Kursk - The battle of Prokhorovka through the eyes of Panzer Ace Rudolf von Ribbentrop
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- Hello and welcome to The AceDestroyer! Thank you for joining in! This video is about the famous tank battle of Kursk. It’s about one man in particular SS-Obersturmführer Rudolf von Ribbentrop. He would participate in the major tank on tank action at Prokhorovka on July 12, 1943. I found his personal account on the battle very interesting as it gives a good account of what the boots on the ground went through. This is not a documentary about Prokhorovka, just a person view through the eyes of a German Panzer IV commander. If you would like to see a Prokhorovka video, do let me know! I hope you’ll enjoy the video!
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Ligne de Front No. 62 « Journée d’enfer à Koursk » by Yannis Kadari
Kursk 1943: The Southern Front by Robert Forczyk
Obedient Unto Death by Werner Kindler
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This is a good example that the ''Battle of Kursk'' was actually collection of battles.
But it highlights just how massive a battle area it was...and over days. Soviets under the Marshal dug hundreds of miles in ditches
....and mines set up in any spot the Soviets military could predict Germans may utilize.
Of course it was, it lasted for a couple days with two different pincer moves
finally smart comments from smart people. campaign yup
And still western people claim D-day was turning tide of the war...
@@derritter4970 Only the uninformed ..World History is not a required class in High School and most Colleges in America, and what they do get on the fighting on the Eastern Front is that the Nazis were turned back at Moscow and Crushed at Stalingrad....very little details on the rest.
Von Ribbentrop was a truly brave man. If I'm not mistaken he got injured several times (7?) and continued the fight. And he was so young at Kursk, just 22. A truly brave man indeed.
More "braves" like him and we would be speaking German now.
@@teekey1754 yeah, sure...
As was Joachim Peiper, also mentioned, who came to a brave and lonely death many years after the war.
German is such a beautiful language... ;)
@@clivemilburn8449 The last soldier of the LSSAH to die in battle. RIP
Rudy not only survived the war, but lived to the ripe old age of 98, dying less than two months ago on May 20, 2019.
Amazing.
Rip
@Joseph Stalin go to hell commie shit
@Pantelis Tzimas Why did you feel the need to mention only the eastern front? And only the Germans?
@@littlejimmy8744 he didn't believe in hell...
No doubt about it, Rudolf von Ribbentrop had an amazing combat record.
Prokhorovka.... that's where my grandpa from! He told me destroyed airplanes and tanks were all over the area when he was growing up.
Whatever. Prove your identity first.
@@okapmeinkap7311 u=nugget head
@@okapmeinkap7311 lol why should I have to do that, I don't care if you believe me or not
Awe man that would have been so amazing as a kid. Can you imagine playing war with your friends, re-enacting old battles with real tanks and planes littered all around you....
@@mjvjohnson While starving thanks to communism...
There is a museum in Prokhorovka, really good museum with a lot of stuff from that battle. You can play around with deactivated FG42, PPSH-41, Kar. 98, MG-42 and other stuff... and you can play World Of Tanks there for as long as you want, there is a whole section with a bunch of computers with WOT installed :D poor country kids play there cuz they got no computer
When in the area again, take a drive down to Kharkov, Ukraine and visit their relatively new (remodeled and re-opened in 2013) Historical Museum which is an incredible collection of WW2 history.
@@garyK.45ACP cool! I didn't know there was a museum like that there, but I'd check it out if I ever go there again
That's cool
Yes but no history tours go there! I've checked.
In poor countries they get enlisted and drive old soviet tanks.
Outstanding work. Would definitely like to see more. If I may suggest a bit more and longer map segments to show the events on the ground as they develop.
Fancy seeing you here HistoryMarche love your videos on Hannibal Barca Btw :)
it's just that you're all cowards here. And you don't understand the meaning of what happened. In the Battle of Kursk, a couple of thousand miles from Germany, it was not the Russians who were advancing, but the Germans. In Prokhorovka, after a week of fighting, they finally reached the operational space. This happened after the Germans had overcome three lines of strategic defense of the Russians at the cost of huge sacrifices. It would seem that everything is a victory, but. Prokhorovka is a battlefield where the railway embankment is on the left and the swampy river banks are on the right. neither to the left nor to the right to the tank to maneuver. And the narrow path over the bridge, and the moat hinders. Von Ribbentrop's Tanko had gone over the bridge, and that was impossible. a hundred tanks piled on it, of which, to the shame of the German tigers, half were not tanks but T-70 tankettes. Light as 10 tons when the tiger is 55 tons. And these tanks were killed, but dozens of tankettes of 10 tons each became a barricade, so Germany lost its only remaining chance of victory at that time.
