The Last Defeats of the Wehrmacht | Opinion by Heinz Guderian 

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The allies won by British intelligence, American factories, and Russian blood.

It took most of the world almost six years to defeat Germany. Germany lost the war, but they were the most professional military of the war. But, they had one big weakness, and that was logistics. The Germans weren't so much out fought as out produced. Germanys enemies simply had more of everything. More tanks, more trucks, more munitions. And above all, oil.

My grandfather died in Stalingrad. He was wounded 7 times in war. Refused the desk job they offered him. According to my grandmother and mother he was addicted to war. Last thing he said at the train station in Vienna was: "Don't wait for me. This is a one way ticket. I won't come back."

Every german general after the war; "If only Hitler had let us do "

My grandfather met Guderian. My Opa was in the 8th Panzer Division. He was working on his vehicle. He had a long handed wrench and was trying to break a bolt loose. He heard a voice behind him saying “May I give you a hand?” He turned and it was Guderian. He helped my Opa. He asked him questions and listened to him. Opa absolutely respected him. One day his unit, 43rd Panzerjager was firing in a position he looked over and Guderian was standing on the hood of his kubel looking through his binos. Without a question he was a soldier’s General.

I know Guderian's grandson. Lots of great stories about him and his accomplishments. Allied officers respected him. His armored tactics are still used to this very day.

When I was a kid I wanted to be an Army officer in the tank Corps (When I was a child I had childish thoughts!). Later I got interested in submarines and became a junior officer on a USN SSBN. When I was 12 I sent a letter to the Budeswehr asking for Guderian’s autograph. He had died in 1954, but someone forwarded the letter to his son, who was a West German General. He sent me a picture of his father and a nice letter.

Love yourself like a military that asks itself "Why did we lose a war against the entire world?"

Germany had to win a quick war against the Soviets, or none at all. When they failed to capture Moscow in 1941, defeat was only a matter of time. Also, the brutalities wrought on by the occupying and political authorities of the SS/SD, directly impeded the war movement, and what the military was trying to accomplish. They would've been better off getting the citizens to rally to their cause and support the overthrow of the Soviet regime. This was not possible with the brutal treatment of the civilian populations in the occupied territories. It had totally, the opposite effect.

As my German Opa said. It was a simple math formula. It was lost when we stepped into Russia. We just didn’t know it at that time. After his unit heard about Stalingrad he knew his job was to survive and make it home alive. They spoke very quietly among themselves about how the war will turn out. He made it home.

As Webster said in Band of Brothers, “You had horses! What were you thinking?”

It's an understatement. Allied air power by 1944 was awesome. or I should say more specifically, American and English. The German army still had strength but with the kind of air power they faced, they had no chance

Rommel actually had the best defence strategy for Normandy and wanted the panzers to be fully mobilized and ready to attack any landing by the allies but Runstedt wanted to hold them back from the frontline which proved a disaster, also Rommel should get credit for being the one who fully built up the defences of the Atlantic wall since it had been neglected by all the other generals before he took command of it.

Guderian had a plan to launch a limited offensive on the eastern front in late 1944, coupled with the creation of a strong line of defensive fortifications and fortresses. He also wanted to create a small mobile reserve with which to launch a "backhand" counteroffensive similar to what Manstein did in Ukraine in 1943, albeit on a smaller scale. If he had gotten everything he wanted from Hitler, perhaps the plan could have succeeded and not only delayed the Soviet offensive that was launched in January '45, but even regained a limited amount of territory to anchor German positions on defendable rivers further east. But to what end? Such a gambit could be done only once. It would have only delayed the inevitable Soviet victory absent peace in the west. And that was never going to happen.

Germany had basically ran out of oil to support the Blitz type warfare. They had more tanks in 43 then in 41 but fuel was a very significant issue.

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The kind of Prussian military thought, which the German army is a product of, is so damn impressive. The combined arms they executed was so much ahead of their time and tech. Hitler probably didn't deserve to inherit such a masterpiece of a military machine. For any other country to replicate that thought or tactics would require some serious ground work of decades in building a robust military culture.

