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Dude..former US Marine in Texas..thank you for your service! Your narration is riveting to listen to and you do an excellent job of conveying the absolute horrific inhuman conditions of combat..I look forward to your next episode and wish you continued success in your endeavors and life👍
I really look forward to your narratives. All the more enjoyable for having a real human voice rather than the annoying AI renderings that have become ubiquitous in recent times. Just a thought for a future project… I read “The Forgotten Soldier” by Guy Sajer a few years back. The story of a young French soldier serving with the Grossdeutschland Division on the eastern front. A captivating read. Cheers from Papua New Guinea!
Cheers to Papua New Guinea! The forgotten soldier is on the list, and will be read here eventually. Thank you for being here, reading these books aloud is a lot of fun and I prefer it, too!
i bought myself a kar 98 set up with an original scope because of this book.Being behind one of those old guns gives you a great understanding for how hard it realyl was to be a sniper. The scopes back then were very very basic back then.
@@TrenchDiaries yea , and the German scopes were still about the best you could get at the time This speaks a lot for the other nations scopes I have great respect for men that could consistently hit a target the size of a head at 300 meters with wind and 4 times zoom
Love this!! Sometimes ya get caught up in the broader scale and larger battles covering the entire spectrum of the war and it’s always so refreshing to get the smaller more extremely emotional stories on real personal levels. Diaries, autobiographies, and biographies, are so easy to just sit back and get lost in listening to. Much appreciated
@@TrenchDiaries no complaints on my end. When ya release em if ya could maybe organize the continuous stories in a playlist if ya haven’t already would be dope but not a huge deal if not. Curious about the rest of the particular story and catching up on what I already missed
A friend just sent me this story. This is a great story and channel. I listened to part one and halfway done with this. Love your narrative. Also a US service member here. Nice to have a fellow service member narrate this story. Feels like I can connect to the narrator and the story more. Also, love the little talks at the end. Helps me understand the German military more too.
Excellent story- my grandfather was a motor cycle driver and died in Berlin shortly before the Russians over-ran Berlin. His last name was Heide. I would really like to learn more about him but everyone has long since passed away. In addition and what is most astonishing is that my other grandfather's(Franz Reimers) brother- Heinrich Reimers was the tank driver for Wittmann and died with him in France. I will definitely keep watching your episodes- PS: Just got done reading "Panzer Leader" by Heinz Guderian! If you can recommend any good books, please do so! All the best, Karl
Thank you so much for sharing the personal history, Karl! Being with Wittmann must've been quite interesting. Guderian's book is very good, and it will be featured on the channel at some point. Cheers, friend! 🫡 Recommended reading: Stuka Pilot by Hans-Ulrich Rudel and Infantry Attacks by Rommel should keep you occupied for some time 😎
The frank and relaxed narration belies the mind boggling horror it describes. That some were nevertheless alive at the end, and presumably carried on living in the post war settlement is a kind of super human achievement for which I feel great respect. Now I must pause awhile, some days maybe a week, till I can listen to the next story with a little composure. All the best.
The human ability to adapt is quite exceptional. We always hear about the poor souls that suffered from PTSD but a lot of guys just...took it and went on with their lives. Incredible.
Another very interesting episode. I was a tank soldier with a gift for hitting what I aimed at. Because of this I was issued with a Lee Enfield Nr 4T (manufactured in 1944 and kept in store) I was the first to use it and it came with a 1918 Springfield sling. which was so good and much better than a normal issue rifle sling :-) --------- I was sent to the School Of Infantry in Sennelager (1975) and went through the sniper training course alongside other British Infantry, but did not do the second part which was crawling around on the ground trying to be invisible, I only did the shooting phase and soon after received more training in Close Quarters Battle movement with an automatic 9mm pistol. Then returned to my unit in Bergen-Hohne. This was because I had been chosen as the Regiments Commanding Officer's ''bodyguard'' for whenever we were sent to Northern Ireland where the UK had a terrorist problem during the 1970's and 80's. 🙂 I still miss that Lee Enfield 🙂
Absolutely love this content! Now just to be clear, up until this point sepp is still using the nagant sniper rifle correct? He hasn’t been issued the k98k with the zeiss yet?
Excellent... Thank you for this. Baptized by fire. Any chance you can turn up the volume? I have my speakers maxed out and have some trouble hearing everything clearly. An increase of 20% would be nice. People can turn it down if they think it's too loud, but I can't turn it up any more. I would appreciate it!
