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NEW VIDEO: Soviet BLITZKRIEG: Stalin's 6 Tank Armies EXPLAINED: Generals, Deep Operations, Eastern Front in WW2

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The Soviet Union in WW2 formed 6 elite Tank Armies that played key roles in executing the Soviet version of 'Blitzkrieg' (Deep Battle and Deep Operations) from Stalingrad to Berlin. The highly mobile, logistically robust, and extremely tank-heavy structure of a Tank Army led by battle-proven commanders made this possible.

The most important Generals were 1st Guards Tank Army: Katukov, 2nd Guards Tank Army: Bogdanov, 3rd Guards Tank Army: Rybalko 5th Guards Tank Army: Rotmistrov, 4th Tank Army: Lelyushenko, 6th Tank Army: Andrei Kravchenko.

During World War II, a Red Army tank army was an operational field formation made up of hundreds of tanks, motorized infantry, and artillery designed for deep battle breakthroughs.

#ww2 #tank #militaryhistory #tanks #wwii #ww2history #stalingrad #redarmy #easternfront #worldwar2 #sovietunion #1944 #1945 #battleofberlin

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NEW VIDEO: 1941: Why Soviet T-34 & KV-1 Tanks FAILED in Border Battles of Operation Barbarossa, Red Army

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Before Operation Barbarossa, the Soviets had the largest tank force in the world, with 15,470+ tanks facing the German Army & its Axis allies. This armada was equipped with the T-34, KV-1, KV-2, T-26, BT-5, BT-7, T-28, and T-35 tanks.

When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union, the Red Army had four times as many tanks as the Wehrmacht and their tanks, especially of the T-34 and KV-1 type were seemingly superior. But the Wehrmacht won the border battles with extraordinary ease. The Red Army's tank force was pushed aside and for the most part annihilated. How was this victory achieved, and were the Soviet tanks really as well designed as is often believed?

0:00 Books on Soviet Red Army failure in 1941, Deep Operations - Deep Battle 1943-1945
0:35 The Tanks of Operation Barbarossa 1941, T-34

#ww2 #tank #militaryhistory #tanks #wwii #ww2history #stalingrad #redarmy #easternfront #worldwar2 #sovietunion #operationbarbarossa #1941 #1942

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NEW VIDEO: More DEADLY than IS-2? The POWER of Zis-3 Artillery with Anti-Tank Tactics: Red Army Combined Arms

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During World War II, the Red Army evolved from vulnerable, uncoordinated formations into masters of armored defense. They relied on deeply echeloned defense-in-depth, specialized Tank Destroyer Brigades, massed anti-tank strong points, and close-combat infantry integration to neutralize German panzers.

Nodes featuring 4 to 6 anti-tank artillery (such as the 45mm, 57mm, or the ubiquitous ZiS-3 76mm), anti-tank rifles, and machine guns, providing mutually supporting all-around fields of fire.

Soviet mobile mine-layers and combat engineers installed up to 1,500 anti-tank mines per kilometer, often under direct observation and artillery fire, to immobilize tanks where they could be systematically destroyed.

0:00 Soviet Red Army Combined Arms Anti-Tank Tactics with 57mm Zis-2, 76mm Zis-3 45mm M1937 (53-K), 100mm BS-3, PTRD-41, PTRS-41

#ww2history #wwii #militaryhistory #ZiS3 #WW2 #EasternFront #RedArmy #Artillery #AntiTank #T34 #SovietUnion#Kursk

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NEW VIDEO: COMBAT Footage & How the 3rd BATTLE of Kharkov CREATED the Battle of KURSK, Walter Model's GAMBLE

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This is Video #1 in a 19-part series is about Walter Model's Northern attack in the Battle of Kursk. This video is about the planning, preparation, and debates for Operation Citadel. The last operational victory of the German Army after Stalingrad at the 3rd Battle of Kharkov created conditions for the offensive, which was preceded by a Luftwaffe strategic bombing campaign in the spring of 1943.

Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland Division reinforced with 200 Panther Tanks was built up to be the spearhead while high level debates & procrastination over the starting date occurred between Walter Model, Manstein, Guderian, von Kluge, and the Supreme commander.