Why are all the soldiers so cleanly shaven? Steady hands in the morning before battle. Never a razor cut. This seems standard to all war footage, whichever front is shown. On D-day it would appear that the Germany army jumped up and shaved. In North Africa the waterless and hirsute Italians surrendered on mass but shaven. Would they rather shave than drink the water? Forbid the thought that all WW11 footage is fake.
With the “liebstandarte ss “ was obersturmbannfuhrer” Bruno gushe” Bruno was Adolf hitler personal bodyguard
Amazing video! Yes more on Kursk please!
Very great report of a fiese battle.
Either the Soviet tank crews were the most incompetent ever, and/or their gunners were incapable of accurate fire, and/or the Russian tank cannons weren't capable of penetrating the not-so-thick, not-at-all sloped armor of the Panzer IV.
OR......... The German tank commander and/or the Reich's propaganda ministry people were feeding the public a 'fishing story' that was significantly exaggerated!
@@patrickmcleod111 Remember Dunkirk, if USA had landed 1940 in France, they wouldn't have a Chance to hold the lines against Wehrmacht. But russians hold the lines in fiesest and toughest battles of Worldwar 2 and pushed back (russians had heavy losses of Material & men but they had never ending supply and will). Germany had lost the war in Russia because of Winter, confused Oberbefehlshaber Hitler and russian bravery. And very soon Yankees will get their ass kicked if they not stop their endless destabilization policy in East-Europe and elsewhere. 2019 is 1912. New rising powers Russia and China.
@@peterhoevermann6673
What destabilization policy are we responsible for in eastern Europe? If you are talking about the populist backlash against the mass migration and open borders policies of the globalistic neo-liberals and the cultural Marxists of the radical left, that's not our fault! The eastern European people are wising up, and realizing that they don't support the subversive & authoritarian ideology of the EU. Like us, they don't want their borders overrun by additional millions of poor, uneducated & unskilled workers, who will take jobs and lower wages, and upset the cultural and political landscape of their countries.
I can promise you one thing. Neither the Russian OR Chinese govts will open their borders to masses of poor, uneducated young males, let them become dependent on taxpayer funded entitlements, and take jobs and reduce salaries of their own people! The Chinese and Russian leaders care enough about the sovereignty of their own countries to do that! But the Marxists and globalist neo-liberals DO want to put an end to sovereignty in America and Europe.... They want a giant socialist super-state. SCREW THAT!!
@@patrickmcleod111 Only one example, so called Euro-Maidan Coup in Ukraine by CIA and "Fuck EU" Nuland, and in Georgia by arming and advising terrorists, google Shirshani and other United States supported islamic terrorists. But the list is much longer.
Cool video! Never really looked at the Kursk battle from German side of things. The Battle of Kursk was the first time my grandfather saw combat on an SU-85, and his first injury. The way he tells it - they went straight from unloading from a train and right into battle.
That SU-85 was brand new as it joined the counter offensive in August.
Just wanted to say that he fought on an SPG - I might be mistaken and it was an SU-76. You are right about the timeline.
Many thanks and much respect to your grandfather from the USA.
Greetings Vladimir. Good we will never fire on each other. Peace and health to you and your family.
@@kurtcarlson4521 Brand new coffin on tracks with a cannon
My wife was born and raised in Kharkov, Ukraine. Just south of Belgorad and Prokhorovka, Russia. Her city was liberated as a result of the battle of Kursk in August, 1943. The day, August 23, is celebrated every year to this day as the "Day of the City". More than 275,000 residents of Kharkov died in the war, more than ALL Americans killed in the European theater. I think every American should visit the former Soviet Union to understand what CAN happen, what DID happen. The scale of it is beyond comprehension. It is not for the weak of heart to visit Babi Yar Ravine in Kiev and walk on what is the grave of more than 150,000 people, or to visit St. Petersburg (Leningrad) which endured an inhuman siege killing more than a million people. I had the great opportunity to live and work in the former Soviet Union (where I met my wife).
I worked in Odessa, among other places, Kiev, Kharkov, Donetsk. In Odessa, where 50,000+ people were massacred in just a few weeks in 1941-42. You walk in a nice park and see a plaque. A marker like we often see in the USA...some historical event, you know, "Abe Lincoln was here"...that kind of thing. But this sign says that at this place in 1941 there was a bomb crater and the SS "conducted" 400 children to this place and SHOT THEM, pushed them in the hole and buried them.
