The Fallen of World War II REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!! 

Sad fact: The life expectancy of a Russian soldier fighting in Stalingrad was 24 hours

You gentlemen being upset at the video about how many died just means your soul is intact. Keep it up. Love from U.S.

As the son of a Polish Immigrant I encourage everyone to watch the movie "Come and See". It is a Russian film considered to be the most accurate depiction of the horrors of the war in Eastern Europe. It is a cautionary tale for anyone who would romanticize war and revolution. I would warn that it is deeply disturbing and worth watching as a thought provoking film rather than entertainment.

During the siege of Leningrad, a group of Russian botanists holed up in a secret vault starved to death rather than consume the greatest collection of seeds they were guarding for a post-apocalyptic world. That is insane :(

Well I am German with Russian parents living in Germany... every time I watch this video I feel very sad because my granddad used to tell me that all of his friends died in WW2 and that the only reason I am alive is that he missed a train to escape from the war because that train was hit by a bomb later.

Hi from Russia. Almost every family member mostly man was in WW2. My grand grandfather and his brothers died in WW2. My family steal have a mails from him. It’s heartbreaking. I steal remember story’s what my another grand grandfather told me.

When Yugoslavia was occupied, a Croatian fascist regime called the Ustaše was established and committed genocide against Serbs. Also there were Yugoslav resistance fighting the Germans and the Ustaše. Reasons why number of deaths was high in Yugoslavia.

Im from Ussr Armenia/Russian. In the whole country there is no family whos lost their Father or Fathers and sons.Evry single Family

9:11 | Actually, Yugoslavia didn't have that many Jews. Even though the King of Yugoslavia allowed Germany to march through to Greece, the people fought back ferociously. The Partisans led a guerilla war throughout the entire time until, with the help of Russia, they liberated Yugoslavia, after which the monarchy was aboloshed and Tito set up a communist government. Partisan resistance and the serbian genocide by the croats are the main reasons for the high casualty rate for combined civilian and military losses in Yugoslavia. During the occupation, the south of Yugoslavia was ruled by Bulgaria, the Albanian parts by Italy, but the germans created a puppet croatian state that consisted of today's Croatia and most of today's Bosnia. The croats considered Serbs sub-human, and performed a genocide over the local Serb populations of the then Croatian state.

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can. Only as one who has seen its brutality, it’s futility, it’s stupidity.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sorry for my English, this is a translator, but ... Stalin did not forbid evacuation from Leningrad! It was impossible to do this because of the blockade. But all the same, children and the wounded, ordinary women and old people were taken out of Leningrad along the Road of Life. On the thin ice of Lake Ladoga. Read about it. Спасибо за ваш просмотр этого видео.

One of the best videos ever uploaded to RU-vid.

I am wondering if british people know that 17 MMillion people were killed during the occupation of India? I wonder if that is ever talked about

My family history: - granny lost her fiancé in June 1941 - she was 18 (1944) when she went to war, through Ukraine, Poland right to Berlin - she had a piece of splinter in her head all her life, we could feel it when touching her cheek - my granny's fellow soldier (best friend) lost all her family at war and was killed at war (my granny was sitting near her then) - my granny's brother was a tankist (was burning in a tank, survived) - my granny's fellow soldier (her first love) lost all of his family during war except for his mother (4 sisters were killed by the Nazi who occupied his village, father and brother killed at war) - my grandfather had to transport the bodies of executed Jews (afterwards he couldn't eat, move, do anything for several days from shock) - my in-law relative was a high-ranking official in the Red Army, helped organizing a partisan resistance in Russia My friends' family history: - my friend never had a grandfather, his destiny was unknown until his grave was found in Germany in 1980's - my another friend's one grandfather perished at war, another one became a Hero of the USSR for the battle of Berlin - my college mate (a Jew) - her grandfather survived Holocaust but lost his wife and 2 kids in the ghetto... - my another Jewish friend has very small extended family due to Holocaust Just a few stories I know. Any person born in the USSR can tell you lots of such stories. Even if we wouldn't know the death toll - we can feel it - because too many, too many stories like that just in the close circle...

