get your facts straight man every country did it whether they admit it or not also on a side note only one German snipers recorded to injure another Soldier add wait for a medic to go to their aid all the way I'm not certain on the exact name of that Soldier but I do know it was not the entirety of Germany's snipers it's fine if you do history content that's not fine if you use propaganda to swing one way also the Soviet snipers were much more cruel than their approach than the Germans were not including the Japanese who never once followed the laws of war during World War II in fact the the Japanese government had harsh penalties on soldiers who did not follow their ideals Japanese snipers were taught to specifically shoot medics which is why Pacific Theater veterans that were medics rarely ever had the white armband with the Red Cross as they were targeted
Look,, I am a great admirer of all World War || history.... I don't even want to sound like am trying to defend the Germans!!.... But to say this was just a German trick!! Russian soldiers , and our beloved American Soldiers under these difficult times didn't always follow humane rules or war time conduct. I don't know if you can honestly say if you were in a war type situation you could honestly hold back on this type of conduct... I hope none of us are ever find our selves in that situation.
@@demacome251 Well, my comment still stands. This maybe 🤔 click bait..... But never the less,,,, the comment stands. Your welcome to explain your view, thou,,, I am not looking for a debate. Exchange of ideas if you will.....
@@hugonarvaez2944 man.. i really don't understand what i need to explain..I said 8 words .. very clear words. I'm not mad, i just don't understand your request
@@gus2619 hate to break it to you but losing side of battles and campings is not the same as losing side of a war. By your logic America has been in losing side of every war they fought on their own as they were defeated in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan
Not necessarily, and not to the same extent. Playing on home turf; German snipers are usually more dug in & fortified, combine that with the fact that they are defending and their opponent is attacking (read; approaching and not retreating) then this leads to German snipes to be much, much more likely to be placed into a position where they can utilize this tactic than it would the other way around. Again not to say that it doesn't happen the other way around; just that this idea that the tactic was utilized equally isn't true even a little bit.
Not only in the Second World War.., this is done in all "modern" wars as well.. One GI wounded, bring at least one more soldier (usually a medic) so that the sniper has two "targets" to eliminate.. The "target collection" method is well (and realistically) shown in the movie "Full metal jacket".
@@TrickyNekro5.56 was preferred due to its ability to be mass produced at significantly higher rates, and it's lower psi made it easier to make cheaper and safer barrels for rifles. Making them lighter, easier to maintain, and faster to deploy.
@@elyrienvalkyr interesting because I can clearly remember our military manuals saying that it was chosen because they are smaller and lighter to carry AND have a tendency to wound much more than the 7.62, which would kill directly much more often, resulting in exposing the enemy more often. Also very strange that you would say it, since the 7.62 was developed in the 50s and the 5.56 in the 70s.
@@kennethstegall1075 I served in the army 20 years ago and some from my 39th brigade that I trained with are in Latvia right now. I had to leave for medical reasons or I would have remustered as a desk clerk. We are proudly serving under NATO and if I am called upon to run a desk make coffee for the CO in the CP behind enemy lines, then I will be proud to do so. I am still qualified for desk duty in my 40s
@@matthiassancken6082 It’s against ROE!! Rules of engagement. Don’t make assumptions without evidence. I served and there is no documentation or evidence of such actions from the Allie’s. In Afghanistan 1 bullet 1 kill and a 50 cal bullet will kill center mass single shot. Do you think the snipers would give up their position?
Man you pay your utube bill and you can flood the Pearly Gates with whatever the mind and mindless have you take people. I agree with most of this video to be true statements of course the reenactment well, I liked the video as for the history of ww2
@@bloodaid. ("Sgt.J."). Unfortunately I, Agree... Launching a Missile Killing Relief Workers. 1 was, French. The other.. an American. 😮 Shooting at Starving people walking. And, Jogging To Food Truck. From the Israel Side of Fence. I, Would have Them Dudes in the Brig! I, Would as President Say: me Being a Christian Doesn't Matter... I, May Stop Military. And, Medical aid to Israel. And, Americans of Jewish Descent HAVE to Request Permission to Leave the Country. If you are U.S. Military? YOU ARE A.W.O.L!
