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Sources:
Chew, Allen F. Fighting the Russians in Winter: Three Case Studies. Collingdale: DIANE Publishing, 1981.
Jukes, Geoffrey (2002). The Second World War: The Eastern Front 1941-1945 Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 978-1-84176-391-0
Moss, Walter (2005). A History of Russia: Since 1855, Volume 2. Anthem Russian and Slavonic studies (2nd ed.). Anthem Press. ISBN 978-1-84331-034-1.
Niepold, Gerd (1993). "Plan Barbarossa". In David M. Glantz (ed.). The Initial Period of War on the Eastern Front, 22 June - August 1941: Proceedings of the Fourth Art of War Symposium, Garmisch, FRG, October 1987. Cass series on Soviet military theory and practice. 2. Psychology Press. p. 67. ISBN 9780714633756
The Historical Atlas of World War II by Alexander Swanston & Malcolm Swanston
100 Decisive Battles by Paul K. Davis
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Is Susan the boss of TH-cam?
@@CMDRFandragon She is the CEO of TH-cam Currently
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This is Educational Content, TH-cam!
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9:38
Hitler : Let's invade Moscow !
Stalin : *Don't mind me we're having a traditional military parade*
@red leader's fav dude it's been more about... for them, this parade became to be a somekind of initiation ritual right before going to the frontline.
Did you know that in Russia on November 4 every year they celebrate the liberation of Moscow from the Poles in 1612 ?The only ones who did it 😂👍🏻🇵🇱
@@makavelithedon5475 stop pasting tze same comment
@@makavelithedon5475 don't forget the mongols
Man some of these ww2 stories are just down right epic...
"Blaming the winter is easier than admitting they were outfought by the people they considered "subhuman"."
One hell of a spot-on phrase
Edit: better do not read the replies, save yourselves some time and nerves, it's quite a shitstorm down here
To be fair, Russian winters got their reputation for good reason.
russia would v fallen if not for the winter just like what happened with napoleon
@@Truthaboveusall there are no "ifs" in history though
Damn whose quote is that that’s pretty badass
@@MDzmitry just saying that russia has nothing to offer it only was lucky that all
Griffin: makes educational content
TH-cam: No
Time for a fucking Blitzkrieg
Knock knock. Who’s their?
Rommel
A man of culture..choosing Monika.
@@madwolf0966 Ah,yes.
Random Destroyer Akatsuki Class enslaved wife.
Others:
Part I, Part II, Part III
Me, an intellectual:
Part I, Part I, Part I
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
All must be equal
My favorite part was part 1
Communists: Oh yeah, it's all coming together
Part I was better
In all wars, Logistics is always the ultimate winner.
@@hereusername
That doesn't rly make sense
@@kalsder we’re actually it makes perfect sense. Everything from invading Russia to trying to take oil fields to diverting resources to the extermination of minorities all report of the Nazi ideology. When Hitler invaded Russia, it wasn’t just for the oil fields, it was because of the fact that he believed that the Jews were the ones who had led and backed the communist revolt two decades prior. He believed it was his divine duty to rid the world of Judeo Bolshevism, and he knew that in order for that to have a chance of working, he had to defeat the Soviet union.
Well it's a very important peice that is no doubt about that
No
@@micahdadbeh5955 this Was one of the goals, but the main goal of hitlers Invasion of the soviets was "lebensraum", living space
To those who mentions “Russian winter” should know: it affects both sides.
@@vontai4553 Given that most uneducated Westerners believe that it is always winter in Russia, it is strange that they always invade Russia in summer uniforms.
There can only be one explanation: the Western general staffs are more aware of the geography and expected to occupy Russia during the summer months.
If this did not work, then there is only one explanation: the heroic resistance of the Russians and the heavy losses of the occupiers.
Yeah, but the Russians were (and still are) used to it. Russia has in Winter a way harsher climate (just like most of Eastern Europe) than Central Europe.
So they knew, if not exactly by date by season, what's going to come.
@@AWtify Allegedly, Hitler said, that wars are not decided by the weathers, when he ignored the warnings of his generals before Barbarossa, that the troops should bring their winter gear, since that would've meant extra logistical strain and would've slowed the advance into the Soviet Union.
If he would've listened to his generals arguing for an early push towards Moscow, he maybe even would've been right in this case. But that is a "What if"-scenario, nothing less, maybe the Germans would've cut off Moscow and besieged it, maybe it would've entered a guerilla warfare state with Red Army Units entrenching in the metro and fighting the Germans from there.
