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I suggest you guy dress up a room in Indy's house to be an air raid bunker or something, then you can have him film himself 'while under attack' and blame all issues with film or lighting on that.
Stalin was caught completely flat footed had no idea, none whatsoever, that hitler would attack btw stalin was terrified absolutely terrified of provoking hitler th-cam.com/video/-nRev9FvsBU/w-d-xo.html except in reality Stalin just fought two proxy wars against Hitler and while they made clear that invading Germany would be a bad idea they also got rid of more of Stalin's enemies let him sort through his generals and btw Stalin won that brushfire war with Japan. Terrified. Of Hitler. And clueless. He can't be ultra paranoid and trigger happy all the time except on 22 June 1941. That's too inconsistent to believe.
@@phoenixartist6357 i think the purpose of the study of history is so one can understand the current world and also as an admonition of all the errors of the past.
In fact however Stalin was solicitous of his FOREIGN intelligence operatives. It was only those operatives who returned to the USSR and stayed in the USSR whom Stalin presumed to be plotting a coup and thus (rightly!) suspected. This btw is exactly why Ohnesorge stayed in Japan, that and of course he considered himself much more effective on station rather than in the USSR itself. It's a lovely aquarium, let's check out the basemen!t
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@Michael Martin Stagger Lee wrote "Hey tankie, want a ride in my helicopter? It's free and I know how much your ilk likes free shit." He's talking about throwing me out of a helicopter, which is the standard fascist treatment of those whom they think to be communist. Get em on a plane interrogate them and then throw them out. Read up on the dirty wars or just what really happens in the middle east currently.
My great-grandfather died at the Italian Spring Offensive. He was at the Greek 11th Infantry Division. My respect to all soldiers, both Greek and Italian, who fought in that battle.
By the way incoming weeks when Rommel began to make very impressive advances on map of Cyreneica against British under a weak and substandart command , his orders from OKW and resources spared for any campaigning were ONLY about just for defence of Tripolitania and maybe retaking Cyreneica in future , not to advance to Egypt , Nile Valley and play next conquerer of Egypt. Rommel despite a very talatanted tactical commander never could grasp strategic priorties and resources (and availibilty of resources to his theatrer) and got way ahead of his orders and capabilities/resources available to him
chaosXpert While it was true Rommel couldn’t win in the long term in North Africa regardless of what he did, he really did have a habit of ignoring logistics. He was too operationally aggressive for his own good.
After taking Tobruk, there was a split in the Axis command in Africa. On one side Rommel wanted to push into Egypt, believing he could get to Alexandria. On the other General Bastico (technically his superior) opposed that plan, as he and the Italian High Command believed taking Malta should've been their next priority, to deny the Allies of a vital air and naval base that was being a painful thorn in the middle of their supply lines. Rommel would go on to use his connections with Hitler to have his way and we all know how that went. Rommel was a brilliant tactician, but not exactly a good strategist.
@@chaosXP3RT The thing is he was supposed to know that his resources and forces available under his command simply was not enough for such undertaking , marching into Egypt and Nile Valley. The unloading capacity of Tripoli and Bernghazi harbours were unsufficient and definite. So was Italian shipping and sealift capacity. These are simple aritmetics but Rommels began to believe his own glory too much and got his army defeated. Any commsnder who pushes his command beyond breaking point and fails after , should also assume responsibilitty of defeat as well as fame of victory
@@merdiolu Rommel knew that every day he stood idle, the British 8th Army got more tanks and reinforcements. If he stayed idle, his whole army would be wiped out. But if he could take Cairo and the Suez, he would severely cripple British forces in North Africa and the British Empire's connection to the rest of it's colonies. Then he could get more supplies and give the Italian Navy a fighting chance
Thank you Indy and team for this episode. It definitely must not have been easy to film the WW2 episodes in these difficult times. Will continue to support on Patreon the best I can. Might be a good time to catch up on all the backlog videos for those who are unable to leave their homes for various reasons... Keep on going!
Another throwback that livens up the ensemble without going overboard, courtesy of the slightly muted (and very mid-century) colours. The waistcoat is a nice touch. 3.5/5
Prince Poul (Pavle) of Yugoslavia really stayed without choices and any chances in this moment. He tried until the end to fight for total neutrality, keeping the "good" relations to Germany until now but he was simply surrounded by the Nazis and Italians... Many argue that the following coup against him after they sing the agreement is sponsored and supported by the Brits, Communists, Angry Royalist (who supported Peter, son of Alexander of Yugoslavia instead of him and who was under age). At this point they all have interest to overthrow Poul while he was left alone in making the hardest possible choices for the country. Unfortunately only in the past years here in Serbia they tried to (at least) look deeper into his positon from a different perspective. INTERESTING FACT: Paul have only one daughter Jelisaveta Karađorđević which is still alive today and throughout the years supported Serbia with so many different humanitarian aids, but also she is direct witness of events of that time, her father life, her Greek mother... There are many interviews with her and is sad that most of those do not have any English translation. People here really admire her and calling her a princess (which maybe can not be said for the son of Peter Karađorđević who is now the "official crown price" and also living in Serbia, although he also making many humanitarian actions but is never that popular within the people + Serbia is not a monarchy now).
The "oh, not that kind of Aces" joke needs to be done in the Blackadder goes forth kind of British comedy. It's just that good, but the episode is even better
Schepke's U100 was rammed by HMS Vanoc. He was on the bridge at the top of the conning tower and was crushed against the periscope by Vanoc's bows. Nasty. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
yes, this incapacity of the USSR intelligence service is why the USSR ended WW2 in control of half of Europe. It is why the USSR lost at Kursk, why it lost at Stalingrad, why it lost at Moscow, and even why it lost at Leningrad Or, you are parroting things of which you know nothing exemplifying another success of USSR intelligence services.
@@QuizmasterLaw except part where leningrad was lost for all intents and purposes as it was cut off from the rest of the USSR kursk was told to the Soviets by the western allies they were in control of half of Europe due to conventional warfare not intelligence and the soviet intelligence played no role in stalingrad they knew everything about barbarossa and did jack shit so no my friend the soviet intelligence had no major successes in the war
@@alperos29 I think he is angry at the remark: lack of intelligence in Soviet high command rather than the calling out problems with their intelligence agency.
I'm not angry, rather disappointed but unsurprised. I suppose you have heard of and studied operation bagration? How much of the victory at Stalingrad was due to Western intelligence hm? Both those victories were the result of USSR intelligence, nothing to do with the western allies. Sure, the British did warn the USSR of Kursk, like it needed to be warned, it was a very obvious go-to move. I don't subscribe to the current Russian view that the western allies want to ignore/downplay/rob the Russians of victory and glory but you guys make it tough to do that.
I'm getting excited you guys are getting closer to cover the "Desert Rats of Tobruk". I also want to ask if you guys will be doing a "Weapons of WW2" series similar to what you guys did on The Great War channel. Excellent video as always!
