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Our high school German teacher, Miss Preis, was in the midst of all of this. How she managed to survive and move to Okinawa to teach us German for the Department of Defense in the 1970's is a mystery.
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The battle for one city with its casualties and losses, compared to nearly all following conflicts (barring China and southeast Asia), is unbelievable. My father-in-law was born in '39 Berlin and luckily lived through the carnage... he won't talk about it.
@iben3271sure they do. People have memories even if foggy around the ages of 5-8. Given the scale of horror the battle of Berlin was, there's no debating that he probably witnessed things so unbelievably awful that even in the young age of 6, he remembers it as if he was an adult at the time
I can never get enough about the Battle of Berlin, such a fascinating struggle, a real epic in the history of war without equal. The end of not only the most lethal war in human history but also of the most ideologically driven conflict. Imagine being a Soviet soldier and planting the red flag in the home of an enemy who didn't even consider you a human being. The vindication in victory must have been beyond description.
Again, you never cease to provide in-depth and factual content. even in the abridged version, it's an excellent dive in a pitoval point in human history. Love the content and keep telling the astounding, vivacious, real history ❤
everyone knew it would never happen. it was why neither went on the run.. too much risk of capture and then the inevitable humiliation and execution...... the fate of all fallen dictators.
Amazing video, as always! Also thanks for mentioning Polish troops as a part of the Soviet force, it's something that's rarely mentioned and remembered, even here in Poland.
This was a terrible thing as all war is, having seen its horror first hand, I found this heartbreaking but very informative. A great video, now Ill have to watch the 16 days video. In small batches to be sure
😉👍Very nicely greatly well done and very wonderfully well informatively explained and executed in every detail way shape and format provided on "Downfall: The Battle of Berlin 1945!"; A job very nicely fabulously well done indeed Sir's!👌.
Really have to give it to you. Not many english speaking are so well in german name pronouncations Often the accent are super heavy but yours are pretty much spot on
I watched this on nebula but I wanted to say thank you for putting this out as well as the sixteen days in Berlin (which i still need to watch) I could also go for some Currywurst right now 😢
In urban combat, tanks generally aren't fighting other tanks or exploiting breakthroughs, but supporting infantry and destroying fortifications, ie assault gun work.
I am new here in this Channel and this is the first Video I subscribe..I'm not German, when I first heard this admin voice I was convinced that a German is Teaching about the Berlin war. Hearing a German perspective for the first time felt that Germans don't know much about themselves. As far as non-Germans know.. More to see your channel Videos & Thanks for those German Pronunciation..
But there sure was a American scout group containing journalists heading towards Berlin and entered It. It even could be there were some other scout groups too. Who knows.
I read jean lopez book on hitler last days, it was interesting since it didn't solely focused on hitler himself and when it did, it sometimes had reports on his health from morell , it also mention the immediate post war.
I always love this person's narration. What I hate, is the reality of rape in every sector of the war. China, Russia, Germany, Italy, and beyond, the list is tragic.
do you know which style they serve? The Ruhr area one (sausage in casing) or Berlin style (without casing). In any case glad you get to experience this culinary highlight of German cusinie.
Our hall monitor back in middle school in like 2011-2013 he had tattoos with numbers on his arm and we always questioned him on what it means and he said when u graduate high school u can ask me again and I’ll answer. And I saw him after graduation and his arm years later in 2017 and I didn’t even ask cuz Ik what it means. He had that Jewish star on his necklace it already said enough what that old man went through when he was a kid.
For a country that's so determined to stop the US from running a unipolar world, timing their military goals to line up with US political events (January 20th) sure makes it look to the rest of the world like they're continuing to dance to the same old American music. 🎶 😆
The German Reich all gave their fight to the very end inside Berlin itself. The Allies and Soviets weren't facing the Imperial army and Kaiser's mismanaged homefront that just gave up and walked away. This time they were facing the Third Reich Wehrmacht, SS, even Volkssturm together holding out to the last bullet. It was do or die and there would be no next chance or next fight from them - both Germans and Allies had made very sure of that.
Many Germans, including SS, surrendered or ran away. Some Germans also fought on simply because they were afraid of summary executions by the SS or officers. We discuss this in the video. This is well documented, including by the Germans themselves.
Without the practices and influences of the USSR's allies the Soviet Union would not have overcome Germany. The Germans had committed substantial military and economic resources outside of the USSR throughout the war.