And maybe the Reserves from the East then would've committed to a counter attack in Winter freeing the capital city of the USSR and still pushing back the Germans.
In the real history, that took place, Hitler slowed it down and so Weather became the deciding factor.
And imho the General Staff could've known this and Hitler too, since Napoleon, relatively spoken, fared worse about 130 years earlier, due to similar tactics the Russians employed back then, scorched Earth, retreat into the wide land, let the Enemy overextend and then strike back hard in Winter.
Yeap, Russia didn’t ah w the uniforms In WWI, probably WWII like In Finland, I assume Stalin Just looked at his conscripts at meat shields, so hw probably didn’t care..
The Soviets had the winter material while the invaders arrogantly thought they could submit the country before the colder seasons came in.
The battle maps are very well animated. I like this change alot.
you seem like the guy who would be in bed by 11 to get his full 8 hours of sleep.
@@ethanrepublic4554 and take care not to trouble himself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause him to lose sleep at night
Ethan Republic what does this have to do with the comment
@@gingersnas3562 it's a reference to Yoshikage Kira copypasta
@Paddy O'Yakkin Too late lmao
Hitler: "I have an army"
Stalin: "we have a Nikolai Belinski and also his 2 million friends"
We have reznov and Dimitri
The trinity of destroying fascism
T Conger we have a hulk
@@wattsnottaken1 we have Zhukov
And 24 of those and 10 tank armies
"When people ask me what I remember most from the last war, I always answer: the battle for Moscow. She buried the "Barbarossa" plan." (G. K. Zhukov)
It*
@@danielkron2513 The word "battle" in Russian is feminine, so you use a feminine pronoun for it. I guess, Svetlana has translated the original quote literally (without adapting it for English grammar).
@@iliakorvigo7341 правда, но в английском "битва" как неодушевленное слово должно использоваться с "it". Нет смысла смешивать грамматику двух языков, тем более при переводе цитат.
@@danielkron2513 I didn't say you were wrong, I simply tried to explain Svetlana's mistake to those unfamiliar with Slavic languages.
@@danielkron2513 And, by the way, not all inanimate objects in English have neuter gender. For example, you use "she" to refer to a ship.
Even if they reached Moscow, it would have just turned into another Stalingrad.
I have always thought that but the info I researched always shows surrounding then siege the city. Moscow is several times larger than Stalingrad so it would take a good amount of resources to pull off.
@@Putseller100 the war surely wouldn't be lost but Moscow is a central transportation hub so it'd have been much tougher to move troops around.
The Russian people survived a 3 year siege, that alone should have scared off the Germans.
@@cs03gsboom69 That is a moot point because its totally historic hindsight. In late 1941 the Leningrad siege was brand new so there was no way for anybody to know that would last until Jan 1944. That would be for the German perspective, there was no way to have known. If you are speaking from a Russian perspective and how they would defend Moscow compared with the Leningrad siege or even battle of Stalingrad, well I think we know the answer.
However I am curious, is there any documents on what the Soviets planned to do if the Germans attacked Moscow.
Yes. There are historical photos of barricades built on my street in this time.
"The Germans are coming toward Moscow!"
"Quickly, burn all the food!"
"Do you know how hard it is to light borscht?"
😆😁😆
REMOVE THE T!
I have been summoned
Wait... we have no food
Joe Chi Minh JOKES ON YOU GERMANS THERES NO FOOD OVER HERE ETHER
"Today, watch me freeze in real time on the eastern front", Dude that killed me xD
Not in summer uniform 0/10
Detor
We don’t support that kind of content on TH-cam.
No no, it killed HIM!
AnguFeGa what’s this? Commenting on a history video? There’s a tax for that...
Just one thing I would like to point out, it's not that submission was never in Stalin's vocabulary, during the initial phase of Operation Barbarossa, loads of Ukrainians welcomed germans as they were fed up with Stalin. Germans rewarded them by mass killings of Ukrainians and other Slavs that were captured. Once the Soviets realized this, they choose to fight until the last man, if every last man had died, then every last woman would have picked up the gun. When you realize that the occupying force is not interested in winning the war, but trying to exterminate you and your people, the human zeal to survive kicks in and will make you fight till your last breath.
You repeat the propaganda that denies the voluntary Soviet patriotism of the Ukrainian nation. Statistics show that on the German side, 250 thousand Ukrainians fought, and on the Soviet side - 6 million.
