Eastern Front animated: 1941
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Published 2018-05-20
Patreon: www.patreon.com/Eastory
Symbols:
drive.google.com/open?id=1FVGSaFFwWyw1nrjVCOYJ2MUZ…
Main sources for orders of battle and frontline positions:
www.wwii-photos-maps.com/
www.rkka.ru/imaps.htm
bdsa.ru/
80% of the divisional OOB and 95% of corps OOB shown in the video may be considered correct, (in places, where it is not simplified.)
Troop and POW numbers:
www.operationbarbarossa.net/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_encirclements_of_Sovi…
Map:
Terrain
Europe: Elevation map of Europe - European Environment Agency.
Outside Europe: maps-for-free.com/
Infrastructure:
USSR: Europa 1: 2,500,000 Deutsche Heereskarte: Europaische Russland. 1943.
Other: British 1944 1:2000,000 maps of Europe.
Nerves Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Licensecreativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
All Comments (21)
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Germans: killed 3M Soviets. Soviets: Just summon 4M men.
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Crazy to think that this was one long frontline, stretched thousands of miles, and each of those miles filled with soldiers, constantly fighting.
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The numbers really hit you, imagine having 1 million troops defending moscow, but all of a sudden half of that 1 million is encircled and captured all of a sudden, imagine being a soviet commander in that moment.
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Quite possibly the greatest comeback in human history.
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I never knew moving lines and circles could be satisfying.
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1941: Germans in Rostov. 1945: Soviets in Rostock.
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The Soviet Union was truly a behemoth. They lost the equivalent of the entire German army in a few months and were still able to mount a successful defense. Incredible.
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By the way this is the PERFECT format for war history fans! Seriously please make tons of these. I would love nothing more than a few playlists of these day by day videos of every battle and frontline change for the entire war.
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This. This is what history documentaries should look like. Well done.
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The USSR pulled the greatest "They had us in the first half" in history
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Germany in November 1941: We're gonna make it!... Wait, why do I hear boss music? Siberian reinforcements arrive
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@Eastory This content is amazing, having accurate troop movements in real time across such a large front is a difficult task, you did a great job.
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It's insane to think how close the Germans really got to Moscow. The more i read into the eastern front the more it amazes me with its ferocity, and horror. I can't imagine living in those times
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Holy. Crap. I need more, I've never been so hyped up at little lines and numbers before.
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I watch a lot of battlefield animation and yours was done with an expertness that I have not seen before ... This was outstanding work thank you
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My grand grandma left her two daughters and conscripted to the volunteer regimen as a nurse. On March 5, 1942 she carried away from the battlefield 15 wounded soldiers, then got wounded herself in the belly. When they tried to bandage her, she said: 'Help those who will live, you won't save me'. She died in a hospital on March 8. We always remember her, and the war should never happen again
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The fidelity to the dates, troop movements and even to the individual numbers of the Divisions involved is truly astonishing! This truly shows the quality of the content and the amount of research put into it. Nice Work!
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Let me remind you that Crimea and Sevastopol in particular were defended longer than the whole of France.
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I've probably watched this over 20 times by now, it's just so interesting. Very good job
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Brilliant video. I'd love the see the entire front over the year: it's great to see the focus on each area, but it'd be great to see what all three army groups were doing at the same time.
