Comments by "Mitch Richards" (@mitchrichards1532) on "TIKhistory" channel.

  1.  @gregorymalchuk272  Pretty much.... It was planned as a precursor to German colonization though, not a means of political dominance. It was genocidal ethnic cleansing, somewhere between the Holocaust, Holodomor and Soviet ethnic cleansing of East Prussia.
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  2. He is not revered or even taken seriously by the legitimate historical community, serious students of history, or mainstream media. All that leaves is conspiracy driven types that willingly and knowingly look past his errors, failures, contradictions, and lies.
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  3.  @sarahwilliams6384  You have another self licking lollipop opinion.... Circular logic based on opinion, and that's "serious History"? lol, good to know you folks will never progress from square one.
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  4. That's total BS.... Do some research beyond denier sites that make you sound like an id iot.
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  5. Yes they are. Look up "Himmler inspects Soviet POWs". The man in the pic has Red Army pants and enlisted hat, the men behind are dressed in Red Army uniform or civilian attire.
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  6. So what I take away from your post is that you have no clue as to the size of the Eastern front, how many Soviet POWs were taken, when and where they were taken... lol Good job whehraboo.
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  7.  @aloz52  Well, did you not say "the Soviets where lined up ready to invade Europe "? If that is your opinion, then you have no clue. I suggest you get a copy of "Stumbling Colossus" and stop the conspiracy BS. The facts, the real actual facts do not support the bogus theory that the Soviets were poised to invade Germany in 1941.
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  8.  @aloz52  Nope... That's a bogus story. The state of the Red Army on 22 June was such that it was at least a full year away from being at capable of strategic level operations. It's units were still forming, were understaffed, underequipped, undertrained and postured in defensive positions too far from the border to even respond to invasion, let alone attack. The state of the Red Army was so poor, it fully explains their performance through Barbarossa. Like I said, get a copy of "Stumbling Colossus".
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  9. ​ @aloz52  Nope, the physical evidence is the Red Army on 22 June 1941. Regardless of a dubious story about a secret document, what was actually carried out is tangible physical evidence. MP41 and DP41 as carried out are what matters, not a supposed document that claims something that is essentially facts not in evidence. The Red Army in the Western Military Districts of the Soviet Union is Summer of 1941 was not capable of strategic action. The men, material, logistical base and tactical dispositions do not support Suvorov's or any other Soviet offensive plans theory. What part of this isn't clear. The Red Army's offensive striking power was their Tank Corps, have you bothered to look up where they were and what state they were in as of June 22 1941???? Only 2 of them were near combat capable, the rest were still being formed. The process of forming tank corps takes months, and thats before they can even start training for corps level operations! Seriously...the conspiracy BS is like crack to you people. You don't know what you don't know, so you avoid actual critical analysis and go for the easy answer. Join a real military history forum, be humble. I did that literally 20 years, an MA in WWII military history and several visits to former Eastern front battle sites later. Stop drinking the conspiracy kool aid.
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  10.  @freckleheckler6311  Interesting cope on your part, not so original though.. Now go back and actually look at the "deal" offered by the "painter" and you tell me if it was a genuine offer. You have to look at German military production (designs, research, contracts, etc), their Army and Luftwaffe expansion plans, and operational military planning. They were saying one thing, but doing something completely the opposite while actively trying to hide it. Explain that, can you?
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  11.  @mikeotoole1889  25k died...
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  12. I suggest you read David Glantz rebuttal of "Icebreaker", its called "Stumbling Colossus". The depth and detail in that book completely demolishes Suvorov in such a way that there isn't a second thought once you've read it.
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  13. Not if you keep it to yourself and don't try to influence other people with an OPINION. Try that in Russia, North Korea, Afghanistan just to name a few.
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  14. The Wehrmacht has a huge manpower problem, thus the use of untermenchen. Thats not exactly rocket science, and the Soviet POWs that served as Hiwis did so in order to survive another day.
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  15. So, there are no other plausible explanations to the assertions you make? Only "zionist propaganda"(?), and the narrative you subscribe to and sell is the only accurate and honest truth?
