interesting to see the parallels to the modern lockdown world.
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  11662. I believe there is more to this and what you described as aufheben was correct - but missing key parts and context. I'll use a James Lindsay quote to try and illustrate what I'm trying to get at: "Arbeit Macht Frei is what the hammer and sickle mean. "Work makes you free". Productive work, but it's only truly productive work, Marx says, when it's work you don't have to do, you're not doing it for somebody else and you're not doing it for your belly being hungry." The conceptual polysemy in this context is "worker" - a laborer, someone who works in the fields, in the factories, someone who's hired by someone else. Or, "worker" in the Marxist theology: someone who puts their time, energy and effort into doing exactly what they want as long as it's not for someone else or to fulfill a mandatory need (like eating). If you're working for a factory owner, you're doing the factory owner's "productive work" and not your own, and in Marxist theological view, you are being oppressed (and even brainwashed). In a more gnostic perspective, your "work" is the shard of divinity embedded within you and you need to do your "work" to realize your "true self". But you can't do that if you're working for Gunter the factory owner, who pays you to do his work, say, making widgets 10 hours a day. That's not "truly" productive work, it's Gunter's productive work being done through someone else, which is their theological equivalent of a major sin. This also lines up with what you stated about Hitler's views on the Jews not being "fit for work" - his view was that they were *oppressors*, they used money to get other people to do the "work" that wasn't their own. I find rather that the aufheben in this context is related to the Germans under the Nazi regime. "Arbeit Macht Frei" in this sense can applied to the concentration camp staff as a whole: their "work" in this sense, their "truly productive" work was the extermination of Jews. They changed from people with regular families, who'd tend their garden and have a beer, with traditional morals and ethics and were sublated into people who gave up their morals, ethics and even their ability to think for themselves to become "truly" productive "workers" in the Nazi ideological sense - racial mass murderers. That was what was "set free" (you might even say 'liberated'): the absolute worst humanity can produce is the "productive" work of the Nazi. So in a sense, yes, "Arbeit Macht Frei" as you described "Work sets the German free but kills the Jews" is aufheben. The "productive work" of the German changed from what it was prior to the Nazi regime (i.e: normal "work", doing a job to earn a wage, producing widgets and art and all that) to "killing Jews". Another way of looking at it would be Thesis ("work" in the traditional meaning) + Anti-thesis ("work" in the Marxist theological sense) = Synthesis ("work" for Nazis being to kill Jews). Aufheben of "work" to the most extreme degree. "Productive work" for a Nazi is quite literally "killing Jews". I'd have to look at it deeper, but you can likely also make the case that "productive work" for Communists was killing the bourgeoise. Good work :)
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  11663. ⁠ @AlexDeLarge1  China today is considered authoritarian state capitalism. It‘s interesting to see how they learned from the past (Soviet Union). Currently a prospering, striving economic system. Biggest economic power in the world and still growing without end in sight. Poverty of hundred of millions of workers is reduced, they climb up the social ladder. Instead of private companies spying on you and and your habits, using the informations to generate money through advertisements, everything is in control of the government. Social credit system to control the behaviour of people. They can shut you down any time. There are rumours that „re-education camps“ still exist, just in case you don‘t want to give up your religion (Buddhism, Islam) or need „re-education“ for some other reasons. The Chinese way is very appealing to many communists in the west. 😏 There are still lots of them. The system of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe was very interesting. Especially Eastern Germany, a big prison. Adults worked for 45 years without any purpose. It was a very dull life for decades. You knew your life will not become much better, but at least the basic life requirements were fulfilled. Food, roof over the head, work for everybody. But that’s it, just the minimal requirements. Not too much for the workers. A banana for everybody once a year to be happy. 😂 Leisure activity was often to drive around from town to town for getting basic goods like clothes and car parts. You can imagine how motivated the workers were in this system. About the companies and houses owned by the state (or owned by everybody, by the whole community), nobody took care of them. Everything fell apart over decades. No renovations or anything. No thriving economy, no money. On the other hand, the people of the working class were united. United in being poor, so there was less envy and greed. In case you wanted more freedom or a better life, you had to flee the big prison with the risk of loosing your life and get shot. Accept and live your dull life without any purpose or goal, or get shot - you can choose. Punishment/sentence for the lost war, or just by accident, who knows… 🤷🏼‍♂️ People had enough, the wall was brought down and german families and tribes were united again. Eastern economy immediately collapsed, capitalism took over. In this times it was very important and good to have our social system. Without it, everything would have been much worse. Imagine having no job, no food, no housing, no basic life requirements at all. How sad. 😢😢
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  11664. Of course there still is capital, but it is used more for the benefit of all instead of in an egocentric way. It‘s more like a correction of plain capitalism. A safety net for everybody. Provide work for everybody, so everybody can make a living. Nobody should be forced to live a life on the street or in a tent. Health insurance for everybody. Pension insurance for everybody. Unemployment insurance for everybody. Everybody is safe and can make a living, from the bottom to the top. You still can become a millionaire or billionaire, but you also pay your taxes for the benefit of all. When you pay taxes, you may become millionaire or billionaire a little bit slower. Everybody knows and is aware that he is also working for the benefit of all. In plain capitalism you can do your egocentric thing, become a billionaire faster because you pay less taxes the more you got. A few go to the top while many live in the streets without any safety at all. No work, no home, no food, no insurance at all (health, pension). Germany today is still considered Socialism by some Americans. Because we still have our safety net for the benefit of everybody. It works (without starting wars) as long as everybody is working for the benefit of all. It’s a closed system by the people of the system and for the people of the system. The system does not work anymore and may break down if too much money is going to the outside, leaving the system (free capital market, people who are not part of the system and never paid into it, etc.)
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  11665.  @TheImperatorKnight  "religious aspect to the ideology explains practically everything." A perfect explanation of how I feel and was driving me crazy for years. I was sure that it had something to do with theosophy, even before I knew anything about the nazis.
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  11666. Well yes... but socialism never works anywhere. Their intent goals and their methodology alike are socialist. Paradise is always on the far side of the "struggle". If you haven't reached it then it wasn't "real" socialism - or the bad guys got in the way. Bad guys change from white, black, jew, etc., all depending on the regime.
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  11667. Humble Question: Is it not also flawed to say that the phrase "Arbeit Macht Frei" was chosen out of "irony" or as a "joke" since that would imply that Höß and co acknowledged that the concentration camps were bad or wrong, otherwise how would they see the irony or the joke in it?
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  11668. Okay, I know this isn't wholly related to the video, but I want to get your opinion on this: I was watching one of your "Nazism is socialist" videos, and I think I figured out why so many people including me have trouble understanding your point. Specifically, I think most people when they hear the word "socialism" they think of socialistic political ideologies like Communism and Syndicalism and what have you, instead of just the economic system. I think people are confusing your point as saying Communists and Nazis believe the same things, instead of what you're actually saying namely that both ideologies pursued economic collectivism over individualist capitalism. Because regardless of any similarities when put into practice, the rationale and justification for their goals are very different from one another in the abstract. Do you think I'm onto something here?
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  11669. One of the best presentations ever. A reasoned analytical disection of an evil ideolgy. Simply superb.
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  11670. Just added Gellately's book to my shopping list. Thanks, TIK.
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  11671. You walked a narrow line there, and pulled it off in the end. See you soon TIK
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  11672. I think this fits nicely with Hitler's belief in the shrinking markets theory, and his desire for autarky. The primary British threat to him was their blockade, and if Hitler managed to capitulate the Soviet Union like he planned to, then the British main weapon against him would become useless. Germany would (in hitler's mind) become autarchic after the capture of the Soviet Union.(which i doubt because of how fucked their economic policy was and how hard it would be to occupy so large an area) Then it would be only a matter of time to make the British capitulate and even if it were white peace, Germany would have achieved its aims of becoming self sufficient. Tactically beating the british was very difficult, but strategically he could beat the UK by becoming self sufficient.
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  11673. Hitler cared about collateral damage with the Flemish? Seriously?
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  11674. TIK, thank you for today's video. Because of you I have read's Hitler's Mein Kampf. I viewed the book as his road map. From everything that I have seen and read Stalin was moving "everything" to Ural Mountains. It would seem that Stalin may have read it as well. You provided me with two thoughts until today I over looked: Oil and where GB received a majority of their oil and England's stand alone after France's defeat. I now have some new items to read and discover. Everything that I read it was such a low possibility (USA-1939-40) that we USA would not join the war.   To your viewers: You have published this video today and the amount of excellent comments and prospectives that your viewers have shared is simply amazing. Lastly, "NEVER" stick to "just tanks" and thanks the great work. Cheers
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  11675. I have always wondered why the Luftwaffe changed their bombing targets during the Battle of Britain. It seems so logical to destroy the RAF then target industry/ defences finally leading to invasion. This theory could explain why the bombing of the RAF targets were switched to civilian targets just as the RAF were about to crack.
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  11676. Are there even that many Flemish people in Dunkirk? Isn't that mainly French/Walloon?
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  11677. Six people would rather be watching Ancient Aliens on (faux)History Channel
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  11678. Let's talk about your interpretation of the economics starting around the 14 minute mark. So Bruning want to decrease consumption to decrease prices. This makes sense in the very short term, as goods already produced are unable to find buyers, but past that point business will decrease production in order to increase prices back up again. Decreased production means less demand for for workers. We are in agreement that the best monetary policy in the long term is just not to have one, and tie your currency to precious metals; but if you are going to have one, the best policy in times of crisis is to increase the amount of cash in people's hands, it's simple logic.
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  11679. Fantastic work TIK, you're doing a hell of a job. It is great to get a British (Welsh?) person giving us a Misesian/Rothbardian interpretation of these historical events that is sorely lacking in establishment history books. Tanks are awesome, but please don't stick to tanks, your political/economic videos are superb and give an alternative perspective that is sorely needed. Keep up the great work, I am praying for you one day to appear on the Tom Woods show or Dave Smith's podcast, I think it would be a spectacular meeting of the minds.
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  11680. Rothbard is similar to Rand. Both fundamentally misunderstood Kant. Mises was an extension of Kant. Both critiqued Mises's works in the same way, that he did not understand morality. The critique was an equivocation on their part. They equivocated an arbitrarily chosen "Hypothetical Imperative" with Morality. Morality is neccessarily a "Categorical Imperative", that is, it must be followed regardless of reason. For example, ask the question, "Why should one not murder?" - Hypothetical Imperative: *It violates the Non-Aggression Principle*, ergo if one wants to violate the Non-Aggression Principle, then he ought to murder. - Categorical Imperative: Because God Said so, and there is nothing besides God -- Regardless of whether you wish to obey or disobey God, it is still incumbent upon one to follow that dictate. The reason I wrote this was that I was struck by 18:00 minutes in, you describe that he is misusing language. It is not the only time this occurs. Him like most atheist intellectuals do this as well claiming they can be just as moral as religious people, or more moral than religious people, and seek to simply redefine what morality actually means. Mises on the other hand, for all that I have heard people complain about how repetetive he is, his precise & exact use of language is 100% robust and accurate to leave no illusion to what he is actually going on about.
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  11681. Hey Tik! I don't know if you respond to your old videos or not so I am gonna post it here. Can you please elucidate what you mean by a free market in healthcare sector? This is in back drop of you giving an example of NHS in the Public vs Private entity. I am trying to understand it from the pov that if by subscribing to a scheme like that of NHS, you can avail services from Private or Public healthcare (by this I mean one which has non state influence Board of Directors while the latter being Govt engages directly in day to day activities) without worrying about the expenses then isn't it giving the individual more choice? From this pov isn't NHS a gateway or a facilitator rather than being an overarching scheme you would want to opt out from? I mean isn't something like NHS better than what free market can ever provide? Another question from Public vs Pvt video, you mentioned that if State funds you then you are the State. I don't understand that when State has nothing to do with how you run your day to day operations or how you decide your company's long term vision it can still be called State and be related to any thing that has to with "for the people" hence "Socialism". PS: I am not a native of UK so if my understanding of NHS is wrong then plz correct me.
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  11682.  @SmotritelMayaka29  I think that Tik’s uncertainty was not about Romanians at Stalingrad, but about Romanians within the city itself.
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  11683. "calm down, and put another shrimp on the barbi." i laughed far to much for modesty's sake. thanks TIK :-D
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  11684. TIK. They're called prawns in Australia. So "don't come the raw prawn with Australians." "Shrimp on the barbie" was the Paul Hogan slogan used in a Australian Tourism Comission advert for the USA. 😀
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  11685. @tik they are prawns. REEEEEEE!
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  11686. This is like seeing the inner workings of how a historian operates. Excellent. Also, your pronunciation is much better. Voroshilovsky is no mean feat. for us Brits. Surprised to be getting adverts in your videos.
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  11687. As an Aussie I applaud the Pommie taking the piss of Aussies. And yeah we export Fosters because it tastes like piss and don't drink it. I find this all fascinating as I've never really concerned myself with the Russian front other than reading Johnny Red in battle comics as a child. I agree that this phase of the battle is very interesting to me as you can see where its going and its like watching a car crash in slow motion. Love your work and the effort to find out the truth.
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  11688.  @TheImperatorKnight  Superb
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  11689. Really , I put it in chronological order ,thats how he usually likes it .
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  11690. I come here to get triggered. Jk. Great videos. Cannot wait for the next one.
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  11691. Love your videos I just have a few questions/notes: * Why is gold a commodity and paper currency is not? Gold has value because we said so, no different to paper currency. * 19:07 - paper is more practical as a currency then gold. it seems rushed to assume that the only reason to use paper currency is to create inflation. * 36:25 - just because Havenstein wanted to increase liquidity right before the war that does not say that he knew that war war coming
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  11692.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yeah, I think that would be the best. Again, thanks for all the amazing content. Best regards from an ex-patron. Hoping to become a patron again, but I just don't have the magic bank numbers at the moment.
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  11693. This is super, super, super important!! Thank you TIK, and stick to banks!! EDIT: On a different note.. The camera switches are rather redundant and distracting in my opinion. I like that you try out new stuff, but I really don't think it benefit the video. It will in no way stop me from watching your stuff, and if the majority (or you) decide it's a good idea, then I'll just keep on watching.
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  11694. Lewis one question, would you consider a subsidized industry to essentially have what amounts to price controls? I ask regarding the US dairy industry and the high subsidizes they recieve, thus keeping the prices of dairy nationally within a certain "controlled price" range? Thanks.
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  11695. Lewis, im sure you are familiar with Bill Still and his Masterpiece Money Masters which documents the history of "Money" and those who controlled it historically and the different forms of "Money" and true currencies used thru history. I think a conversation between you and he would be wonderful about this subject, he has his own YT channel, as well as being the man who frankly Red Pilled me with his films decades ago, hes been doing this for a long time. I am as excited for this series as any you have done.
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  11696. Ice cream truck graphics = fantastic.
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  11697. TIK - you're brilliant. I only realised this about fiat currency in 2017 and since then started swapping my currency for commodities like gold, silver, long life food, even toilet paper. When the recent events hit the world, I was shocked (and even gloated somewhat at people who had mocked me about this) about how my stockpiling of COMMODITIES insulated me from the panic buying I saw. If people think it through though, in a time of crisis, the piece of paper (or plastic) in your wallet is of little to no use.
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  11698. Shout out to anyone that remembers when this was a gaming channel
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  11699.  @TheImperatorKnight  https://youtu.be/jS9v9ssNxEA
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  11700. ....turkey 2021
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  11701. Have governments ever been so centralized as it is in the age we are living in history
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  11702. That was one of your best videos - you are precise in language and serve the truth straight. I didn't know you were an Austrian ..... this is an interesting subject with many cross currents as Germany was in part owned by the men who were controlling the allies. It is amazing how stupid the super rich are but they win in the end. Germany never paid back their war debts but Rockefeller, IBM and Ford got back every penny and make a fortune on WW2 as well, like true globalists, selling to all comers on both sides.
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  11703. This is such an advanced and complete analysis on historic inflation that contradicts the commonly declared explanations. Incredibly well reasoned.
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  11704. Everyone needs a friend like Halder.
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  11705. TIK I have learned a lot from you in both economics and history! Many thanks for your enormous efforts!
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  11706. Dont worry everyone, we have had 100 years to improve our monetary policy. Now every commodity is manipulated.
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  11707. stick to accepting my thanks!!!😄
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  11708. Great video, when is part 2 being released?
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  11709. Same happened in every corner of the world where gold and silver were adopted for exchange. In Rome they would melt golden coins reduce percentage of gold/silver and make more. Commoners would take little parts of coins, keep them and melt new gold pieces etc
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  11710. This is NOT OK TIK.. We all agreed in comments that youneed to go on vacation of 3 weeks - 1 months on your last video .
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  11711. Thanks for the great video! I will have my Macroeconomics students watch this.
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  11712. Very good summary to put things in perspective on the FIAT matter, especially Marx definition of Capitalism ... thumbs up!
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  11713. These videos are great. There are so many misconceptions about this period and the "gold standard" that the Germans had. To this day people are repeating history and trying to convince the populace that inflation is good. I wish they could understand the parallels to this time period.
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  11714. I want another BankWars epissode.
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  11715. Excellent video. You covered this subject more clearly, logically, and with better documentation than any other presentation I have seen.
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  11716. Thanks TIK. Your politics and economics videos are the best. After all, all wars come down to economics and politics
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  11717. This video is a masterpiece. Should be shown in schools.... not for the kids but for the teachers lol
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  11718. It almost seems to me that the different central banks orchestrated WW1 together in order to steal the wealth from their respective countries. If they were genuinely participating in the war effort, they wouldn't have destroyed their own economies, as that just aided the enemy.
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  11719.  @TheImperatorKnight  Your reasoning makes a lot of sense, but I can't get rid of the feeling that it's still just your interpretation of certain sources you think credible. I'm pretty sure there are countless books that could be used to make the exact opposite of your argument, but I don't have the time and resources to independently go check and verify. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you are wrong, I started reading a lot of books you recommended (Wages of Destruction, Vampire Economy), but your attitude towards historical economic systems and governments paint you as an anti-establishment person, thus cautions me to take your arguments with a grain of salt. Also, your arguments align with my world view that almost all bad things happen because of greed and/or stupidity, but maaan, your reasoning suggests that it only got worse and most likely it will only get even worse... That's a depressing thought. Anyways, keep up the good work, Monday is only bearable because I know at least I'll have a Tik video at the end of the day!
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  11720. Well worth watching if you want to understand the current supply chain issues caused by the "market stimulation" in 2020 and 2021 that has taken place in many nations (t=45:44 onwards).
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  11721. Well done, thank you!
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  11722. The easy way to explain the difference between money and currency is this... Your 10 lb note will buy nothing outside of a country associated with Great Britain. If you go to a shop in North Korea, your 10 lb note is worth less than the roll of toilet paper you're trying to buy. My $20 bill will buy nothing either. Even hard currencies like gold start from a net zero. They are recognized because we associate them with wealth. But if you go to a store and attempt to buy anything with them, I wish you luck. Obviously most stories now operate on an exchange of currency, but it has to be the right currency. However, if I wait outside of the grocery store, and offer to exchange a dozen eggs for a pound of meat for example, I may be successful or I may go home and have scrambled eggs again. This is money. It does not matter where on the planet I am. I can offer that dozen eggs and someone will probably accept them. It doesn't matter if it's a first world country or the back end of Africa those eggs still have value. If your money works anywhere on the globe no matter what it might be a money. If the thing that you are calling money only works in your country it's probably a currency.
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  11723. "Fractional Reserve Banking"... or right now in the US, no reserve banking. The federal reserve used COVID as an excuse to suspend the rule of banks holding on to any reserves of fiat currency...
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  11724. "Let's say that me and... my 'friend'... purchase one ice cream each day" I died. I actually died laughing, and was then resurrected by Kraut Science.
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  11725. Are you shadow banned bro? I have you on "double" notification and not only did I not get notifide outside youtube app on the phone, I didnt even see you in the subscription tab inside the app. You only having 230k subs is also questionable.
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  11726. Thanks for this video. I've been thinking about this subject alot lately and Itll be nice to see all the info gathered and in one place
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  11727. 12:00 in a certain sense, you are right, we already live in a socialist society. Infrared, a Marxist lenist streamer, also talks a lot about this. Even according Karl Marx, at least by what I have understood of infrared explanations, we already live in socialism.
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  11728. stick to economics <3
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  11729.  @TheImperatorKnight  appreciate your response, I seriously respect your content! Thanks so much!
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  11730. Fam, Google’s funny, it identifies TIK (The Imperator Knight) as Mark Felton I can’t make this shit up
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  11731. TIK drops the economic Red Pill. We don't own our time, labour and assets. We have no rights, only privileges; the 'state' owns us and our time and 'sweat of our brows' . There is a name for this, a name, beginning with S, which we cannot shout out or even consider. It is the basis of white vs black conflict and is considered one of the biggest crimes against the person, yet we contentedly partake in its everyday, mundane participation as we happily accept a fiat currency and tax system.
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  11732. TIK meets Mike Maloney :D nice!
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  11733. Clever link between naval blockades and lockdowns!
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  11734. You know whats mad, at weekend i was watching Democrat politicians and news media say that inflation is great for the economy, i was thinking hmmmm that seems a bit iffy at best, outright lie at worst. Afterall as far as i can tell most economic crisis have been caused by devaluation of the currency right the way back to the crisis of the third century (and probably before that) Thanks for the videos
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  11735. Loving the milliards; milliards of people don't know what a milliard is, let alone a lakh, or a crore.
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  11736. I have it on good authority from President Biden himself that there is no inflation, that the inflation we do not have is good for us, and that the inflation we do not have is not leading to rising prices. Anyone for printing another 3.5 Trillion? Krugman says it is okay.
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  11737. 23:39 OMG i used to live in Bayreuth and recognise this place. Nice picture selection! Gold coins (i'm posessing marks and rubels) were usually had only 90% gold Ice cream example continued: Franz sells TIK one ice cream for 2 pounds and a new price level is established Conclusion: i love the war videos, but boy the economic videos are killing it for me. So much information and a really clear picture of why things happened the way they did. Please keep em up, stick to banks.
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  11738. That’s what is happening right now with graphics cards
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  11739. It’s seems to me that the rise of fiat currency is directly related to the rise of modern warfare. World War I cost so much so how could it have been waged by playing by proper rules of money? You play by the proper rules and it would seem that you would lose. Thus it would would seem that cheating would beget more cheating or you no longer exist. The Confederate States of America were all-in with paper money out of desperation.
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  11740. Very interesting as usual.Thank you.Follower from France.
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  11741. I just love the way he presents anything lol.. "You'd still be wrong." 😅
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  11742. I've not watched this but I think it could make me uncomfortable so going to call you a lier and a slanderer good sir and I shall bid you a good day! Seriously though will watch tomorrow. Can imagine it's going to be very good as always L bear.
