Imperial Guard: Death Korps of Krieg - Lore & History | Warhammer 40,000 

Once when a Commissar ordered a retreat, an unknown Krieger shot the Commissar for cowardice.

The Death Korps of Krieg: The only regiment where the commissar is more likely to be shot for disloyalty by the Guardsmen than the other way around.

"Are you all ready for some ATTRITION?!" "(Happy gas mask mumbling)"

Commissar : And what will be my regiment? Lord General : You'll have the 513th, Kreig. *all those years of enforcer classes at the academy, WASTED!*

Even their horses have gas masks. God i love these guys.

This battlezone is dangerous we've lost entire regiments. We must be diligent with the resources we have. Death Korps: I Just wanna die

Did someone say die for the Emperor ? I'll get my shovel.

Ferrus = iron Ferrograd = Irongrad -> Stalingrad Real subtle lmao

In my very first game of 8th edition I played against someone who played Abbadon and to delay his advance I literally had to just throw body after body at him and the advancing wall of Black Legion CSMs. When a squad died, you can use a stratagem where the last soldier alive calls in an artillery strike on his position and whittled them away one by one and poked wounds on Abby. I modelled one gentleman with his E-Tool in hand and he managed to keep surviving a Soulgrinder's attacks even after his squad had died off The Soulgrinder said fuck it and tried to retreat at which point my lascannon teams and autocannon teams knocked him down to three wounds Then I charged the guardsman back in and with his etool struck the daemon engine which then failed all three saves and died. Finally on the last round I need to hold out to win he has a clear shot to the objective so I charged in my command squad and field officer. Abbadon chewed through the command squad but with the DKoK orders they were able to fire plasma and lasguns into his face during the melee. Finally it was just my officer left and he managed to strike the final blow with his power sword. The CSMs killed like 60 Guardsmen but the fact that my no-name officer ran in and struck down Abbadon as his men were massacred and blowing themselves and the enemy up is mucho Krieg, especially because he got killed the next round to mass bolter fire. Krieg carried the day with like 98% casualties. It was great.

The Death Korp of Krieg is so brave they can beat an entire horde of enemies with just shovels

Arch Warhammer ends Siege of Vraks Series: *Sad Gas Mask Noises* ItalianSpartacus starts a Krieg Origins & Lore: *Happy Gas Mask Noises*

The Death Korp of Krieg aka Imperial Guard insane enough to charge at a Deamon Prince with a shovel.

Aww yeah! When the commissars are the voices of reason...

"Do you fear death?" *Krieg Guardsman stares back blankly through his gasmask* "...nevermind." When the planet's name literally translates to war in German, you know those soldiers aren't to be messed with. Krieg guardsman could function as a commissar in another regiment.

Cadians: fixed bayonets Death Corps: Hit him with a shovel

Yay, Death Korps! Great to see my guys get some love, first world war inspired insanity included! They are Forgeworld and are very expensive as such, but they have current edition rules. About the helmets, the Krieg one is actually a mix of the German Stahlhelm and French Adrian Helmet. Their coat is mostly French, the gasmasks are British and the carapace armour grenadiers and engineers wear is German. And to give another example of how implacable the Death Korps is, Krieg troopers wish to martyr themselves to atone for their betrayal centuries ago. Their named character is even called Marshall Karis Venner the Thrice Martyred, because he was assumed to have died three times before.

Its pretty hilarious that Krieg surpasses all Imperial demands and are then rewarded with more Imperial demands. Grimdark for all :D Stahlhelm was originally the name of the helmet that replaced the old Prussian spiked helmet. It was then used in different generations and variants throughout the World Wars. Badass regiment, badass video!

the death corps are my favorite. they embody everything 40K should be.

Always remember that the korpsmen are not martyrs... Martyrs are remembered

Imagine a Warhammer mod for Arma with Deathkorp and friendly fire enabled. Oh! The thought of guardsmen shooting their own teammates for dessertion, especially those wearing commisar uniforms.

"Sir there's thousands of them!" "That is just one platoon"

The Emperor protects. Spartacus provides the lore. Great video brother. (Clasps forearm)

I dont know much about 40k or its lore, but everything about it seems so badass

I like the children of the omnissiah in the background

If I could make a suggestion for an imperial guard army to do a lore video on, it would be the Elysian Sky Troopers. These are the forgotten and lost legion.

"If I can't die for the Emperor than life itself isn't worth living." -Some guy in a gas mask.

I love how commisar are there not inspire loyalty by killing troop at random but to make them retreat from battle

Death korp of Krieg soldier: “ did you see that new video about us “ Commander “no” Soldier “ well it exsplains how we just attack enemy’s head on and we usually die in the millions” Commander “ummm...” reaches for gun Soldier “ so sir in respect for the dead I’m going to charge that battalion of chaos predators with this stick” Commander “well done soldier, that’s a brilliant plan, good luck.” Soldier “thanks.” *fist bumps commander*

Imperium: your imperial tithes of regiments have been zero for 500 years Death korps of Kreig: we've got to get those rokkie numbers up!!