I forever agree and believe I made a reply or comment to that affect. Ecto facto the allies were coming up with new rules of war the Germans cried out which was true, you put a German business man banker on trial for financing, did any white men were put on trial for selling rifle to the Native Americans back in the cowboy and Indian days. Yes the German SS and others did some traumatic things, it's shit Americans have done just as worse of course they continue to get away with it.
They are taking a page from the same book except they've even cross the line that no one thought they had to spell out before , which is to aim for kids
Agreed. Many do not realize just what their own military do at war time. It was not just germans using these tactics.. we would be stupid to believe this propaganda, these are practices still used today by snipers..
I’m ex infantry. In the British army we was trained to aim for the stomach, as it doesn’t kill instantly, and it draws the enemy to rescue their wounded comrade. It also causes a psychological effect on the enemy, as it is the most painful place to be shot.
I think that being a man at war is possible, a matter of choice, sometimes you can bring sheer evil and it’s a horrible, more horrible thing to carry on.
This is a tactic taught in sniper school. It's been used in EVERY war. By both sides. Kinda BS to pin it on the germans alone. Read a book. Geez, watch a movie.
Those Germans were nutz on meth and Hitler was shot up every morning with a concoction of 7 different drugs mixed together, he was losing his mind, good thing too cause they were way ahead of any other country as far as weapons n technology, if Hitler hadn't of been a full fledged junkie it would be a whole different world
it's not about just picking anyone. It's about picking a medic. No sniper school teaches you to attack first responders. ROE don't allow attacks on identifiable red cross.
@@gavinjames141 watcha talking about Willis? The rules of engagement (ROE) in warfare typically prohibit the use of medical personnel for offensive operations. Medics are protected under international humanitarian law, specifically the Geneva Conventions, which stipulate that they should not be targeted or used in combat roles. They are designated non-combatants and their primary duty is to provide medical care to the wounded and sick, regardless of their affiliation.
@@skipbayless5604 Sure, the man that helped take down Hitler was super racist. Whatever man. Like you're some sort of angel, Patton was the most feared general for a reason.
@@kylepatton2423 Why does help taking down Hitler give you immunity to the racist label? Do you not know some of the stuff Patton said, takes one google search bro.
While I'm pretty sure every nation has done this, being facetious is completely ruining your refutation of the point. The point wasn't that "only German snipers killed people." Though an incorrect statement, the point they were attempting to say was,"only German snipers killed with this method." Which is likely untrue, but is likely to be more common among Germans, especially when they started getting pushed back by the allies.
@ShowerOnceYearly His statement implied something different that what I clarified the original point was about. I simply focused/corrected his statement. It wasn't meant to be a complete contradiction. If you are going to attempt to critique my argument, please do so properly, rather that just saying "you use fancy words, but nuh-uh".
It's not a trick, it's called being a sniper. It's a big part of why they are disliked by friend and foe alike. Also the Soviets and the imperial Japanese did the same.
@@daleburrell6273 no it doesn't, but it does not make it wrong either. At the end of the day all we can say with any surety as civilians is that it is something that was done, nothing more or less.
@@verom254 FACT: AMERICANS WANTED NO PART OF ANOTHER WAR IN EUROPE, FACT: THE U.S. DIDN'T GET OFFICIALLY INVOLVED IN THE WAR IN EUROPE, UNTIL AFTER HITLER DECLARED WAR ON THE U.S., AND- FACT: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!!!
@@marcowulliampopirers2216 That’s insane to say, people died by the millions on every side. War is never the answer and there is no right or wrong side. You’re either too young to understand (I hope) or you’re incredibly ignorant, stupid, and have never faced the threat of your life.
