The Strategic Errors That Caused The Failure Of Operation Barbarossa | WW2 in Colour | War Stories
On the 22nd June 1941, massed German forces crossed the Soviet border, beginning Operation Barbarossa. This enormous, ambitious invasion would be a huge gamble for Hitler. Through several key strategic errors and Hitler's incomparable ego, its failure would go on to cost Germany the war.
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Its insane to think all of this actually happened. WW2 i mean. Its nuts..
And not all that long ago
We live in primitive times. I dream of the distant day when the men and women whose death is necessary to decide a “winner” tell their leaders to find some other way to settle their dispute.
Ww3 will be with drone swarms. Or worse.
Unlike the 66 diff rehashed WW2 Eastern Front vids this 1 is actually the great WW2 In Color series from '09.
man... i remember watching this series at about 4 am in the late 90s to early 00s... back in the days before watching videos online was possible at home... im talkin dial -up times!! lol
The day Germany marched into Russia was the day they lost the way. The Day Japan attacked the U.S. is the day they lost.
Their supply lines were too long. Their line was too weak in too many plances when the Russians finally did counter properly, after Stalingrad they should have all been allowed to perform a rapid and effective defensive retreat instead of just delaying the inevitable and slowly weakening all the force in the east. Lack of oil, hoping to capture the supplies they needed while their armies literally freeze and starve to death. It was a clusterfk like no other.
It was an ongoing shared fantasy. Daily defensive action's, constant retreat.
And US lend lease to the USSR. Uncle Sam saved the reds.
Keep lying to yourself where was American lend lease when Napoleon invaded Russia 😂😂@@RafaelSantos-pi8py
Their supply issues wouldn’t have been a problem if they used trucks instead of horses. Ppl assume the entire German military was fast and maneuverable because of Blitzkrieg but most of their army relied on horses. The Russians were equipped with American trucks.
@@BostonsF1nest Yes the Germans had no trucks and they starved Europe to death as they took all the farm horses so nobody could plough nor plant fodder so there was no cattle nor crops.
I was in a ww2 documentary mood this evening so this was great timing
Speaking of strategic errors-- This program gets the German talkeover of the Balkan wrong as far as motives.. Hitlers army had been planning on invading Russia by the Middle of may 1941-- But Because the Greeks kicked the snot out of the italians under Mussollini Germany had to go to Italys rescue.. It only took 5 weeks.. But those 5 weeks meant that Germans didn't get to the outskirts of Moscow until November / december after General winter had intervened on the side of the Russians. The Russians counterattacked stalling the Germans. And from there the Germans were never able to regain their earlier sucesses.. best Bruce Peek
Actually modern historian do not think the Balkan distraction affected the launch date of Barbarossa. The weather was bad in the USSR so they could not start earlier, and the Germans actually did better when General winter was around since the muddy roads were frozen and their tanks could proceed towards Moscow. It was the annual rains of October that slowed the Germans down. There is really no way that the socialists of Germany could have won that war once the allies decided they would resist. Britain blocked oil to the continent in 1939 and by itself likely would have eventually beaten Germany but it may have taken decades like the cold war.
4:00 You forgot to mention that originally the Italians were tasked to take the Balcans, to secure the Romanian oil fields, but failed, so German troops had to be diverted.
Germany destroyed 38k soviets tanks, over 18k soviet planes, taken prisoner of 10 million soviet prisoners, killed another 15 million soviet soldiers. Most countries would of fell as a result of this.
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And bare in mind a third of Hitler's power was in West Europe
Alot of those numbers are overstated. People just took the German accounts at face value since the Soviet accounts were ridiculously small. Most of the losses Germans claimed were as a result of units being encircled.. but many of those soldiers escaped
have* can't you spell?
Many of those 15 million soldiers killed were actually murdered civilians
Paulus couldn't break out. There was no fuel, no supply and not enough mechanized vehicles available. Any break out attempt would have ended in a total desaster anyway. 6th army's fate was sealed.
1941 - Germany stopped the advance to Moscow to help with the advancements to Kyiv and Leningrad, which gave the soviets time to dig defense lines and prepare 1942 - Germany overachieved goals for the Caucuses campaign, and had overstretched lines 1943 - Soviet intel reports figured of the German plans for Kursk, which gave the soviets valuable time to prepare for the attack. And it all came down in 1944, when Italy collapsed, Soviets launched Operation Bagration, which drove the Germans to Berlin, and D-day, which lead to the liberation of western Europe.