@@Mentol_ You mean be used as Cannon fodder? The Germans purposefully gave them the worst weapons and supplies to them, they saw them as barbarians and nothing more. mean while in the Ukraine you have an entire country where almost every family has known loss at the hands of the Nazis.
Yeah but majority of so called Soviet Partisants were drunken bandits who terrorised local population
@@adrianjezierski8093 They also attacked German supply lines.
@@pyromania1018 They also helped the germans hunt the jews in ukraine
I have a healthy respect for Russia. Spent some time there pre-internet. Early to mid 90's. Loved the place. Russians have an unmatched fighting spirit.
cough cough sparta lol
But when its time to overthrow Putin, the spirit disappears
@@nebeprisikiskiakopusteliau8884 That particular matter is still playing itself out. We know not yet how it will play out. More relevant to highlight fact that their fighting spirit has not been in evidence this past month.
@@Obetv01 the fighting spirit is 100% times stronger when fighting to defend your motherland, not so much when attacking neighbor out of the blue :/
@@dik56 True. For some context the original statement was made long before Feb 24. And that original statement had WWII Russian fighting spirit which also took into account Ukrainians, Siberians etc. They were crucial to the counter offensive that defeated Hitler on the eastern from. There. I'll forever be trying to wriggle out of that original statement. Lol.
Wehrmacht: "We nearly captured Moscow"
Grande Armee: "We occupied Moscow"
Mongol Khanate: "Hold my horse"
Carlo James Palen Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: hold my hussars
Mongol Khanate: what Moscow?
@@Turntapp Russia, Austria and Prussia: We are kinda tired of holding your hussars, it's your turn holding our beer.
Ilia Korvigo “Took 3 of you to finally take me down. Now ill wait in slumber and see you all your empires fall until I eventually rise again.” *Laughs in Pierogi*
During mongol times there wasn’t even Russia. In the major battle there were 3 armies from 3 different faction fighting mongols together.
TH-cam: “This is an educational site”
War History Channels: “Today we’re covering (insert name of war or battle)
TH-cam: “Say sike right now”
Why would TH-cam even be surprised?
They have made a site FOR kids under about 10 so kids under about 10 shouldn't even be on regular youtube, so why should they even get mad at this?
I don't get it.
pead long TH-cam was deleting their documentary videos for containing things about Nazi Germany at the time of this video
1-6 😂😂😂
Eddie STAR 😂😂😂
Hitler: Tell me a joke
Stalin: Moscow
Hitler: I don't get it
Stalin: Exactly
Radio Tapok and Sabaton brought me here
Me too
Same
Before the Battle of Moscow. Stalin talked to his spy chief in Tokyo and asked him what were Japan's interest. His spy told Stalin that Japan's eyes are not looking to attack the Soviet Union. Japan's interest was else where. So Stalin had 44 divisions of the Siberian Army shipped to Moscow for the upcoming battle. The Siberian Army was waiting for a Japanese attack and join Germany in the war.
Two day after the Soviets launched their counter attack against the Germans at Moscow. Japan attacked the Americans at Pearl Harbor. In two days time. The World War took a shocking turn.
Exactly what happened, except it's too complicated for some people!
Siberia and Russian Far East were too inhospitable and underdeveloped for Japan to fight for. Also - several years before there were battles of Lake Khasan and later of Nomonhan/Khalkin Gol between Soviet and Japanese forces. They proved that Soviet army would be a very tough opponent for Japan to make easy successes. Just imagine trying to advance thousands and thousands miles of Siberian forest along a single railroad artery, to gain nothing of strategic importance. That was ridiculous even for Imperial Japanese.
So it was not a surprise that Japan turned to developed, easy to access by sea and rich in oil and other resources areas of West Asia/Pacific.
@@Freeliner75 Именно так. Японский генерал тогда сказал: Мы в России получили начальное военное образование на озере Хасан, среднее на реке Халкин-Гол. А высшее образование пусть получает Германия.
@@user-yt8ic1tg4w Прям в точку. Но не все западные "аналитики" это смогут понять.
@@PumpkinEater-dm1xx That's nonsense. Japan could invade Siberia. But the Fleet party won the government.
As early as 1920-1922, Japan actively participated in the Siberian Uprising and, under the auspices of Japan, the last ruler of Russia, Grigory Semenov, lived in Manchuria.