There are few heroes left from that time now. When I worked there, there were many more. They wear their medals pinned to their civilian clothes.They were, and are, revered by the people, even the young people today. They were, and are, greeted and offered seats on public transportation and told to go ahead of people in lines. The people always say "Thank you, Grandfather, for my freedom" Or "Thank you for my happiness". Young couples getting married, go to the city's "Memorial of Glory" in their wedding clothes and thank the 275,000 people buried there for their future, for the opportunity to meet their spouse. The Air Force Academy in the city does their daily running through the Memorial of Glory. They have not forgotten. Anyone who thinks they have, I invite you to attend one of many celebrations on May 9...Victory Day.
We would like to thank you for the invitation to the day of victory, but we are not interested. Your text is still the same bolshevik rhetoric, odious stalinist propaganda. So many of your leaders have lied to you, and you still believe it all, shame
... and those noble, kind, heroic Sovier soldiers raped hundred of thousands if not millions of German, Hungarian, Polish, Czech etc. women for what there is no mercy.
Russians took no prisoners, they were killing anyone aside the road or in their houses, no matrer soldier or civilian. They were beast. And were stealing everything. Famous slogan was : 'davay casi' or give me Your watch. Uncivilized and unorganized analphabets invaded Europe and only violance accompanied them. They were invading other countries, no liberating. From whom Soviets would liberate Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland etc who were allies of Germans and were heavily anti- bolshevist ?
@@objectiveopinion1566 Probably would have been best if Germany had not invaded the USSR. Or anyone else for that matter. D'ya think?
@@garyK.45ACP attack and war was a done deal. question was who will be the first. England was shocked after Germans and Soviets made the Molotov- Ribbentrop treaty in Brest about not attacking each other (and sharing Poland). everything else is a theory, but for sure only U.S. had benefit from ww2. All others have bleeded out.
@@objectiveopinion1566 America FIRST!
I checked Rudolf von Ribbentrop wikipedia he died in may 2019
@Jack Wehrung no such thing as Valhalla lol
Rest in peace Rudolf von Ribbentrop! He fought for his Vaterland! I wish Germany and all Germans peace and prosperity!
@@amirtavakoli2715 ROFL
@@amirtavakoli2715 interesting how his Vaterland turned out to be located within the golden ring of Russia; guess he must've been a Russian spy and one of the sources for the numerous leaks of planned military ops.
There is nothing more honourable from being courageous in battle..my respects
Victory or Valhalla!
Very interesting to hear about the German side of Prokhorovka, especially from the eyes of a tank commander. Gives me a much greater respect for the men on both sides who perished that day. It's a shame stuff like this is not heard of very often in the US history books.
Glorifying Nazi and Imperial Japan war aggression on the world would be to promote it. It’s more sad that you think it’s sad that the history books don’t record their bravery as horrific consequences such as killing Jews and attacking Pearl Harbor.
Great video, would love to see more on this subject. Thanks.👍👍
Rudolf von Ribbentrop was much loved and admired by his men and kept in touch with his comrades for many years.
Nice vid, well narrated and yes , I would like to see more.
Amazing that Rudolf was still alive when you made this video, he only passed away just this May. May he rest in peace
Regrettably he didn't do more interviews like Rochus Misch did . . .
Rochus Misch - RIP
SoloTravelBlog - may the Nazi swine rest in Hell
@@majorrgeek I bet you wouldnt say that in his face you coward. I have way more respect for german soldiers, nazi or not, then slimeballs like you.
majorgeeek : he was fighting the Russian communists... just like we Americans were a few months after WW2 up to the end of the cold war...
@@henkgerritsen1444 - yes I would say it to his face 10 times you coward - German soldiers deserve prison time not respect - slimeball would be you Nazi lover
Rudolph recently passed away and this is a fitting video that honours a brave soldier (no matter on what side and the total waste of war). Much more appropriate than that disrespectful obit in Telegraph. Thank you for producing it.
@Joseph Stalin Dear Josef. Have a good look at your own murderous record of your own people, no less. Rudy was no murderer. An honourable soldier, conscripted by his country just as anyone conscripted to any service in any nation.
Joseph Stalin Much like many a Russian in Gulags under Stalin. Again, no evidence exists to suggest Rudy was a murderer. He was a brave tanker.
it's just that you're all cowards here. And you don't understand the meaning of what happened. In the Battle of Kursk, a couple of thousand miles from Germany, it was not the Russians who were advancing, but the Germans. In Prokhorovka, after a week of fighting, they finally reached the operational space. This happened after the Germans had overcome three lines of strategic defense of the Russians at the cost of huge sacrifices. It would seem that everything is a victory, but. Prokhorovka is a battlefield where the railway embankment is on the left and the swampy river banks are on the right. neither to the left nor to the right to the tank to maneuver. And the narrow path over the bridge, and the moat hinders. Von Ribbentrop's Tanko had gone over the bridge, and that was impossible. a hundred tanks piled on it, of which, to the shame of the German tigers, half were not tanks but T-70 tankettes. Light as 10 tons when the tiger is 55 tons. And these tanks were killed, but dozens of tankettes of 10 tons each became a barricade, so Germany lost its only remaining chance of victory at that time.
