Diary Of A German Soldier. The Terrible Fate Of A Comrade. The Eastern Front.
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Today we will read the diary of the German Gefreiter, who served in the 9th Company of the 35th Motorized Regiment of the 25th Motorized Division. His diary entries begin not long before the invasion of the Soviet Union. There he describes heavy forest battles, constant confrontations with Red Army cavalry, and fighting with partisans.
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Man these are great. I listen to these when laying in bed at night. So so sad this war. It should never have happened. Sad 😢
How do you think the war in Ukraine is being fought ?
@jonm7547 almost exactly the same. It's so strange to hear the same towns names 80 yrs later.
@@jonm7547...WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS VIDEO?!!
@@daleburrell6273that war isnt fun no matter when it takes place
(Hitler) convinced himself defeating the Russians would lead to Britain finally unable to resist defeat. Operation sea lion (despite the Germans never neutralizing British radar capabilities) if together by Germany and Japan would have been successful. Barbarossa and pearl harbor were avoidable blunders. Britain was the axis powers missed opportunity for success.
My grandfather was chasing Germans across Slavonia (today Croatia), he was a commander in Yugoslav partisan army. They were highly trained soldiers (the Germans). Not many captured lived to see a trial, secret service typically ordered execution on the spot. I recall my grandfather was torn as Germans would cry and show photos of children, begging for their lives, but typically the men on horses in long leather coats would give the “execute” order by a wave of their hand. These were the secret service men, above any law or military. There was no choice. Wars are extremely tragic and only a fool can think they are good.
The pictures of the calvery on horseback, another example of sad losses of men and animals.😔 Thanks for sharing another diary.👏
Glad to see you said about animal losses. We don't hear much about this poor creatures...
For once a diary that doesnt talk of "trading cigarettes for potatoes" with the native Soviets. This actually points out the power of the Partisans. And the hell they caused rear-line troops.
A war fought with very little compassion...
Is it possible to have compassionate warfare.???better to describe it as extra cruel l think.
@johntchb fair point but war really would be much, much worse without any rules at all
@@indefatigable7492the Pacific war pretty much had no rules
More accurately, fought with no compassion (especially the Eastern Front and the Island fighting against the Japanese) but war and compassion are words that don’t go together.
Vernichtungskrieg😊
That was interesting and it was also really sad how they accepted their fate
Tiny Cogs in a MASSIVE Machine, brought up that way. Growing up I knew 3 German ex servicemen and I remember what they told me about their families and friends who didn't survive the bombings or the Russians, very sad when small children and the elderly are victims. Imagine a Germany that had been progressive?......near my home in Ireland there was an hydroelectric power station off a man made lake, built in 1926 just after Ireland had gained independence and it was German's who came and built it. The German's interned in Ireland had the best of it, but many lost their families, friends and communities.
Merci pour le partage 👍💯👏👋
I think that I speek for most subscribers that I would really enjoy the reading of FULL diaries.Is this possible ?
I understand it. This is a complete diary.
Did you listen to the ending? He clearly states that it just ends- likely because the man fell in action. Many of these diaries were taken from dead Germans as intelligence, and just ended up in some Soviet archive. We're REALLY lucky they're being published like this or they'd be completely forgotten.
I always look forward to your new uploads. Sadly, yet another diary that abruptly ends because the soldier was killed in action. I didn’t think I could have more hatred and contempt for Adolph Hitler but with every diary I listen to my disgust of that psychopathic monster grows. I don’t have much less contempt for Stalin, he was just as indifferent about his soldiers lives (his not one step back policy) and didn’t give a damn about the innocent civilians caught in the middle of the horror and carnage. Forcing the civilians to remain in the cities ((Leningrad, Moscow and Stalingrad) to motivate the Russians soldiers to fight that much harder How did the world come to have so many despicable megalomaniacs leading countries at the same time…Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao, Tojo? I can only conclude that the terrible economic conditions gave these monstrous men the opportunity to gain the megalomaniacal power they craved. My god the suffering, death and destruction they caused is still difficult for me to wrap my head around. It so important that people understand this history, never have the words “History repeating itself” ever been so important! 22:12
Regrettably there are people at or near the top in many nations who speak in fervent nationalistic hate speak, some already acting as did the maniacs of the 1900’s. Note the speeches of the new leader of Holland.