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  11743. I agree 100% with what you said about wikipedia... in my country (which is almost under a dictatorship), all political content wikipedia pages on local subjects are edited directly by the Government's information office, that's how much "independent" is wikipedia
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  11744. A very interesting episode.. I find the beginning discussion of, what i consider semantics, a bit much. But i appreciate that the "terms of definitions" is settled at the beginning. I have had numerous discussion with students of social studies because the "terms of definitions" were not the same in History as in Social Studies... - A side note, i actually think this is the cause for people discussing weather Nazism is socialism or fascisme. As the Historian discuss the terms in their historical perspective, and i found that in social studies, it seems Nazism has been shoehorned into fascisme... but i digress. It it is good to be on the same page with what you mean. I found this very interesting. I was taught in Danish Middle school that printing more money would decrease its value, due to supply and demand. I was also taught that it was the reason for the inflation in Germany post WW1. How ever, i was not taught that the German Government had instituted plan economy... which was nice to know, as i did not understand how the printing of money would make a shortage of commodities. You say it yourself, the price would just adjust itself. So it was very nice indeed to learn about the aspect of plan economy. To excuse the danish school system, it is a rather heavy topic for 13 year olds. Any way. Interesting episode. I look forward to see more... The nice thing is that i actually found i have a good understanding of economy, albeit more simplified. A lot of your points in the beginning was not new to me, just more fleshed out. Thanks again for quality content Tik I do not ever regret supporting you on patreon, even if i find some of you political (maybe more economical) views a bit utopian/Impossible to implement as the world is.. at least not without breaking world order. PS. Do you think, if the Germans had increased the taxes, and allowed the marked to be free, that they could have fared better in the war?
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  11745. Wow. You just explained why house prices have exploded! It's that there's MORE money for these houses to be purchased with. TIK. have you considered putting this into an academic paper?
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  11746. I know you say how all these folks are saying "stick to tanks", but, by the comments, I'm obviously not the only one who appreciates the econ videos
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  11747. This is my favorite video of yours.
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  11748. be it money, currency or gold i know i dont have enough of any of them.
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  11749. I love the economic side of your content tik. I like the history of conflicts but I feel sometimes that there is so much information to digest that I really can’t gain a true perspective. I would love to see you do a collaboration with the fine people at the Mises institute or possibly some of our public figures who follow the Misesian and Rothbardian economic theory. I would like to think a conversation with Dave Smith would be a treat for your audience and would possibly bring in a new wave of viewers to your channel.
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  11750. The Hidden Secrets of Money by Mike Maloney on YouTube is a must view for anyone who takes issue with TIK's excellent expose on Fiat/Money.
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  11751. you don't need someone to tell you what true and not, think for youself and come up with conclusion that are logical
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  11752. Great video !! I’m going to share this with many people !
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  11753. Wait a minute... A new series begins while Battlestorm Stalingrad is still ongoing? You are spoiling us, good sir.
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  11754. Nice troll at the very end toward Keynesian communist economists.
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  11755. I always wondered what is wrong with the money, or corrency, or that ... darn unreliable thing that they build economies on 1876 1 1 The Mark replacing all prior Reich currencies. Foundation of Reichsbank 1914 7 31 1st Notgeld at the beginning of the Great War 1914 8 4 End of German Gold Standard > Paper Mark 1916 2nd Notgeld later in the Great War 1922 3rd Notgeld at the beginning of the German inflation 1923 7 4th Notgeld at the height of the German hyperinflation 1923 10 15 Creation of the Rentenmark 1923 11 12 Fixed-Value "Wertbeständiges" (5th) Notgeld 1923 11 20 New Currency Rentenmark - First Bills issued 1923 12 1 New Currency Rentenmark - First Coins issued 1924 1 Goldmark (6th) Notgeld 1924 8 30 Introduction of the Reichsmark 1948 6 20 D-Mark replacing Reichsmark & Rentenmark 1990 5 18 States Treaty of Economic Union 1990 7 1 WWSU between West Germany and GDR 1990 7 1 D-Mark replacing GDR Mark 2001 1 1 Euro replacing D-Mark Is there any other country in the world that has switched between so many currencies, than Germoney? I love Your economy videos!
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  11756. OMG, I thought that I have money, but in reality I got nothing, and I am supposedly going to like it...
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  11757. is this the mega project (like "hitler was a socialist" video) you were talking about a few months ago?
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  11758. Tik I have several notes to feedback, firstly I love that you are still doing economic esk videos, and secondly I quite like how you switched between the different camera angles I thought it was well done. Finally I just wanted to say it was a great video.
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  11759. oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, economic video, fantastic!
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  11760. 3:03 See where it says "I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of ten pounds" Take that note to the BoE and see what they give you in exchange for that note. [hint] there are no pounds to give you.
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  11761. He quotes austrian school since public vs private.
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  11762. Wait a minute... Did you basicly just explain how we are paying the Corona crisis? (at least European union with the Euro) Inflation +6% due to more [money] currency pumped into the system, not enough workers in order to fullfill every job and therefore less of the production capacity, provoking scarcity...? And on top of that government suport in order to keep buisinesses afloat (so basicly disturbing the freemarket) Sounds like I need to exhange my euro's for gold (or other commodities) as quick as possible.
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  11763.  @TheImperatorKnight  Good. Sorry to seem to be stalking you in this comments section Tik 🙂 But i'm just glad a clear eyed, thorough historian like you is doing this. And at this, couldn't be more appropriate time. Could you please gather some historical insight on how the Weimar hyperinflation also specifically influenced and inflamed the hatred of Jews in Germany thru to the 1930s? Which bore the bitter fruit of the Holocaust.. Was there some connection to banking and international finance being associated to Jews or people of Jewish heritage being heavily involved in it? Were the Jews in Germany viewed to be as benefitting, profiting from the Weimar hyperinflation?
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  11764. Do you think the "blockade myth" used by the government during WWI was what inspired Hitler's quest for autarky?
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  11765. Really good introduction. Thank's once again TIK.
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  11766. Are you sure about your choice of friends there at 47:08 ? 🤣
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  11767. Interesting new camera angles!
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  11768. That is an old tenner so it’s worthless
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  11769. but thoroughly enjoyed this well done
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  11770. @TheImperatorKnight this is by far your most valuable contribution to society thus far. Thank you ❤
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  11771. Another masterpiece, TIK, I try to share your videos far and wide among those who attempt to justify Marxism and invariably have them dismissed as un-credible because 'they're on YouTube'. Funnily enough, the dismissals of videos two and more hours long come within around five to ten minutes of the link being provided. Proving that those who start watching them run out of arguments around five to ten minutes into your analyses, and then attack you as a source, even though you exhaustively provide all of your sources! Keep up the great work, mate, you're still one of the best political and military historians out there and, like many others, I really appreciate the amount of dedication and work it takes for you to produce such stellar content.
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  11772. Thank you SO MUCH for this video. I’ve listened to it, and I’m listening again and sharing it. Much gratitude from Mississippi❤️
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  11773. Lewis do you think I've got 2 hours 30 minutes to watch this shit?! Of course I do buddy! :p
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  11774. Thanks for your hard work on this project TIK! I know it couldn’t have been easy! We appreciate you 👏🏻
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  11775. It was an informative and wonderful analysts episode shared by an amazing ( TIk) about Marxism ideology and Carl Marx biography..... mesrable lifestyle , mesrable pretexts. Mesrable circumstances...mesrable ideology...pro -slavary ,pro-exploiting others...behaving like aristocrats and lord's in meantime criticism aristocrats and wealthy lord's.....thank you for sharing this magnificent work
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  11776. You're so right wing/left wing/liberal/handsome...Marx was my dað
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  11777. A good reason why proportional representation isn’t in my opinion brilliant. 1924-1929 should’ve resulted in an absolute landslide for the party in power. With a huge majority, the Depression would’ve been dealt with at least in one direction. Instead, we had a coalition Government which wasn’t brilliant
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  11778. To all leftists and also as a form of support for Lewis: As a person from a country with some actual socialist/communist history (Czech Republic) I can guarantee you that no matter what you think about communism/socialism (how great it is for instance...) IT SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK. I can still see results of C/S on my parrents (that have actualy experienced it unlike the most of you) today and make no mistake - it is an ugly sight.
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  11779. Another classic!
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  11780. Good work hitting 100k soon man. Proud of you! Been with you since 10k!!!!
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  11781. Love the references at the bottom of screen......!
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  11782. Wow, cliffhangers and the Wermacht hasn't even crossed the Don! TIK, how many episodes is this going to be?
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  11783. watching this series and hearing about the starvation of the civilians,actually makes me think with horror what if the Wehrmacht had reached those oil fields and the those fields of grain and wheat. I think about it in horror because well someone has to tend those fields and grow the crops but i doubt we are going to the see the 21st panzer farmers division anytime soon, so very likely it would have been Jews,polish,Russians,Ukrainians and who ever else they can grab working on those farms. Working to death as i still see Hitler starving non Germans in anyway. Now that is a horrid thought.
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  11784. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG IT....IS...HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  11785. you have really outdone yourself on this one. just amazing
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  11786. Is the use of the Swastika a good idea in terms of monetization? Or is that so far gone that you don't care anymore? LOL. I think that it is part of history. I disagree with re-writing history. It was what it was. Too much PC BS these days.
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  11787. Yes !!!! They do like it up em
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  11788. Thank you TIK, I rarely comment on any of the youtube channels, but I feel like I have to because I loved the first episode and I can't wait for your next one, especially after Crusader and Market Garden both of whom were also superb. Thank you for doing this
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  11789. My body was not ready for this.
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  11790. Thank you for this!!! It's my birthday.
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  11791. Been very much looking forward to this. At 1:17, Timoshenko's card reads "Stalingard". I don't create videos, so don't know how editable that is, but just a heads up. Thanks for all the hard work put in and congrats on it finally seeing the light of day.
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  11792. An excellent piece of work! Well done again TIK
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  11793. Your videos are so interesting, thanks a lot to share that. Very accurate, very good historian work bro. Many thanks from France.
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  11794. Great way to start off the series. First time I have had an in-depth look at the don bend battles and how they effected Soviet and Axis strength in the battle of Stalingrad. Seems if Axis where appropriately supplied they could've crushed 62nd and 64th and walk into Stalingrad. Look forward to the next Tik, thanks
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  11795.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks TIK! Absolutely love your videos
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  11796.  @TheImperatorKnight  HOLY... you are much better than me at long term projects then. If I was you either Crusader and Curland would not exist or this would be in production for longer. Your work day must be insane.
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  11797. Almost shocked how short the video was, even zoomers could watch this
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  11798. Be me See TIK uploaded a video Think you have a video that you can listen to while doing chores. Start watching the video Video ends two minutes and forty seconds later MFW
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  11799. I think if Germany had been swiftly defeated in 1939 or 1940 it would be remembered as a European war. The defeat of France, with at least initially the Vichy government controlling colonies all over the world, meant the war retrospectively made sense as a world conflict.
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  11800. @ I won’t betray philosophy and history over my oversight. I’m not going to unsubscribe. Don’t feel bad, you have your beliefs and I have mine. I’ll always be a godless heathen 😂 thank you for the reassurance. I don’t want to be too testy as you seem to have mastered philosophy to me, who wants to be the antithesis of Trotsky, Stalin, and Lenin. I want to make sure these ideas never survive the light of enlightenment.
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  11801. 😂 when you said a few short videos I didn’t think you meant THIS short 😂 either way, I appreciate your content. I’m sorry for our little bout on the fascist video. I don’t want you to think I’m a monster because I believe in strong leadership and nationalism. I deleted the comment out of respect for your beliefs.
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  11802. Hi Tik, I'm in the process of listening to the audio book The Weimar Years Rise & fall 1918-33 by Frank McDonongh it's the first part of trilogy on H & N**i Germany. If you don't already have it , based upon what I've listened to so far it is well worth it.
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  11803. I honestly consider the European theatre and the Pacific theatre to be basically two different wars really
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  11804. Not exactly a battle storm but a TIK video nonetheless 😎
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  11805. I had to double check that my eyes aren't deceiving me when I saw the runtime :'D
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  11806. Wow! That was short and sweet.
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  11807. Great video as always ! Can't wait for the city brawling. I was wondering though, are any of your videos monetized at all ?
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  11808. Is there any reason why there are so many independent units ? Is it because Stalin doesn’t want his generals to be too strong and prevent a coup attempt against him?
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  11809.  @TheImperatorKnight  You have a new subscriber. Impressed with your work and your attitude regarding free speech.
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  11810. Awesome. I only wish you could pump these episodes out faster. Yes I know you're only human.😅👍🤘
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  11811. 17:16 Grudinin flour mill
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  11812. Quay-side......pronounced like 'Key' side.
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  11813. HARSH but TRUE
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  11814.  @TheImperatorKnight  based
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  11815. ...one of the best vids I have watched...ever
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  11816. Great video, but I have a question. Are you implying that without any government intervention recessions would cease to exist? Is this true? I suppose I could be based of the information in this video, but I guess I just can't fathom a world were recessions arnt a thing.
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  11817. Those were caused by Fractional reserve banking. They didn't last as long.
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  11818. God damn it!
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  11819. Am I correct in reading this entire episode as: 'The Germans are having serious command & control issues"?
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  11820. I'm giving a like on this video for that smooOooth intro edit. Nice~
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  11821. thanks for everything you've uploaded on your channel, it's a true contribution to humanity
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  11822. Thanks for the links! Always useful!
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  11823. Lol! For the emperor! Nice add Tik
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  11824. Great video as always TIK :) ❤
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  11825. Message from Pedro Cantor was great! :)
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  11826. i love the Warhammer voice!!!
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  11827. (Slow clapping) Ok the space marine voice reading that comment just earned my Like for this video. Well done TIK for knowing your audience…
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  11828. Wow a monetized video
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  11829.  @johnseppethe2nd2  I thought Paulus was just saving troops for his planned invasion of Tasmania, you know, to get there before the Israelis did.
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  11830. TIK has done a video on Hitler about this.
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  11831.  @TheImperatorKnight  I’ll bet! I’m ok. Work and home mostly. Finished John Buckley’s, “Monty’s Men.” Good book.
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  11832. Random, eh? Cheers 😄
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  11833. Dear Tik, your Critics doesn't seem to know... History is not Science... there are facts because we have Documents, Witnesses and so on and so forth... And we have Questions like why did Hinkel goes to Stalingrad? And there is no answer to that question, only Interpretation... and best thing is... everybody is right... (as long as the Hypotheses / Theory does not collide with Facts.) So everybody, peace out... and be grateful for Tik sharing his Lifetime with us and not with his friends and family... be well & take care...
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  11834. Really, realy great video, on one of the black(est?) pages of the Western Allies actions. Poor, poor people :(
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  11835. Interesting video. If i remember correctly Italy declared war on U.S.A. before germany
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  11836. Hey TIK, since Arch Warhammer got banned from YouTube for bogus reasons and he isn't uploading to BitChute for some inane reason, can you finish his Badab War series on his behalf?
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  11837. I'm watching this on Holocaust Remembrance Day.. January 27th 2021 Not one major news Outlet reported that fact.. Our esteemed President Joe Biden is filling his cabinet and advisors with anti-semites..
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  11838. Why are people so incapable of trying to properly think from the other sides point of view. I did get into a debat with someone proclaiming Nazi Germany was capitalist. In his defense he used many examples of socialism where the state had effectively allowed or not allowed for something to be bought and also used the argument that since price controls were used by the allies it effectively should not be viewed as socialism. Not understanding that the whole point was that they were socialist, not that the allies were not, in truth the US was rather socialist under FDR. The counter argument paper used was https://economics.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Workshops-Seminars/Economic-History/buchheim-041020.pdf in which there is the common use of the argument that there was some things government did not strictly control and there fore it was still capitalist. As to be expected in reading it they often describe socialism but do not call it as such. In truth it could be argued that the US as basically any other country with centralized power is effectively socialist but the degree to which there is micro or macro managment is tied to how it is perceived as being either socialist or capitalist. The problem is with so much "newspeak" it is hard to tell how things actully were in the paper presented. They calmed that "An obligation to serve a specific demand did rarely exist for the majority of firms at least before the war" but then claim 2 exemptions as if to that being actually the norm or not. "Regulation of raw material consumption in industry not unexpectedly had an effect on investment"being another clear example of the state regulating or controlling the regularity of things in the paper itself. But a large part of the issue of socialism is that people have been indoctrinated to see it only in the light of robinhood "taking from the rich to give to the poor" instead of state control of the means of production and distribution. Irony of the robinhood concept being the commonly told but not exactly historically accurate story would better be described as taking from the government to give back to the over taxed.
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  11839. even if an " international cabal" indeed exists and was scheming to destroy germany and the "aryan race", and hitler started the war "only" to prevent this plot, hitler himself still planned to, purge the east of its local population and stealing all of its resources. he is planning to do bad regardless of what ground he started the world war with.
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  11840. Why did Hitler still view his Germany as a Republic? How was his legal term as Fuhrer and his party's dominance of the legislature meant to last before an election? I'd imagine it was indefinite... (?) How did he define the word 'Republic'?
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  11841. Evan's book is called 'Lying about Hitler' in U.S. edition.
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  11842. Down the rabbit hole we go Levi . Achtung!!!! crazies at 2 aclock 4 aclock 6 aclock. Whatever you do, no historical perspective on todays chit going please .
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  11843. @TIK Another good video! You are quickly becoming one of my favorite Youtube channels. Keep up the great work!
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  11844. I have no idea who Irvin is but he sounds like a Nazi sympathizer.
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  11845. Very good video. I've never heard this about the Eastern front before
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  11846. ... I know you warned me at the start of the video but... Fuck. How can people act this way?. What can possibly motivate such cruelty and murder? Tik any idea how they actually confirmed his identity when they examined his body in the 1960's?
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  11847. ''the SS werent nice people'' 😅😂who would of imagine that!🤣 anyway yes the owner of youtube is indeed a close buddy of swaab,again who would of imagine that🤔😒 they shouldent censore historians because they favour in my opinion the nazï idealogy...because if you strip down and look to the core too what the world economic forum actually believe in,it has basically a very simmilar idealogy.they find most people unworthy,high ranking WEF people litary said they wanted to get rid of 2/3 of the world population,because they (WEF-ers) find that most ordinary people just take their resources. and thus everyone should eat the bugs. and thus have more of everything,while everyone else owns absolutely nothing. in my opinion WEF could put aside next to war criminals and their idealogy. anyway enough ranting. great vid TIK!
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  11848. Bloodlands is a fantastic book. Great vid Tik.
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  11849.  @Vitross  but remember that the german still needed to refine the oil to transform it into usable fuel so they would have had to transport the oil from the caucasus to regineries in romania or germany so more time.
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  11850. Ah, an excellent video for lunch. Hope all is well Tik. Started to listening to David Stahel's work on Kiev in my off time.
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  11851. TY, Sir
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  11852. Well, anybody else get the Cyprus Hill reference? 42:14
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  11853. Comrades...we will plan an attack called Operation Uranus! Ummm....you know how this is going translate???
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  11854. You made my day. Thank you so much.
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  11855. The luftwaffe was already bringing some supplies in. They could not bring enough to supply the shortage.
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  11856. KKND was a great game!
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  11857. 31:35 "Hi everyone, welcome to Let's Play Krush Kill N' Destroy 2: Krossfire" -Eremenko
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  11858. This series should set the standard for state-of-the-art documentaries for years to come.
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  11859. Another amazing chapter with even more educational content besides the fighting. Watching your videos have granted me an entirely new perspective.I have to admit, now I'm more interested economics and logistics part of your videos than the actual fighting and battle XD I think the channel should change its course after the battle of Stalingrad, and the eastern front in general, and for a period... sticks to !!!BANKS!!! Of course, after TIK taking a looooooooong break. I wouldn't be surprised if TIK is dreaming about taking suicidal orders from Chuikov XD
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  11860. Take note of the very socialist language use in this 'Right wing tyrants' speech.
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  11861. I enjoy this channel’s content very much, and I try to use the same arguments regarding the differences between ideologies such as Communism, Fascism, National Socialism, etc. TIK has opened my eyes to the truth about the history of the 20th Century. Some may not feel comfortable watching these videos, but that’s not the point of history. In fact, history is meant to teach us how not to repeat the mistakes of the past. Being comfortable with it was never part of the lesson.
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  11862. I recommend Danile Tilles' British Fascist Antisemitism and Jewish Responses 1932-40
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  11863.  @gibhacker8121 clearly this shows that we need to nationalize TIK if anything (/joke)
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  11864. @L_Train  No I won't be grateful as it took the NHS 1 year just to confirm I had an appointment and it took the private sector 1 week to give me an appointment. The NHS is a disaster. The only problem with american healthcare is the gov runs the healthcare industry
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  11865.  @TheImperatorKnight  Because You place one epoch in context. It was always blurry to me that political period of socialism in Germany. For myself, as citizen of post-communist country, German politician always have strong impact on Balkan peninsula so I am trying to see the world as worker, soldier or politician of that time. It was great to get strings about influence of Carl Marx ideology on Weimar republic and indirect influence on getting NSDAP on power. By myself, your videos about social history and banking system/economy are way better than pure battle storm campaign. More educational as You wish.
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  11866. The best video You ever made.
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  11867. Earlykreig!
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  11868. Less than 5 min.
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  11869. https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?title_type=documentary&sort=runtime,desc Longest documentary seems to be rated at 52k minutes which is about 8.5 k hours.
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  11870. Geographical names are wrong. It is not "TARTAR " but is "tatar". It is a nationality and not a souce🤣. My ex-girl friend was a tatar and she would be greatly surprised to hear it, not to mention being mad🤔.
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  11871. Do you have any good books to recommend about the North African campaign?
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  11872. Why is "The Stalingrad Trilogy" called a trilogy if it has more than 3 volumes? Anyone knows maybe?
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  11873. hahaha "Shut up Greta" !!! well done TIK !!! Mery Christmas to you all !!!
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  11874. Brilliantly assessed. I remain unconvinced, however, that this book is not a satire.
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  11875. I am going to expose the biggest secret. you may call it the conspiracy of the century. Tik is the secret author of this wacky book and he is actively promoting this book here now. Cant you see. Lol
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  11876. oh yeah this is amazing i needed a good laugh.
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  11877. OMG! Hilarious!
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  11878. Nice to see you laugh
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  11879. TIK is not a wizard!!! No wonder he thinks Hilter was a socialist.
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  11880. not even halfway through the video, and this is the best laugh I had in quite some time! :D
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  11881. Thanks TIK my sides are splitting here.
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  11882. TIK = T means "History", I means "For" , K means "Illuminati. This book has the Truth about WW2 but TIK is a British agent trying to destroy the REAL history. Look it up. He even looks like an alien.
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  11883. Funniest youtube item I've had the pleasure to view. Thanks TIK: I enjoyed it.
