As a truck driver, I am in motels 5 nights a week. I LOVE Mark's videos. They are all I watch. I just made a small contribution through PayPal. As a history buff, these are some of the best I have ever seen.
Videos like these really made hauling carts all winter easy too. One of the few perks of being a cart boy is nobody cares if you got an earbud in all day
Thank you for your work! My grandmother was working at the tractor factory in Stalingrad, assembling t34 tanks that went into battle at the end of the assembly line, also my grandfather, her future husband fought for the city. The stories they reluctantly shared were horrifying. Thank you, I love your work.
My grandmother helped build Spitfires in Birmingham during WW2 - she was 17 when she started working. When she wasn't at work, she was tending to the crops for the family to survive. Women of that generation were tough as hell! Yet no great celebration of their work, no 'history month', no teachings in schools. So little is taught about their sacrifice - many gave their lives to fight - and hardship.
So true TWG ,Brave Women defended the Home front,All types of Factories, hospitals ,Searchlights Aircraft ferrying Etc Many committed suicide with the stress due to the persistent bombing ,day & night Many times greater than a lot of their male counterparts Oversees
@@leehotspur9679 That goes for all countries, regardless of alliance. The women, children and old folk of those decades must of gone through untold horrors, yet no one talks of their struggles. Lets not forget about the Spanish flu pandemic that happened after the first world war, claiming millions of lives. That period after WW1 makes the year 2020 look like a mere foot note. A good dose of perspective is what's needed for the current age!
To be fare, there isn't a "men's history month" idea even being floated. Your message also seems to be "but for men it is expected of them, while for women exceptional". Then again the myth is being a man in the world is some sort of an entitlement. Numbers show it has historically been more of a death sentence, and this highlights why.
@@thewaywardgrape3838 Well is that fair? Seems to be misandry you are guilty of. Workplace deaths also seem to be all men when you look at the numbers. Men do all the dying, we could at least get some recognition. Sadly no, out gender is looked down upon by females. The attitude is we deserve to die.
This is what Mark does so well. Finding those mostly forgotten bits of history that turn out to be important. I particularly appreciate finding the German records to balance out the official Russian turn of events.
What exactly does the "official Russian turn of events" not please you? As a rule, the propaganda stamp about the “official Russian turn” is repeated by those who do not know anything except the “western official turn of history”, like a magic spell. Almost always, "true Western historians" refer to the Nazis ... Such is their love for everything Nazi ... The Nazis are the same knights of sacred Western truth.
@@francuzskilyotchik Hi for your information iam a former citizen of Soviet Union who is a student of military history - I have lived & worked in Australia since 1978 - where I came with my parents as I refugee / migrant...
@Skodaman2 Oh really,Russia has been a Commie country since stalin went in order,"till now" and probably in the future they are the one that will start ww3
@Skodaman2 Why are you worried about commie ? Are you a millionaire, and your property will be impounded of ill gained money ? If you are an ordinary working poor bum like the rest of the population, nothing to worry about commie.
I’m very surprised by that. I too am married to a Russian, and every person I’ve met through family and friends knows this. Maybe we are from a different, earlier generation
My great grandma was a cook that followed the red army.on several occasions she had to fight along side the men.i see her strength in my mother and grandmother.
@eric kowalski Umm what?, Nazi Germany would of never defested the USSR Stalin would never surrender, the Germans could never ocupy such a large country, they would have to stop to set up defensive positions, giving the soviets the time to re-arm
It is a shame, that with the current tensions with Russia, Western Europe does not pay homage to the sacrifices of young, brave Soviet men and women. So much of the West's freedom is owed to them.
They were young in the UK also, RN had cadets 15 years old on the front line, many was lost with the sinking of the Royal Oak, Even low the rules change after this it did not affect the other 15-year-olds on ships, only new sign up, the army had 16 and 17 years old doing runners jobs close to the front line, RAF in the sheds had cadets 15 years old.
@@southerneruk The Red Army had women _everywhere,_ 800,000 of them, in tanks, snipers, fighter planes (not just flying planes from factories to the airfields), antiaircraft, infantry....it was unlike _ANY army, ANYWHERE_ in the world during the war. Women volunteered in droves after the horrific early losses of Soviet soldiers were reported, and they were allowed to fight. You cannot with historic integrity compare any girls or women in the UK to the female soldiers in Soviet Union.
Okami -"The media" is not a monolithic entity that is exactly the same the world over. And America is not the world. You live in the age of the Internet. If you don't like the news you see on TV, then don't watch it.
Fastnail -"Feminist propaganda". If you lived in Russia, you'd be talking about "homosexual propaganda" because there's no difference between those people and you ... except for the country in which you live.
The media out here talks a big game about the power of women, but never really explores the expanse of human experience that they have encountered. I imagine it doesn't help that significant developments happen in other countries, which runs counter to the national exceptionalist impulse which curtails many a heart and imagination in this world.
@@femalesupremacistoverlord6800 Oops. Didn't realize people were replying to this. Yes. What you said. Watching this and seeing a lot of the comments made me think about how feminism is a principle that gets undercut by nationalism. The latter discourages or, in mature cases, forbids people from seeing their interests manifest in the members of other groups, even allied nations. That isolates a feminist from, and often pits them against, most women. Lots of people in the comments are too hostile to Russia/ the USSR to respect what these women did. That blows.
@@flednanders7556 That’s fascinating because I consider myself a feminist and I’ve always been impressed by heroic and brave acts by women even if they are/were from a country who’s supposed to be “the enemy”. I thought most viewed things this way but I’ve never even been patriotic let alone nationalist so maybe I’m the odd one out. I feel a unity with other women even if we have opposing beliefs and live on opposites sides of the planet, assuming they didn’t harm an animal or child of course.
We hail the Women of the 1077th! Those Band of Sisters were pivotal in the saving of Stalingrad and quite possibly the war in Russia. Thank you for your service X
Mark, I'm always amazed at the battle/event specific archival footage you manage to get and use. Not like everyone else who always uses the same old generic stock footage of a B17 formation, or Stuka divebombers or a bunch of tanks rolling down the road, your's is always relevant to the event you are describing. Very impressed. Keep up the good work.
no doubt, I can't imagine the time it takes to put something like this together. you do see generic stock footage here and there but there is a ton of stuff I have never seen! notice in this one, there is very little actual footage of these brave women. the other video he has, the night witches about women flying night time raids on the germans in old planes, right by where I live, their is a museaum that Paul Allen has, of microsoft fame, a world war two museum, and he has one of these actual old night witches planes there on display. complete with all the soviet markings. sadly this museum has been shut down for some reason. they were in the process of restoring a true, flyable Stuka when it shut down. it would have been the only real stuka to actually fly
@@fredgarv79 That sounds fascinating! I'm going to Google him and hope to learn more about this. People of my grandparents time were so badass yet we underappreciated them. They spent their childhood in the Great Depression- just living through that made you tough! Then WW2, then they raised the Me generation 🙄 lol, can you imagine- as conservative as they were, their kids grow up to be hippies etc.
My dad was 13 when Stalingrad was won, he remembered even in rural Ballarat in Victoria Australia people came out into the streets to celebrate, his mother said to him "We are winning the war on all fronts now, you wont have to fight and your father uncles and cousins will be home soon".... 2 more years passed before the war ended, not all of dads uncles and cousins came home, his father had to serve until 1948 because he was in the Navy. 7 years later Dad was fighting in Korea.
Thanks for reminding us how great events often hinge on the actions of a few fighters who accomplish the impossible and force a change in the course of a battle. These young women deserve to be remembered and honoured.
Good work, I wanted to see exactly this! My grandmother used the anti air gun in Stalingrad. She said when Germans attacked there were so many planes that you could barely see the sky.
My father was a tanker with the 761st Tank Battalion during WWII. He said the exact same thing about Allied planes going to bomb Germany. He told me that the sky would literally go dark there were so many American bombers (the British bombed at night) . Your grandmother was a brave and courageous lady.
I have nothing against German soldiers and I'm sure very many of them were very brave men but these were young girls going up against hardened professional combat troops.
@@bbcmotd yeah you're right, there was no Pride the Soviets invaded Poland, Finland wake me at 10 in the story of Paul during the war. No Pride in that at all.
If only EA had chose this unit instead of making up the norwegian story. Great video mark, I have read about this. You could do a video on the female pilots at Stalingrad, the most famous being litvyak“the white lily of Stalingrad"
I've read about this story when she shot down a Luftwaffe fighter aircraft the german pilot demanded to see the brave pilot(while captured by soviets) who shot him down. He apparently tore off the medals off his chest when the Soviets brought a short woman. He thought the Soviets were mocking him.