Stalin was killing his people as well. Pol Pot, Mao Zedong, and the list goes on. Hitler is only one person. LOL
You forget to mention Roosevelt and Churchill.
@@view1st...AW, BULLSHIT!!! FDR AND CHURCHILL DIDN'T START THAT GODDAM WAR IN EUROPE- ALL THEY DID WAS FIGHT AGAINST HITLER'S AGGRESSION!!!
...YES, HITLER WAS A WICKED SON OF A BITC#- BUT LET'S REMEMBER THAT THE GERMAN PEOPLE WERE EVERY GODDAM BIT AS GUILTY AS HITLER FOR THE OUTBREAK OF WW2 IN EUROPE: HITLER WAS ONLY ONE PERSON- AND HITLER COULDN'T POSSIBLY HAVE WAGED THAT WAR IN EUROPE ALL BY HIMSELF!!! MORALLY AND LEGALLY, AN ACCESSORY TO A CRIME- IS JUST A GUILTY AS THE PERPETRATOR OF THE CRIME- AND THE GERMAN PEOPLE WERE EVERY BIT AS GUILTY AS HITLER!!!
You can see from these diary reports that the Eastern Front was doomed from the start. It seems despite the massive territory gains after Barbarossa, the Germans were advancing at too much speed to try to conquer their ambitious objectives in a short period and ignoring that all their logistics stayed back in Poland. The soldiers were advancing and winning but then they were starving and lacked any post office or field kitchens.
True the only masters of logistics is United States .
They were in amphetamines , and that won’t last long
It's good to see the unedited, un self-redacted thoughts of a German soldier. So many of the books by German soldiers are a type of revisionism, and try to claim they weren't part of the local atrocities and didn't know about the wider atrocities.
because alot of them weren't.
And yet you don't here one bad word about the Germans during their time serving, despite being on foreign soil-they had to know what they were doing was wrong, and didn't care.@@hobsonbruz8220
LOL Good grief. What atrocities? The things the SOVIETS accuse them of? You know the Russians lie- about everything, right? Look at now in Ukraine- same as back then. Besides shooting partisans is perfectly legitimate- they're murderers and worse. Did you listen to what this guy reports they did to his friend? They did a lot worse. So it was entirely correct to execute them. And the claim that a lot were innocent civilians comes from the Soviets- and what do we know about Soviet claims? That's right. Lies. Always lies.
The combat soldiers are usually doing just that - engaging in combat. Hitler had other, specialized troops behind the lines to do the dirty work of atrocities. I'm sure the combat troops participated in some too, but they were mainly busy fighting Soviet troops. Neither the Soviets nor the Germans observed the niceties of the Geneva Convention during that war, so it's silly to just dump on the Germans about atrocities. If you want to talk about revisionism then look at the Soviet versions of the war. Hell, they revised history itself.
But Germans were the invaders and Russians the invaded, not a little difference..........
Another short-lived infantryman. They did not live long on the Eastern Front. Also, the Soviets needed no encouragement when it came to brutality. They showed no civilized behavior whatsoever towards on the Poles in '1939.
And to the Ukrainians in the '30s, themselves in the '20s and so on back for hundreds of years.
I’d say the Germans had it coming. They were invaders and had no business being in Russia
Is war ever civilized? Im no soldier but it seems to me that in war brutality is the order of the day for all sides involved. That being said Poland did get especially screwed in WWII. Multiple timea. They got screwed after the war under Soviet occupation too. Theyre in a really bad spot geographically; like an European Meggido.
@PoorMansChemist The mass execution of POWs, which the Soviets did, was a war crime.
@@calc1657 They are hardly the only ones to do so. The Germans and Japanese did the same thing in WWII. So what's your point?
Lack of supply & logistic is very apparent & so was the motorised division.
Chilling !!
Finally, videos with proper pronunciations. 👍
Like an audiobook format.
No, it's more than that. Here you can still feel the atmosphere of those events more.
No offence but where do you get all these journals from ?
-43 f. That is insane. I have been in - 15. And worked in up to -30 in a warehouse. All you think about at those temperatures is getting warm, which I was able to eventually. But for them it never happened.
Complimenti, ascolto con emozione i diari, molta tristezza mi pervade. Grazie. ⭐
1:22 very clear photo of an Asian Wehrmacht !👍
Great reader.
Yes, Germans do not use a month day description, theirs is day month eg 10th July.