The death toll in Yugoslavia was partly so huge because the people of Yugoslavia resisted fiercely, both under Tito and Mihailovic. The Nazis were ruthless in their suppression of any resistance. It got so bad that for one Nazi soldier killed by guerrilla attacks they would execute 50 civilians as retribution (from what I remember. That number changed over time)

Let’s not forget that medical technology has lowered death counts in wars while injuries have risen.

Both my grandfathers fought in the war. My Father's Father was a kid building building ships in Clydebank before it was bombed. He joined UK forces on the western front years later though I don't know his age, he died in the 80's before I was born. My Mother's Father fought in Africa, he passed away at the age of 96 almost a decade ago in New Zealand. I remember asking my Mum when we took a trip to NZ about Grandad and the war because just before we went, we were being introduced to ww2 in primary 4 at school. She immediately with a stern voice and angry face told me "you don't dare ask him about the war boy, he doesn't need to think of that in his old age, ask him about his wood carving, that will make him happy". I couldn't comprehend the severity of what my grandfather went through at the age of 7. When I was 12 I went to NZ to live with my Uncle after my Father passed and Mum lost the plot. My grandfather in his late 80's or early 90's (I don't know tbh) and me sat in the sun on a good day and he told me a few stories and showed me the wooden toys he would make in his workshop for kids in the community. I got to play with a train that was attached to the carts with small bits of rope. I was young and naive, I asked him if I could ask him questions about the war. He took a big deep breath and sat still for a solid minute. He said "I did things I had to do to stay alive, I hurt people and I wish I never had to. If you ever have to experience war, you do it to protect your family and your community and if its for anything else, you refuse, because you will have nightmares for the rest of your life". I was a little shocked about him saying they gave him nightmares, because even though he was a fragile elderly man that needed help into the car and couldn't do much but work in his shop for an hour a day, he was always smiling and full of happiness. I will never forget that conversation.

My great grandpa was one of those soldiers on the beaches invading Normady on D Day. He was the only one to survive from his platoon unfortunately. He loved talking about the traveling all around the world (never of the battles understandably).He left behind a few things including a box of old post cards from all those travels marking the journey He went through back then... He just passed in 2018. He had many stories to tell and was an inspirational man. He received awards for his efforts but shed tears and said he instead accepted it in "honor of those He fought beside and that couldn't come home."

The allies won the war. But the soviet union paid for it in blood. The effects of this war are still felt today. That is especially true of Germany and the soviet union.

One building in Stalingrad had more people die in it that the entire conquest of France. Mindblowing.

Now this one is a reaction I've been waiting to see. Keep up with the great work.

You guys just might he the most intelligent and perceptive reactors out there. Cheers!

Just came across this channel this week and been scrolling back months to watch all the videos. Great bunch of lads. Good job guys

watching this video always brings a quote from MASH of all tv shows "War isn't hell. war is war, and hell is hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse. There are no innocent bystanders in hell, but war is chock full of them little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for a few of the brass, almost everybody is an innocent bystander."

For the Siege of Leningrad, I'd recommend reading "Siege and symphony". The book looks at the writing of and performance of the Leningrad symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich. It is a harrowing read and includes slaughter, and starvation, which lead to cannibalism and musicians literally dropping dead in their seats due to starvation and exhaustion. I'd also recommend the channel WWII in real time. It cornicles the entire of WWII from its start week by week, and is currently on April 1941. They also do a series called crimes against humanity which is also a very difficult watch

I remember watching this a long time ago as I was amazed by the statistics. I love war documentaries and histories because what happened back in those days are worth remembering. I showed this to my dad and it nearly made him tear up. I have watched it so many times to remind myself that we are so much more fortunate now. Even when I was in the UK and my dad visited me, we would go to different war museums to look at histories that we missed from shows.

Remember and pass on to descendants that 80 years ago, superheroes from Russian villages stood under the red flag to voluntarily go to the meat grinder, to give their lives and hopes for the future to a bloody and cruel massacre, so that today your children would not have their skulls measured to make sure that they deserve to live ...

Very spot on comment from Dave. A normal person couldn't commit such atrocities to their fellow human beings. It is dehumanizing rhetoric that led so many people to justify the violence, or simply turn a blind eye to it. Let's all work to create a world where our differences are appreciated and celebrated. The blending of so many unique cultures and traditions makes our communities that much more beautiful. Love from Houston!