Great vid, would love to see more on the battle!
Kursk doesnt get the respect it deserves. Great video.
Really? Why do you say that? If anything, most accounts about Kursk (especially the engagement at Prokorova) have been filled with exaggerated numbers of tanks & exaggerated accounts of the ferocity of the clash at Prokorovka (e.g. there isn't much evidence to support the suggestion that tanks were ramming each other all the time). It turns out that many of the exaggerations about Prokorovka that were have believed were made by a Soviet commander, who was trying to defend himself when he was strongly admonished by Stalin for losing so many tanks!
Yes, the battle at Kursk was a large & violent struggle which wasted men & equipment that the Germans could not replace easily. The Soviet losses were considerable, but they had no problem replacing their losses. Finally, despite what some old books & documentaries claimed, the truth is that Operation Citadel was already doomed before the battle at Prokorovka began.
If you want the most up-to-date & reliable research about Operation Citadel, the Soviet defenses, the many engagements that made up each day of the battle, plus the clash at Prokorovka, I would strongly encourage you to read David M. Glantz's book. Both Glantz & another researcher, Robert Citino, are the world's leading experts on the Eastern Front. Citino's book, "The Death of the Wehrmact" is an excellent overview, and all of Glantz's books are fantastic (although the maps are too small, and many of his books perhaps may be a bit too dry & detailed for some readers.) What makes Glantz's research so important is that he speaks fluent German, Russian, and other languages, so he has been able to look at original documents in the Kremlin (something very few historians have been allowed to do). Both Citino & Glantz have also had access to original documents kept by the Germans during WWII. Both the Germans & Soviets were obsessive about keeping detailed records, so Citino & Glantz have uncovered a lot of important info, and they have dispelled a lot of myths & incorrect assumptions about the Axis-Soviet war that have persisted for 60 or more years.
Lolwut?? It's one of the most consistently researched, analysed and documented conflicts of WW2, and certainly one the most showcased events of the Russo-German war. Stop talking nonsense.
@@derekbaker3279 Dr. Louis A. Dimarco Excellent historian and tank expert.
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Both Citino & Glantz have spent too much time in the Soviet Union and are fooled by false information that the Soviets have rewritten in the past 50 or so years to cover their disgraceful losses in WW2
@@JackKrei What shameful losses are we talking about?
Dubno Brody?
Awesome video. Thank you for producing such great and educational content. I would love to see more on any of these great tank battles.
Best breakdown of this battle. What a warrior.
it's just that you're all cowards here. And you don't understand the meaning of what happened. In the Battle of Kursk, a couple of thousand miles from Germany, it was not the Russians who were advancing, but the Germans. In Prokhorovka, after a week of fighting, they finally reached the operational space. This happened after the Germans had overcome three lines of strategic defense of the Russians at the cost of huge sacrifices. It would seem that everything is a victory, but. Prokhorovka is a battlefield where the railway embankment is on the left and the swampy river banks are on the right. neither to the left nor to the right to the tank to maneuver. And the narrow path over the bridge, and the moat hinders. Von Ribbentrop's Tanko had gone over the bridge, and that was impossible. a hundred tanks piled on it, of which, to the shame of the German tigers, half were not tanks but T-70 tankettes. Light as 10 tons when the tiger is 55 tons. And these tanks were killed, but dozens of tankettes of 10 tons each became a barricade, so Germany lost its only remaining chance of victory at that time.
@@user-ze6oy1fj5q Keep dreaming sovjet boi. So much bullsh*t In that i don't even know where to begin..
@@petel7418 that is you boy not boi, barbar
@@user-ze6oy1fj5q Yep i know..
.. Making that remark you should also have pointed out that it is soviet In english, not sovjet like i wrote, but it's kinda clear that you're not the sharpest.. 😄
@@petel7418 so you're already making explonation. They are accepted, you don't have to justify yourself
Excellent stuff. All in great detail. We want more! Thanks for sharing it all, with all of us.
Thank you for uploading - as always very good material.
What? Idiot. Do more reading
@@radical7663 wtf du you want now? what's YOURS fucking problem?
Great vid TY. It's valuable and interesting to see war from both sides.
Very well done Sir!
I would like to see more of this battle.
Thanking you in advance.