Germans fighting in minus 45 degrees in their summer clothes is something of a sight. 🤣
yeah like what where they thinking. Its not like they didnt have winter clothes, but just didnt issue them in time. Idiots
I go out in my goose down coat when it's zero and I'm cold can't imagine the summer clothes they wore at minus 40 degrees
And boots with metal hobnails Russian infantry also did not wear socks - no blisters Instead they wrapped cloth bands around toes and feet Also sometimes stuffed straw down their boots
Και με τις ίδιες στολές πήγαν στο Σταλινγκρατ __40 βαθμούς Κελσίου 😅
Not even Meth was enough to warm them up in that brutal Russian winter
Best summary I have seen. Great work thank you
So, the Germans had been defeated by General Winter! Stupid Cold War theory.
I always wondered why H man made fairly decent military decisions until halfway thru the war, then suddenly started making horrible military decisions, sacking 35 of his top military officers explains a lot
Attacking the much larger red army with a fraction of the tanks the reds had and low fuel supplies was a disastrous move. It was a gamble that the Soviet Union would collapse politically and militarily under the force of the invasion, but that outcome was never particularly likely.
No oil/fuel, supply lines way too stretched. You can play any strategy computer game, if you have endless troops and buildings producing tanks like the Soviets, you can just mark them all together with your mouse and send straight forward against an esports pro who has 1/4 of your tanks and troops and his tanks have only little fuel left + you are allowed to lose many battles like that because your base is several screens away on the map.
The real reason for their defeat was that the Germans massively underestimated the strength of the Soviets. Even after losing massive numbers in 41 the Soviets were still able to start winning within a year and half. Imagine if Stalin would have been just a little more competent or lucky in 41/42, the war would have been over years earlier. In short the Germans should not have entertained the notion they had a serious chance of winning. This is what happens when you base your strategy on racism or bigotry rather than on reality. This is lesson that has still not been learnt by modern aggressors.
As now western countries underestimated the strength of Russia. Russia is producing more weapons than all countries in NATO combine. Russia is more than gas station.
Imagine if the French had competent leadership. In many ways socialist Germany was kind of lucky at the start.
Agree with your view
Never gets old
History repeats its self.Great lesson we learn from these doc.
A problem is that people don't learn from history and continue to repeat the same mistakes. Some people want to regress to the 1800s.
Pol Pot, Mau, Lenin, Stalin, they all make the 1800s look pretty darn good....
Barbarossa was delayed by a good 3 months. If it weren't for the delay and turmoil with the Balkan campaign, it would have ended differently...
How do you think it would end if they did it then
idk,theirs a lot of ppl who agree with that and a lot of ppl who dont and both sides have good points,I think the only way to have beaten the USSR was to have dealt with Britain first,and they were beating em in the battle for Britian but Goering changed from attacking the airfields to civilian targets and that gave the Brits the breathing space they needed,but the Brits were definitely losing the air war before that blunder,although it was getting expensive,it was working,but who knows,couldve wouldve shouldve right oh,and one more thing,if the Japanese had attacked from the East and Finland the north,then maybe the USSR couldve been defeated
Ah an Italian tank commander
They never had enough fuel, food and soldiers for a continuous campaign. Germany simply did not have the logistical capability to take over a country as large and with as many people as a Soviet union in 1941. As long as the Soviet did not surrender and continue to resist that the Germans would not have ever been able to completely subdueresistance
The weather at the time was too bad for motorized operations. It had rained a lot in March to May and the roads were muddy. Moving supply trucks or tanks would be very dificult making blitzkrieg look more like turtlekrieg. The germans waited for dry weather and dry russian roads.
Excellent!
Your maps of Europe in 1941 is wrong!!france Netherlands and Norway was already occupied!! Wtf!!
Provide some links and it will help you prove right. I think it's important in this argument you present.
Why blurry some things here thats part of history and other stuff on youtube is open for everyone to see
KZhead does it.
This was a good quality docomentary. A bit glitchy re Stalingrad but on the whole a good summary. :)
Thank you
Probably seen it already but.... I'll bite
That's a voice that tells the truth 🏆🙏
The main reason they lost was because they underestimated the enemy. Just like Russia which invaded Ukraine with only 200,000 troops expecting Ukraine to fall within days. Now in the third year war is still going on.
yeah i agree
But difference is Russia is fighting smart in Ukraine now while Germany was making mistakes after mistakes against the Soviets
@@JDDC-tq7qm Now yes but not in the begining. Who in his right mind will attack such a large country with a million strong army with only 200,000 troops?
Yes, I believe they should had of taken the Suez and tried to make peace with Britain before embarking on Barbarossa. Though it's easy to critique the past and who knows.
@@indian2003 that's what I said now Russia is fighting smart the thing is Russia thought Ukraine was going to negotiate with them until Ukraine refused and choose to fight now Ukraine is paying the price
There was no way it would work because the Russians could simply send in there army's from the far east with zero worry from Japan.