Indians too fought for the Colonial British....It wasn't even their war to fight. Churchill was a true a*****e.

Thanks for pumping out so much content 👌🏽🔥

The first serious video I have watched on this channel. It actually made me change my mindset in regards to our current situation (in the current pandemic). A much needed change in perspective. Cheers OBs.

loving the content, these kind of videos are great! keep it up boys!

the picture of the soldier aiming his rifle on the mother holding her kid - this is just something, I don't even know how to put the words down for it. it grips me, it shakes me, it shoots tears into my eyes instantly. I guess it is the brutality that the picture is showing, without a single bit of visible blood or such - one human being seconds away from killing another one, ending a family, eradicating a path of life that could have been.

Great reaction. It’s crazy to know things like this happened and still happen.

You guys should react to the “massacre of Nanjing” video by History of China. It’s shocking that in the states, we weren’t taught this. Only focused on the Nazi Party’s atrocities...

People now: 2020 and 2021 is the worst year! And I bet 2022 is gonna be worst! People back then: Are you kidding me?...

Вот по этому нужно беречь и строить мир во всем мире ! Слишком многих жизней стоило это . Вечная им память. СССР освободили этот мир от нацизма .

Three words... 'Band of Brothers'. Worth the 6+ hours of watching.

Very emotional presentation

Really glad to see you guys react to this. You has some of the visceral reactions that I did to this video.

Subscribed. You guy's reaction was fucking appropriate and something I needed to watch after watching the original video myself. I respect your opinion a lot. Love from the California

They shall not grow old is def amazing. So is this video. Videos like this absolutely must be watched to keep things real.

The U.S. did not need to do a draft but they did have during ww2. I think it was like over 2 million men enlisted the day after pear harbor and keep enlisting. Our military went from like 400,000 men to over 4 million in a year.

I really enjoy watching your reactions. This needs to be seen by every person on 🌎. Schools need to show it. So that none of us EVER forget the cost of war. Greetings from Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸.

*27 Million Soviets* *20 Million Chinese* *7.4 Million Nazis* *6 Million Jews* *4 Million Dutch east Indies* *3.1 Million Japanese* *2.5 Million Indian Soldiers(under British Army)* *3 Million all others combined*

You must respect the Russian's for the huge sacrifice they made.

Germans executed Yugoslavian civilians in retribution for soldiers killed by resistance fighters, 100 civilians for 1 soldier killed and 50 for wounded

Awesome credits to the guy who made, coded and narrated the video.. What a job!

I was incredibly fortunate to get go Europe a couple years ago to go on a battlefield tour and it’s something I will never forget. To see the rows of tombstones with inscriptions like “greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his brother” or “Known unto God” that’s a level of valor and sacrifice that I think it’s hard for people to understand. War is hell

I am a 62 yo guy here in the states, I tell you what brave men and women that was in WW2

My grandmother was born in Honolulu. She was only 9 when she was awakened and saw the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. I've been meaning to try and record her account of it for posterity.

There were man made disasters caused by Churchill which killed over 20 million people during the British rule in India. This was mostly because he refused to send food supplies to my country diverting them to rich Europeans as reserve stock piles. When the British officials wrote to him about this decision, Churchill wrote back saying "Then,why hasn't Gandhi died yet ? ". He was no better than Hitler if you ask any Indian.

was looking forward to this one!

Not every opinion is Russian bots 😆... pls keep that in mind... thats just a news narative... anyway... have fun and godspeed lads

RealLifeLore did a similar type of visualization about WW1. The video is called "The Loss of Life in WW1 Visualized". If you can maybe react to it sometime, it would be great. Btw, I love how you pause a video and take a minute to discuss the topic, most react channels just watch the video and when it ends say goodbye. So yeah. You guys are great, keep up the great job.

"ex mafia hitman plays never have i ever" "death row prisoners last words" good reaction by the way

Those who do not study history are bound to repeat it. This video is what should be shown in schools all over the world.

My great uncle was in the RAF and 2 days before Christmas his plane and another collided during training killing everyone in the process. My mother only knew he had died, not where he was buried etc. So I did some research and found out he is only buried about 10 minutes away.

Sad but true: Only one fifth of all soviets born in 1923 survived the war.