Great video overall as always, love the little nods to the Downfall movie. I think it's important to note that the Western Allies engaged in rape against German civilians as well, though not to the same extent as the Soviets.
Statistically an allied soldier was as likely to rape a civilian as a soviet soldier. There were just a lot more soviet soldiers. Interestingly the least likely to rape were African American soldiers although Germans were the most afraid of these.
Look it up … he is 100% correct , in fact a very famous picture exists of Polish infantry raising the polish flag over Berlin ! Over 200,000 took part in the initial push to Germany 🇩🇪
180.000 Polish Soldiers from the 1st and 2nd Polish Army were involved in Operations in and around Berlin. 12.000 of them fought in the City of Berlin. Their total losses are estimated to be around 15.000.
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Our high school German teacher, Miss Preis, was in the midst of all of this. How she managed to survive and move to Okinawa to teach us German for the Department of Defense in the 1970's is a mystery.
Same with my entire family.
i suppose you could ask those old folks of okinawa who survived the war actually The Battle of Okinawa was as brutal as the Battle of Berlin..
My high school teacher Mr Rustic was a living in Germany during the war
3:09 You know you’ve made it as a history channel when you can cite yourself as a source.
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When 'because I said so' is no longer a fallacy, but an argument. 😆
Citing oneself was always the most credible source of estimeed scholars. - me, on the internet, 2024.
Thanks again, Jesse, and thanks to all that worked on this.
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The battle for one city with its casualties and losses, compared to nearly all following conflicts (barring China and southeast Asia), is unbelievable.
My father-in-law was born in '39 Berlin and luckily lived through the carnage... he won't talk about it.
ofcourse because he was a baby that time duh
@Nicolas-ol7jl
Apparent you can't perform basic math calculations?
@@Nicolas-ol7jl The battle of berlin took place when this person's father was already six years old.
@@LeicaFleury literally no one is traumatised at that age cause almost no one has a clear memory of that age lol. cmon
@iben3271sure they do. People have memories even if foggy around the ages of 5-8. Given the scale of horror the battle of Berlin was, there's no debating that he probably witnessed things so unbelievably awful that even in the young age of 6, he remembers it as if he was an adult at the time
I can never get enough about the Battle of Berlin, such a fascinating struggle, a real epic in the history of war without equal.
The end of not only the most lethal war in human history but also of the most ideologically driven conflict. Imagine being a Soviet soldier and planting the red flag in the home of an enemy who didn't even consider you a human being. The vindication in victory must have been beyond description.
But then the Reich lived on in the survivors, and that must have been maddening.
You're channel is the only history channel I have seen that I watch the entire video without falling asleep.
Thanks for the excellent content as always
A big thank you to Real Time History and all of the work you guys do
Ive been waiting for this! Ive always wanted to know more about this battle.
holy cow first time watching on this channel. mind blowing documentary style.
Welcome aboard!
Excellent and unique coverage, well done!
Again, you never cease to provide in-depth and factual content. even in the abridged version, it's an excellent dive in a pitoval point in human history. Love the content and keep telling the astounding, vivacious, real history ❤
thanks for keeping educational programming alive.
Wait, do you mean Ice Road truckers isn't educational?! 😅
😮I thought I would never see this on RUclips! Thank you Real time History!😊
"you must be tired of life" in German is "ihr seid wohl lebensmüde", which has much more of the outright connotation of "you're suicidal".
thx for the upload
What a great video..the quality and information in all of your videos never cease to amaze me
Wouldnt it have been something if they caught Hitler and Goebels alive.
everyone knew it would never happen. it was why neither went on the run.. too much risk of capture and then the inevitable humiliation and execution...... the fate of all fallen dictators.
@@coling3957Himmler went on the run for a little bit, but he was wayyyyy delusional.
Fascinating, thank you!
Amazing video, as always! Also thanks for mentioning Polish troops as a part of the Soviet force, it's something that's rarely mentioned and remembered, even here in Poland.
Cracking narration as always. Top post TYVM
your narration, your animation and video is so amazing. it is so gripping as if Im a soldier in berlin
This was a terrible thing as all war is, having seen its horror first hand, I found this heartbreaking but very informative. A great video, now Ill have to watch the 16 days video. In small batches to be sure
My grandmother was one of the thousands of civilians caught in the mayhem🥺
"We freed Europe from fascism and they will never forgive us."