"Unpredictable change in the weather"
How is snow in Russia unpredictable lol
It happened to be most cold winter of century, with temperatures falling as low as -30 Celsius on top of strong wind, that literally drains all your body heat. And yes, snow and dirt in Russia are unpredictable even for natives, as they can appear as early as October, or delay until December, or even January.
Well, it's 2019 and public services around here are still surprised every year by the coming of winter.
In fact, winter during the Second World War in the USSR were anamously cold
Even nowadays nobody can see it coming.
"Opyat' zima podkralas' nezametno, v seredine noyabrya, grrrrr!" :3
Part 1: Part 1.
Part 2: Part 1.
Part 3: Part 1.
what
What
Equality of tomorrow ^^ This video's structure is simply ahead of it's time ^^
🎼Stand and follow command,
Our blood for the homeland!
Heed the motherlands call
And brace for the storm!
Moscow will never give in,
There is no surrender!
Force them into retreat
And into defeat!🎼
-Sabaton
sabaton
sabaton
Fortunately for the Germans, winter had come, freezing the roads, and allowing travel.
Unfortunately for the Germans, winter had come.
@Joseph Sosa lol
@DevilTrigger amen
@DevilTrigger And not all Germans supported the Nazis.
@@blugaledoh2669 well 99% did so what's the point Not taking action against something dosnt make you "good" either.
@DevilTrigger "young guy conscripted in your national military you don't deserve to die like that." But hey - You are a young guy working in field - and then comes a conscripted military man - killing you and your family, burning your village - suffering the same damn cold wheather but without food - because conscripted men requisitioned it all.
Do they deserve any of that?
The difference is - young german conscripts could avoid fighting in the east whereas young villager Ivan - can't.
Hitler: I need resources
Advisers: But Russia is literally like 4x the size of us
Hitler: *resources*
Probably closer to x10 sir.
Hitler: NEIN!
No sir... ten? I am beginning to have doubts about you.
@@MiraSubieGirl Da, Da
@@fulccrum2324 I am Danish too... the Da to Ja ratio is about 50 50 😅
@@MiraSubieGirl Oh, really? that's cool, I kinda just threw it in as a joke, lol
4 times? Literally means exactly.
Its unreal that high quality content like this, complete with maps and animations, is available anytime, completely for free. Thank you Armchair Historian!!!
you should check out tik for more high quality documentaries
Fucking check out eastory he is pretty good at animating map and explaining
the russian people made huge sacrifices,and they should be saluted,a very brave people
Not only russians, soviets
@@dontforgettonerfthepig3322 All Soviet people’s
You just went around the YT demonitization like the Germans went around the maginot
Edit: let’s hope that YT dosent D-Day this video and demonetize it
2nd Edit: Griffin didn’t garrison his video and YT and the allies naval invaded smh
Heinz Guderian a better comparison would be the treaty of versailles
Silence Guderian, you were good maybe the best but ultimately a failure so no military lessons from you 😂
One of his stratagems was the use of the hearts of iron 4 german flag
You see this is pre 1943 Guderian
1944- 45 Gudarian might think that not even the whermarch can encircle demonization
I know 4 isn’t a lot but this is the most likes I’ve ever gotten
Too bad YT doesn't surrender they demonetize even harder
As a russian I thank creators like you for highlighting the Western front and Soviet heroism. Its a time when it looks like its being intentionaly forgotten.
Catpoet more like Soviets had no choice hence the “Russian meat grinder”. Most Red Army infantry were more scared of the NKVD rifle behind their backs than the German one in front of them. It was an effective but utterly barbaric tactic. Just imagine Germany using such a tactic...it’s unimaginable
@@nstice1 yeah, yeah. Nobody fought for his country, home, way of life, just for the fear of NKVD. You can also google Feldgendarmerie and Feldjägerkorps.
@@nstice1
Just imagine France or Britain using something like this, gee, how could one even think about that.
@@nstice1 it is not truth,nice propaganda
@@UEDCommander France and Britain weren't classified by Germans as subhumans and whole occupied, they didn't face annihilation
When playing Civ V, one of the memorable pre-game intros is the military parade on the Red Square marching through the light snow from the square directly to the near city battlefields. One of the greatest moments of the whole war.
"MOSCOW SHALL NOT FALL"
-Comrade pov in 1941
shut up clown
@@user-ri1gq3ec2q username checks out, cause you a d**k
@@user-ri1gq3ec2q hypocrite
@@gopicoyeahyeahgopicoyeah2952 Clown named go pico yeah yeah go pico yeah tries to talk big, gtfo punk clown
I like how griffins rage is visible before you even click the video😂
@asian dude "EDUCATIONAL CONTENT"
@asian dude oh yeah, the title included "EDUCATIONAL CONTENT" BUT HAS Since been REMOVED..