Back in that time, Germany had the world's greatest collection of war genarals; and as the war progressed, Hitler lost confidence in them ridiculously enough, took away their job for himself, continue to make a series of bad military decisions, and lost the war for Germany. It was total madness of him to have invaded the Soviet Union and then declared war on the USA.

Very interesting! Thank you for this video.

Very sad war. Thank you for covering this topic!

No doubt, one of the most significant, influential, capable man in Wermacht.

Hitler lost the war for us as he refused to allow Guderian to crush and take Moscow in September/October of 1941 when he wanted to and could have. Crushing Moscow and capturing Zhukov and well over a million red defenders would have ended it for Stalin and the Reds before it really got started. Hitler diverting Guderian and his armies instead to the battle of Kiev where victory was achieved, however it cost us Moscow and ultimately the war.

They simultaneously decided to fight the biggest industrial power in the world, the largest Empire the World has ever known and the largest and most ruthless country in the world. What did they think was going to happen?

Very rare commentary with depth of knowledge . Thank you

It's a great video. Keep them coming. Thanks

Knowing what your enemy is doing . The British code brakers from 1942 onwards we new all their plans. Except the battle of the bulge. They used radio silence. Britain was not ready for war or the USA IN 1939 . Had to play catch up . But I think the number 1 reason in the long run was USA production supplying UK & USSR

First time viewer and serious history buff. I am very impressed.

Germany lost the war on December 11, 1941. Churchill has written that as soon as he heard of Germany's declaring war on the US he knew it would be a victory, simply by the application of far greater resources, and that is basically what happened.

You,re the reason why Iam one of Guderians Fan boys. Thank you

To quote Commander Sinclair from Babylon5 : Because we where outmaned and outgunned,we never had a chance. A little bit simplified but true

Guderian was the successful mixture of unconventional ideas and military discipline, that is occasionally found among German Officers after the time of Clausewitz and Gneisenau. Such flexibility always collides with narrow-minded superiors. He should have known that his greatest opponents were not the enemy generals but A H.

Many higher ranking German officers after the war wrote briefing summaries, at the behest of their American captors. These summaries detailed their personal experiences on the Eastern front. Most of these are still available online to be downloaded. These summaries became books & were used by the Americans as guidelines to train their troops to fight the Russians in the event the two sides ever went to war. Some of these books are extremely interesting as historical studies. One of the titles is called, 'Small Unit Actions During the German Campaign in Russia'. It details company & platoon level incidents between German & Red Army troops.

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In the history of human conflict the Wehrmacht stands alone. The pivotal point of the war came as early as December 1941. The defeat at the gates of Moscow confirmed that Germany would not win the war. Also America with its industrial might entered the war and joined the Allies at the same time. That Germany continued to fight for another four and a half years against the collective might of America, The British and Soviet empires is astounding and beyond belief

There are so many battles that could have gone either way that effected the final outcome of WW2 at the Eastern Front and in the West. The mental toughness of the Allie’s leadership, all 3 of them, was as important as their weapons and tactics. Great video . A little gold nugget to add to my complete understanding. Thanks

Germany does not ''loose'' wars...they simply fall back and try again.

Perhaps the biggest piece Guderian did not have was that the Soviets had access at very high level, perhaps Hilters war meetings. In 41, Stalin ordered reckless piece meal counter-attacks (I presume Zhukov finally reined in Stalin to hold off on the Siberian divisions until typhoon finally exhausted). In the 42 campaign season (after spring thaw, and ground drying out), the Soviets opened with offensives in 3 locations, Leningrad, Kharkov and Crimea, all failing. In 43, the Soviets were strangely quiet, waiting patiently for Zitadelle, which was delayed several times. It is curious. The Germans had sufficient information to know that the big victories of 41 were not cake walks, but involved difficult battles, with some Soviet units fighting very well, and that ultimate victory only came after sufficient Soviet mistakes made the positions untenable. The winter Moscow battle was a correct counter-offensive in waiting until the Germans had committed all units. The pattern from then all was that the Soviets had reasonably correct concepts in pincer operations, but could not execute well due to over-reliance on orders from above. Contrast, the Germans had good officers through the chain to allow tactical decisions when opportunity presented. What this meant was Manstein Schwert und Schild idea was probably best - but Hilter did not want to give ground. A big mistake was not building fortifications on the Dnieper when there was time, because that would have conceded inevitability of withdrawing. The cliffs on the right bank probably made the best defensive line

