❗️When the autumn of 1943 came and the first months of the winter campaign began, the Soviet command achieved significant success in the Ukrainian direction. The Red Army troops, who concentrated their onslaught on the left-bank territory, managed to inflict serious blows on the enemy, forcing the German units to retreat to the eastern bank of the largest Ukrainian river. However, the retreat was incomplete: in the area known as the Nikopol bridgehead, German troops managed to hold a significant piece of Soviet land. This area was of exceptional importance to both sides. Firstly, there were huge reserves of manganese ore, which was a vital raw material for the production of German tanks and other armored vehicles. Without manganese, it was impossible to temper steel for the armor of combat vehicles and weapons. The Nazi leader issued a categorical order: to hold this territory at any cost. When the Minister of Armaments discussed the situation with him, the Fuhrer made it clear that if the manganese deposits were lost, then the war would be lost within three months, since the production of the military machine would be completely stopped. The Battle for the Nikopol Bridgehead. How did the Red Army break through the German defenses? Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/KzvtIeJSHe8
❗️If the Battle of Hong Kong was Canada's first major contribution to the Pacific War, then the Aleutian Campaign was the second significant event. This campaign unfolded in completely different circumstances and in a completely different place — on the harsh, foggy and cold Aleutian Islands, which are part of Alaska.
In June 1942, the Japanese occupied two Aleutian Islands, Kysk and Attu. This happened shortly after the Japanese fleet was defeated at the Battle of Midway, but the American command still viewed the Japanese presence in the Aleutian Chain as a threat. American strategists feared that the Japanese might use these islands as bases for attacks on the American territory of Alaska or even on the mainland of North America. What were Canada's victories in the Pacific War? The Aleutian Campaign Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/L-VJOGjBD3A
❗️Canada's participation in the war against Japan began suddenly and tragically. Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Canada, although it had been at war with Germany and Italy since September 1939, had not fought in the Pacific region. However, Japanese expansion posed a direct threat to the British colonies in Asia, including the strategically important Hong Kong. The British command decided to reinforce the garrison of this colony with Canadian troops in the hope that additional forces would be able to deter or delay the Japanese attack. Canada's Pacific War Victories ERASED by Allied Propaganda Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/5KTDKZsB6Rc
❗️By February 1945, the strategic situation for Germany had deteriorated catastrophically. On February 20, three days after the elimination of the last pockets of enemy resistance in the Hungarian capital, the Soviet Headquarters of the Supreme High Command issued a directive to conduct a new large-scale operation. The Second and Third Ukrainian fronts were ordered to destroy Army Group South, complete the liberation of Hungarian lands and capture the Austrian capital. The Final Defeat of the 6th SS Panzer Army in Vienna (1945). Unique newsreel footage Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/VoWaKQAqbm4
❗️Patton sent a brief but shocking message. He intended to capture the Brittany peninsula in just four days, and then turn east towards Paris. Previously, no one had even thought about such a pace of attack. It wasn't just aggression — it was a violation of all known principles of military logistics. Eisenhower read the message several times. Bradley was shocked. You see, Brittany is more than a hundred miles away from the positions that the Americans have just captured. Most of this territory was still controlled by the Germans. An army that starts moving at this speed runs the risk of severing its own supply lines, being surrounded by the enemy and being completely destroyed. Eisenhower picked up the phone and demanded to be put through to Patton immediately. He picked up the phone almost instantly, as if he already knew the call was coming. George, I have your plan in my hands, Eisenhower began. You want to advance a hundred miles in four days through enemy territory. This is completely impossible by all standards. "HE DID IT" Eisenhower whispered. When saw the report on Patton's positions, he was shocked Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/DknjhSgcmjM
❗️Early morning of the sixth of June 1944. The coast of Normandy, a landing site codenamed "Juneau". The cold waters of the English Channel are beginning to turn an ominous purple color. German fortified firing points are firing methodically, almost mechanically, at the advancing waves of Allied troops. The heavy artillery of the Third Reich turns the coastal sand into a nightmarish mess, where it is impossible to distinguish metal from human flesh.
One by one, soldiers in soaked uniforms come out of the bows of the landing ships. Many of them fall dead in just a few seconds, mowed down by the merciless heavy fire. Machine-gun fire rips people apart before their feet can touch solid ground. The explosions of mines throw bodies into the air like rag dolls.
