Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "Manstein is LYING! Breakout at Stalingrad Part 2" video.

  1. TIK is falling victim to the Fraz Halder effect. 1) Paulus was a Halder boy going all the way back. Paulus was selected by Halder Precisely BECAUSE he followed orders -- which were supposed to be Halder's orders. Hitler thought better on the equation -- and dumped the Catholic. Zeitzler was brought in. ( The hero of Dieppe could run panzer armies on thin air.) 2) Halder -- and Von Manstein -- wrote for the 'ages' ( as did Bradley, Monty, et. al. No-one wanted to make their armies out to be baffoons. ) Yet if you REALLY look at the German response to Uranus -- Paulus looks like a total fool. 3) The REAL story WRT Uranus is STILL obscured. 3a) The Soviet heroics in bagging the German Signals detatchment sent up to the Hungarian Army is STILL suppressed. It was as war-turning as the British super-success at the First Battle of Tel el Isa. ( Fact chance of finding anything about it these days. What used to be a Google snap search is now buried way down into the bowels of the Internet. ) 4) In both cases, the British and the Russians pulled off the coups of the century -- and refuse to give any publicity to their master strokes. I still can't figure out how the NKVD EVER bagged the Germans during at total White Out. Bet you never heard a word about that. Bet you never heard that the Soviets WAITED for the White Out. Bet you never heard that Uranus was weeks late -- 'cause STAVKA was waiting upon IDEAL conditions. Bet you never heard that Mars was DELIBERATELY compromised by STAVKA so as to paralyze OKH... to stop it from returning the panzer corps promised to Paulus. You read that right, STAVKA compromised its own massive offensive in front of Moscow so that OKH would be freaked out. Bet you never heard about OKH having an entire reserve panzer corps waiting on flat cars for the inevitable Red Army Winter Counter-Attack. ( patent pending ) Yeah. EVERY German saw it coming. Starting with Zeitzler - Chief of Staff at OKH. ( September 24, 1942 ) TIK, your 'problem' is that you're using BS that was cranked out during the Cold War -- BS that made every attempt to hide what had actually transpired. Neither the Victors nor the Vanquished were willing to go on the record. So you've got DECADES of BS from all parties. The crypto-war -- the need for the Ostheer to go to Five Rotors -- Suddenly -- like overnight -- goes without comment. ( Heh. heh. heh. heh.) [ The German Navy ordered the 5-rotor machines because they became concerned. Von Manstein ordered out NAVAL Enigmas -- in a total panic -- once he doped out that the Reds were reacting to German (four-rotor) signals. This reality was hinted at in von Mellenthin's Panzer Battles. Even he would not admit the obvious: the Soviets were reading German signals in real time. THAT'S the reason why the rescue attempt at the Chir and Don went totally sideways. Von Mellenthin dances around that reality. THAT'S why von Manstein gave up on rescuing 6th Army. What you must understand: von Manstein is gagging on the fact that a four-star German general made horrific gaffs usually associate with Inspector Clouseau. We all remember him. He told his superior that the organ grinder couldn't be the look-out for the bank robbery gang - because he was blind. This was the same French inspector that was found arguing with a monkey. The FACTS are plain: Paulus allowed the Reds to rope and dope him -- LONG before von Manstein was called in to bail him out. 1) Omitted in virtually ALL (Halder tellings) accounts Paulus WASTED his fuel reserve by sending his panzer regiments thither and fro BEFORE the ring was closed. 2) Omitted from virtually ALL accounts: the southern wing not only started days late, it couldn't bring ANY heavy weapons across the Volga. Yup. 3) Omitted from virtually all accounts: the Soviets couldn't dig in... not for DAYS. Yes, you read that right. The Germans -- in panzers -- could just mow the Russians down. They had NO heavy weapons, NO fox-holes, and minimal reserves of food and ammo. When the 29th Motorized division moved against the southern wing, it was a SLAUGHTER. Who could stop panzers with their pricks? It took STAVKA spoofing to stop this German counter-stroke. If left as intendened, the 29th would've totally ruined Uranus -- all by itself. Paulus actually believed -- and operated upon -- totally absurd Soviet spoofs that should not have fooled at four-year old. Once von Manstein dopes this all out, he is stunned. Even years afterward, he can't lay this out to the general public. ( Get it? ) Like virtually ALL WWII commanders, his accounts are deliberate lies designed to not embarrass his nation's army. In the case of Bradley, I just about had the heaves. ( A Soldier's Story. Gag, gag. gag.) &&&&&&& TIK is wrong: By the time von Manstein is involved it's TOO LATE. The 6th Army was fated to suffer the slings of the French of 1812-1813. Von Manstein could see that, could FEEL it, by just walking outside his HQ. Lost Victories is a weird read, no doubt. 1) The dude was serving to extend the tyranny of a mad-man. [ Stage IV syphilis, jacked up on meth// speed ] 2) Day by day, he saw EVERY asset being pulled away: He lost a panzer corps -- before he even showed up. He lost 11th Army -- it was piece-mealed to the Ostheer. He couldn't even get panzers up out of Army Group A. ( 13th Panzer particularly burns in his mind, see Lost Victories. ) &&& OKH// OKW// Adolf should've had their hair on fire. Panzer divisions ought to have been recalled from Army Group A. But the WEREN'T. %%% Lastly, Paulus was FIXATED upon removing his ENTIRE 6th Army -- which was an ARMY GROUP. I"ve never read of a signal scheme to merely shift the 4th Panzer Army. It's ALWAYS the ENTIRE army. That could NEVER WORK. It's no wonder that von Manstein nixed every flight to the west. It, such an attempt, would have been a fiasco beyond any imagining. For some crazy reason, Paulus was fixated upon retreating the ENTIRE infantry army -- even though the numbers said that it was a total impossibility. The German army NEVER had the transport to shift an army in the winter -- so far. Paulus didn't even see the significance of his position in terms of the prosecution of the war. Astride the Volga, 6th Army was in a WINNING POSITION. STAVKA had to move heaven and Earth to shif it away from the Volga, Yet, he didn't see that. (!!!!) Everybody else did. ( Zietzler. (
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