Operation Citadel was delayed to the last minute, when the Soviets were ready to attack at any day. Meanwhile the Germans rebuilt the German army and reinforced it with Wonder Weapons such as the Panther Tank, Tiger Tank, Ferdinand Tank destroyer, Hummel, Wespe, Grille Self-propelled artillery, remote control demolitions (Borgward IV), and Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär.


0:00 Planning for General Walter Model's Northern Front, Operation Citadel - Battle of Kursk, Luftwaffe Strategic Bombing Offensive

1:00 Wehrmacht- Germany Army, Soviet Offensive after Stalingrad, impact of 3rd Battle of Kharkov at Kursk, Panzer Division Upgrades,

5:07 Hermann Balck, 11th Panzer Division, Panzergrenadier Division Großdeutschland Division with Panther Tanks, Tank Tactics

9:00 Panzer Count Strachwitz, Operation Citadel Planning & Debates, Walter Model, Manstein, Guderian

15:35 Procrastination, Manpower & Panzer Buildup for Kursk, Ferdinand Tank destroyer, Tiger Tanks, Wonder Weapons

#ww2 #wwii #tank #panzer #militaryhistory #worldwar2 #redarmy #easternfront #wehrmacht #germantanks #germanarmy #tanks #tigertank

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NEW VIDEO: WW2 Talk: STUG III Combat, TIGER TANK Units, JU-87 Stuka, T-34, IS-2 Tactics, Guderian in Barbarossa

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This WW2 Talk covers:

1. Iron Cross Brigade (Stug III) The Story of Werner Gösel and Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 244
2. Sledgehammers: Strengths and Flaws of Tiger Tank Battalions in World War II 3.PANZER: The Medium Tank Company 1941
4. Stuka - The Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber
5. Guderian 1941: The Barbarossa Campaign
6.It Never Snows In September: The German View Of Market-Garden And The Battle Of Arnhem September 1944
7. TANK ASSAULT - The Combat Manual of Armored and Mechanized Forces of the Red Army (T-34 & IS-2)
8.Combat History of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 508, In Action in Italy with the Tiger I
9.Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy
10. Tigers In The Mud: The Combat Career of German Panzer Commander Otto Carius
11. Tiger Battalion 507: Eyewitness Accounts
12. The Combat History of German Tiger Tank Battalion 503 in World War II: in World War II
13. Charging Knights on the Eastern Front: The Combat History of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505


0:00 Panzer Ace Otto Carius' Tiger Tank memoir
1:35 Tiger Tank Battalions Analysis
4:50 Official Panzer Company tactical doctrine
6:22 Stuka Dive Bomber tactical documents
8:26 T-34 Tank Company tactical Doctrine
13:39 Heavy Panzer Battalion 508 (Tiger Tank and Borgward IV)
14:50 Tiger Tank Commander Memoir
15:54 Stug III Commander Memoir
18:13 Guderian Panzergruppe 2 in Operation Barbarossa
20:57 Heavy Panzer Battalion 507 (Tiger Tank)
23:23 Heavy Panzer Battalion 503 (Tiger Tank)
25:25 Heavy Panzer Battalion 505 (Tiger Tank)
27:30 German View of Operation Market Garden & Arnhem

#ww2 #wwii #tank #panzer #militaryhistory #worldwar2 #redarmy #easternfront #wehrmacht #germantanks #germanarmy #tanks #tigertank

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NEW VIDEO: Strengths & Weaknesses of T-34 Medium TANK, Soviet Red Army's Tool of Deep Battle, Eastern Front

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The T-34 was the most important tank of WW2 and critical to the Soviet Red Army's victory on the Eastern Front. The T-34 medium tank combined revolutionary sloped armor, high mobility, and massive industrial production of over 80,000 T-34s, swamping Panzer III and Panzer IV, Panzer V Panther, and Panzer VI Tiger Tank production with mass.

The tactical doctrine of the T-34, refined in WW2, influenced post-war Soviet designs which were exported & throughout the world. The ease of repair of the T-34/76 and T-34/85 allowed it to be easily integrated in Soviet Deep Operations and Deep Battle Tactics.

But despite its enormous operational & strategic impact the T-34 was also the most destroyed tank of WW2. It had many tactical flaws, especially in tank to tank combat and crew & tank unit training that prevented this great tank from reaching maximum combat efficiency.