*_SIDES AT PRESENT:_* *_World War Two_* *Allies:* _Albanian resistance,_ Australia+, Bahrain-, Belgium*+, Canada, Chechnya-Ingushetia^, China^^, Czechoslovakia*, _Danish resistance, Estonian resistance’, Ethiopian Arbegnoch,_ Free France+’’, Greece, Iceland~’’’, _Latvian resistance’,_ Luxembourg*, Nepal, Netherlands*+, New Zealand+, Norway*+, Oman-, Poland*, South Africa, United Kingdom+ *Axis:* Germany+, Italy+, Japan+^^^, Manchukuo~, Mengkukuo~, _Ngolok Tibetans^^^^,_ Reorganized ROC~, Slovakia~, USSR’’’’, Vichy France+’’ *3rd Parties:* Denmark’’’’’, _Lithuanian resistance’_, Thailand^^^^^ _Italics:_ Non-state forces ~puppet *occupied with a government-in-exile & resistance movement. +Includes the country’s colonies, overseas territories, or reichskommissariats -self-governing protectorate or territory ‘The official governments of the Baltic States reluctantly accepted the USSR’s ultimatums, resulting in their occupation & the installation of new Soviet friendly regimes. This led to the creation of irregular national resistance movements, though it would take time before they became formal organizations. As the Estonian & Latvian resistance forces are fighting the USSR-who is a co-belligerent of Germany at this time-they are listed with the Allies. Although the exact date that Polish & Lithuanian resistance forces began fighting each other for control of the land around Vilnius/Wilno is unknown, they do so throughout the war as well as fight Germany & the USSR. For this reason, I’m placing the Lithuanian resistance in the 3rd Parties list. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* After Operation Barbarossa, I will reassign them based on the new front between Germany & the USSR. ‘’When newly appointed Prime Minister Philippe Pétaind announced his intentions to seek an armistice with the Axis powers, General Charles de Gaulle established a government-in-exile that would continue the war on the Allied side. French colonies had to decide whether to remain loyal to the Vichy Regime or join the Free French. Chad under Governor Félix Éboué was the first to join De Gaulle & *_SPOILER WARNING:_* soon all of French Equatorial Africa was in Free French hands, with its capital Brazzaville serving as headquarters for the movement. By late 1943, all French oversea possessions except in Indochina were controlled by Free France. Although the French government in Vichy is officially neutral, I have placed them with the Axis. The main reason being that Allied forces would continue to attack & occupy the territory it claimed throughout the war. At the same time, the Vichy government collaborated with Germany by providing war materials, allowing them use of their territory for strategic operations, & in implementing the Holocaust. ‘’’Although the Icelandic government issued a formal protest, the British invasion was not contested because Iceland lacked a military to fight back with & so told its people to treat the occupiers as guests. Even to this day, the "Lovely War" is controversial. Many Icelanders view the Allied occupation very negatively for the loss of their country’s sovereignty & for foreign troops fraternizing with local women. Others point to economic & infrastructural benefits the happened during the war. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* Iceland’s occupation is transferred to the Neutral USA on July 7th, 1941. At that point, I will take Iceland off the overview until Pearl Harbor. ’’’’I have the USSR on the Axis side because both Germany & them are currently at war with Poland(The Soviets invaded on September 17, 1939), divided Poland between themselves pre-invasion, are working together to end the Polish resistance, & are trading war materials. This is all detailed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty, the German-Soviet Credit Agreement, & the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* After Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, I will move them to the 3rd parties list(See my policy on country placement below) & then move them to the Allies after the signing of the Sikorski-Mayski agreement in July 1941 between the Polish government-in-exile & the USSR. ‘’’’’In the 2nd week of April, both Germany & the United Kingdom invaded & occupied parts of Danish territory(Germany occupied Denmark proper & the United Kingdom occupied the Faroe Islands) to “guarantee their independence & neutrality.” Everyday life went on mostly as before with Local authorities in both areas cooperating with the occupiers. Hitler hoped that Denmark would be “a model protectorate” that would aide his larger goals. Despite this, the Danish national government resisted calls by Germany for legal discrimination against Jewish Danes, the death penalty, & German military courts to have jurisdiction over Danish citizens. The Danish colony of Greenland(being de facto independent at the time) asked the neutral USA to protect them from invasion by the warring powers. Throughout this time, Denmark remained officially neutral despite having Axis & Allied forces on its soil. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* On August 29, 1943, after refusing to submit to any further German demands, the Danish government was dissolved & the German military took direct control of the country. At that point, I’ll take Denmark off the 3rd parties list & replace the Danish resistance with Denmark(with an occupied disclaimer). ^The Provisional Popular Revolutionary Government of Chechnya-Ingushetia is currently engaged in a guerrilla war against the USSR for independence. Since I have the Soviets in the Axis for reasons stated above, I‘m placing Chechnya-Ingushetia with the Allies *_SPOILER WARNING:_* until Operation Barbarossa, when I will move them to the Axis. ^^The Kuomintang & Communist Parties have signed a truce to fight the Japanese as part of the Second United Front lead by Chiang Kai-shek, but coordination is minimal & both deeply mistrust the other. ^^^I’ve combined the European & Asian wars at this point because Japan has now officially joined a military alliance with Germany & Italy in the form of the Tripartite Pact & is occupying Northern French Indochina, which is land the Free French government recognizes as its own. Despite the government in Vichy agreeing to the occupation after months of pressure, impatient Japanese forces rushed across the border & clashed with their Vichy French counterparts in the first few days. Since the fighting stopped before this week’s post, Vichy France & Japan are listed together as part of the Axis. ^^^^The Ngolok rebellions were a brutal ethnic conflict fought in Qinghai/Amdo between Ngolok Tibetans & the Hui dominated Ma clique who were loyal to the Kuomintang government of China. Despite having a common enemy in the Kuomintang, the Ngolok Tibetans & Japan were only co-belligerents as they didn’t have a formal alliance & didn’t coordinate in military planning. ^^^^^After a few months of border skirmishes, full on war broke out between Vichy controlled French Indochina & Thailand on January 5th, 1941. Despite only fighting against Vichy forces, I’m placing Thailand in the 3rd parties list. The reason for this is since I placed Free France with the Allies & Vichy France in the Axis for reasons stated above & As both claim to be the legitimate government of France, they both claim to be the rightful owners of the disputed lands in Indochina, thus both would regard Thailand as a belligerent because Thailand is trying to take back land that it lost to France previously. An armistice was proclaimed on January 28th & *_SPOILER WARNING:_* Peace treaty signed on May 9th. *_MY POLICY ON COUNTRY PLACEMENT_* If a country declares war on or attacks another country & at least one of them is already involved in World War II, I’ll list the other as a part of the opposing faction. That is why the events of the Winter War are included in the main World War II list & the events of the War of ‘41(Ecuador vs. Peru) will not be. The countries listed in the factions above are comprised of both official members & co-belligerents. The terms “Allies” & “Axis” are used for both kinds of belligerents as a convenient way to distill the world war & it’s adjoining conflicts, with disclaimers used to elaborate on some of the more complicated situations. If a country or resistance movement is at war with at least one country form both factions, I’ll add them to the 3rd parties list with a disclaimer. The 3rd Parties list is not a faction, but a collection of warring parties who act independently of one another. I have to consolidate factions along co-belligerency or else the number of factions will balloon out of control. Finally, each post only represents the factions as they were 79 years ago to the day. Many countries will join, leave, or switch sides before the war ends for various reasons & I strongly encourage you to look into the situation of each country for yourself.
The participation of Indian Army units in the war was much neglected in the history available to me as an elementary and high school student in the 1960s. Thank you for correcting that deficiency.