@@fretted4life In a move I lost the book, but there was a legendary story about her last flight and what might have happened afterwards. An epic air battle after which she tried very hard to keep her plane inflight, but she failed. She might have died in the crash, or nearby, and one woman came forward in 1975 claiming to be her. That woman lived a normal life after the war-but not in Russia.
They demanded to fight. It wasn't any easier for Soviet men to see women joining the fight but women quoted revolutionary doctrine about equality among men and women. Their question was : why should our men go die for us while we are capable and willing to risk our life just as men do. No political commissar could argue their ideological stance.
women of child bearing age should be no where near a battle field. They are the future. So not only did they die but all their children and many future generations.
Each one of those 87mm antiaircraft shells weighs 25 pounds, the 37mm shells weighs 15 pounds. These women cannoneers were hefting some weight in that battles. They kept fighting until they were killed in action. They had balls🇷🇺
I absolutely love this channel. I love discovering more about history. I'd really love to see a video about an Irish fighter pilot called Brendan Finucane someday on here. He flew during the Battle of Britain and was one of the most famous pilot during the battle until his death at 21 years of age.
I would love to see that story as well. Though we know about people like the gallant Poles and others fighting along side British Forces we should also remember those who crossed the Irish Sea to fight along side us. Many of whom faced difficulties when they returned home.
@@bigblue6917 It's amazing when you consider Brendan's father fought in the Easter Rising of 1916 too. But then when Ireland got it's independence there was no work so the father moved the whole family to England haha! It's the most Irish thing ever 😂 Actually if you're looking to find out more about him here is a great radio documentary on his time in the RAF. Some great interviews with his brother and mates: www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2009/0623/646111-finucane/
Russian women did significant and heroic deeds for their motherland. From Snipers to air Force pilots. I have nothing but huge respect for them. Thank you Mr. Mark.
When I saw this I thought it would be about the female snipers that took part in the battle, but you managed to uncover yet another little-known WWII story. Very good video.
"Stalingrad is no longer a town, by day it is an enormous cloud of burning, blinding smoke; it is a vast furnace lit by the reflection of the flames, and when night arrives, one of those scorching, howling, bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank, the nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones can not bear it for long; only men AND WOMEN endure."
@@davidhollenshead4892 That was quoted Max Hastings' World at War believed to be from a German soldier. Indeed, or we might ask what was the "pork" feeding on in the city that forced it to plunge into the Volga to gain the other bank....
My grandmother was active at Stalingrad. She was involved in decoding messages from the front before being transmitted to headquarters in Moscow. She was also in the office when Field Marshal Paulus surrendered.
A sterling video on the bravery of Soviet women at the Eastern Front ! How many sacrificed their lives in battles, full of courage and vigor that some men can't appreciate ? Lifting heavy shells, no sleep, fear and tension with orders to stand till the last by the commissars. Glory to women heroes and we salute you all more so on International Women's Day !
Compare these outstanding women to what we have in our country. Touchy, easily offended, and resentful of men who made their existence possible. I salute those brave Soviet Woman, especially those who gave their lives for something greater than themselves. RIP
Hats off for these brave women fighters that helped make a difference to defeat the enemy. Also to the thousands of young women nurses and first aids who saved the life of countless soldiers right on the front line. Hope they had a good life after the war.
Wow...again learned something New!!! One of my Uncles did fight with the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.....got wounded( 3 Bullets in his Body) an so was one of the last Persons to be taken out by Plane( Ju 52). He never saw any one of his Comrades again.....he was one of 2 Survivors of his Unit. After the War, he was so pissed of from War, he never wanted one of his Son´s(4 he got) to join the new German Army(Bundeswehr)......he always told us the Stories of Suffering, and how lucky he was to Survive the War. He went to Stalingrad (nowadays Wolgograd) in the 90ties again, he could recount a lot of Situations there again, he did met Ex Soviet Soldiers and both of them had Tears inside their Eyes......and asking me: For what Reason we had to come here as young Soldiers??? Only to kill and to be killed for what???
Thank you for your story of your uncle at Stalingrad. It has been judged as the worst conflict in history. What a waste of human life (estimated at 2 million dead). Have a look at the 1993 German film 'Stalingrad', especially the scene where the last casualties are being evacuated by Ju52s.
@@clydewmorgan American ? , if so are you following the Safety Protocol's about 6' distancing and wearing a mask ?. If your an American , are You Following Orders ?,, the Nazi's were as that was there job .
Kurds refer to Kobane as the Kurdish Stalingrad. 9,000 ISIS attacked 2,500 defenders, led by female general Nalin Afrin. After five months, 4,000 ISIS were dead, along with 700 Kurds. First time ISIS was defeated. Three years later, one of Nalin's fighters, Rojda Felat, another female general, led the successful assault on Raqqa, the ISIS capital. They call each other "Heval", the Kurdish word for "Comrade".
Yes all this is true.Well done Mark.These ladies were as tough as teak.We owe them a great debt of gratitude for their fine stand which as you say altered the war in our favour.
Who is "our" favor? The eastern Europeans who suffered under Soviet occupation for decades after the war? The Americans, Australians, French, British and Canadians who died fighting their proxies in Korea and Vietnam? The Soviets were never our allies, they just weren't our declared enemies yet, and they were every bit as vile as the Nazis.
This is stuff you never see in a history book used in our schools. It's men & women like this who get little to no recognition but are the backbone of the military.
Most of the time they only focus on 'Hitler is bad'. No mention of how Germany was ruined in WW1. No mention of how German soldiers were normal people like everyone else.
@@Sir-Cletus the history books in my state school, back in the 1980s, talked about how ruined Germany was in the aftermath of WW1 and how they got themselves back on their feet just in time for the Americans to pull the rug from under their feet. They even mentioned that German was already recovering from that before Hitler came to power. But there again they also mentioned all the evil that Hilter and the Nazis did and that most Germans weren't members of the Nazi party but went along with it and were involved in their atrocities and that includes the German Army and Luftwaffe. They also discussed the effects of WW1 on Britain and France including the situation in Ireland and the other colonies.
Thank you for sharing this story. Those women deserve to be recognized for their heroic support. As an American, I grew up only hearing about the American and British contributions to the war. I have only recently learned that, if it wasn’t for Russia, the Germans could have possibly won the war.
To James Coburn. What You are saying is very true, we are supposed to be living, in a free open society, and even today our own government, is still only telling us what they want us to know. We all have to be thankful to the Internet, and media channels especially U. TUBE for having the courage to bring us the perspective, from the other side and from the people who actually know the truth, I would also like to thank all those Reporter's who covered, conflicts and war's and sacrificed and died, so we would know the truth,and will never receive any medals or recognition for their sacrifices. There's one thing in the video that l find awkward or astounding, it's part when Hitler is prematurely, congratulating, is general's for having overtaking Stalingrad. I hope you still remember, after the invasion of Iraq, a few days later, George Bush was on the deck of some warship, congratulating, the Admirals and General's and soldier's and Marines and telling them l quote " It's Over" in fact it was just about to begin. Also during hurricane Katrina he was congratulating, the homeland secretary for a job well done, when in fact the disaster was about to be unveiled to the World. History does repeat itself.
Incredible part of history! Many thanks for teaching me so many “new” events from WW2 I had no clear idea! Greetings from Guatemala! Great theme video for the International Women Day (March 8th). Do you have a video of women in WW2?
Try Beevors' book "La chute de Berlin" about 1945 fight of Berlin there are some Soviet units of Stalingrad which made the way until German Reich later.
@@TheBelrick the population women to men doesn't really matter, when you look at it, everyone was fighting in the eastern front, there were war children, and they had the lowest population after the war, but celebrate the men amirite
Respect to those woman who fought for a totalitarian regime that killed more people than Hitler? Respect to those woman who fought for an army that invaded Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia unprovoked all during the war? You might as well be giving your respect to the Germans instead.
@@tedmccarron if you respect the germans and ss then its still no better than respecting the ussr, when it boils down to it youre still respecting a totalitarian regime
@@tedmccarron let me add this on too, the soviet did help us win the war, tremendously, then they collapsed so thats that, no more regime, plus most men woman and children didnt fight for the leadership, it was more of a revenge thing, ya know killing there people, and raping the women, burning there villages, I'd be pissed to and fight back despite the leadership
Мой дед Григорий Таран 1903 года рождения, кадровый офицер пропал без весте в 1942 году в городе Сталинград. Вечная Память и Слава Герою !!! Спасибо Вам что правдиво освещаете эти события. Потому как в западном просвещенном и самом справедливом мире эти события истолковываются совсем иначе, George Orwell все это прекрасно описал.
anyone interested in this, try finding the book "The Unwomanly Face of War" by Svetlana Alexievich - it is full of stories like these but it's quite a hard and emotional read
The women of the Soviet Union during world war II in particular, displayed extreme examples of heroism that other countries should stand and take notice of. Most respect for the women of the Soviet armed forces.