Yes, the DKoK helmet is based on the WW1 German M1915 Stahlhelm (with some style taken from the French Adrian helmet) while the Armageddon Steel Legion is far more based on WW2 German Fallschirmjager (paratroopers). Another note on organizational differences: the DKoK are the only Imperial Guard formation allowed to field combined arms regiments (this is in the form of their siege regiments) this is, of course, for logistical purposes but also because the DKoK are so trusted by the Departmento Munitorum, very rare in deed.

The Death Korps of Krieg: Literally only one of the rare few regiments I know of who's Commisariot act as if actual Field Commanders / Generals rather than just for pure MOTIVATION.

I have almost 3500 pts of this army, use to play them as veterans, with alot of heavy guns and a macharius in the 7ed, almost never won, but hade a blast every time i took them out! =D

In Life, War. In Death, Peace. In Life, Shame. In Death, Atonement.

Latest ItalianSparacus upload is broadcasted over the vox of an unknown hellish battlefield.A Kreig guardsman known only as Felix J mutters a muffled phrase through a gasmask...that phrase is 'DIEEWW IT!!'

I absolutely love these videos. Your pacing is great, and you can really tell that you're interested in what you're explaining to the point where it becomes super infectious :)

I’m glad you mentioned the joint German/French aesthetic of the Kriegers. A lot of folks fail to recognize the French influence on the krieg great coat and the Adrian elements in their otherwise German stahlhelm:)

Krieg infantry (look choas warlord titan CHARGE!!!) Commisars (Noooo!!!)

"Krieg failed the Emperor once. We cannot fail again"

Next are the Catachans I hope. Plus I think you may have changed me to a Death Korp fan over the Catachans, but we shall see when do them. Keep up the awesome work!

ItalianSpartacus: "Jurten went for a trump card." In my head: "It was the best Trump card ever. The greatest Trump card. It was amazing, the best. It had great hair. The best card of all time."

Imagine a Space-marines chapter from Krieg. It would be unstoppable

I know the part about the only retreat was supposed to show their loyalty, but imagine hearing that the toughest troops in the entiriety of the Imperium had to fall back. That would be terrifying.

Thank you for saying "Korps" properly - It is annoying to hear: "Corpse"

15:19 Their helmets look more like or Pickelhelm or Pickelhaube (The literal translations from German being "spike helmet" and "spike bonnet"). The Stahlhelm design was more of a WW2 thing, although it was used in late WW1.

What IS this game ?! 40K has essentially dogpiled my brain - I'm on to my 4th videogame adaptation, ordered books (going to start with Gaunt Ghosts) but the l o r e is so rich and vast, many thanks for putting these videos together man, it's all pretty spellbinding for a newcomer 👍👍

HANS....GET ZE SHOVEL Im not into war hammer but this was cool to learn about ww1 german space marines basically

When are you going to do a video on one of the most important and grim planets in the Imperium’s history: Birmingham?

Since we're talking about insane regiments I think it's a good transition to my boys the Elysian Drop troops cause who else is crazy enough to pull the steel rain maneuver with out the steel.

It would surprise me if the Death Korps of Krieg didn’t use flamethrowers, as they sound rather adept in siege warfare add to that their whole ethos must have been inspired by the Germans use of stormtroopers in ww1

Oh my friend, you REALLY REEEAAALLLYYYYY pg rated this lore didn’t you? True fans know...bayonet training: we use LIVE bayonets and are ordered to LITERALLY kill each other during drills. Marching practice: we use LIVE Artillery to teach our boys to find cover. AND we use Womb failures to use live fire to teach us to watch for snipers and they are ordered to kill us at EVERY moment. And fun fact, when in transit to another battle ground while on transports in the Warp, their bayonet drills have life sized dummies that are Death Korps troopers in picture. When a commissar once asked them why, they said “Because the greatest enemy is ourselves.” (From book, “Dead Men Walking”.) Come now, give us the whole backstory my friend. We want the WHOLE grim-dark backstory of these trench coat wearing, gas mask breathing, ww1 fighters of the 40k millinium!!

does anyone else want if the emperor had a TTSD him talking about Krieg and the Death Korps? I do

Note about helmets: You were partially correct about both helmets, but not all the way (which is understandable, most people don’t know this kind of thing). The Death Korps do use a helmet inspired by the stahlhelm, which replaced the pickelhaube in 1916 or so. However, the Germans kept the stahlhelm as their main infantry helmet all the way up to and through World War II. The helmet used by the Steel Legions is indeed inspired by a WWII helmet, though not a German one (since they were still using the stahlhelm design). Rather, their helmet takes inspiration from the American M1 helmet design, which was standard issue for American soldiers throughout WW2 and onward until it was phased out in the 80s.

