You post what you want to post, don't worry about what anyone else thinks. You don't owe anybody an explanation of why you post videos about the Axis powers, on a history channel mainly about the Axis powers. That's like someone asking a science channel, why they post so much videos about science, a truly moronic question. Your channels popularity, along with your extremely high like to dislike ratio speak for themselves. You are posting truly unique, hard to find, extremely detailed and well thought out documentary style WW2 Axis power history, and I learn something new every single time you post a video, and that's something not many WW2 history channels can proudly state, even highly funded mainstream history networks cannot accomplish what you are doing here, and I for one am extremely grateful for the excellence and hard work you accomplish, with every video you release. Thank you! from a US Army Veteran.
5 months ago | 9
You're doing a great job.Germans suffered a lot during and after ww2.
5 months ago | 48
You're absolutely correct about the complexity of WW2. I've been studying the World Wars for 35 years and every year I learn new facts that I can hardly believe. The expansive history of that time is just mindboggling.
5 months ago | 5
Thanks for all you do bro! I’ve been with the channel since the early days and I’m truly glad to see your channel take off!!!
5 months ago | 16
Bruh honestly when we type in ww2 battles in youtube of course we want to see it from the German perspective, keep posting great content my friend
5 months ago | 23
Well said. The world’s knowledge is very Americanized. It’s nice to see the other side
5 months ago | 22
My great grandfather served in the Romanian military in WW2 and served along side German soldiers till he was wounded and sat out the rest of the war when the country switched sides, his experience motivated me to study axis history because it’s more intertwined in my heritage. I hope these videos of yours continue for many more, they fascinate me, teach me and most importantly, keep me occupied while doing 3am shifts at work. Thank you very much Fin
4 months ago (edited) | 0
Thank you for saying that! I've been saying the same thing for so long. Overlord, Market Garden, etc. Is soooooo overdone. I wish games would explore more obscure battles. Such as The 78. Sturm Division at Orsha facing off against 26. Guards, where from what little I know were virtually destroyed in the fighting. Or perhaps the Spring Awakening Offensive? The last major German offensive of the war. Eventually it ended in a terrifying spectacle that was initially going well. But on the flank of the SS units jump off point. There was a very clear and huge buildup just waiting to cut everyone off. Thus causing a chaotic and frantic total route to get back to friendly lines. Or what about the Siege of Budapest? Where a minuscule garrison of SS units and some others had to fight impossible odds. There are SO MANY unknown battles. And im glad that there is finally someone out there that thinks the same way. That has a channel like this showing us the other side of humanity in this war. I hope some day someone does the same thing your doing here. But about the Soviets/Russians post WW2. Since these days its always as you also said, so black and white. With very little context on the WHY and HOW did some of these major events happen in the first place. EVERYONE deserves to have their stories told... everyone.
5 months ago | 4
I love that you are covering the German side. Like you said, the allied side has been done to death, while very little has been said of the Axis side. At 64 years old, I have always been fanasated by the Germans in WWII. it’s good to see their side for a change. Giving the full story and not only the victor’s side. Keep up the great work!
5 months ago | 5
Honestly most of us have only been told about the allies our entire lives, it's extreamly refreshing to see the other perspective
5 months ago | 1
I was born in Germany. Live in ohio. Many young people are realizing the lies we were told about the war
5 months ago | 34
Like you, I have been quite interested in WW 2 from a early age. On my mother's side of the family I am German. My Grandfather, and his two brothers served in the German military during WW 2 ( all three surviving the war) and are still living Only until with all the various videos here on You Tube are we really starting to get a much broader experience of the war from a much greater scale. My Grandfather and his two brothers never really spoke about thier collective experiences while I was growing up.....Nor did my Grandmother. Asking those questions.....I did ask my Grandfather one time when I was around 12 years old. The tone of his voice ( very quiet but firm) along with the ice cold look in his eyes.
5 months ago | 2
What I've always been so fascinated with when it comes to German world war two footage is their combat footage is actually combat footage. Most of the allied "combat" footage is staged.