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  11884. Sorry mate, I cant stop laughing because I see you laughing. Sorry.
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  11885. 😆😆😆🤣tha thumbnail 😆😆😆🤣😆🤣🤣🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣🤣😆
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  11886. 46:12 no magic training
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  11887. 45:21 the best moment
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  11888. Btw Ty watching this caused my 1st smile in 2 weeks 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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  11889. 59:05
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  11890. dont mock Tik.. that poor man wrote that book thinking the bullshit was real and thought we all be so stupid. .. ..i laughing so hard I too had tears .. I bet you wish you got your money back or was it worth the tears?
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  11891. 48:25 Oh wait, there is more... 😂😂😂
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  11892. This is the funniest video I have seen on YT in a long time. Many thanks!
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  11893. I did not expect to find that so oddly entertaining… What sorta weed would it take to write such a story?
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  11894. Bloody hilarious! Thank you so much for a fine Moday laugh.
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  11895. Stopped the video at 2:16 to post this comment. I will watch it all, but wanted to predict it may be the hardest 1:18:49 of my life. TIK is the ONLY one for whom I would do this! Proceeding.
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  11896. Hitler disguised as Plod. "Oi have you got a TV licence?" Hilarious
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  11897. 58:58 those first two words tell me all I need to know.
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  11898. No TIK, Hitler was not a British agent: it's all an alien conspiracy! Were are the UFOs hidden? In area 51 of course! 5+1 equals 6! and... how many letters is the word Hitler? SIX! It's all connected! Can't you see the obvious truth? What? Sources? What are those? Bah. Just... stick to tanks.
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  11899. 49:35 onwards is gold, thank you Tik we love you 😂 😂 😂
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  11900. 😂 I just got to the bit you lost it. We’re here for you, man 😂
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  11901. A quick correction: the Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust is, as the name would suggest, run by the NHS and does not offer private work. It is a mental health trust providing psychotherapy, predominantly based on psychoanalytic/psychodynamic models. More recently (relatively), we run two large gender identity services. Additionally we have a large Department of Education & Training. I've heard conspiracy theories about us before, many of them touching on the same antisemitic and paranoid/conspiracist tropes that might cause a person to use the term 'psy-ops war school' to refer to the clinic in the past.
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  11902. Well, well, well… if this isn’t the TIK I remember! Congratulations on the new name and totally agreed on the need to change (bloody tik tok)!
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  11903. This channel is basically the only reason why I get on YT.
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  11904. Stick to tanks banks!
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  11905. Yes roughly encluding wounded. Keep in mind some were wounded multiple times or wounded then killed later in the war and being counted as both so always take statistics with a grain of salt.
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  11906. TIK, I accuse you of being Anti-Statistical! How do you plead?
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  11907. LOL the goring “oh yeaaa” at the start was fantastic TIK
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  11908. What does it cost to get my name on the screen?
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  11909. Almost 1st ❤️❤️ ty for your videos TIK.
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  11910. I love that you actually list all of your sources as they appear in your videos. It makes the video seem more like a well structured essay and less like someone just stating their opinion.
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  11911. Love the videos and this is no exception, but I liked the old, simpler name of TIK. If you don’t mind, may I ask why you changed it?
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  11912. Science works the same way. Im waiting to see if you are accused of being anti Russian and German at the same time. Lmao.
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  11913. Thumbnail reminds me of the plot to drop xxl condoms labeled medium in the ussr
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  11914. Next video TIK will tell us how Zhukovs BIG offensive THRUST DEEPLY into Paulus' rear
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  11915. It is no longer available in Canada either. This is big trouble. The book is a historical tool for understanding. What a bunch of authoritarian nut jobs.
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  11916. Did you even watch the video?
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  11917. Top notch video, outstanding quaity for YouTube. Keep it up mate!
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  11918. This man lost 30 pounds in only 71 days! Click here to learn how you also can do it!
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  11919. Hi, I have finished subtitle for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w941j12XUAs&t=5s this video. Can you approve please ? I will make more subtitle for other videos.
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  11920. Wish I saw this yesterday. Flip Youtube
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  11921. never been this early
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  11922. YouTube isn't letting me see the video even after I click the "I understand and wish to proceed" bar. I'm 56 years old, you bunch of fascist assholes.
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  11923. I think you might want debunk the documentary “The Greatest Story never told.” If you want to want to stop people from becoming Holocaust deniers. (Thats how I become one and thanks to you I changed, Im a much better person then my young self who was shrouded in arrogance and fear.)
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  11924. Exactly ! 👍 they need to click your links and look at your economy videos 👊
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  11925. The list reading was Amazing🤣
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  11926. If you can’t catch the Nazi Moon meeting, swing down to the Antarctic Nazi base next week. They will have transcripts sent via V-12++ Rockets!
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  11927. Tik you are killing it today great job
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  11928. Not just bad ideas, the worst ideas and it's precisely because they're intelligent. However I've noticed over the years that the intelligence comes at a cost, where other areas of cognition whatever may be severely diminished and/or there are negative pathological personality traits present. Traits, which then become overriding when these intelligent people are put into environments where the suggestion that they're intelligent, rational and logical beings and much more so than the people who are now beneath them in whatever social hierarchy they exist in, is pounded into their heads. I don't have the smarts to express this properly, but I think you get the jist of what I'm trying to get at when you see supposedly intelligent, rational and logical often also highly educated (though maybe a bit less with engineering fields...maybe we're not smart enough) people adopt extraordinarily bad ideas and whatnot because "I'm smart, highly educated, rational, logical and compassionate and thus immune to those bad ideas only those dumb (poor and working class) garbage people believe."
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  11929. This has a lot of similarities with the socialists are not stupid video. It is simply difficult to understand that intelligent people can take bad ideas. That is where the controversy comes from.
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  11930. I don't see the logic of how debunking Madman Hitler makes him to somehow be a better person. If you ask me, sane not-madman Hitler is actually MORE evil than "Madman Hitler" because the former's conduct cannot possibly be excused by mental/emotional handicaps that he would have suffered from (undiagnosed and untreated) from birth. His evil actions were entirely his own.
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  11931. "Every single day I get called a fascist, a Nazi, a communist, a commie, a Marxist..." I'm sure I don't need to break this to you, but that's just a typical Monday on the internet.
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  11932. TIK, I am part of the 5 % of your viewers. Youtube comments are known to have bad reputation, but there will be people who will really appriaciate your content and people which you will change their mind (mine included). As for why there are holocaust deniers or people who are in the "other world" I believe that's what happens when children grow up with television, they tend to have distorted view of the world and reality. This video is especially useful, because it makes people realize how terrible war is and a lot of people tend to forget that. In Lithuania,in my former school if I ask someone what do they think about the military, the answer usually would be - "It is an honour to be a soldier, and it is my duty to protect Lithuania" and that would be 13 year old kids. It's the information they get, that's what they believe. There is a book (the best book I've ever read) about how people are being manipulated to believe that they are what they own. Born to buy by Juliet Schor. It can answer your question why a lot of people are in "another world" I am writing this comment, because you made me believe that you care about comments.
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  11933. Just added you to my Patreon support. Keep up Your Great Work👍
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  11934. So this comment section is basically - Leftist screaming at TIK because he apperently associate the queue in the city with Socialism and its faulty design in general. - Finland did nothing wrong - Finland did wrong - Stalin is a great dude - Nat Soc = Capitalism - Unreliable source material? - Nat Soc # Capitalism - The Soviet people were brave - The Soviet people were not brave and they should all go to hell because they chose poorly - russianpeoplewhodoesn'tspeakenglishverywellsoidon'tevenunderstandwhichsidetheyareon -" Learn some Russian" - "I have a great time drawing the L on that loaf" - ''Stalin helped the ussr'' - ''Stalin's purges made red army weak' - Random starvation in India mentioned - ''They should've evacuated'' - A random guy who have too much free time so he comments on a 8 month old video
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  11935.  @TheImperatorKnight  They are allways going to complain. These people (nazis and commies) are hated by everyone, so they stick together. When you block them of course they going to complain, what else are they going to do. Just ignore the obvious trolls and respond to those at least trying to make an argument.
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  11936. Excuse my ignorance but what is the strategic value of Tobruk?
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  11937. Post-modernist should be deconstructed :)
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  11938. Absolutely love your bit about Austrian Economics. Hope this gets out there to lots of people.
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  11939. Shout to Terri Young, I’ve loved the thumbnails and maps on your videos
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  11940.  @TheImperatorKnight  I suppose you are a Peter Schiff man. https://www.youtube.com/c/peterschiff/videos
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  11941. Oh wow I just started watching this and I love the format already! I'd like to hear more about your opinions and views TIK (by the way, Comic Sans is amazing. I'm a History teacher and I use it all the time with the kids <3 )
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  11942. See, this is why I send you money every month.
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  11943. Strange how TIK has 336k subscribers, but apparently less than 20-30k views per video? More BS from the YT algorithms....
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  11944. As a Yank, I have to admit that your guest speaks so fast and with a deep English accent that it is difficult to hear what I’m sure are excellent points. Often you both are talking at the same time. I know I am asking for a negative comeback but I may not be that unique in my option therefore would recommend a slower pace perhaps which could be even better than ever! I desperately want you and this project to be very successful and enlightening and believe it offers so much of what the world needs now. It has become almost rare that people with differing opinions can even have a conversation anymore much less develop or maintain friendships. Hope you can accept my comment respectfully because as you stated “teachers don’t teach the way most people want to learn.” Is it for the teacher or the kid in the back of the room.
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  11945. Happy New Year Lewis! I enjoy your Q&As and more laid back content just as much as fully insightful one. As for second channel, I personally think it is much better to split sourced vs. laid back for a couple of reasons. People who are here more for you, like to watch any type of your content because they know it’s gonna be interesting. So no matter 1st or 2nd channel they are gonna be there. For those who are for more general and algorithm hitting stuff, it might throw them off when you come out with “sub-par” content. As for algorithm itself, your more “chill” videos can still do really well even on second channel if they do hit the algorithm with the title and thumbnail. There are plenty of channels out there where secondary channels sometimes do better than main ones. Obviously it depends on the content but as a person who did somewhat well with YouTube, that would be my way to go. Keep the main channel for what it’s “known for” and 2nd for those who want the extra info, trivial or not. Good luck!
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  11946. TIK, like Christopher Hitchens, is a contrarian. He throws long-held views made by historians and their ilk into the bin, presents an opposing thesis and confronts you to prove him wrong. The video and booklet on Hitler's socialism is one of the most important and impressive work of historiography and research I've come across in my many years of serious study of WWII.
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  11947.  @TheImperatorKnight  Have you read Theory and History yet? It is my favourite of Mises's works, and I think explains what you do with better nuance. Quote: WHAT differentiates the realm of the natural sciences [ AKA The realm of the Scientific Method ] from that of the sciences of human action is the categorial system resorted to in each in interpreting phenomena and constructing theories. The natural sciences [ AKA The Scientific Method ] do not know anything about final causes; inquiry and theorizing are entirely guided by the category of causality. An example that comes to mind are the extremely simplistic explanations of why Hitler did what he did; because he was of course, Madman Hitler! Continued: The field of the sciences of human action is the orbit of purpose and of conscious aiming at ends; it is teleological. So when you say interpretation, you mean teleology. In the case of Madman Hitler, you demonstrate the underlying designs [ aka Telos ] and rational decisions of Hitler, that led him to make the choices he did, thus proving he is not a madman. While this might sound like a quaint truism; something that surely all historians engage in. It is not. Quote: The present epistemological situation in the field of quantum mechanics would be correctly described by the statement: We know the various patterns according to which atoms behave and we know the proportion in which each of these patterns becomes actual. This would describe the state of our knowledge as an instance of class probability: We know all about the behavior of the whole class; about the behavior of the individual members of the class we know only that they are members.5 It is inexpedient and misleading to apply to the problems concerned terms used in dealing with human action. Bertrand Russell resorts to such figurative speech: the atom “will do” something, there is “a definite set of alternatives open to it, and it chooses sometimes one, sometimes another.” 6 The reason Lord Russell chooses such inappropriate terms becomes obvious if we take into account the tendency of his book and of all his other writings. He wants to obliterate the difference between acting man and human action on the one hand and nonhuman events on the other hand. In his eyes “the difference between us and a stone is only one of degree”; for “we react to stimuli, and so do stones, though the stimuli to which they react are fewer.”7 Lord Russell omits to mention the fundamental difference in the way stones and men “react.” Stones react according to a perennial pattern, which we call a law of nature. Men do not react in such a uniform way; they behave, as both praxeologists and historians say, in an individual way. Nobody has ever succeeded in assigning various men to classes each member of which behaves according to the same pattern. And such is your unique appeal as a historian, and what puts you heads and shoulders above historians such as Bertrand Russell. Cheers.
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  11948. Anticipating a rather sophomoric rebuttal from TimeGhost History. My exchange with him on his rebuttal to "Hitlers Socialism", Where I asked him to consider debating you openly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHAN-RPJTiE&lc=UgxjFLUejrJtTqt04mF4AaABAg.97PWlI_zpiA97XY7myH5ou A notable quote from him: Akiva Abraham with all due respect for the effort that TIK puts into his work, serious research needs to be epistemological (the principles of scientific method). That includes that it has to be based on provable facts and sourced from recorded reality. His sources are not only mainly second hand, they include endless, countless long disproven speculation and propaganda based on known falsehoods. One of his fallacies is by exclusion: he doesn’t look at the actual financial data (which is btw readily available online). Having an academic discussion requires that both parties adhere to the principles of the philosophy of science, otherwise the discussion is between religious belief and scientific fact - two things that are not compatible in serious discourse. Addressing his rhetoric, serious research needs to be epistemological (the principles of scientific method). Only some Epistemological research is based upon "The Scientific Method", namely the Natural Sciences. Most people do not understand that the "Scientific Method" is but one "Science" of many, and it is employed in an area only to the extent that it works better than the rest. For example, you wouldn't employ the scientific method, to verify the proposition that *All Bachelors are Unmarried*. For that, you would use the Science of Logic. Interestingly, Marx had tried using the Scientific Method to analyze history, and ended up with Dialectical Materialism. It was an all around failure. The Proper epistemological system for history, has to be Teleological, taking into account Human Design. See Mises: Theory and History Part II His sources are not only mainly second hand, they include endless, countless long disproven speculation and propaganda based on known falsehoods. Not true given that the heavily sourced Vampire Economy is a first hand source. Also, why does he not express any self doubt, that it is actually himself under a spell of propaganda? One of his fallacies is by exclusion: he doesn’t look at the actual financial data (which is btw readily available online). Even if this were true, which its not; Has he ever read Das Kapital? Its just Marx endlessly quoting "Actual Financial Data", to "prove things." Of course, Marx proved little to nothing, namely because he did not understand economics. Looking at Financial Data, means very little if you are not in a position to understand or question it. Having an academic discussion requires that both parties adhere to the principles of the philosophy of science, otherwise the discussion is between religious belief and scientific fact - two things that are not compatible in serious discourse. You hear that TIK? According to TimeGhost, your discourse is merely "Religious Belief" where as Timeghost is based purely in "Scientific Fact". I mean God, what a pompous thing to say.
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  11949. Just a shout for The Bloody Triangle. The Defeat of Soviet Armor in the Ukraine, June 1941 by Victor J. Kamenir . Zenith Press, USA 2008.
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  11950. Example at 0:14-0:15 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFHfs1IaHGU
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  11951. What did the Fox say?!
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  11952. tik in its best form!
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  11953. Hey TIK, do you have a video or a book to recommend on the basics of economics? I learn a lot from your explanations in the videos, but it is a topic that I never really studied and would like to understand better
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  11954. Our economy sounds like a reverse Ponzi scheme. The more you save money the more bent you get. How sustainable is this really? Economics is in fact simple. All the "complexity" comes from mechanisms that seek to delay the inevitable consequences of things like deficit spending and inflation.
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  11955. At 31:10 you say that if prices go down by one-third, then an increase of the money supply by one-third would keep prices stable. If prices go down by one-third, then a 50% increase in the money supply is needed to keep prices stable. If a loaf of bread costs $3 and the price goes down to $2, then to return the price to $3 requires the money supply to be inflated by 50% of the $2 price, or $1. The central bankers are more evil than you stated - 16.7% more evil, in this example, as the money supply is increased to 150% of its previous size, rather than 133.3% of its previous size.
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  11956. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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  11957. Economics and history? Impossible.
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  11958. This video is amazing! I’m a TIK fan through and through now. Anytime TIK goes what feels off script it’s amazing just what we are being lied to about not in just historical German sense but also how the entire world is being shaped around us and cutting it with witty humour.
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  11959. This video is a hidden gem. Thank you.
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  11960.  @TheImperatorKnight  What do you think about investing in commodities at the moment? I know they are volatile now but I think it’s better than just waiting for your money to be worthless.
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  11961. sure people would still buy some but high prices would disincentivize the hoarding we saw
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  11962. Impressive lecture! So... where ARE you putting your savings? (Gold?)
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  11963. Could you do a tutorial „how to piss off central planers“? :)))
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  11964. TIK released this video on the day the NYSE dropped 2%, the biggest one day drop in more than half a year!
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  11965. Pointing out what is money and what is currency. Mike Maloney would be proud of you
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  11966. Fokin Haupt
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  11967. ive been watching this series now for the last month and were not even in stalingrad yet hahaha i love it
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  11968. is the map going to adapt once we are within the city? like are we going to zoom-in more and see the individual buildings and stuff? There's another channel that has detailed stalingrad battle videos, I don't know if I'm allowed to post it here but most surely know about them, and they use 3D imagery for the areas talked about in their videos. They are pretty nice but maybe too sterile? I don't know, I feel that it is missing that human self-consciousness and hability to see through the bs that you do so well.
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  11969. Oh my god... Oh my god! How am I only now finding this channel?! Instant sub, you sold me, where do I sign?
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  11970. So basically Neo-Nazis are saying "Hitler wasn't real national socialism! Real national socialism has never been tried!"
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  11971. Everyone knows Halder was TIK's favourite General.
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  11972.  @owningdishonestshills7435  cool story bro? I also have a pc, its not a brag. Clearly youre mentally unstable and are projecting the infection of your weak mind. Maybe if you had a job youd be socialized better and able to function around other humans.
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  11973.  @owningdishonestshills7435  heavy diesel equipment mechanics bud. But you think whatever helps you sleep at night in your mothers basement.
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  11974.  @cyberputo  you mean modern socialists?
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  11975. Socialists reading history, HA TIK I didn't know you were getting into comedy
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  11976. TIK back doing what he does best!
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  11977.  @TheImperatorKnight  I know Ive said this to you before. When I was younger I met with a WWII veteran who after the war became a Major in the British Army. He told me you'll never win an argument with "the Communists" a/ they change the goal posts b/ they'll never accept it "was socialism" unless it reached perfect utopian conditions. He told me, you cant argue with them, just shoot them in the head, yes every time they stick their heads up shoot them in the Head. Or else they are going to remove your freedom to choose. The Labour MP for Norwich South says (Clive Lewis) He wants second homes seized and private Schools abolished because it prevents equality. Guys like this MP will ban children from listening to "bed time" stories only to impose their aspiration of equality
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  11978. 15:57 -- Sounds like having to deal with "Diversity and Inclusion" in today's business world
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  11979. Actually black isnt a color😂
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  11980. Nice, even though I watched the 5h version. I'm excited for the compact Editon of ,,National Socialist are Socialist". Keep up the good work.
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  11981.  @owningdishonestshills7435  No, you are advocating for literal slavery. Also, without socialism there would be no involuntarily homeless people since anyone could just homestead an unused plot of land by building there.
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  11982. You really need a new copy of Rise and Fall of the Third Reich...yours is in tatters....
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  11983. It's funny. Modern Socialists will wash their hands of the Nazis, claiming they were Capitalists, which they were not. At the same time they say nothing about the atrocities committed by all other Communist/Socialist regimes. They either ignore them or say it wasn't real Socialism. They cannot however acknowledge the Nazis as Socialists because of the racist angle. Today Socialism is talked about fondly by too many. To be called a racist is worse than anything. Especially by the wokies. Socialism has killed more people than radical Islam and small pox. It is the religion of the envious.
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  11984. I know critics do not understand what Totalitarianism is. By admitting the Fascist and Nazis are Totalitarian is literally admitting they're Socialistic. Often resorting to the argument that Socialism is "Worker Control" as a fallback point. Which isn't true when you look at the history of Socialism and find the very concept of Worker Control is Marxism and Marxist do not hold a Monopoly on the Word Socialism. Even in Marxist regimes, it was never worker controlled anyways. So even within Marxist ideology when in practice, always ends up turning into Totalitarian where the State or Party which is the State. While the workers have little if any power whatsoever and were just slaves of the Marxist Socialist State. So in practice there is little difference between Fascism/Nazism and Marxism when they actually are put into practice. Only ideological differences.
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  11985. Ooops, sorry TIK, second viewing. Forgot to hit the like button. Bloody brilliant video! Best on YouTube. Cheers.
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  11986. Great video
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  11987. fascinating episode! im getting addicted to this series
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  11988. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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  11989. I just had a random thought/idea while killing time at work rewatching the Stalingrad Battle storm series. Why not make a line of posters which could be different battle storm maps which you've made/used in any of the battle storm series. Might be pretty cool way to earn some extra cash for book sources and I'm sure a lot of the fan base would love to have such posters, especially if anyone has models of sorts which would be a fun hobby of "playing out" the battle with a friend or just messing about.
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  11990. It's staggering that you are telling people that they are being treated as slaves by the maniacs in power, and are only getting this little onslaught by the people. Just swearing, cussing and a few death threats. Not many decades ago, anyone that said what you just did right now would be directly slain, possibly mutilated in public through the process, no nonsense. Good luck mate, hope you don't get suddenly killed by a tyrant-supporting psycho.
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  11991. That videos like this have to exist to fix the imbroglio of errors and fallacies regarding peoples understanding of these definitions and the history around them show the Communist Party is still going strong and have been busy reshaping the worlds perception of them. Lazy morons claim it’s CIA propaganda - but the torrent of bloodshed the Soviets unleashed on the world in pursuit of their communist utopia was unparalleled and well documented. Socialists ironically forget all that bureaucracy and paperwork leave lots of documentation and evidence.
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  11992. I think i can easily say this video is immensurable in value ;)
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  11993. Wow this is simply an amazingly informative video! Can’t believe how much pro-socialist shit is shoved down our throats
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  11994. You deserve your own university. Your videos are heavily sourced, easy to understand and informative as can be!