I love "the Luft Waff". Seriously he's narrating a video about WW2 and he's NEVER heard how it's pronounced? 😂😂

Outstanding video

Belo trabalho. Me inscrevi e peço que continue trazendo a opinião de Guderian pois acho que ele foi um dos melhores generais da segunda guerra. Agradecido.

Thanks for more additional insights from German general like Guderian why German defeats in world War 11 was inevitable

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Thank you for your video i grew up in the rubble of WW2. Im old now unlike many victims.

Great job, Obviously we can all monday morning this considering we have 75 plus years of data to go on.

Very interesting topic!

If you plan to take on 5 Foes , try and get them 1 at a time .

Absolutely interesting

A very interesting video.

The Germans lost the war because they had to fight on several fronts at the same time.

Utterly fascinating I would like to see a more comprehensive video of these interviews with all of the surviving generals analyses of their strengths and weaknesses

Awesome 😊😊😊

I agree with him about Rommel, very good divisional commander but dreadful General. What he did in nth Africa was borderline criminal. Instead of getting the best out of his Italian troops he got the worst which led to Italy leaving the war and taking their 60 divisions with them. There was genuine concern that the Italian military would assinate Rommel that's how bad the situation became !

It's easy to put much of the blame on people who are dead

I used to be rather surprised at the less than stellar opinion many German Generals had in regards to Rommel growing up. But after college and studying WW2 I’m far less surprised. Good video thanks for posting.

Thank you for making this in english.

Guderien was one of the best generals in modern mechanized warfare

Guderian said he strongly advised AH to negotiate for peace but unfortunately, no one was there to witness it. 😆 You need a pound of salt with these general's memoirs. Modern German historians like Ralf Ratz, Sönke Neitzel reveal that these German generals were blaming their shortcomings all on AH but records show he would not override the generals when there was unanimous opposition to his plans. Furthermore, the allies after the war wanted these generals knowledge of Soviet strategy and tactics to help fight the cold war and to rebuild Germany and create NATO. For this reason, no one looked to closely at their war record and claims.

The captured generals much preferred being in American/British custody over the Soviets. They would ingrate themselves by praising their captors. They had common cause in opposing the USSR. Finally they wanted to minimize their relationship with Hitler and nazism

" I look at these mean children , and I understand why Germans started so many wars . And then I look at these teachers , and I see why they lost them all "

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Wunderbar!

I have a book titled "The German Generals Talk" by B.H Liddell Hart, where various German Generals, including Guderian, Rundstedt and other talk about why various campaigns failed. An interesting read and your video reflects some of it.

Fantastic

Guderain was wrong about Rommel. The only reason Rommel lost in Africa is because he was overwhelmed by a shortage of resources and reinforcements. Or else he would've secured that front. I think I read somewhere that there was rivalry between Guderian and Rommel

The way your translation bot handled "Luftwaffe" gave me a chuckle. It's pretty obvious that Hitler was his own worst enemy.

The simple answer in a nutshell is the pure determination of Germans, its discipline and superior creative engineering talent. And that’s why it took everything in their mother to defeat them.

From all my travels within Germany, I never met one person who said "WE Lost the war."

Enigma, simply the british were reading the germans inbox from may 1941 to the end , they knew everything, all the germans plans etc etc how could they lose

Germany lost the war because it bit off more than it could chew. By taking on Britian, Russia, and the United States at the same time Hitler doomed himself to inevitable defeat.