Gary in Alaska
Really well done, your narration is crystal clear, and supplements the video in a very positive fashion. Highly enjoyable & educational. Thank you.
Amazing as always, looking forward to the whole battle video, but remember to take your time, no rush
That was really well done. Thank you! Would be happy to watch more. That is a map on World of Tanks. Happens to be my favorite lol!
A video on the battle of Prokhorovka would be greatly appreciated. I found this particular video very informative and well produced. Thank you!
We need a real movie about the battle. A historical movie. Not Fury style.
Excellent historical video. I appreciate it. I've played this map many times on WoT and often wondered what the story was behind it. Thanks very much.
Thank you for another great documentary video upload! Yes, I would very much like to see a video history of Prokhorovka. Thank you, again!
Ace, please make more videos, I'm litterally addicted to them!
•Love the map of the battle
•Love your accent and pronunciation
•love the stories you choose
PLEASE DO MORE!
To be fair.. how he pronounces Soviets is a bit bent and annoying for me. Its "Sov-yets" not "Sue-vi-yets",
This appeared in my feed, and Rudolf von Ribbentrop just a few days ago (20 May 2019). We'll miss that great generation.
Hero's one and all. !!
thanks for making this. interesting to see this in more detail.
I would love to see the battle of Prokhorovka and thank you for a fine video and the story behind it. Well done Ace!
Thank you AceDestroyer. What is going to be phenomenal for future generations is to see a battle of tanks in action as it happened in real time. We can only read about ancient battles, but in a thousand years, people will be able to see this videocast and have a much more authentic look at what war in the 20th century had become and to perhaps understand why 50 million people or more lost their lives in WWII. My father was a WWII veteran and he always said there will be a WWIII. What we all hope is that he is wrong, wrong, wrong.
It would be much better to not have any war happen on earth again. There is tanks clashing in real time in my country now (Ukraine), and it is not fun to watch. War is a crime. It is chaos, and it must be destroyed, for life is order and death is chaos. We must unite to fight the real enemy - chaos, and not each other!
I love history and your succinct pronunciation. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for a great video in all aspects.
Love your channel . I'd certainly enjoy seeing an episode on The battle of Prokhorovka .
I wanted more information bout Rudolf von Ribbentrop after watching this and found out he just died earlier this month at 98.
Yes, many Nazis survived to gray hair. After the destruction of 17 million Soviet civilians, they calmly lived in America. America loves the Nazis very much, and saved many from the retaliation of the Soviet people. We know that very well.
@@user-ld9hx7eh8b Von Braun was 100% Nazi, but in the USA he become an hero !!!
What a shame !!!
@@user-ld9hx7eh8b bullshit
@@user-ld9hx7eh8b Too bad they didn't kill more commie scum!
Good lord! What an amazing and heroic story! Now, 'AceDestroyer', you can see by the story you have told in this video that my uncle, 'Tiny', (who I commented about earlier today) was indeed correct in his compliments of the German soldier. No wonder he admired them so very much!
it's just that you're all cowards here. And you don't understand the meaning of what happened. In the Battle of Kursk, a couple of thousand miles from Germany, it was not the Russians who were advancing, but the Germans. In Prokhorovka, after a week of fighting, they finally reached the operational space. This happened after the Germans had overcome three lines of strategic defense of the Russians at the cost of huge sacrifices. It would seem that everything is a victory, but. Prokhorovka is a battlefield where the railway embankment is on the left and the swampy river banks are on the right. neither to the left nor to the right to the tank to maneuver. And the narrow path over the bridge, and the moat hinders. Von Ribbentrop's Tanko had gone over the bridge, and that was impossible. a hundred tanks piled on it, of which, to the shame of the German tigers, half were not tanks but T-70 tankettes. Light as 10 tons when the tiger is 55 tons. And these tanks were killed, but dozens of tankettes of 10 tons each became a barricade, so Germany lost its only remaining chance of victory at that time.
Great video about a very important event in WWII eastern front. I look forward anxiously for an additional video on Prokhorovka!
Love your work.. Just amazing, and PLEASE keep making more.
Nice history lesson from a personal level. History is a lot more than dry numbers. Thank you.
YES. Full video on Prokhorovka. Please!
Excellent. Would like, very much, to see more of your work especially on Prokharovka.
What a fantastic video, I love it. Well done!
VERY interesting. More on Prokhorovka please. And you'll be getting a lot of interest from the IL2 Tank Crew game coming soon, first in the series based on the fighting at Prokhorovka.
Cool video thanks 😁👍👍👍
No worries! Super happy to hear you enjoyed watching it!
@@TheAceDestroyer more more pls...
yep the demand is there. more videos! love all your hard work. thank you
dude thank you so much for making this, I'm working on an animation about Kursk right now and have gotten several ideas from this video and would love to see more content on Kursk!