5 months ago | 10
Thank you for this statement. I was wondering about it, and this clears it up very well.
5 months ago | 3
I think that was a fair and well thought out statement. War can only be truly understood by those who experience it firsthand. I know because I have experienced it. That being said those who have been fortunate not to have experienced war should try to understand the history of it unvarnished and from all sides lest they end up making the mistake of repeating it.
5 months ago | 1
I honestly don’t understand how some people just want to complain about it. I’ve been an avid WW2 history enthusiast for a long time, and during it I really only learned from the Allied side perspective. I’m grateful that there are some who have done the opposite and helped show the perspectives on the Axis Powers. Is it often brutal and harsh stuff to learn? Yeah. But it’s war, none of it is gonna be pretty, but if we let ourselves forget our history then we will become doomed to repeat it. Mate you make wonderful videos, and I look forward to seeing what vids come next, keep doing a great job.
5 months ago | 1
Thank you for making the videos you do, they are highly informative and important in order to get a full perspective on the War.
5 months ago | 2
HistoryAtWar
A question I often get asked is:
"Fin, why do you post so much German content and not much about the Allies?"
First off, I started this channel about three years ago, initially just posting combat footage nothing major, something I did on the side while I was in college. To my surprise, those videos amassed millions of views. But my fascination with World War II has been with me for as long as I can remember, since I was about four years old. I grew up surrounded by everything related to the war, from movies and family stories to books, especially on my British side, where I had family members who fought and died.
However, when I turned 20 (I’m 23 now), my mother told me much more about my German heritage. Her mother is German, and she shared shocking stories about my great-grandmother escaping Berlin and brim details of the Battle of Berlin, and even being a personal servant for Heinrich Himmler during war time. She endured brutal and insane experiences, along with horrific Allied war crimes on both the Western and Eastern Fronts she suffered. and how she fell in love with a famous Luftwaffe ace, and much more. my great grandfather was a British soldier in berlin, (Post ww2) and he basically saved her. They both fell in love and moved back to Britain with her. Learning about my family’s struggles during the war and how they rebuilt their lives in Britain opened up an entirely new side of history to me. That’s when I truly realized that World War II is not black and white and that all stories deserve to be told.
It was only about three or four years ago that my deep fascination with Axis history truly began. Even now, it's still relatively new to me, and I'm learning more every day.
Seeing how well the combat footage I posted was doing, I decided to start making informational videos based on my own studies. No surprise; they all performed really well. I believe there’s been a massive resurgence in interest in World War II history, especially with Europe’s problems today. More and more people are revisiting history, realizing its relevance, and becoming more interested than ever in learning about the past.
One of the main reasons I don’t post much Allied content is simply because it’s been done to death. Almost every major battle, soldier, and story has been extensively covered. But the other side of history—the Axis side—is still largely unknown to most people. That’s why it’s doing so well here on YouTube; there’s still so much to explore and uncover. And for me personally, it’s deeply enjoyable to study and create these videos for HistoryAtWar. There’s so much history that hasn’t been covered, and I still have hundreds of video ideas waiting to be made.
Of course, focusing mainly on Axis content attracts all sorts of people, and with that comes some very stupid comments. It’s a constant battle to keep everything in order and safe. I sometimes get comments of posting "n4zi content!", but that couldn’t be further from the truth. I feel obligated to share these videos and stories because they reveal the true nuances of history beyond the oversimplified narratives that are often pushed.
There’s so much more to World War II than just D-Day, Normandy, and Market Garden etc. I didn’t fully realize how deep and complex the Eastern Front was until I started seriously researching it. Since then, it has completely engulfed my mind—I find myself constantly reading, researching, and learning more about it every day.
For now, I never expected HistoryAtWar to grow this much—it’s truly amazing to see. What’s even more surprising is that so many young people, even from my generation, are becoming more interested in World War II than ever before. There’s still so much to cover, and honestly, we’re only just getting started.
So, I hope this clears up some of the stupid comments I get and gives a better understanding of my motivation and inspiration behind these videos and this channel. More importantly, I hope it shows where my true historical fascination lies.
Thank you all! :)
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