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  16.  @berndf.k.1662  Krivosheev's source docs include Soviet and German. They are public archive docs and have been verified by many historians on "both sides". Character assassination does not dispute the data.
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  17.  @berndf.k.1662  So you'll suggest a conspiracy, provide no proof and use that as "proof"? I don't suppose it occurred to you that there are mass graves and monuments to the fallen. We have documentary, photographic, eye witness and forensic evidence. I suggest you dig into the topic before choosing conspiracy, moral equivocation and Nazi apology.
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  18.  @berndf.k.1662  Check the day by day reports of Army Group Center and Army Group South. Pay attention to the number of POWs taken day by day and the final tallies on the encirclements. We know when, where and how many the Wehrmacht took during June-November, where they were marched off to, the death rates, the mass grave locations, the unit's involved, the post WW2 Soviet MIA listing by individual name, etc. What more do you want???? Are you that emotionally attached to your beliefs that facts cannot even motivate you to at least perhaps consider looking into it? Typical "revisionist", critical of everything but your own opinion.
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  19.  @berndf.k.1662  Let me be perfectly clear since this is not my first experience with someone married to their beliefs. I do not maintain a ready file of sources to lay out for you. It is incumbent upon you to research the topic on your own if you have an interest. No one is obligated to bring you information or prove something to you. True historical analysis absolutely requires researching the opposition's view, facts, etc. which you clearly have not done or even seem willing to do. I have... I recommend you start with a simple internet search for Soviet POW memorial and see where that takes you. You will find many memorials, many links to sources you can run down. Look up the AGC and AGN day by day war diary, even Halder's war diary. Those will link you to original Wehrmacht files on microfische, etc. There are already books on the topic that reference all of the above.
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  20.  @soulfuzz368  I doubt it, he didn't have much tolerance for BS and hypocrisy and neither do I.
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  21.  @martinledermann1862  My original statement was "he inspires ignor ant hateful people." That is a true statement. He engages in historical distortion, Holo caust denial, and creates a false narrative to rehabilitate the N A zis. Those are facts and were proven beyond doubt in a public lawsuit, of which the files/transcripts/evidence are found online in their entirety. At no point have I deviated from them or offered up an "attack" as you say. Defending Irving is what anti-Semites do, pretty much all of them as he is their chosen champion. What's your agenda here?
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  22. Yes, and she held her ground against Irving extremely well.
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  23. nope
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  24.  @andreask3675  Fair enough, it's plausible that pic is Holodomor or Soviet POWs.
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  25. Suvorov? lol, the guy who claims the Soviets had one million paratroopers in 1941, but fails to mention they didn't have jump training, training facilities, equipment or jump aircraft? The guy who claims the Red Army had tens of thousands of tanks, but fails to mention that only a small fraction actually ran, or had crews, or had ammunition, etc.? Sounds trustworthy.
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  26.  @AK-qy5iw  Skydiving was a youth sport? Ya ok... The Red Air Force had no drop aircraft. Solve that issue. The 25k tanks were obsolete, worn out, very few worked, they were no longer being produced and had no spare parts production. That just a few issues... Now throw in that the Tank Corps were only forming up in 1941, and had no trained crews, supporting arms, logistics support, etc. The few T34 and KV tanks were brand new, lacked crews, lacked ammunition, radios, spare parts, etc. David Glantz makes all of this clear and used Red Army documents that you can actually check...unlike Rezun's BS.
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  27.  @AK-qy5iw  So, you're going to cut and run? lol I have a MA in WWII Military History, 30 years of research, and walked several areas of the former Eastern Front on battlefield tours. Original documentation of the Red Army's Western Military Districts, specifically maintenance reports that demonstrate readiness rates of motor and armored vehicles tell a very different story that Rezun's BS. Unfortunately for you, I'm VERY well educated on the topic and have 27 years in military logistics.... So, "I can not start educating you from ABC here".
