Germany's Worst Defeat: Operation Bagration | Animated History

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While Stalingrad may be the most famous battle of the Eastern Front in World War II, it was not Germany’s most decisive defeat. The Soviet offensive known as Operation Bagration completely annihilated Army Group Center and collapsed the German front line; in part one of this two-part video, we explore how the Soviets outmaneuvered their German foes and broke through their defenses.

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Sources:
Adair, Paul, Hitler's Greatest Defeat: The collapse of Army Group Centre, Sterling Pub. Co., London, 1994
Citino, Robert,The Wehrmacht’s Last Stand: The German Campaigns of 1944–1945. University Press of Kansas, 2017
Glantz, David M, The Battle for Leningrad: 1941–1944. University Press of Kansas, 2002

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[renano]

"How do we convince the germans we are attacking the south?"
"What if we attack the south?"
Genius

[bigguy]

Stalingrad- a bloody nose
Kursk - a broken arm
Bargration - A broken back

[DegnaDings]

“They came for our blood, and now they drown in their own”

Viktor Reznov

[jyeoenx]

My grandfather, born in Ukraine, took part in this operation. Now he is 98 years old and lives in Minsk.

[dasduck]

The animation has gotten so much better over the years

[coaxill]

Germany: BETTER DEAD THAN RED! Right guys?
Romania: ...
Bulgaria: Red doesn't seem so bad anymore

[rorythecomrade]

I really love the detail at 15:47 with the soviet flag, it's not the soviet flag people tend to picture which came about in 1955, it's the older one, which is only slightly different but the variant of the hammer and sickle is different, and I just like that attention to detail.

[ThePhantomSafetyPin]

Germany: Man, all you really need to deal with these Reds is a few dozen mines, am I right, boys?
T-34 Mine Flail Tanks: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

[skymaster]

"The German Army is a machine, and machines can be broken"
- Konstantin Rokossovsky

[benjamindover]

You've heard of the tree's are speaking Vietnamese, introducing, The minefield is speaking Russian.

[Spright]

The red army was terrifying once it got rolling.

[elroyscout]

Operation Begration: Ultimate GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN moment

[neo]

"Konstantin"
"Yes Ivanov?"
"Do you see Army Group Centre?"
"Yes"
"I don't want to"
"Yes Sir"

[dvond]

12:53 “Heya! I am dimitri with an I, this is dmitri with a DM, and this is Dimitry with a Y.”

[electronicfarts]

Germany lost the war in the east after Kursk, but her back was broken after Operation Bagration.

[dpokoxw]

This was good documentary, no political bias. Just like a true historian should do, just the facts.

[thehistorybuilder]

Fun Fact: Operation Bagration was named after Pytor Bagration, a great general that served the Russian Imperial army in the late 1700s to the early 1800s.

[harrisonlee]

I'll never get over that Germany named maybe their most important offensive for a guy who fell off his horse and drowned in a somewhat shallow river

[shocken]

No one talks about how good the Red Army was during the second half of ww2. By 1943/44 they were the strongest army in the world. They practiced combined arms, highly motorized, highly experienced, and were tenacious. They also had something like 6 million soldiers by 1944. Without a doubt the best army in World War 2.