What a waste of precious lives from both fronts😭 anyways nice video and love from Egypt ❤️
never forget who started the war
Toader Spanache UK and France started the war
That is war 😕
I read about von Ribbentrop in Panzer Aces by Franz Kurowski. Excellent book. The stories are written with so much detail, it's easy to imagine the action. Also in the book are - Franz Bake, Herman Bix, Hans Bolter, Michael Wittman, and Albert Ernst. I highly recommend reading this book.
How is the book called?
Panzer Aces. Franz Kurowski is the author.
In that "great" book,every german tank destroyed so many russian tanks that eventually accumulated about half a million,isn't it?😂😂😂😂😂
forstevo I've also read that book it is really good I felt like I was there
@@nothprokernov7028 you are an impressionable boy
Superb work, thank you!
Enjoyed it! Thanks for posting!!
Very happy to hear that! It was my pleasure!
A true german warrior, one of the many.
I also salut to the soviet soldier too, the common thing they shared back than: the hell
Agreed. Courage should not be judged by the uniform a soldier wears, only by the actions they preform.
@@Yora21 , Not so different than the actions of the IDF in the last few decades i think, or the American forces in Vietnam or their mercenaries in central America for 30 years or the French, Belgian and Portuguese in Africa for more than a century. Maybe you should read a book before you spout the standard media monotone story.
K98 Zook. Since when were the Germans true warriors? They were only brave when they confronted unarmed women and children and when the Soviet Forces overran their defences they ran to surrender to British and American forces.
@@aesop8694 Lol. where did you get that information because it sounds like it came straight from your ass
@Somarik Green How about Yezhov, Yagoda and Stalin. Tens and tens of millions. Furthermore why was the Emperor of Japan absolved? Or the systematic slaughter of Indigenous Aborigines in Australia, North America etc... This repeats itself throughout the course of history. Dont comment unless you know your stuff inside out.
At 22 years old Von Ribbentrop was a very young but already experienced tank Commander . When I see some of the 22 year olds today I wonder how many could fill his shoes hack then ? In this age of techno subjugation I doubt many could.
Todays 22 can only breed....
50% would be incapacitated with PTSD on day 1.
hard times make hard men. If today's 22 years old would live in hard times like von Ribentrop, most would behave with the same bravery.
@@V.D.22 He came from as life of privilege. His father was German Ambassador to London ( His 1934 Mercedes has been in the workshop where I worked on it ) .He is quoted as saying their superior Education was a factor in his success on that day.. But in those days people really were educated ,not just indoctrinated .
Mercmad it is odd to say an SS officer was not indoctrinated.
Outstanding video, and YES, MORE PLEASE!!! Subscribed.
Outstanding narrative and footage!!...keep them coming.
Brilliant video, more please
Great story! It's amazing what the Germans were able to do with such limited resources through superior training and tactics.
Such a limited resources? You must be kidding. Germany drew resources from all over the Europe, including Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Italy. What school did you go to?
@@juliusleonov If you had half the knowledge you think you have you'ld know that as early as '43 the Germans were very low on everything. Keep your context clear before posting. Even at the height of their expansion Germany had difficulty with resources due to poor infrastructure, Ultra and strategic bombing. The Ploesti oil fields were never enough to keep them in full fuel supply at any time of the war. I don't think any of the German high command in the OKW would agree with your implication that they were well supplied, although I'm sure Hitler and Goebbels would have agreed even in March of '45. Btw, the school I went to also taught me correct punctuation, how to use quotation marks and correctly quote someone. What school did you NOT go to?
@@juliusleonov You know just shit read some real books about it and not commie Propaganda stuff
So amazing that they accomplished nothing at Kursk?
nagantm441 so let’s say if you fought 10 people at once and it came out a draw you’d say you accomplished nothing?
You just don’t get it.
Great break down of accounts of the battle and Von Ribbentrop. Hope you upload the full battle of Kursk.
Excellent video, yes I would like to see the video!
Very informative. Great
Amazing, those Panzer crew were truly skilled.
it's just that you're all cowards here. And you don't understand the meaning of what happened. In the Battle of Kursk, a couple of thousand miles from Germany, it was not the Russians who were advancing, but the Germans. In Prokhorovka, after a week of fighting, they finally reached the operational space. This happened after the Germans had overcome three lines of strategic defense of the Russians at the cost of huge sacrifices. It would seem that everything is a victory, but. Prokhorovka is a battlefield where the railway embankment is on the left and the swampy river banks are on the right. neither to the left nor to the right to the tank to maneuver. And the narrow path over the bridge, and the moat hinders. Von Ribbentrop's Tanko had gone over the bridge, and that was impossible. a hundred tanks piled on it, of which, to the shame of the German tigers, half were not tanks but T-70 tankettes. Light as 10 tons when the tiger is 55 tons. And these tanks were killed, but dozens of tankettes of 10 tons each became a barricade, so Germany lost its only remaining chance of victory at that time.
