The Courland Pocket 1944-45 WW2 Documentary BATTLESTORM Part 1 Scraping the Barrel

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The Courland Pocket was formed in late 1944 as Army Group North retreated from East in the face of superior Red Army forces. In this BATTLESTORM series, we will see the fighting unfold step by step and ask some hard questions - was the pocket avoidable? Who's fault was it? And why didn't the Soviets crush the Germans in the pocket? These answers and more will be answered in this in-depth history documentary series. In this episode, we take a look at the German Army and the Red Army, and compare their manpower, equipment, organization, and strategic capabilities. Clearly, both sides were scraping the barrel by mid-1944. Sources and notes will be in the pinned comment.

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Video Timestamps -
00:00 Intro
02:19 Act 1 Pre-Battle Chapter 1: Scraping the Barrel
Discussing the Strategic Situation up until 1944
04:11 Why did Germany keep fighting?
05:28 German Optimism (Dönitz's new submarines and Guderian)
07:09 V-1 and V-2 rockets
08:42 "Fortress Towns" concept
10:52 German Officer Shortage and Impact
15:13 Wasn't the German Army getting smaller?
(discussing the organizational changes and division sizes of German units)
17:46 State of the Red Army 1944
(discussing the organizational changes and division sizes of Soviet units)
19:03 Red Army vs German Army unit sizes compared
20:48 The Soviets were Scraping the Barrel
22:35 Axis vs Soviet Manpower
25:13 Soviet manpower, organizational and material advantages (including Lend Lease)
27:21 Soviet Tank units and tanks compared to German Panzer units and panzers
30:13 German fuel crisis and the grounded Luftwaffe
31:54 German vs Soviet tanks at the tactical level, plus production comparisons
35:51 Combined Arms Warfare
37:11 Outro

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The MAIN Reason Why Germany Lost WW2 - OIL https://youtu.be/kVo5I0xNRhg

My BATTLESTORM Operation Market Garden Documantary https://youtu.be/vTUC79o4Kmc

My BATTLESTORM North African Campaign Series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNSNgGzaledgHIszXQVDreX-ZC1Xejf9Y

My BATTLESTORM Operation Crusader Documentary (9hrs long!) https://youtu.be/Ji7MZYB4dho

FALL BLAU 1942 - Examining the Disaster of German’s second summer offensive https://youtu.be/hzr6dD8fvVY

My video entitled “Why I'm Passionate about HISTORY and What Got Me Into it”
https://youtu.be/KnpCaLH9z7M

History isn’t as boring as some people think, and my goal is to get people talking about it. I also want to dispel the myths and distortions that ruin our perception of the past by asking a simple question - “But is this really the case?”. I have a 2:1 Degree in History and a passion for early 20th Century conflicts (mainly WW2). I’m therefore approaching this like I would an academic essay. Lots of sources, quotes, references and so on. Only the truth will do.

This video is discussing events or concepts that are academic, educational and historical in nature. This video is for informational purposes and was created so we may better understand the past and learn from the mistakes others have made. #ww2 #history

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