Honest these guys need out of forge world into more main stream they be loved

Look up the game REDCON and at that point the Krux are more or less the prequel to the death corps of krieg

In one of the 40k books I had it was Death Korps of Kreig vrs Necrons. The kreigs men didn't have names just numbers.

Yes dude this was a good one. I really liked this video dawg

1 year later, the new kill team box is comin out soon with these bad boys and I can’t wait to get them

After arch's series I really grown fond of these guys. I hope they keep getting support. Great vid!

Short, sweet, easily digestible video. Well done. As for recommended regiments, Elysian drop troops and Savlar chem-dogs would be neat to see.

I’ve always wanted to know about this imperial guard regiment thank you for the lore vid man!!!!! 😁😁

*charges at horde of daemons and chaos marines out of happiness*

A very extremely awesome video as always ItalianSpartacus. And I have a friend who love this imperial guard regiments.

I would like to see Space Marines Iron Fists aligned with Death Korps of Krieg - masters of fortresses and defense, and masters of trench war.

The Germans used the Stahlhelm in both world wars. And while it's not quite exact, the Steel Legion helmet looks closer to the Adrian used by the French during both world wars.

Ah, my favorite boys! No sacrifice is too great, for what is a million lives compared to the glory of the emperor. Pulls out my entrenching tool and prepares to charge the enemy! For the emperor!

The music and lore hit so hard dam great video.

Amazing video. Loved the humor and the music!

Beautiful as always.

The steel legion use the ww2 helmets of the German paratroopers the Fallschirmjäger a variant of the Stahlhelm from what I understand it’s smaller and doesn’t flare out as much on sides as to not get caught on the parachute

I wonder how other factions and races reacts to the Death Korps of Krieg.

(Captain) FIX BAYONETS!! (Excited gasmask noises) Private 2213547768-Tim!!! Yes?! Don’t play with your bayonet on my firing line! It doesn’t look nice.

I use to run a Death Korps army back in 5th. OMG they were powerful. One time I turn three wiped an opponent, just too much fire power.

These guys are so legendary even the Commissar of my imperial guard army fears them...

6:14 i imagine a radio broadcast a la WWI/WWII playing the German anthem as the traitor say, "What song is this?" and one, brave, loyal krieger says to him, "This, is a tribal anthem," and as he oversaw all the loyal krieger digging and entering the underground tunnels "Of Terra!" As he pushed the button to drop the bomb

Ive recently brought 2000pts of krieg im making a krieg imperial knight mix, the models look great

Love the channel and love the background music

You sir got yourself another subscriber!

You should do the Tanith-First-and-Only

We're going to die! Other regiment : no! Mommy i wanna go home Dearh Korps of Krieg : GOOD!

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The Death Korp doesn’t retreat...They’re merely moving to flank you..bayonets and shovel end first

“...not much to give but tears and dust...”- jeez, you make this world sound kind of grim, and dark. Hmmm... I think you may be on to something there. 😉. Thanks for the awesome video! I was never interested in building any Astra Militarum force- I bought the “Get Started” box of the Tempestus Scions to kitbash some Inquisition henchfolk, but that was it. Except for the Death Korps. They are just so incredibly, grimly cool! And prohibitively expensive, as they’re only made by Forge World. I’ve made my 30K Raven Guard of 90% Forge World stuff, and I don’t know if I have it in me to make another really expensive resin army... but we’ll see! Thanks again for another awesome video- And, you just gotta love an army whose acronym of initials sounds like “D- Cock”. That’s just badass.

They give a fearful vibe (in a good way), the fact that they look real like the world war style is why i like them

the bringer of pain excellent video

These guys are great at parties

...keeping them from exposing themselves... " yo, orky guy over there, look at this! Whew!"

High Autocrat: *denounces the Emperor* All of Krieg: *chuckles* I’m in danger

It is a great video, and I really learned a lot about the toughest part of the Imperium's army. And sorry for the bother, but can you tell me what music did you used in the video, please?

Daemon prince minding their own bees wax on the battlefield Random krieg charging at them in the back ground shovel drawn

If you have never heard of them, google the WW1 Italian Arditi units. Seems to me a lot of similarities or inspiration from there.

Home sweet home

"As we all know" Me, someone who stumbled across warhammer 40k via algorithm "ah yes, we all know this"

A traitor regiment or failing that, Valhallan ice warriors. in theme of a balls are to big a trench coat is needed to cover them

I believe in multiple instanses where the Death Korps guardmen actually shooting their commisar(if thr commisar were from a less devout ideal).

Honestly feel that attack of the dead men should be their theme song

If I could make a suggestion for the next video it would be the catachan jungle fighters

The only flourish or shout the Death Korps need is "FIX BAYONETS... CHARGE."

I got a 10 character kill team of these guys like, four days ago.

Building my plastic Krieg in 2022 shows they are alive and strong

Many planets have an army Krieg is an army with a planet