General Zukhov
The flags may be different but the methods are the same.
As a Cod game said 14 years ago
Poland: Yeah thanks a bunch. You're so helpful.
I wouldn't say freed, more like under new management.
@@lawnbb12372 Ya, the soviets definitely did not free anyone or any country.
maybe because communism was no better than fascism
William Schirer, in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, referred to this terrible battle and ending as "Gotterdammerung', the twilight of the gods.
I don't know how my mother, her parents, and relatives made it while living in Berlin.
That's wild
Thanks for the video upload. Was hoping for a little less depressing of a topic though lol.
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Thank you very much for this Jesse. Excellent work. Make a video and for the Greco-italian war please 😉👍👌.
we will soon cover the Greece, at least the first half of the campaign in a video about the Mediterranean theatre in 1940
@realtimehistory Alright. Thank you very much. I'd also like to see more of the Napoleonic wars in the future. When you are available.
Your videos are, as always, top notch. Such a madness!
the excellent content, many thanks
Great video, I love your documentaries
Thank you 🙏, very clear, detailed and of course very interesting presentation! 👍
This deserves millions of views
Thank you for your compelling narrative and engaging visuals but most of all for your correct pronunciation.
its such a well made video
😉👍Very nicely greatly well done and very wonderfully well informatively explained and executed in every detail way shape and format provided on "Downfall: The Battle of Berlin 1945!"; A job very nicely fabulously well done indeed Sir's!👌.
what was that tiny tank at 3:20 ?
it's called a Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath
@@realtimehistory the germans have crazy way of naming their weapons.
It’s not a tank that’s a tracked mine called Goliath one of the first unmanned ground vehicles or UGVs
Really have to give it to you.
Not many english speaking are so well in german name pronouncations
Often the accent are super heavy but yours are pretty much spot on
Thanks, I speak it fluently!
I watched this on nebula but I wanted to say thank you for putting this out as well as the sixteen days in Berlin (which i still need to watch)
I could also go for some Currywurst right now 😢
Soviets captured Berlin. The problem is that they haven't left it for next almost 50 years.
Fascinating!
Curious why tanks & self-propelled guns are lumped together; aren’t those rather different things?
Depends on how you define what a "tank" is.
In urban combat, tanks generally aren't fighting other tanks or exploiting breakthroughs, but supporting infantry and destroying fortifications, ie assault gun work.
@@waveygravey9347 exactly. Many self-propelled guns would meet the some definitions of 'tank', an armored fighting vehicle with tracks and a gun.
@@hailexiao2770that’s not what he asked
1:03 why did he do this? And could any allied divisions reach Berlin?
The failed Operation Market Garden etc.
Please do the Boer War next🙏🏼🙏🏼
Absolutely brutal environment to have to fight in. Can't imagine how tough the average red army soldier was
No different from any soldier in any nation of the time.
Salve a Grande Alemanha ,Ocultista , Esoterica e Sagrada
Only for American forces in Europe Stalin would have walked all over Europe to French coast …
It always makes me sad...
Vets talk about combat high, Imagine how high this would have gotten you.
I am new here in this Channel and this is the first Video I subscribe..I'm not German, when I first heard this admin voice I was convinced that a German is Teaching about the Berlin war. Hearing a German perspective for the first time felt that Germans don't know much about themselves. As far as non-Germans know..
More to see your channel Videos & Thanks for those German Pronunciation..
War is terrible
@realtimehistory please make a video series on Italian wars of unification against Austrian Empire
great vid, I would prefer this a lot more without the action music in the background.
10:29 At strehla or Leckwitz*. Torgau was 4,5h later ;p
Please make documentary about Battle of Manila
Love you Jesse
So Steiner's counterattack, in fact, will not come
"Could go for some Currywurst Lunch right now"
Achievement unlocked: Assimilated fully into German society. 😉
2:48 my hometown Kustrin
But there sure was a American scout group containing journalists heading towards Berlin and entered It. It even could be there were some other scout groups too. Who knows.
Today’s generations would not be able to handle being in that era
RUclips
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When they see brain rot video : 🤑
Steiner and wenck?
Sound familiar name to me
These men will stay here
I read jean lopez book on hitler last days, it was interesting since it didn't solely focused on hitler himself and when it did, it sometimes had reports on his health from morell , it also mention the immediate post war.