Huh! I usually normalise to -5db, this shouldn't be any different 🤔 it's probably windows that did some funny business with the mic settings ... again 😵💫 thank you for pointing it out, John!
TY 🙏🙏 Desperate fighting! After Kursk, whatever the Axis do, the Soviets just move forward, even with river barriers. The Axis never build a proper defensive line. The Soviets use their improved training, equipment, mobility & numbers to great effect, which gains momentum, as Axis quality declines, & reserves are also pulled back to defend Italy/France. Q's - What countries/locations are you planning to visit & what is your interest in those places? - How do you think the Axis could have improved their performance in WW2? - How 'lucky' do you think the German Army was in the early war years, which enhanced it's reputation, perhaps too much, which gave the Germans a false sense of superiority/capability?
After a certain point it was extremely hard for the Axis powers to succeed, since the overwhelming superiority in men and material was hard to overcome. Your questions are noted 😎
The ballistic advantage of a sniper is that he can take out enemy troops at ranges beyond they can fire back at him. It seems all or most of his kills were at very close ranges. These were well within the range of the average rifleman. So was he really a sniper? 600+ yards is where the real sniper starts to work.
bullshit, you obviously have no idea about the technical aspect of ww2 snipers i have a kar98 set up like the one he has in real life it has a 4 times scope which you cannot zoom in or out, you can only lift the reticle up and down without ever knowing how much you actually lifted it there is no zeroing this gun you cannot shift it horizontaly either what they did was zero it at 100 meters and through experiece they knew how much they rougly had to hold over the target to hit at above 100 meters the reticle is very fat as well, good luck seing your target at more than 400 m also your entire thought process is wrong, the snipers of ww2 never operated out of the enemies range, a rifle can shoot well over 3 kilometers whilst still being somewhat in the area where you wanted to shoot, a sniper was never out of range of supresive or concentrated fire by the enemy, including machine guns btw! the point of the snipers was that they could shoot a man poking his head over the trench, could hunt down enemy artillery observers that would sit alone in some place with a radio and direct artillery they could identifly officers and machinegunners as they are priority targets, being under fire by sniper for days also has great effect on the troops morale as you cant even go for a shit without fearing you will die, the result is to poop in a can and throw it over the trench which will start to stink eventually you completely missed the point of snipers in ww2 and look at it from a todays point of view
In some of the books that I have read of snipers personal accounts, they talk of using the M4, when. in some settings if the enemy is close , they use iron sights. Because looking through the telescopic sights blocks out their peripheral vision , so not good to use when in contact at shorter distances, so a lot of snipers got many kills from 200 metres or less.with an M4
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that comment just got you a sub lol
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Appreciate your content massaging 🫡 thank you!
Great narration, it just goes to show that no matter what side the soldier is on, it is much the same, just
trying to survive the day.
Day after day, survival and nothing more. Just trying to get along.
Dude..former US Marine in Texas..thank you for your service! Your narration is riveting to listen to and you do an excellent job of conveying the absolute horrific inhuman conditions of combat..I look forward to your next episode and wish you continued success in your endeavors and life👍
Thank you Brother! Good to see viewers from all around the globe 🫡 enjoy the series, greeting from across the pond to the Lone Star State!
Outstanding narration, as always, thankyou for reading, recording and uploading this, many thanks, all the best
You're very welcome, Peter. Enjoy this new tale!
I really look forward to your narratives. All the more enjoyable for having a real human voice rather than the annoying AI renderings that have become ubiquitous in recent times.
Just a thought for a future project… I read “The Forgotten Soldier” by Guy Sajer a few years back. The story of a young French soldier serving with the Grossdeutschland Division on the eastern front. A captivating read.
Cheers from Papua New Guinea!
Cheers to Papua New Guinea! The forgotten soldier is on the list, and will be read here eventually. Thank you for being here, reading these books aloud is a lot of fun and I prefer it, too!
Wow! You warned us. Very intense. Thanks, as always.
Extremely intense. Enjoy, Tony!
i bought myself a kar 98 set up with an original scope because of this book.Being behind one of those old guns gives you a great understanding for how hard it realyl was to be a sniper.
The scopes back then were very very basic back then.
Extremely basic. A friend has full size Model 98 rifle with a period correct scope and it is just...not good 😅 the scope I mean. The rifle is badass.
@@TrenchDiaries yea , and the German scopes were still about the best you could get at the time
This speaks a lot for the other nations scopes
I have great respect for men that could consistently hit a target the size of a head at 300 meters with wind and 4 times zoom
Love this!! Sometimes ya get caught up in the broader scale and larger battles covering the entire spectrum of the war and it’s always so refreshing to get the smaller more extremely emotional stories on real personal levels.
