Footage of the German occupation of Kiyv, 1918. After the Treaty of Brest-Litowsk.

Footage from the German occupation of Kyiv in 1918.
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Rare footage from April-May 1918 of German troops parading in a street in Kyiv.
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The vast differences between the German military leadership in both World Wars are clear. The German occupation of Kyiv in 1918 during World War I is an example, it stands in stark contrast to the brutal Naz1 occupation of Soviet territories during World War II. Under the Kaiser's, Ludendorff's, and Hindenburg's rule, the German forces largely maintained a respectful stance towards the local population. The administration sought to collaborate with local authorities and maintain order rather than resorting to repression and violence. The Naz1 regime's impact on Germany's reputation, especially when compared to its position in World War I and earlier, is a tragic subject.
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The goal of the German presence in Ukraine was economic and it was arguably justifiable given Germany's situation. German troops entered Kyiv with the aim of supporting the Ukrainian People's Republic (UNR), which had declared independence from Soviet Russia. The occupation was part of a broader strategy to establish a friendly regime that would supply Germany with much-needed grain and other resources for use on the Western Front against the allies. At this point Germany had been the victim of a devastating naval blockade that seriously degraded Germany's fighting abilities, it's fair to assume that at least half a million German civilians had died at this point, due to the blockade. While the Allied soldiers enjoyed excess in the trenches, the Germans could barely scrape enough to keep their wartime efforts going- and it was becoming exponentially worse after June 1918, when the average German soldier did not eat enough calories to fight.
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It was an unfortunate reality for the Germans that no grain exports made it to the Western Front in time to make any difference in their war effort.
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This period saw significant political maneuvering, with the Germans supporting the establishment of a conservative government under Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi in April 1918.
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[@mdr-1177]

this is incredibly rare !

[@WorldWar1InColor]

Indeed!

[@me-262gamingluftwaffememin2]

Heroes, Stolzer Soldaten!

[@grain85k]

Слишком пафосно, лучше бы Вильгельм отвёл войска чтобы предотвратить ноябрьскую революцию, а там уже и парады и прочее.

[@WorldWar1InColor]

Вот весь смысл присутствия Германии заключался в обеспечении зерном и другими материалами Западного фронта, что, возможно, оправдано, учитывая ситуацию в Германии в то время.

[@swerrr8893]

Весной-летом 1918 года, Германия по сути завладела огромным количеством пищевых, производственных и иных ресурсов России, которые она даже толком не смогла реализовать, что весьма странно

[@thebluetankengine0622]

What is the name of the song that is playing from 0:13-1:23?

[@TreueUndGlauben]

Какъ коренному кіевлянину, чьи предки въ этотъ ужасный періодъ переносили всѣ тяготы со своимъ роднымъ Отечествомъ и городомъ, служа Государю и Отчизнѣ до послѣдней капли крови, чрезвычайно интересно взглянуть на эти кадры.

[@taish-o]

I am very interested in the late period of WWI and early interwar period, where many nation-states had come into existence, some were quashed by greater powers, some manage to survive against all the odds
Some of them managed to thrive and become very successful economically in interwar period, like Czechoslovakia, Poland, etc. They designed and built their own aircraft and other equipment. Many other nations' armed forces were composed of tanks, guns and aircraft designed and built in Czechoslovakia or Poland. ZB-26 and ZB-38 light machine guns, designed in 1926 and 1938 respectively, were used until the 1950s in many wars in China, Africa, South America. Many small European nations such as Greece and Romania had squadrons of Polish-designed planes. Nazi Germany's armored force mostly had Czech tanks stolen during the occupation in 1939, before they began to domestically design and produce tanks at a mass scale.

[@mikegk9918]

False information in the video description. This was not an occupation, but allied assistance in Ukraine’s fight against the bolshevik russian plague

[@WorldWar1InColor]

Germany coccupied the area when this was filmed.

[@Alejandro-Magno]

⁠@@WorldWar1InColoralso, strategic occupation: cereals

[@Alejandro-Magno]

This is a valuable piece, Ukraine and Germany could always be good allies

[@ARMY968]

What is the music in the beginning

[@WorldWar1InColor]

The ending of "Es wollt' ein Mädel früh aufstehn"

[@kleinweichkleinweich]

nobody can defeat ruzzia it seems
Poland enters the chat ...

[@WorldWar1InColor]

Well Germany militarily defeated Russia in 1917 which then caused a revolution within Russia.

[@Alejandro-Magno]

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