I just wanted to say (since the video was a ambiguous and seemed to imply that it was) that Hitler’s decision to secure the flanks isn’t considered a bad decision. It’s a common trope to say Hitler constantly disregards his generals to make stupid decisions, but it’s not really that simple. Both he and his generals made mistakes. Bread and coal, in the Ukraine and Caucuses, were critical to Germany and it was strategically vital for Hitler to gain access to them. Not to mention that if the Germans had advanced straight to Moscow they would have faced a stronger enemy in an even more vulnerable position than they did in reality.
That was the weakness of blitzkrieg..stretched supply lines
The blitzkrieg was the only way to capture USSR. Stalin just needed 1 more year to get prepared for the war and Hitler understood that.
It was Napoleon's problem as well.
Who else gets super pumped when you hear the Russian battle cries, “ OO-RAHH”
Not if the sound of an MG-42 follow
Not if the sound of an MG-42 follow's
Hell yeah, have you played cod waw?
Ураааа
@@truthseeker4475 not of the sound of Soviet artillery follows
The Russians and Griffin are just like Elsa, the cold doesn't bother them anyway
Lol
Me and my friend are like Irishmen because we are Irishmen. We don’t like English much.
Germans: Let it goo, let it gooo (Moscow/Elsa)
Russians: nope btch
Sturmtruppen Peter Griffin of United States von Amerika
@@501ststormtrooper9 why. Britain looted so many nations but what they did to Ireland
A history TH-cam channel: *Exist*
Susan: Oh boy here I go killing again!
Who is Susan
Alejandro Kaplan TH-cam master
Alejandro Kaplan A horse
Alejandro Kaplan CEO of TH-cam
@@alejandrokaplan7243 the communist CEO of TH-cam who made youtube into a hellscape
"To the Germans, blaming the cold was easier than admitting they had been outfought by people they considered "subhuman."
And for some, not only Germans, it still is, explaining ways how (allegedly) Germany could've won WWII is mass hobby by now lol
All of these videos are top notch! They are scholarly, well-researched, and with smart visuals! Hats off to the producers!.
I wasn't prepared for Piggy supply officer of the Wehrmacht
Drunk Pingu yeah sem
Schweine
What about the tittle suggested by some one else . To prevent demonization.
-"Attack on Russia (pranks gone wrong)18+"😨😨😰
ATTACK ON RUSSIA GONE WRONG! ALLIES CALLED ALMOST DEFEATED *NOT ENLIST BAIT*
Thanks bro 😊
These esay to learn history
Well done animations with music in the final summary. Well done.
you are teaching me more history than school does
un tipo qualunque lol
Or maybe you just pay more attention here
@Professor Shibe wtf how do you gather that bud? Lol gotta love people extrapolating some crazy ideas from a single sentence.
Here I'll try it out:
You're what's wrong with humanity.
Its all in the presentation
Mike Hunt is smelly
I have to say, your videos are definetely getting better. Not just the animation (wich is also amazing) but the humor is not bad either. Love your work, keep doing what you do!
I think that having to become more self-sufficient will let the channel shine. TH-cam's restrictions hold back the talent.
What up bro
@@shorewall At least he gets sponsors...
Cold is a myth.
The Nenmen had equipment for the Winter and they were well equipped.
Supply was hindered by guerrilla warfare. Hundreds of trains were blown up.
As well as the bombing of railways. Sometimes suicidal attacks like kamikaze. In fact, kamikaze were copied from the USSR.
But not supply was key. But the Far Eastern divisions of light tanks and special forces. Gained experience of the war in China and Mongolia.
Japan did not attack the USSR; Sorge informed Japan in time about his plans for Moscow. And the parts were transferred to Moscow, which Hitler did not expect.
make yugoslavia great again!
Excelente contenido. Buenas fuentes, buena animación y buena narración. Es lo mejor que he visto en youtube recientemente.
At the end of the video made my day your videos are amazing and I’m excited to watch each video
Susan: "Politicians can bypass our ToS."
Also Susan: "Educational content? What a horrible idea."
Laughing Lizard. Suzzzzzaaaaaannnn
The rig.. sorry left politicians
Who's susan
@@emp437 Susan Wojcicki.
@@BigBangAttack-mt6pz no need to make this political
You wanna not demonized?