Often many forget about the submarine ace Herbert Schultze, one of three commanders of U48, the most succesful uboat of the 2nd World War, wich sunk more then 300,00 tons of Shipping in about 4 years, most of them under Schultzes Command. He became one of the decorated aces and retired from U 48 to take commands of an U Flotilla
Indy Neidell, I'm intrigued by your ability and knowledge to exhibit in such fine details of these historic events, being a survivor of the Liberian civil war I can feel and appreciate these videos along with your Dialogue it's really impressive.
Intelligence: Germany is going to attack the USSR Stalin: Nah SPOILERS Germany attacks in June Stalin: I didn’t see that coming Intelligence: We warned you Stalin: Dude, uncool
The attack was stalled , because of the necessity of capturing allied Greece and the fierce resistance they had to face , especially in Crete , (where entire divisions were obliterated)
@@christermi not really, the attack was postponed mainly because of the Yugoslavia coup d'etat of late march and the bad terrain of spring 1941, the invasion of Greece was already scheduled back in december and ready in late march, in Crete they sent airborne and mountain divisions, the units of the 12th german army either remained in Greece or went back to Romania in may 1941.
Some suggest that Stalin thought that Hitler's plans were a bluff, because wool prices were low (no demand for winter clothing) and mutton prices high (no glut from fleece production), and German industry wasn't making winter engine oils consistent with a Winter campaign in Russia. Therefore, Hitler wasn't preparing for an occupation of Russia and so wasn't preparing for war with the USSR. Flaw in this theory, it assumes Hitler isn't an idiot who fails to ensure proper planning for winter, hence the Soviet surprise (and their plan for their own attack later that summer, hence all the Soviet troops in the western USSR unprepared to defend it).
I mean why would they be stocking up on winter supplies when they were planning to attack in the summer? Hitler's plan was a shock attack that would end the war with Russia before winter was even a factor. He was still high on the rapid success he had with France after all.
Indy talking about a good hand. Must've been thinking about "The Gambler." I know this was filmed in advance, but that's a hell of a coincidence. RIP Kenny Rogers.
I have often found the early / mid war africa part of the war to be boring but I am really enjoying this. You have done something different that really makes east Africa interesting. Thank you very much
There is a former detention centre in central Athens used by the Gestapo during the occupation. One exhibit from it is metal five-pointed stars - apparently rank badges. Greek army personnel were among those held in the centre.
That is quite impressive. Are you feeling alright? We'll release a new video every Saturday yes. In addition, we have special episodes (bio's and such) and Tuesdays and Thursdays. We'll have one tonight (yesterdays ep. got delayed).
It is heartbreaking to think about what all of these fine young men could have accomplished if the world could have avoided war. We tend to see them as good guys or bad guys but they were swept up in the times and they were loyal to their countries. What a waste.
Well, they did accomplish a lot. Before them it was not obvious that Fascism and Nazism was wrong. They also killed all hopes of large scale war in Europe since then. So, their legacy isn't construction or invention, rather it is the basis that allows for all other things to flourish.
@ 6:00 What makes you think that the Ariete only had half it's tanks? All four Battaglioni (I,II,III & VII) Arrived at Tripoli on or about February 26th.
The map animations are great. Whats missing is a scale. Saying how many kilometers a unit has advanced is good. Having atleast a scale on the map is better imo since the maps are either zoomed in or zoomed out without a standard.
I'm reminded how the Germans kept air pilots on the front if they were good (aces) vs rotating them to training others. Likely the same keeping sub aces on patrol vs teaching. Sooner or later the high scorer on the front gets killed.
Tmu the usa rotated high score pilots out to train. so any individual pilot had a "few" air kills while germany had those very high scorers but not the same instructors
@@KnightofAges and for that, like the Germans, you would lose. The US had just as many great men, but anyone who any has business making these decisions understands combat is a meat grinder, and understands the value of having someone with great skill and knowledge teach those who are new, so they don't get killed their first day in. When your 1 Achilles dies, and your entire nation is demoralized, you will be shit out of luck. History proves this.
@@KnightofAges you really don't know what you are talking about. There is no certian death toll that makes war a meat grider. In case you missed it, war, be it the trenches of ww1 or the mountians of Afghanistan, is brutal. War puts an enormous amount of stress on a person, even if they survive. It is a dangerous thing, and the longer a person stays on a battlefield, in a plane, or a submarine, tank, etc, the more likely they get killed. A hundred men who can shoot down 10+ planes each is far more valuable than 1 guy who can shoot down 100 planes, and 99 guys who end up as tally marks on some guys P51, and then suffer a huge propaganda disaster when the super ace gets killed. History is on my side, why are you arguing this?
@@KnightofAges man you are denser than a ton of bricks. "10 planes" you don't seem to grasp the concpet of an example. It could be 1, 3, 45, 1074, whatever. The point still stands, so if you actually have a point to make, make it, instead of getting into semantics. Also, I'm not a Bolshevik. As it turns out, damn near all of your super aces all got killed in combat, so I'm pretty much 100% correct here. Also, while it is easy to pull pilots when you are an ocean away, its also super easy to have your ace pilots train new pilots BY PULLING THEM FROM THE FRONT LINES. You are a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. You fail to recognize the fault in your logic, and insist it is correct despite the fact your way of thinking helped Germany go 0-2 in the world war series.
"They won't catch us this time! Not this time! They haven't spotted us! No, they're all snoring in their bunks! Or, you know what? They're drinking at the bar, celebrating our sinking! Not yet, Kameraden. Not yet!"
Stalin simply didn’t want to believe that Hitler would double cross him. He denied the hints time after time from the British of an invasion until the day it happened, and when he found out he fell into disarray. It almost broke him mentally.
I was playing battlefield 5 and I saw a player on the other team with your name Indy neidell it made me think of this week in world war two of you doing these videos
_Thrasybulus was an ally of Periander, the tyrant of Corinth. He features in a famous anecdote from Herodotus's Histories, in which a messenger from Periander asks Thrasybulus for advice on ruling. Thrasybulus, instead of responding, takes the messenger for a walk in a field of wheat, where he proceeds to cut off all of the best and tallest ears of wheat. The message, correctly interpreted by Periander, was that a wise ruler would preempt challenges to his rule by "removing" those prominent men who might be powerful enough to challenge him; this story gave the name to Tall poppy syndrome._
Soviet Intel: Germany is definitely planning an attack. Stalin: Excuse me? *Twirls a loaded gun on his finger.* Soviet Intel: Err, um, uh, could you put that gun away please?
@@KnightofAges Two Italian battleships Littorio and Caia Duilio will be repaired and ready to return back to service by June 1941. Battleship Cavour is though , is so badly damaged , she will remain out of war entirely (and no Pablo , I am looking to 79 year hindsight and historical record , not real time gameplay)
A bit of note is that Prien and Kretschmer cooperated often with each other during the course of the patrol that claimed them both. Also, Kretschmer was the most successful U-Boat commander of the war, sinking 47 ships for a total of over 273,000 tons sunk, far more than any other U-boat commander with his runner up, Wolfgang Luth, having sunk only one less ship but 48,000 tons less of GRT and who did not survive the war. Also, Kretschmer went on to serve in the post war West Germany Navy, eventually becoming a Flottillenadmiral or Flotilla Admiral, which is roughly a Rear Admiral in the US Navy. Sadly, he died in an accident in the summer of 1998 during a boating expedition to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary, having fallen while trying to climb some vertical steps and incurring fatal injuries. He was 86. Unfortunately, all of the surviving U-boat commanders have now left us, with the last to go being Reinhard Hardegen, dying in 2018 at the age of 105. Not bad for a member of a military branch that lost 60% of its vessels and 70% of its crew during the war. But with his passing, none of them remain to tell the stories of the brave U-Boat crew who willingly stalked the ocean depths in their metal coffins to do their duty. The duty to keep their stories alive falls to us.