I m addicted to this channel Guy's 😂 I m a big fan of reaction channels , . Literally whenever I see reaction channels I skip the talking parts.. btw in this channel I love your Talking and reacting parts . Love from Assam, India ♡

As a second generation US citizen I have a weird mix. My grandmother was German but fled to the US in 1928. One of her brothers was shot on his doorstep for not rendering a sig Heil. Her other brother survived being a German pow captured at Stalingrad. He returned from USSR 20 years later. All the other male German relatives of military age died. On my grandfather's side which were originally Swedish all 6 who served for the US survived including two at Omaha Beach. My mother in laws dad survived the Bataan Death March as pow. The great peace remains because the USA keeps its military strong and has bases everywhere.

My brain can't even begin to comprehend what the world was like back then and what it was like for the people who were in the thick of it, truly a dark time in history

Very interesting! I learned a lot! Thanks so much! ♥️

🤯 Wow! So far one of the best reaction videos I've seen. We all knew there was a tremendous loss of life during WWII, but this significantly changed my idea of just how many casualties there were and the massive effect it had on survivors. Military deaths were primarily young men! Genetically speaking, prime DNA, forever lost. Not only was their loss affecting the lives left behind, but future generations that would never be. My mother was 91 when she passed 2 years ago. She was born in Munich in 1928. Of significance she was biracial. Her mother was German and her father African. He was from Cameroon which was a German colony and Germany had a large African population as a result. She was 8 years old when Hitler came into power and 17 when the Americans liberated Germany. Amazingly being half black and living in a city that was constantly being bombed, she survived. Her family knew early on that she was in danger of being "exterminated" and had their family Doctor certify her status as Aryan. Looking at her, there is no way she could pass as being of Nordic descent. Those documents saved her many, many times as she was often picked up by the SS to clarify her status. She spent much of her time during the war in bomb shelters and food was scarce. She had relatives who lived in farm country and was sent there so she'd have more access to food. There was less, food was sent to the Russian Front and she was sent back to Munich with rickets. Her grandfather was a visionary, thankfully. Being biracial he thought her chances of getting a husband were slim, especially with the tremendous casualties of men in the military, so he sent her to technical school, secretarial major. He also had her tutu red in English because he said it would likely be the language used in business, post war. ( I guess he had a feeling Germany would lose the war once the Americans joined the allies). She survived the war and during the American occupation was hired to work on base. Being biracial and with a segregated military, she worked on the "colored base". Through her work for the Americans, she met my dad and moved to the US. She didn't like to talk much about her experiences during the war. A couple of things, which I noted above, but of significance is the number of Afro-Germans in the military. Despite Hitler's pronouncements that the pure Aryan race was superior to all others, he used Afro-Germans to fight in the Luftwaffe. Ground troops were white because their bodies were usually recognizable as to race. Pilots shot down usually were burned beyond recognition and race couldn't be identified. She didn't share this information with me until she'd been invited to give a lecture about life in nazi Germany and was scheduled to lecture with a surviving black pilot. He unfortunately didn't make it due to illness. He was an adult pilot when my mom was still a child, so much older. One other thing she shared was that she couldn't believe the Americans could help in defeating the Germans. German soldiers were always dressed neatly and marched in formation, trading had to be equally impressive. When the Americans came they were "slovenly in appearance" and they were casually strolling through the streets. She couldn't wrap her mind around it. Also, she soon discovered the difference between white and colored troops regarding interaction with the conquered civilians. White troops kept their distance. They even dug trenches where they tossed leftover food and poured gasoline on it to make sure there wasn't anything left that was edible as starving children watched. The colored troops on the other hand interacted with the civilians, mostly the children and shared what was left after meals . They gave them chocolates from their rations and any available food stuffs so it wouldn't be wasted. She couldn't understand why there was such a difference in how the white troops and colored troops treated the civilians until she came to the US in 1948. Segregation. Those who lived under the cruelty of segregation understood the cruelty of war, having nothing when your country is left in shambles. Understanding what it was like to be hungry...

btw, the link for office blokes try channel in your description is broken

Think I might have suggested this (as well?) So glad you saw it.

This video always hit me like a brick, it’s hard not to get emotional when you see the extraordinary amount of unnecessary loss of life. Great video reaction guys, love your uploads!