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  11995.  @Gvjrapiro  Every socialist politician, in practice, defines Socialism as state control over the people. Sure, they have pretty words about "the people", but it always ends up nightmarish. So the scientific (observation-based) definition of socialism is power to the state, over the people. And not just Hitler; also Stalin, Mao, Castro and the European "edmocratic" socialists (including Wim Kok, the late leader of the Dutch labour party. Under capitalism (free market) workers are free to run their business communally, just like https://fee.org/articles/marxism-on-the-menu-why-the-communist-restaurant-failed/ Socialism cannot work (just like democratic government can not; a contradiction in terms). In the end, everyone thinks of #1first; whether that's sleeping in and keeping customers out of the restaurant in the morning; down to wanting to impose your will upon others. It is quite tiresome to have to explain this obvious fact time and again.
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  11996.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yeah I've never seen you shut down a single person ever. You're fantastic about having an open dialogue, even with us fans who drive you crazy ;)
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  11997. This is - BY FAR - THE BEST VIDEO on EVERYTHING dealing with history AND the economy(-ies) during those times... leading us to where we are today... I have EVER SEEN! I taught Economics and Government. If it were in MY POWER, this would be playing 24/7/365 at any/all schools/universities!!! THIS IS A ONE-STOP SHOP VIDEO FOR ALL THINGS ECONOMICS AND HISTORY - especially the "history" that was re-written and/or completely distorted! I do NOT know the name of this guy, but he has reduced EVERY single book I've read on history and economics into one less-than 2-hour video BRILLIANTLY! MAJOR kudos, TIK! Seriously! Bravo!!!
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  11998. I am a little bit confused about why large companies are not capitalist. I mean, they are not owned by the state, they are not paid by the state, you could call them corporations. They are often huge multinational companies. It is interesting that these very large companies, which I suppose have shareholders but seem to have a small number of people or one individual who profits the most. They are profit making companies, so why not capitalist? It is interesting these very large wealthy companies, or, the one person in control, who are very rich, seem to support and often actively work towards the idea of a global government, a Totalitarian global government it seems, ie a Communist style government. Why? This is confusing. A well known public figure in the UK, I heard say that we don't have Capitalism, we have, Corporatism.
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  11999. Since you do have an audience - and a big one - of people who want to hear it as it is, without political correctness, why do you waste your time and energy bickering with your ill-meaning critics?
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  12000. Over a hundred years ago, most businesses were small and most employees were self-employed. This is no longer the case. So, what is the modern era of big business is? Is it still capitalism?
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  12001. This is so fantastik TIK, honestly the amount of high quality effort you put in these is stunning. Keep on keeping on
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  12002. I never enjoyed studying history more since I discovered your videos. Terrific job TIK. By the way, my profession was a cartographer. I was manager of the Research Dept. for Hagstrom Map Company in NYC for eight years. So, being a map maker, I can really appreciate the intricacies of researching and drafting a superb map. Terry did a masterful job.
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  12003.  @TheImperatorKnight  You are doing amazing work. My wife is Historian, she graduated in Russian State University and she admits that level of details and citations in your videos is way above of that what they learned during studies. Keep it up with excellent work !!
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  12004. Glad I found your channel, this video was a delight. Hope there are many more.
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  12005. Good fucking vid!
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  12006. Thank you really liked your presentation , I didn't fuel was a major economic issue thanks.
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  12007. Awesome video! just amazing how in depth you went in details with why germany lost the ww2. I realy struggled with why germany, hitler in particular was trying to attack the north, center and south all at the same time with the huge frontline against the soviet like a madman but with you information people like Franz halder and the other survivors created this narrative that we know of. I would realy LOVE to se what happened to the Pasific War and about the Japanese Oil situation because they werer able to capture the dutch east indies(indonesia) but would like to know if that alone would have been able to sustain japan's oil crisis... Thanks for your video! will be watching more
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  12008. This is a fascinating video which really presents a very interesting perspective on the outcome of WW2
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  12009. TIK thank you very much for your reflection provoking videos. I have one question to you, according to your opinion : Why Hitler didn't just settle for "buying" the oil from the Soviets to have oil to motorise his army, instead of waging a war on the Soviets?
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  12010. I just wanted to say that I've learned so much from your channel and that I was wrong on so many facts about WW2. Thank you for you incredibly well researched and sourced videos. You need more subscribers.
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  12011. Excellent video with actual sources. Not just shouting and screaming your right with no facts. Keep up the good work.
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  12012. Outstanding video TIK, you hit this one out the park.
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  12013. ! One of the few history channels that again and again make me realise how much I still don't know about the war even though I too study it relentlessly. Keeps me motivated to learn more! Keep it up!
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  12014. Just became a patreon, you deserve it
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  12015. By far my favorite channel on YT
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  12016. Permission granted. You have been competing against 5 minute TikTok videos. YouTube algorithms don't give crap about effort spent on single video. Overall quality in your videos has been so high that I am not actually even worried about this. You will still beat 99% of other content.
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  12017. I'm in the minority that watches "religiously" every battle storm Stalingrad. The YT algorithm recommended it to me at it's begining and I've been subscribed since. I like the other stuff, I'm not the "stick to tanks" crowd, but I sometimes fundamentally disagree with what you say about politics. But it is always interesting to learn and you changed my mind on several subjects
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  12018. That reddit threat made me laugh. The idea that the Tankies have to "debunk" your facts and the "Socialist Nazis" (read: Socialist National Socialists) made me laugh. What are "Socialist Nazis"? National Socialists who are really into Socialism? How does one debunk documented facts? I'm guessing they do what they normally do, use lies/deception, "muh feelings", and ad hominem slurs.
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  12019. As a former patron (too broke to spare a dollar right now) ANYTHING you make is of interest to patrons. Battle storms are worth the money but whatever else you make will be great. If you go political please just don't get sucked into the morass of the American culture war. The UK has it's own, it's interesting, and a lot smarter. Ours is just ... arguing over what place to buy a chicken sandwich or a t shirt based on who a company wants to be polite to.
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  12020. Tik, even your q and a's have ten times more effort than necessary. Have a look at Drachinifel 's q and a's for an example for a middle ground.
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  12021. It turns out that Stalingrad is clearly TIK's Stalingrad. But he still won't retreat.
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  12022. I came for the hitler socialism stuff initially, but I've watched a lot more of your stuff since. I often find new books to read by watching your videos. Just want to say thanks.
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  12023. While may favorite videos are your political analysis ones, there is no reason to burn yourself out making videos. I watch a few other very high-quality history youtubers and many of them only publish like once or twice a month and yet there I am everytime they drop a new video to watch. All I am saying is I personally am here for your videos in general.
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  12024. You could also do the 1st Monday of every month as Battlestorm, and the other Mondays are politics/etc. This way, you have a month to make each Battlestorm episode, some regularity/predictability, and can focus on the easier, non-patreon content (Bank Wars especially) for the remainder of the month.
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  12025. permission granted
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  12026. My son (who is in university trying to get a history degree) and I binge the political stuff, and watch them 2, 3 times. Never watch battle videos. We very much liked the gnostic religion video
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  12027. We don't need the fine details. IF THEY WANT THAT THEY CAN BUY THE BOOKS. Stalingrad is too detailed. I quit watching it many months ago. Street buy street level is not what I am interested in. A quick animation of line movements shows the stalemate for weeks, months. Again turn off the microscope and lets move up to a more broad stroke.
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  12028. Have you considered doing shorts? It seems to be the new big thing on YouTube right now and could get more people to your channel to see you long form videos. You could take snippets of your long form videos, make standalone shorts about small things. Pol III during the German invasion of Norway for example. The whole incident boils down to spot the Germans, fire flares, ram the German ship, catch fire, captain dies, hours later Blücher becomes a submarine. Since YouTube Shorts are max 60 seconds, I'd imagine they'd take significant less time to make but could bring in more people to the channel. And no matter what actions you'll take I'll continue to support you on Patreon
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  12029. I don't like your politics. I love your history war content. I appreciate the hard work you do. Thank you
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  12030. Not sure how the youtube algorithm works but I thought they paid out the highest for 10 to 15 minute videos. Is there a reason you cannot divide your videos to take advantage of this? And as well release them over more than one week.
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  12031. When I said TIK would have a mental breakdown over Stalingrad, I was only half-joking.
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  12032. I didn't comment because I don't donate. I have meant to, but busy life and I have been too lazy to sit down and set up a subscribestar. Anyway, I don't watch Stalingrad. Though I am looking forward to bingelistening when the series is finished. My favourite stuff is economics and politics. Though I really like your old battlestorms. Ffs take some time off.
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  12033. Not every video needs to be perfect, and if it's required push the Stalingrad videos back an extra week to give you more time so Stalingrad every 5 weeks instead of 4 weeks
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  12034. 5th?
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  12035. Fuck, I might have corona(they're gonna test me tomorrow as I have all symptoms and been sick over 4 days) and I wanted to see this while I'm awaiting the dreadful test to calm myself.. Thanks for the video!
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  12036. TIK, stick to banks!
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  12037. Last
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  12038. Im 15th,I still demand Hero of the Soviet Union medal!!!
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  12039. Keep up your good work
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  12040. Good job man👍
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  12041. This is really good work
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  12042. Forgive the necro comment, but towards the middle you point out how people in market economies wouldn't notice unless there's a massive crop failure or factory fire. I would point out that there have been multiple fires at food production plants, meatpacking factories, that sort of thing, and there's basically been nothing mentioned in the news.
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  12043. By the way, what TIK is saying in regards to prices and scarcity is very relevant today with the coronavirus. Many places have laws against “price gouging” which is why we have empty shelves of toilet paper and hand sanitizer. You keep the price low and some idiot douchebag fuckface is gonna buy it all.
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  12044.  @TheImperatorKnight  i love the videos about economics :3. Thaks for your amazing work ( how much is the cost of patreon ? )
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  12045. Brilliant assessment. Explaining why socialism does not generate wealth. It is so patently obvious. There are NO (not one single) prosperous socialist country. The only prosperous countries are countries with capitalist countries--unless the country sits on lakes of oil. And even if it dies (Venezuela), socialism creates poverty and shortages. So why do so many young Americans think that socialism is the economic systen of the future which will generate unprecedented prosperity.
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  12046. Hey TIK didn't you know 'Real Socialism' is when people are being social with each other? Right, you didn't. DUH :P :) (jk)
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  12047. I’ve enjoyed this more recent dive into the third-positionist mentality. Now, we’re getting into the legendary schizo realm. 😂
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  12048. This comment makes every single point you have been making the last several months about NS basically being a modern expression of Gnostic religion. One can argue that the USA is not that far off... not because of current year political devlopments but we are a very nationalist country and have been since WWII. Another youtuber I watch even puts it this was as we America more or less worships America and Americanism.
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  12049. TIK, people do the same for news. No one reads anything ever, they just react to title of the news. Hell they come to conclusions based only on title of the article....
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  12050. That is Lamarckian evolution where your life experiences affect your genes and are passed on. However, this has been dis-proven by biological science. My experience says that whenever spooky, spiritual, ethereal stuff is invoked it is to hide some insane nonsense. The rest of the argument is gnostic or argumentum ad authoritadem. We have done the twins separated at birth study zillions of time and the gene sequence is the same, so it would have to be passed by a spooky spirit we cannot measure. Be careful, there are more nuts out there with crazy books than TIK's, you can be overwhelmed by stupidity. It is, after all, the only infinite quantity in the universe.
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  12051. I find these twitter esoteric n*zis one of the most cringe things i've seen since horoscope obssessed hippies
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  12052. Nazis are whack but you really do pick the low-hanging fruit TIK 😂
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  12053. TIK, I just about fell out of my chair at work laughing when Hyperborean Aryan wrote, "It is proven that we carry Ancestral memories in the blood which are passed down to us through our genetic code." Obviously this guy has no knowledge of biology whatsoever. First, there is absolutely NO scientific evidence AT ALL that ancestral memories are passed down through the genetic code. NONE, ZIP, ZERO! That is pure poppycock. But it gets better, as this guy obviously doesn't know that the bulk of cells in the blood, the red blood cells, LACK A NUCLEUS! They don't contain the DNA through which we inherit characteristics anyway. They contain mitochondrial DNA, sure, but not the genetic material that determines who we are. Maybe he thinks it is carried by the platelets because he is a bit of a clot! Although they, too, lack a nucleus. Also, calling on the name of God when you deal in numerology, kabbalah and Vedic astrology is actually anti-God and anti-Christian. Unless you are worshipping Satan, that is. I also get the feeling this guy must have watched "Iron Sky" too many times.
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  12054. I swear at this point TIK though longer and harder about NS than every single neo-n@zi to have ever sported a buzz cut combined. NS works because it's adherents are not the thinking sort and if they try really hard you get pseudo-intellectual mumbo jumbo like this fine specimen of the hyperborean blood.
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  12055. Can we get the song at the end as a video by itself?😂
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  12056. TIK, mate! Please do more of your original music with your guitar. My kids love it. They keep asking me to play back the last 10 seconds of this film you made. It must of been hilarious to make. Thank you for your content.
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  12057. OMG ... I never laughed so hard at your humour! Especially poor old Boris! Fantastic video Tic, thanks for uplifting my day!
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  12058. I gave a like. The song at the end sold it for me... 😂
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  12059. Catchy toon 🤣
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  12060. Sick tune at the end of the video. Cannot wait for the first album to release
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  12061. roaring 20s - rofl rofl
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  12062. All the pent up frustration in TIK's videos dealing with comments lead to this
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  12063. Sorry for your loss TIK. Take some time for yourself. I will still be here when you get back.
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  12064. You take care TIK, I may just be a random voice on the internet but I'm sorry to hear that.
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  12065. Tik - above all else we want you to take care of yourself and your loved ones. Whenever you're ready to upload new videos, we'll be here ready to watch again.
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  12066. Not letting us down. Real life, good or bad, always comes before YouTube.
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  12067. History will still be here. take a month bro chill out. we are also not going anywhere. :)
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  12068. My condolences TIK. No one is truly gone as long as they are remembered.
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  12069. I have a backlog of your videos to view. Sorry for your loss. It's hard. Peace.
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  12070. I will not like this, as it does not seem appropriate. My heartfelt sympathy. Take all the time you need, your audience will be here or quickly return.
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  12071. Take care & take time is all anyone can say. I lost my youngest son aged 22 on Christmas day past. Just try to think of good things in this difficult life.
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  12072. Be well. My condolences. Take all the time you need.
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  12073. I will be praying for your family and for the soul of your loved one. requiescat in pace.
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  12074. You have not let any of us down. My perspective of history has changed from your videos. Take care of yourself.
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  12075. Sorry for your loss, its no help now but it does get better with time. Please take all the time you need, we love your video's but better for you to be okay
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  12076. Sorry for your loss, will be here when you get back, and won't change my subscription
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  12077. My deepest condolences.
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  12078. Take all the time you need dude
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  12079. Marxism in all forms (also the currently massively supported ideology of liberal cultural marxism in the western societies) is doing this "sucking out" of souls of the average populations all over the world. And we are all valuated in the societies we are a part of. There are those individuals of socially high value, and then the lower valued of different degrees, and in the end of the scale; those who are concidered the "garbage people" by the political marxist elites. (This last mentioned group are those who openly oppose the marxist elites, and dont provide any of their labor capacity to the elites. And they are to be exterminated by the elites. They do not have a place in the future.) What we currently live, is the same system as the racialist nazi-system. The same thing is happening now. The INSANE is that we just dont seem to get it. Blaming it all on the third reich only. Describing it as a terrible, horrific scenario. But what they do with us currently, is the same thing. And this has gone so far by now, its already too late to stop it.
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  12080. First
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  12081. there are none so blind as those who choose not to see...
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  12082. I love documentaries, but I got to say; TIK ranting adds a special flavor, I love this channel <3 You tell'em sir TIK, you tell'em good ! LoL
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  12083. Socialism has nothing to do with class, it is simply collective control of the means of production. Did you even bother to watch the video?
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  12084. First
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  12085.  @TheImperatorKnight  and krupp did not even control its means of production: "“Krupp's firm benefited more from the armament boom than any other industrial enterprise in Germany. Yet even Herr Krupp complains that he is no longer the absolute master he used to be. ” https://cdn.mises.org/the_vampire_economy_20201022.pdf 143/368"
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  12086. I don't agree. Videos need to be reasonably frequent, otherwise there is no point.
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  12087. Edit: (btw I made this comment before even watching the video, I'll try and go do the poll tonight but my fear is influencing your content since I usually like that you bounce around on subject matter) If you're asking me? You're the only one I see pressuring you, do what you want. I'm still pitching a couple bucks a month to content creators I haven't watched in like a year. I often don't watch your videos until they've been out a month or two but if I ever needed to get in an argument over WWII subject matter, yours is the first channel I'd bring up.
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  12088. I find your shows both informative and fascinating BUT IMHO perhaps you have gone down the rabbit hole of intercity. May I suggest that you deviate a little from your specialist field of knowledge. As we all know, there was more to WW2 than Staligrad. Good luck : )
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  12089. Agree with many of the others posting here. Your video's are detailed and out standing but if they thin out as to when they get dropped, that's more than ok as well. Grateful for what we get. Your videos of insight are such great quality, I am hoping you eventually bring your insights to the Pacific region in world war 2. Your videos are pure gold.
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  12090. So Stalingrad even after 80 years is still huge battle of a war of attrition ;D. Goodluck and then focus on other topics, just look like capitalists in which topics are most viewed + you like most, and focus on them :P BTW don't trust very much on polls!! People (as mass) say 1 thing, and watch other thing!.
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  12091. I discovered you in the last couple of weeks because of your video about Hitler being a Socialist. Dude I have 40+ episodes of Stalingrad to catch up on, look after yourself that is paramount.
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  12092. Been a viewer of your channel since the QOTD series and Battlestorm Market Garden (I originally found the channel because of Gateway to Caen). It’s been a blast watching the channel grow and branch out to other topics. Voted for the battlestorm series because I enjoy them the most, but all the content is top notch!!
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  12093. My advice: seek silence to clear your mind. Go to the outback, or to a monastery (that helps me). But anyhow, build silence into your schedule. You're not in a hurry. About your question; i learned the most of your economics and logistics background-videos on WW2.
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  12094. Dividing the YouTube poll into 2, Military and Non-Military it's now 48% Vs. 52%. Your viewers really have very different preferences.
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  12095. I voted and commented on Patreon, but I thought I’d slightly amend the comment here- I think that Stalingrad should be finished, but not at the expense of your well being. If you slow down to an episode or two a year I don’t think it’s a bad thing. Just take your time & be well sir. Unless my financial situation takes a severe nose dive, I’ll keep supporting your efforts monthly.
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  12096. Unless you're a total psychopath, which you TIK definitely are not, delving deeply into profoundly disturbing history (e.g. where starving men would sell their souls for a chunk of frozen meat from a horse that itself starved and froze to death and all that under constant artillery bombardment) causes the same kind of psychological burnout as exposure to the actual situation, minus the frostbite perhaps. I never quite got how utterly brutal was the battle of Stalingrad until I began to listen to your vivid, life-like histories of it, and furthermore, I quickly reach a saturation point where I just need a break before I can listen to the next quintessentially tragic chapter of that truly horrible battle. Your penchant for accurate, first-source-when-possible research also garners you some FLAK from those who don't want their precious misconceptions upended. All of that gets you nothing but respect and admiration from those who admire integrity. Keep up the good work as your inner wisdom sees fit. And thank you.
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  12097. Shorten the stalingrad episodes to manageable chunks, 20 minutes of so
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  12098. My favorite videos have always been the Battlestorms, but Stalingrad i think is something more than the rest of them. The 2-6 hour versions of the battlestorms are I think a better size project. Stalingrad is a dissertation or something.
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  12099. I can tell that you're genuinely trying to provide a service for all your patreons. I think you underestimated the market demand for your services. You're one man trying to fill out the orders of hundreds, even thousands of people. They're clearly your bread and butter, but the expectations that you're holding yourself to are unrealistic in the face of the market demand. I doubt many, if any of your patreons would say that you're letting them down, you're still struggling and striving to the best of your ability to meet those demands. What's truly sad is it seems that you believe you're letting yourself down and your patreons. You remain an amazing resource. What's unfair, at least to me, is the unrealistic expectations you're putting yourself under.
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  12100. As someone who considers themselves fairly enmeshed in the socialist cause, I can assure you, we do not want to destroy the economy. The vast majority of socialists believe in social democracy under capitalism and disagree on what comes next, hence the 1 bagillion ideologies.
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  12101. You mad bastard, I love it
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  12102. From combating Wehraboos to economics to the Balkans, you really like touching minefields don't you lol?
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  12103. For such a dividing topic, the like to dislike ratio is a never seen before phenomenon. No race war in the comments either. Excellent work as always, TIK!
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  12104. Long-term unemployment makes people flock to socialism sounds like what’s happening in America today
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  12105. By watching this painfully slow, exhausting and stubborn fighting from week to week, presented for the first time at this level of detail, you can actually grasp the scale of horror this battle was, the huge numbers of people dying daily, the sufferings of all kinds, the devastating psychological effects this would have on any man...
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  12106.  @Chud_Bud_Supreme  I agree partially with you, but I don't think they are in open rebellion with reality. It can be a huge stress to be challenged even for people that loves it, and a waste of resources for the body because there is no concrete guarantee that this effort will give any reward besides the solution for some doubt. All our actions are guided for some expected reward. If they don't see the reward for this "mind trip", they won't waste their efforts in this kind of behavior. Each action that we do is a risk in itself, so there are human unconscious strategies that try to minimize some risks by just believing in a shallow but popular narrative. It's convenient to them to just rely on some narrative that legitimizes their typical reward actions and gives them access to be a part of a large social group.
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  12107. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  So probably their narratives don't give space even to receive information from you. Maybe They are so biased beforehand that the conclusion is already settled in their minds even before your video loads, then they won't listen to anything you will say or try to simplify or misrepresent to fit in their already settled conclusion.
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  12108.  @TheImperatorKnight  Some people just don't want to listen because they're afraid of being challenged. It's not that they're ignorant or ill informed, many are in open rebellion with reality itself. Don't expect to convince everyone, because they don't want to be. Ignore them if you have to
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  12109. I don’t understand the German end game here. You’re Paulus and you take the factory, so what? You take the entire city? Now what? You’re still facing millions of Russians.
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  12110.  @TheImperatorKnight  The interested people are always biased and will always flock to the place where their "interests" ~bias~ are propagated. Disinterested dialogue and understanding should not be expected from an average viewer.
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  12111. Where the Kotluban offensives a waste of life? Depends I guess on how desperate and even more important, how ruthless you are. Soviet generals and leaders cared nothing about their men they so frivolously wasted away. So to them as long as there were more it was probably worth it. And a few of them were probably more concerned with risking their own lives if refusing the order to attack so they did it anyway. The joys of living in a totalitarian system. I'm not sure Western generals would have been so wasteful. Unless they were of the WW1 General Melchett variety of course.
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  12112. Thx Tik
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  12113.  @TheImperatorKnight  Bloody hell Lewis, that was a valiant attempt - I enjoyed reading it!