Even when Beria reported that bridges were being repaired and equipment was being brought up to the Bug, Stalin still refused to believe was about to happen - and that was hours before the invasion!
It's Belgrade as in rhymes with trade...as a kindergarten teacher will tell you, it's got a 'magic e' meaning that you should use the long vowel form of A.
Could you possibly take a wide shot of the map and THEN zoom in to the area of action? It's difficult to place those areas without a frame of reference. A shot of the continent with the area of interest highlighted would be an immense help. Then zoom in. I love your maps otherwise. They are very good! Keep up the great work. I eagerly await each episode.
In my opinion your show keeps getting better and better, visualy and content-wise. Do you know how Germans and Italians viewed their Japanese allies or if the soldiers of the European and Asian axis powers even met?
Thanks! And that sounds like a great question for Out of the Foxholes. You can submit questions on our Community Forum (community.timeghost.tv/c/Out-of-the-Foxholes-Qs). Cheers!
The technology changes, but the human nature rarely does. It's important to be reminded the past to prevent the history repeats itself over and over again. I bumped up my support level and am grateful what you guys are doing. The lowest support level is $3/month. If more people even just throwing in some coffee money can keep the channel going.
#82 3 submarine commander Aces lost ! Interesting how Stalin didn’t want to “provoke “ the Nazis, how ironic. Wonder do you think Prince Paul make the wrong decision? Wonder how much it would of been worse to align with Britain ? Paul Karađorđević lived to 1976 Thanks as always for the episode 👍
I'm honestly surprised that the british bothered rescuing any (U-)boat crews, especially considering that it could be a "false surrender" or that they could be attacked.
Love your work Indy and crew! Question for you: why was there no international pandemic post WWII like the Spanish flu? Had the interwar medical breakthroughs made an end to such pandemics?
What about the Briggsforce that invaded Eritrea from the north and broken trough the Mescelit pass some 24 km north-east of Keren ? They are not shown at all nor mentioned on the animated map but they too participated in the battle of Keren where they played an important role as well in the upcoming capture of Massawa.
What is the Italian army’s strategic plan in Ethiopia? Their situation seems pretty untenable and it’s not like they can ship resources back home. If their plan is just to slowly retreat and then surrender, what’s keeping the troops from surrendering today? I know all war is pointless, but the Italian defense of Ethiopia and Somaliland seems especially so.
I knew Stalin was a total mass murdering, purging jerk before this series, but wow, what an eye opener this series has been as to how truly despicable the man was. He really did not deserve to come out on top in this war. Also those uboat aces should have been given tours as heads of uboat instruction at the German naval academy. Have the aces train others to be aces too.
I have always been a profound fan of WWII I, finally, don't have the urge to watch any movie with the topic being WWII. I may watch, but don't revel in it as I used to! I know I have more episodes to look forward to! At 12:35, that is the key point in understanding the Communists of that era (starting with the 20s), they were true dictators who had to receive positive information not the reality.
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I suggest you guy dress up a room in Indy's house to be an air raid bunker or something, then you can have him film himself 'while under attack' and blame all issues with film or lighting on that.
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Stalin was caught completely flat footed had no idea, none whatsoever, that hitler would attack btw stalin was terrified absolutely terrified of provoking hitler
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except in reality Stalin just fought two proxy wars against Hitler and while they made clear that invading Germany would be a bad idea they also got rid of more of Stalin's enemies let him sort through his generals and btw Stalin won that brushfire war with Japan.
Terrified. Of Hitler. And clueless.
He can't be ultra paranoid and trigger happy all the time except on 22 June 1941. That's too inconsistent to believe.
History is just so much more interesting, if you hear all the details, that added together to form, what you read in your school books.
@@phoenixartist6357 i think the purpose of the study of history is so one can understand the current world and also as an admonition of all the errors of the past.
"Comrade Stalin, I'm afraid I have some bad news. But, please don't shoot the messeng..."
*BANG*
"Well, crap..."
In fact however Stalin was solicitous of his FOREIGN intelligence operatives. It was only those operatives who returned to the USSR and stayed in the USSR whom Stalin presumed to be plotting a coup and thus (rightly!) suspected. This btw is exactly why Ohnesorge stayed in Japan, that and of course he considered himself much more effective on station rather than in the USSR itself.
It's a lovely aquarium, let's check out the basemen!t
Well, technically he was shot for being a counterrevolutionary spy that dared to tell Stalin what to do.
@@G-Mastah-Fash "I will not ask myself why i am defending idiots from those whom they rightly perceive as their enemies whilst being wrongly accused by those idiots of being their enemy too blending in is part of the job"
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@Michael Martin
Stagger Lee wrote "Hey tankie, want a ride in my helicopter? It's free and I know how much your ilk likes free shit." He's talking about throwing me out of a helicopter, which is the standard fascist treatment of those whom they think to be communist. Get em on a plane interrogate them and then throw them out. Read up on the dirty wars or just what really happens in the middle east currently.
Ann Onymous What’s your opinion on the Katyn Massacre?
My great-grandfather died at the Italian Spring Offensive. He was at the Greek 11th Infantry Division. My respect to all soldiers, both Greek and Italian, who fought in that battle.
My respect goes to him. He is in a better place now.
Ethiopia is just like a Hearts of Iron campaign. It's just one dude snaking his troops through the other dude's country.
12000 casualities for no gain, in a montain, lacking supplies and poor planning.
Good to see they are following the tradition of Luigi Cadorna
By the way incoming weeks when Rommel began to make very impressive advances on map of Cyreneica against British under a weak and substandart command , his orders from OKW and resources spared for any campaigning were ONLY about just for defence of Tripolitania and maybe retaking Cyreneica in future , not to advance to Egypt , Nile Valley and play next conquerer of Egypt. Rommel despite a very talatanted tactical commander never could grasp strategic priorties and resources (and availibilty of resources to his theatrer) and got way ahead of his orders and capabilities/resources available to him
I disagree. If Rommel had stayed and simply defended Tripolitania, eventually his position would've become untenable
chaosXpert
While it was true Rommel couldn’t win in the long term in North Africa regardless of what he did, he really did have a habit of ignoring logistics. He was too operationally aggressive for his own good.
After taking Tobruk, there was a split in the Axis command in Africa.
On one side Rommel wanted to push into Egypt, believing he could get to Alexandria. On the other General Bastico (technically his superior) opposed that plan, as he and the Italian High Command believed taking Malta should've been their next priority, to deny the Allies of a vital air and naval base that was being a painful thorn in the middle of their supply lines.
Rommel would go on to use his connections with Hitler to have his way and we all know how that went.
Rommel was a brilliant tactician, but not exactly a good strategist.