@@0MoTheG you're complaining about stalin, without his job we would have had massive genocid even in USA, or every other country. If Red army had capitulated, Nazis would have crushed usa
Thankyou Mark. This is outstanding. Who says women can't fight? If they were equipped with the right ammo, the outcome would be a lot different. Those babes were BAD ASSES.
No need to justify your sources or content, Mark. Every video is an amazing unveiling of war history with genuine footage and precise narration. Thanks for producing.
To give you an idea of the magnitude of the sacrifice the Russians made in the battle of Kursk, they lost 3 times as many men in that battle alone than the Western allies had in the entire D-Day invasion.
@@mountainguyed67 pretty sure he meant the russians lost 3 times as many men either killed or wounded in that battle than the entire western allies lost in the entire d day invasion, not just the first day, but the entire invasion over the course of a month or longer even. 276,000 americans dead in europe/north africa, USSR 10.7 million dead. another 15 million dead civilians, jews, etc. in t he soviet union. 380,00 british soldiers died. so less than a million, compared to 10 million. of course, we came in late, wheras the russians had been fighting since 1941, we didn't come in until middle of 44 and only lasted till early 45. whatever your politics, the russians suffered greatly more in every way
My family (I am from austria) Lost 5 Brothers in Stalingrad. They where 11 siblings and all 5 boys died. They were forced to fight. No nazis and none of them return. I always think about it when I watch saving private james ryan. It was a devastating tragedy on all sides. Please let history be a lesson to all of us. Thanks Mr. Felton for the videos!
Dang tbf you guys kinda got dragged into this by a (coincidentally) Austrian who took power in Berlin :( Wonder what would happen if the Art school accepted Adolf
I can tell you this Mark, I have much love and respect for these women. They did not hesitate or back down one inch, they were fighting for their Homeland and for the very lives.❤
My friends father was a German soldier and wasn't released until 1951 from a Russian Pow camp. He got drunk one night and told us this story.... There was a thief and a rat amongst the German men who were prisoners at this p o w camp somebody was telling the Base commander plans of escape and everything that was going on among the German soldiers they were given a loaf of bread a week I believe and somebody was stealing their bread they figured out who it was finally that he was there Chaplin or priest that was the rat and the thief but they got back at him when they were finally being shipped home in 1951 they were in boxcars and this priest was asleep they grabbed him that threw him out the box car when they we're going over a bridge that was thousands of feet to the bottom they all laughed because the guy woke up when he was thrown out of the box car and they said they could hear him scream all the way to the bottom
@@jbrobertson6052 Yes kids, the Russians kept German POWs until well after the war was over. And yes there were rats among them whose only loyalty was to themselves. That scream must have been music to the ears of those poor men.
@@OLzSStolz I was like10 years old when he told the story and I don't know where abouts this happened they could have been on the train for who knows how long and they could have been in another country I just don't know and I really wish that I knew more all I know is that he never talked about the war much and when he did he had been drinking but one thing that I do know is that he was a hard working person and as honest as they come I'M sure that he called it a deep gorge so that's all I can tell you,sorry about that. He never said where the prison camp was but I do remember him saying that it was in the middle of no where and how they used to sneak out of the camp at night to find food at the farms that were around the area and I remember asking him why they didn't Escape he says we could do it easily but where would you go it was miles and miles from anywhere. He's gone now he died 15+ years ago. Cheers
best comment of this comment section lol. deserves way more likes........in the 10´000!! ...and of course stalin was terrible too!! Hitler and Stalin both equaly evil ..but shure, these women where extremly brave fighting against the nazis !!!
Yet ANOTHER great video of an aspect of WW2 that was very significant, yet overlooked. My first time learning of this battle, and I am a "history fan"! THANKS!
Sacked for 'inappropriate use of panzer formations' .. As said by an ex infantry soldier with very limited tactical and strategical know how. Mark, you're doing a fab job digging up all these unknown stories. Keep going !!
I'm really enjoying theses videos, they remind me of the World At War documentary series from the '70's narrated by Laurence Olivier. Mark is also a great narrator and his in-depth look at more obscure historical events such as this one are not only top notch but much appreciated too.
Indeed. Snipers, tank drivers, artillery crew, aircraft pilots ... there was no shortage of badass female fighters in the Soviet Union during World War II. It is sad that the achievements and sacrifices of these courageous women are today often forgotten, or ignored because of politics, and instead replaced by outright lies. Like EA DICE did in Battlefield V.
This is what real Russian women look like. Not like the skinny mail order brides that come over to marry an American, bring the family over, and divorce him.
It brings a tear to my eye seeing the bravery of what has always been pushed as the "fairer, yet weaker" of us. These ladies should be honoured the world over, they shattered the stereotype and put the majority of men to shame. Legends never die.
The stunning information in this is that they stayed at all 37 of their artillery gun stations in the battle right up to the last shell defending their home. None of them left, escaped away from, or abandoned their artillery guns; until all of them had died at the guns shooting the anti-aircraft cannons leveled flat trajectory to act as anti-tank cannons. They all died taking on the oncoming enemy tanks. This is a truly heroic event of military combat endeavor. Thet all would have received Medals Of Honor had they been defending a U.S. City in America.
Thank you Mark. Another exciting episode in a horrible war. ''Stalingrad. Where the men are men. And the women tougher than the men.'' Happy International Womans Day in deed. Peace.
@@LiftOffLife Have you noticed how easily you get triggered? No, I didn't think so. Your colleagues must snigger behind your back about how paper-thin your emotional defences are.
I was reading about these women awhile ago who fight in the lines. I thought it was amazing they also jumped at the chance to fight for Russia, their home. The USA also had women pilots who were night fliers bringing cargo to bases. They didn’t get metals until later on. It’s unfortunate they weren’t recognized. Women fought in this war as well and I think the world would really enjoy listening to this story about the women who fought in WWII. Thank you for telling their story that has been unspoken.
A piece of history concerning the battle of Stalingrad I never knew about. Thanks Mark for another great Video. Always so informative and well researched. Yours is the only channel like this I like. I can rely on authenticity of everything presented. Thank again Mark.
I can barely express my feelings with tears in my eyes from such a bravery and self sacrifice. Something you would expect from desperate and battle-strenghtened men was shown from girls fighting like lionesses. Out of words.
"Right until afternoon we had to fight 'shot for shot' against 37 anti-aircraft positions manned by tenacious fighting women, until all were destroyed." - Official 11th Panzer Division after action report Getting an after action report insisting that they had to kill everything that stood in front of them in order to advance was probably the most fitting tribute these women could ever receive.
Mr. Felton I don’t know much about video editing, but this was a masterpiece. The disciplined and sophisticated look on the German officers faces. The German forces “relentless blitzkrieg” with their still unbroken morale.The unfathomable territory and army reserves of Russia and the women who without a question bravely fought armor, aircraft and experienced german forces. I would have been terrified by the sirens of the stukas. Also from 1982 theres a black and white TV series about the Second Hungarian army by the Don river in 1942-43. With a lot of episodes and interviews with all the survivors. If you are interested, but Im not sure if there is a translation for it. Edit: And the narrating was spot on as usual!
Don't be too awed by the bravery of the Soviet forces. The grunts at the tip of the spear had machine gunners (at their backs) trained on them ready to pepper them if they were to turn back.
These videos by Dr. Felton are simply the best. A true historian who actually understands the implications of forgetting history. There is a clear pattern of professionalism, passion and presentations second to none.
Another fantastic story, thanks Mark. And I will say I have had many arguments with Males who claim that no Russian Women fought in any battles and stayed in the back lines. Too much Western thinking in their heads.
When in 1989 eastern Germany dissolved, there was a big wave of female suicides short after. The reason was the loss of sovereignty, independence and job, because east german women had now to be "pressed" in the western woman role (housewife), and for lots of them, that loss of dignity was unbearable... The degree of unemployment exploded, and these women not unly used to be sovereign, but also had very good jobs, in the highest positions of the job-world-hierarchy, as ingenieurs, physics-professors, computer-ingenieurs and other similar high-qualification type of jobs... I got to know a woman, that was an olympics swimming-gold-medallist before 1989, but after 1989 she couldn´t even find a job as a swimming coach in schools, because she was just an "amateur", and has never been officialy a "profesional". The term of "professional" didn´t exist in socialism, you either have studied something, and could accompish it, or you had to study again something else, while social engineering counted nothing... Her female "professional" western german colleagues were totaly rubish in compare, but the western german state had to do something after all, in order to contain those sovereign and independent women, and finally break their will, and ensue the western order of life...
Excellent contribution Mark I had no idea this was the case, fascinating to see women in combat roles in such a critical situation and effect to the overall Battle of Stalingrad!
I find it poetic Justice that the army of the third reich, so much fed on norse mythology, met its match at the hands of stout and resolute women, like the warrior-maidens from these myths.