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  28.  @AK-qy5iw  "That doesn't mean that the Red Army wasn't the most powerful and well equipped army in human history having around 7 times more tanks that were later lost with ratio of 1:25 to the Germans" Obviously you don't have a clue and just believe Rezun's BS on faith. I'm no Russian troll, Soviet apologist, etc. As a professional Army Staff Officer with a Master's degree in WW2 military history, I do actually know what I'm looking at. A former Red Army Captain who writes about grand strategy from a Captain's educational perspective might fool a layman, but his work is really just amateur. I'm an American, who can speak German, and couldn't spell dog in Cyrillic. You fighting windmills Don? lol
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  29.  @AK-qy5iw  Interesting that you just joined YouTube yesterday and you're claiming to have issue fighting "Russian Trolls". Something is clearly off about you.
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  30.  @AK-qy5iw  The topic was WW2, not your misguided patriotic remarks. The world respects Russia today, I don't get the hostility.
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  31.  @AK-qy5iw  Maybe I'm jaded because I have Russian neighbors and they are great people. I used to talk regularly with a friend in St. Petersburg, he is a very intelligent man with a great perspective on things. I never got the impression he thought the world outside Russia was some sort of prison. I'd like to visit there someday, but right now seems like the wrong time. As for Putin, he won't last forever.
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  32. Icebreaker was garbage.... Talks about tanks designed to run on the autobahn, before anyone ever thought of the autobahn. Talks about 1 million paratroopers, fails to mention they had no drop aircraft.... Brilliant!
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  33.  user-wj6dt5bq3w  Ok... The BT series of tanks was designed in 1930-31 (by an American) and the convertible track feature was not of Russian origin, though they did copy it. The Autobahn wasn't even thought of at that time.... It wasn't until 1934 when there was any real progress and they never got very far with it. The claim that the BT tanks were designed to take advantage of the Autobahn is just plain BS that completely fails in the light of the evidence against it. Also of note is that most of the BT tanks were old and mechanically worn out by June 1941. They were designated to be turned in by units and replaced by T34s. So what was the point of the Autobahn feature if they were being phased out by a tank that didn't have the same feature?
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  34. Was thinking more along the lines of reading books written by people who have the academic skills and professional integrity to stick to the evidence. That's not Irving or what you said either.
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  35.  @KansasHempMan  He was also demonstrated to use known fraud evidence in his books. Look up TB47 Irving controversy. He debunked his own Dresden book.
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  36. 1.  Suvorov does not meet academic standards of revealing and crediting his source material (critical issue in any history)  2. The Soviets "attacked" the territories outlined in the Nazi-Soviet pact.  3.  The Soviet Army lacked the tactical trucks in numbers and design to fight a mobile war, the 10k paratroops is a myth and they had no drop aircraft.  If you think they did, then go ahead and identify the aircraft and see how many they had.  4.  Agreed.  5.  There is no evidence to suggest that the Soviets were looking to go beyond the old borders of the Russian Empire.  They were looking to retake lost territory.  6.  Molotov-Ribbentrop protocols.  7.  Suggest you get a copy of James Corum's "Roots of Blitzkrieg".  8.  Germany attacked the Soviet Union with the Romanian, Finnish, Hungarian and later Italian armies as allies to offset the population issue.  Hitler chose to attack because Wehrmacht Intelligence grossly underestimated the size and of the Red Army and it's ability to generate new forces quickly.  They expected to crush the forces in the Western Military Districts and it would be over.    As for your last question... Take the map of the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century and lay it over a modern map of Russia and see how much smaller European Russia is.  Now add in all of the populations of the countries covered by the old Russian Imperial map, how's your basic math skills?
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  37.  @leomarkaable1  "Suvorov is a retired GRU general" No, "Suvorov, otherwise known as Rezun (his real name) was a KGB Captain with no experience whatsoever at the Strategic level. His "offensive plans theory" was debunked 25 years ago and it will remain that way. If you read his theory and bought in to it, I'm not going to argue with you, from experience I can tell you its not worth it. Read COL David Glantz "Stumbling Colossus" and then tell me what you think about "Suvorov". The difference between Glantz and Rezun isn't differing viewpoints, its completely different levels of academic scholarship.
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  38. Halder allowed his Intel section to provide horrible estimates and it cost them the war... When all of your planning is based on bad info, its just not going to work out.
