The Battle of Stalingrad, a pivotal conflict during World War II, is often regarded as one of the most harrowing and intense battles in human history. Fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany from 1942 to 1943, this brutal struggle witnessed some of the worst fighting ever recorded. The urban landscape of Stalingrad became a nightmarish battleground, where soldiers from both sides endured unimaginable hardships, engaging in fierce combat amidst the ruins and rubble of the city.
The battle’s sheer scale and ferocity resulted in devastating casualties and immense suffering for both military personnel and civilians trapped within the war-torn city. The harsh winter conditions compounded the misery, as troops battled not only each other but also freezing temperatures, starvation, and disease. The Battle of Stalingrad exemplifies the extraordinary sacrifices made by individuals on both sides, highlighting the tragic consequences of war and the depths of human endurance in the face of overwhelming adversity.
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Sehr interessant gemacht👍. Aber paar Details fehlten noch, beispielsweise das noch Tage nach der Kapitulation der gesamten 6. Armee , es immer noch Widerstandsnester gab , wo deutsche Soldaten immer noch kämpften ( Hallejula,das müssen ultra harte Männer gewesen sein). Ebenfalls denke ich ,das es wissenswert ist, das der Kessel zuletzt noch aufgesplittet wurde in Nord und Südkessel , da die Rote Armee einen Keil in der Mitte legen konnte und das der Nordkessel es war,der zuletzt kapitulierte.
It's very interesting👍 I belive that some details have to be named too. That germans soldiers fought after the end of the 6. Army, a few days after the end of the "main fight".
And also that the Red Army split the 6. Army in two Battlefields as they break through the 6. Army, the North and the South Battlefield , the North Armygroup fight a few days longer than the southern Army Part. I belive that this was interesting too (sorry my english isn't perfect)
There were also a vast number of suicides in the 6th Army as they were aware of what fate awaited them.. death from hunger, hypothermia, bullets, or capture.
Respect and eternal glory from Turkey to the glorious german army.The outcome of this battle would have been different If it hadn't been for usa and britain
Colorization here is good enuff but somebody needs to colorize Eastern Front footage to the level of Peter Jackson's 'They Shall Never Grow Old' – that made 1916 look like yesterday! Dont know why a very high quality colorization of the Eastern Front WWII battles hasn't ever been done as have with the Anglo-American battles!?
I read so many war stories from descendants of Stalingrad fighters all of them horrifying and how dare we to forget and repeat the same mistake especially in Russia war against Ukraine 2023. This we all need to know all over the world so we don't ever repeat it again.
any man who praises hitler is a traitor to Germany, the beast was obviously an agent and had no intentions of Germany winning ww2, quite the opposite he seeked their total destruction as was the condition of his rise to power
Truly sad this didn't go the other way. Germany's defeat here basically sealed their doom in the war, and thereby the victory of Bolshevism/Marxism/Communism/Globalism. If these had been stamped out back then, the world would be a much better place now, as the West is threatened by these same hellish ideologies today. Much respect to the German soldiers who gave everything and more in an unfortunately unsuccessful effort.
You are the same voice behind the DocumentingEvil channel … i know it
Thank you for continuously posting new content that isn't biased. I religiously watched your "combat" and "intense" footage segments and have watched a couple docs as well. Can't wait to see this one!
I read one account that said some of the imperative & vital airdrops for the Germans sometimes included useless items like cases of condoms & FIVE TONS of black pepper!
All of them, all of these poor soldiers: rest in peace…
🤍One things for certain, youd hate to see Russia ally with Europe and then make Europe a fortress…..I FOR ONE WOULD LOVE THIS ❤
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Paulus, and his aides, were recorded by hidden microphones. They didn't care much about their men, especially not his staff. Disgusting, really. Out of the 90k+ German prisoners, barely 5K returned to Germany. Paulus was treated well and he worked for Soviet propaganda. It was shameful. Especially since he worked significantly on Barbarossa and on defeating the Soviets. As usual, regular soldiers are treated like crap. So much for "workers solidarity" from the "workers' paradise" Soviet regime.
Nazi Germany wasted what was at one point the finest army in the entire world.
Great topic/story, very well done. Really enjoyed it👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
exceptionally well done documentary…
I would like to add the fact, that about 90.000 german soldiers went POW. And many years later only 5.000 made it back home to Germany. Many died on the way to the camps. Being POW I Russia was a death sentence..Hard work, no food and this harsh winter conditions, without warm clothes were a evil mixture. No movie, no book, nothing can describe the horror, these men suffered. It is just beyond everything we can imagine.
The great tragedy here is that in early June when Von Paulus first arrived at Stalingrad it could have been taken with ease as it was basically an open city, however Hitler once again intervened and divided his forces sending Von Paulus armies towards Baku to assist Von Kleists armies, when he returned it was a totally different story leading to the tragic debacle that followed.
Great job as always😀👌.