Thanks again for another tribute to the Russian fighting females. Hollywood should be producing movie after movie of their exploits, courage and sacrifice, however, politics and jingoistic pride deprives us of a very human story. It's not just a story about Russia, it's about human beings fighting to the death for what they love and how females step up to the plate when the chips are down, without the need of any superpowers. Bloody awesome!
"... Two brand new T-34 tanks were driven straight out of the factory into action... "_their paint still wet_ 6:38 That's one helluva a test drive and a gangsta move
Hey Mark, please make a video on the the Soviet ladies in the air over Stalingrad, e.g. the Soviet ace The White Lily. Stalin denied her posthumous commendation, but Gorbachev honored her years later. Good story. Thanks, Dan. P.S. Damn tough ladies on the ground and in the air!
The Germans did the same against Russian tanks. It's all about the shells. These Russian women anti-aircraft gunners were simply not ready to fight the tanks and it was just a desperate attempt to delay the German advance at any cost. These women couldn't take the guns and leave, they could drop the guns and leave. But they chose to fight while they could.
They shouldn't have been *too* surprised to find heavy AA turned against their tanks. After all, they'd been doing that in the African desert against the British with their 88mm guns.
This legend stirs me emotionally. I have three grown daughters and I know as only a father would know that they too, would have stood their ground and fought to their last breath. But I also wonder if there will come a day when pride in country will diminish and along with it the desire to fight for it.
The country's dead mate, there is no future for this nation. If you hadn't noticed, a lot of the younger generation don't even know if they're supposed to be male or female. It's over, it is done.
As a truck driver, I am in motels 5 nights a week. I LOVE Mark's videos. They are all I watch. I just made a small contribution through PayPal. As a history buff, these are some of the best I have ever seen.
Videos like these really made hauling carts all winter easy too. One of the few perks of being a cart boy is nobody cares if you got an earbud in all day
i wish i could contribute
How does being a truck driver in motels come into play here
Truck driver Mark felton appreciation club
We deliver history videos so you don't have to
Yes, - and he's got a great voice for narration too.
Thank you for your work! My grandmother was working at the tractor factory in Stalingrad, assembling t34 tanks that went into battle at the end of the assembly line, also my grandfather, her future husband fought for the city. The stories they reluctantly shared were horrifying. Thank you, I love your work.
Ok commie
@@daniellap.stewart6839 Ok NAZI
Please share those reluctant stories
@@daniellap.stewart6839 The Nazis literally wanted to exterminate all Russians you pos.
What they must have seen, wow
My grandmother helped build Spitfires in Birmingham during WW2 - she was 17 when she started working. When she wasn't at work, she was tending to the crops for the family to survive. Women of that generation were tough as hell! Yet no great celebration of their work, no 'history month', no teachings in schools. So little is taught about their sacrifice - many gave their lives to fight - and hardship.
So true TWG ,Brave Women defended the Home front,All types of Factories, hospitals ,Searchlights Aircraft ferrying Etc Many committed suicide with the stress due to the persistent bombing ,day & night Many times greater than a lot of their male counterparts Oversees
@@leehotspur9679 That goes for all countries, regardless of alliance. The women, children and old folk of those decades must of gone through untold horrors, yet no one talks of their struggles.
Lets not forget about the Spanish flu pandemic that happened after the first world war, claiming millions of lives.
That period after WW1 makes the year 2020 look like a mere foot note. A good dose of perspective is what's needed for the current age!
To be fare, there isn't a "men's history month" idea even being floated. Your message also seems to be "but for men it is expected of them, while for women exceptional". Then again the myth is being a man in the world is some sort of an entitlement. Numbers show it has historically been more of a death sentence, and this highlights why.
@@edwardschmitt5710 Because it is expected of men to fight and die in war. It always has been.
@@thewaywardgrape3838 Well is that fair? Seems to be misandry you are guilty of. Workplace deaths also seem to be all men when you look at the numbers. Men do all the dying, we could at least get some recognition. Sadly no, out gender is looked down upon by females. The attitude is we deserve to die.
This is what Mark does so well. Finding those mostly forgotten bits of history that turn out to be important. I particularly appreciate finding the German records to balance out the official Russian turn of events.
Indeed! Mark always seems to be a trusted and thorough researcher and presenter, makes his videos very enjoyable and educational!!
You simply need to do more research
Felton is not your supplier of historical information, yet a catalyst to discover more. Thanks mark xoxo
Some years ago Antony Beevor also mentioned these events in his excellent book on Stalingrad...
What exactly does the "official Russian turn of events" not please you? As a rule, the propaganda stamp about the “official Russian turn” is repeated by those who do not know anything except the “western official turn of history”, like a magic spell. Almost always, "true Western historians" refer to the Nazis ... Such is their love for everything Nazi ... The Nazis are the same knights of sacred Western truth.
@@francuzskilyotchik Hi for your information iam a former citizen of Soviet Union who is a student of military history - I have lived & worked in Australia since 1978 - where I came with my parents as I refugee / migrant...
Amazing choice for International Women’s Day. My wife is Russian and didn’t know this story. She thanks you, Comrade Felton!
Your Wife is a commie
@Skodaman2 Oh really,Russia has been a Commie country since stalin went in order,"till now" and probably in the future they are the one that will start ww3
@Skodaman2 Why are you worried about commie ? Are you a millionaire, and your property will be impounded of ill gained money ? If you are an ordinary working poor bum like the rest of the population, nothing to worry about commie.
Erwin Rommel ...what would you know about any of this, you committed suicide more than 75 years ago!!!
I’m very surprised by that. I too am married to a Russian, and every person I’ve met through family and friends knows this. Maybe we are from a different, earlier generation
My great grandma was a cook that followed the red army.on several occasions she had to fight along side the men.i see her strength in my mother and grandmother.
@Eric Hartmann And British aid.
Eric Hartmann -what’s wrong with you?
@Eric Hartmann Nazi. You're name says it all.
@eric kowalski Umm what?, Nazi Germany would of never defested the USSR
Stalin would never surrender, the Germans could never ocupy such a large country, they would have to stop to set up defensive positions, giving the soviets the time to re-arm
Congratulations by your grand mother!She was great woman My respects for her!
The girls in the video look so young! Just teenagers, literally kids! I bow to their heroism!
Those who fought were all young.
It is a shame, that with the current tensions with Russia, Western Europe does not pay homage to the sacrifices of young, brave Soviet men and women. So much of the West's freedom is owed to them.
They were young in the UK also, RN had cadets 15 years old on the front line, many was lost with the sinking of the Royal Oak, Even low the rules change after this it did not affect the other 15-year-olds on ships, only new sign up, the army had 16 and 17 years old doing runners jobs close to the front line, RAF in the sheds had cadets 15 years old.
@@southerneruk The Red Army had women _everywhere,_ 800,000 of them, in tanks, snipers, fighter planes (not just flying planes from factories to the airfields), antiaircraft, infantry....it was unlike _ANY army, ANYWHERE_ in the world during the war. Women volunteered in droves after the horrific early losses of Soviet soldiers were reported, and they were allowed to fight. You cannot with historic integrity compare any girls or women in the UK to the female soldiers in Soviet Union.
Totally respectfully agree.
A better tribute to women than anything the media will come up with
You gotta be kidding, the feminist propaganda is relentless.
true that, when history is full of strong women worthy of remembrance.
Better to see real women of history than movie and TV SJW BS!
Okami -"The media" is not a monolithic entity that is exactly the same the world over. And America is not the world. You live in the age of the Internet. If you don't like the news you see on TV, then don't watch it.
Fastnail -"Feminist propaganda". If you lived in Russia, you'd be talking about "homosexual propaganda" because there's no difference between those people and you ... except for the country in which you live.
I am continually amazed by the strength, courage and tenacity of those young Russian women. May they all rest in peace.
The media out here talks a big game about the power of women, but never really explores the expanse of human experience that they have encountered. I imagine it doesn't help that significant developments happen in other countries, which runs counter to the national exceptionalist impulse which curtails many a heart and imagination in this world.
@@flednanders7556 so I don't get what you're saying, can you simplify?
@@flednanders7556 So you’re saying because the US is so self obsessed we miss out on the extraordinary things women do in other parts of the world?
@@femalesupremacistoverlord6800
Oops. Didn't realize people were replying to this. Yes. What you said. Watching this and seeing a lot of the comments made me think about how feminism is a principle that gets undercut by nationalism. The latter discourages or, in mature cases, forbids people from seeing their interests manifest in the members of other groups, even allied nations. That isolates a feminist from, and often pits them against, most women. Lots of people in the comments are too hostile to Russia/ the USSR to respect what these women did. That blows.
