How Hitler Let Moscow Slip Through His Fingers | Russian Front | War Stories

The Soviet-German war and the American vs the Japanese were the two most brutal conflicts of WW2

Moscow has never been in real danger of falling. The cameras of the German troops showing the Kremlin are the cameras of small reconnaissance units. At the moment when the German forces were closest to Moscow, they were exhausted, without equipment, in terrible weather conditions. The supply lines were cut and stretched hundreds of miles into the rear and subjected to attacks by the Red Army. Zhukov, who was preparing to defend Moscow, remembered this well and when conquering Berlin, he did not repeat the same mistakes that the Germans made.

Seriously what’s the point of watching this when the entire video is censored? This isn’t history, it’s a narration

kept diverting his forces

It says how Moscow slipped through his fingers but, we got 3-5 minutes of Moscow with no real details. I got 20+ minutes of Stalingrad which I already knew everything about. Would have liked to see details of Moscow campaign.

So many suggestions through the years for " what was the biggest mistake". My thinking is he shouldn't have held off Barborossa 6 weeks to invade Yugoslavia.

The Soviets came real close to cutting off Army Gruop Center outside Moscow if they had 10,000 or 20,000 troops they would have done it.

Taking Moscow in 1941 would have made zero difference, as multiple historians have confirmed.

Those poor kids and civilians. The human race so often let's itself down. Very badly.

This is quite an old documentary, made in the 90s, and the title here is misleading. It's worth watching for the contributions of Dr John Erikson whose knowledge on the subject is vast. A lot of what he says was not accepted fact until quite recently. This is part of a series, based on John Erickson's two brilliant books "The Road to Stalingrad" and "The Road to Berlin."

At least 600,000 horses were killed during the battle of Barbarossa ! sometimes the soldiers had a choice,like to retreat or to hide,,,,but the horses had never a choice or they even did not know it The real heroes of the war together with innocent children!

Not to defend the atrocities the Germans/SS committed, the Russians for their part were pretty damn brutal too.

Anyone else have 27 ads interrupt while trying to watch this lol? God YouTube is getting bad

Why so much blurring? Are we too fragile to see atrocities committed 80 years ago?

The Germans never had the logistics or reserves to hold Moscow even if they did manage to take it initially. Their transport system was abysmal.

winter and the siberians saved stalin

At the battle of Moscow, only 6 months into the campaign, the axis forces were resolutely rebuffed. Read Guderians books ("Erinnerungen eines Soldaten" and "Achtung - Panzer!") to get a real appreciation of the Red Armys stamina, ingenuity and resolve. This was not a matter of "General Winter" or Hitlers whims being blamed for the nazis defeat. It was a matter of superior strategy, strenght and resolve on the part of Russia.

Misleading title... Bait and switch..

I cannot bring myself to 'like' this video, but it is absolutely essential that these true stories be told and seen.

17:30 At the begin o operation Fall Blau in 42 "the red army was indeed nearly destroyed" I disagree. A red army who few month before mounted a counteroffensive on front of Moscow was far from being nearly destroyed.