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  12114. I think if we take the benefit of highsight out of the question here, the kotlaban offinsive were useful in the grand scheme of things. teh first and second were a desparate attempt to delay or divert the attack on the city, the 3rd and 4th were a deception scheme in preperatoin for Uranus. it's still sad that many people were killed for this though.
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  12115. wtf on australia post. I cheched the reviews and the company is terrible. But the reviews of the employees about the job is fantastic. Apparently they love doing the job wrong.
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  12116. "scarce resources with alternative uses" lol .Mr Sowell? no less than the truth. as in every human endeavour
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  12117. Hey Tik, this was a fantastic video. I wanted to let you know that it's awesome to see how the quality of your videos has steadily improved in a myriad of ways over time. Your videos are literally some of the best WW2 history videos anywhere.
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  12118. Wasn't it theoretically easier for Hitler to go for British oil in Iraq and Iran instead, through Egypt?
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  12119. I've seen many of your clips, TIK, and, IMHO, YOU'RE A REAL HISTORIAN, DIGNIFUL OF THIS NAME! At the beginning I didn't like your deep pronunciation, it reminded me a very cocky guy who brays too much on a certain news channel, but I realised I should finally decide to grow up and look at the very high quality of the information you show. Now I find your accent perfectly fine, and your attitude calm, not arrogant, sure of yourself, YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL and, while my words shouldn't mean much to you as I'm a mere nobody, as long as there's still a place under the sun for me, I've got the right to an opinion, and it's most favourable for your classy materials! Keep up the good work, thank you for bringing useful information on this site!
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  12120. Brilliant ! What an insight. Keep it up.
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  12121. yeah, so many facets to the failure of Blau. I think Stalingrad as the "turning point" is a bit of a misnomer. The seeds were sown in Barbarossa and the weakness of forces before Blau are quite telling. But hindsight is 20/20 lol. I'm about halfway through Glantz and House's single volume on Stalingrad. Wonderfully written.
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  12122. Thanks TIK. You know all this detail you provide is greatly appreciated. I read other subscribers comments as well to gain a greater understanding. The great impression i am gaining is that like all human endeavor this campaign was directed and prosecuted by naturally imperfect human minds with limited information. See the reactive actions to unfolding events. See the effect of leading individual's perception of the situation and the resulting prioritization of resources. See the idea and the reality prove untenable. You shown these leaders to be merely human in their contrivances and vanities. Which is frightening to think about.
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  12123. Great video! Subscribed!
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  12124. Well od course it is hard to talk with faithful devotees od socialism when what you say is blasphemy for them. You are like a heretic, traitor od the faith for them. Religious conflicts are always bloody. Gor a name for your next response video: TIK's (95) theses Also that 2 girls 1 cup reference was hilarious 😂
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  12125. Demo(n)crazy is a lie - snakeoil.... you seem pretty awake in this regard 😉
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  12126. "Playdohs" is a phenomenal word lol, love ya' TIK <3
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  12127.  @dominikkonarski4681  Amazon is not a part of the central state, but it is a state. Amazon is accountable to those who participate in it through ownership of shares. Ultimately the central state has final authority/power over any corporation or business entity, even fully private ones, but doesn't mean the central state will use that power or that the people that compose the society at large will tolerate the full use of that power. This is essentially what free enterprise is; it's specifically limiting the power of the central state to interfere in private activities or the activities of those mini states that are commonly owned, aka public corporations. Look at Amazon. It's function is basically to move goods around and get them to the people that want them as quickly and efficiently as possible. Now, the government could, in theory, do this by simply expanding the existing mail service that's run by the central state. Instead, in free enterprise systems, the central state in a way could be said to "delegate" activities to a "mini state" aka a corporation. Or take the English colonization of North America. Many of the colonies were actually handled by joint stock companies. The British Crown would draw up a contract saying it wanted to send X number of colonists to establish X number of colonies. Instead of financing it with the money the central state itself controlled, it put the risk onto private individuals wealthy enough to pool their resources to do it themselves. These companies were publicly owned. Many different people and even guilds (which are cartels) owned shares that financed these colonization efforts and those shares could be sold off or traded before the joint stock company became defunct after having fulfilled its purpose. The central state grants legitimacy to corporations as well as providing the foundations for contract enforcement and the protection of private property. A company owned directly by the state is much less accountable to the public than a publicly traded corporation is. Whoever is in charge of the government at the time can do whatever they want, and even in states where elections are held for government offices, the people that will run the state owned enterprise themselves are usually appointed, not elected. They have all the authority, and the people as a whole can't do anything about it. Worse, people who do not want anything to do with that state owned company will be forced to finance it through taxes or even be forced to buy its services or goods. State owned anything is only accountable to whoever holds office and has legitimate authority at any given time, not to individuals or to the public as a whole.
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  12128. To a degree I would agree with this. But ironically he does call this out stating that there needs to be a term that defines some kind of in between the private and public sector that would describe corporations and that none exist yet. This is something I actually agree with.
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  12129. sorry but my socialist professors say that you're wrong and they have pieces of paper that says they are right so they must be right and of course never biased in anyway
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  12130.  @TheImperatorKnight  Thanks, will check it out
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  12131. TIK is right.The "critics" are socialists who flatly refuse to acknowledge facts and try in true socialist tradition and practice to re-write history.
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  12132. When explaining the lie of socialism to people, it is useful to use the term collectivism rather than socialism because most people know that prioritizing the hypothetical needs of the society (represented by the state) over the needs and rights of individuals, inevitably leads to the worst crimes against humanity. Every statist and collectivist believes that rather than workers keeping the fruits of their labor for themselves to feed their families, the state needs it more to serve the "greater good" of society.
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  12133. Yea, just because the leader is socialist doesn’t mean the whole country is as well
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  12134. It's funny, because you can almost see the 5 stages of grief model while reading comments. Like for example, for *stage 1*, "Denial" : It would be basically all the people trying to attack you and mock you (especially prevalent with the first videos) or making the meme "North Korea says it's Democratic" arguments. Here, the word is "Just act like it's funny, guys, don't engage in any actual argument" Seems to me their number diminished as of late (since they can't exactly dismiss you that easily anymore) *Stage 2*, anger, here, people trying to fight/debunk it as they recognize you as a threat. Here, the best example would be the "debunk" by Nigel Askey or all the thinly veiled authority arguments we could see on r/BadHistory. I guess the video by TheGreatWar counts too. *Stage 3*, "bargaining", you have people trying to say "This part is right but that part is wrong" and mostly nitpicking about the tone/format of the video ("It's 5 hours long ! :(") *Stage 4*, "Depression", I guess they don't comment anymore. *Stage 5*, "Acceptance" I guess that's when you subscribe. Either way, that James Heap fellow looks like around stage 3 to me. He's desperately trying to make a counterargument, no matter how nonsensical. Notice how he isn't even trying to attack your main points, but instead talks about how "discourse is supposed to work" ? It's a "Hey, give me something/please be nice :(" message which really fits the bargaining idea.
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  12135. I blame post-modernism.
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  12136. Peters’ video on the change of the definition of inflation is EXACTLY what I thought of at the start of this video.
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  12137. Newspeak has always been essential to the left, because they are incapable of rational debate and so need to prevent others using it.
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  12138. Lol great, never new you played. I just started about 10 days ago. Fingers pain satring to subside a bit.😀
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  12139. Are you an AC/DC fan? If so it would make you awesome.
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  12140. Interesting picking technique, with your thumb and middle finger. What made you play this way?
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  12141. this is an artistic representation of how TIK feels reading the comment section saying "you're a nazi, your a communist, your a socialist, your a fascist, stick to tanks, politics and economics isn't relevant, whataabout this massively biased source you have previously debunked, here are some 50 cent Chinese paid commentators just stirring things up"
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  12142. someone should put some words to this
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  12143.  @samuelelandini8316  That was my impression as well! Also, being a heavy weapons unit it was most likely mixed up with the other two battalions! That's probably why the 3rd battalion isn't mentioned in some sources.
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  12144. So the only possible VII batallion is the one in the 132nd Rgt of the Ariete. BUT the 8th Bersaglieri regiment had in fact another attached batallion (a third, together with the V and XII) called "III Battaglione armi d'accompagnamento" (basically light artillery), that is the one overwhelmed in the initial phase because it didn't have enough time to dig in. (Source: "Le operazioni in Africa Settentrionale, vol. II-Tobruk", Mario Montanari, pp. 349 and 426).
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  12145. Hi Tik, concerning the "7th batallion" question, other Italian sources indicate that the correct option is something between 4. and 5 :-). The only 7th Batallion is VII Batallion/132 Armored Rgt. The OOB in the italian Wikipedia page about the first battle of Bir-El-Gobi is correct and uses this article as a source:  L'"Ariete" a Bir el-Gobi (by Antonio Maraziti) in "Storia Militare" N° 136, January 2005 (unfortunately all written in Italian). Concerning the "Young Fascist" batallion, you are correct about its presence. More precisely it was a support unit of the RECAM since November 17th (Source: "La meccanizzazione dell'Esercito Italiano dalle origini fino al 1943" by Lucio Ceva and Andrea Curami, 1989. Volume I, Page 407.)
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  12146. Don't agree with all the points made here but this comment section definitely proves his point that socialists cannot form a coherent agruement on how Hitler wasn't a socialist. Almost all these comments are slander, strawmaning or diversion arguements. Kinda pathetic honestly
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  12147. I came to this conclusion many years ago but have never seen it Described so well. Top - notch stuff inter - NAZI and Racial socilisam. Well done Tik. you nailed it.
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  12148. My local antifa thugs called me ignorant for calling fascism, nazism, and communism : collectivist ideologies. "Calling fascism and nazism collectivist is a very flawed understanding of history" Fascists collectivized around nation, Nazis around race, Communists around class, but the first two don't count.
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  12149. Instant favorite video.
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  12150. Socialists rarely admit Fascism, never mind Nazism is socialist. They say just because Hitler called it Socialist does not mean it was, after all the DRC was not 'democratic' was it ... ? For the average Socialist (Leftist) Marxism is Socialism and Socialism is Marxism. All other forms are verboten.
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  12151. Thank you so much for explaining this. I knew Three Arrows was full of shit.
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  12152. Very cogent and badly needed commentary.
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  12153. Such a great video. Pls don't get milkshaked by Antifa for this :p. Btw, are you also looking into other periods in history that you're interested in? Maybe the Crusades or something? Just wondering if you would have plans (in the far future presumably) to make videos about things that happened earlier in history.
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  12154. Hahaha 2 girls 1 cup!!!
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  12155. This was awesome. And the try hards trying to argue symantics like. "muh Keynes wasnt a socialist" and grasping at straws to shit on libertarians and ancaps is genuinely amusing.
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  12156. 2 girls, 1 cup - nice reference
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  12157. Congratulations! One of the best elaborations on the socialism of National Socialism that I've seen thus far. It's almost eerie to watch how the regressive left, who began by denying history, end up by eventually denying reality itself, and then losing their collective mind.
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  12158. Even the company owners of arian origin where only left in position nominally. Though they collected the profit, the Nazis controlled what was produced, for what prize it was sold and the wages payed.That is planned economy of first rank.
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  12159. Stick to Tanks, Banks and Ranks :)
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  12160. Stick to IPA.
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  12161. I didn't even know that the SA was still around in 1943. I thought it was gotten rid of during the night of the Long knives. I thought the entire organization was dissolved after Ernst Rohm was killed. Interesting.
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  12162. That everything is awesome (everything is fascist ) performance was straight up disturbing... good job! :D
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  12163. Welcome to TIK's channel. Where rules are made up and points don't matter!
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  12164. But TIK, whose line was it, anyway?
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  12165. Like this format a lot - very innovative
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  12166. First
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  12167. Thanks TIK. That ''Everything is Fascist'' has been in my head all day. As bad as the original from that movie. Absolutely spot on though. Good to see you back in top form!
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  12168. Semi-totalitarian is like being slightly pregnant...
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  12169. Hey Andy Niedel... This is totally "capitalism"
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  12170. Gleichschaltung
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  12171. Point 13 sounds a aweful lot like how the Government protects its own and those who back them and allow them to willingly inflict pain and suffering not only onto its own citizens but others abroad. :) man things may have changed but good to know the people I ow the Elite only protect their own
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  12172. The nazi destroyed their own farming industry with government rules and rejected the concept of trade. When they invaded other countries the locals didn't invest in the their farming industries because they didn't have the money due to the war tributes and the price controls demotived the farmers to work. So since food wasn't being grown once the germans plundered europe they had to search for new areas to exploit.
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  12173. Im sure anyone who survive under Nazi or Communist will turn them self into die hard republican.
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  12174. Can't believe you would spoil episode in the title. /s
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  12175. Stalingrad series just became your own Stalingrad TIK. All joking aside another great episode!
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  12176. Be well and carry on knowing that we’re grateful for everything you enlighten us on, good sir.
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  12177. You are a madman!
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  12178. Thanks for continuing the series even though it probably doesn't get as many views due to people not wanting to watch the previous 44 episodes first. Been following since the first video and it's very interesting to see it like this.
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  12179. Thanks Tik. Seeing the campaign play out in this series makes it so clear. I could never get this perspective from a book. Thanks for the great work.
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  12180. You may well be knackered mate, to me though, you look like you are in your element !! :) Fantastic work as always, many thanks :)
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  12181. Your mum
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  12182. Said it before and will.say it again, the finest piece of detailed history on YT.
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  12183.  @TheImperatorKnight  it’s mostly just info that is impossible to prove as plagiarism but many of the episodes are pretty much condensed versions of and hour and a half podcast. Btw love the channel and look forward to finishing off Stalingrad and moving on to whatever campaign you are passionate enough about to devote countless hours to for my enrichment. Thank you TIK!
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  12184. Your ”Hitler Voice” is definitely better!
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  12185. Appears his video is now gone
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  12186. Historiou deleted his answer?
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  12187. What a bum.
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  12188. There is even this guy who made a word for word copy of the Operations room desert strom video, it's simply despicable.
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  12189. I recommend the channel: Cosmopolitica - João Eigen, Marcelo Andrade and Brasao de Armas, they are good Brazilian scholars who have golden historical content. I hope that recommending other channels is not seen as wrong here.
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  12190. yeah because he was embarrassed
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  12191. The only video on my channel is basically a reprise of one of yours, but done because I disagreed with you and had something to add. Can't imagine the chutzpah you'd need to lift someones work and pass it off.
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  12192. Histor ... IOU ?? 😂
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  12193.  @TheImperatorKnight  Geez, I knew this was bad at 150k subs, but he's doing even better than I thought. I'm sorry if it sounded like I was defending him, I also misjudged how you felt about this. I wasn't defending him TIK, I'm a supporter of yours on Patreon, so I'm not happy that he has stolen what I pay to support. I brought up his age, because I remember not only how immature I was at that age, but how much of a prick I could be as well. I see myself as a baby looking back at that age. But I completely agree with you when you said that he has built his channel on a foundation of lies. I don't believe he is someone we should feel sympathy for either. I just feel that his age should be acknowledged, if he even is 16, because I'm not sure if he realizes how wrong what he is doing is, if he is that young. Nonetheless he should be shamed out History, and legally prosecuted for his criminal behavior.
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  12194. I HAVE NO TOLERANCE TOWARDS ANY KIND OF CRIME. I WOULD NOT MIND AT ALL IF SCHORNER'S METHODS WERE USED ON THIS GUY, REGARDLESS OF AGE AND SEX!
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  12195. I think he already had taken this video down ^-^"
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  12196. TIK man, I went through almost your entire video history and saw you started a few years ago. I couldn't believe how long you've been doing this, the dedication. Hope the next 365 days bring you 100 subscribers daily.
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  12197.  @TheImperatorKnight  Roosevelt made the deal with Stalin, proves that Democrats are Commies best friend. I love your channel TIK, can not wait for the rest of Stalingrad series to come out. Btw, nazis were most definitely socialists.
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  12198. Oh look, another fake news worm.
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  12199. Wooow i never knew...Great video tik!
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  12200. Russian trolls attack in 3, 2, 1 .... TIK fears no one :)
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  12201.  @TheImperatorKnight  your greek One?
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  12202. Too many Marxist-Leninist apologists on the comment section. I sure love how TIK makes them justify and villify the sources cited for a variety of reasons especially from the Stalin apologists and CUMmunist 💩heads while their own side admits on how 💩 their country is by being afraid of people who were able to leave the socialist 'paradise' and never wanted to go bact to that 💩 hole.
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  12203. Why are most of the archives still sealed after nearly 100 years? What's that thing the government always says again? Oh right: if they've got nothing to hide, they've got nothing to fear
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  12204. Oh my a TIK video about navy stuff? My dream come true!
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  12205. I just want to say Thank you as I have learned so much from your channel, also the comment section has a lot of great information too. Thanks again.
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  12206. Totally agree. As an older guy, I've always shaken my head whenever I would hear other people quoting Churchill as a great military leader. He made one blunder after another. It was inevitable from the start of WW2 that Germany had to lose. All the zombies who think Churchill's genius won the war should see this. Replace Churchill with anyone and the outcome is identical. They could have picked any guy off the street in London who resembled Churchill.... fat, arrogant, bad-tempered, alcoholic, and the war outcome would have been the same. Germany was destined to lose.
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  12207. I agree with some parts of the video and disagree with others. I do agree that in Africa for example he made a lot of mistakes, I’ll not go over them because you’ve already pointed them out. I disagree with the idea of not getting involved with neutral countries until after they have been invaded. Being preemptive is not a negative trait, it’s a positive. Take Iceland for example, declared neutrality but Britain invaded anyway. Death count of that invasion - 1 British sailor who killed himself. Because Britain took Iceland when they did it prevented needing to take it off Germany who would’ve loved to hold it to aid in the Battle for the Atlantic. It saved lives. I strongly disagree with the idea that Churchill has any responsibility for the Bengal famine. To keep it short, yes, Leathers was requesting food early on but Churchill had access to stores records which shown they were full. To send food aid at that point looked stupid considering, especially when other regions had their own food insecurities. Then when famine had really took hold Churchill tried to get extra food to the region. He tried to set up shipments from Iraq and Australia, he petitioned Roosevelt for more ships but Roosevelt refused. Looking at the region at the time something like 1 in 3 ships were being sunk by Japanese subs, there was a typhoon which wiped out thousands of square miles of crop land, brown spot disease took out even more and you had a Japanese army who were advancing by looting the places they took. When Wavell took over India the famine was quickly broken. They had food stocks there that were being hoarded, Wavell stopped the hoarding and set up proper distribution. A good harvest later in the year also helped.
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  12208. @0:23 I think Mr. Blobby was an amazing prime minister. I also think that Xi is the best prime minister (and I'm not just saying that because of the spyware ;-)... *there's a sniper outside my window*)
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  12209. First!!!
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  12210. Oh so Boris was inspired by Churchill
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  12211. Many years ago I attended a university with a strong religious connection. I was required to take two religion courses, Old Testament and New Testament. The Old Testament course was taught by an elderly gentleman, who announced on the first day that we would study based on the premise that every word of scripture was literally true. Not exactly my view to say the least. But I looked at him and thought, "I am not going to change his mind, but he is going to grade my work." Being a math and physics major, I just went, "Ok, non euclidean geometry. I can do this." I made the highest grade in a class that included students studying for the ministry. I didn't lie, because the exams never ask me what I believed.
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  12212. That is my greatest weakness X-D. It is tough not to debate such a topic and challenge the belief system.
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  12213. Thank you TIK, this actually really helped. I've been in a similar situation at school with my sociology and history classes, and the frustration really hurts. I really needed to hear this video from someone and although surprising im glad its you as im a big fan. Thank you and keep it up
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  12214. Life has absolutely smashed me because I sought to stand up and fight for the truth. Had I ‘played the game’ and told people what they wanted to hear, I would’ve been so much more ‘successful’ and better off.
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  12215. Oh my gosh ! 0:50 in the video and the obligatory Madlad TIK Easter Egg hits me already. Augh, this song is in stuck my head now ! Who else would have dared to insert a Kim Wilde reference in a Stalingrad documentary? I'm dying. 🤣
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  12216. This is one of these channels where reading long comments really worth it.
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  12217. Churchill in particular gets a lot of stick for supposedly betraying the Poles at Yalta but I don't see what more the western allies could have done at that stage. Stalin was already occupying the ground and after six years of war the western populations weren't going to accept a war with Uncle Joe.
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  12218. where is my heart
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  12219. That thumbnail. I know I shouldn't laugh, but it's hilarious.
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  12220. This has been really enlightening. I've watched James Lindsay's speeches on the gnosticism of Marxism, but I didn't realize that Hitlier's viewpoints were just as rife with gnostic ideas. So really, the history of the 20th century is the story of the endpoints of gnosticism, as both the Nazi and the communist endpoints of gnosticism each resulted in murderously authoritarian governments and the deaths of millions.
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  12221. I clicked for the thumbnail alone
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  12222. Holly F@*k, is that one can of worms you have just opened....... I knew about the cathars and why the Inquisition went after them and others of their ilk. I know a bit about gnosticism and there "religion" But you just connected all the dots......................................................
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  12223. 30:30 You will laugh about this quote of Marx about his own works in that context of "deliberately confusing" from Chapter 2 "The Dialectic Approach" of T.Sowell's summary book about "Marxism Philosophy and Economics", p.6: "Out of the massive and complex writings of the philosopher G.W.F. Hegel, and the derivative writings of the neo-Hegelians who flourished in Germany during Marx's youth, certain key concepts of Marxism developed. Then and now, these concepts have proudced an arcane language of their own[1], less an expression than an obfuscation of the underlying ideas." The reference [1] quotes Marx himself and reads: "The semi-Hegelian language of a good many passages in my old book is not only untranslatable but has lost the greater part of its meaning even in German." Karl Marx to Friedrich Engels, 'Letters to Americans', translated by Leonard E. Mins (New York: International Publishers, 1953), p. 151.. See also J.A. Schumpeter, 'History of Economic Analysis (New York: Oxford University PRess 1959), p. 438n; Allen Wood, 'Karl Marx' (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981), pp. 3-15; 189-206; _Herbert Marcuse_, 'Reason and Revolution: Heyel and the Rise of Social Theory', 2nd edition (New York: The Humanities PRess, 1954), 'passim'. (I find it funny that as the video progresses I reference earlier and earlier pages from that book...)
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  12224. Only now I realized that ideal format for April's fool video on this channel would be Battestorm episode about siege of Vraks or the second siege of Terra.
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  12225. TIK you give these people way, way to much credit. You analysis is over their head, but it definitely needs to be done. I appreciate the refutation.
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  12226. TIK is right in that whether "legal", or not a "crime", something may be wrong and immoral! Legalistic arguments are beside the point. We should not care that it is legal. If it is wrong, it is wrong. Maltreatment and worse than more than mere maltreatment of people is wrong!