@@flednanders7556 That’s fascinating because I consider myself a feminist and I’ve always been impressed by heroic and brave acts by women even if they are/were from a country who’s supposed to be “the enemy”. I thought most viewed things this way but I’ve never even been patriotic let alone nationalist so maybe I’m the odd one out. I feel a unity with other women even if we have opposing beliefs and live on opposites sides of the planet, assuming they didn’t harm an animal or child of course.
We hail the Women of the 1077th! Those Band of Sisters were pivotal in the saving of Stalingrad and quite possibly the war in Russia. Thank you for your service X
My tribute to these brave women 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I was touched by your video, and it is a nice gesture of yours to post it on the International Women's Day. Thank you.
Mark, I'm always amazed at the battle/event specific archival footage you manage to get and use. Not like everyone else who always uses the same old generic stock footage of a B17 formation, or Stuka divebombers or a bunch of tanks rolling down the road, your's is always relevant to the event you are describing. Very impressed. Keep up the good work.
no doubt, I can't imagine the time it takes to put something like this together. you do see generic stock footage here and there but there is a ton of stuff I have never seen! notice in this one, there is very little actual footage of these brave women. the other video he has, the night witches about women flying night time raids on the germans in old planes, right by where I live, their is a museaum that Paul Allen has, of microsoft fame, a world war two museum, and he has one of these actual old night witches planes there on display. complete with all the soviet markings. sadly this museum has been shut down for some reason. they were in the process of restoring a true, flyable Stuka when it shut down. it would have been the only real stuka to actually fly
@@fredgarv79 That sounds fascinating! I'm going to Google him and hope to learn more about this. People of my grandparents time were so badass yet we underappreciated them. They spent their childhood in the Great Depression- just living through that made you tough! Then WW2, then they raised the Me generation 🙄 lol, can you imagine- as conservative as they were, their kids grow up to be hippies etc.
My dad was 13 when Stalingrad was won, he remembered even in rural Ballarat in Victoria Australia people came out into the streets to celebrate, his mother said to him "We are winning the war on all fronts now, you wont have to fight and your father uncles and cousins will be home soon".... 2 more years passed before the war ended, not all of dads uncles and cousins came home, his father had to serve until 1948 because he was in the Navy. 7 years later Dad was fighting in Korea.
South Koreans who live in freedom today thank your father!
Russia (USSR) saved the World from Nazi. And now Russia brings down Nazi Regime in Ukraine. Hi from USA.
@@rossdawgsbrokenspirit9038 Hate to really pull that back a bit, but South Korea was a dictatorship until the 80’s well after the Korean War.
Thanks for reminding us how great events often hinge on the actions of a few fighters who accomplish the impossible and force a change in the course of a battle.
These young women deserve to be remembered and honoured.
Good work, I wanted to see exactly this! My grandmother used the anti air gun in Stalingrad. She said when Germans attacked there were so many planes that you could barely see the sky.
My father was a tanker with the 761st Tank Battalion during WWII. He said the exact same thing about Allied planes going to bomb Germany. He told me that the sky would literally go dark there were so many American bombers (the British bombed at night) . Your grandmother was a brave and courageous lady.
@Eric Hartmann ?????????????
@Eric Hartmann calm down there nazi boi
@Karl Papp hate the government not the people the people also suffered under Stalin
@eric kowalski due, Soviets are no more. Hard to live a life hating a whole fandtom nation like you do. Pity you.
What can I say. I'm Scottish but I'm filled with pride for these young women from so far away. Outstanding bravery.
Why not be proud of the German soldiers who fought them too?
@@tedmccarron No pride in invasion
I have nothing against German soldiers and I'm sure very many of them were very brave men but these were young girls going up against hardened professional combat troops.
@@bbcmotd yeah you're right, there was no Pride the Soviets invaded Poland, Finland wake me at 10 in the story of Paul during the war. No Pride in that at all.
@@tedmccarron In 1920 Poland invaded Russia. In about the same year Finland invaded Russia. In 1938 Poland invaded Slovakia.
If only EA had chose this unit instead of making up the norwegian story. Great video mark, I have read about this. You could do a video on the female pilots at Stalingrad, the most famous being litvyak“the white lily of Stalingrad"
Thank you!! I too want to see a story on white lily.
I've read about this story when she shot down a Luftwaffe fighter aircraft the german pilot demanded to see the brave pilot(while captured by soviets) who shot him down. He apparently tore off the medals off his chest when the Soviets brought a short woman. He thought the Soviets were mocking him.
@@fretted4life In a move I lost the book, but there was a legendary story about her last flight and what might have happened afterwards. An epic air battle after which she tried very hard to keep her plane inflight, but she failed. She might have died in the crash, or nearby, and one woman came forward in 1975 claiming to be her. That woman lived a normal life after the war-but not in Russia.
How about a game based on the night witches?
Flying wooden planes with no parachute...
It wasn't EA, it was Dice. Dice is the one who made it, EA published it
A tragic loss of those young women, but there legacy of bravery under fire must never be forgotten.
IM SURE THEY ARE REMEMBERED
So, little is know about their sacrifice; they gave their young lives in combat, and ,as a unit, their bravery in action helpes to defend Stalingrad!
...the women of the 1077th anti- aircraft Regiment.
They have had heavy losses. Many of them die or werde wounded.
They demanded to fight. It wasn't any easier for Soviet men to see women joining the fight but women quoted revolutionary doctrine about equality among men and women. Their question was : why should our men go die for us while we are capable and willing to risk our life just as men do. No political commissar could argue their ideological stance.
women of child bearing age should be no where near a battle field. They are the future. So not only did they die but all their children and many future generations.
Each one of those 87mm antiaircraft shells weighs 25 pounds, the 37mm shells weighs 15 pounds. These women cannoneers were hefting some weight in that battles. They kept fighting until they were killed in action. They had balls🇷🇺
85 MM guns, 20 LBs. shell wt. 37 MM guns 1LB. 5oz. shell wt.
Those womans had balls? Yeah seems legit.
Bah! Russian woman stronk...like bull!
@@VT6VT it's a figure of speech.....
Trans. Wo man
I absolutely love this channel. I love discovering more about history. I'd really love to see a video about an Irish fighter pilot called Brendan Finucane someday on here. He flew during the Battle of Britain and was one of the most famous pilot during the battle until his death at 21 years of age.
I would love to see that story as well. Though we know about people like the gallant Poles and others fighting along side British Forces we should also remember those who crossed the Irish Sea to fight along side us. Many of whom faced difficulties when they returned home.
@@bigblue6917 It's amazing when you consider Brendan's father fought in the Easter Rising of 1916 too. But then when Ireland got it's independence there was no work so the father moved the whole family to England haha! It's the most Irish thing ever 😂
Actually if you're looking to find out more about him here is a great radio documentary on his time in the RAF. Some great interviews with his brother and mates: www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/2009/0623/646111-finucane/
Russian women did significant and heroic deeds for their motherland. From Snipers to air Force pilots. I have nothing but huge respect for them. Thank you Mr. Mark.
When I saw this I thought it would be about the female snipers that took part in the battle, but you managed to uncover yet another little-known WWII story. Very good video.
"Stalingrad is no longer a town, by day it is an enormous cloud of burning, blinding smoke; it is a vast furnace lit by the reflection of
the flames, and when night arrives, one of those scorching, howling, bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank, the nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them.
Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones can not bear it for long; only men AND WOMEN endure."
@@davidhollenshead4892 That was quoted Max Hastings' World at War believed to be from a German soldier.
Indeed, or we might ask what was the "pork" feeding on in the city that forced it to plunge into the Volga to gain the other bank....
To gether we remeber there lifes given with grate sadness . But most of all hope and honer i bend my knee to them
@@ianwhiteley5102 Are you dyslexic or just taking the piss?
RO2 much?
No only MEN because women is of Man. Regardless are you gonna throw all the boys under the bus like that for a few girls?
My grandmother was active at Stalingrad. She was involved in decoding messages from the front before being transmitted to headquarters in Moscow. She was also in the office when Field Marshal Paulus surrendered.
A sterling video on the bravery of Soviet women at the Eastern Front ! How many sacrificed their lives in battles, full of courage and vigor that some men can't appreciate ? Lifting heavy shells, no sleep, fear and tension with orders to stand till the last by the commissars. Glory to women heroes and we salute you all more so on International Women's Day !
Compare these outstanding women to what we have in our country. Touchy, easily offended, and resentful of men who made their existence possible. I salute those brave Soviet Woman, especially those who gave their lives for something greater than themselves. RIP
Hats off for these brave women fighters that helped make a difference to defeat the enemy. Also to the thousands of young women nurses and first aids who saved the life of countless soldiers right on the front line. Hope they had a good life after the war.
they were all sent to the gulag and died in the frozen wastelands of Siberia
Lol some got raped
I believe they all fought to the death
@@Ltblitzful would rather die then getting raped while still alive
@Susan Ananda why the hell are you even asking this?