I have heard that the German army never lost a battle in which they had equal manpower and equipment as the Allies. The Allies won because they had more men and equipment. Most wars of any length, are wars of attrition, and WW II was no exception.

¿Cuál es la música de fondo? Por favor, la he estado buscando para siempre.

Dunkirk began the downfall of Germany. The failure to take out the British and French expeditionary forces in 1940 and allowing them to evacuate to fight another day was a big tactical mistake. Germany had the opportunity to basically remove the British and French from the European theater altogether and concentrate the bulk of their forces against the Soviets. US entry was still more than a year away. Once Hitler declared war on the US after Pearl Harbor, the German fate was sealed.

Operation Eisenhammer/Aktion Russland would have helped the Germans keep the soviets at bay. Keeping Italy in the war would have slowed the Wallies a lot.

The Axis Powers had no other options but quick victories and calculated negotiations. They never stood a chance against the industrial might of the Allied Forces. Germanic pride and Bushido spirit ain't enough to win a war. It's all about materials and logistics.

Very good programing 8:08

Guderian is infamous for blaming Moustache man for everything that went wrong

I am very interested in that book! I assume that these are comments from the interrogations and not from Panzer Leader?

Spot on. Guderian was the spear in the offensive that took over France and the father of the blitzkrieg (at the beginning of the war). However, there were many generals who were critical of Hitler's decisions. After HItler's decision to declare war against the US, it is rumored one general asked (facetiously) when he (Hitler) planned to attack New York. It was clear that Germany had no ability to attack the US mainland and that the decision to declare war against the US played directly into the interests of Great Britain. That was the death nail to any successful end of the ware for Germany.

Interesting

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Isn't it amazing how hindsight is always 20/20? Thanks to his, and other officers' insight, America finally learned how to fight a ground war. Of course, it took until the 1960s to implement them, especially concerning small-unit tactics. When I attended the Army OCS course in 1968, I felt like I was in the German WW2 equivalent of our OCS.

One key reason Germany lost the war was the so called "German resistance." Or, more specifically, get ready to gasp...Hitler was too nice & not nearly ruthless enough. He had ppl like Quartermaster Wagner (a general) in charge of ensuring in 1941 the German troops were well supplied - including winter clothing+gear - but, you see, Quartermaster Wagner had other priorities. Around September 1941 Hitler took him aside & asked him if winter clothing + gear was being organized + sent to the front. Wagner said he was on top of it & had it covered. In reality, Wagner did his utmost to ensure maximum logistical chaos that he could pull off. And he pulled quite the feat off without much suspicion. Wagner would do things like switch up trains. Send cooking supplies to front line mechanical support/repair combat troops & send mechanical tools/supplies to the field kitchens. That is, he'd do that after making sure the trains & trucks were stuck in "traffic jams" well behind the front lines. Wagner made sure minimal winter clothing + gear arrived where needed when needed. The only reason much winter clothing did eventually make it to the front (quite a bit too late, but better late than never) during that first awful hellish Russian winter in 1941 to early 1942 was b/c Goebbels took the initiative of organizing a massive drive in the Fatherland whereby European civilians donated winter clothing for the troops. As Cicero said, a nation can survive it's tyrants & it's morons. But not it's traitors. Wagner was just one example of a "German resistance crusader" & their methods. True patriots, ensuring the horrific agonizing deaths of their countrymen. Another example is admiral Wilhelm Canaris, who was basically the #1 head hancho of the German CIA (the abwehr). And his butt buddy Hans Oster. So, after France got knocked out the war in 1940, Canaris was unfortunately sent by Hitler to meet Spain's leader, Franco, to discuss German-Spanish cooperation throughout the war. It was Canaris's job to at very least ensure high level cooperation, but the more, the better. So, Franco apparently offered to join the war outright on Germany's side, as a full on member of the Axis Pact, which may well have made all the difference. At bare minimum Gibraltar almost certainly wouldve fallen & Germany probably would never have outright lost the war (though they may not have outright won in this scenario). Anyway, so, this was about as good of an imaginable outcome for Canaris's duty here as possible. Spain was offering to join the war openly (so long as Germany would help supply them & all, which Hitler undoubtedly wouldve been glad to do). But Canaris had other ideas. Canaris instead talked Franco *out* of the offer. Canaris employed lies about Germany being out of ammunition & weapons & said Germany was doomed regardless. Ironically, he had just basically made that a reality, not the other way around. Then there's Canaris's butt buddy Hans Oster. These swine are such traitors that occupied Germany's puppet govt has passed laws explicitly making it illegal to call either of them traitors. You know its gotta be bad when they pass laws saying you cant say stuff like that. Hans Oster leaked the entire German battle plan against France before Germany invaded in 1940. He gave them everything he could. Anyway, Canaris & Oster naturally turned on each other immediately when they got identified for what they were in 1944 (only after the largely treasonous high level aristocratic German general staff tried to blow him up on 7/20/1944 did Hitler semi ruthlessly move against these type). Those two, Canaris & Oster, ensured that Germany's main spy agency was effectively an anti German operation dedicated to losing the war from 1939 to 1944. Only after the 7/20/1944 attempt to blow Hitler up did the abwehr really get sidelined & de-fanged. Imagine if the CIA were run by ppl secretly dedicated to causing america to be conquered during a full on nuclear war or even a real conventional war that somehow doesnt employ WMD's. Even just 1 exceptionally well placed a$$hole can do unfathomable damage. But many exceptionally well placed a$$holes can absolutely do their entire nation in to the point of total destruction. Most of the "German resistance" were largely motivated not by lofty ideals but by the threat of losing their comfy privileges.

