Stalingrad: How the Soviet's Won the Deadliest Battle in History
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Published 2023-05-27
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The battle of Stalingrad life expectancy for a soldier was only 24 hours and more than 19,000 people were being killed per day until the battle finally ended
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That was a cold ass quote by Chuikov “More Germans lost their lives trying to take Pavlov’s House than they did taking Paris.” 😂
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"The Germans say they are willing to sacrifice anything to take this city, we will show them the meaning of sacrifice " - unknown Soviet soldier
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You know a war is apocalyptic when one side loses around 800,000 men and they lost the LEAST amount of soldiers!
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For anyone interested, Anthony Beevor’s book “Stalingrad” is arguably the best book on this battle, and really does capture the colossal scale and brutality…it is a superb book, though you do need to read it in small doses at times. One thing that shows the huge scale of this battle: Even in the city today (now called Volgograd), bodies from the battle are still being discovered, almost 80 years on, almost every time construction work is being carried out.
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For anyone really interested in the Battle of Stalingrad there is one amazing historian with youtube channel called TIK History, he is making Stalingrad documentary episode by episode which covers the entire operation day by day. Each episode is approx 45 minutes long and now it has around 40 episodes sooooo many hours of thorough history lesson. Amazing guy, amazing in depth descriptions and overall really well done with referencing many sources.
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One of the most eerie and valuable family heirloom - my Grandfathers marching orders out of Stalingrad which we found in an equally touching war-foto-album in the attic. He was a tank mechanic who was pulled out by airlift after it was clear that there wasn't any maintenance possibly any more and they needed the guys for preparing the counteroffensive - learn a proper trade.
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Despite everything you read or watch about this particular battle, it is just impossible to imagine the scale of death and destruction that took place. Not to mention the utter disregard for so many lives and the ultimate failure of the whole operation.
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Pavlov only captured the house but was wounded and evacuated soon after. Several officers actually lead the long defence but Pavlov in the end got the glory.
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Idk where I saw it. But there was a diary 📔 of a German soldier, he wrote so happily and optimistic about the regime and hopes of conquest and grandeur , his last few entires you read the dread and hopelessness, and frustration with the operation, he described the Russians as cast iron monsters who don’t sleep don’t stop, then he stopped writing and the diary was found.
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The Battle of Stalingrad itself demonstrates the bravery and sacrifice the Soviets made a achieve victory against all odds to defend their homes and protect their,"Motherland"
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Great video! Stalingrad is an endlessly fascinating battle. I’d like to humbly offer one correction: Hermann Goering insisted that the Luftwaffe COULD handle transporting all the supplies necessary for the “air bridge,” which was part of the problem. His extremely unrealistic promises to Hitler about the Luftwaffe’s capabilities are part of what led Germany to failure time and again.
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David Fyodorovich Oistrakh was someone during this battle who has an unusual story, being a violinist during active fighting. one of the most heroic acts in his life was a performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto to the end in the central music hall during the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 while central Stalingrad was being massively bombed by the German forces.
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Thank you for reminding me of the Romanian battalions. My parents and grandparents didn’t talk about it at all, much less post Cold War.
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Love the way you retell those incredible tales of heroism and massive battles. You have a way of really giving weight to these events in a way that few can.
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This war was the epitome of the brutal eastern front and Stalin's relentless tactics. I do hope you'll start covering the Pacific theatre a little more! Iwo Jima, perhaps?
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Great video! I really appreciate the return to covering historical battles.
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Would love a whole video on the night witches. Russian women dive bombers who attacjed at night and turned their engines off to attack silently from the dark.