Wow...again learned something New!!! One of my Uncles did fight with the German 6th Army at Stalingrad.....got wounded( 3 Bullets in his Body) an so was one of the last Persons to be taken out by Plane( Ju 52). He never saw any one of his Comrades again.....he was one of 2 Survivors of his Unit. After the War, he was so pissed of from War, he never wanted one of his Son´s(4 he got) to join the new German Army(Bundeswehr)......he always told us the Stories of Suffering, and how lucky he was to Survive the War. He went to Stalingrad (nowadays Wolgograd) in the 90ties again, he could recount a lot of Situations there again, he did met Ex Soviet Soldiers and both of them had Tears inside their Eyes......and asking me: For what Reason we had to come here as young Soldiers??? Only to kill and to be killed for what???
For what? For being a spineless, mindless nazi.
Thank you for your story of your uncle at Stalingrad. It has been judged as the worst conflict in history. What a waste of human life (estimated at 2 million dead).
Have a look at the 1993 German film 'Stalingrad', especially the scene where the last casualties are being evacuated by Ju52s.
For the land that was promised to them.
@@clydewmorgan American ? , if so are you following the Safety Protocol's about 6' distancing and wearing a mask ?.
If your an American , are You Following Orders ?,, the Nazi's were as that was there job .
For oil...
Another gem! These young ladies remind me of today’s female Kurdish fighters.
Absolutely brother. Agreed!!
Indeed and unfortunately same fate :(
And we abandoned them...the shame of the U.S.
@@showmemoviesnow You are a MORON.
Kurds refer to Kobane as the Kurdish Stalingrad. 9,000 ISIS attacked 2,500 defenders, led by female general Nalin Afrin. After five months, 4,000 ISIS were dead, along with 700 Kurds. First time ISIS was defeated. Three years later, one of Nalin's fighters, Rojda Felat, another female general, led the successful assault on Raqqa, the ISIS capital. They call each other "Heval", the Kurdish word for "Comrade".
Спасибо Вам за Ваш труд, дорогой Марк Фелтон!
He says, you're welcome!
Nice to see these brave young women receiving some accolades for their heroic efforts. Nice change of pace..thanks for sharing.
" All Gave Some , Some Gave All " .... a respectful salute and tribute to International Women's Day , excellent job Mark , as always .... Cheers !!!
Volk Gomofobm is that you? I know a group in VK that uses the same wolf at your avatar.
@@camaradacomissario9641 .... No sir , it would appear quite a few of us resonate with Canis lupus .... I view the wolf as my spirit guide .
it made a stunning impression upon German troops to discover so many young women among the dead, after such stubborn, fierce battle
That is one of the best "last stand" histories ever made!
No lesser than Thermopylae,Saragarhi,Gorkhas in WW2,Kamikazes,the Alamo,etc
Yes all this is true.Well done Mark.These ladies were as tough as teak.We owe them a great debt of gratitude for their fine stand which as you say altered the war in our favour.
Robert Castle is teak a tough wood? Never heard that phrase before
America allied with Russia & China! Next we began fighting with them! LOL!
@@DannL18 teak wood is some of the hardest wood you can get.
Who is "our" favor? The eastern Europeans who suffered under Soviet occupation for decades after the war? The Americans, Australians, French, British and Canadians who died fighting their proxies in Korea and Vietnam?
The Soviets were never our allies, they just weren't our declared enemies yet, and they were every bit as vile as the Nazis.
This is stuff you never see in a history book used in our schools. It's men & women like this who get little to no recognition but are the backbone of the military.
Because school history books tend to focus on the big picture and not the countless stories that make up the big picture.
So you want to bombard students with all the information they probably won't be using just because 'It's cool'?
Most of the time they only focus on 'Hitler is bad'. No mention of how Germany was ruined in WW1. No mention of how German soldiers were normal people like everyone else.
@@blyatman7244 So have History in schools if nobody can remember it?
@@Sir-Cletus the history books in my state school, back in the 1980s, talked about how ruined Germany was in the aftermath of WW1 and how they got themselves back on their feet just in time for the Americans to pull the rug from under their feet. They even mentioned that German was already recovering from that before Hitler came to power. But there again they also mentioned all the evil that Hilter and the Nazis did and that most Germans weren't members of the Nazi party but went along with it and were involved in their atrocities and that includes the German Army and Luftwaffe.
They also discussed the effects of WW1 on Britain and France including the situation in Ireland and the other colonies.
Thank you for sharing this story. Those women deserve to be recognized for their heroic support. As an American, I grew up only hearing about the American and British contributions to the war. I have only recently learned that, if it wasn’t for Russia, the Germans could have possibly won the war.
To James Coburn. What
You are saying is very true,
we are supposed to be
living, in a free open society,
and even today our own government, is still only
telling us what they want us to know. We all have to be
thankful to the Internet, and
media channels especially
U. TUBE for having the courage to bring us the
perspective, from the other side and from the people who actually know the truth,
I would also like to thank all
those Reporter's who covered, conflicts and war's
and sacrificed and died, so
we would know the truth,and will never receive
any medals or recognition for their sacrifices.
There's one thing in the video that l find awkward or
astounding, it's part when
Hitler is prematurely, congratulating, is general's
for having overtaking Stalingrad. I hope you still
remember, after the invasion of Iraq, a few days
later, George Bush was on
the deck of some warship,
congratulating, the Admirals
and General's and soldier's
and Marines and telling them l quote " It's Over" in
fact it was just about to begin. Also during hurricane Katrina he was congratulating, the homeland secretary for a job well done, when in fact
the disaster was about to
be unveiled to the World.
History does repeat itself.
Incredible part of history! Many thanks for teaching me so many “new” events from WW2 I had no clear idea!
Greetings from Guatemala!
Great theme video for the International Women Day (March 8th).
Do you have a video of women in WW2?
Fascinating. I read about this in Anthony Beevor's book 'Stalingrad: the Fateful Siege'
Try Beevors' book "La chute de Berlin" about 1945 fight of Berlin there are some Soviet units of Stalingrad which made the way until German Reich later.
Ashen Shugar That’s a damn good book, I read it in 2018.
A great book!
@eric kowalski poor unsignificant antisemit pole.
Such incredible courage-the willingness to stand up for their country! ! ! Happy International Women's Day! ! !
international womens also known as Internatipnal Working Womens day was invented by Stalin.
@@VisualdelightPro good invention
koji bre women day
Salute .. Respect to those Brave Women and those who supported them.
By wars end their were 24 million MORE women than men in Russia, but hey. celebrate the wahmen amiright?
@@TheBelrick the population women to men doesn't really matter, when you look at it, everyone was fighting in the eastern front, there were war children, and they had the lowest population after the war, but celebrate the men amirite
Respect to those woman who fought for a totalitarian regime that killed more people than Hitler? Respect to those woman who fought for an army that invaded Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia unprovoked all during the war? You might as well be giving your respect to the Germans instead.
@@tedmccarron if you respect the germans and ss then its still no better than respecting the ussr, when it boils down to it youre still respecting a totalitarian regime
@@tedmccarron let me add this on too, the soviet did help us win the war, tremendously, then they collapsed so thats that, no more regime, plus most men woman and children didnt fight for the leadership, it was more of a revenge thing, ya know killing there people, and raping the women, burning there villages, I'd be pissed to and fight back despite the leadership
Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes to Humanity. Thanks to the efforts of Mr Felton, you women are remembered!
Rest in paradise
Heroji komunisticke partije
Russia (USSR) saved the World from Nazi. And now Russia brings down Nazi Regime in Ukraine. Hi from USA.
Мой дед Григорий Таран 1903 года рождения, кадровый офицер пропал без весте в 1942 году в городе Сталинград. Вечная Память и Слава Герою !!! Спасибо Вам что правдиво освещаете эти события. Потому как в западном просвещенном и самом справедливом мире эти события истолковываются совсем иначе, George Orwell все это прекрасно описал.
Why must Russians always play the victim? In the West we praise the defenders of Stalingrad as well.
나는 스탈린그라드에서 조국을 지키기 위해 기꺼이 희생한 러시아 군인들에게 경의를 표합니다.
그들은 훌륭한 일을 해 냈습니다.
✌
anyone interested in this, try finding the book "The Unwomanly Face of War" by Svetlana Alexievich - it is full of stories like these but it's quite a hard and emotional read
The women of the Soviet Union during world war II in particular, displayed extreme examples of heroism that other countries should stand and take notice of. Most respect for the women of the Soviet armed forces.
@@JohnRodriguesPhotographer yep
I went straightaway from this comment and purchased the audio book
TY! If only one could filter comments to see informational posts! I hope TH-cam implements it. This way we can find important info instead of jokes!
I'll be looking for it.
There were a lot of soviet woman who made the ultimate sacrifice defending their country. We salute you.