Diaries, autobiographies, and biographies, are so easy to just sit back and get lost in listening to. Much appreciated
Happy you like it. Bringing the personal stories to life is my main objective here, so enjoy 🫡
@@TrenchDiaries no complaints on my end. When ya release em if ya could maybe organize the continuous stories in a playlist if ya haven’t already would be dope but not a huge deal if not. Curious about the rest of the particular story and catching up on what I already missed
I’m just going through this new series!! Wow 🤯 such violence!! I am hooked on this series!! Cheers Brother!!
Cheers brother! This one is something else...
@@TrenchDiaries yes more up close and personal!! Very detail oriented! ❤️
I was reading Alderberger book,amazing.Eastern front was a horor never seen before and after in human history.
There are things I've read that defy description. Absolutely gruesome.
A friend just sent me this story. This is a great story and channel. I listened to part one and halfway done with this. Love your narrative. Also a US service member here. Nice to have a fellow service member narrate this story. Feels like I can connect to the narrator and the story more. Also, love the little talks at the end. Helps me understand the German military more too.
Thank you for being here brother, enjoy! It's always good to see other veterans around 😎 Danke!
Engrossing episode and brilliantly narrated as always! 👍
Thank you my man 😎
Excellent story- my grandfather was a motor cycle driver and died in Berlin shortly before the Russians over-ran Berlin. His last name was Heide. I would really like to learn more about him but everyone has long since passed away. In addition and what is most astonishing is that my other grandfather's(Franz Reimers) brother- Heinrich Reimers was the tank driver for Wittmann and died with him in France. I will definitely keep watching your episodes-
PS: Just got done reading "Panzer Leader" by Heinz Guderian! If you can recommend any good books, please do so! All the best, Karl
Thank you so much for sharing the personal history, Karl! Being with Wittmann must've been quite interesting. Guderian's book is very good, and it will be featured on the channel at some point. Cheers, friend! 🫡
Recommended reading: Stuka Pilot by Hans-Ulrich Rudel and Infantry Attacks by Rommel should keep you occupied for some time 😎
The frank and relaxed narration belies the mind boggling horror it describes.
That some were nevertheless alive at the end, and presumably carried on living in the post war settlement is a kind of super human achievement for which I feel great respect.
Now I must pause awhile, some days maybe a week, till I can listen to the next story with a little composure.
All the best.
The human ability to adapt is quite exceptional. We always hear about the poor souls that suffered from PTSD but a lot of guys just...took it and went on with their lives. Incredible.
I've been trying to find this audiobook with a decent narrator,this story is amazing ty so much
You're welcome! Enjoy the book in this format 😎
Wow both horrifying and mesmerizing this story really captures the raw brutal reality of war. 🤯
Getting showered with still living bodies is pretty brutal reality but we (US) seem to be doing this somewhere every day.
@@naughtiusmaximus830 Here we go🙄
Absolutely!
Fantastic,I’m loving this story so far.
Read the book, long ago. Audio book, while performing house tasks, is appreciated.
Another very interesting episode. I was a tank soldier with a gift for hitting what I aimed at. Because of this I was issued with a Lee Enfield Nr 4T (manufactured in 1944 and kept in store) I was the first to use it and it came with a 1918 Springfield sling. which was so good and much better than a normal issue rifle sling :-)
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I was sent to the School Of Infantry in Sennelager (1975) and went through the sniper training course alongside other British Infantry, but did not do the second part which was crawling around on the ground trying to be invisible, I only did the shooting phase and soon after received more training in Close Quarters Battle movement with an automatic 9mm pistol. Then returned to my unit in Bergen-Hohne.
This was because I had been chosen as the Regiments Commanding Officer's ''bodyguard'' for whenever we were sent to Northern Ireland where the UK had a terrorist problem during the 1970's and 80's. 🙂
I still miss that Lee Enfield 🙂
You served during The Troubles? Interesting! Maybe we can have a talk someday, it's a conflict that I find extremely interesting!
How history repeats itself
This tells how horrific war is. Very great story. But also very sad. 😢
Indeed. It's hard to believe what people are capable of doing to each other.
@@TrenchDiaries and today even more so 😢
Thanks!
You're welcome!
Just subscribed excellent channel content!
i read the book and it is a perfect description of war and especially the ever growing brutality on the eastern front
It truly is. Kept it in my memory for years.