Yet, many of those experimented crew died and were replaced by inexpérimented crew. So the battle of Kursk had no point to exist.
@@user-ze6oy1fj5q True, Nazi Germany was on the offensive here and was stopped. Fortunately. Otherwise we would all have spoken German today. Not forgetting our party card in our left wallet. The Wehrmacht was and is a topic of massive interest, however, it fought for very evil ideas. Please never forget.
@Shervin Tajik да вы все бестолковый, недостойные подвига своих дедов
Please.....more!
Great footage.
Incredible account of historic tank battle.
I'd love to see a more detailed video of the battle of Kursk, love the channel :)
Can you imagine the feeling of being in that battle? The fear, the butterflies in your chest, the screams of your friends and enemies burning alive, the gore, the smells... It’s hell on earth.
I can now... Damn bruh
@Scott Bramhall ww3 will begin on USA soil. Trump's fascho fanatics against the democratic world
2:29 “If the demand is there.”
Well it’s right here, I’d love to see a video on it.
Amazing video and thank you very much.
I've just discovered your work. This is among the best history published on TH-cam. Keep it up and thank you.
Thanks for the kind words! I really appreciate it! Happy to see that you are enjoying the videos!
Great work,keep it up
I agree... more on Kursk and Prokhorovka please. Maybe an idea: put in the Soviet perspective too. We tend to forget that although the Soviets were numerically stronger, they suffered huge amounts of casualties and still went on forward. Maybe out of fear for the political officers or out of bravery, I don't know. But war is never a one sided affair. To take on the might of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS must have been pretty daunting for these men too.
the Russians have no other place to live, except Russia. that's the point of russian victory. respect for all of soldiers that fought that battle and the war( russians and germans). really brave
@@MartinDRand no, stalin was about to attack, they knew they would have been outnumbered and would not withstand the soviets having just way more material and men, so they decided to attack, planning to take moscow before the full soviet war machine would have been ready.
My grandpa was partizan officer by the end of ww2 in Yugoslavia. He told me that Germans were afraid of Russians so much so they would loose their composure, while they didn't have almost any respect towards partizans. And I can tell you that those people were courageous and good, experinced fighters (partizans). After several years of war, you are either good or you are no more. Maybe because we were much smaller fighting force... Also Russians had disposition to get carried away in battle sometimes, while western soldiers are not prone to loose calculability (if they are good, that is)...
And those tank drivers who got so mad they rammed their tanks directly to german tanks distroying both themselves and the enemy, good example of above said.
@@MartinDRand How much "Lebensraum" did Germany really need? How could people live freely in conquered territory without massive military protection from a conquered populace that exceeded them in fighting power 2:1, and who had help from America? Maybe Adolf just wanted to sacrifice Germany to save the world from communism, or to show who was boss after Versailles. The Reich was supposed to last 1,000 years. With hindsight it all looks mad. As Dylan sang "don't follow leaders, watch the parking meters".
Fantastic. Very exciting and good narrative pace.
Hell yeah! This is a gem of a channel for us history buffs!!
Please do continue to use your efforts to educate us, you have a real talent! It is immensely appreciated.
Kind regards,
DT
Thank you very much for your kind words!
Excellent video. I love WW2 history especially the Eastern Front. I never von Ribbentrop's son was in the 1st SS Liebstabdarte.
*Prokhorovka.*
Only the first syllable is stressed. prOkhorovka.
'Kh' is pronounced like 'h' in 'hunter'.
*prOhorovka.*
Also, 'v' in -vka is pronounced like 'f'.
Therefore, its pronunciation goes as follows :
Próhorofka.
Ah superb! Thank you for helping me out on this! I appreciate it!
The problem is that for English Speakers such as myself of the American Dialect is that we tend to murder the pronunciation of Russian Words. As a child, there was a lot bigger Polish Russian and Ukrainian presence in the town I live in, some 55 years ago when I was a kid. Plenty of German and Yiddish too. Now it's pretty much Spanish. For some Kursk is a painful reminder of some very very hard times. It one of those places I would like to go and see and walk around some. Come to think about it the last Russian speaker I had contact with was in a Dentist Office in Anchorage, Alaska almost 20 years ago.
I'm glad the only murdering is that of eachothers language pronunciation.