hi, fascinating. Has anyone done a book on the U.S. interviews of the german generals?

Conduct a focus on von Mainstein and Model... who were BOTH critical to the success of the Deutsche war effort. Also, provide some more information regarding Guderian's role at the lead-up to the war and the beginning, including his background in the Signal Corps.

Three word answer: Not Enough Oil.

Interesting.

Correct me if im wrong. Do you use a text to speech for voice? It doesn't sync up with your mouth movement at the end and sounds robotic with words like Luftwaffe (in the video you, or it said LUFT-WAFF), and its pronounced more like Looft-Wahf-Uh. Just curious.

Interesting that the graphics are in Spanish. IIRC Guderian is considered the father of modern tank warfare. Excellent video. I really enjoyed it and thanks for posting.

Well, they were facing lots of countries at once

Not only Germany, any nation would have been defeated considering the total might of Allied Invasion. But Germany did commit mistakes of opening all fronts and hence allowing US and Russia to join forces against it..

The thingy that cost Germany this war was the same thingy that destroyed Napoleon and Kaiser Willham...the British naval blockade...no oil

Yes more Guderian

Attacks on various fronts was downfall, because production of submarines reduced number of planes or tanks which could be used in eastern front.

I was wondering why the maps were in Spanish. and actually, that's kind of refreshing considering that most World War II videos use English, German or Russian.

There is a book, I believe the English title is: German Generals Speak, put together from interrogations / interviews of, German Generals of course, after the war had ended. I think I have that book? 🤔

Hard words from hard men. That's an understatement.

The losses in North Africa and at Stalingrad in January '43 were disastrous, and the deal was done after Kurst in July, '43. After that it was the Soviets all the way to Berlin.

Thoughtful and interesting analysis of German military operations on the western and eastern fronts during WWII in the European theater by Gen. Guderian and the other generals. The Allied generals from Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union would also be interesting for their opinions as well. What did generals Eisenhower, Montgomery, Marshall, and Zhukov think? Another important point would be to discover who would win the peace AFTER the end of the fighting in WWII. What was each country's plan for winning the peace? Winning the peace was much more important than winning the war. Winning the peace shows you who actually won the war.

Good storytelling voice