Did the Germans ever look at the Russian map?! The logistics alone will kill you. Terrible loss of life on both sides. Hitler wasn’t even German and Stalin wasn’t Russian. That’s the irony of it…
Muito bom!
Some if the Cities and towns mentioned in the diary, have become familiar to us since the Russia invasion of Ukrane. Sad.
Odessa, Kharkiv and many other Ukrainian cities were founded by Russians . They are coming home
I feel bad for Trudell
I think if he had survived and returned to her, she would not have recognized him. It would be a completely different person.
Me too..
Yeah. If she survived the war. Hundreds of thousands of civilians died in British and US bombings of German cities too.
I like your observation about Trudell.
give up. How could he have written entries in his diary on January 29, 31, and February 10 if he was killed on January 23?
It's interesting how they go from we are winning too we might lose this
Basically every diary is like this of the few parts of diaries I have read. Evil lifts you up just so it can knock you down 😢
2:39 has that dude got his helmut on backwards?
It all depends on which direction the artillery round is coming from.
Nice Kruppe Protze.
By Demons Be Driven.
They said lice was more deadly than bullets
The amphetamines they got took their toll too
-43C unbelievable.
War is the most stupid thing humans do. What's the point in all this death and suffering?
It's the ultimate waste.
Money, money, money, money. Money.
@@user-bf2cv9xo7x Yup, thank the bankers and industrialists. And it's about power for the few at the top everywhere.
Three men herding one cow! THREE !? For ONE cow?! God I'm angry too...
terrible fate ... and how many terrible fates they brought? and to just to enemy they made outside ....
Massacre at Broniki July 1941.
They shouldn’t have been there, had they been at home like they should have been it wouldn’t have happened. I’m more bothered about all the atrocities against women and children that the German army committed.
@@Shell2164 Just like the Communists did in the Baltic states, Poland and the Ukraine long before Barbarossa was even thought of. Those soldiers you refer to as should not of having been there were conscripts and some mothers sons. Violence begets violence, its a vicious circle.
@@Shell2164the reds were in Poland, Finland, the baltics, but you don’t want to talk about that.
@@capoislamort100we’re talking about the Germans, why is it whenever someone brings up vile behaviour of one group someone pipes up about another? When I watch a video about the Soviets I’ll condemn them.😊
@@Shell2164 and Romania I alone have listened to some horror stories that the soviet soldiers committed in Romania against the local population, mainly to women. That's why the russians are so 'loved' from a large part of the world. They were and appears to still be some savages.
Then they were shocked after 3 years of this torture they treated them so bad.
very graphic account.....felt the lice biting me...shudder
O notice alot of the german troop and surply trucks have the mecedes benz emblems on their grill..who wouldve guesd a german luxury car maker would make heavy duty trucks for war..yet I guess the nazi regime gave them no choice whether they agreed toor not.
Yeah, the Germans went to war in 1st class style.
Basically every German company that was around then and today made supplies for the war. BMW produced a massive amount for the Nazis.
At least he was totally frank regarding the executions. Indeed, he had little compassion.
Ha ha Trudell, wonder if it was a long off relative 🤔
Feel sorry for the 🐴. Such cruelty.
aquello tubo que ser terrible dios mio
I had a shirt tail relative who lived in western Ukraine, during the war he, was in the polish army, the German army, and the Russian army , how he survived this is a miracle, he ended up in a dp camp in Austria then emigrated to the U S
What is a "shirt tail relative"?
@@view1st a distance relative
Theres a lot of this in history I served myself with veterans of other armies .
@@markjamison9677 he was a deserter from all three
And he was so cocky like Hitler and didn't realize the biggest blunder was pulling soviets in the war. They could have used all those men and we would never broke through France 😅
I will say this much, of all the diary reading so far,..they did a very good job of indoctrinating this German soldier. If he survived, I think he likely a lost cause for life, or at least very difficult to de-Nazify! 7:21
The thing I love the most about this channel is that it proves the gas room was for de licing clothes and the showers for the people
His utter racism is more realistic than many accounts by axis soldiers who survived the war and didn't want to look bad.
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Trudele lost her boyfriend 💔💔💔
Aww shame
She gets lots of Russian boyfriends later.....
Das Tagebuch des deutschen Gefreiten lesen? Warum in Englisch? Schade.
Makes the North African campaign sound like Kindergarten.
