German Newsreel 1943 MONATSSCHAU Nr. 13, War Periodical SIGNAL Nr. 5
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Episode 212
MONATSSCHAU
Nr. 13, April 1943
Greece
2:16 - Heavy weapons and newly arrived German soldiers marching through the streets of Athens; loading of tanks, trucks in Athen's port and then transport to the island of Crete; destroyer secures the convoy.
5:17 - Crete's coastline; construction of tank obstacles on the southern coast; barbed wire is set up, camouflaged gun emplacements; German fighters take off from Crete's airbase.
4:39 - Japanese troops in operations in the province of Junnan; advancing through the jungle; Budhist priest; advance in Tshkiang Provence; fighting in mountainous areas against enemy partisan groups.
6:41 - Awarding of the Knights Cross to the 19 year old Dutch volunteer Mooyman by General Sinhuber south of Lake Ladoga (20.02.1943),
Battle for Charkow.
7:16 - Armored and motorized units of the Waffen-SS advancing on Charkow; motorcycle troops; Flak batteries against land targets; German troops enter Charkow; tanks and infantry support guns in street fighting; the city is retaken on 14.03.1943.
SIGNAL Nr. 5, March 1943
11:46 - The photographs and this article were produced by a propaganda company reporter embedded with a unit on the Easter Front. It’s titled "Motorcycle Troops behind Stuka". It describes how the fast moving elements of a division including armor, PzGr, and motorcycle troops race forwards hot on the heels of a retreating enemy while the majority of the division moves up slowly with little more to do than collect POWs and break up what’s left of local pockets of enemy resistance. Fuel for the quick advance of the mobile units is taken from stocks that had been flown in the evening before.
During the night the Bolsheviks had broken contact and retreated out of the area abandoning their injured and those who couldn’t keep up to their fate. German night reconnaissance planes flew in low and reported that the Soviets had set up defensive positions about 30 km ahead in a rail hub.
In the early morning a squadron of Stukas flys over head and bombards the new enemy positions effectively. In the meantime artillery has been brought up, and in cooperation with well positioned spotters, also begin firing on the enemy positions.
The motorcycle troops, approaching the town, come under heavy enemy fire. They leave their motorcycles outside of the range of the enemy MGs and move forwards in groups, some directly and others on the flanks. They concentrate their fire on the industrial rail area that the enemy is holed up in and after a short but intense exchange of fire the enemy positions are taken.
3rd Battle of Kharkov
The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by German Army Group South against the Soviet Red Army, around the city of Kharkov between 19 February and 15 March 1943. Known to the German side as the Donets Campaign, and in the Soviet Union as the Donbas and Kharkov operations, the German counterstrike led to the recapture of the cities of Kharkov and Belgorod.
As the German 6th Army was encircled in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Red Army undertook a series of wider attacks against the rest of Army Group South. These culminated on 2 January 1943 when the Red Army launched Operation Star and Operation Gallop, which between January and early February broke German defenses and led to the Soviet recapture of Kharkov, Belgorod, Kursk, as well as Voroshilovgrad and Izium. These victories caused participating Soviet units to over-extend themselves. Freed on 2 February by the surrender of the German 6th Army, the Red Army's Central Front turned its attention west and on 25 February expanded its offensive against both Army Group South and Army Group Center. Months of continuous operations had taken a heavy toll on the Soviet forces and some divisions were reduced to 1,000-2,000 combat-effective soldiers. On 19 February, Field Marshal Erich von Manstein launched his Kharkov counterstrike, using the fresh II SS Panzer Corps and two panzer armies. Manstein benefited greatly from the massive air support of Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen's Luftflotte 4, whose 1,214 aircraft flew over 1,000 sorties per day from 20 February to 15 March to support the German ground troops, a level of airpower equal to that during the Case Blue strategic offensive a year earlier.[5]
The Wehrmacht flanked, encircled, and defeated the Red Army's armored spearheads south of Kharkov. This enabled Manstein to renew his offensive against the city of Kharkov proper on 7 March. Despite orders to encircle Kharkov from the north, the SS Panzer Corps instead decided to directly engage Kharkov on 11 March. This led to four days of house-to-house fighting before Kharkov was recaptured by the SS Division Leibstandarte on 15 March.
