Battle of Berlin 1945 - Nazi Germany vs Soviet Union [HD]

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(reserved for funny 'germans' comment)

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Soviets.

Guy in the rear with the limp is having a bad day.

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One thing you can say about the Nazis, they were patriotic as frick about Germany.

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Probably more of a "hey, the Soviets are raping every female they find and are going to throw us fighting men in labor camps for years or worse so I'm cool with fighting down to the last city block."

I wonder if the Germans would have surrendered sooner if it were the Americans and British fighting in Berlin.

Those german soldiers near the end were damn near babies. Tough to see

Goebbels' Speech Battle of Berlin

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Fortunately for the world, Hitler was not a very smart military strategist.

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Smart enough to lead his country to the conquest of Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France within the first year of the war. There were then many more victories against the British and others in Yugoslavia, Greece, and Africa, followed by one of the most unprecedented military advances in history with the initial successes of Operation Barbarossa against the Soviets. Only then, and with the entry of the United States, did the war begin to turn against Germany.

Hitler was not a military strategist at all (though he was an amateur reader of Clausewitz). Even though he would later handicap his generals with excessive intervention and political interference in the conduct of the war, Germany's successes in WWII in spite of the odds against her were little short of remarkable. Hitler is directly involved in both those successes and failures.

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Guy in the rear with the limp is having a bad day.

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think he's got a splitting headache

Goddamn that's good casting, dude looks EXACTLY like Hitler.

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Smart enough to lead his country to the conquest of Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France within the first year of the war. There were then many more victories against the British and others in Yugoslavia, Greece, and Africa, followed by one of the most unprecedented military advances in history with the initial successes of Operation Barbarossa against the Soviets. Only then, and with the entry of the United States, did the war begin to turn against Germany.

Hitler was not a military strategist at all (though he was an amateur reader of Clausewitz). Even though he would later handicap his generals with excessive intervention and political interference in the conduct of the war, Germany's successes in WWII in spite of the odds against her were little short of remarkable. Hitler is directly involved in both those successes and failures.

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As usual from Chewy, 100% dead on target, thought provoking, and insightful.