0:00 Soviet Red Army T-34 Tank Strengths & Weaknesses on the Eastern Front in WW2

#ww2 #wwii #militaryhistory #documentary #worldwar2 #redarmy #sovietunion #easternfront #kursk #stalingrad

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New Video: RARE Color Footage of German Paratroopers: History of Fallschirmjäger Special Forces & Airborne Army

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This video provides rare colorized combat footage and discussion of German paratroopers, or 'Green Devils' or Fallschirmjäger in combat in Normandy 1944, Battle of Crete 1941, Monte Cassino Italian campaign in WW2 and on the Eastern Front. Units discussed include History of von Heyte's 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment, 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division, 7th Flieger division, and 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment.

These troops also appear in the famous Band of Brothers series, in an reinactment of the Battle of Bloody Gulch & Battle of Carentan.

German Paratroops were initially elite special forces troops with the highest standard of specialized training and equipment but as the war went on, they transitioned into a 200,000 man mass conscript infantry army of varying quality due to the actions of Luftwaffe CIC Hermann Goering.


0:00 German Paratroopers in WW2: Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6 & 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division in Normandy 1944
2:37 Hermann Goering's 200,000 Man Paratrooper Army
4:46 History of 7th Flieger Division as Elite Special Forces
7:55 Transition from Spec Ops to Conventional Elite Infantry
9:22 1st Fallschirmjäger Regiment on the Eastern Front 1942-1943
11:05 Blood Red Snow Memoir: 24th Panzer Division MG Gunner
12:15 Battle of Kursk Statistics Book

#ww2 #wwii #tank #paratroopers #paratrooper #paratroops #fallschirmjäger #montecassino #militaryhistory #worldwar2 #wehrmacht #germanarmy

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 6

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New Video: SECRETS of PANZER Generals during Operation Barbarossa, Typhoon & Battle of Moscow: David Stahel

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The Confessions & Secrets of Private wartime letters written during Operation Barbarossa, Kiev 1941, Typhoon, Leningrad, and the Battle of Moscow, are revealed by David Stahel's new book about German Panzer Generals Guderian, Reinhardt, Hoepner, and Schmidt.

The real personalities of these leaders are revealed, which differ from their public personas and what they wrote in their memoirs.

The questionable prospects of victory on the Eastern Front, the decline of the Wehrmacht in Operation Barbarossa & the Gates of Moscow, their military values, the role of Panzer Commanders as Celebrities, the role of political wives, the sacrifices, and other aspects of German military culture are revealed in these private writings.


0:00 Wartime Letters of Panzer Generals Guderian, Reinhardt, Hoepner, and Schmidt during Operation Barbarossa, Kiev 1941, Siege of Leningrad, Typhoon and the Battle of Moscow

#ww2 #wwii #tank #panzer #militaryhistory #worldwar2 #redarmy #easternfront #wehrmacht #germanarmy #tanks #barbarossa #battleofmoscow #operationbarbarossa

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New Video: A Soviet Red Army PENAL Battalion's CLOSE COMBAT: Shtrafbats from Bagration to the Vistula-Oder

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Shtrafbats (Russian: штрафбат, штрафной батальон) were Soviet penal battalions that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.

The shtrafbats were greatly increased in number by Joseph Stalin in July 1942 via Order No. 227 (Директива Ставки ВГК № 227). Order No. 227 was a desperate effort to re-instill discipline after the panicked routs of the first year of combat with Germany. The order—popularized as the "Not one step back!" (Ни шагу назад!, Ni shagu nazad!) Order—introduced severe punishments, including summary execution, for unauthorized retreats.

Pursuant to Order No. 227, the first penal battalions were originally authorized a strength of 800 men; penal companies were also authorized, consisting of between 150 and 200 men per company. In addition to the battalions already serving with Armies, other battalions, subordinated to Fronts (the equivalent of Army Groups), were introduced.

0:00 Close Combat of Red Army (Shtrafbats) Penal Company in Operation Bagration to the Vistula-Oder Offensive

#ww2 #wwii #militaryhistory #documentary #worldwar2 #redarmy #sovietunion #easternfront #kursk #stalingrad

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