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By far, the best German WWII content on TH-cam! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Ed, next one comes in a few days
Incomparable, & still unrivaled, no one does the Eastern Front any better than M1945. Why this channel doesn't have more subscribers remains a continuing puzzle for me. I frequent most general WW2 military sites on TH-cam & can truthfully say, no one is better at covering this particular subject and telling its dreadful story to the world. His coverage of the Russian Front is done with creativity, uniqueness & a personal feeling for the history that took place there 80+ years ago. It's far, far better than any other TH-cam channel or TV program covering this theme. Most of us watching WW2 videos, can sometimes lose sight of the fact that these were actual people, real men & women, fighting, dying & being maimed on the steppes of Russia. What happened in Eastern Europe & soviet Russia between 1941-1945 will always be unique in human history & has never received the type of exposure it truly deserves by the general public. M1945 helps make up for that in a small way.
You’d like Mark Felton too
I like Mark Felton. I provided some footage for a few of his videos and he mentions M45@@Dulcimertunes
Another solid newsreel addition, made even more noteworthy by the addition of the photography contained in the Signal Magazine collection which was displayed. A thematically consistent presentation of disparate, but complementary materials. Great job!
Thanks David, next one comes soon
Fascinating footage, the colour magazine really puts me there in my imagination. Thanks F.
Glad you enjoyed it
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wunderbar !
Danke Wim
Keep em Coming..But please don't forget about Kurt's Diary!
I haven't forgot. The problem is that YT shows these reels to a much larger audience so I need to ride the wave a bit Daniel
Yes, I've been wondering how young Kurt is going. I blame the Feldpost... ;)
Your Monatsschau discoveries are remarkable. Always great stuff from you!
Many thanks!
Vielen Dank.
Another stellar presentation, Frederick....... !!!
Thanks Wil
@@M1945 ...your presentation content and quality always is high and seems to get better and better ....👍
Excellent video of ancient film. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing as always
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks Frederick!
My pleasure Larry
Excellent. I subscribed.
Nice Robert, welcome
You make the beat newsreel footage with accurate narrative
That's very kind, thank you
he was'nt there, so how could he make the best newsreel footage? The film is over 80 years old!!!
Grandiosas imágenes. Muy bien trabajo. Me encanta el canal. Saludos.
Gracias Everardo
Great stuff.
Glad you think so!
Awesome dokus.. insuperable first class images..!
Many thanks!
At 13:37 German soldier with Russian SVT 40 rifle.
😊👍
6:43 ❤
80 years later again battle of charkov
Unfortunately, the magazines and books produced during the war were destroyed so that people could claim that they really weren’t supporters of the regime. The few remaining diaries and documents are a window into that period.
At 6:43 👍
The Greek reinforcement footage really makes me think of the Mediterranean First strategy that was not chosen, instead Germany initiated a war in the East that ultimately doomed it. Going Mediterranean First would have meant that in 1940 after the capture of France there is no bombing of England but rather a focus on the Mediterranean, Spain and Portugal have a choice, have the German armies pass the Pyrenees and continue on or join the Axis, I think they would have joined. This means German U boat bases in Spain and Portugal, the conquest of Gibraltar and German bases in Ceuta and Spanish Morocco sealing off any British entry into the Mediterranean, as well as German occupation of the Azores and the Cape Verde islands making them U boat havens and refueling points as well as air recognisance and support bases for naval operations. The Battle of the Atlantic vs the British (and at this point the British alone) was winnable. A West African conquest all the way to the port of Dakar was possible in 1940-41. Railroads and roads and supplies to the coastal forts and the naval bases in Cape Verde and the Azores, securing the Eastern Atlantic shipping and supply routes. This early in the war, Yugoslavia could also join the Axis there was no British coup yet and the king was pro-German. With all the air assets wasted in the Battle of Britain deployed in Sicily instead, the conquest of Malta is very feasible in the last Fall and Winter of 1940. Greece and Crete would have fallen faster and with a Mediterranean focus, the Suez and Alexandria was reachable in 1941, if Rommel gets 10-20 divisions and the full force of Germany instead of 2 understrength divisions. The Suez would block all British entry into the Mediterranean ... a series of arab revolts would have made the conquest of Iraq and the gulf oil possible (especially if the Soviets come in from the North as the Soviets could join the Axis in 1940 November, there was a possibility of that with Molotov looking for terms). Not mentioning the oil of Libya ... if they found that, the Mediterranean was the clear focus not the Soviets with the impossible to reach Baku oil fields.