Title:"Stalin plays Fortnite and wins"
Stalin = Demonetization
@@doctorballs8309 Stan Lee*
Madera Inteligente No...?
@@doctorballs8309 I mean that in order to avoid demonization you could use Stan Lee instead of Stalin as clickbaiy and therefore TH-cam allows it :p
@@donverga Steel in*
Stand and follow command, our blood for the homeland
Heed the motherland’s call, and brace for the storm
Moscow will never give in, there is no surrender
Force them into retreat, and into defeat!!!!
Ty for being super accurate, 7 of my ralatives fought in this war with 2 of them taking Berlin.
Privet brat. My grandpa also fought in the war taking Berlin. The soviets were the ones who crushed germany not america. 30mio of our people were killed, only 300K americans and than they say they have won the war.
@@tennis-hockeyclub7810 they supplied money and steel
@@nutcrackerreal100 I dont want to say they could´ve won the war. But the US alone couldn´t definetely not win the war. They entered as late as they can i the war so the soviets die and also the germans so they have easy win, dust off.
Did they rape anyone along the way lol
@@nutcrackerreal100 Well, the Americans to defeat Nazism gave money, and the Soviets gave blood.
It should be noted that Soviet generals are under more stress than their foreign counterparts because of the disparity of unit sizes and composition
It didn't help that Soviet divisions were as small as a German brigade, and that Soviet field armies were equivalent to a German corps.
@Lord Farquaad I was going to say this lol
Also the lack of an actual Corps sized unit (ik Soviets had corps but they were smaller than allied/German as stated), this meant Army commanders would be trying to direct up to 15+ individual units rather than around 5+ for allied and German
@Внук Ельцина it really wasn't, look at the 1941-42 battles it lead to units going in piecemeal or receiving unrealistic and inadequate orders
11:03 I recognize those sounds from WaW.
Me too lol
I miss that game so much
Cristian Villanueva I still play it, it takes forever to find a match though.
@@ilovemanunited6179 it was full of hackers last i played
MP-40 with a suppressor, follow the sniper to his high ground, lay down some bouncing betty’s, then mop up sprinting soldiers rushing the sniper post from the flank and rear.
Great video as always! Thanks Griffin.
I love this guy’s passion for history, I’m new to the channel btw, amazing content and community
A hint for the narrator: combination "ZH" in transliterations of Russian words pronounces the same everywhere (you pronounce Zhukov's surname right, but made a mistake in the name of the city of Mozhaisk). Good luck with your videos!
I suspected you were correct. I saw the city name and thought, "Wait. Isn't this pronounced differently? The narrator from Battlefield mentioned this city, I think."
@@Roketsune it's best to think of the digraphs as single letters, because that is what they are.
"Zh" is the representation used for the letter "ж".
Zhukov -> [Zh] [u] [k] [o] [v] -> [Ж] [у] [к] [о] [в] -> Жуков
Hitler:we must attack south
Generals:no!Moscow is the top priority
Hitler: *My generals do not know the economy aspects of war*
Generals: but we do it in France, zey surrender !!!
@Johan Jacobs The entire railway infrastructure of the Soviet Union connected to the Capital. That leads access to the countries vast railway
@Johan Jacobs Never said it would of been left in tact but you're talking about dozens of railways. It would take a long time to reroute them or destroy them.
@Johan Jacobs Moscow was also the communications centre of Soviet high command... but the railways hurt, not because the Germans would use it, but, because losing your main transportation hub is never good.
The Soviet Union would lose its ability to transfer troops fast between fronts...
@Johan Jacobs Its Russia... what Morals?
Living there during the 40s was already morally destructive. Where as the Germans were not ready to accept just how dismal and cold Russia is.
If anything, simply being on Russian land would be bolstering/enraging Russians. And damaging Germans, every hour.
Great work Griffin! Keep it up.
It's also swesome that you put the links to the music in description! Thanks!
Winter,motherland and war.
Siberian troops: oh yeah its all coming together
Mexico ball the Soviet Union stoped the Germans, not the weather
@@Keely503 i never said weather stopped the Germans Im talking about the Siberians that were used to spearhead the Germans during the battle of Moskow
@@mexicoball2529 not only Siberians, but almost all men from Central Asian Republics like Kazakhstan also fought. My two grandfathers fought, one of them got a huge injury, another one became The War Hero /Soviet Hero and reached Berlin;
Rasputytsa! The mud of the Ukraine, my great grandfather fought is this war for the Red Army. They couldn't believe the Germans were trying to use the main roads, which were all dirt,
and had turned to a literal meter of mud in some places. This war a majorly brutal war.
