26. Defeating the Axis in Europe and Africa

The Great Surrender

Germans Capitulate in Stalingrad

January 1943

British Movietone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njAjFqd5mp4

The Battle of Stalingrad

Stalingrad: The Last Letters
(sent home by German soldiers)

00:00:00 INTRO
00:01:57 1942 AND RECAP OF 1941
00:03:30 OBJECTIVES OF FALL BLAU
00:07:18 LAUNCH OF FALL BLAU
00:13:15 FUHRER DIRECTIVE no 45
00:14:51 ADVANCE TOWARDS STALINGRAD
00:26:00 CROSSING THE VOLGA
00:26:30 AERIAL ASSAULT ON STALINGRAD
00:30:45 GERMAN TROOPS ENTER STALINGRAD
00:42:22 LOSSES
00:45:37 HITLERS SPEECH 30TH SEPTEMBER 1943
00:50:09 OPERATION HUBERTUS & SECOND HITLER SPEECH 8TH NOVEMBER 1943
00:57:49 SOVIETS LAUNCH OPERATION URANUS
01:01:38 ENCIRCLEMENT COMPLETE
01:07:18 SUPPLY BY AIR
01:11:55 EVERY SEVEN SECONDS A GERMAN SOLDIER DIES
01:14:00 WINTER STORM
01:28:58 CHRISTMAS IN STALINGRAD
01:34:30 SOVIET ATTACKS RESUME
01:36:10 GERMAN AIRFIELDS FALL
01:41:20 GOERING SPEECH INFORMING GERMAN PUBLIC OF DEFEAT
01:48:05 SURRENDER

1:52:20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssaVVGYpbPQ&t=442s

Germans fighting in Kursk

July 1943

German newsreel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDOVmWjtMz0

The Invasion Of Sicily!

July 9, 1943

British Pathé

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROpzlhKhTbc

THE END OF ITALY

THE LONG GERMAN RETREAT FROM THE EAST

FROM KURSK TO BERLIN

1943 to 1945

The Allied invasion of Italy forced the Germans
to end their offensive in Kursk and withdraw
troops from the east to Italy

World War Two in Colour

2009 documentary series

Narrated by Robert Powell

Three selected episodes:

Episode 6

The Mediterranean and North Africa

The Allies defeat the Italians in Abyssinia, Malta,
Egypt, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy

51:19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJgpFdNiNY

Episode 8

The Soviet Steamroller

The Soviets push through eastern Europe

51:27

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki0-JE6kT58&t=484s

Episode 12

Victory in Europe

The Soviets capture Berlin

51:41

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHJC0nmA_lI

DEATH OF BERLIN

British Movietone News

Berlin

May 1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2qJDuXCIrg

HITLER FOUND DEAD IN THE REICH CHANCELLERY

On 2 May 1945, Soviet soldiers displayed Hitler's
body by the entrance of the New Reich Chancellery
in the Court of Honour (Ehrenhof).

According to a British reporter earlier, Hitler's
body was found outside the entrance to his bunker.

The British journalist recounts his experience.

Report from Berlin

BBC radio

May 1945

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j80VwEgQMc

This upload is valid only up to the 1-minute
and 39-second mark / 01:39. The rest is
nonsense.

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https://jamesonrosemont.tripod.com/26defeatingtheaxisinafricaandeurope/index.html