Hm, they died to live under Stalin, not a great trade.
It's not their duty. A woman has not to fight.
It’s also wrong to glorify anyone wearing a Soviet uniform. The swastika and the hammer and sickle both stand for murder and oppression.
There are nice stories of russian woman who sold for example their house, to order a t34 and got permission to be driver
@@0MoTheG you're complaining about stalin, without his job we would have had massive genocid even in USA, or every other country. If Red army had capitulated, Nazis would have crushed usa
Thankyou Mark. This is outstanding. Who says women can't fight? If they were equipped with the right ammo, the outcome would be a lot different. Those babes were BAD ASSES.
No need to justify your sources or content, Mark. Every video is an amazing unveiling of war history with genuine footage and precise narration. Thanks for producing.
Another video about something I'd never even thought about before.
Thanks, Mark!
As I understand it, women also fought side by side their male counterparts at the battle of Kursk some of whom were employed in tank units!
To give you an idea of the magnitude of the sacrifice the Russians made in the battle of Kursk, they lost 3 times as many men in that battle alone than the Western allies had in the entire D-Day invasion.
There were women in all parts of the Red Army.
@@39Martyman They lost more than the allies had employed in the Normandy invasion? Or they lost more than the allies lost?
True
@@mountainguyed67 pretty sure he meant the russians lost 3 times as many men either killed or wounded in that battle than the entire western allies lost in the entire d day invasion, not just the first day, but the entire invasion over the course of a month or longer even. 276,000 americans dead in europe/north africa, USSR 10.7 million dead. another 15 million dead civilians, jews, etc. in t he soviet union. 380,00 british soldiers died. so less than a million, compared to 10 million. of course, we came in late, wheras the russians had been fighting since 1941, we didn't come in until middle of 44 and only lasted till early 45. whatever your politics, the russians suffered greatly more in every way
Very brave women. Thank you, Mark. I hadn’t seen this video before. It’s a good day!
My family (I am from austria) Lost 5 Brothers in Stalingrad. They where 11 siblings and all 5 boys died. They were forced to fight. No nazis and none of them return. I always think about it when I watch saving private james ryan. It was a devastating tragedy on all sides. Please let history be a lesson to all of us. Thanks Mr. Felton for the videos!
You have my sympathies.
Dang tbf you guys kinda got dragged into this by a (coincidentally) Austrian who took power in Berlin :(
Wonder what would happen if the Art school accepted Adolf
I can tell you this Mark, I have much love and respect for these women. They did not hesitate or back down one inch, they were fighting for their Homeland and for the very lives.❤
Never should a man have been so happy for being fired at the right moment as General von Wietersheim. No trial, no sentence after the war.
No gulag until 1950 or longer, I presume...
@@kirbyculp3449 He died in 1974, and was not charged for any war crimes.
My friends father was a German soldier and wasn't released until 1951 from a Russian Pow camp. He got drunk one night and told us this story.... There was a thief and a rat amongst the German men who were prisoners at this p o w camp somebody was telling the Base commander plans of escape and everything that was going on among the German soldiers they were given a loaf of bread a week I believe and somebody was stealing their bread they figured out who it was finally that he was there Chaplin or priest that was the rat and the thief but they got back at him when they were finally being shipped home in 1951 they were in boxcars and this priest was asleep they grabbed him that threw him out the box car when they we're going over a bridge that was thousands of feet to the bottom they all laughed because the guy woke up when he was thrown out of the box car and they said they could hear him scream all the way to the bottom
@@jbrobertson6052 Yes kids, the Russians kept German POWs until well after the war was over. And yes there were rats among them whose only loyalty was to themselves. That scream must have been music to the ears of those poor men.
@@OLzSStolz
I was like10 years old when he told the story and I don't know where abouts this happened they could have been on the train for who knows how long and they could have been in another country I just don't know and I really wish that I knew more all I know is that he never talked about the war much and when he did he had been drinking but one thing that I do know is that he was a hard working person and as honest as they come I'M sure that he called it a deep gorge so that's all I can tell you,sorry about that. He never said where the prison camp was but I do remember him saying that it was in the middle of no where and how they used to sneak out of the camp at night to find food at the farms that were around the area and I remember asking him why they didn't Escape he says we could do it easily but where would you go it was miles and miles from anywhere. He's gone now he died 15+ years ago. Cheers
Just when you thought you’d heard every WWII story....well done, sir.
Hans Valetin-Hube: "No man can stop me!"
1077th AA: "I am no man."
Lord of the rings meme right there.
@@williambenedictalava2634 Only in Bilbograd.
Creep that reminded of that song form the beginning of planes
best comment of this comment section lol.
deserves way more likes........in the 10´000!!
...and of course stalin was terrible too!!
Hitler and Stalin both equaly evil ..but shure, these women where extremly brave fighting against the nazis !!!
Given that the ancient name of Volga river is Ithil...
Really bringing history to life!
Yet ANOTHER great video of an aspect of WW2 that was very significant, yet overlooked. My first time learning of this battle, and I am a "history fan"! THANKS!
You hear about the battle of Stalingrad for the first time?
@@jozseftoth9368 About the women's role in the battle, yes. I guess I should have been more clear. I do so appreciate your smart-ass reply, though.
@@jasonrodgers9063 🤣🤣👍
6:02 We know you would NEVER cut corners, Mark. Keep nailin’ it.
I can not commend you enough. You videos make my day.
Richard Billing Easily may favourite channel TH-cam
Sacked for 'inappropriate use of panzer formations' .. As said by an ex infantry soldier with very limited tactical and strategical know how.
Mark, you're doing a fab job digging up all these unknown stories. Keep going !!
I'm really enjoying theses videos, they remind me of the World At War documentary series from the '70's narrated by Laurence Olivier. Mark is also a great narrator and his in-depth look at more obscure historical events such as this one are not only top notch but much appreciated too.
Those Russian women units are bad ass. ( the night witches😊💜)
absolute legendary courage!
Indeed.
Snipers, tank drivers, artillery crew, aircraft pilots ... there was no shortage of badass female fighters in the Soviet Union during World War II.
It is sad that the achievements and sacrifices of these courageous women are today often forgotten, or ignored because of politics, and instead replaced by outright lies.
Like EA DICE did in Battlefield V.
This is what real Russian women look like. Not like the skinny mail order brides that come over to marry an American, bring the family over, and divorce him.
Besides the night witches, there was a fighter regiment flying Yaks.
God bless the souls of these brave women, but the night witches story was most likely exaggerated by propaganda efforts sadly.
@@Grubnar
We have enough feminist gynocentric propaganda shoved down our throats telling lies like women are equal to men. the less the better.
Good job! It's about time some of these stories are told.
It brings a tear to my eye seeing the bravery of what has always been pushed as the "fairer, yet weaker" of us. These ladies should be honoured the world over, they shattered the stereotype and put the majority of men to shame. Legends never die.
The "majority of men" in the USSR had been fighting since '39...
The stunning information in this is that they stayed at all 37 of their artillery gun stations in the battle right up to the last shell defending their home. None of them left, escaped away from, or abandoned their artillery guns; until all of them had died at the guns shooting the anti-aircraft cannons leveled flat trajectory to act as anti-tank cannons.
They all died taking on the oncoming enemy tanks.
This is a truly heroic event of military combat endeavor.
Thet all would have received Medals Of Honor had they been defending a U.S. City in America.
The meatgrinder of Stalingrad consumed all, men, women, children and beast. This action I was not aware of. Thank you for the details.
Thank you Mark. Another exciting episode in a horrible war. ''Stalingrad. Where the men are men. And the women tougher than the men.''
Happy International Womans Day in deed. Peace.
What a load of bolloxs you spout, hundreds of thousands of men fighting and a handfull of women yet you praise them in your gynocentric worldview.sad!
Russian women had the snipers record at 11/41, 240 + German officers dead!
@@LiftOffLife Have you noticed how easily you get triggered? No, I didn't think so. Your colleagues must snigger behind your back about how paper-thin your emotional defences are.
@@BrassLock
Erm no.
Your comment is just shaming tactics just like women employ.
Trot on by....
@@LiftOffLife So you agree that you hadn't noticed.
This was a perfect video for international women’s day.
Where is international mens day ?
@@LiftOffLife Everyday.
@@LiftOffLife get over it
@@LiftOffLife If you from former Soviet Union territories, then 23 February.
@@dmitry6472 that's men's day. 8th of march is women's Day in Russia.
Excellent episode. I was unaware of the signifant contribution made by these soldiers. Thank you for keeping this history alive.
That's total war right there. Desperation, valiance, inhumanity and savagery. Homo sapiens are a strange breed.
Thanks for the video sir.
Right. You won't find any other "breed" willing to fight to the death for survival will you?
That valiance must have been terrible. Probably worse than violence.