Frente Leste não era pra amadores e a maldade corria solta dos dois lados então acusar um e defender outro é complicado
I think that those who defend their country have the right to be evil towards the enemy. The invaders have come to take their lands and destroy the people they love.
@@MilitaryClubHISTORYCom crtza e se os atacantes usam tds os meios pra te destruir vc tmb tem esse direito boa semana 🗡🗡🗡🗡🤟🤟🤟🤟
Many soldiers at war suffer trauma, some believe in the country and its commanders, others are more critical. But in all, we had good soldiers and bad ones. The British bombed the city of Dresden on purpose to reduce Germany's fighting strength. Some americans soldiers cut, cooked and hung the heads of Japanese soldiers from their backpacks, trucks, tanks. It's all documented. If that wasn't enough, they dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. The Germans carried out the Holocaust, Stalin carried out the purge together with Mao Tse Tung, killing more people than the Second World War. In war, truth is the first victim, and innocent people suffer due to the madness of their leaders. May God have mercy on us.
Well said
War is terrible. But don't try to dilute the guilt of Germany not only for starting the war but for supporting those who made them complicit in the Holocaust. And as for Dresden London did not fare well under German bombing. Germany complaining about Dresden and deprivations of war shows that they might still not understand the suffering they wrought by starting that war.
Stalin was a monster so was Mao but still never ever like the Germans. The fact that Germans planned and actually did it- picked up millions of babies and small children just to torture and gas them. That alone tells you that Germans were the most evil people that ever existed. Hitler is the most evil man that ever existed and the fact that Germans followed him tells me that they were just as evil.
Historically wrong. American soldiers never cut, cooked and hung the heads of Japs/Koreans. Pure revisionist of actual history. Check accuracy of your statements before posting.
Sorry your statement of American atrocities brings no compassion nor sympathy for the Japanese war machine. Simply Japan started something that the United States finished. You reap what you sow.
Who wrote this diary it certainly wasn't a German soldier perhaps it was one of those Hollywood screen writer types.
War is a monster and these German soldiers either have no soul or were completely brainwashed.
Completely brainwashed, they thought they were superior and the Soviets were sub human. That’s what they wanted, because that way these boys would have no problems committing disgusting atrocities.
Brainwashed by a delusional lunatic. So sad.
Stop making excuses for Germans - both soldiers and civilians. Hitler is the most evil man that ever existed and Germans were just as evil cause they followed him. Hitler never ever hid is cruel intentions so much that he even wrote them in a best seller book- Mein Kampf.
They claim brainwashed, I'm not so sure about this.
The first part is right, but the rest- geez. You don't know much about the war in the east, I think. I hope that changes.
The arrogance the Germans showed the Russians is literally the same arrogance WE are showing the Russians in Ukraine……
And Russia is winning …..again 🤷♂️
@@jacobjorgenson9285 they absolutely are
September 31st???!!! Who wrote this bs? This is fake?
Another very interesting diary- and typically amusing little pro-Soviet propaganda editorializing at the beginning LOL I didn't hear anything that sounded like what you claimed, and if you're meaning the mentions of executions of parisans, those are legitimate- and merciful compared to the crimes they committed. If there was any suffering of innocent civilians it was due to the dirty Red Army hiding among them instead of fighting like real soldiers, and using civilians as human shields. The barbarity of Soviet 'paritsans' is well-known and of the most disgusting sort. Just look at what has and is happening in Ukraine now- Russians haven't changed. None of this is new- they've always been that barbaric.
Pues en muchísimos ,países del mundo,que saben la historia perfectamente lo que sucedió en la segunda gerra mundial,los malvados sicópatas torturadores genocidas ,de ninguna manera fueron los rusos ,así que tú odio 😡 por ellos no te ciegue ,. porque los anglosajónes piratas es nación más perversa y genocida a lo largo de su historia , ,,,,hasta hoy , gracias a dios que existen las redes sociales para darnos cuenta de esta gerra como son los hechos reales , y el mundo sabe quien la originó , y que siempre sale con la película que es el bueno del mundo, los tiempos cambian , y sabemos que el malo no era tan malo ,y el bueno no era tan bueno, ciao😢😢.
You have it all backwards. Once again the Russians are repelling the Nazis!
You have no evidence of Russian barbarity in Ukraine. You have propaganda a plenty though