Hi Sophia. Your reply exhibited grace and understanding. 👍🏻
@Kekistan Shitlord
You can't be a russaboo if you're already ethnically Russian.
Very interesting video. Thanks!
Excellent video. Keep them coming!
Yes I would like the rest of the video about the Kurks battle.
Interesting , thank you.
Excellent!!! Very informative and very well explained no stone left unturned. Please upload the battle of prokorovkha
Great vid mate! and yes! an animated battle of prokhorovka would be quite enlightning.
Fantastic material also respect for rudolph going to battle when having more safe options. Heroe tanker
it's just that you're all cowards here. And you don't understand the meaning of what happened. In the Battle of Kursk, a couple of thousand miles from Germany, it was not the Russians who were advancing, but the Germans. In Prokhorovka, after a week of fighting, they finally reached the operational space. This happened after the Germans had overcome three lines of strategic defense of the Russians at the cost of huge sacrifices. It would seem that everything is a victory, but. Prokhorovka is a battlefield where the railway embankment is on the left and the swampy river banks are on the right. neither to the left nor to the right to the tank to maneuver. And the narrow path over the bridge, and the moat hinders. Von Ribbentrop's Tanko had gone over the bridge, and that was impossible. a hundred tanks piled on it, of which, to the shame of the German tigers, half were not tanks but T-70 tankettes. Light as 10 tons when the tiger is 55 tons. And these tanks were killed, but dozens of tankettes of 10 tons each became a barricade, so Germany lost its only remaining chance of victory at that time.
Great. Yes pls more oft this.
Very nice video and commentary of the battle of Prokhorovka
Excellent, your footage is great, so many so called history channels just use generic footage that's not even relevant, I thoroughly enjoy your stuff, it's very high quality and well researched, thank you.
Excellent!
Outstanding video
Thanks! It means a lot!
@@TheAceDestroyer it is really a great video! The details are amazing!
Not only a true story but an actual pleasure to listen to the way you tell it with all accents correct. Encore!
This was very interesting and enjoyed your narration. Thanks
Man that was beautifully told my friend. In the US we always get nonsense Hollywood style movies and information. This sounded way more terrifying and “real”, then any movie. You can almost feel the panic and terror as you describe him first seeing the wave after wave approaching. I dislike the Nazi regime, but man do I admire the technology and German fighting spirit. Just awe inspiring
😂 yea, and the NAZIs would neeeeveerrr put out propaganda? Like 75% of all movies btwn 1933-1939 were german propaganda. In fact, research "America first" 1935. Many whites throughout U.S. we're in love with hitler, nazi party & hating those of Jewish decent.
It Could add to the visual Maps if there was a Distance Marker/Key , showing meters or miles/Kilometers if need be , to better understand the battlefields size
Oh yeah good note actually! Thanks! I'll make sure to keep that into account for next time.
Thank you, well done work.
Amazing. Just amazing to have such authentic video. More videos like this please.
It's so nice to hear war stories from the germans point of view of the battle
it's just that you're all cowards here. And you don't understand the meaning of what happened. In the Battle of Kursk, a couple of thousand miles from Germany, it was not the Russians who were advancing, but the Germans. In Prokhorovka, after a week of fighting, they finally reached the operational space. This happened after the Germans had overcome three lines of strategic defense of the Russians at the cost of huge sacrifices. It would seem that everything is a victory, but. Prokhorovka is a battlefield where the railway embankment is on the left and the swampy river banks are on the right. neither to the left nor to the right to the tank to maneuver. And the narrow path over the bridge, and the moat hinders. Von Ribbentrop's Tanko had gone over the bridge, and that was impossible. a hundred tanks piled on it, of which, to the shame of the German tigers, half were not tanks but T-70 tankettes. Light as 10 tons when the tiger is 55 tons. And these tanks were killed, but dozens of tankettes of 10 tons each became a barricade, so Germany lost its only remaining chance of victory at that time.
@@user-ze6oy1fj5q get stuffed. The Russians helped Hitler invade Poland lol.😂
@@margaretschaff9174 you are obvious liar: ask UN where and who occupied polish land
Thank you excellent fascinating insight. History taught of these battles never quite gets across as you do the overwhelming numbers the Germans faced nor their appalling loses but brilliant fighting ability, as well as debunking the myth there were lots of Tigers and Panthers in the 1st SS as there were not, but mainly PIVs.
Excellent-----your maps are a marvel...very concise....I always enjoy Kursk battles.....I knew Ribbentrop had a son but did not know this. I am really enjoying your channel and learning more about history of WWll...thanks so much
My pleasure! I'm glad to see that you're enjoying the content.
Great video. Thank you