I was reading about these women awhile ago who fight in the lines. I thought it was amazing they also jumped at the chance to fight for Russia, their home. The USA also had women pilots who were night fliers bringing cargo to bases. They didn’t get metals until later on. It’s unfortunate they weren’t recognized. Women fought in this war as well and I think the world would really enjoy listening to this story about the women who fought in WWII.
Thank you for telling their story that has been unspoken.
I can only imagine the fear running through them..and yet they held there ground knowing the inevitable.
as the old adage goes KILL OR BE KILLED.
Clicked faster than a King Tiger transmission breaking down.
You mean "T-34 transmission breaking down."
@@catman351 i clicked faster than a T-34 transmission getting repaired.
@@Finkeren You mean "swapped."
Ep!dEm Just ask the Polish
@@reynanlamsen2007 We more more Polish in Britain than there is in Poland.
I love hearing everyone's stories about their grandmothers or great grandmothers that took part, respect to them, keep the stories coming
A piece of history concerning the battle of Stalingrad I never knew about. Thanks Mark for another great Video. Always so informative and well researched. Yours is the only channel like this I like. I can rely on authenticity of everything presented. Thank again Mark.
My blessings for Mark Felton on the International Women's Day! Please keep it up your good work!
Would you say the same thing on international mans day?
@@LiftOffLife lol stop
I can barely express my feelings with tears in my eyes from such a bravery and self sacrifice. Something you would expect from desperate and battle-strenghtened men was shown from girls fighting like lionesses. Out of words.
This is awesome Mark, I love hearing stories like this.
The women of that unit all should have received the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Every last one of them.
fancy seeing you here
Theoduma Mark Felton is one of the best channels on YT. Where else would I be.
@@AnimarchyHistory This is fair.
@@AnimarchyHistory Good point
I 100% agree.
"Right until afternoon we had to fight 'shot for shot' against 37 anti-aircraft positions manned by tenacious fighting women, until all were destroyed." - Official 11th Panzer Division after action report
Getting an after action report insisting that they had to kill everything that stood in front of them in order to advance was probably the most fitting tribute these women could ever receive.
Manned by women... The irony 😅
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Mr. Felton I don’t know much about video editing, but this was a masterpiece. The disciplined and sophisticated look on the German officers faces. The German forces “relentless blitzkrieg” with their still unbroken morale.The unfathomable territory and army reserves of Russia and the women who without a question bravely fought armor, aircraft and experienced german forces. I would have been terrified by the sirens of the stukas. Also from 1982 theres a black and white TV series about the Second Hungarian army by the Don river in 1942-43. With a lot of episodes and interviews with all the survivors. If you are interested, but Im not sure if there is a translation for it. Edit: And the narrating was spot on as usual!
Don't be too awed by the bravery of the Soviet forces. The grunts at the tip of the spear had machine gunners (at their backs) trained on them ready to pepper them if they were to turn back.
@@jnucleo You've been watching too much Enemy at the Gates.
Happy international women's day from Russia!!!
Nein
@Jesus Christ Thats the plan
Иван РокнГлори happy international women’s day from China!
Mu love too the most beautiful women in the world! Russian women, (im British)
Where is international mans day?
These videos by Dr. Felton are simply the best. A true historian who actually understands the implications of forgetting history. There is a clear pattern of professionalism, passion and presentations second to none.
The intro gets me hyped
I know right! Second only to "warriors of the world"-man o war 🚬
Viva.Rusia.antifascista.🇷🇺
It's legit my phone's ringtone!
Another fantastic story, thanks Mark. And I will say I have had many arguments with Males who claim that no Russian Women fought in any battles and stayed in the back lines. Too much Western thinking in their heads.
When in 1989 eastern Germany dissolved, there was a big wave of female suicides short after. The reason was the loss of sovereignty, independence and job, because east german women had now to be "pressed" in the western woman role (housewife), and for lots of them, that loss of dignity was unbearable... The degree of unemployment exploded, and these women not unly used to be sovereign, but also had very good jobs, in the highest positions of the job-world-hierarchy, as ingenieurs, physics-professors, computer-ingenieurs and other similar high-qualification type of jobs... I got to know a woman, that was an olympics swimming-gold-medallist before 1989, but after 1989 she couldn´t even find a job as a swimming coach in schools, because she was just an "amateur", and has never been officialy a "profesional". The term of "professional" didn´t exist in socialism, you either have studied something, and could accompish it, or you had to study again something else, while social engineering counted nothing... Her female "professional" western german colleagues were totaly rubish in compare, but the western german state had to do something after all, in order to contain those sovereign and independent women, and finally break their will, and ensue the western order of life...
This is a beauty, I love how Mark finds these gems.
May I recommend the book "Stalingrad" by Antony Beevor? This incident is covered, among other incredible stories from that pivotal clash.
I’ll bet General Wietersheim was soon counting his blessings.
Diogenese Garden , Yes I’m sure he did. He lived until 1974.
Lucky guy!
@@Native_love The men under his command...Not so much.
I admire women who fight alongside their men. Loyal, brave, self-giving.
Hurlock alpha the Anti-Globalist
When nobody has a choice but to fight it is no different than volunteering. War cares not for feelings.
Underestimate or disrespect women - and be blown away like chaff.
Hurlock alpha the Anti-Globalist ‘loyal" calm down there Hugh Hefner..
Excellent contribution Mark I had no idea this was the case, fascinating to see women in combat roles in such a critical situation and effect to the overall Battle of Stalingrad!
I find it poetic Justice that the army of the third reich, so much fed on norse mythology, met its match at the hands of stout and resolute women, like the warrior-maidens from these myths.
Great
Another fantastic Felton video, keep it up!
Thanks again for another tribute to the Russian fighting females. Hollywood should be producing movie after movie of their exploits, courage and sacrifice, however, politics and jingoistic pride deprives us of a very human story. It's not just a story about Russia, it's about human beings fighting to the death for what they love and how females step up to the plate when the chips are down, without the need of any superpowers. Bloody awesome!
Brought to you on International women's day. That's a nice touch.
Nah, that day is unnecessary.
@@Likexner It is, why not
Salute to the brave young women of stalingrad for defending their city happy women's day to them all gone but not forgotten
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Wow !!! True heroes ! Thanks for bringing this to light
6:17
*6:22*
*Thirty* *seven*
women artillery gun stations.
A surprising and fitting tribute to international women's day.
"... Two brand new T-34 tanks were driven straight out of the factory into action... "_their paint still wet_
6:38
That's one helluva a test drive and a gangsta move
Paint!!
I'm surprised they were painted. Later on, I don't think they had the time to paint them and they went into action bare metal.
@@scottb4579 they where given there orange metal work coat generally so bare metal ones never really did happen.
and they didn't break down like BMW Mercedes tanks ...lol
@@Zretgul_timerunner Ah, ok thanks.
Hey Mark, please make a video on the the Soviet ladies in the air over Stalingrad, e.g. the Soviet ace The White Lily. Stalin denied her posthumous commendation, but Gorbachev honored her years later. Good story. Thanks, Dan.
P.S. Damn tough ladies on the ground and in the air!
Best Line: "And Unless You're Thinking l'm Just Regurgitating Soviet Propaganda...."
Great Start To International Day Of The Woman! Much Respect!
Why do I learn much more from this than the history lessons?!
Because history lesson go over the same things over and over.
@@josephphillips8019 and also that these videos are made by a histroian
@@dukeoftoast2420 If you like Dr. Feltons videos you would like his books too.
Because your history teacher's are trying to change history
"They lowered their anti-aircraft weapons and fired at the incoming tanks!" I love that haha! Germans were certainly surprised
Ya like ohh shyt!!
Me at warthunder using my AA vehicles at tank when I run out of tanks lol
The Germans did the same against Russian tanks. It's all about the shells. These Russian women anti-aircraft gunners were simply not ready to fight the tanks and it was just a desperate attempt to delay the German advance at any cost.
These women couldn't take the guns and leave, they could drop the guns and leave. But they chose to fight while they could.
They shouldn't have been *too* surprised to find heavy AA turned against their tanks. After all, they'd been doing that in the African desert against the British with their 88mm guns.
This legend stirs me emotionally. I have three grown daughters and I know as only a father would know that they too, would have stood their ground and fought to their last breath. But I also wonder if there will come a day when pride in country will diminish and along with it the desire to fight for it.
You have emotional problems.
The country's dead mate, there is no future for this nation.
If you hadn't noticed, a lot of the younger generation don't even know if they're supposed to be male or female. It's over, it is done.
@@young321bookie not true. That's a small portion the media shows you. There is a lot of penned up rage on the right.
@@young321bookie
Correct.
The feminist politically correct gynocentric British society emasculates young men.
Love (and pride) of country, as well as the desire to fight for it will never diminish.
And by the way - it is not done, and it is not over.