World War II Every Day with Army Sizes (Royal Marines Reacts)

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[robt]

Just a note, that “little spur” near the end at December ‘44 / January ‘45 was the Battle of the Bulge

[Kriegter]

Studying the eastern front of WW2 is very interesting. The changes in the front lines and the different offensives really makes you realize how complex the troop allocations and logistical networks are and how massive this war really is. It also helps to put in perspective the current war in Ukraine.

[antoinelachapelle]

Fun fact : Although the Germans invaded most of Europe and also fought in North Africa and eventually against US/British/Canadian/Anzac troops

81% of their casualties were suffered in russia

[judeknowles]

Fun fact: the German invasion of the soviets was the largest ground invasion ever, resulting in the most casualties and dangerous battles ever. For instance, the battle of Stalingrad.

[twentyseven]

"italy helped germany" correction: germany helpted italy

[RecklessRacer]

At no point during the war after 1941 did Germany have less than 2/3 of their forces facing the Bolsheviks. If they did not proceed with Operation Barbarossa, they would have easily secured Africa, and refocused all efforts to the British, aiming to bring the Empire to its knees. D-day would never have been possible - Germany was superior numerically, technologically, and they were in another world in terms of doctrine. Only the USSR could match Germany in 44/45 in doctrine, the allies still had inferior armoured warfare doctrines.
Russian people must be so proud of their achievement - after the fall of France, the world viewed the German war machine as invincible, and it may as well still be, if not for the USSR.

[FederationMapping]

Idk what you say but without the USSR, the Axis would emerge victorious in Europe

[flashkirby]

Definitely. As a US citizen. I can confidently say that the soviet union played the largest deciding factor of defeating Germany. They fought the majority of them by far. I remember reading something a long time ago in my studies that 8 out of every 10 Germans who fell died in the eastern front. While US played the largest factor in defeating the Japanese. I don't know how it is now. But back in my highschool years we were taught pretty much that US is the biggest deciding factor of the war. I don't recall almost anything being mentioned of the Soviet Union at all.

[thrakerzad]

the soviets were doing more than holding them off before D day, part of the reason we wanted to do D is because if we didn't the whole continent would be speaking Russian by the end if we didn't. Also encirclement has been used as a strategy in military conflicts ever since the days when we fought with spears.

[danlavoie]

14:06 "The Uk and US"

See below. Everyone forgets that Canada was there. Independently there I may add. 1 of the 5 DDay landings was done by Canada. Also regarded as the most successful of the lot .

Juno or Juno Beach was one of five beaches of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 during the Second World War. The beach spanned from Courseulles, a village just east of the British beach Gold, to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, and just west of the British beach Sword. Taking Juno was the responsibility of the Canadian Army, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided by the Royal Canadian Navy and the British Royal Navy as well as elements from the Free French, Norwegian, and other Allied navies. The objectives of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on D-Day were to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the Carpiquet airport west of Caen, and form a link between the two British beaches on either flank.

[darthbrandon]

5:18 The Italian invasion of Egypt was a total catastrophe for the Italians, much worse than the Greco-Italian war. The British were outnumbered 4:1 yet they still completely bitchslapped the Italians, even to the point that the British ended up outnumbering the Italians 2:1. If not for the arrival of German reinforcements under Rommel, the Italian colony of Libya would have been conquered much earlier and the freed up troops would have probably ended the war sooner.

[gamingshowerthoughts]

It's obvious for a lot of reasons that the eastern front was where most of the war happened, but another subtle example is comparing the numbers of encircled troops. Dunkirk was 400k and they were evacuated. But in the Soviet Union it was 300k+ at Minsk, 300k+ at Smolensk, almost 700k at Kiev, and ~100k at many other smaller cities like Odessa, Sevastopol, Tallinn, etc. Russia had about a dozen Dunkirk situations in a couple of months, and none of them were rescued. Well I guess technically Leningrad was rescued, but that was three years waiting!

[joshuanelson]

You should watch a video on the Spanish Civil war. There’s a good 10 minute one by Feature History and it’s a good video to get an overview of the Spanish civil war

[airatshakirov]

I like how countries joined USSR pointed as 'annexed by USSR', when Hungary and Romania were pointed correctly as 'joined Axis'.

[AusUnHus]

As a Korean/Russian, we embody a spirit that thrives in adversity and battles fiercely until the very end! It’s in our blood, and soldiers dreaded fighting in the East. 🇷🇺🇰🇷💪

[bycracket]

I like when USSR is being invaded and Mussolini is screaming in german in the background "WE WANT PEACE"

[K-Nyne]

That Call of Duty 2 music during the 9th minute tho, so good

[ghillysniper]

Looking at a lot of battle plans from D-Day two things are certain, the only two reason we won D-Day is because of Germany having a war on 3 fronts as well as a botched jump from the paratrooper group around Omaha beach, they landed in the wrong spot but succeeded in their mission. If it hadn't been for them landing in the wrong place D-Day would have been lost.

[Alex]

It's actually both, if either D-day or the fighting on the eastern front had not been happening at the same time, German forces would have been able to concentrate on each separately, allowing 100% of their total resources to go toward each during the time that each was attempted. The D-day invasion was also helped by the efforts of a misinformation campaign to direct German forces to a false landing site in Calais, splitting the forces that actually did deploy to Normandy even further.

[grav_nl]

its impressive how fast the german empire gained its territory, its also a very interesting video