@@chaosXP3RT The thing is he was supposed to know that his resources and forces available under his command simply was not enough for such undertaking , marching into Egypt and Nile Valley. The unloading capacity of Tripoli and Bernghazi harbours were unsufficient and definite. So was Italian shipping and sealift capacity. These are simple aritmetics but Rommels began to believe his own glory too much and got his army defeated. Any commsnder who pushes his command beyond breaking point and fails after , should also assume responsibilitty of defeat as well as fame of victory
@@merdiolu Rommel knew that every day he stood idle, the British 8th Army got more tanks and reinforcements. If he stayed idle, his whole army would be wiped out. But if he could take Cairo and the Suez, he would severely cripple British forces in North Africa and the British Empire's connection to the rest of it's colonies. Then he could get more supplies and give the Italian Navy a fighting chance
Thank you Indy and team for this episode. It definitely must not have been easy to film the WW2 episodes in these difficult times. Will continue to support on Patreon the best I can. Might be a good time to catch up on all the backlog videos for those who are unable to leave their homes for various reasons... Keep on going!
My Great-Grandfather fought for Germany and perished this week in History. Thank You for this episode. It gives me some insight
My Grandpa make peace with the Japanese after WW2.
He saw Hell in the Pacific.
I hope your Grandfather is RIP.
Intelligence services seem to be rather like condoms. You actually need to use them to avoid any nasty surprises...
well, really it's a good analogy like birth control you might want to use several forms at least if you want it to be effective.
They're also both full of dickheads.
@@AppleBiscuits Well played Sir!
Arcralf You win the day sir.
@@QuizmasterLaw Either that, or withdraw
Finally, a history related channel that cites their sources.
12:27 When You're "fired" and that sounds bad news, think if You were fired and Your boss was named Stalin.
Proscurov was fired...and "fired" in Soviet Union means...fired.
The Soviet Union was very progressive in its dealings of a human resources matter, small arms ammunition was seldom wasted.
"out of a cannon, into the sun!"
According to Wikipedia, he was fired 🔥 right after the start of Operation Barbarossa
@@davidbrennan660 Small arms ammo was seldomly wasted because they were using heavy arms and disappearances then "accidents".
Another throwback that livens up the ensemble without going overboard, courtesy of the slightly muted (and very mid-century) colours. The waistcoat is a nice touch. 3.5/5
he really is stylish, with a sonorous stentorian voice.
Prince Poul (Pavle) of Yugoslavia really stayed without choices and any chances in this moment. He tried until the end to fight for total neutrality, keeping the "good" relations to Germany until now but he was simply surrounded by the Nazis and Italians... Many argue that the following coup against him after they sing the agreement is sponsored and supported by the Brits, Communists, Angry Royalist (who supported Peter, son of Alexander of Yugoslavia instead of him and who was under age). At this point they all have interest to overthrow Poul while he was left alone in making the hardest possible choices for the country. Unfortunately only in the past years here in Serbia they tried to (at least) look deeper into his positon from a different perspective. INTERESTING FACT: Paul have only one daughter Jelisaveta Karađorđević which is still alive today and throughout the years supported Serbia with so many different humanitarian aids, but also she is direct witness of events of that time, her father life, her Greek mother... There are many interviews with her and is sad that most of those do not have any English translation. People here really admire her and calling her a princess (which maybe can not be said for the son of Peter Karađorđević who is now the "official crown price" and also living in Serbia, although he also making many humanitarian actions but is never that popular within the people + Serbia is not a monarchy now).
Literally my favourite show on any platform. Period.
The "oh, not that kind of Aces" joke needs to be done in the Blackadder goes forth kind of British comedy. It's just that good, but the episode is even better
I don't get that joke and it infuriates mz
@@rayanbenadjaoud9382 He thinks they're talking about the aces in a deck of cards. Three aces is a pretty good poker hand.
Schepke's U100 was rammed by HMS Vanoc. He was on the bridge at the top of the conning tower and was crushed against the periscope by Vanoc's bows. Nasty. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Sounds like the Soviet command has a lack of "intelligence" even when confronted with accurate SigInt intelligence.
Welcome to stalinist russia
yes, this incapacity of the USSR intelligence service is why the USSR ended WW2 in control of half of Europe. It is why the USSR lost at Kursk, why it lost at Stalingrad, why it lost at Moscow, and even why it lost at Leningrad
Or, you are parroting things of which you know nothing exemplifying another success of USSR intelligence services.
@@QuizmasterLaw except part where leningrad was lost for all intents and purposes as it was cut off from the rest of the USSR kursk was told to the Soviets by the western allies they were in control of half of Europe due to conventional warfare not intelligence and the soviet intelligence played no role in stalingrad they knew everything about barbarossa and did jack shit so no my friend the soviet intelligence had no major successes in the war
@@alperos29 I think he is angry at the remark: lack of intelligence in Soviet high command rather than the calling out problems with their intelligence agency.
I'm not angry, rather disappointed but unsurprised. I suppose you have heard of and studied operation bagration?
How much of the victory at Stalingrad was due to Western intelligence hm?
Both those victories were the result of USSR intelligence, nothing to do with the western allies. Sure, the British did warn the USSR of Kursk, like it needed to be warned, it was a very obvious go-to move.
I don't subscribe to the current Russian view that the western allies want to ignore/downplay/rob the Russians of victory and glory but you guys make it tough to do that.
How bloody do you want your battles?
The east asian front: yes.
I'm getting excited you guys are getting closer to cover the "Desert Rats of Tobruk".
I also want to ask if you guys will be doing a "Weapons of WW2" series similar to what you guys did on The Great War channel.
Excellent video as always!
Another enthralling episode. One thing incompetent leadership dose is surround itself with loyalists not competence.
*_SIDES AT PRESENT:_*
*_World War Two_*
*Allies:* _Albanian resistance,_ Australia+, Bahrain-, Belgium*+, Canada, Chechnya-Ingushetia^, China^^, Czechoslovakia*, _Danish resistance, Estonian resistance’, Ethiopian Arbegnoch,_ Free France+’’, Greece, Iceland~’’’, _Latvian resistance’,_ Luxembourg*, Nepal, Netherlands*+, New Zealand+, Norway*+, Oman-, Poland*, South Africa, United Kingdom+
*Axis:* Germany+, Italy+, Japan+^^^, Manchukuo~, Mengkukuo~, _Ngolok Tibetans^^^^,_ Reorganized ROC~, Slovakia~, USSR’’’’, Vichy France+’’
*3rd Parties:* Denmark’’’’’, _Lithuanian resistance’_, Thailand^^^^^
_Italics:_ Non-state forces
~puppet
*occupied with a government-in-exile & resistance movement.
+Includes the country’s colonies, overseas territories, or reichskommissariats
-self-governing protectorate or territory
‘The official governments of the Baltic States reluctantly accepted the USSR’s ultimatums, resulting in their occupation & the installation of new Soviet friendly regimes. This led to the creation of irregular national resistance movements, though it would take time before they became formal organizations. As the Estonian & Latvian resistance forces are fighting the USSR-who is a co-belligerent of Germany at this time-they are listed with the Allies. Although the exact date that Polish & Lithuanian resistance forces began fighting each other for control of the land around Vilnius/Wilno is unknown, they do so throughout the war as well as fight Germany & the USSR. For this reason, I’m placing the Lithuanian resistance in the 3rd Parties list. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* After Operation Barbarossa, I will reassign them based on the new front between Germany & the USSR.