Is it wierd that even though I'm not german nor overly pro war, i find myself not just rooting for germany but even mildly annoyed at their blunders?
General Winter
Unfortunately the savior stories of the T-34 are way overstated. They were there since the beginning. So many of them were captured it was crazy. The T-34 only looks so good because it was a commom scapegoat for german failures.
The other thing about the Russians. They didn't have as much trouble with their tanks and weapons in winter because they were used to the cold and what what to do to stop machines freezing. Also there tanks had wider tracks so were better on soft ground.
A very nice historical summation.
My Dad told me a lot of things about WW2 in Europe.
Hitler's Speeches had a "party like" feeling, like a modern day rock concert
Really? How many did you attend, Heinrich? Methinks you are full of it.
@@SuperOdyssjust watch the films taken at the time. He is right.
Actually, they seem to have more than a few similarities with Trump rallies. Totally baffling to those that haven't imbibed the koolaid.
It's the blurring out that puts me off, just so it can me monetised, as one comment also said the same story rehashed, heard many say History hit is not worth the subscription due to 20 minutes videos etc shame great idea but it's the blurring that makes me turn off.
I don't think there was anything hitlah could do that could win or lose the war with USSR. USSR simply a larger country. Just like China was too big for Japan to control totally.
As a result of Operation Barbarossa, the Soviets instigated the creation of "an elaborate system of buffer and client states, designed to insulate the Soviet Union from any possible future attack."
They were already doing that. It started with Poland. The Red curtain
It worked. The USSR collapsed before anyone attacked it.
You must be kidding. It wasn't a failure. It was just plain stupid.
The biggest mistake the Germans made was that in Oct of 41 they were in remarkable good shape , they up to that point had a regimen of combat for 3 weeks and rest reorganize for 1 week. So there it was at end of Oct in great shape with winter about to begin they broke that regimen in trying to get to Moscow. And they wasted the advantage they had.
Blurring out the carnage minimizes the carnage of war. True documentaries show everything that was actually filmed of the war by the correspondent photographers. If filming death of fallen troops was not important it would have not been filmed in the first place. Shame on you in your attempts to eliminate the facts of war.
Great documentary but I'm surprised the phase "German defense" in regard to German troops on foreign soil made it through edit.
that was before the woke grammar Nazis policed language. Documentaries used be for education before they all forced to be Goebel's style woke propaganda.
That was the Japanese biggest strategic misunderstanding that they didn't open east front of russia 2. The main problem of germans was not the cold weather that was iranian south to north Railway system that englands and americans used this railway to send supply, ammunition to russia via iran. Again germans were not blocked by winter they lost the Barbarossa because of strategic iranian supply and railway system.
British and Soviets invaded Iran 😂😂
49:05-49:15 "largest armored battle of ww2" - soviet propaganda detected.
Germany always have 80% of its best troops against SSSR, yes the fate of WW2 was decided at Stalingrad and Kursk. Without attacking SSSR, Germany would win WW2.
imagine FDR telling Eisenhower or Patton how to army.. welp, thats the short answer on why..
Essentially logistics, but we also have to admit one thing, if not for US help and supplies, Russia would have had greater difficulty if not lost
Train's, Locamotives and Rolling Stock into the ten's of thousands, many still running today were the critical difference
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg yes it was
Words of wisdom spoken here!, Americas massive logistical support of Russia played a decisive role! Americans you are the slaves of your money masters, you know who i am talking about, the same crowd that sent millions from Brooklyn all the way to Leningrad to finance the Bolshevik takeover of Russia!
Uncle Sam's lend lease saved the reds, even if the commies don't want to admit it.
@@JoaoSoares-rs6ecthe will of the Russian people to defend their homeland will overpower anything even without usa help Russia would win the a greater price tho
No mention of russia and german agreement to invade poland from east and west. Katyn Forest
The t-34 did not weigh 37 tons, but 29 tons. One-sided video as well.
Good to be here early 😁😁😁
21:41 this is what saved USSR. If not for the siberian units they would’ve lost the war.
The best WW2 Documentaries are SOVIET STORM: WW2 In the East, WW2 in Color, The Operations Room and Kings & Generals.
BS, I was there!
You should listen to tikhisory’s series on Stalingrad.
1st Russia is too big, 2nd Germany was too small (especially in resources) 3rd That american lend-lease saved the russians even if they deny it.
Not progressing onto Moscow in ‘41 was not…imho…a “strategic error”…as is well-documented Germany’s foodstuffs situation was about to become acute and the National Socialists needed to secure Ukraine to secure their food supplies; they also needed a base in Southern Russia in which to make a run at the Russian oilfields as Germany was acutely short on oil supplies in which to wage war. Good thing the Germans failed in any case.