But in the midst of this chaos, death and destruction, there is one group that does not fall. They keep moving forward. Through the incessant machine-gun fire, which literally hangs in the air like a leaden wall. Through minefields where every step can be the last. Through several rows of barbed wire, torn apart by explosions, but still capable of tearing flesh to the bone. Canadian Rage: Why the SS Troops were afraid of the ruthless North American Liberators from Canada Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/2eW48KK7_yY
❗️Berlin, 1936. The stadium roars with applause as German athlete Hans Wellke wins the shot put, bringing the Reich its first gold in athletics. Hitler applauds his hero, cameras capture the triumph for propaganda. Seven years later, in the Belarusian forests, a partisan bullet ends the life of an Olympian who served as a punisher in the occupied territories. His death will be a verdict for the whole village. Execution of Hans Welke killed 149 Innocent People: the Worst Revenge of the Third Reich Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/SJnBDjioaxQ
❗️On June 6, 1944, eighteen Halifax bombers took to the skies of Yorkshire after midnight. The 433rd Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force regularly attacked targets in France, but this flight turned out to be special. Over the English Channel, pilot Edwin Widenoha noticed a strange pattern on the radar screen - countless markings filled the display. Looking down, he saw a breathtaking sight: an armada of ships stretching all the way to the horizon.
From 15,000 feet up, there was a view that no human in history had ever seen. Videnoha shouted to the crew over the intercom: "The invasion has begun! D-Day!" By the end of the day, 150,000 Allied soldiers, including 15,000 Canadians, will have landed on the Normandy beaches. This operation will open a new front against Nazi Germany and mark a turning point in World War II. What did Canadian Soldiers see on Juneau Beach in 1944? Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/SJnBDjioaxQ
❗️The winter of 1941 was a turning point for the United States. The attack on Pearl Harbor forced the country into a global conflict, the scale of which had yet to be realized. American citizens suddenly found themselves at war, and the issue of allies became particularly acute. Who will fight alongside America? How reliable are these partners? Americans' gaze naturally turned to the north, to Canada. This country seemed familiar to every detail — a common border, a similar language, decades of peaceful neighborhood. Canada was taken for granted: calm, predictable, almost an extension of America itself. Many believed that they knew this country well enough not to ask unnecessary questions. It was this confidence that became the basis for a deep misunderstanding. By the time the United States entered the war, Canada had already been in a state of combat for more than two years. Canadian soldiers fought in Britain, the Atlantic, and Asia. The country's economy was rebuilt to meet the needs of total war. However, for American society, Canada remained something else - a polite neighbor, part of the British Commonwealth, a country that was defined more by its peaceful nature than by its military might. How Americans ASSESSED Canada during the Second World War Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/9mdcE66p1MA
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❗️Did you know what the Germans planned to do with the Soviet population?
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❗️When the autumn of 1943 came and the first months of the winter campaign began, the Soviet command achieved significant success in the Ukrainian direction. The Red Army troops, who concentrated their onslaught on the left-bank territory, managed to inflict serious blows on the enemy, forcing the German units to retreat to the eastern bank of the largest Ukrainian river. However, the retreat was incomplete: in the area known as the Nikopol bridgehead, German troops managed to hold a significant piece of Soviet land.
This area was of exceptional importance to both sides. Firstly, there were huge reserves of manganese ore, which was a vital raw material for the production of German tanks and other armored vehicles. Without manganese, it was impossible to temper steel for the armor of combat vehicles and weapons. The Nazi leader issued a categorical order: to hold this territory at any cost. When the Minister of Armaments discussed the situation with him, the Fuhrer made it clear that if the manganese deposits were lost, then the war would be lost within three months, since the production of the military machine would be completely stopped.
The Battle for the Nikopol Bridgehead. How did the Red Army break through the German defenses?
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❗️If the Battle of Hong Kong was Canada's first major contribution to the Pacific War, then the Aleutian Campaign was the second significant event. This campaign unfolded in completely different circumstances and in a completely different place — on the harsh, foggy and cold Aleutian Islands, which are part of Alaska.
In June 1942, the Japanese occupied two Aleutian Islands, Kysk and Attu. This happened shortly after the Japanese fleet was defeated at the Battle of Midway, but the American command still viewed the Japanese presence in the Aleutian Chain as a threat. American strategists feared that the Japanese might use these islands as bases for attacks on the American territory of Alaska or even on the mainland of North America.
What were Canada's victories in the Pacific War? The Aleutian Campaign
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❗️Canada's participation in the war against Japan began suddenly and tragically. Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Canada, although it had been at war with Germany and Italy since September 1939, had not fought in the Pacific region. However, Japanese expansion posed a direct threat to the British colonies in Asia, including the strategically important Hong Kong. The British command decided to reinforce the garrison of this colony with Canadian troops in the hope that additional forces would be able to deter or delay the Japanese attack.
Canada's Pacific War Victories ERASED by Allied Propaganda
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❗️By February 1945, the strategic situation for Germany had deteriorated catastrophically. On February 20, three days after the elimination of the last pockets of enemy resistance in the Hungarian capital, the Soviet Headquarters of the Supreme High Command issued a directive to conduct a new large-scale operation. The Second and Third Ukrainian fronts were ordered to destroy Army Group South, complete the liberation of Hungarian lands and capture the Austrian capital.