Today we know why they having to fought against russia
…und das Todesurteil für die 6.Armee ( die ohnehin katastrophale militärische Lage mal ausgeklammert) kam ausgerechnet aus der Heimat mit Görings Rundfunk Ansprache…" WANDERER KOMMST DU NACH SPARTA, SO VERKÜNDE DORTEN, DU HABEST UNS HIER LIEGEN GESEHEN, WIE DAS GEBOT ES BEFAHL " mit der folgenden Beförderung von Paulus, wussten nun auch alle Landser, dass dies den Opfergang bedeutete. Mit dieser perfekt inszenierten Rundfunkrede zeigte die Führung nun auch ihr wahres Gesicht…
Is there any way to pay for patreon content upfront for the whole year instead of monthly?
Die Einzelschicksale mancher zeigen die unglaublichen Schicksalsfügungen. Der inzwischen verstorbene Vater eines Freundes erlebte das Unglaubliche!! Im Schützengraben geraucht, sein Kamerad vergass die Deckung, sofort eingedeckt von sowjetischen Granatwerfern. J. Jahn verlor beide Beine bis zum Knie, sein rauchener Kamerad das Leben, die unglaubliche Kälte ( und der Schock) retteten Jahn das Leben. Mit einer der letzten Flugzeuge ausgeflogen..Krieg überlebt, zwei Söhne gezeugt, mit 93 Jahren im Bett " zur grossen Armee " gegangen!!! Allerdings bis zum Ende schwer traumatisiert!!! Das mussten bis ins hohe Alter, Frau und Söhne ausbaden. Behandlungen gegen Trauma gab's in der ehemaligen DDR nicht!!! Ich würde demnächst gerne Fotos von diesen Stalingrad Veteranen hier ins Netz stellen. Grüße aus Deutschland
Crazy thing is Germany knew the threat Russia posed upon Europe and how the bolshevik revolution killed the Germanic Tzars and murdered millions. The German Army wanted to defeat and utilise Russian land for Europeans. To rebuild European history and yet Europeans of Germanic bloodlines Britain and Many many Germanic Latin Americans helped defeat Germany. Makes no sense to me NEVER MADE SENSE, especially now seeing Europe on its knees literally rotting
And yet the germans soldiers faught like crazy for nothing as they all finally wound up in Sibiria!!!
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This was the cream of the German army the six Army that was annihilated and Stalingrad was the very top of the line of the German army and it's achievements in 1940 in France were incredible the world had never seen this kind of a fighting machine before and it triumphantly March through the streets of Paris of course I am really happy the Germans lost the war my mother grew up in the Netherlands while the War was happening and she lost a lot of her young Jewish friends she was raised with I saw her go through a lot of depression later on in life she blocked it out for most of her life to raise kids wife and mother because of the depression that it caused my mother she was probably one of the last victims of the Nazis where she killed herself with drugs and alcohol was slow as suicide and then none of us could understand I know I'll see her again she was a good person and that's what exactly God wants and now we have the Russians fighting in Stalingrad LOL those poor bastards you had they had no choice but to fight there was nowhere or nothing to retreat to after Stalingrad but just miles and miles of Russian stepland Russia this was you must win this battle and turn this war around and they were faced with if they didn't do just that they would be destroyed and fight they did not only did every Russian know it was a fight for survival of their country and people but for their lives because there was always a commissar that if you didn't fight and kill Germans he would most definitely kill you LOL what a battle this was Jesus Christ the American Army has never seen anything anything near this and I hope it doesn't and pray it doesn't
My great grandfather was in the 6th army he died in the battle on October 10th 1942 the 6th army was formed October 10th 1939 and what is crazy is i was born October 10 th 1992 its crazy. I can't imagine what he went through and how he died but another thing after he died that makes me mad is my great grandmother got a letter pretty much saying thank you for your husband's service and she received a stove and a radio from Hitler. Shortly after that her and my grandfather and my great aunt fled into the mountains in austria and came across the Americans if im correct my great grandfather by marriage was in the OSS thats how he encountered ky great grandmother she became a translator for the U.S then in 1946 they got married and she went to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the USA its just crazy thinking about it at this moment i had two great grandfather's in the same war but one in the nazi 6th army which is ky biological great grandfather then my other one was in the oss. Thank you for your content after watching this it just got me thinking about where i came from and what my relatives witnessed my great grandfather was the only one to fight for Hitler since the rest in my family got executed by the gestapos i doubt he wasn't happy about doing the stuff he did but if he didn't im sure the gestapos probably would of killed him my great grandmother and then my grandfather wouldn't of been born and nor my mom and me and yeah its just wild he may of been on the nazi side but hes still my hero he gave up his life at a very young age just to keep his kids and wife alive
Hitler must surely have been a cunning guy in the beginning of his power period, but ordering to defend Stalingrad untill the last soldier without ammo and other life sustaning supplies is sheer madness, what is the point if the trupps (the entire army in this case) finally get either destroyed or wind up as POW:s? As well as losing all the equipment?
