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  1. Very interesting video. Yes, it would be nice to see such analysis of other battlefield events as well. Thanks for your explanation.
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  2. History legends lives in mtl quebec his french accent is from here
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  3. Yes!!! Retired U.S. Army intelligence officer just subscribed. For once, SITMAPs with proper symbology, to include unit ID's, weapons, etc ( You hear that, all you other dopes tracking the Ukraine War?). My only recommendation: Start thinking of puting (-) signs off of the top-right corner of Ukrainian units. Even in the Kursk salient, most of them are under-strength.
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  4. The negative selection and barracks bunnies are a thing in Bulgaria, too. We also like Hungary decreased out military 10 times. It's like listening about my country. Good to hear (but also bad) that we are not the only ones. PS: 12:08 I remember those dogs on the dashboards of cars!
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  5. Thanks Mark. Part 1 is pretty interesting - the UKR plan of attack was actually pretty well executed in the first few days. But I'm still not convinced it was operationally very wise. Look forward to part 2. Were you with the 4th Mech Bde?
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  6. Please do Kursk and other battles during the war. Military science is fascinating to me
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  7. It will be really interesting how the front-lines look once/if the war freezes. Trivial tactical locations we don't even know about right now might become widely known. Like that place that was the only bridge into Donbass back in the 2014-2022 era. Where civilians had to walk over it even though it was partially blown up. There might be dozens of little locations like that. Like some exposed Ukranian/Russian position where they have to pass through sniper alleys on three sides just to get up to man their positions. Places that would have fallen in a few more hours or days, but became frozen when the ceasefire comes in. Hell assignments kept for prestige, which the other side uses for slow attrition during "peacetime" I bet, in retrospect, there will be plenty of little locations where the high command of either side goes "God, I wish we'd grabbed that/abandoned that before the war ended". Also, certain locations might become the new Fulda Gap. Places where a rebuilt, highly mechanised attack from either side, using new technology or tactics, might be feared to break through in the first hours of the next war. Russians will certainly fear that happening in the Melitopol/Mariupol region. That long thin land corridor. I wonder what weak spots the Ukranians will have to fear about. I guess there will be a lot more on their side.
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  8. Honest reporting like this increases in value every day with the ration of non sense reporting. I’m very happy this media is available. Thanks for the effort.
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  9. Your channel is precious. Great battle analysis. Let's hope Ukraine learns from their mistakes and that it's not too late.
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  10. Thanks for the great video. I like the way you showed the situation on the map. That makes you different from other YouTubers. You show how to work professionally and share information. But your professionalism also has disadvantages. Many people can't understand a presentation like this. It's too complicated and too exhausting for them to want to understand it. Please continue and look at even more situations. The goal is not to keep up with the latest news. As a layperson, I would also like to see what the Ukrainian side could see. When you analyze a situation in retrospect, you know what the plan was. Was it just a test attack or a real attack? It would be good if you also explained how the Ukrainian side can perceive and analyze a situation. This way, it is easier to understand what happened during that time. In retrospect, it is always easier to know something. As I said, very great videos, keep it up. Best regards Christian
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  11. You've earned a subscription. I hope you can keep up a good release schedule. There's a lot to cover.
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  12. Every time I watch your channel, I get re-surprised that you only have 5k subscribers. I keep thinking you are part of my stable of war analysts, like The Operations Room or Military History Visualised. My brain has put you in that same bucket. So keep going. Only reason you are down here is because you are still a new channel, and not 12 years old. Please don't get dissuaded.
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  13. Hypothetically, could the counter arrack have been used to enable a withdrawal of troops in the northern sector of the Kursk salient? If that were the case, where should it have been directed? I do agree this counterattack has been a waste with little achieved. Another great clip, thanks.
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  14. I really love this channel and the work you do. The way you present with a healthy respect for both sides, no political opinions and exquisite understanding of what you speak about really is something I do not come across often with videos on this war. Furthermore even though you were in the army you do not glorify war and remind us of the cost in human lives. Keep up the great work and I look forward to more insights. Love from the Netherlands.
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  15. Thanks for the comprehensive explanations!
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  16. Thank you for filling in the gap of what is happening at the operational level. Looking forward to many more of your videos. Thank you again for your valuable no BS info on what is really happening on the Ukraine front and hopefully you will expand this channel to other conflicts in the future.
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  17. Another great analysis Mark. Thankyou.