Funny how America always told me as a black man that Hitler and the Nazis were so racist. Yeah I believe they felt superior to everyone...But Hitler had a 4 hour dinner with a black man and gave him and autographed picture and hoped they would meet again in Munich. There are always things like that they leave out because Nazi Germany was more fair minded towards blacks than America was.
I love how the anti-German and therefore anti-white propaganda is really being ramped up these days. Nobody ever talks about the cruelty of the judeo-bolsheviks, only the Germans.
"the judeo-Bolchevik" term is straight from Nazi vocabulary and is self-contradictory, as Bolcheviks didn't like religions and the jews who were supposedly controlling the world with money obviously don't like communism. Tldr judeo-Bolchevism is horseshit that only a Nazi would make sense to use.
You mean Nazls when you refer to germans. Fascists, Who exterminated 6 million people and where responsible for the worst war the humanithly has experienced in Its whole history
There are rules to it, but those rules are mostly just there, so every moron with a smartphone who never left the comfort of his own home can become a "general after battle"
Western propaganda does exist...not just in WW2, but even today. ESPECIALLY today. Not saying anyone else is better/more moral....but you must learn what propaganda is, and stay away from books that focus on WW2 German propaganda, those books have an agenda against the Germans. Find books written after WW1, that's when the public found out they'd been lied to during that war. That's when the books outlining basic principles and techniques were written, and turned into various university degrees (think advertising and marketing). Once you understand what propaganda is, it's amazing to see how much of it is out there ....not just in the US, but in every country. (Notice I didn't mention any particular ideology or polictical system....propaganda is universal to all of those things)
"Gentlemen, I have come this morning to the inexcusable conclusion that we have fought on the wrong side. This entire war we should have fought with the fascists against the communists and not the other way around. I fear that perhaps in fifty years America will pay a dear price and become a land of corruption and degenerate morals." - General George S. Patton (July 21, 1945)
It’s good we got rid of the nazis - but the communists were just as a bad and really killed more people . Anyway Patton saw the horror of communism and how it was infecting America . That why they killed him, and no one went to his funeral in the high command . This included President Truman and then 5 star general Eisenhower.
the justification is that medics are unarmed non-combat units designed to treat wounded soldiers and it's extremely unfair to single them out. It's like shooting civilians. Civilian targets could be conspiring collaborators in a war, yet if soldiers are caught shooting them, they can't just talk their way out of it claiming war is war.
Sure. _ONLY_ those pesky German snipers did this. No other sniper outside of the German military ever used this pretty common tactic. It is straight from the sniper handbook 101.
@eddiebear34 Sure. You have to use the underscore ( _ ) before and after the word you want in italics. Don't leave any spaces between the word and the underscore. So, for example, to get _these words_ in italics, I typed +these words+ but the + was actually a _ Hope that makes sense?
If you really want to argue it, the Night Witches technically performed "cruel and unusual punishment" against the Germans by forcing them to be awake during the night, before they had to fight during the day.
Oh really? I suppose you think America should never have rebeled against Britain? Or that Abe Lincoln should have just let the confederates both attack US properties and continue holding people as slaves? I respectfully disagree. War is cruel and terrible, but not intrinsically evil, even if evil acts are often performed during war.