‘’When newly appointed Prime Minister Philippe Pétaind announced his intentions to seek an armistice with the Axis powers, General Charles de Gaulle established a government-in-exile that would continue the war on the Allied side. French colonies had to decide whether to remain loyal to the Vichy Regime or join the Free French. Chad under Governor Félix Éboué was the first to join De Gaulle & *_SPOILER WARNING:_* soon all of French Equatorial Africa was in Free French hands, with its capital Brazzaville serving as headquarters for the movement. By late 1943, all French oversea possessions except in Indochina were controlled by Free France. Although the French government in Vichy is officially neutral, I have placed them with the Axis. The main reason being that Allied forces would continue to attack & occupy the territory it claimed throughout the war. At the same time, the Vichy government collaborated with Germany by providing war materials, allowing them use of their territory for strategic operations, & in implementing the Holocaust.
‘’’Although the Icelandic government issued a formal protest, the British invasion was not contested because Iceland lacked a military to fight back with & so told its people to treat the occupiers as guests. Even to this day, the "Lovely War" is controversial. Many Icelanders view the Allied occupation very negatively for the loss of their country’s sovereignty & for foreign troops fraternizing with local women. Others point to economic & infrastructural benefits the happened during the war. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* Iceland’s occupation is transferred to the Neutral USA on July 7th, 1941. At that point, I will take Iceland off the overview until Pearl Harbor.
’’’’I have the USSR on the Axis side because both Germany & them are currently at war with Poland(The Soviets invaded on September 17, 1939), divided Poland between themselves pre-invasion, are working together to end the Polish resistance, & are trading war materials. This is all detailed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty, the German-Soviet Credit Agreement, & the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* After Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, I will move them to the 3rd parties list(See my policy on country placement below) & then move them to the Allies after the signing of the Sikorski-Mayski agreement in July 1941 between the Polish government-in-exile & the USSR.
‘’’’’In the 2nd week of April, both Germany & the United Kingdom invaded & occupied parts of Danish territory(Germany occupied Denmark proper & the United Kingdom occupied the Faroe Islands) to “guarantee their independence & neutrality.” Everyday life went on mostly as before with Local authorities in both areas cooperating with the occupiers. Hitler hoped that Denmark would be “a model protectorate” that would aide his larger goals. Despite this, the Danish national government resisted calls by Germany for legal discrimination against Jewish Danes, the death penalty, & German military courts to have jurisdiction over Danish citizens. The Danish colony of Greenland(being de facto independent at the time) asked the neutral USA to protect them from invasion by the warring powers. Throughout this time, Denmark remained officially neutral despite having Axis & Allied forces on its soil. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* On August 29, 1943, after refusing to submit to any further German demands, the Danish government was dissolved & the German military took direct control of the country. At that point, I’ll take Denmark off the 3rd parties list & replace the Danish resistance with Denmark(with an occupied disclaimer).
^The Provisional Popular Revolutionary Government of Chechnya-Ingushetia is currently engaged in a guerrilla war against the USSR for independence. Since I have the Soviets in the Axis for reasons stated above, I‘m placing Chechnya-Ingushetia with the Allies *_SPOILER WARNING:_* until Operation Barbarossa, when I will move them to the Axis.
^^The Kuomintang & Communist Parties have signed a truce to fight the Japanese as part of the Second United Front lead by Chiang Kai-shek, but coordination is minimal & both deeply mistrust the other.
^^^I’ve combined the European & Asian wars at this point because Japan has now officially joined a military alliance with Germany & Italy in the form of the Tripartite Pact & is occupying Northern French Indochina, which is land the Free French government recognizes as its own. Despite the government in Vichy agreeing to the occupation after months of pressure, impatient Japanese forces rushed across the border & clashed with their Vichy French counterparts in the first few days. Since the fighting stopped before this week’s post, Vichy France & Japan are listed together as part of the Axis.
^^^^The Ngolok rebellions were a brutal ethnic conflict fought in Qinghai/Amdo between Ngolok Tibetans & the Hui dominated Ma clique who were loyal to the Kuomintang government of China. Despite having a common enemy in the Kuomintang, the Ngolok Tibetans & Japan were only co-belligerents as they didn’t have a formal alliance & didn’t coordinate in military planning.
^^^^^After a few months of border skirmishes, full on war broke out between Vichy controlled French Indochina & Thailand on January 5th, 1941. Despite only fighting against Vichy forces, I’m placing Thailand in the 3rd parties list. The reason for this is since I placed Free France with the Allies & Vichy France in the Axis for reasons stated above & As both claim to be the legitimate government of France, they both claim to be the rightful owners of the disputed lands in Indochina, thus both would regard Thailand as a belligerent because Thailand is trying to take back land that it lost to France previously. An armistice was proclaimed on January 28th & *_SPOILER WARNING:_* Peace treaty signed on May 9th.
*_MY POLICY ON COUNTRY PLACEMENT_*
If a country declares war on or attacks another country & at least one of them is already involved in World War II, I’ll list the other as a part of the opposing faction. That is why the events of the Winter War are included in the main World War II list & the events of the War of ‘41(Ecuador vs. Peru) will not be. The countries listed in the factions above are comprised of both official members & co-belligerents. The terms “Allies” & “Axis” are used for both kinds of belligerents as a convenient way to distill the world war & it’s adjoining conflicts, with disclaimers used to elaborate on some of the more complicated situations. If a country or resistance movement is at war with at least one country form both factions, I’ll add them to the 3rd parties list with a disclaimer. The 3rd Parties list is not a faction, but a collection of warring parties who act independently of one another. I have to consolidate factions along co-belligerency or else the number of factions will balloon out of control. Finally, each post only represents the factions as they were 79 years ago to the day. Many countries will join, leave, or switch sides before the war ends for various reasons & I strongly encourage you to look into the situation of each country for yourself.
Jesus that's a good wall.
Longest comment I've ever seen (Not read because TL:DR) so far
Good work btw
Very accurate and well done summary... Thanks man, keep doing that!
USSR had not officially joined the axis, nor had China joined the allies
@@jediroot1059
Gemany has not officially declared war on Poland, Danmark or Norway also, what does it change?
The participation of Indian Army units in the war was much neglected in the history available to me as an elementary and high school student in the 1960s.
Thank you for correcting that deficiency.
Often many forget about the submarine ace Herbert Schultze, one of three commanders of U48, the most succesful uboat of the 2nd World War, wich sunk more then 300,00 tons of Shipping in about 4 years, most of them under Schultzes Command. He became one of the decorated aces and retired from U 48 to take commands of an U Flotilla
Indy Neidell, I'm intrigued by your ability and knowledge to exhibit in such fine details of these historic events, being a survivor of the Liberian civil war I can feel and appreciate these videos along with your Dialogue it's really impressive.
"So Proskorov was fired..." 12:29
Notice that Indy made finger-guns while saying this.
good catch :P
@@kr0k0deilos In all fairness, he does that regularly to emphasize a point. It's probably just synchronicity.
I just want to say that I really like these videos. Thank you all for this.
About Rommel: That's ambitious, because Suez is currently 1300km from his front.
I can't be the only who saw the dude falling on the ground at 4:18.
"You had one job Hans!"
Intelligence: Germany is going to attack the USSR
Stalin: Nah
SPOILERS
Germany attacks in June
Stalin: I didn’t see that coming
Intelligence: We warned you
Stalin: Dude, uncool
I didn't know that Germany attacked in April 1941, don't spoil it to me like that!