Well, you don't bring you silly European trucks on hardcore roads, that can stop even tanks. That's not how it works.
Bolshevik traitor!
I’m glad this channel blew up I love this
Thank you for sharing this knowledge. ⚜️
As a personal note, a lot of my family members are from both Bryansk and the Kaluga oblyast (myself born and most of my mothers side from a small town slightly south of Kaluga).
The whole oblyast was heavily fought over and the town i originally came from, Ludinovo is known to change sides about 3 times by the middle of the 1942 with bitter fighting especially around the marshes and riverside of the city with many heroes (albeit some more local than anything else). Such stories are very common across all the eastern front and although a lot of the material is in Russian some of it was translated.
MrGenoHydra i wish they died
@@ahahuehafook4207 what's wrong with you
Bolshevik traitors.
@@shawnfinnegan64 Bolshevik heroes
@@ahahuehafook4207 Adolf, is that you?
Amazing work guys. All these animations, they must have been tons of work. Keep on going Griffin and team!
Great video, keep up the great work
14:39 the best soconds of my life
The half part of how the Soviet forced won is because Stalin called in troops from Siberia, which were highly more trained and better in winter if you compare it to German and Soviet troops.
German troops were not exactly equipped for the winter. Their logistics sucked and the lubricant they use on their engines and guns froze solid in below zero temperatures
Actually Moscow was in the end defended by the ENTIRE NATION, defenders came from everywhere. Siberians were not the greatest part.
PewPewPlasmagun if you take a look into documentaries, Siberian troops were more trained in winter and could deal with the Germans since they had no proper training or equipment to deal in the snow, and by entire nation I hope you just mean the western part of the country becuase the eastern side were more scared and focused on a Japanese invasion. And just didn’t care.
It's actually a common myth. The "Siberian" divisions were only a small part of the troops defending Moscow. For example, on the Tula direction there were not a single Siberian formation. Not to mention a "Siberian" division is not necessarily formed of Siberians, there were folks from all around the Soviet Union.
Lol, no.
0:12 german soldier moments before his death (1941 colorized)
I wonder if he's the famous Heinrich German-Name.
Imam i ja emisiju o operaciji barbarosa i bitci za Moskvu. th-cam.com/video/TaXbY4M8Pl8/w-d-xo.html
Bice jos o drugom svetskom ratu na istocnom frontu na mom kanalu a imam i o Ruskom gradjanskom ratu, Staljinovoj vladavini i mnogo toga drugog. Mogo bi da se subskrajbujes druze Srpski komunisto
thanks for your sharing. so many talents contribute to this episode.
Dude I love this omg. I learned so much more here then in school I swear💯
4:38 I’m sorry to see that you play right into the narrative that madman hitler should have listened to his generals to get Moscow when this is simply not the case...
yeah, his plan of a defense with strong points proved effective because avoided the lost of ground and materials, and when soviets did passed the strong points, german reserves just cut the supply lines off and the soviets were pocketed
the generals wanted a full retreat in panic leaving irremplezable tanks trucks and equipment behind, should have hitler listen to them?
After the war it was easy for the generals to say: "Hitler was wrong and if he would have listened to us, we would have won in 2 months..."
Hitler was of course no expert in warfare but his decisions until the end of 1943 were not that bad or inlogical as many think.
For the sake of accuracy, the "Rasputsitsia" or "General Cold" have equally affected both sides tactics wise. It is just Russian knew a bit better how to survive in these conditions. Nevertheless, the actual fighting was impeded for both sides. Even the argument about Wehrmacht being ill-equipped for fighting in cold weather conditions (aircraft fuel freezing just at -18C, weapons lubricant were not suitable for cold weather) leaving the lack of winter equipment are easily matched by the physical lack of military hardware Soviets were suffering from due to loss of the manufacturing base/factories being in the middle of relocation. Let's not forget the land lease convoys just started to arrive. It is actually a very interesting topic in terms of what was the most crucial thing supplied - which would probably be perhexiline gunpowder
@Ruslan Karaev they were in route for 2 years?
@@bergonius While yes lend-lease program began in 1941, it was not much of help until 43-44 when they were already winning. These supplies Americans sent over stacked up over time. They didn't just send everything all at once in one day.
Winter is cheating!!!