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		Preview Stalingrad - Turning Point of the War in Europe - Soviets stop the Germans German General-Feldmarshal Friedrich Paulus, commander of the German Army at Stalingrad, on the right, surrenders to Soviet forces in Stalingrad on January 31, 1943 The Soviets turned back the Germans at Stalingrad in January 1943. In mid-1943, the Soviets launched a wide advance across a broad north-south front that drove the Germans back into Germany in April 1945. The Great Surrender Germans Capitulate in Stalingrad January 1943 British Movietone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njAjFqd5mp4 The Battle of Stalingrad Stalingrad: The Last Letters (sent home by German soldiers) 00:00:00 INTRO 00:01:57 1942 AND RECAP OF 1941 00:03:30 OBJECTIVES OF FALL BLAU 00:07:18 LAUNCH OF FALL BLAU 00:13:15 FUHRER DIRECTIVE no 45 00:14:51 ADVANCE TOWARDS STALINGRAD 00:26:00 CROSSING THE VOLGA 00:26:30 AERIAL ASSAULT ON STALINGRAD 00:30:45 GERMAN TROOPS ENTER STALINGRAD 00:42:22 LOSSES 00:45:37 HITLERS SPEECH 30TH SEPTEMBER 1943 00:50:09 OPERATION HUBERTUS & SECOND HITLER SPEECH 8TH NOVEMBER 1943 00:57:49 SOVIETS LAUNCH OPERATION URANUS 01:01:38 ENCIRCLEMENT COMPLETE 01:07:18 SUPPLY BY AIR 01:11:55 EVERY SEVEN SECONDS A GERMAN SOLDIER DIES 01:14:00 WINTER STORM 01:28:58 CHRISTMAS IN STALINGRAD 01:34:30 SOVIET ATTACKS RESUME 01:36:10 GERMAN AIRFIELDS FALL 01:41:20 GOERING SPEECH INFORMING GERMAN PUBLIC OF DEFEAT 01:48:05 SURRENDER 1:52:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssaVVGYpbPQ&t=442s Germans fighting in Kursk July 1943 German newsreel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDOVmWjtMz0 The Invasion Of Sicily! July 9, 1943 British Pathé https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROpzlhKhTbc THE END OF ITALY THE LONG GERMAN RETREAT FROM THE EAST FROM KURSK TO BERLIN 1943 to 1945 The Allied invasion of Italy forced the Germans to end their offensive in Kursk and withdraw troops from the east to Italy World War Two in Colour 2009 documentary series Narrated by Robert Powell Three selected episodes: Episode 6 The Mediterranean and North Africa The Allies defeat the Italians in Abyssinia, Malta, Egypt, Tunisia, Sicily and Italy 51:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XJgpFdNiNY Episode 8 The Soviet Steamroller The Soviets push through eastern Europe 51:27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki0-JE6kT58&t=484s Episode 12 Victory in Europe The Soviets capture Berlin 51:41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHJC0nmA_lI DEATH OF BERLIN British Movietone News Berlin May 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2qJDuXCIrg HITLER FOUND DEAD IN THE REICH CHANCELLERY On 2 May 1945, Soviet soldiers displayed Hitler's body by the entrance of the New Reich Chancellery in the Court of Honour (Ehrenhof). According to a British reporter earlier, Hitler's body was found outside the entrance to his bunker. The British journalist recounts his experience. Report from Berlin BBC radio May 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j80VwEgQMc This upload is valid only up to the 1-minute and 39-second mark / 01:39. The rest is nonsense. The Allies would invade the continent first from the south. Chronology: - British victory over the Axis in Egypt, October 23 - November 11, 1942 - Allies land in French North Africa, November 8 - 16, 1942 - Germans land in Tunisia, November 9 - 17, 1942 - Germans occupy Vichy France, November 10 - 11, 1942 Description of the North African campaign: - Following Germany's defeat of France in June 1940, the British scuttled the French Mediterranean fleet at Mers-el-Kebir to keep it from the Germans - the Italians declared war against the British and the French and launched an attack from Libya against the British in Egypt, but the British pushed them back into Tunisia; - the Germans came to the aid of the Italians and pushed the British back into Egypt, but they were eventually stopped in Egypt at El-Alamein, and then forced back into Tunisia. - As the British pushed the Germans back into Tunisia in 1942, the Americans disembarked in North Africa, with landings in Morocco and Algeria; - the Allies then defeated the Axis in Tunisia, 1943 *This page # 26, has been moved for expansion. Click here to see the page.* Or go to this link: https://jamesonrosemont.tripod.com/26defeatingtheaxisinafricaandeurope/index.html



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