@@rya3190 online this Joke xD But maybe you meant IT and you wanted to point Out their exzessiv 'Meth' consumption which Brings exacly the wtiches problema
Too bad innocent civilian as always get caught up and become casualties of wars started by whoever and whatever the reason. Armies consists mostly of men yes sad what the crimes upon humans and enemies the Germans committed .I never heard much as for German soldiers raping since they were highly disciplined on orders against raping women. Of course it happens as in all armies but isolated not outrageous with the Germans unlike the Russian that had been given the power to reward themselves in revenge and satisfying relief of the heavy fighting for Berlin.Women suffer just as bad as men sad to say rape happens alots in war, some considers it to be the spoils of war for the victors I've heard of no Germans the losers trialed for rape.Russia and allies won the war.Now for Dresden hundreds of bombers all carrying payloads of incinerated bombs.No big secret quite obvious Dresden was meant to be burned totally completely destroyed by burning the city itself to the ground.The British usually did their bombing at night when Dresden was burned to the ground, now did the americans take part in the arsenic attack, quite sure utube got the answer to that. You hear people say all kinds of shit like they're not vengeful which makes sick to such a lie and call the liar a Damn Liar.I have to search to see if Dresden had any military value towards the German War afford.Please don't get me wrong you hit me I will hit you back if and when I can. I m so angry on how some bitch can want me to take revenge upon the whole world ,give me the power to push the button to destroy this racist fucked up world I will do it the world to get a few bitches and their sons.Now was it fair for the revenge of the allies on the Germans, Could the americans have prove in a different way with two atomic bombs to get the Japanese to surrender. What if two wouldn't got the willing to die Japanese to surrender. It's not just revenge of getting even we want one better.
"Sovjet and GERMAN snipers tried to follow this rules STRICTLY." and in the next sentence "ONLY THE GERMANS were NOT ALWAYS honest." In no war there is absolute honesty towards the enemy. That's one of the horrors of all wars.
Oh really? That’s why my medic grandpa couldn’t wear medic markings on Okinawa. Lol the Japanese were way worse than this and honestly this isn’t anything new or exclusively German. Snipers also don’t like taking follow up shots if they’re alone unless absolutely necessary because it’s a good way to get spotted.
I don't remember if it was a documentary or an article that said that snipers were unpopular among German soldiers, including their own, because they did not fight honorably.
If you notice the last soldier with the bullet in the back of his helmet , was German. Fact is the German snipers were hated so much they were immediately shot if captured.
Technically, the German snipers didn’t break the unwritten rule either. The prohibition was only against KILLING those protected participants. The loophole in the rules was that they were only WOUNDING the protected participants and killing the ones who came to their aid. 😂
Are you kidding me??? Making the claim that the Russians followed some code of ethics during the Great patriotic war😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 Tripe is no where near a sufficient adjective for this nonsense.
@@Freddy.kruger1 and half the western world fell under the rule of the Russians, a.k.a. Soviets rather than the germans. How is that better? Communism did more to harm the world than the Nazis ever did during their short existence.
Sniping is the most dangerous thing in war , no way to avoid it especially when you are that brave character in combat, those guys are really patient for a an important target.
I think this is terrible anti german propaganda as that's the technique of every sniper ever. It's called "sniping." Should we talk about chris kyle next?
My grandfather got killed by a sniper during a ceasefire somewhere near Kiev shortly before the end of the WWII. There were and are dirty tricky used by all sides of military combat. Peace from Germany!
I'm responding to your comment about dirty sniper tricks. You are correct, and I'm sorry that you've experienced a loss of a family member in service for their country. The Russians sent my great-grandfather and great-uncle to one of their Gulags.
The idea in combat is to decimate the enemy while protecting yourself and your compatriots. There is nothing fair or unfair here. This is life or death not a morality play.
The German so powerful and unstoppable at the start, with a brilliant propaganda minister and the captivating speeches of their Fuhrer simply underestimated the world. I just imagine IF they would have defeated the Soviets.
Actually, if you listen to the description of the "trick", the German snipers didn't violate the unwritten rules. It did not say that the soldier who rose to his full height was going to the toilet, so he is fair game. It said they waited until his "comrade" crawled over. It didn't say the comrade was a medic, so he is fair game. The short describes two honorable kills that don't violate the "unwritten rules."
I can’t believe this tactic was adopted solely by the Germans. I did read a report of an interview where a German WW2 sniper described it in some detail, but I’m sure others did the same even if they don’t publicly share it. It simply requires the ability to dehumanise the target, and recognise that his objective is to do something similar to you; the same soldier’s mentality that enables him to drive a bayonet into an enemy soldier’s stomach.