Yes and NO. Yes, the Soviets got the same amount of winter, cold and misery as the Germans, but.....
1. The Soviets had better suited uniforms and fighting gear suited for the weather conditions.(Tested and proven by Battlefield Detectives).
2. The Soviets were more mechanized than the Germans and did not have to rely on horse drawn wagons or bother to feed or care for the thereto required horses.
3. The Soviet military verhicles were FAR better suited for (basically non-existing) infrastructure.
4. Soviet fuel was better formulated to deal with winer conditions that would turn German Diesel fuel into useless butter.
5. Soviet lubricants for weapons were either better suited to conditions (or non-existent, which is fine as well for a while.). German weapons froze and stalled on the used grease and cold solidified oils.
5. The Soviets were used to the local conditions and were better preconditioned for generic deprivation and maltreatment. In short, They were tougher, meaner and like honey-badgers.
6. The Germans collectively suffered from moerate to severe withdrawal sysmptoms because they had run out of meth ("Panzerschokolade" Pervitin) that had kept them 'hopping high' ever since 1939. As one might be aware of: "Wizz" and normal Winter are already a really bad combination so when Russian Winter hit....need I say more??
@@Centurion101B3Cчего только русофобские вроде тебя по дураки не придумают, чтобы оправдать позорное поражение немецкой армии и принизить русских. Fck u stpd rssfb🖕🤣
I love that you show the battle attak strategy
Wow. Great videos! Good job indeed.
Brilliant video Griff has to be my favorite so far hopefully this monetization issue will be fixed soon
In Soviet Russia there was no battle of Moscow. There was only a German retreat from the mother-land.
It wasn't a battle in Moscow, it was just Zhukov playing HOI4
@@realmario979 Complete with the HOI4 German flag and never saying the word Nazi
@@bootmii98 That's what I call a full-HOI4 experience
If this isn't a joke, then it's a lie.
gotta say the use of Allegretto in the soundtrack was on point!
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
The animation was very impressive. Keep up the good work.
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Whos there?
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Bro I am from India that words hurt 😵
I just wanted to let you know I went to your website to sign up, but am hesitant due to it not currently being a HTTPS secure site. I believe it is quite easy to update though to current security standards luckily. Thanks for the great documentaries!
I think it's a good idea to make a new, more detailed video about the Battle of Moscow- just like you did with the Battle of Berlin. Good job, by the way!
I love that I recognize the sound effect of the Mosin Nagant from world at war
Man, missed opportunity for “The Sacred War”
Slavian Thé sacred war will be perfect for the vidéo about the Soviet flood in Germany
@@vachagan2007 No, that one is for Soviet March C&C3
Awesome 👏👏👏👏👏. You explain greatly 👏👏👏👏
Your videos brighten my day!
Anyone else come back here after Sabaton's new song?
A great video, I was familiar with Leningrad and Stalingrad but the Battle of Moscow is new to me. Thank you for making a great video.
As a person who loves history and enjoying in every history topic I admire your work and effort to present history on this interesting way. Many people thinks that history is boring topic full of dates and years datas but history is teacher to all of us. All the best to you
ty for this
Wow, love your content and animations. thank you for the knowledge keep fighting!
Battle of Moscow:
**happens**
The soviets a few years later:
*RIGHT BACK AT YA' BUCKAROO*
This man is the best. Thank you for these great videos!
Good video, thanks
Well done! Anyway, in some episodes, including the Red Square march, you use the Soviet insignia introduced onli in January 1943.
GREAT VID
Love him or hate him,Stalin had some cojones staying in Moscow
He staid, because he was afraid to leave Moscow. In the beginning of the war he was sure his "comrades" will arrest him and kill, so he was not leaving his "Dacha" for a few days. In December story repeated, he had no choice, just to stay in Moscow and defend it. After war story repeated the third time: Stalin staid in Moscow until he sow that solders returning from Europa will not rebel. Hundreds thousands of war heroes were send to gulag immediately after war just to let this chicken sleep soundly at the night.
@@sigitasd1 the same capitalist bullshit over and over, don't you get bored of it ? So pathetic XD
@@Red1Napoleon real life is boring... myths are intresting... one day you grow up and you will understand this. But only If you will be lucky enough not to meet any "father of the nation" in reality! These guys like to pay for they intresting myths with young people lifes...
@@sigitasd1 you are funny
@@sigitasd1 well Stalin staid in Moscow anyway. And we didn't hold a candle there:)
Brilliant Video !