17:18 First year norm for one was 600grams black bread/day, second blockade year 380grams and last year 160grams (1 lbs = 454grams ) .

Thanks for the reaction. As a german, i have to point out that those mobile killing groups and the concentration camps were special units of SD and SS, not the regular army. They operated behind the front lines, where the normal soldiers couldnt see them. And they were brainwashed more than the regular soldier. There were high german army officials that tried to kill hitler with a bomb several times. But sadly, a stone tableleg was between hitler and the bomb, so he survived with injuries. The coup was stopped fast after that, and all were sentenced to death. My great-grandfather was evacuated ill by plane from stalingrad and survived. He became a cementary gardener. My great-grandmother and grand-uncle as a little boy were in dresden when they firebombed the wooden city center. The flames filled the entire sky above him, and the pavements/street asphalt was burning. Some estimations say over 100.000 died in dresden, because the city was full of refugees from east germany. He cant stay near fire since. He was a peace activist in socialist east germany fighting against the arms race until reunification. Their secret service did much to try and stop him, but he is still with us today.

You guys have the best reactions on youtube. Love the vid :)

Hey blokes! On the subject of WWII, the RU-vid Huggbees did a satirical take on the Battle of Midway, and it was very funny, maybe a video idea? Keep up the good work!

Been waiting for this

All I know is that had Hitler not turned his armies toward the then USSR we could be living in very, very different world.

Your best content. By a country mile. Well done.

This was incredible! Please do more of this kind of video....I love the perspective of what war actually entails...which should make one much more intentional to maintain peace. The alternative is so catastrophic. But how long do you ignore the evil being perpetrated by an authoritarian dictator?? Great suggestion Dave on the Jackson documentary. Why does one not want to know?? I love well done history.

The most haunting thing I've read was when SS soldiers killed infants in concentration camps, absolutly rage inducing.

Very well done reaction and nice discussion.

think that people in their mid 30's including myself are the last generation of grand children who actually had a grandfather or two, who actually saw combat in WW2 and made it alive..

Knowledge is power. Learn from the past love each other in the end.

Thank god for America coming to aid its allies and Britain being brave and never giving up and Russia staying determined

6:02. The U.S. put conscription into effect in 1940 to prepare in case of invasion, and ramped up conscription during war time. At the end of the war the U.S. had around 16 million personel fighting in the military.

Another great reaction video, guys. Question: where did (and still does) the money come from to start wars?

Thank you, Gentlemen's, for this emotions. I am just one of Russian grandsons of grandparents who survived in Siege of Leningrad. One of my grandfather's was an artillery officer, and one of my grandmother was nurse in Leningrad. Many people, who watch this video (moment about civilian deaths in Leningrad) ask a question: "where did they put the corpses?". I was young and... my grandmother never wanted to tell something about that time, and indeed about the war, but from what I somehow heard not for my young ears, I was shocked. Do not delete cannibalism from your mind when you think about the 2.5 year blockade and list of all possible people's moral and physical sufferings.

My grandfather was a POW of Okinawa. I still have his bayonet, still caramelized with blood.

hahahahaha, I gotta laugh AGAIN at just how this vid ends & just how transparent it is.

You can have a monthly support fee on your channel as well as monetizing your videos, and add short ad insertions markers, where RU-vid will insert the ads

My grandad had to fight in WW2 for the British Indian army (which counted as British casualties) he was from modern day Bangladesh, we were under British rule and whats sad is that whilst hundreds of thousands fought for the British, back home in east bengal food supplies and harvests were taken and stockpiled and kept for the war (those supplies weren’t needed, in fact it was labelled as panic hoarding) and other supplies confiscated incase the Japanese got a hold of it (who had occupied neighbouring burma) this led to 3 million people dying of famine, instead of helping them Winston Churchill just said “stop breeding like rabbits” and also labelled them a beastly people. My grandad on return was left devastated as most of our family starved to death due to policy by those who he was fighting for. I didn’t know him that well but he always had the look of despair on his face. Thats why I can’t see Churchill as the hero he’s made out to be today, don’t forget he lost the election the same year the war was won, he lost to the labour party who promised to start decolonisation. I had to actually teach my history teacher about this in secondary school as they fail to mention this in England.

