It’s that time of the year again- the time when the Axis Powers drive deep into the Soviet Union. Fall Blau is the name of this year’s huge offensive, and it begins this week, making great gains from the very beginning, but the Axis Powers are also making big gains this week in North Africa, taking Mersa Matruh and pushing to within 100 km of Alexandria. Can nothing stop them?
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Written and Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Research by: Indy Neidell
Edited by: Lucas Aimó
Sound design: Marek Kamiński
Map animations: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Markus Linke
Colorizations by: Daniel Weiss, Mikolaj Uchman, Lucas Aimó
Sources:
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Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Dark Beginning – Johan Hynynen
Not Safe Yet – Gunnar Johnsen
Break Free – Fabien Tell
Evening Spies – Sage Oursler
Last Minutes – Etienne Roussel
Last Strike for Glory – Dream Cave
Weapon of Choice – Fabien Tell
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A new offensive into the USSR likely means more occupied territory. The Axis have a brutal track record so far in terms of treating civilians in occupied territory, and you can learn more about that in our War Against Humanity subseries. Episodes come out twice a month and the playlist is right here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsIk0qF0R1j4cwI-ZuDoBLxVEV3egWKoM
I'd say Germany needs the oil from the Caucasus more than the Soviets.
Mussolini is such a queasy little man.
I'd love to see statistics on how much of the intelligence the Soviets received was actually untrustworthy and/or convincingly contradicted itself. Stalin was infamously paranoid but some mistrust can be justified in espionage, especially in the age of wireless communication and information overload.
The regular recitation of Allied shipping losses is rank sensationalism when not accompanied, as it never is in these videos, by mention of Allied shipbuilding. Absolute numbers of ships lost was never on its own a useful metric. Only the net effect of losses and construction gives a sensible picture of the Atlantic campaign.
#1 lesson learned. Don't fly in WWII planes and or with high ranking military officers
Don't you have access to original black and white film? I mean, fake colour images are just UGLY and feel SO fake!
In italian "Counting Chicken before they Hatch" would be like: Non dire gatto se non ce l'hai nel sacco ". Literally, Dont say cat if it is not in the bag.
Hehe, the map of Australia at 12:00 doesn't even go far enough on the screen to show Perth/Fremantle, the Allies main Western submarine base.
It was a fortunate thing that the decisive historical battle was at El Alamein, and not Fuka.
Incredible that in the cutthroat world of early bolshevik Russia, before and after the revolution, that somehow Stalin made it this far. He is just so dumb.
Ah. Guadalcanal. Can't see anything happening there. Will probably fall in a day or two…
This is very good, tnx
Fun fact
In terms of weeks this is pretty much the half way point of the war for Germany………I have foreknowledge
What's the official name of the German offensive that surprised Stalin?
Is your tie in strichtarn?
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Really disappointing that actions in Africa are presented with a lot of detail while massive action like in Sevastopol are merely skimmed over.
"I am 25 years old, at the front I managed to destroy 309 fascist invaders. Don't you, gentlemen, feel like you've been hiding behind my back for too long?"
Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, during a visit to the United States, 1942
Josef Stalin is a bastard in every step of the Russian army. Defeat.
It’s not looking good for the Allies this week on the Eastern Front and in Egypt. 😞
Very good production!
7:54 at your left you can see indy neidell and at your right you can see indy as well
Let us all remember this complete British defeat at the hands of an inferior force (2/3 of which was italian) further down the line when they'll call the US forces "our Italians" after Kesserine.
I just want a minute by minute Stalingrad please!
Gotta love the intros.
Amazing content. You guys should totally see if you can get rights to use Hearts of Iron IV as map and unit concepts for when you are describing these major battles. That game has a dedicated community that would support this to the max! Just a little thought I had in mind.
OUTSTANDING!
"NON DIRE GATTO SE NON CE L’HAI NEL SACCO." Don't say "cat" until you have it in the bag!
Please let me know which units got close to Astrakhan in November 1942…
Stalin Killed more people than Hitler!
Do we know how many tons of shipping made it through in june 1942? The numbers of sunk tonage sound astonishing but it seems like enough is making it through for the allies to stay supplied. Percentage of sunk shipping out of total shipping would be interesting I think. 😮
In French Canada, they say "dont sell the bearskin before you have killed the bear"
These graphics just get better all of the time. I love it 😀
So we have reached the peak tension. This summer will be decisive for the war.
How did we get a year ahead?
How those Soviet soldiers kept on fighting is incredible. Through these series I’ve gained so much respect for the GIs, Soldaten, Tommies, Soltilaat….. These people just kept going, even when faced with the harshest of conditions imaginable.
big moves in russia and africa…i wonder how they will turn out
Looks like the phrase is English in origin based on what I can find. From 1570, Thomas Howell.
The Army had Dugout Doug, putting them at a distinct disadvantage.
Is this a channel hyping nazism ? looks like it in the comments.
Really enjoyed this one, always details that I haven't heard before, or knew about but not their concurrence with other important details. This was the week, that the planets and stars realigned, and the Axis stepped into a big pile of poop, all over the world. Course, Royal Navy is about to too…
Marine officer: says here we’re going to Gaudacanal.
Other officer: Where is that?
Marine: Dunno. Panama, I think?
Indy, according to closed captions your name is Indian Ideal. 🙂
Sweet vest!!!
In Italian it's "Mai promettere sole prima che sorga."
Don't promise sunshine before it rises.
🐕🦺❤️😎
17:30 "endless land" is true, HOWEVER the "endless men" is NOT true. Since the soviets reached a 1:2 ratio on the front only in 1943