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  12227. Thank you TIK for your dogged determination in your revelations of truth and refutations of soviet apologists..plus another great series. The soviets decided to hide much of their atrocities so most information about them will be a conspiracy or antidotal. I really shouldn’t be but I’m shocked at the actions of the US. I guess the actions in current American society of the commies and fascists seem to bear out the deep wickedness of these people. Just this past week the national teachers union called for the DHS to label protesting parents as domestic terrorists. I’m sure Europeans dealt with this years ago. Thanks again and keep up the great work.
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  12228. I suspect this all crime/non crime and the issues of scources really boils down to the logical fallacies we have. "if you critisize soicalism you must be a right wing" etc, and the omnipresent misbelief that mr H was not a socialist and all those misconceptions. However there is mybe one argumnet that can explain why Keelhaul was not so clare cut deemed a crime. if we look to modern immigration politics, we have rules against sending back people that can be unjustly persecuted by their home-government. yet we have several incidents all over the western world where people have been returned under said guarantees, and then their governemnts have broken the deals and persecuted these people regardless. Now if we look to the political situation in the late 40s eraly 50s we can ealily "assume" without that being relevant enough to have ine most referance scources that maybe such a dela of guarnateed safety for the returnees was infact made. Now this will then allow the UK and US to basically say we did right, followed a deal that the USSR later broke, we have no guilt. What is the thoughts on this?
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  12229. 8th 🤪
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  12230. Trolls make you stronger.
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  12231. You know, it makes sense that marxists would deny the gulag archipelago. If it were true, there entire system would be a lie. And they know it's a lie. But they would rather live the lie and continue down a path of destruction than admit they were wrong. I believe Paradise Lost sums it up quite nicely. "A mind not to be chang'd by Place or Time.... Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.... Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n"
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  12232. Whilst Article 2 does say that POWs should be treated humanely, Article 45 says they are subject to the same military law and regulations as the capturing power's military and Article 46 says that can face the same justice processes as the soldiers of the capturing power for breaches of these laws and regulations. The "rioters"should have faced a court martial and if found guilty the same punishment as a British soldier found guilty of the same offence. Those killed whilst attempting to regain control are a different matter.
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  12233. Keep up the good work Tik the more they push back the better your arguments become and just maybe you might get someone to think. Most people forget we are not a group we are individuals and I may not agree with everything you say but its a great starting point for my own research.
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  12234. Well, I hope you see my comments in the devil's advocate category, I just want to bring up different points to see if they have any effect on your reasons or reasoning. I do understand that you help us outline historical events in a proper perspective, and you do so with a host of sound study to build the episodes. Do I agree with all that you say? No, but I do learn a a bit and sometimes why you point out are things I did know of, but your review brings up aspects I didn't think of. I was born and raised in a military family, and thankfully both Mom and Dad were brilliant, so I learned to look into both sides of a matter to build my overall perspective on the situation. Yet I must say I downloaded this episode in that though some have come close, but you are the closest anyone I have heard to believing the same as I do on politics, or rather nations, or both.
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  12235. you have a link to the political spectrum at 39:48?
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  12236. Its weird that these pro Soviet types are taking offense to what was really a Western Allied war crime.
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  12237. Great video TIK, nailed it on Orwell. Personally I think he was out of "the left" at the end of homage to catalonia. Being shot in the neck then while recuperating in hospital you have to be smuggled out of spain , because your own "side" the communists came for him and his P. O.U.M militia, allegedly because they where "trotskyist" might have had something to do with it.
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  12238. Tanks? Where's the tanks? 😉
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  12239. Tk You difinetly attract some real idiots to make comments on your series 🤣😂🤣 . I personally think they've lost the plot
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  12240. Okay tik. I have a question whys is market garden considered a failure although they were unable to seize the bridge at arnhem, they did still were able to seize the 2 out of the 3 bridges planned Thus why is it considered such a huge failure that it warrants so many documentaries and books about it
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  12241. Are you seriously suggesting that 82nd AB were less capable of holding onto a bridge than 1st AB were? Surely not!! Had 82nd AB taken their primary objective, XXX Corps would have been able to roll right over it, like they did at Grave, and head on towards Arnhem. The single road issue is overplayed. Yes, if the lead tanks (or any tank) got hit, it was inconvenient and had to be moved off the line, but it didn't stop XXX Corps for any length of time.
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  12242. What's this? A MONETIZED VIDEO?! It cannot be...
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  12243. One of the best YouTube videos I've ever seen (referring mainly to the end part of the video, the military analysis is ok as well). My thinking is that it's a projection that some people have that if their claim is proven wrong, then their whole ideology collapses with that which is why they consider factual claims and their identities equivalent. And they see it in other people as well. They can't see the difference between the factual claims someone makes and their person, but if they attack the claim they might as well attack the person as well. That's really sad as that just means that most of the time people hang their identities to some factual claims which makes it impossible for them to adjust their view of those claims. Big bow to TIK for not being such a person.
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  12244. TIK is great and we should all be thankful. Although I have to say it is amusing that pips are trying to take him down calling him names and stuff, as if it had any chance to reach him. The man reads and speaks about industrial-scale massacres on a daily basis, he must have an inner castle more impregnable than the Kremlin in deep winter. Once I tried to complement some of his videos with reading a couple of articles about food rations in the Soviet factories during the war, I ended up crying. True honest question: TIK, you're alright? If so how?
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  12245. I'm sorry, but wasn't the whole purpose of the 82nd PIR being there to capture that bridge? Yes, they might have been defeated if they tried. Point is, they pretty much didn't even try, because Gavin and probably also Browning soiled their pants in fear of imaginary panzers, and thus sank the whole operation and directly made the sacrafice of thousands of people meaningless. ... and apparently then they played chicken with who dies first, so they could blame the other for it.
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  12246. Dear TIK, Perfect! You are absolutely right to emphasise the source and interpretation. This is something I've developed later in life, because I was never tought how to research at School or College. 'Spoon fed' is I think the phrase. It was only when I got to University that there was some portion of self-reliance and analysis of facts presented. Sadly, I don't think things have changed. The playground mentality still exists. Such a pity. This is why I think videos like yours are so important. "But is this really the case?" Perfect!
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  12247. You made a very profound (i.m.o.) statement near the end. Our education system is to blame for so much error in modern thinking. Here in the States it's dominated by leftist ideology where truth is secondary to proper thinking. 😡
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  12248. do you know anything about the american civil war? i'd be interested in your take
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  12249. Great video, my only critique is that I do not think it is the education system that encourages ad hominem attacks during debate. It is more due to human psychology. Granted, public school systems do a poor job of explaining these things. On to what I liked about the video. You showed that you were open to new evidence and were happy to be proven wrong. You also did not just accept the presented documents without scrutiny. You looked into the documents and presented valid reasons why it may not be reliable. That is a perfect example of what historians need to do when analyzing documents. Keep up the good work. Oh, and stick to tanks or whatnot. /s (obviously)
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  12250.  @McHobotheBobo  The government STILL owns YOU, Nazi or Communist.
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  12251. I call them them (the UK Conservative and Unionist party) the Communist and USSR party, especially after lockdown. They've 'earnt' it.
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  12252. "Commi-servatives" best thing in this video! That's a good name for the tories.
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  12253. I find it ironic that Shirer’s and Evan’s accounts precisely summarised the troubles of socialism, had they any sense of what socialism means.
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  12254. TIK, this is a great topic. I'm only 6 minutes in, but I started chuckling, earlier on because I knew what was coming. I love that anyone thinks that there were no longer unions - technically "union" - under the Nazis.
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  12255.  @adolfstalin1497  Totalitarianism ís big government. There were no more unions, there was one state run organisation which, if you wasn't a member of, meant you didn't have job.
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  12256. Thanks, TIK. Refreshing to hear another voice who argues against the historical narrative on the DAF and NSDAP Socialist policies. Well done. Looking forward to your I.G. Farben and other Nazi era company reviews. Farben has both an interesting and disgusting history during the Nazi era.
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  12257. I was going to listen to the audio version of the Rise of the 3rd Reich, I don't think I'll bother now. This is the result of socialists taking over academia and there's no way they could allow the Nazis to be portrayed as what they were... socialists
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  12258. Even English spoken by Brits can be different to US ENGLISH, many American`s do not understand ,Irony..You`re doing a great job,Lewis...keep up the good work
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  12259. This IS a good video because it shows that things you've been teaching us tie together. And it has the most minutes of you laughing of any video, which is even more importanter. (<-that's a free one because you so seem to enjoy pointing out peoples' spelling errors 😜😂❤)
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  12260. Wait a sec. I’m a fairly new viewer. Is Tik still a socialist? I would never guessed that. Either way the content is great. I’m just curious.
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  12261. At the end, in re the long vid - there's a reason it took me ~5 days to get to this, because I saw it was an hour 20 long, and I don't have that amount of time to dedicate to 1 vid mid week. IMO, break this into 2-3 pieces. As for the Q&A - yes, more. Great stuff. In re your observation that people mischaracterize what you say: Another person I read asks people who disagree with him to directly quote, exactly, what it is they're disagreeing with. Else it's hard to know what they're thinking he's saying. Perhaps make something like that a standard part of your vids - if you disagree with me, provide my quotes, time stamps, etc of what you disagree with. The knuckleheads won't bother but others may.
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  12262. Quite as negative is just wrong.
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  12263. All this time I thought you had known about some other Red pill creators... Aaron Clarey, my other favorite internet persons who yells at clouds on the internets
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  12264. this is the funniest video I have seen in a while lmaoooo
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  12265. The video talks about Swedish battleships, but calling them that is a bit optimistic. What they had were three Sverige -class coastal defence ships. These were small (relative to their armament) armoured ships with four 11 inch guns each, a shallow enough draft to operate in the archipelago and most importantly they were planned to operate together in a flotilla supported by other vessels, and would together outgun even a Scharnhorst -class battleship. What they did not have was speed and range, but they were never meant to sail the high seas anyway. Drachinifel has a nice video about them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkh2vse-KVM
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  12266. Hello, I am translating this video to turkish, and I hardly understand the part on 6:00 and 6.30. Can somebody explain ? There are a few trade pact between Germany and sweden and British,too. ''Once Sweden declared her neutrality in the conflict in the September of 1939, the Swedes'' signed the 1939 Anglo-Swedish Trade Agreement, as well as another deal with the Germans, which granted several trade ships to deliver supplies to Sweden by going through the British blockade. The Germans allowed this because they secured annual shipments of 10 million tons of iron ore from the Swedes, and it also allowed them to pressure Sweden into accepting other concessions because the Germans could threaten to cut off this life-line. Can somebody please explain that part. I dont understand what does this paragraph mean ...
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  12267. That's a very convincing explanation. I look forward to watching the next episode when it's released.
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  12268. No rest for the wicked eh Tik ?? It's bank holiday Monday and you're pumping out content? We could have waited till Tuesday Take a break sometimes and look after yourself.
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  12269. Hey TIK, I wanted to let you know I purchased Hitler's Executioners and finished it in four days, thanks for introducing me to a great read, and i'm just about to start The Vampie Economy. I have a question, where can I find a copy of The Politics of Seduction that does not cost over $500? And why is it so expensive?
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  12270. I just found this little gem. TIK(or whatever your name is), you did a fantastic job of presenting the bird's eye view of events as they unfolded. This is, in my opinion, the best documentary of this battle that I have ever seen(and I have seen many) as all other docs have historians talking about events and footage(not always relevant to the topic being discussed) is playing in the background but very few real-time maps of events were presented the way you did here. I just subscribed and have started watching other vids in your channel. Good job sir!
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  12271. Wonderful stuff. Thank-you.
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  12272. The US 82nd 508th's own web site. They admit themselves they screwed up big time. https://www.508pir.org/odessey/holland/nijmegen_01.htm Immediately after the landing, Gavin ordered Colonel Lindquist’s 508th regiment to head for the bridge along the east side of the city, avoiding the built-up area. But due to a misunderstanding, Lindquist thought he was to advance only after he secured his other objectives. As a result, he moved towards Nijmegen late in the afternoon through the built-up area which Gavin had wanted him to avoid. The surprise effect of his attack was lost. German troops (some from Gräbner's squadron) prevented the Americans from taking the bridge.
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  12273. What an outstanding documentary!
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  12274. Thanks, that was fun and informative. The maps and graphics were very easy to follow. I watched this right after A Bridge too Far, and it definitely plugged some gaps in my understanding of the battle (that said, I think the movie is surprisingly accurate; I suppose its main weakness is not focusing enough on Gavin's mistake).
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  12275. FANTASTIC JOB ! I just had to subscribe, thank you for your work.
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  12276. Outstanding video. What bothers me the most is 200k+ views but only 20k subscribers. Peaple need to view, rate and subscribe in order to support production of viedeoes.
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  12277. I agree 100%. I’ve never used my masters degree.
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  12278. I'm an electrician in Australia...I'm an industrial licenced electrician who has done further study in industrial electronics...I am at the top tier of my trade & last financial year earnt $170,000 AU which is about 87,000 pounds...trades are highly respected here in Australia, we have a strong award system for job classifications built off of a strong union movement...and tradesmen in all trades areas generally earn good money...especially in our thriving mining industry...My son wants to become an electrician and I am thoroughly supportive...I will add that I did go through to year 12 here in Australia but never went on to uni...instead took some time out then fell into an electrical apprenticeship...it hadn't been what I thought I would be doing but wouldn't change it for the world...I have no educational debt and own my own house
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  12279. The plumber has his own house at 25 and is married with kids at 30. Grandkids at 60. The uni guy is either single (the most probable outcome is that his value in the dating market is close to 0) OR married at 40 with 0-1 kids and no grandkids until 80 (assuming his kid inherits his stupidity).
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  12280. As a plumber I can say we make alot more than that. Re cash jobs 💷😉
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  12281. Yup. Never back down! Ps: stick to tanks comes from haters that want to diminish you. Cheers and thanks
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  12282. Plumbers in the UK are on way more than 36K. That’s declared income for tax purposes. The actual income for a self employed plumber is more in the range of 55/60K. Some who work 60+ hrs a week would be nudging 100K.
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  12283. Plumber guy also has more opportunities to start his own business later on to earn more
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  12284. Most people entering higher education are idiots, they leave as idiots, they forget everything they did in university (like idiots do), and get pointless office jobs that earn very little pay. Most of them aren't even capable of paying off their own debts. You underestimate skilled work and think you can just replicate youtube videos. You will waste your money on supplies and your attempts will fall apart in no time. Then you need to hire an actual plumber to fix the damage and do the job properly.
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  12285. Thanks TIK, this was an eye opener. I mean no offense, but I guess people don't like being told the truth that they've wasted years of their life and all the effort they put in, just for a piece of paper with a few numbers and letters on it, and at the end of the day they're only marginally better off than their blue or pink collar peers, at best. Having to face up to this truth after so many years can be painful.
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  12286. I went to university at age seventeen in Scotland back in 2005 to study history. Graduated and never worked in the history field. I'm a Civil Servant and wish I'd just came straight into the Civil Service and had an extra four years working on my career progression. History is great, fun and interesting but my degree hasn't paid the bills.
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  12287. The best part of this video was Tik's abbreviated bad words.
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  12288. I just wanted to remind you that Socialism is lame and Sir TIK is King.
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  12289.  @TheImperatorKnight  I always appreciate your eloquence when you destroy butthurt leftists. You have demonstrated that ability to think for yourself time and time again. Somehow that makes you a Nazi, whose crimes you have documented more than 99.99% of people.
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  12290.  Jim lastname  BUT WHO WILL BUILD THE ROADS!!! Engels (yes the archcommie himself) explains how not just roads, but railroads, canals (2200 miles!) and steamboats etc. in England were the result of private individuals (2nd to last paragraph page 39 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/condition-working-class-england.pdf). Bear in mind he's writing a mere 15 years after the first major railroad between Liverpool and Manchester, and there are many English towns and cities connected by railway e.g. London and Birmigham, Birmingham and Leeds etc. Now let us consider HS2, a planned high speed rail between London and Birmingham (phase 1) and Birmingham and Leeds (phase 2). The plan has been around a decade, construction only just started this year and is targeted to be done by 2029... or 2033... just for phase 1. At a cost of up to £88.7 billion. 23 years to implement something that's been feasible for decades longer. Compared to the achievements of the Victorians, absolutely pathetic. One must also consider things that are seen, and those which are unseen. Its very easy to point to a highway and say, if it wasn't for taxes (plundered wealth) that wouldn't be there. But what about all the things those resources could have been used for instead?
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  12291.  Jim lastname  You really do not know TIK, do you.
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  12292. Yellow William the conqueror- ok that's my new favorite way of calling a b***ard.
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  12293. You were right about that youtube won't like this video. At every monday afternoon, when I check on youtube, your video is always among first of five videos, that youtube suggests to whatch in yt home page. Yesterday that wasn't the case. I scrolled down a few pages on my adndroid tv and you video wasn't suggested. Your channel wasn't even on the list of channels, where one can see new videos from subscribed channel, so I have to look up your channel to find video.. I was even a bit worried, that there is no ussual monday video from Tik... :) What do you think why is that? Is it beacuse of topic or, language used in video (b.. word, f.. word...)...? Anyway: son of female dog, rocks.... :D
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  12294. Since both soldiers who were slapped were actually ill at the time this seems to call into question the competence of the medical staff. It seems like they did not do anything significant to ascertain the actual medical condition of none wounded soldiers. And they placed ill soldiers in the same ward as wounded men instead of isolating them in a different ward. Not exactly wise to place ill men who may have a communicable disease with wounded. This does excuse Patton's behavior. Shell shock using the WWI term was noted on a large scale in WWI. The US Army handled it incompetently in WWII. These cases needed to be handled differently than the wounded and ill. The British learned to segregate these men and those that recovered would be sent back to their units, some never recovered. The US Army tended to send the recovered men to new units. This seems stupid on the British part but is actually the opposite. Being returned to their unit meant the soldier was going back to his comrades who knew him and could actually help him. When giving a speech, leaders have to be careful that their words are not taken as orders. Patton was notoriously indiscreet when giving speeches so it is not surprising that some took hyperbole as an order regardless of Patton's intent.
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  12295. I can't recall the author but a book called the Hiram Key traces Freemasonry's origins back through Hiram Abif (architect of King Solomon's Temple back to the Pharonic priests of late middle Kingdom Egypt.
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  12296. Next video: Freemasonry. Channels you might find interesting: Gnostic Informant, Agrippa's Diaries, Esoterica, Eternalised, The Modern Hermeticist, numerous others....... Books: "Morals and Dogma" by Albert Pike, "Secret Teachings of All Ages" by Manly P. Hall
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  12297. Also, love how you had to include Schiff at the end 😅
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  12298. National-Socialism as non-Hegelian is not something I would have expected.
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  12299. The Peter Schiff nod made me laugh. That man has been predicting economic doom for so long and when/if it does finally happen, you just know he's going to come out of the woodwork and shout, "SEE!!! I TOLD YOU SO!!!" Nothing wrong with buying gold and silver but I don't look at it as a end of the world purchase. Invest in gold like you would any other investment. Buy low, sell high. That sort of thing. For example, Samsung has made some breakthrough with solid state batteries which reportedly uses silver so maybe investing in silver now is good idea.
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  12300. thanks for this. even if you are wrong about something, it's fine. thanks for your research. you came to some conclusion based on some facts. if there is more to it, let those who know more step up.
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  12301. Hey TIK, I know you've made a video about it already, so when the time comes, will you again go into who would or would not order the breakout of the Stalingrad pocket?
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  12302. Anton's video is superb but is missing TIK's angry hitler. cheers and great 2022 to all.
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  12303. You know, there's a guy who says a primary source from a soldier is ALWAYS better than a general's or even a historian. Thank you for this video.
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  12304. TIK, from this we can all see you are a TRUE dedicated WW2 Historian. Bravo on discovering this hole in the journal, and I can still here the BBC The World at War narrator quoting the lines about 'soviet devils'. Happy new year TIK.
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  12305. Wouldn't the soldiers have called Stalingrad the mass grave of the Heer?
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  12306. There's a reddit post a few years back where a German guy stated that he'd looked for the German original of the diary, found none, and concluded that it was likely fake. The earliest English language mention of the diary is an Alan Clark magazine from the 1960s, and TIK has traced it back further to Chuikov's memoirs.
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  12307. One more detail: the phrase "mass grave of the Wehrmacht" was also coined by the Soviets in their infamous propaganda about "a German soldier dying every 7 seconds". And, BTW, why would nationalists be enraged to learn that the caricature of a German soldier was, well, a caricature? I'd say the reaction should be quite the opposite.
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  12308. These types of videos are important, we need more debunking of these types of stories, really appreciative that you're willing to dive into the East and start debunking these "accounts" over the last few decades, because many don't bother nor wish to risk their reputation in order to attempt to debunk such "accounts". This channel is a gem.
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  12309. I was reading Hoffman's diary just the other day, i never thought it was fake, as its been used in many books and documentaries, but i felt something was off about it. It never mentioned people in his company by name, like a friend being killed, personal things like that. After watching your video, Hoffmans' diary really does feel like communist propaganda.
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  12310. Truly a breath of fresh air. Even being active and then some, not just limiting himself to tell history plainly.
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  12311. In carrying out your research - you have found an important discovery! Great work!
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  12312. Dear Mr. TIK - swear and accusation.
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  12313. I did it finally - I binge watched the whole video
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  12314. TIK when there is an event and you have 2 or more books that talk about which one do you choose and why?
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  12315. Blitzcrupcy LMAO
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  12316. Go work, weak commie. Get a job and keep it.
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  12317. TIK I do like the sorter videos
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  12318. Thank God. I was running low on kindling JK TIK
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  12319. Thank you so much for making this video. I've been telling people about this for years so I'm glad more people realise this is the case.
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  12320. 'Bribing you with your own money'... Well put. I'm from South Africa where the ruling party bribes the poor with the middle class' money to keep them in power. (They know the middle class won't vote for them anyway so they don't give a toss). 28 million on social grants vs 6 million tax payers. 😂
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  12321.  @SupremeGrand-MasterAzrael  Monopolies only exist because of state interference. (Natural monopolies do not exist) There are many videos you can watch about this topic, MRH Legacy, Mentis Wave, Liquid Zulu, etc...
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  12322. If it was already nationalised, and it was, it can't be renationalised.
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  12323. Just like Nazi Germany's "private companies". It's not private if the government builds your factory, hires your workers from the only labor union in the country that the government runs directly and to which every worker in the country must belong, sets your wages, determines the prices you pay for materials and services, dictates the price at which you can sell your goods, appoints your management, and is overseen by a Party official. Sounds exactly like Communism, doesn't it? Just ask Ernst Heinkel, or Fritz Thyssen, or Alfried Krupp, or any other German industrialist who became figureheads of their own companies overnight.