I always love this person's narration. What I hate, is the reality of rape in every sector of the war. China, Russia, Germany, Italy, and beyond, the list is tragic.
"give me ten years and you won't recognize Germany".
not quite last words and only moderately well known,
but, a promise kept...
(now. off to lunch!)
20:31 "the second world war in Europe ends on May 8th9th " 😅
Despite western propoganda red army proved themselves the bravest army in 2nd world war
Western propaganda praised the Red Army during WW2.
I'm not aware anybody said otherwise. Sorry if you're little feelings were hurt.
When , Eisenhower, insisted on , Unconditional Surrender' , this ensured tremendous defence of the Fatherland.by the Germans.
3:21 first delivery robot
Love the currywurst shout out at the end. That's my go-to at the German Christmas festival here in Chicago. 😋
do you know which style they serve? The Ruhr area one (sausage in casing) or Berlin style (without casing). In any case glad you get to experience this culinary highlight of German cusinie.
Who did all the cleanup and the cost of repairs to rebuild Europe?
Now battle of Leyte gulf,Stalingrad, kieve,Kharkov and leningrade
I also made a video on this topic but nice to see this here
Our hall monitor back in middle school in like 2011-2013 he had tattoos with numbers on his arm and we always questioned him on what it means and he said when u graduate high school u can ask me again and I’ll answer. And I saw him after graduation and his arm years later in 2017 and I didn’t even ask cuz Ik what it means. He had that Jewish star on his necklace it already said enough what that old man went through when he was a kid.
8:25 those names are familiar
Viktor reznov “it is a honor and privilege”
For a country that's so determined to stop the US from running a unipolar world, timing their military goals to line up with US political events (January 20th) sure makes it look to the rest of the world like they're continuing to dance to the same old American music. 🎶 😆
Jesus is great that those times ended
As a soviet soldier says in his time:
THEIR LAND, THEIR BLOOD!!
🧉🗿
So, no mercy towards innocent civilians. How “heroic” from them
Ja! Curriewurst!
Sounds like Ukraine 2024 with Russia. History always repeats it.
What?
And what about the war crimes of other allied nations.
Weird to see the conflagration in the Spreevald, had a branch of our family die out there.
The German Reich all gave their fight to the very end inside Berlin itself.
The Allies and Soviets weren't facing the Imperial army and Kaiser's mismanaged homefront that just gave up and walked away.
This time they were facing the Third Reich Wehrmacht, SS, even Volkssturm together holding out to the last bullet. It was do or die and there would be no next chance or next fight from them - both Germans and Allies had made very sure of that.
Many Germans, including SS, surrendered or ran away. Some Germans also fought on simply because they were afraid of summary executions by the SS or officers. We discuss this in the video. This is well documented, including by the Germans themselves.
YEp
Wow, this is amazing. Thank you for all the hard work and effort you guys put in to make these videos. Cheers from Estonia
"SUKA BLYAT RUSH B" in real life
The brutality, all for what?
History
Many Germans were still fighting tooth and nail against the Soviets hoping the delay will allow their families and friends escape west.
Maybe they shouldn’t have started the war in first place
Do u believe they had been asked?
I love how the germans made a anti-tank rocket propelled Gernade without recoil known as the Panzerfaust.
Without the practices and influences of the USSR's allies the Soviet Union would not have overcome Germany. The Germans had committed substantial military and economic resources outside of the USSR throughout the war.
22nd, 6 December 2024
👍👍
Batlle of white walkers
Goddamit, now i want currywurst:)
Great video overall as always, love the little nods to the Downfall movie. I think it's important to note that the Western Allies engaged in rape against German civilians as well, though not to the same extent as the Soviets.
Statistically an allied soldier was as likely to rape a civilian as a soviet soldier. There were just a lot more soviet soldiers. Interestingly the least likely to rape were African American soldiers although Germans were the most afraid of these.
Nowhere near the same extent
What poles where there . Where did you get that evidence.
Look it up … he is 100% correct , in fact a very famous picture exists of Polish infantry raising the polish flag over Berlin !
Over 200,000 took part in the initial push to Germany 🇩🇪
@cgray8267 it was one guy from poland .
180.000 Polish Soldiers from the 1st and 2nd Polish Army were involved in Operations in and around Berlin. 12.000 of them fought in the City of Berlin. Their total losses are estimated to be around 15.000.
@@bro94ee 😂🤦♂️