This is not a German thing. My great grandfather refused to fight with a gun in ww1 so he became a medic. He died in a battlefield in Italy shot by an italian sniper
😅😅😅 Bien sur ! Les autres snipers étaient TOUS des gentlemen. Comme les soldats des autres armées d'ailleurs. Aucun soldat rouge n'a violé de femme, tout comme aucun soldat américain d'ailleurs. Ces gens là étaient de parfaits boy scout
@@loslingos1232 Soviets raped and killed their own, so when the Germans came to russland they saw them as liberators they there is no needed to rape girls. Learn the truth before repeating lies of your masters but seeing your ppf I'm waiting for nothing sincere from you.
The German soldiers were well trained and disciplined to the order given him. Yes you want a soldier to take the initiative in lack of a leadership of an officer or sergeant. Be it he was trained in snipers school or something they thought of it was effective.
The German people was the victim, we all know who the perpetrator was and is, with its willingly helpers Britain, France, US and the Soviet Union and others.
All is fair in love and war. It’s not about being kind it’s all about who wins. They was doing their job with no other choice except be killed by their own people. War is terrible and the people who start them should be the ones who are first in line to fight. But unfortunately that’s not the way it is. 🤷🏽♂️
Ok, but the fact that 19 billions of Soviet civilians were killed by nazis (and that incomparably more, by the way), of course, you won't talk about it
"at the end of WWII in Berlin etc"? Statements like that can spread seriously ridiculous ideas for example that we were bombing germany after their signing of a surrender, and not just rare german units that would not surrender, which there were instances of. Also, the war in germany ended far earlier than the entirety of WWII. Dresden would've been a better choice for murderous aerial bombardment than what happened specifically over Berlin.... Once the tide shifted in the allies favor on the European and Eurasian continents, Germany actually had a way of bombing its previously conquered inhabitants of cities, and eventually even German cities themselves in the cases where there was anything to bomb, or any way in which to do such bombings, in the explicitly implemented scorched earth tactics. Used intensely while on the retreat from the ever encroaching front. Oh and By the way, how do you think the MANY MILLIONS OF DEAD inhabitants, caused by OFFENSIVE German aerial raids of basically ANY city, in Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Yugoslavia, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, the cities of many North and Central African nations, some cities of France, GREAT BRITAIN, the MASSIVE USSR, POLAND, and i'm quite sure i missed a decent few, which were ALLL BOMBED, FROM THE START, COMPLETELY OFFENSIVELY. I wonder how those countless millions would fret with guilt over allied "strategic bombing"? My point being, lol dude, bombing of cities, infrastructure, and most of all, civilians, is absolutely not the fuckin thing to compare Axis vs Ally about.....
During WWII, Germans would use a special trick. They would fire guns at the opposing army and try to kill them with bullets. Even when the opposing army would hold up their hands in the shape of a "T" for "Time Out", they would shoot at them anyway. What a dirty trick.
@@dredrotten Anti-Slavic racism played a significant role within the ideology of Nazism. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party held the belief that Slavic countries - particularly Poland, Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia, as well as their respective peoples - were "Untermenschen" (subhumans). According to their viewpoint, these Slavic nations were deemed to be foreign entities and were not considered part of the Aryan master race. Nazi Germany depicted the Soviet Union as an "Asiatic enemy" of Europeans, in addition to portraying its population as inferior subhumans controlled by Jews and communists. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Slavic_sentiment#:~:text=The%20Nazis'%20policy%20towards%20Slavs,Germans%20and%20other%20Germanic%20peoples. Read the part about Nazi Germany, you'll know a lot new.
Fuck the Geneva convention...it was common fucking decency amongst soldiers that they didn't have, just like the Japanese fanatics...Targeting medics and chaplains is disgusting, not only that, but it makes no sense. You drain your enemy's resources by wounding, not by eliminating their ability to use said resources.
@@mattd6200your forgetting to mention the Soviet army on germanys border about to attack Germany. There’s a reason Germany took so many Soviet pow at the start of the invasion.