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  12324. TIK you’re falling into your own trap of speaking the truth and not ‘playing the game’ 😁
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  12325. This video is a great response to the YouTube channel Shaun’s uk rail video. I don’t know if that video influenced this , but it is a good one. Thank you Tik.
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  12326. You have an excellent channel. The Wall Street Journal had an article about "Right Wing Nazi Parties" gaining traction in German politics. I commented that the Nazis were Socialists. The smug ignorance of many of the "replies" in the Comment section was but a small taste I am sure of what you get daily. As a young man I cheered Thatcher and Reagan in their reforms, and still do, but it is NOT reform to call it privatization if the government still decides what fares are and backstops losses. Left wing farce.
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  12327. Semi off topic but With the privatisation of the NHS wouldn't we just end up like the us where everything costs £100s just to see a doctor
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  12328. What is this bullshit about tanks? Stick to central banks you nazi communist shill.
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  12329. Why aren't you wearing your mask!!! 🤬🤬🤬😂😂😂
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  12330. Got a license for that m8? @TIK
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  12331. TIK Talked about my favorite game. Panzer Corps. It was originally what drew me to his channel was his play and discussion of Afrika Korps. Good Times Good Times! So glad he mentioned my favorite game ever.
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  12332. It is like "can You calculate the weather" ... y..o. They use super computers and mass data statistics for that since 4 decades and they still fail with forecasting often enough. And that deals only with natural constants for energy, gravity etc. Even the magic "probability" can mislead You, when reality shows You something completely different and unexpected. The problem with humans (and animals and plants) is that their will and action is not constant but variable i.e "irrational" ... once I loved XYZ but now I no longer do - or the other way round. Cant even explain why. You can find patterns using AI, which is an extended way of applied statistics. And there is many ways to tweak that to make it look useful. You get many nice simulations, and many marketeers look eagerly for those which are most realistic and probable. Because they want to plan their marketing on that (even non-socialist companies do that all the time). And then comes the Reality Check. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. Some say that "No plan ever survives the first contact with the enemy". In which the enemy is: reality. Since some 2000 years, humans try to conquer and steer and calculate reality. They are making some progress for some time, but then they fail so many times. All because there is no way for science, nor for any religion, to predict reality. Nobody can escape the unpredictable. Anf this is what frightens too many people: they think they have control but they don't. How awkward ... they rather continue than stop and admit that. Thanks for this extra video, TIK!
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  12333.  @TheImperatorKnight  If it's England v Germany on penalties we can 😞😂
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  12334. Great video - About time someone said this. History can't move on unless all potential new sources and information are discussed. Moral positions from the present day should not impact how something is viewed. However the other side of allowing politically motivated agendas to come into historical discussions also needs to be policed and called out when identified - Irving and other loons etc. Recognizing the problem is the best place to start. Hitler might have been less stupid and even borderline inspired, he is still a evil force that any rational person should dismiss as any kind of role model.
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  12335. 2=1 !
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  12336. It is unfortunate extremists groups constantly called themselves "revisionist historians" that made the word revisionist bad. As you said, they're called distorians but i prefer to call them dicks
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  12337. I very much enjoyed this video, because understanding that history is an ongoing process is vital to understanding it. However, I was distressed when I saw you used Emmet Scott as a serious source, he is manifestly not. Paul Sturtevant has a good introduction to precisely why his theory is so absurd here https://www.publicmedievalist.com/time-bandits/ I know that you only used Emmet Scott for his discussion of the term Dark Ages, but if the framing timbers of a house are rotten you still wouldn’t want to live in it. Instead, I recommend that you read Chris Wickham The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 and Brian Ward-Perkins’ The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization for deeply learned, but accessible, takes on the Late Antique and Early Medieval World. Wickham and Ward-Perkins have different interpretations and disciplinary approaches, which means reading their books together will give you a pretty good picture of the modern state of debate about this period.
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  12338. I notice your videos on Beevor's Arnhem book are no longer up. Guess some offended folk ran off crying to mummy? What was the name of the other book about Arnhem you mentioned, by a Dutch author? Would love to get hold of it.
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  12339. You look worn out, and deserve that rest. Thanks for all you have done - I'm looking forward to "behind the scenes", and personally BotB will trump Stalingrad on personal interest. But mostly, just thanks.
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  12340. Totally understandable, Glantz and House were surly sick of Stalingrad aswell after 3 books. I watched every episode and really appreciated the effort. It would be a shame if the series somehow fell into postponement hell; maybe you could set yourself the goal to produce 1 episode every 6 months or so?
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  12341. Stick to looking after yourself.
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  12342. Personally i watch the Stalingrad series in chunks say 3-5 at a time and then i let it rest for a bit. It's pretty dense stuff you know! I'm not close to catching up so it would take a while till i get to your most current videos. I think your expertise in Stalingrad is valuable but a little bit of variety is good.
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  12343. Yeah it’s great place to stop this series right before the German rescue attempt. I’ve loved every episode so far and have watched them all, but now I’m excited to see what you work on next! Follow your heart TIK ❤
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  12344. It's frankly an impressive feet of work, it's the second longest documentary series ever made after Geno Samuel 2.1's Chris Chan documentary. Even ending it here makes is one of the most impressive works of historic documentation ever made so it would be a worthy feet even if you stopped entirely, and if you ever get that passion back the battle isn't exactly going anywhere.
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  12345. Battlestorm Stalingrad is by far the best thing on YouTube and the Best historical work I have ever seen. Nevertheless, it is impossible for me to keep up with the content. It is so high quality, that I need to take time to focus. Since I can't even keep up watching, I totally support your break! I guess, there is a good reason, why Movies and Series usually have a long break between each part or season.
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  12346. Just discovered your channel a week or so ago and I love it. Just go your own pace sir, I know I have a lot to catch up on in your postings, but the Stalingrad series is by far the finest I have ever seen.
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  12347. It's ok dude, I had something similar happen with me as a DM in D&D. It's better to stop and not burn out, change gears. I'm excited to see what you do next!
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  12348. When you said you were doing Battlefront Stalingrad, I thought you were crazy! But you kept pulling it off. I watched every one of them, and they are amazing. Totally get it: I was very passionnate about my master thesis subject, but I burnt out and wasn’t able to touch that subject for years afterwards. Just take a break and then slow the uploads to maybe once every 2-3 months so you can do other subjects too.
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  12349. Yeah you pretty much nailed it for me. I'm behind as hell. There's alot to absorb and I really want to be able to properly keep track which means I can't just have it playing while I'm working, or in the background, I need the time to sit and properly watch. For me at least, feel free to pause man. Gives me time to catch back up if nothing else xD
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  12350. You look knackered, take all the time you need. What you've done so far is amazing and you deserve a break!
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  12351. Happy new year Levi ,smart choice for now .🤓
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  12352. Honestly, I do hope you'll continue with Stalingrad, even just a few more episodes (the failure of the release-push, the beginning of the big Sovjet operation,..) But: I fully understand getting burned out, seeing lower viewer numbers, realizing how much time is going into it etc. And it is of course your decision. For reference: I had never heard of Operation Keelhaul; I considered leaving Poland to the sovjets betrayal enough. Likewise, regarding the Africa campaign, the 'common wisdom (wise-dumb)' is basically UK sucked until Montgomery. I had never heard of Auckinleck etc. I knew Churchill favoured the attack, but the level of pressure brought to bear I knew nothing off; and bears similarity with Hitler deciding to control the army. (Churchill also graciously(/s) gave input on ship design during his time at the Navy, money and effort spent on his ideas was fortunately grinded down after he left; ideas such as 10" guns armed cruisers etc, for a British Empire that struggled to have enough light cruisers afloat to cover it...) I do think myself & most of your viewers are mostly interested in WW2; I also think perhaps not every episode has to reach 40 minutes; I think it would be fine to cut such episodes into 20-25 minute segments; whether for battlestorm stalingrad or others, unless the entire operation can be covered in one go of course. And an intermezzo about what other stuff is happening in the world meanwhile, etc. Best wishes for the new year.
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  12353. Disagreed, there are already so very few proper libertarian channels on youtube. I've watched every TIK video except the Stanlingrad series and every time I see a new one I literally have the opposite hope - that it's not going to be just another boring history only video :)
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  12354. Thank You TIK! Thank you patreons! Watched Stalingrad, then for got about it for year and watch it again including the last 3 ep.! When they finished I watched Market garden. Compass, the animated battle (forgot the name) Crusader, and Romel 2nd offensive. But the last one ended (maybe it's not done). Also Watched the bank battles looking forward on them! Cheers and Happy new year!
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  12355. I resolve to watch your videos twice to up your ' views'. Happy New Year!
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  12356. Your stuff is always interesting, and I've found that trying to drive through something I'm already sick of just ends in hating whatever it is and doing a bad job. It seems to me that when content creators let themselves be driven by what they think their audience wants instead of what they're actually passionate about working on, it doesn't end well-- the creator starts to resent their own audience for demanding what they don't want to do and the audience gets pissed off because a creator they're supporting appears to be turning on them, even though they keep telling them to keep up the good work. So ya, in my official capacity as a person with no official capacity, do what you gotta do. The Sixth Army isn't going anywhere. Literally.
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  12357. Talk about an "exhaustive" look at Stalingrad. I don't think many people are going to blame you on that one.
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  12358. Anything you wanna cover I'm down to watch
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  12359. Here early due to notifications 🎉🥰
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  12360. Great thumbnail! Made me chuckle. I also like the new quotes screen, makes it easier to read and mentally separate from your narration.
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  12361.  @TheImperatorKnight  I hope you get a very enjoyable and extremely well deserved rest TIK. It pains me seeing you suffer so much with this series. I look forward to the finale primarily because I want you to feel relief and have fun again. :)
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  12362.  @TheImperatorKnight  thanks for the update im always impressed by your interaction consistency. Glad to hear your taking your reading so serious especially her fiction. Excited for the new content , hope your in good health. As a historian you would appreciate her For the new intellectual book/ essay and of course Capitalism the unknown ideal for the political/ economics with a lot of philosophical analysis of history. Once again your my All time favorite YouTuber. Much love brother!!
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  12363. 😢😢😢 Love the channel growth. Personally dislike Stalingrad videos. But here to support nonetheless. Read Ayn Rands critique of Anarchism . Easy place to start the “Anarchism” and Government entries in her Lexicon.
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  12364. What's the plan for final episodes? Are we two or three away until completion?
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  12365. Oh no... Only two to three more episodes left before the end of Stalingrad series. 😮
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  12366. TIK, that Thumbnail is by far one of the greatest I have seen anyone do. Period. I can’t wait to watch the next video!
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  12367. Like and comment just for the thumbnail
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  12368. "And the concentration camp was liberated, and it was horrible.... moving on!"
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  12369. @43:07 Oberst Willi Langkeit. Is he the same who would be the Commander of the Panzerregiment Grossdeutschland? If so that's interesting, I didn't know he had been at Stalingrad and at such late date.
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  12370. It was either this or Red Letter Media's review of RoboCop 2. I think chose correctly.
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  12371. You're almost there TIK
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  12372. Tik delivers as usual! Also, good job is an understatement for the thumbnails.
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  12373. The details are lacking in the chaos of that time.
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  12374. Oh! Lyrics from Falco at 0: 19
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  12375. I think i understand what youre trying to do TIK. Youre pushing yourself extra hard with narrow focus on stalingrad, to finish it off and be rid of it finally. At least thats what im garthering, and i must not only commend you, but also compliment you on your work. Even though youre struggling, youve managed to do this sledgehammer approach without a dip in quality. I am both impressed and understanding that you want stalingrad done, and finally have this sword of Damocles no longer hanging over you. And youve only got two more episodes to go at most at this current pace at least. Would be perfect if you could wrap it all up with a nice round 50 Episodes. You have our full support!
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  12376. It can't be that many episodes left now as the pocket is almost gone, right?
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  12377. I know its supposed to be like marvel but the new color scheme in the thumb looked GREAT. Maybe continue to tryout out new color themes with the white border in the future?
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  12378. REALIZING THAT ENTERING INTO THE LAST THIRD, OR EVEN QUATER, OF THIS DOCUMENTARY MAKES ME FEEL SAD; I WISH IT WOULD NEVER END, IT IS SOOOO GOOD! THANKS LEWIS. THE THUMBNAIL WAS NICE TOO.
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  12379. Thumbnail is truly amazing! This style fits really well
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  12380. Tik, I'm curious do you ever play ww2 video games? If you do what's your favorite ww2 fps?
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  12381. XDDDDDDD ok. I love this comment
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  12382. Amazing video. Being a marxist should bear the same stigma as being a nazi.
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  12383. I mentioned this in another video. But there should be a game called "Who said this line Karl Marx or Adolph Hitler."
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  12384. Where is tik’s comment? It says he replied here? YouTube needs to get it’s act together.
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  12385. https://youtu.be/VZU6dwGD6dk the bund those antisemitic race haters 😂😂😂
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  12386.  @vladdrakul7851  No you plank. What you wrote in your very first sentence makes it pointless to read the rest. You never took TIK's argument seriously and just dismissed it outright with some meanigless buzzword. Stay mad :)
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  12387. This clarifies why the modern American Demonocrat is anti-Israel to a greater or lesser extent and pro-Palestian to a lesser or greater extent. They blindly and stupidly believe that the enemy of my enemy is actually my friend. Clearly one would have to willfully ignore the actions of the USSR to be able to actually believe such a patently false cliché.
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  12388. First
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  12389. Hey TIK! Did you see this: https://youtu.be/1NV-hq2akCQ ?
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  12390. Love your work. Keep it up. Also, is it true that Hitler didn’t actually want to go to war? Edit: just saw you already answered this question in another video. Thank you!
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  12392. "Keep Europe divided" ... there's the secret plan of the UK all along. Love the map you used for the European Union without the UK. Fortunately, there's the NATO, a protective USA, and the tendency to not go to war over some petty territory in central Europe anymore. I wonder why you didn't mention the bad boy factor (from the Paradox games Hearts of Iron and Victoria, starting to aggressively conquer the whole world makes everyone nervous and band together against the bad boy. Wasn't there some Crimean war over that?). Great video again. Many thanks, TIK. :)
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  12393. Oh my God! a Tik video under 30 minutes!
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  12394.  @Eddie_of_the_A_Is_A_Gang  People have been trained to accept certain views as truths. Either deliberately, or just because it happened that way. It has to be true because everyone says so, so it is true. But is this really the case? This is why I think that TIK's video on Hitler's socialism is his most important video up to date. Battlestorm Stalingrad? Nice, but a diversion that may be forgotten with time or at best a YT cult classic. Hitler's Socialism is the one where he can break the narrative. Every time someone comes with a theory that breaks the narrative it gets derision, resistance, and if it holds up true, finally acceptance and it becomes the new narrative. Until then people will look like you are a conspiracy theorist when you say Hitler was a socialist.
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  12395. Love your content man, disagree with most of it. But it's amazing that we can have this level of intellectual debate
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  12396. Lack of time and resources. We might also have to check geography of the region to confirm that railroad on the west side was possible without massive amount of explosives. Railroads need relatively level terrain. Since Russian had railroad on the east, they already checked region for us hundred or more years ago.
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  12397. https://youtu.be/uwklBQpo-NY
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  12398.  @TheImperatorKnight  Yeah, Robert Zubrin does the same thing. The man's Jewish, with Holocaust victims in his family, and couldn't be a bigger anti Malthusian, anti Nazi, passionate anti racist etc, but when quoting Hitler he puts on an obviously insincere pompous voice, perhaps because as a defender of Columbus, American pioneers, etc he probably gets called the usual names
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  12399. Thank you
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  12400. This is my favorite series of all time on YouTube. Great job TIK
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  12401. TIK, is the book 'National Socialism' by Videla worth purchasing? It's fairly expensive, and seems to be rather sympathetic to the ideology. I'm just curious if it's worth the $30+ for those of us seeking to understand the ideology without actually believing in it.
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  12402. Starting at minute 11:00, this is the first time I have seen Hitler having invoked God or any deity. I had considered Hitler as atheist and it is certain that he persecuted many churches.
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  12403. ​ @TheImperatorKnight  On Gnosticism, modern 'New Age' belief systems are based on neo-gnosticism which in turn is based on the older beliefs of the Gnostic's. Madame Blavatsky was the figure that started the modern movement, both her and her successor Alice Bailey have been highly influential in the Modern new age movement. Hitler reportedly always kept a copy of Blavatsky's writings by his bedside and was greatly influenced by her writings (a fact modern New Agers are loathed to admit). The Thule society as well as the Vrill likely held Gnostic beliefs among others. If this is the case, then these Ideas have very much influenced Hitler's world view and helped shape the man he became.
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  12404.  @TheImperatorKnight  Felton made no response that I am aware of, however it is possible to trace a source for the narrative from the original documents. And Greg does his best to steelman the position and shows primary sources in doing so. The Lancaster was 'considered' as an option according to the documents. And plans were in place to transfer British assets to the eastern theater as part of the wind down in the European theater (They never transferred). It was discarded as an option early on for a variety of reasons, mostly technical. Including the fact that the Lancaster lacked the ability to arm bombs in flight, which was doctrine in the USAF. Imagine taking off with an armed, air burst detonating, atomic weapon. Also the fact the Lancaster couldn't fly high enough, or fast enough, to escape the blast radius... But there is a comment within the documentation to the effect that it would be better to use an American bomber. This makes sense from all manner of doctrinal, classification, and logistical reasons - which is largely reduced to " 'Murica - F$#k Yeah!" Greg would use this as a springboard for a mini-series on the Lancaster, because it was a good aircraft, just not fit for purpose. Thats his wheelhouse. There are other cases, and it need not always cut in favor of knocking America down a peg, but the places where I can check its very consistent on drawing a narrative that gets attention over clarifying or improving understanding of history. It draws people in, sure, but is that really the best outcome?
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  12405. I think TIK is only partly correct here. Certainly, Hitler believed in the story TIK describes and thus would fight on to the very end (and with him, many generals, like Model and Scörner). However, many (probably most) Germans lost faith in the idea and wanted the war to end (Stauffenberg even tried to kill Hitler to achieve this result). Rommel was another, who lost faith. However, at wars end, Hitler had centralised power to such a degree that he alone could make a choice on the sessation of the war - and he would never accept surrender, because of his views as described by TIK. Losing faith and given the situation, the average German had no other option but to accept that survival was relative, and try to survive for another day - or surrender to the west (TIK fails to explain why this happened, if the Germans believed in the Nazi narrative - it makes no sense). At the very end of the war, even Himmler tried to negotiate a peace (apparently, he also had lost faith) and Hitler killed himself (rather than picking up a rifle dying to defend "the Volk"). Before Hitler was dead, there was no possibility for peace, once he had died, there was absolutely no reason for Germany to fight on. But TIK is absolutely right in that so many German Generals were willing to die for Nazi Germany. However, Hitler, his inner circle and the Gauleiters pretty much all broke rank and ran (or comitted suicide) instead of fighting to the end, like they had forced so many hapless Germans to do. Of the highest 50 ranking political leadership members of Nazi Germany less than five died fighting the war, the rest by suicide, trying to escape or some similar way. Truly, Nazism was the low point of the history of the human race.
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  12406. The perpetual Nazi struggle sounds a whole lot like the perpetual communist revolution.
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  12407. Great vid as always. But I don’t really understand the part about how “the people are the state and thus authoritarian democracy”. I don’t expect you to explain it’s just very rare that I am confused about anything after I watch your vids. I’m sure it’s my shortcoming and not yours, but now I’ll be bothered until I look into it myself.
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  12408. Sufficiently impressed to subscribe...and I don't subscribe to much.
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  12409. So the debate between "fascists" and "communists" is just at its core a debate between the national and international sides of socialism?
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  12410. I just looked up "Actualism" and came to the conclusion that people who spend a lot of effort contemplating this concept must have a lot of idle time on their hands.
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  12411.  @bastisonnenkind  more /s?
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  12412. /s?
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  12413. This guys work really opened my eyes. It makes so much sense now. Everybody lies and is ignorant of these things while using words like left right, but its all the same evil, selfish ideology sacrificing the individual for the 'state' which is always the idwal rule of those who preach it. It is criminal by nature: they trick you into giving up your soul for their idea of a better world, thus ushering in tyranny on promises of utopia. Socialis equals EVIL. The same way how being a criminal is wrong. They just want power like the good old villains, and they are villing to let everything burn in exchange. SOCIALISM = EVIL.
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  12414. Did I just hear Thomas Sowell making the connection between Socialism and Fascism back in 2011? https://youtu.be/bOMksnSaAJ4?t=1337 I've been binge watching Sowell videos in the past few weeks lol. The man is a treasure. wait for minute 23-24 But he's not easy to understand for someone non-English. Correct me if I'm wrong / heard it wrong.
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  12415. This video really opened my eyes to just how much the left has played word games on us, and i fell for it
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  12416. He was both
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  12417. That UK hate crime law is a travesty.
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  12418. So did these philosophers have day jobs? Because it still costs money to live. Whether they believe it's real or not. 🙄
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  12419. Peniss.
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  12420. Why don't we call most of these philosophers gaslighters, because that's what they did. I get your point that fascism can be seen as the best democracy. But is it? What do you need to vote on if everyone votes correctly? Let's ask some ants or bees if they think they're better off if they're all exactly the same.
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  12421. The modern version of Plato's nonsense is the idea, promulgated by some, that we live in a computer simulation. It's just the same idea under a different name.
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  12422. Socialism and reality have never liked each other.
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  12423. The Scientific-Racism was just an intellectual term to justify demagoguery. Real altruism would lead them to help any lesser race, but to the National Socialist, a lesser race is a pragmatic step to use to lift their own "chosen people".