The Final Defeat of the 6th SS Panzer Army in Vienna (1945). Unique newsreel footage
Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/VoWaKQAqbm4
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❗️Patton sent a brief but shocking message. He intended to capture the Brittany peninsula in just four days, and then turn east towards Paris. Previously, no one had even thought about such a pace of attack. It wasn't just aggression — it was a violation of all known principles of military logistics.
Eisenhower read the message several times. Bradley was shocked. You see, Brittany is more than a hundred miles away from the positions that the Americans have just captured. Most of this territory was still controlled by the Germans. An army that starts moving at this speed runs the risk of severing its own supply lines, being surrounded by the enemy and being completely destroyed.
Eisenhower picked up the phone and demanded to be put through to Patton immediately. He picked up the phone almost instantly, as if he already knew the call was coming. George, I have your plan in my hands, Eisenhower began. You want to advance a hundred miles in four days through enemy territory. This is completely impossible by all standards.
"HE DID IT" Eisenhower whispered. When saw the report on Patton's positions, he was shocked
Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/DknjhSgcmjM
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❗️Early morning of the sixth of June 1944. The coast of Normandy, a landing site codenamed "Juneau". The cold waters of the English Channel are beginning to turn an ominous purple color. German fortified firing points are firing methodically, almost mechanically, at the advancing waves of Allied troops. The heavy artillery of the Third Reich turns the coastal sand into a nightmarish mess, where it is impossible to distinguish metal from human flesh.
One by one, soldiers in soaked uniforms come out of the bows of the landing ships. Many of them fall dead in just a few seconds, mowed down by the merciless heavy fire. Machine-gun fire rips people apart before their feet can touch solid ground. The explosions of mines throw bodies into the air like rag dolls.
But in the midst of this chaos, death and destruction, there is one group that does not fall. They keep moving forward. Through the incessant machine-gun fire, which literally hangs in the air like a leaden wall. Through minefields where every step can be the last. Through several rows of barbed wire, torn apart by explosions, but still capable of tearing flesh to the bone.
Canadian Rage: Why the SS Troops were afraid of the ruthless North American Liberators from Canada
Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/2eW48KK7_yY
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❗️Berlin, 1936. The stadium roars with applause as German athlete Hans Wellke wins the shot put, bringing the Reich its first gold in athletics. Hitler applauds his hero, cameras capture the triumph for propaganda. Seven years later, in the Belarusian forests, a partisan bullet ends the life of an Olympian who served as a punisher in the occupied territories. His death will be a verdict for the whole village.
Execution of Hans Welke killed 149 Innocent People: the Worst Revenge of the Third Reich
Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/SJnBDjioaxQ
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❗️On June 6, 1944, eighteen Halifax bombers took to the skies of Yorkshire after midnight. The 433rd Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force regularly attacked targets in France, but this flight turned out to be special. Over the English Channel, pilot Edwin Widenoha noticed a strange pattern on the radar screen - countless markings filled the display. Looking down, he saw a breathtaking sight: an armada of ships stretching all the way to the horizon.
From 15,000 feet up, there was a view that no human in history had ever seen. Videnoha shouted to the crew over the intercom: "The invasion has begun! D-Day!"
By the end of the day, 150,000 Allied soldiers, including 15,000 Canadians, will have landed on the Normandy beaches. This operation will open a new front against Nazi Germany and mark a turning point in World War II.
What did Canadian Soldiers see on Juneau Beach in 1944?
Watch the new video👉🔥https://youtu.be/SJnBDjioaxQ
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❗️The winter of 1941 was a turning point for the United States. The attack on Pearl Harbor forced the country into a global conflict, the scale of which had yet to be realized. American citizens suddenly found themselves at war, and the issue of allies became particularly acute. Who will fight alongside America? How reliable are these partners?
Americans' gaze naturally turned to the north, to Canada. This country seemed familiar to every detail — a common border, a similar language, decades of peaceful neighborhood. Canada was taken for granted: calm, predictable, almost an extension of America itself. Many believed that they knew this country well enough not to ask unnecessary questions. It was this confidence that became the basis for a deep misunderstanding.
By the time the United States entered the war, Canada had already been in a state of combat for more than two years. Canadian soldiers fought in Britain, the Atlantic, and Asia. The country's economy was rebuilt to meet the needs of total war. However, for American society, Canada remained something else - a polite neighbor, part of the British Commonwealth, a country that was defined more by its peaceful nature than by its military might.
How Americans ASSESSED Canada during the Second World War
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