Yes, I do agree Andras. This seems to me to be the most plausible "what if?". In addition, I don't believe that the Russians were poised to attack the Germans in 1941. They might have been prepared to move west had the war on the continent lagged on for years exhausting all those involved but with the quick German victory I think that idea was forgotten. The evidence provided by German propaganda I believe was just justification for the June 22 surprise attack. Had the Russians attacked in my opinion it would likely have ended in disaster much as their advance west during WW1 had (and now in Ukraine?). This might actually have been the only way the Germans could have won in the East.
Regarding Spain and Portugal, I agree that they would have joined up with the other Axis powers and with the combined Axis force, focusing on the Mediterranean would have made that a quite easy campaign. Britain, without the Blitz, likely would have come around to the idea of a negotiated peace. There might not have been any other viable option.
Japan would still have attacked the USA but Rosevelt likely would not have been able to declare war on Germany; the population would have been against it. Hitler, not desperate to show strength in response to Russian resilience, likely would not have declared war on America. This of course is a key question. Russia in my opinion would have remained allied to Germany for years.
@@M1945 I agree. Spain and Franco owed a lot to Germany so that issue should have been pushed. The Russians wanted to continue the Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement and even extend it that is why Molotov was in Berlin in 1940 November, if Hitler gives them the bases in Bulgaria he could have gotten more oil and raw materials and everything than what the Germans took by force. There might even have been a combined French and British bombing campaign on Baku and that might have pushed Stalin closer to Germany.
I agree that any attack in 1941 from the Soviets would have been a disaster, they did not have their logistics ready and they are at the end of a very long logistics line without any Land-Lease, attacking into a Germany that is at the peak of its power with the best logistics ... it would have been another Tannenberg. Even like this it took the Soviets 3 years to learn the proper way to fight Germans - with all the advantages of Germans over-extending themselves into partisan land, hostile population, bad roads, really bad weather etc. Stalin was gearing up for an attack in 42-43, if needed.
America is the key question because American leaders wanted to get into the war but without a German declaration of war or a Pearl Harbor the population did not want it. An agreement in 1940 November bringing Germany and the Soviets close might have brought the Japanese and the Soviets close and then Japan could be supplied with Russian oil instead of the US oil that was withheld because of China - Japan is no longer forced to attack Pearl Harbor as it is not facing starvation in a year or two.
The only thing I do not agree with is Britain signing a peace, but they might have starved with the Azores/Cape Verde German base and a fully controlled Med. America might have supplied them though. The question is, for how long? Britain would have lost control over the colonies with a dwindling Navy.
I think the Blitz made a negotiated peace impossible. Take that event away and an ever worsening situation for the Empire might have squeezed more willingness from the government. I don't believe that in 1941 they realized that an extended war would lead to the end of the British Empire. Had their control in India been threatened they may have been open to a negotiated peace. @@andraslibal
" . . . with the impossible to reach Baku oil fields . . ." True. Even if you take them, repair them, and return to operation how do you get the refined oil back to Germany on the single track Russian railroads. In addition, Italy stays in the war on the Axis side.
bitte schön 😊
This Battle at Kharkov in the aftermath saw terrible atrocities committed by the SS that was filmed, they absolutely murdered everything !
Wszystko wymordowali? Wojna polega na niszczeniu przeciwnika, tak jest od wieków!
Even when we know it is a propaganda movie, it shows the horrors of war.
Nazi propaganda!
Yes it is Tom. Does that seem to be information that might be news for anyone?