@Perfectly Fine oops, for a second I thought it was May
The attack was stalled , because of the necessity of capturing allied Greece and the fierce resistance they had to face , especially in Crete , (where entire divisions were obliterated)
😅
@@christermi not really, the attack was postponed mainly because of the Yugoslavia coup d'etat of late march and the bad terrain of spring 1941, the invasion of Greece was already scheduled back in december and ready in late march, in Crete they sent airborne and mountain divisions, the units of the 12th german army either remained in Greece or went back to Romania in may 1941.
Some suggest that Stalin thought that Hitler's plans were a bluff, because wool prices were low (no demand for winter clothing) and mutton prices high (no glut from fleece production), and German industry wasn't making winter engine oils consistent with a Winter campaign in Russia. Therefore, Hitler wasn't preparing for an occupation of Russia and so wasn't preparing for war with the USSR. Flaw in this theory, it assumes Hitler isn't an idiot who fails to ensure proper planning for winter, hence the Soviet surprise (and their plan for their own attack later that summer, hence all the Soviet troops in the western USSR unprepared to defend it).
I mean why would they be stocking up on winter supplies when they were planning to attack in the summer? Hitler's plan was a shock attack that would end the war with Russia before winter was even a factor. He was still high on the rapid success he had with France after all.
@@GarrusN7 Because a smart leader would plan for potential failure.
Indy talking about a good hand. Must've been thinking about "The Gambler." I know this was filmed in advance, but that's a hell of a coincidence.
RIP Kenny Rogers.
Damn...I didn't know he'd died until I read that.
oh... that's sad in fact. Kenny Rogers really was a great singer.
He could in fact have filmed the opening separately from the main part. idk.
Sad. :(
"Maybe Golikov does know what he's doing." should be written on every Russian history book.
I have often found the early / mid war africa part of the war to be boring but I am really enjoying this. You have done something different that really makes east Africa interesting. Thank you very much
Boring?
sorry each to his own i guess@@kinnikuboneman
Loving the Greek uniforms. I have one of those odd little helmets shown
There is a former detention centre in central Athens used by the Gestapo during the occupation. One exhibit from it is metal five-pointed stars - apparently rank badges. Greek army personnel were among those held in the centre.
@@stevekaczynski3793 do you know the name of this building?i live in athens and i ve never heard of this
My favorite channel.Stay safe.....dude in NZ
One of the very rare channels left on which the comment section kept worth reading ... a lot, I must say.
Thank you indy for making videos despite the coronavirus. Stay safe!
10:44 Indy is definitely saying death charges...
Golikov died in 1980, so, yeah. He knew what he had to say to his boss to keep his head on his shoulders.
Theres another episode tomorrow?? Congrats it took me 3days to see all videos. Nice job keep it up
That is quite impressive. Are you feeling alright?
We'll release a new video every Saturday yes. In addition, we have special episodes (bio's and such) and Tuesdays and Thursdays. We'll have one tonight (yesterdays ep. got delayed).
@@WorldWarTwo oh yes i have some time now.🙂 im gonna check all your intel later but i will be there for the episode
Commenting for the algorithm. Love the videos
"You got three aces? Yeah, good hand. Oh, not that kind of aces? Oh, that's not good at all then."
It is heartbreaking to think about what all of these fine young men could have accomplished if the world could have avoided war. We tend to see them as good guys or bad guys but they were swept up in the times and they were loyal to their countries. What a waste.
Well, they did accomplish a lot. Before them it was not obvious that Fascism and Nazism was wrong. They also killed all hopes of large scale war in Europe since then.
So, their legacy isn't construction or invention, rather it is the basis that allows for all other things to flourish.
After a month I catched up, these videos are amazing!
The worst possible scenario for a Soviet high-ranking official: To tell Stalin the plain truth he doesn't like to hear.
Amazing videos. You guys all ways smash them out of the park. Loving the content
@ 6:00 What makes you think that the Ariete only had half it's tanks? All four Battaglioni (I,II,III & VII) Arrived at Tripoli on or about February 26th.
Don’t quote me on this one, but I speculate that the Battaglioni themselves weren’t in full strength.
@@Mr_Bunk Nope. I, II & II:I Comando Plotone. 3x L3. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Compagnia. 12 x L3. VII: Comando Compagnia. 8x M13/40. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Compagnia. 14 x M13/40 each.
"maybe Golikov knows what he's doing?'' Now thats funny.
The map animations are great. Whats missing is a scale. Saying how many kilometers a unit has advanced is good. Having atleast a scale on the map is better imo since the maps are either zoomed in or zoomed out without a standard.
I'll pas it on to Eastory, thanks!
I'm reminded how the Germans kept air pilots on the front if they were good (aces) vs rotating them to training others. Likely the same keeping sub aces on patrol vs teaching. Sooner or later the high scorer on the front gets killed.
Tmu the usa rotated high score pilots out to train. so any individual pilot had a "few" air kills while germany had those very high scorers but not the same instructors
@@KnightofAges its better to have a hundred good men, vs 1 great man and 99 nincompoops.
@@KnightofAges and for that, like the Germans, you would lose.
The US had just as many great men, but anyone who any has business making these decisions understands combat is a meat grinder, and understands the value of having someone with great skill and knowledge teach those who are new, so they don't get killed their first day in.
When your 1 Achilles dies, and your entire nation is demoralized, you will be shit out of luck.
History proves this.
@@KnightofAges you really don't know what you are talking about.
There is no certian death toll that makes war a meat grider. In case you missed it, war, be it the trenches of ww1 or the mountians of Afghanistan, is brutal. War puts an enormous amount of stress on a person, even if they survive. It is a dangerous thing, and the longer a person stays on a battlefield, in a plane, or a submarine, tank, etc, the more likely they get killed.
A hundred men who can shoot down 10+ planes each is far more valuable than 1 guy who can shoot down 100 planes, and 99 guys who end up as tally marks on some guys P51, and then suffer a huge propaganda disaster when the super ace gets killed.
History is on my side, why are you arguing this?
@@KnightofAges man you are denser than a ton of bricks.
"10 planes" you don't seem to grasp the concpet of an example.
It could be 1, 3, 45, 1074, whatever. The point still stands, so if you actually have a point to make, make it, instead of getting into semantics.
Also, I'm not a Bolshevik. As it turns out, damn near all of your super aces all got killed in combat, so I'm pretty much 100% correct here.
Also, while it is easy to pull pilots when you are an ocean away, its also super easy to have your ace pilots train new pilots BY PULLING THEM FROM THE FRONT LINES.
You are a perfect example of the Dunning-Kruger effect. You fail to recognize the fault in your logic, and insist it is correct despite the fact your way of thinking helped Germany go 0-2 in the world war series.
Superb presentation.
Well now, this was certainly a pleasant surprise to watch. Think you just gained yourself a sub!
Thanks! Welcome aboard.
I’m watching this series 80 years on, rather than 79. Much nicer rounded number that way.
Bismarck will be able to stop any further submarine sinkings! We just need to get her into the open ocean.
11:55..." former chief " Golikov didn't want t get shot...
About Filipp Golicov, “He’s wrong about a few things.”
3:40 made me laugh and I don't even know why. War can be deeply ironic/ hilarious like this at times.
Excellent Video!
Great video. Keep up the good work
"They won't catch us this time! Not this time!
They haven't spotted us! No, they're all snoring in their bunks!
