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  1. My grandfather met Guderian. My Opa was in the 8th Panzer Division. He was working on his vehicle. He had a long handed wrench and was trying to break a bolt loose. He heard a voice behind him saying “May I give you a hand?” He turned and it was Guderian. He helped my Opa. He asked him questions and listened to him. Opa absolutely respected him. One day his unit, 43rd Panzerjager was firing in a position he looked over and Guderian was standing on the hood of his kubel looking through his binos. Without a question he was a soldier’s General.
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  2. My grandfather died in Stalingrad. He was wounded 7 times in war. Refused the desk job they offered him. According to my grandmother and mother he was addicted to war. Last thing he said at the train station in Vienna was: "Don't wait for me. This is a one way ticket. I won't come back."
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  3. Being fired was probably the best thing for guderian. After all he survived.
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  4. My grandfather was in the 6th army, he said the Spaniards and the Walloons fought like lions. The most capable enemies on the field have been the Soviets and the British.
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  5. Model was a military purist ; German Field Marshals do not surrender .
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  6. I remember one German general saying that the British soldiers were “lions led by donkeys…” hasn’t changed much really…!
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  7. As my German Opa said. It was a simple math formula. It was lost when we stepped into Russia. We just didn’t know it at that time. After his unit heard about Stalingrad he knew his job was to survive and make it home alive. They spoke very quietly among themselves about how the war will turn out. He made it home.
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  8. Gosh! A politician lied to his people and the rest of the world. I'm shocked!
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  9. 2nd axis power in europe was actually Romania , Italy was just more popular lol
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  10. Steiner was a very competent and good commander. A good video. At this stage of the war I don't think anyone was capable of stopping the Russian army. They defeated Germany.
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  11. A german ace and in the same time a modest man. Respect and ....r.i.p.
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  12. Нет больше войны! Peace and Love!
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  13. I agree with your analysis of Steiner's operational possibilities mid/late April 45. You cannot do something with nothing.
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  14. 2 great generals, I would say Model was the defensive minded tactician while Manstein was the better grand strategic mastermind. The biggest loss to the Germans was the loss of Reichenau. Had he not died Stalingrad may have ended quite differently
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  15. One of the most decisive operations in WW2, but still one of the least covered. Thank you for covering it.
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  16. When people ask who the greatest German field marshal was it’s not Rommel or manstein it’s always been Model. A fantastic defensive general.
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  17. You are literally the most underrated history YouTuber that actually goes into detail on various subjects people horribly misunderstand you forever have my respect
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  18. I'm surprised you didn't mention the difficult logistics in the Eastern front, twice or three times as big and without good paved roads like France.
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  19. i have his first published book with his signature on it and im very proud!
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  20. Heinrici was outnumbered by about 8 to 1 on the Seelow Heights
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  21. Manstein's strength was in offensive warfare, Model's was in defensive. Both were masters at their craft, but were needed at different times.
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  22. Don't forget that the loss of the 6th army was twice a bad news for Germany. They lost an army of 300.000 but more important they lost their best army. The 6 army was made of experienced soldiers who fougth in France and Poland. It is not the loss of the 300.000 that hurd Germany it is the loss of their best soldiers.
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  23. The narrator on the first section about Himmler was great. It almost sounded like a person reading your text as opposed to a computer translation bot. Whatever it was I prefer it to any other you have used. Great video! I would say that Himmler was very realistic while Hitler and Goring were delusional.
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  24. The best strategy for the Germans was to let the Soviets attack first. Once the the Soviets had become overextended, then launch a backhand blow against their flanks. This type of operation would have played into the German advantage when it came to mobile warfare. It is interesting to note in this respect, that Manstein advocated this type of battle. In many way ways if the battle of Kursk had been fought in this way, it might have turned out to be a reprise of the third battle of Karkov in March of 1943.
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  25. An interesting point of view. For me the bloodiest battle was Stalingrad. Hunger ,cold starvation. No medical supplies. Diseases. The endless house to house fighting. Fights in the sewers It must have been hell on earth. I can't imagine a worse situation in which to fight, except maybe in the far east
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  26. "They say 6th SS panzer army maybe because i have only 6 tanks"- Sepp Dietrich.
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  27. Yes, more Guderian videos please.
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  28. Even in WWl they had the heaviest losses.
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  29. My Uncle's cousin was in 3rd SS Totenkopf and later the 9th SS Panzer Div. Hohenstaufen.
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  30. The Eastern Front is where 75% of the fighting took place, and it was much more brutal.
