***ATTENTION*** The Starmedia who owns the copyright seems changed their mind from Third Party Match with adverts on a side to full copyright blockade and this part is the only one that was left from the ones I uploaded from some strange reason. This was a whole YT cleaning of this documentary, so you will need to find it on DVD or some other sources. It was good while it lasted :( Теги:Operation BagrationWorld War 2 BattlesWorld War IISoviet UnionWw2GermanyHistory ChanneldocumentarywarWwiiwarfare
July 21, 1943. Deutsche Wochenschau No. 672. The Bielgorod sector of the battle. Nebelwerfers mark the beginning of a new attack by our troops. A panzer division of the Waffen SS await the order to attack. Soviet aircraft! Take cover! Our fighters race forward. A Bolshevik is shot down. The pilot bails and is taken prisoner. A last salvo is let loose. The grenadier battalions leave their positions. In seperate assault groups they tackle enemy positions. Together with the grenadiers, the heavy weapons remain and the way is opened. The battle of Orel and Bielgorod has become a new hard proving ground for all weapons. A first aid vehicle brings back the wounded. A panzer unit is deployed on a wide front. The grenadiers follow behind. The attack rolls forward. A Soviet tank burns up. Over there one blows up! In the first two weeks of this gigantic conflict no less than 4300 enemy armoured vehicles have been destroyed or captured. A short rest on the battlefield. Destroyed and overrun Soviet positions. To the left and the right is a scene of destruction. The Soviet losses are exceptionally heavy. Captured Katyushas. The number of prisoners grows. In long columns they are led back. Reinforcements are brought forward to secure and extend the gains. In flight over our panzer spearheads. To the left our Soviet positions which have been stormed only a few hours ago. The are already gathered for a new assault. General Model with his panzer troops. Enemy aircraft! Take cover! Another ... Теги:OperationCitadelKurskBattleWehrmachtDeutscheWochenschauUSSRSovietRussiaWaffenSSNebelwerfer1943Bielgorod
The Russian Airborne Troops or VDV (from "Vozdushno-Desantnye Vojska",) is an arm of service of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation, on a par with the Strategic Rocket Forces and the Russian Space Forces. First formed before World War II, the force undertook two significant airborne operations and a number of smaller jumps during the war and after 1945 for many years was the largest airborne force in the world.[ Теги:IlyushinIl-76Candid/SovietOperationsVDVRussianAirborneTroopsUSSRColdWarparatrooperscargodropsBMDfightingvehiclesparachutes
July 4, 1941. Vichy French version of Deutsche Wochenschau No. 564 on the beginning of the German invasion of Russia. Translation by Olivenstein: On the 22 June 1941 on Radio Berlin, Dr. Goebbels, Reich propaganda minister, reads the Fuhrer's proclamation stigmatising Russian bolshevik action which for twenty years with its duplicitous diplomacy, tried to set Europe ablaze. For his part, at six in the morning, Mr Ribbentrop, foreign minister, reveals to German and the international press the note from the government of the Reich to the Soviet government. From the glacial Arctic ocean to the Black Sea, that is to say a front of 3000 kilometres, German forces have taken position. Finnish and Rumanian divisions march on the side of the Reich. Italy, Hungary, then Slovakia also joined the anti-Bolshevik crusade. On the East Prussian front, camouflage barriers are torn down. A frontier guard rail is struck down. The German attack of Kovno in Lithuania, which along with Vilna, was occupied in two days. The Lithuanian border. Siberian sharpshooters fiercely defend this frontier village. The first prisoners. Soon, in spite of the resistance of 160 Red Army divisions the frontiers are crossed at every point. The San River is reached. The Soviet border. Beams are laid to enable trucks to use the rail bridge. The speed of the German attacks surprised the Russians such that bridges mined well in advance did not explode. In less than seven days, 2233 trucks and armoured vehicles and ... Теги:OperationBarbarossaUnternehmenLuftwaffeUSSRSovietUnionGermanyWehrmacht1941InvasionEasternFront
A clip from the BBC documentary series "War of the Century". An excellent documentary, I strongly recommend buying it if you're interested in the subject. It features new archive material, including information about Stalin's peace offers to the Germans (in the summer and autumn of '41). Some background information: "Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2900 km (1800 mile) front. It was the largest military offensive in history, and as well as the large number of troops it also involved 600000 motor vehicles and 750000 horses." "The German strategic offensive named Operation Typhoon was planned to conduct two pincer offensives, one to the north of Moscow against the Kalinin Front by the 3rd and 4th Panzer Groups, simultaneously severing the Moscow - Leningrad railway, and another to the south of Moscow Oblast against the Western Front, south of Tula by the 2nd Panzer Army, while the 4th Army advanced directly towards Moscow from the west. A separate operational German plan, codenamed Operation Wotan, was included in the final phase of the German offensive." "Near Vyazma, the Western and Reserve fronts were quickly defeated by the highly mobile forces of the 3rd and 4th Panzer groups that exploited weak areas in the defenses and then quickly moved behind the Red Army lines. The ... Теги:worldwaroperationbarbarossasovietunionnazigermanyhitlerstalin
Russian SWAT capture Porsche with gangsters or Does Moscow has too much Porsche Cayenne? There are Fire rescue Porsche Cayenne (OK, just one of them) , there are police Porsche Cayenne ( store.diecast.ru ) , there are Taxi Porsche Cayenne... For those who want the details: Russian police SWAT was sent to arrest gangsters. Police informer said that gangsters would drive Black Porsche Cayenne with the licence plate including 177 as number and 177 as region (Moscow). A brief explanation to help you understand: In Russia licence plate looks like that: xYYYxx WWW (or WW), where "x" are letters, Y - digits, WWW or WW are digits which state the region, the car belongs to. 77 and 177 mean Moscow, 78 - Sankt Petersbough and so on. So for example a car in Moscow can have a licence plate "E245TH 177". It's popular among rich people to have a licence plate with the same digits as the region code (for example "E177TH 177" ). So gangsters should appear in exact place in exact time, driving a black Tinted Porsche Cayenne with double 177 177 at the license plate. They were dangerous, armed and killed several people during their last assault. That's why SWAT were told to act fast and beware of return fire from gangsters which could cause civilians hurt. It was known that gangsters (as it often happens in Russia) were born at Caucasian region so that's why SWAT were very surprised when they saw european looking people in the vehicle. They were saying "what firearms? We don't have any!" It ... Теги:SWATPorschegangstersRussiaLOL