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  18. Mark, I'm disappointed you did not make the difference between human wave and meat wave clear. As a result, there are countless bot comments trying to distort the speech. Excellent description of how russian meat assaults work, however.
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  19. Is a video on the effect of the Kursk offensive on the operational level possible? I know it's primarily a strategic level, but I want to know what effects it has on the operational level in the Donbas.
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  20. After your disclaimers, despite you standing on the other side of the conflict, i can respect you for being honest. You didn't spit accusations and emotional propaganda, you just honestly stated your position, and then proceded to give us unbiased analysis. Thank you for that. It's rare to see a honest and open man on your side nowadays. I wish both of us and our nations piece!
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  21. Thanks for your neutral and well balanced videos❤
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  22. Looks like the AFU command is also whatching you videos, what do you think about the new AFU's will to transit from the Brigade system to Corps (In fact Divisions) system? Thanks for your work MAJ. Takacs!
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  23. Another excellent analysis and clear presentation, giving us more insight into this Ukrainian offensive of 2024 than any media has to date.
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  24. Can you talk more about "soviet style" leadership and how it differs from leadership in other armies that are to 95% made up of conscripts? How do leadership needs differ between a largely proffessional/experienced army and a conscripted/inexperienced army? What is the difference between good leadership, soviet leadership, and bad leadership? I realise these are huge questions but I struggle to just accept that Soviet style leadership = always bad, as it seems to me as if both the RAF and AFU pretty quickly got adjusted to the 2022 conventional war, while at the same time critical voices are heard about the training AFU personell recieves by NATO. With this in mind, and with NATO countries not having been in a relative symmetrical conventional conflict for a good while (I do not really count Iraq), how prooven is NATO leadership, especially after Afghanistan example? My hypothesis (based on nothing) is that NATO level leadership has proven better at achieving results on tactical level, and coordinating efforts between tactical-operational level, while the Russian/Ukrainian Soviet hybrid leadership are better at the strategic level, mobilizing a nations combined military and civilian forces for a long term war effort
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  25. One aspect i find interesting and changing is the battlefield NCO role in the light of higher command having 24*7 vision and supervision of the battlefield. You now have generals and colonels overseeing a platoon offensive ( Yet for Ukraine have issues with the adjacent unit)
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  26. For "Schwerpunkt" I prefer the translation "pressure point".
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  27. immediate subscribe
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  28. Nagyon örülök a csatornának. :)
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  29. Subbed, hope you maintain a neutrality here.
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  30. Do you think that the Casualty numbers presented by Ukraine or Russia are realistic? Do you believe it’s possible that at this point 600k+ have died in this war? I don’t have a military background so I would like your perspective
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  31. what are you referring to when talking about ukraines soviet style leadership? what does it mean in technical terms and why is it detrimental?
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  32. Et merci pour votre vidéo assez (trop) complète... J’ai regardé à 0.5x
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  33. Your content is so refreshing from the usual fanboy drama. Thnks.
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  34. J'aime l'image de droite, mais j'apprécie encore plus votre analyse.
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  35. Fantasztikus videó Köszönjük!!!! Fantastic video Thank You!!!
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  36. thank you very much, this is very enlightening!
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  37. Köszi! Külön öröm, hogy bár angol nyelvű, de hazai!! 😁😍
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  38. Üdv! Tetszenek az írásai is! :)
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  39. Another blatant lie by the Ukrainian General Staff, they told everybody that no Ukrainian soldier was left encircled at Velyka Novosilka, thanks for showing the truth Mark
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  40. The point is.. they send small squad.. it gets rekt... they send another.. it gets rekt. Third squad takes the hill, building or whatever. So it's not traditional banzai meat wave but it is treating its soldiers as disposable replaceable meat
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  41. I can barely understand what's going on, but these videos are really teaching me a lot
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  42. Köszönjük!
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  43. In my humble opinion it was/is an ultimate failure, still I will watch the video and see what conclusion you come too!
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  44. very informative and non bias. looking forward to more vids
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  45. I’m so happy thank you Mark for your brilliant work. Keep it up mate.
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  46. Top notch content. But do only trolls want to see tangible proofs to start believing anything either parties of a war say? Jee.
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  47. Köszönjük !
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  48. Subscribed
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  49. Good morning, Captain! Could you make a video about the effects of the russo-ukrainian war on the future of military branches? (infantry, air force etc.)
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  50. I think one compounding factor in the prevalence of this concept is the fact that some notable milbloggers and other anecdotes on the russian side used and continue to use the term "meat assault" to describe certain types of infantry attacks.
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