Soviet Infantry Tactics 1941-1945? (German Perception)

German perception of Soviet soldiers during World War Two according to interviews of Wehrmacht commanders on the Eastern Front between 1947 and 1948.

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[davetherave]

In 1941 when the Germans went to capture Kiev Airport Russian Paratroopers gave the German attackers a nasty fright. They knew how to fight properly. That same unit defended the factory district at Stalingrad and held it until zhukov relieved them

[L-xi]

A video on the attitude of Italian soldier, would be unique and marvelous

[DK-wpti]

Having family who fought in the Soviet Army against the Nazis, I find this opinion of the Soviet soldiers by Germans a way of trying to deflect their own strategic/tactical failures and technological inferiority against the Soviets.
Their accounts try to create a mythological animal and using mildly racist terms like "herd instinct" are quite ridiculous.
Every man starves, every man flees against overwhelming firepower and every man freezes when exposed to extreme conditions, regardless of ethnicity. It is the army that prepares for these conditions that endures them, not some made up superhuman concept of your opponent.

I completely agree on your last point - German generals desperately tried to cover up their own failures and incompetence against an opponent they considered subhuman. Common excuses used are "losing only because of mass enemy numbers", bringing up the myth of "human wave tactics", "If only Hitler listened to his generals", "General Winter", etc...

It's a classic example of avoiding responsibility for your own failures.

[ChrisS-ukzy]

Good video, loved the Age of Empire's death sounds!

[andreasreinhardt]

I was born in Irkutsk and lived in Markovo until the age of 12. Our winters where cold (-35 to -55 Celsius) and the summers hot and dry (30 to 35 Celsius). The children loved to play outside no matter the weather. And in winter after the sauna you would jump into the snow. Good for circulation and imune system.

[tutorialspe]

Could you do a video about the British Invasion on Argentina in 1806 and 1807, it was a relatively big confrontation and little is known about it

[axelaerdeman]

It is a really interesting video ! Just the idea of it is cool, i never saw any post or video like tours talking about soldiers personnal perception of the ennemy!

[tylermorrison]

Please make more content about ww2, this is awesome

[alexwschan]

Mhmm... sounds like a generic way of how any enemy combatant would describe their enemy...

[gonzague]

great video ! you just should take care of anachronism, for example at 1:44, the battle is taking place before the creation of the t34-85 which is the tank you represented

[arnodobler]

the Story about the "White Ghost" would be interesting

[gcbisset]

View playlist not working. Please fix. Love your stuff so far.

[sig-signation]

Really enjoyed this one, an abrupt ending though I won’t deny

[squidward]

Great video. Do one on the Americans next!

[Lorian]

Is there also the opposite? Russian view of german soldiers?

[gusjeazer]

I remember reading a diary of a German tanker. He pointed out how puzzling it was to fight Russians. They sometimes retreated from good positions, but at other times made huge sacrifices for seemingly insignificant villages, taking them at all costs. They never knew what the Russians would do next. Everything was possible at any time at any place.

He also reported an incident where they captured a Russian KV tank crew, which had just driven through their lines at full speed without firing a single shot. The later captured men stated they were ordered to drive to a certain point on the map, which is what they did.

[Breakage]

Wow the old video hits. Seems you’ve always had a fascination with Russian soldiers. Looking forward to your video on the legacy of Wagner 5 years from now

[anatolymedvedev]

This is awesome, but could you please leave references to the german officers and people interviewed please, it would help add credibility and make more sense

[theansible]

Почему российская пропаганда всегда такая плохая?

[bsolutions]

Didn't the finnish destroy large numbers of soviet troops through using the servere cold to their advantage?