They ran out of snack packs.
Isn't this Netflix?
Pucking Zanis
It's crazy that so many Russians surrenderd during this war seems like it was better to surrenderd than put up any kind of a fight and then to realize at the end of the war j very few made it back home we're talking about millions of Russian soldiers so crazy 🤣
I still think the Guderian march through Moscow if will not be returned at that point Germany whould have won
Nah. Germans lost due to a logistical error. By accident OKH handed Paulus staff the wrong maps. Apparently, instead of Stalingrad, they got the Illfracombe-Barnstaple section. God knows where the proper maps ended up...
Germany invaded Greece thus delaying their invasion of Russia and the winter got them.
Is this narrated by Faramir ?
The Germans should not have attempted an invasion of that magnitude in the first place they were totally unprepared the operation was doomed from the start
Germany should have went after the oil fields in Russia first refresher didn't have fuel how could they have moved the massive number of tanks does oil fields are so far south they would have had a logistic nightmare just to keep their troops Supply
This whole series is unashamedly pro-brit! They don't even show FDR in the intro! British revisionists at work here!
It is a British series that was shown on British TV.
44:37
4:47 ουπς λάθος, εμείς οι Έλληνες χαλάσαμε τα σχέδια του ΜουρλοΧιτλερ, οπότε δεν είναι έτσι όπως τα λες 😉🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
1 mistake, is attaking the Soviet Union
They always talk about Kursk but I think there was an even larger battle on the way to Moscow. It wasn’t as sexy. Look up the battle of Brody. No Tigers or Panthers. Without that brand name recognition, and the fearful 88, it becomes just a footnote in history.
Also known as the battle of Dubno.
The soviet union would invade the reich eventually. Question is: would it be better to defend against the soviets rather than conquer them? Germany would still fight a 2 front war that way
Shorter supply line, less front to cover and less oil usage. The Germans would’ve definitely done better on a counteroffensive war.
U can't beat the Russian winter just ask Napoleon
And Charles XII of Sweden
Got anything else So Obvious to add?
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg we all know you had to Google it 😂
@@AnthonyOMulligan-yv9cg Pretty snarky comment but still humorous 🙂👍
What helped the Russians a lot was, the English broke the German's Enigma code and were sending the Russians information where it was probable and when a German attack would come from. That saved the Russians a lot of casualties.
Not true, the British did not share Engima decrypted secrets with the Russia. They did not want the knowledge that German Engima code was compromised be known by the Germans at least in 1940 to early 1945.
You dont invade Russia. Ask Napolean
“He hated communism,” as he established a different form of it(it’s the national SOCIALIST party, he’s a man of the left…a lot of ppl forget that)
Feels like the script for this video was written by AI. Then someone with no knowledge of the topic struck out major sections to keep it under an hour long. Not sure where one would even find such dreadful maps either
The Germans were foolish not to harnass the Ukranians who hated Stalin !
Very biased
one more "documentary"... for idiots. Ask the author where did he get his "facts" from. The source would be... another "documentary"
So many mistakes,embarrassing 🤮
Russian spirit to defend their country will always be greater than anything the invaders bring at them, just ask Charles XII of Sweden and Napoleon what happened Uraaa 🇷🇺 💪
It’s always presented as Germany’s mistakes never the genius of the planning of Stalin and the Soviet Union.
Lol, are you serious?
Very questionable
Ukraine today, like history repeat... Again German tanks are fighting Russian on Russian borders and i think will result be the same at the end.
Never say “The Ukraine”. Only “Ukraine” is correct
Don't tell people how to speak just to conform with your politics.
It is not about politics. It is about correct name of the country. You will never say “The Germany” or “The France”, will you? To say “The Ukraine” is equally incorrect.
@@mtym3254 No, the Ukraine historically was a region, not a country. Like saying "The Shenandoah Valley". That's why people say "The Ukraine"
@@omarali262 Ukraine is an independent country. If you like history you should know this.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine
When did Biden grow the stache ?
Logistics killed the germans more then anything
369🇭🇷(Hrvati=Croats) Stalingrad ( Volgograd).Grad meaning- city
Welcome to rehashed war stories loaded 5 minutes ago for 66 th time
I ve just begun it and your msg is disturbing me... Rather disappointing me as it is late night here and i was going to sleep hearing it...
imagine crying about free content
History by definition is a replay of something.
Well let's see what you upload?, or do you only have criticism?
So don't watch it.
#BerasTujuhKurma
Interesting
The Eastern Front of WWII: The only theater of war where one wishes both sides could have lost somehow.
Wth lmao