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  39. Suvorov... The guy who claims there were 1 million Soviet paratroopers and fails to mention that the Soviets had a handful of drop aircraft and no plans or means to produce any. The guy who claims the BT tanks were designed to take advantage of the Autobahn, when there was no Autobahn.. lol Perhaps look at how the Red Army prepared ALL of its offensives in WWII? That is mass concentrations very close to the point of attack, backed by huge logistical stockpiles and thousands of trucks. Look at the Red Army of 22 June 1941 compared to every major Soviet offensive before or after that date and...one of these kids doesn't look like the others.
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  40.  user-wj6dt5bq3w  I'm very familiar with the topic and have done the research, have enough credentials of my own to write on the topic. This is why I find the idea that the Soviets were going to attack in 1941 to be utterly stu pid. It wasn't in the cards.
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  41.  user-wj6dt5bq3w  What exactly is there to disagree with when looking at Red Army strength, dispositions, and force readiness is Summer of 1941? I'm talking specifics by unit, by personnel and equipment. I know how long it takes to train personnel, train a unit, equip, deploy, and what it takes to sustain a unit in the field. A thorough investigation of the Red Army in 1941 reveals beyond any doubt whatsoever that they were not going to attack in 1941. I will debate anyone face to face on that... Anyone. I have 30 years in the military, studied Russian doctrine, have an MA in WWII military history, etc. I trained Ukrainians last year... I'm a professional, not an amateur. Just putting that out there to avoid low level banter on the topic.
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  42. ​ user-wj6dt5bq3w  I see this is a pointless exercise... "Stalin decides if they attack not proper personnel or equipment numbers. Its a dictatorship." Stalin decides to do anything militarily far in advance of execution, as is evidenced throughout his career. The evidence of 1941 clearly shows that decision was to array in strategic depth and begin a gradual build up through partial mobilization. That is what the evidence shows, nothing more.
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  43.  user-wj6dt5bq3w  I did not cite a bogus point, I referenced THE point. Military capability of what is possible or not possible is THE point. In the Khalkin Gol campaign of 1939 it took the Red Army about 6 weeks to build forces and overcome a single Japanese Infantry division. It took them 4 weeks to build up a reinforced Corps to do the job. Now look at the Western Mil Districts with their 76 Corps that were understrength, underequipped, undertrained, under supplied, and in many cases still forming. Key indicators include war time establishment of trucks was below 30%, which means Red Army logistics cannot function in the field or support operations (offensive or defensive). Logistical hubs, nodes, and requisite stockpiles for offensive operations were not established or even in the process of being established and no order for that purpose has ever been found or mentioned anywhere. You or the authors you mention cannot deny these indicators, and the Red Army of 1941 could not conduct offensive operations without them being addressed, its physically impossible, and it takes time measured in months to address.
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  44.  @M1sc3  "By your logic, Hitler could not have started the war in Europe" Nope, you completely missed the point. " Does it make sense then that they brought almost all of their forces to the border when logically they were just going to disperse them away from the border?" They were NOT at the border... Where do people like you get that from? Seriously... I just don't understand how 200 miles from the frontier is "at the border" as if they have their toes on the line or something. What have you read on the topic?
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  45. Not true... Look at the failure of Barbarossa timeline and the Holocaust timeline, they don't match. The Eastern front railnet was maxed out for supply and troop trains heading east in 1941 and 1942, but they were not when heading back west (where the ca mps were LATER built).
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  46. The Holocaust is a name specifically given to the Jewish experience, its more or less branded like Holodomor is strictly in reference to Ukraine. The fate of Soviet POWs is a knotsie crime obviously, and that's what you call it. Trying to attach it to the Hcaust is like calling every car you see a Ford.
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  47. Didn't say anything you liked....got it. lol
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  48. When you lack oil but have horse feed and coal for trains, what do you do? Do you have visions of horse columns walking from Germany to Moscow or something?
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  49.  @scalfer  Its a rehash of Viktor Rezun's "Icebreaker" and its all superficial, misleading BS that avoids a lot of hard facts. If you believe that story, I recommend you get a copy of David Glantz' "Stumbling Colossus". When you read it, you'll know beyond any doubt what the truth is. As the old line goes, the truth fears no inquiry.
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  50. Based on his conduct during and after the Penguin trial, I'd say why bother. He's a BS artist, proven fact.
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