Knowing this video very well and then hearing your hype intro was so off putting lol. Glad you guys are watching things that aren't just memes and top trending stuff. Good on you guys, great stuff.

We’re alive during a great time, very grateful. Luckily I didn’t have to live through WW1&2, Great Depression, Severe race wars, etc. Those who were are a brave group.

Can you guys react to across the ponds 5 ways British and American stores are different

It's extremely unfortunate that a big part of why so many Soviets and Chinese died was the callous cruelty of their own governments. As Stalin said "One death is a tragedy. A million deaths is a statistic."

I'ts unfortunate that long peace didn't last very long....love you lads, keep being the genuine humans are are.

That discusion around 19:00 reminded me of one experiment. I can't remember on top of my head who did it but it was after WW2 to check if Germans are more likely to follow orders to kill innocent person, because it was too unlikely to be normal. Experiment was that there was a test subject with consol and buttons, actor and person telling which button to press. Subject was said he will electrocute the actor (he was told it was random person like him) after pressing the button. Every next button was supposed to have higher voltage and the last one be lethal. There were supposed to be 2 experiments. One in the US and one in the Germany to compare the result, but only the one in the US was made because it already showed that something like 70% of normal civilians would kill if ordered.

The US started Conscription just prior to entering World War 2 - the initial draft, among other things, brought a number of National Guard Units up to "War Strength" were they were then deployed to "Critical" Areas - My Father was sent to a California Coast Artillery unit - which was then deployed to the Aleutian Islands, a Tank unit from Wisconsin was sent to the Philippines and ended up on Bataan.

It's so hard to think about how many lives were cut short by this war.

Would you guys ever consider reacting to a mini 10 episode series called Band of Brothers? it's about a company going through WWII. Would love to see you guys react to it

I came back to watch it because of all that's going on today. I was thrown back by Daves remark that yesterday's wars are different than todays, example you don't have trench warfare anymore.

I have been very busy doing family genealogy on my husbands line and there was a distant family relation I found that lived in Polish Russia just prior to WWII. I found one document labeled Russian Jewish census that recorded the main family recorded, but it also mentioned the grand parents, uncles and aunts as well as great uncles and aunts...children and their spouses and even some spouses parents were included on the census. I believe the number of individuals I was able to add to my family tree from this one document was well over 30 names. There was one daughter who left Russia and immigrated to the US where she married an American...she is the name where my family line connects. As I scoured more and more documents trying to find later information on the family, I was dismayed to not find any further mention for any one of the individuals except the one who immigrated. It was not until I took time to look up the name of the town where they were living at the time of the census, and it hit me like a ton of bricks.....they lived in a town where one of the worst concentration camps were constructed by the Nazi's. It was a notorious camp known for it's mass extermination of the Jewish people. At that moment I began to weep as the picture became clear......there were no other mentions of any of the family members as they were all very likely murdered in the concentration camp. To this day, almost 3 years later, I find myself crying and weeping for the loss of all those precious lives. As a child growing up and learning about WWII you have no real concept of what loss of life meant......as an adult, being able to find names on your own family line and connect a death with each and every one of them is a totally different experience. I am truly grateful for this knowledge because it only instills in my heart and mind how very precious each life is and how much I should cherish and nurture them. It makes me more compassionate and understanding towards others who have also experiences loss. You really do understand others better when you have had the opportunity to walk a mile in their shoes.

I can confirm that the U.S. had military conscription in World War II (as it also did in WWI). Conscription (the draft) actually began in a limited form in 1940, before we got into the war. Men also could volunteer during the first year or so of the war, after which the draft supplied all of the services. Upwards of 10 million men were drafted. The U.S. used conscription in most of its major wars, including the Civil War. The draft was in place for the Korean War and the Vietnam War, but the U.S. then went all-volunteer after the mid-1970s. However, American men are required to register for Selective Service at age 18 to this day, even though there is no draft. Just in case. . .

My great grandfather and great uncle fought in WWII my great grandfather was in the USAAF he was in Italy and North Africa and my great uncle was in the Navy as a radio operator on a minesweeper ship in the pacific both of them have since passed away my great grandfather in 1999 and my great uncle passed away in 2011