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  12424. I generally agree with you, TIK, but I do think that the animal part is where I start to partially divert. Partially. I understand you are approaching it from a philosophical perspective with the horrors of national socialism (and other forms of socialism) in mind, however I think you may be throwing the baby out with the bathwater and giving ammunition to people who are looking for an excuse to laugh your otherwise fine arguments away. Humans are animals not in the philosophical sense of being unthinking beasts driven by pure, raw instincts and nothing else. That I agree with. We are, however, animals in the biological sense, mammals specifically. We fit all the criteria of mammals, and it would be one hell of a coincidence if that wasn't for a biological reason. That being said, yes we very clearly are the most intelligent animal on earth - certainly so far as we're aware! With that intelligence comes less and less reliance upon instincts. It isn't as if other animals are all equal in intelligence either. With all due respect, if your argument for race not existing is that individuals can vary in their traits so why draw the line there I'd say that different individual animals and species as a whole can vary in intelligence while still all being animals so why drawn the line at our intelligence? Intelligence and instincts are not completely opposing things but rather intrinsically linked in terms of how they determine an individual being's behavior - human or otherwise. As humans, we are highly independent and varied between individuals, which also means we are individually far more responsible for our actions and choices. On the other end of the animal spectrum, we have things like insects that are very clearly nowhere near as intelligent as us and it's nigh impossible for us to differentiate one individual from another within the same species. Everything in-between are things like elephants, cats, dogs, dolphins, and all manner of other creatures infinitely more intelligent than insects yet not as intelligent as humans. Anyone who's ever been a pet owner can tell you that different cats and dogs all have their own personalities, likes, dislikes, quirks, and traits even within the same species or breed, thus denoting a measure of intelligence above many other creatures. As such, we as humans hold them accountable for their actions to varying degrees yet not as much as we do ourselves and each other. In fact, in a curious twist, we are a lot more hesitant to kill a cat, dog, or other more intelligent animal because we inherently recognize that higher-than-average intelligence in them and their individuality as beings around us, even though we would hold a violent dog much more individually responsible for its actions than - say - a locust. Despite that we will kill that same locust and millions of its fellow locusts without a second thought because of what they can do to crops and farmland despite the fact that no one with half a brain is going to reasonably and faithfully argue that a locust is more intelligent or self-aware (and certainly not more morally culpable) than a dog. Again, my point is NOT that we are animals and therefore unthinking beasts who can't be held accountable (I believe that, in modern parlance, the idea of a 'beast' and an 'animal' are not exactly equal in meaning - at least within this context), but rather that we are the most intelligent of animals AND THEREFORE have the highest amount of individuality AND responsibility for our thoughts and actions. I think there is a nuanced view here that can be held both logically and morally between saying we aren't animals at all and that we are animals and therefore simply act in a predetermined way (which isn't even true of many other animals we interact with on a day-to-day basis). I understand a wariness to give ground on that because of how that gets twisted by people like socialists of varying flavors, but I do believe that rejecting it outright only gives them ammunition to say we're idiots and morons who don't understand biology (and by extension 'muh science'). In this case, I think you may be speaking on a philosophical level while the commenters in the video are speaking on a biological level, both using absolute language that goes past one another. I would further say that whether you think that race is real, fake, or just another word for ethnicity (which I suppose one could argue is the human equivalent of 'breed' - which certainly exists among other animals yet isn't a perfect indicator of behavior and reasoning itself)... Even if it were unquestionably real, the idea of us being animals does not make it anymore valid to take the concept beyond broad, generalized observations of shared traits based around similarly shared genes. So again, while I understand the caution and concern, I think throwing out the entire concept of humans being animals because national socialists will twist that idea to its absolute extreme and then use that twisted extreme to further justify a twisted extreme concept of race as justification of their yet further twisted aims and goals is just a bit... unnecessary and does more harm to the argument than good. If it isn't biology, it'll be something else that they use, because they aren't working off logic to inform ideology. They're working off ideology and twisting logic to fit it.
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  12425. 5 minutes in and you already have a wall of text, impressive
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  12426.  @TheImperatorKnight  I made a post some time ago where I was trying to explain why Hitler - a Leftist - hated other Leftists, in which I made the case that Hitler conflated being a Communist with being a Jew. You responded with essentially the seeds of the argument you make here. I mention that because it was extremely helpful to me in understanding that while my claim was correct, it was too superficial and didn't explain why Hitler also claimed that Capitalism was Jewish. After reading much of the source material you've provided on the channel, I soon understood on a much deeper level that World Jewry was more an ideological label, as it was an ethnic one. Anyway, I may not look smarter, but I am smarter for having engaged on this channel. Thanks.
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  12427. Well as someone who purchase land in the middle of nowhere to build a house and paid several companies connect power, electric, gas, sewage, water and omg I need to build a road. The answer is the individual with the capital to do it themselves or pay some to do it on their behalf.
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  12428. I love the "smacks over the head you idiot" vibe of this video.
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  12429. But who will built the tissues for the commie tears
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  12430. I thought the government built the roads, you know, the one person who is put in charge in the government to build the roads whose brother n law owns the road construction company. So, then the $10 road project can cost $670.
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  12431. Guiness World Record ! Let's make it happen ! :D
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  12432. I don’t get the point of the 46 dislikes? Are you stupid or what... this guy is creating such huge and wonderful work that we can watch for free... what the fuck.
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  12433. I'm subscribed to a chess channel who was temporarily blocked because of the YT stupid algorithm, in 2020 is difficult to say "with the knight on that position, black is screwed, white always wins". It's grotesque!
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  12434. Those videos don't perform well (now), but in the long term you leave a legacy to humanity.
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  12435. I've been a patron (subscriber? subscribestarer?) for... can't remember, but I'm quite sure I did not sign up with the intent of being anal about regular content of a specific sort. Sure, daily Stalingrad episodes would be nice. Is that realistic? Probably not. Should I demand it? Obviously not! Listening to you I get the impression that some people think you owe them something. I guess they should take a second to ask themselves: but is this really the case? :P You're doing fine, and you're doing good work. Take a break. I did say you were mad when you started this whole series! ;)
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  12436. Many thanks for what you are producing, It's awesome history and a new take on what I've previously seen and read on the topic. Just remember that haters got to hate. F*** them and ignore them, the silent majority love and appreciate your knowledge and information. Thank you and I'm looking forward to your next videos, whenever they arrive. And I'd suggest you look at other platforms as (name cannot be mentioned) is only interested in being 'pc' which cripples history, your not the only person to experience this stupidity.
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  12437. Apology not accepted....go to the naughty step! 😂😂
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  12438. You can always go back to shop work ;)
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  12439. One of the reasons I like you so much is you always man up. So many people just can't do that. Keep up the great work TIK. Please don't stick to tanks.
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  12440. David Irving Fanboys & Commies: HE FUCKED UP! GET IM! HE'S WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING!
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  12441. Hey TIK! If your reading this, I think it was awesome of you to put this video out there. If you need a vacation or anything post something in the community tab to let your subscribers and patrons know where you will be and how long you will be off. It’s ok to take a vacation.
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  12442. Turned on notifications to your new videos for the tenth time these past 2 months lol... just lol didnt get unsubscribed this month though. :)
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  12443. Is it possible to outsource any of the work? I'm sure there's some fans of yours with skills that might help.
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  12444. TIK, some people climb Mount Everest - it's difficult, dangerous, expensive, and often fatal. Why do people do that: simply to be able to say they did it? Seems pointless to me. Now then, you're halfway up a figurative Mount Everest, and it's undoubtedly been difficult, expensive, and so on. You're probably asking yourself what are you doing, and what is the point. What you are doing is amassing, collating, evaluating and presenting the collective knowledge of an important part of history in an accessible way: a way that aids the further study of those events.  And what is the point of that? Well, what is the over-all lesson of World War II? I'd suggest it this: if you devote the whole of your resources to destroying your neighbours, you will most likely destroy yourself. (That's open to debate, obviously. ;) So, then, had Hitler watched your videos, and seen the ultimate futility of the course he set himself - and his nation - perhaps he might've been dissuaded from that plan. Had Hitler stopped at Poland - as tragic as that would've been - it might've saved 30-40 million lives and 3 or 4 years of war in a dozen different nations. By telling the stories of the monstrous stupidities of the past, you're helping to prevent them from happening again - and that's worth doing!
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  12445. The Greek video was awesome...
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  12446. Have to wonder how much work went into making a video, explaining how much work it takes to make videos. xD "Send us wheat or coffins" Youtube: "No! Wont somebody think of the chidlren??!! You cant teach them how horrible the Nazis were, they might start thinking national socialism is a bad thing, and that might TRIGGER someone on reddit!!!"
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  12447. Oooohhhh 👏👏 great stuff coming up. The details TIK the details 👍
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  12448. And in response to Covid we are seeing Totalitarians today enacting Marxism in there grab for power in the modern Western countries. A big problem today is most are ignorant of the history Tik is talking about. I have read and studied about in it's part in the run up to W W I.
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  12449. I don't believe it is a generalization to say Lenin and Stalin were dictators who murdered tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people in the name of revolution by the mid 1920s
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  12450.  @MrReco12  Nah. The central bank controls the economy and who gets the money they redistribute to. It's very Socialist and central planning. There would be no central bank with true capitalism.
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  12451. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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  12452. TIK you have worked exceptionally hard to understand this complex concern. Little wonder, why doubters defend these the Marxists without learning THE FACTS.
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  12453.  @MrReco12  don't you have a urine analysis test to fail?
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  12454.  @MrReco12  go away
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  12455. He covers that in Public vs. Private. And yes, he does dive into the meaning of the definition of state and how it can be broadly applied to collectivist concepts.
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  12456. TIL my USD 2.39 donation to Wikipedia was used to fund the rewriting of Communist history
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  12457. 27:25 Look at who edits these Wikipedia articles. You have someone like self-described anarcho-communist and Antifa supporter 'Davide King' who, literally spends all day edit warring on Wikipedia and curiously has permission to edit Protected articles which are locked to normies.
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  12458. From the initial impression I've gotten from this video, the "democratic" socialists in Weimar Germany didn't actually give a flying fuck about the workers they claimed to hold so dearly. They sound dishearteningly similar to the petty Marx-stans on Twitter, more obsessed with the ascetics of socialism, social progress, and a powerful working class, than any actual plans for improving the standard of living for blue collar folks. They sound like the kind of folks who go into every situation thinking only of their romantic revolution, and not the reality they might find themselves in. In short, these people have their heads in the clouds, dreaming of a utopia where all their problems will magically go away. They have no realistic plans for improving society, and can effectively dodge any actual reforms for "not being radical enough" or "not honoring the vision of Marx and Engels." Fools, one and all.
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  12459. Holy shit the last 5 minutes, the conclusion is so very clear. Excellent presented tik!!!
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  12460. I wish you could go on Joe Rogan's podcast.
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  12461.  @sedargames8161  A state cannot be Capitalist. Capitalism means Private ownership of the means of production. A state is not private, but public. Therefore what you would term as "Capitalist States" are more correctly "States which allowed Capitalism". It is similar to a Constitution, which places checks on the power of government. So called capitalist states merely refrain from meddling (as much) in the economy, thereby allowing Capitalism to function. Insofar as the state does intervene in the economy, it is infringing upon Capitalism. Therefore many states that would be called Bourgeoise and Capitalist are actually some degree of socialist, since their governments do intervene in the economy. In fact, there has never been a fully capitalist state for this reason, and plainly, there cannot be. There can only be States who respect and protect private ownership and voluntary transaction, and those who do not.
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  12462.  @TheImperatorKnight  Holy crap and to think Lenin is generally considered a good guy in the mainstream 💀
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  12463.  @TheImperatorKnight  not at all! It was great content that made me want more! I honestly always had an issue with my public schooling, knowing the differences of fascism, National Socialism(which was lumped as fascism) vs regular socialism (Is what they call Marxism/communism). God bless the American education system. I was unimpressed when I found out the truth. I believe in the ideas of the Frankfurt schools as well which came from the events when this video takes place. But getting back to your video, it was amazing, I appreciate the detail and scope you go into and many others do as well. I actually prefer videos discussing ideology to the battle videos. Keep up the good fight man, never let the extreme left tear you down.
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  12464. This is the second time I'm watching this, I'm always brought back to your videos to learn
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  12465. A commune, is another name for a society.... Socialism and communism are obviously synonyms.
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  12466. You mention among the shortages that there was a shortage of housing. How was this? As Germany did not have exposure to or was never under the guns or planes as in WW2.
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  12467. I'm so happy Tik used the meme at 21:50 what an absolute madlad!
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  12468.  @TheImperatorKnight  I work in a big company, and it's run on socialist lines. No one wants to be more efficient or save money, and the more you slack the more someone else has to come in and help you
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  12469. Rob Sewell is the head of Socialist Appeal, a Trotskyist cult that I was briefly a member of until March 2020. Feel free to check out the articles I have written about my experience on my blog and elsewhere. Fun fact: he actually runs the organisation as a private company, as I have exposed on my blog.
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  12470. And now we wonder where all those left-leaning groups almost everywhere on the planet got their means of "peaceful protest". 🙃🙃🙃 In my country their armed wing do extortion rackets while the youth that they have brainwashed protest "injustices" which at some cases of their own making.
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  12471. ...But they couldn't have been Socialists! My government school told me so!
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  12472. Tik Congratulations my man You're making a huge difference in rectifying history. I've noticed many online intellectuals and many history lovers are now recognizing the truth about the Nazis really being socialists. This is huge shift in the overall narrative and in the overall political discourse. It's high time. You can tell by how the left wing ideologues are flailing, trying in vain to debunk you. Best wishes with Gazala and using Blender.
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  12473. You got it all wrong! Your sources must be crazy! There's no way the State, Paragon of Virtues, would ever do bad things! (Disregard that the previous century led to the coining of the term 'deimocide", not relevant at all, why do you even bring it up?)
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  12474. Did you even try to watch the video?
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  12475. My first thought was to go bash there channel because i let my emotions get me but TIK is right dont do it better to set them right with facts..and they cant win this with there kind of solution name calling etc just shows there viewers who they REALLY are ..ty tik for all you do and your content is awesome even if i dont see eye to eye on every topic..
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  12476. Must be nice being a leftist. You never have to research anything, just repeat popular opinions and act morally superior.
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  12477. Hearing people argue that definitions are irrelevant in a debate (coupled with the frequent "I feel that…" for their own ad hoc definitions) just hurts my brain.
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  12478. Have they read Mein Kampf?
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  12479. I’m sorry you had to sit down and listen to this... it was like they were trying to avoid your arguments and find minuscule things like definitions that are right... then AGREE with you that we don’t have capitalism, didn’t even understand your arguments before trying to debunk it! 🤦🏽‍♂️
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  12480. This whole thing wouldn't have happened if socialists had a longer attention span then 2 minutes.
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  12481. "He's trying to dirty socialism" And Lenin, Stalin and Mao didn't do that? It is fine to say Hitler was a national SOCIALIST and say he was an evil socialist like Stalin and say you are not for that kind of socialism. If you can't call Hitler a socialist because he was evil then you shouldn't be able to call Lenin and Stalin socialists either. I'd love for someone to come with an actual good logical counter argument to TIK. Is this how these guys have a civilized debating? Saying F U to people? In the end debating over if he was socialist or not is not what should matter but rather to learn about what actually happened. People can define that as they want but they should at least learn about what actually happened. Personally I am not an anarcho-capitalist like TIK but that doesn't mean I can't see that Hitler had socialist policies. Read the books for yourself and make your own opinion you don't need to agree with everything TIK says but that doesn't mean everything he says is wrong.
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  12482. ' If you were Socialist you would like unions yeah' PMSL. I don't know where these people come from. Its like Orwell didnt exist.
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  12483. Hey Tik the Channel Fredda made a slader piece against you, he takes you out of Context and goes with bad faith against you, to make you look like an idiot. He is a Socialist, and he got butthurt about you calling Nationalsocialist, well Socialist.
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  12484. Yay! My horse meat rations have finally increased... or have they? looks at Gazala
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  12485. Standing ovations and congratulations are in order TIK, this has been a magnificent journey of 51 episodes <3 See you at Gazala next time o7
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  12486. Your vid reminds me of Trade War started by the US. Now Americans blame china for starting it.
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  12487. Sixth, damn!
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  12488. Amazing video! Another one of those that sheds light on something that didn't make sense to me and bothered me for years! The history of third reich and WW2 is plagued with misconceptions, lies and propaganda. But TIK with his ground braking research and critical thinking skills drills down until he uncovers the truth.
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  12489. Interestingly enough, while I was not taught this in History class it was taught in economics class. Great video!
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  12490. Henry Hazlitt's book "Economics in one lesson" is a must read for anyone who wants a basic understanding of economics.
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  12491. I was rather (pleasantly) surprised to see the reference to Syros island (my late father's birthplace) and I can fully confirm the phrase abt wheat or coffins. Apparently a very well researched presentation, as usual. I may disagree with you frequently but I always have to admit that you do research before presenting. Well Done from a former historian.
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  12492. That and to protect socialism, which is extensively pushed by leftist academics
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  12493. The only thing censorship accomplishes is driving bad and wrong ideas underground thus letting them grow unchallenged, completely undermining the very goal they're supposedly trying to accomplish. A few mistakes in the video, but the main argument stands, a very good eye opener and a wake up call for nazi sympathizers.
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  12494. I recommend Timothy Snyder's Bloodlands: Europe between Hitler and Stalin. Incredible book.
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  12495. Let me guess: It was oil?
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  12496. Oops.
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  12497. You put a strong compelling counter-narrative to that of the establishment I have heard so far please keep it up you are hitting the mark
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  12498.  @TheImperatorKnight  Ever get the feeling you're pissing in the wind sometimes TIK?
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  12499. Video is absolute fire 🔥 man - just discovered your channel you are one of the few clearly still able to make fine distinctions, people have attacked you for reporting non-revisionist history take it as a badge of honour, so much underlying antisemitism going on right now! - well done for respecting the veterans and the history of those who gave their lives!
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  12500. I am so sorry to see this happening to UK. Best of hopes. And Fight for your Rights!
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  12501. I wish I found your channel under better circumstances, I love history and I’m currently distraught over the state of our country which I love dearly. Please keep making videos and I wish you the best
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  12502. Both parties under the same ideology since 1997. No winners here
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  12503. Herr Starmer
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  12504. Thank god someone like yourself has articulated what the silent majority think about “ government policy” on the British publics feelings on mass uncontrolled immigration, and showing that it includes many ethnic backgrounds , religions ctreeds and colours , not just the “ far right “ labelled white British folk. We need to unite as a populous , stop the nonsensical destruction of our towns ,caused by a minority just out to create chaos and keep focus on peaceful protest , the entire population needs to stand together , not fight one another and let all our voices be heard by self serving politicians, who continue to deceive all of us , suppress us , and are not in touch with reality. Be peaceful folks , we are not the problem, our parliament is.
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  12505. I hadn’t heard or seen the footage in which that lady is crying that her friend’s daughter had been stabbed. The little girl who sat on her knee. Starmer just gets in his armoured car and drives off. He isn’t interested in comforting a community in pain. It’s gut wrenching.
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  12506. Miseryside police 😂. Love it.
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  12507. Starmgeschütz 🤣
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  12508. faust!
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  12509. As soon as I find something to bitch about I'm coming after you. It is a promise. You must be toppled. WE must not have a mine shaft gap!
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  12510. TIK you just make these scripts up. Tee and hee.
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  12511. Hey TIK, Alexey Isaev said recently on TacticMedia chanel that you are his favourite English speaking Toutuber and that he learned new things from your videos about Courlan Pocket. Keep up good work!
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  12512. I admire your work and the detail, and I understand the work this takes: must be immense!!! Would like to see it completed at some point.
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  12513. that is true. i have never heard the same definition of socialism twice
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  12514. Hitler couldn't have been a socialist because he was fighting against the communists who were socialists, and he hated them! - Redditors As though we've never had monarchies fighting for 90% of our history despite them being similar ideologically... As if the biggest war before the second world war wasn't fought between empires with kings and queens... Alright then.
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  12515. Hi TIK, 100% agree Hitler was a socialist. Couple of minor points though - ,Hitler abolished 'private' trade unions.....a 'private' trade union is an oxymoron.
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  12516. @TIK first time commenting, but really, you are unbelievable! hit it right outta the park! I was just having this discussion and thanks to your wonderfully,resourceful videos, gave me that much more to fire at them with their only rebuttal was handshakes and "you don't get it..." I tell them, well enlighten me, give me some ACTUAL evidence! 💖💖 you my good sir are the best!
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  12517. TIK, you would not believe this headline in the Daily Telegraph, a traditional right-wing paper: "Boris must embrace socialism immediately to save the liberal free market"  AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD
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  12518. Hi TIK, do you think the image showing the word "capitalism" with the Coca-Cola font is relevant? I mean this image depicts Coca-Cola as being the symbol of capitalism while it is a corporation and is listed on the stock exchange and therefore public. What do you think ?
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  12519. A fantastic addition to this topic. Needless to say, Communists have viewed national socialists as heretics, and anyone who isn't on board with their Marxist ideals is automatically a "Capitalist" or "Fascist", words devoid of definition and used merely as slurs... Anything we dislike as socialists is these, definitions be damned. Despite the mountains of evidence, the two foes won't be convinced that they're identical to each other in principle. Why would H***r spend an entire chapter on converting "the Reds" or correspond with the Soviets as fellow Socialists if their ideologies did not have so much in common to begin with. But again, you're stating solid facts while your critics are attempting to dodge the association because they find it personally offensive. Let's not forget that to many of these clowns, the regimes of Mao and Stalin are not "true Socialism" either, especially when you bring up their undeniable cruelty and criminality. Changing definitions is just a tactic to confuse... whether it's "socialism" or "woman" ;)
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  12520. I know of volkswagens ww2 history, but this is just such a cursed image lol. It's so weird to think that the beetle is kind of an image of the "liberal happy swinging 60's" or whatever, and then to see a picture of an apparently happy Hitler inspecting a car that's the spitting image of a beetle.... That's certainly...something lol
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  12521. Brown isn't red STICK TO TANKS!!!!!!
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  12522. 30:22 How exactly is TIK promoting fascist rhetoric?
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  12523. I think he's addressed this question before, specifically on the Pacific theatre. I can't remember the exact video (a patreon q&a perhaps?) but he's essentially stated that he hasn't read enough on the Pacific theatre to make a educational content on the topic he'd be happy with. I think he's expressed interest in doing so but at the time had too much on his plate.
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  12524. TIK, you don't see a simple thing. All states are genocidal. All states are created by bandits. Every society is an experiment. Humans are very bad. There is no economy, there's only monopoly, extortion, rape, murder, slavery. Ideologies were invented to make it look a little better, but try not to pay tax! First cities were made around the storage where stolen food was kept. Right next to that - kings palace!
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  12525. Ok this idea that the Germans simply didn’t have anything to give the 6th Army definitely fits with much of the evidence, but it does raise other questions that need a plausible explanation. For one thing, how badly supplied were the forces outside the pocket? They clearly had enough to subsist and even go on the offensive. Does that mean there was just enough for the rest of AG Don, but not for Paulus? Was the 6th Army just not prioritized or did the other generals hog all the supplies (they did need to go on the offensive themselves). If the Airlift itself wasn’t the main problem, if being in the pocket isn’t what prevented supply, then in theory 6th Army shouldn’t have been the only army literally starving to death. If the supply crisis was general, then shouldn’t the other formations have also been starving, if not as hard then certainly still to a significant degree? It seems like there was more going on.
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  12526. Not often i watch something and change my mind. Today i did. Thank you
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  12527. Pure truth is like unsweetened chocolate; bitter on the palate, but somehow compelling. Something inside demands MORE !! Listening a third time. So, so very satisfying.
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  12528. To get to the other side?
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  12529.  @TheImperatorKnight  lol yeah there "over here" to in Washington state that's why they extended their lockdown until july 6th!!!🤣🤣
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  12530. Solar Nordic Blood would be a good band name
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