Any idiot understands that pulling back, regrouping, resuppling and reattacking is the way to go!!!
And he never learned either after that Stalingrad debacle but repeated the same bloody mistake time after time losing hundreds of thousands men and tons of equipment and supplies every time !!!😡😡
Hitlers ww1 tactics lost him the war he just refused to let his soldiers fight another day when they were bogged down he just wouldnt retreat when it was necessary
The russians played propaganda in German 24 hours a day. And the Battle lasted almost a year. The biggest and deadliest battle in History.
Germany should have won this war. Unfortunately we now get post modern marxism
scary battle
Interesting and informative. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator was describing. Professional class A research project!!! The fuhrer 😈 was a disillusioned fool for ordering the offensive to invade Stalingrad. The desperately needed oil was south of there. Next oil reserve was Bulgaria that Russia invaded sept. 1944. Ending Germany's oil supply. Once again disillusioned/blind faith paulus was a fool not to disobey the disillusioned/arrogant fuhrer 😈. Yet that coward lived like a king 👑. During his Russian captivity. If he had a sense of obligation to his demoralized forces. He would have ordered the 6th army to breakout months before. While the army could still retreat.
I’m by no means am a military man, but upon watching these documentaries one thing I struggle to comprehend is the arrogance and the incompetence of the Wehrmacht high command. Can someone explain to me why mansteins 5th army was fucking around near Leningrad when the 6th army was locked in combat at Stalingrad? The 5th army could have been committed to the assault on Stalingrad itself or at least guarding its flanks. If the 5th army had been used properly the battle may not have been a disastrous defeat for the Germans. The capture of important strategic objectives wins wars far surer than symbolic victories. The very purpose of this battle was to secure the flank of army group B against counterattacks. Why in the the world would the Germans redirect the 5th army towards army group north when army group south was fighting for the very oil that Germany needed to win the war? I realize I’m just some guy and that hindsight it 20/20 but you’d think that the so called military geniuses within the Wehrmacht would have recognized the true path to victory. Was the Wehrmacht defeat at Stalingrad symptomatic of hitters incompetence? Was the German high command too fixated on symbolic victories rather than vital military victories? Bureaucracy appears to be the downfall of the once vaunted Wehrmacht.
These boys was at total war blitzkrieg the first urban warfare in history fact
When you see the water ornament with kids holding hands you think off starlingrad and the gran elevator that's war for real total war
Been a WW2 junkie for decades. To me, Stalingrad is a lot like Verdun or Vicksburg. Yes, it was decisive and took months, destroying thousands of lives. But it was basically a large siege and as interesting as watching grass grow. Oh boy, 20 square meters of a factory changed hands today. The Soviets have the peak of the dung heap. Oops, now the Germans have retaken the dung heap. And on, and on. Welcome back to Bakhmut, 1942 style.
Here is the TLDR version: Germans rolled up to a city on a key river that provided a supply route into Russia. They got themselves deeply enmeshed in taking it while a zillion kilometers from home. Eventually the Soviets surrounded the overstretched Germans. The Luftwaffe couldn't keep the ground forces supplied and Sixth Army finally surrendered in early 1943.
Here is an actual fact that makes a real difference in understanding the outcome of World War Two. The Soviets and Japan were neutrals toward one another after a nasty battle in 1939. Once the US and USSR worked out the Lend-Lease details, HALF of all American Lend-Lease aid to the USSR used the "Western Route." Hundreds of American-built Liberty ships were turned over to the Soviets and flew Soviet flags while keeping all their peacetime running lights running at night. Their crews were actually American merchant mariners who sailed across the Pacific Ocean, passing through the Sea of Japan (!) to offload their cargoes in eastern ports like Vladivostock. The American crewmen often waved back and forth to Japanese fishermen along the way. Those cargoes were then sent to battle the Germans via the Trans Siberian Railroad. American-built aircraft like the P-39, P-63, and A-20 flew to Alaska, then across the Bering Sea to Siberia. Again, HALF of all Soviet Lend-Lease was sent right past the American and Japanese Pacific fleets to go on and kill Germans. What difference was closing the Volga River going to make as long as supplies kept moving via Vladivostock, the railroads, Murmansk, Archangel, the Persian Route, and so on? The USSR was the world's largest nation, by far. It can't be surrounded. Don't forget, the Germans divided their forces in 1942, trying to take the Baku oil fields AND Stalingrad at the same time. The two are separated by 1200 km / 750 miles. That's like trying to take Houston and El Paso or Chicago and New York City at the same time. Insane.
Die politische Hetze erreicht von NOTO- Neue Höchstformen. Ein Krieg steht bevor aber diesmal sind wir auf russischer Seite!
This is top-tier writing
Damn drug addled paper hanger.Respect to those who had no choice .But to serve an un Godly regium or perish in the camps themselves.