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  31. My grandfather was in the same unit as him
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  32. The air superiority over France in 44 was horrendous, it was hard to organize and regroup forces when they were constantly being strafed by craft of all sorts, the Germans really didn’t have the aerial advantage at that point
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  33. My grandpa survived the battle of Berlin as a 6 year old
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  34. My father fought as a fallschirmjager from '43 to 45. First at Monte Cassino, he told me the Poles were very tough. He got off a train in Normandy on June 9th, and fought his way back through France into Belgium and Holland, then Germany. He was captured 3 times, escaped twice, but the 3rd time was in March '45, just outside of Remagen...he knew the war was over, so didn't try again. Spent a year as a POW in Britain, became good friends there with an American paratrooper, and as a sign of their friendship, they traded their rings... and so my dad wore an American airborne ring from '46 until he died in '07, never once took it off. It's my most prized possession, totally worn, but I can still read "Airborne" and make out the eagle. He fought in St. Lo, Nijmegen, the Bulge, Aachen, Hurtgen Forest and Remagen, earned the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class, as well as 2 tank kill patches... he'd show me his medals when I was a kid, but they were stolen when we moved to the US. He talked to me quite often about his experiences, but only after he had 3 Seagram Seven Whiskey w/ Canada Dry ginger ales...and he typically only had one in the evenings. He and my mom immigrated to Canada in '50, then to the US in '72. He was a good man, quiet, never bragged, and hated Goebbels with a passion. And he loved my best friend, David Levine. Ortwin Otto Schilling, one of the Green Devils. RIP, dad.
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  35. I think Heinrici handled it very well. He was not only a competent general, but also a sassy man. Love him!!
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  36. Excellent video. The legendary Waffen SS Leibstandarte Div. was composed of outstanding Troops with physical and mental strength not often seen. Additionally, the fighting spirit of this elite German unit never wavered. The LSSAH was a Force to be reckoned with. Thank You for giving us this quick but impressive look at this phenomenal Military Formation.
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  37. The Spanish and Finns were the best both for bravery and tactical ability. The Spanish were once an empire, and their exploits and valor, like Los Tercios, are known to anyone Serious Historian
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  38. Field Marshal Model was known as a masterful defense tactician. But also a tactical offensive tactician. Someone you need when all is lost. Keep up the great work, and in depth analysis of individuals.
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  39. Bagration was Barbarossa in reverse
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  40. Excellent again. Thank You. Halder, The Chief of the General Staff in 1941, said that the Germans never would have got as far as they did if they had attacked earlier as planned. The roads were to muddy.
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  41. The most horrible situation imaginable. Not only are you barely fighting off the insane cold, but you are in a warzone, where the enemy will punish your every mistake.
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  42. Heavy tank Battalions were equipped with Tiger I tanks that were crewed by men who had years of actual war experience fighting on all fronts in Panzer IV's, Panzer III's, Stug's, etc. These men were hand picked, cream of the crop soldiers who were then given very thorough training on all aspects of the Tiger I. Their Officer's were proven combat leaders, some of whom had over a hundred kills of enemy AFV's before they took command of Tiger's in battle. Some historians are fond of saying that the cost to Germany of creating the Tiger I equipped Heavy Tank Battalions was far too high and that the Tiger's did not carry their weight in combat well enough to warrant such an investment. One has only to ask the survivors of the British 7th Armored Division that fought Michael Wittman at Villers-Bocage to get a true assessment of the combat effectiveness of a well led Tiger I. "Tiger phobia" existed for a reason. Kill to loss ratios as high as 13 to 1 were achieved by placing the hardest men into the finest tank in the world. May true warriors hearts always sing the "Panzerlied"!!
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  43.  @waracademy128  in the 70s I did an interview with him for my school history project. At first he declined, but when my Oma told him it was for my school grade he said yes. There are some interesting stories he shared
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  44. Rzhev had better defensive pre-prepared positions and received much more reinforcements during 1942 than Army group south had received. Rzhev had also previously successfully defended the year prior during the Soviet winter counter offensive of 1941. Finally the Germans had intercepted intelligence about operation Mars, so the Germans knew where and when those attacks would likely come from.
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  45. Wow, what a warrior! 1 vs 15 ; Balls of steel! 💪
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  46. Interesting video. David M Glantz covers Smolensk in his book 'Barbarossa Derailed'. I think at Smolensk the Germans slowly began to realise they had bitten off more then they could chew. Blitzkrieg was bogging down.
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  47. Great to hear my father was in this unit with the artillery but managed to get home by the end. Cheers
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  48. Heinrici was a cousin of Rundstedt. Old prussian nobility."1000years of war".
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  49. Heinrici was a master tactician of defense, and he made the Soviets pay dearly in their last offensive. I'm surprised that he survived the war and aftermath.
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  50. Very sad war. Thank you for covering this topic!
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