German WWII Archive

Hey everyone,
I hope you are all doing well.

I have a small question for you: Would you prefer a video in lower quality, but without a watermark (first picture), or would you prefer a higher quality version but with a watermark (second picture)?

Ultimately, for me it doesn't really matter much, but I just wanted to get some opinions from you guys, so let me know in the comments below!

Hope you are all having a good start into the week! :)

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 296

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“On the Battlefields of the Greater German Struggle for Freedom", a German personalized propaganda film for Field Marshall von Brauchitsch, is now avaliable on Patreon! If you have a few bucks to spare and want to support the channel, head over to Patreon! (please do, I need money)

This one is actual a rather interesting piece of propaganda film. It is meant as a birthday present for the 60th birthday of the commander in chief of the German Army, Field Marshall Walther von Brauchitsch (1881-1948), who held that post between February 1938 and December 1941.

While it follows the German campaigns through Poland, France, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, it places a special emphasis on the work of von Brauchitsch, showing him leading German forces, conducting frontline visits, awarding medals, visiting field hospitals, and even some interesting and rare footage of him being presented a Samurai sword by Japanese General Yamashita, or being present at the meeting of Hitler and Franco at the Hendaye station in southern France in October 1940.

It is 32 minutes long and definitly worth a watch, so again, if you want to support the channel, head over to Patreon:
www.patreon.com/GermanWWIIArchive

Thanks to everyone who supports the channel. And of course, the content on the Youtube channel will always be free, but if you're interested in some extra content, feel free to take a look at my Patreon.

Have a nice weekend!

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3 months ago | [YT] | 297

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Hey everyone,
I hope you are all doing well.

While I usually don't share much of the readings I do on WWII, I came across a rather interesting article in the Japan Times today that talked about a few of the last living Japanese veterans of WWII.

It is definitely worth a read if you're interested in the topic, so here is the link:

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/history…

That's all for today, as always, stay safe and thank you all very much for the interest in my channel. :)

4 months ago | [YT] | 157

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Happy 4th of July to all my American subscribers!

1st image: German Paratroopers from the 500th SS-Paratrooper Battalion holding captured British and American flags after Operation Rösselsprung, the failed attempt at capturing Yugoslav Partisan leader Tito, early June 1944

2nd image: Japanese soldiers with a captured American flag and weapons, Shanghai, December 8th, 1941

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5 months ago | [YT] | 233

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Hey everyone,
I hope you are all doing well.

I just wanted to quickly remind you that I have a Discord server, which is currently about as active as the German Army in April 1945.

So, if you want to chat with me or other WWII enthusiasts about WWII, gaming, the current state of the world or anything else, feel free to join: discord.gg/Qm3GzNXePu

There are some weird people in there (including me), but generally everyone is friendly and easy to talk to^^

Thats all for today, I wish you all a good start in the week and thanks for watching my videos!

5 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 138

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Hey everyone,
I hope you are all doing well.

As some of you may have already seen, this channel has recently reached 70,000 subscribers.
I want to thank all of you for being subscribed to this channel and watching my videos. I could have never imagined reaching 70,000 subscribers, and I am very grateful for that.

A special thanks goes out to all my Patreon subscribers and people who have donated money to me, no matter the amount. You guys are the sole reason I am still doing this channel, and I cannot stress how thankful I am for your financial contribution to this channel.

This will probably be the last milestone that this channel will ever reach. As some of you may be familiar with, channel growth has slowed down considerably, and I am currently gaining, according to YouTube Studio, on average between 68 and 109 new subscribers every month. Even going from 69,200 to 70,000 subscribers took over seven months.

So I highly doubt that this channel will ever reach 80,000 subscribers, but that’s alright.
Again, I am very grateful to everyone who has subscribed and who is still watching my videos.
As a special thanks, I will upload an additional video tomorrow. It’s somewhat different from the usual war stuff, a bit more lighthearted, so stay tuned.

I wish you all a good week ahead and again: Thank you!

8 months ago | [YT] | 254

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I have just uploaded my 150th video on this channel.
What originally started a few years ago as just me uploading some obscure German speeches and radio broadcasts from WWII, has evolved into something that I honestly never expected, and 150 videos is actually quite a lot.

(Actually, including the Patreon-exclusive videos, I've long surpassed 150 videos, but that's just a small detail)

Thank you all for watching my stuff and being subscribed to my channel, and a very special thank you to all my Patreon subscribers and people who have donated to me, without you, I would have stopped doing this a long time ago.
As of recently, I don't get that many views anymore, which is somewhat sad, but I'll still continue, at least untill I graduate University (March next year). I have more than enough video material anyway.

So yeah, thank you all for watching and commenting my videos, and I hope the stuff I upload and the subtitles I make have been helpful to at least some of you.
Here's to the next 150 videos, I guess^^

8 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 322

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Hey everyone,

I hope you are all doing well.
I just wanted to give you all a quick update that I was able to track down a few Italian Fascist Newsreels from WWII. I've already uploaded an Italian Newsreel last weekend, but this was more of a German newsreel with Italian narration.

I was now able to actually find a few Italian newsreels prodcued by the LUCE Institute (basically the Fascist Italian propaganda movie company), and, more important, I was also able to properly translate them (well, I'd say the translations are 90% accurate).

Here are some screenshots from an episode I'm currently working on, from April 1943, which features interesting scenes of Italian reconnaissance units in Tuinisia, and footage from the 20th anniversary of the Royal Italian Air Force. The video is not the best quality wise, but it's acceptable.

Obviously, this channel was and will always be focused on German WWII stuff, but I am genuinely interested in these Italian newsreels, its something different after all, so I will upload one or maybe a few more in the future.

That's all for today, wishing you all a great week ahead!

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9 months ago | [YT] | 373

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Me and my friends at the shooting range:

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10 months ago | [YT] | 421

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Me and my best friend after doing something stupid:

11 months ago | [YT] | 236