Or, you know what? They're drinking at the bar,
celebrating our sinking!
Not yet, Kameraden. Not yet!"
Das Boot.
Stalin simply didn’t want to believe that Hitler would double cross him. He denied the hints time after time from the British of an invasion until the day it happened, and when he found out he fell into disarray. It almost broke him mentally.
10:45. Death charges or depth charges?
Is there a difference? ;)
@@villehammar7858 yes. One is a name. The other is the action.
I was playing battlefield 5 and I saw a player on the other team with your name Indy neidell it made me think of this week in world war two of you doing these videos
_Thrasybulus was an ally of Periander, the tyrant of Corinth. He features in a famous anecdote from Herodotus's Histories, in which a messenger from Periander asks Thrasybulus for advice on ruling. Thrasybulus, instead of responding, takes the messenger for a walk in a field of wheat, where he proceeds to cut off all of the best and tallest ears of wheat. The message, correctly interpreted by Periander, was that a wise ruler would preempt challenges to his rule by "removing" those prominent men who might be powerful enough to challenge him; this story gave the name to Tall poppy syndrome._
Soviet Intel: Germany is definitely planning an attack.
Stalin: Excuse me? *Twirls a loaded gun on his finger.*
Soviet Intel: Err, um, uh, could you put that gun away please?
Any sea battles in the Mediterranean or Pacific? Keep up the great work, I absolutely love this channel.
Thanks
@@KnightofAges Two Italian battleships Littorio and Caia Duilio will be repaired and ready to return back to service by June 1941. Battleship Cavour is though , is so badly damaged , she will remain out of war entirely (and no Pablo , I am looking to 79 year hindsight and historical record , not real time gameplay)
A bit of note is that Prien and Kretschmer cooperated often with each other during the course of the patrol that claimed them both. Also, Kretschmer was the most successful U-Boat commander of the war, sinking 47 ships for a total of over 273,000 tons sunk, far more than any other U-boat commander with his runner up, Wolfgang Luth, having sunk only one less ship but 48,000 tons less of GRT and who did not survive the war. Also, Kretschmer went on to serve in the post war West Germany Navy, eventually becoming a Flottillenadmiral or Flotilla Admiral, which is roughly a Rear Admiral in the US Navy. Sadly, he died in an accident in the summer of 1998 during a boating expedition to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary, having fallen while trying to climb some vertical steps and incurring fatal injuries. He was 86.
Unfortunately, all of the surviving U-boat commanders have now left us, with the last to go being Reinhard Hardegen, dying in 2018 at the age of 105. Not bad for a member of a military branch that lost 60% of its vessels and 70% of its crew during the war. But with his passing, none of them remain to tell the stories of the brave U-Boat crew who willingly stalked the ocean depths in their metal coffins to do their duty. The duty to keep their stories alive falls to us.
3:30 I almost thought it wasn't Indy speaking for a second
Even when Beria reported that bridges were being repaired and equipment was being brought up to the Bug, Stalin still refused to believe was about to happen - and that was hours before the invasion!
It's Belgrade as in rhymes with trade...as a kindergarten teacher will tell you, it's got a 'magic e' meaning that you should use the long vowel form of A.
Kretschmer said a great quote Doenitz told him, “U-boats are the wolves of the sea. Attack, tear, sink”
Will you cover the hunt for the Bismarck?
Yes!!!!!!!
Could you possibly take a wide shot of the map and THEN zoom in to the area of action? It's difficult to place those areas without a frame of reference. A shot of the continent with the area of interest highlighted would be an immense help. Then zoom in. I love your maps otherwise. They are very good! Keep up the great work. I eagerly await each episode.
In my opinion your show keeps getting better and better, visualy and content-wise.
Do you know how Germans and Italians viewed their Japanese allies or if the soldiers of the European and Asian axis powers even met?
Thanks! And that sounds like a great question for Out of the Foxholes. You can submit questions on our Community Forum (community.timeghost.tv/c/Out-of-the-Foxholes-Qs). Cheers!
Mussolini: I'll do it myself
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You had me laughing at the Stalin statement of his Intelligence Chief, "not being super qualified."
The technology changes, but the human nature rarely does. It's important to be reminded the past to prevent the history repeats itself over and over again. I bumped up my support level and am grateful what you guys are doing. The lowest support level is $3/month. If more people even just throwing in some coffee money can keep the channel going.
Thanks! We wouldn't be able to do it without people like you!
Hey, Indie! Why don't you ring that bell anymore? Another great episode as always, by the way!
#82 3 submarine commander Aces lost ! Interesting how Stalin didn’t want to “provoke “ the Nazis, how ironic. Wonder do you think Prince Paul make the wrong decision? Wonder how much it would of been worse to align with Britain ? Paul Karađorđević lived to 1976 Thanks as always for the episode 👍
Hey, guys great video! Just noticed a spelling mistake at 4:28. Agains-Against.
The man who rammed Schepkey would actually go on to be a famous U-Boat hunter.
I'm honestly surprised that the british bothered rescuing any (U-)boat crews, especially considering that it could be a "false surrender" or that they could be attacked.
Love your work Indy and crew! Question for you: why was there no international pandemic post WWII like the Spanish flu? Had the interwar medical breakthroughs made an end to such pandemics?
What about the Briggsforce that invaded Eritrea from the north and broken trough the Mescelit pass some 24 km north-east of Keren ?
They are not shown at all nor mentioned on the animated map but they too participated in the battle of Keren where they played an important role as well in the upcoming capture of Massawa.
What was the role of Erich von manstein after Kursk offensive?
And Heinz guderian after operation Barbarossa?
Be patient, we are still in March 1941.
lovely graphics!
At 7:53 there is an area marked blue does this mean the free French fought in Abyssinia?
6:01 Being Italians, I assume they had only half a tank. Was it the turret or the hull?
Man I have enjoyed these. WW2 is wonderfully horrible. You do a great job! Keep it up!
Where on earth is episode 083?? Can some kind soul supply a link?
Oh ... wait, I get it: I have to be patient ... sigh ... I just gotta know how this all ends!!
4:18 That guy is enjoying himself
4:20..........center right. Is some German soldier falling off his motorcycle? Look fast because it's a less than a second clip.
What is the Italian army’s strategic plan in Ethiopia? Their situation seems pretty untenable and it’s not like they can ship resources back home. If their plan is just to slowly retreat and then surrender, what’s keeping the troops from surrendering today? I know all war is pointless, but the Italian defense of Ethiopia and Somaliland seems especially so.
"Terrible news, Comrade..." "What? What is it?" "Comrade Stalin, he has ordered your....promotion." "Noooooooooo........!"
I knew Stalin was a total mass murdering, purging jerk before this series, but wow, what an eye opener this series has been as to how truly despicable the man was. He really did not deserve to come out on top in this war.
Also those uboat aces should have been given tours as heads of uboat instruction at the German naval academy. Have the aces train others to be aces too.
1:34 Just when you thought the Italian's incompetence couldn't get any worse...
I have always been a profound fan of WWII I, finally, don't have the urge to watch any movie with the topic being WWII. I may watch, but don't revel in it as I used to! I know I have more episodes to look forward to! At 12:35, that is the key point in understanding the Communists of that era (starting with the 20s), they were true dictators who had to receive positive information not the reality.
After the end of the battle of hill 731 the hill due to heavy shelling that dug out its top it got shorten 2 meters.