Fantastic book 📖 read it a couple of years ago, brilliantly told on here
Absolutely love this content! Now just to be clear, up until this point sepp is still using the nagant sniper rifle correct? He hasn’t been issued the k98k with the zeiss yet?
Thank you
Another brilliant episode 👍🏻 thank’s
You're welcome!
Excellent... Thank you for this. Baptized by fire.
Any chance you can turn up the volume? I have my speakers maxed out and have some trouble hearing everything clearly. An increase of 20% would be nice. People can turn it down if they think it's too loud, but I can't turn it up any more. I would appreciate it!
Huh! I usually normalise to -5db, this shouldn't be any different 🤔 it's probably windows that did some funny business with the mic settings ... again 😵💫 thank you for pointing it out, John!
get some speakers and link them through bluetooth, then you can crank it up
hi, yes, I watch your entire videos. You are producing excellent content.
Thank you for watching, and for the kind words 🫡😎
Great English thank you
Thank _you_ !
Very good. Thanks so much. I tried to order the book after your last video but sold out near me.
Thank you, Sir! I hope you get lucky with the book at some point!
Just subbed with full notifications. Watching part 2 now.
Awesome Sir! Enjoy & thank you 🫡😎
Awesome thanks so much
You're welcome!
Enjoyable listen
Very sad for all those wasted lives 😔
I'm subscribing and liking from Scotland 🏴 it truly was a dirty war
Ayy, happy to have you! Hopefully I'll get to visit the beautiful Scottish countryside again next year. Slàinte!
Enjoy your channel. Gut Gemacht!
Danke! Good to have you.
TY 🙏🙏 Desperate fighting! After Kursk, whatever the Axis do, the Soviets just move forward, even with river barriers. The Axis never build a proper defensive line. The Soviets use their improved training, equipment, mobility & numbers to great effect, which gains momentum, as Axis quality declines, & reserves are also pulled back to defend Italy/France.
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- What countries/locations are you planning to visit & what is your interest in those places?
- How do you think the Axis could have improved their performance in WW2?
- How 'lucky' do you think the German Army was in the early war years, which enhanced it's reputation, perhaps too much, which gave the Germans a false sense of superiority/capability?
After a certain point it was extremely hard for the Axis powers to succeed, since the overwhelming superiority in men and material was hard to overcome. Your questions are noted 😎
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Twice I've written at length only being rejected after not paying. Something fishy going on ?
It's not something on my end - I don't put up any barriers and don't delete anything 🤔
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The ballistic advantage of a sniper is that he can take out enemy troops at ranges beyond they can fire back at him. It seems all or most of his kills were at very close ranges. These were well within the range of the average rifleman. So was he really a sniper? 600+ yards is where the real sniper starts to work.
what dribble
bullshit, you obviously have no idea about the technical aspect of ww2 snipers
i have a kar98 set up like the one he has in real life
it has a 4 times scope which you cannot zoom in or out, you can only lift the reticle up and down without ever knowing how much you actually lifted it there is no zeroing this gun
you cannot shift it horizontaly either
what they did was zero it at 100 meters and through experiece they knew how much they rougly had to hold over the target to hit at above 100 meters
the reticle is very fat as well, good luck seing your target at more than 400 m
also your entire thought process is wrong, the snipers of ww2 never operated out of the enemies range, a rifle can shoot well over 3 kilometers whilst still being somewhat in the area where you wanted to shoot, a sniper was never out of range of supresive or concentrated fire by the enemy, including machine guns btw!
the point of the snipers was that they could shoot a man poking his head over the trench, could hunt down enemy artillery observers that would sit alone in some place with a radio and direct artillery
they could identifly officers and machinegunners as they are priority targets, being under fire by sniper for days also has great effect on the troops morale as you cant even go for a shit without fearing you will die, the result is to poop in a can and throw it over the trench which will start to stink eventually
you completely missed the point of snipers in ww2 and look at it from a todays point of view
For more dribble check out the book The Ultimate Sniper by Major Plaster.
In some of the books that I have read of snipers personal accounts, they talk of using the M4, when. in some settings if the enemy is close , they use iron sights. Because looking through the telescopic sights blocks out their peripheral vision , so not good to use when in contact at shorter distances, so a lot of snipers got many kills from 200 metres or less.with an M4
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This more to your liking, my man? 😅😎
@@TrenchDiaries at least its not another Simo Häyhä thang. seems interesting. you did make a translation mistake in the first part . thx, J
@@TrenchDiaries youre still one of my fav online krauts 😘
This is largely fiction, isn't it? The commissar delicately bringing out a handkerchief suggests as much. You should really make this clear.
It's not.