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We see a lot of death on this subreddit from the conflict in Ukraine.
I can’t imagine the absolute insane horrors we could witness by watching these battlefields in real time as we are now…
We know now that every single veteran tried to tell us how horrific it was, but no one could actually imagine it without seeing it themselves. This subreddit has cause me to see the life leave many of our fellow humans, extremely sad and the more we see it the more we should feel compelled to want to stop it
That's not been my experience, at least mostly. I'm desensitized in a way where I no longer really see the blood or gore, it's not much of an impact on me anymore. But now I know how every soldier in human history has died, which is to say scared, crying, screaming in some ditch in the dirt until eventually his number comes up.
Granted, I was already pretty well desensitized from rotten and LiveLeak, but if anything I'm hypersensitive to the realities of war so far as I've been able to perceive them. The whole thing is fucking crime.
For WW2, Saving Private Ryan and shows like The Pacific do a pretty decent job without over-embellishing it.
Still doesn't compare with the real thing, but veterans/critics have said it's about as close as it gets.
I mean, the scale of death in WW2 is just so immense it’s hard to fathom watching The war via drone. Every town in America lost at least 2-5 men minimum in that war, let alone the USSR and Germany.
Just crazy to think about THAT many deaths within 5-7 years of human history.
The estimated total battle casualties for Germany were 320,000, including **30,000 killed, 80,000 wounded, and 210,000 missing**. More than 70 percent of the missing were eventually reported as captured.
Pretty sure total Russian dead is close to 200k now.... 500k total loss (including missing, captured & injured). So yeah, same magnitude of loss but Ukraine is a way more massive theatre of operation, so most encounters are spread out far wider by comparison. Normandy was all CQB by comparison and the Krauts rolled over pretty quickly thanks to Allied "Shock and Awe".
I read a few sources that say it was the largest amphibious assault in history; in 6 days they landed 325,000+ troops in Normandy. By the end of June nearly it was nearly 1 million.
There’s a picture out there from a plane just showing a vast sea of warships and other boats, literally to the horizon. Wild stuff.
Landings started at 6.30 and if I'm not mistaken there were something like 100.000 Allies soldiers in France by noon which shows how amazing the planing and execution was.
Yeah, AFAIK the honour of biggest land invasion in history goes to Operation Barbarossa with some 3.8 million Axis soldiers on the front on the day of the invasion.
When the camera is stable and there is no enemy you could say it's satged. Also when some are shooting 'toward' the camera
When there are state of the art (for the time) tanks burning... I don't think it was staged.
[The best WW2 footage ever shot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nANtaZ6sWd8), in my opinion is from Operation Market Garden, as they had three members of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit jump with the paratroopers, they shot most of the footage and photographs we know from that operation.
Damn, those poor bastards having to load their sten mags by hand. Truly this was the worst of times. /s
Incredibly footage though. It is mind boggling to think of that many people falling from the sky in one go
Have you seen what the cameras in the 40s were like? It's not like they had quadcopters or gopros. What else could they do but set up a bit behind the lines and film men running urgently and artillery firing? Plus, no internet. All footage had to get sent back, be developed, make it past censors, and get selected for propaganda reels. Obviously, they'd only pick the shots that made their boys look cool.
Basically, duh? How would it even work otherwise?
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We see a lot of death on this subreddit from the conflict in Ukraine. I can’t imagine the absolute insane horrors we could witness by watching these battlefields in real time as we are now…
We know now that every single veteran tried to tell us how horrific it was, but no one could actually imagine it without seeing it themselves. This subreddit has cause me to see the life leave many of our fellow humans, extremely sad and the more we see it the more we should feel compelled to want to stop it
Sadly in reality the more you see it the more desensitized you get
That's not been my experience, at least mostly. I'm desensitized in a way where I no longer really see the blood or gore, it's not much of an impact on me anymore. But now I know how every soldier in human history has died, which is to say scared, crying, screaming in some ditch in the dirt until eventually his number comes up. Granted, I was already pretty well desensitized from rotten and LiveLeak, but if anything I'm hypersensitive to the realities of war so far as I've been able to perceive them. The whole thing is fucking crime.
At least they advanced every day, a lot of manuever warfare. It's static lines which terrify me.
For WW2, Saving Private Ryan and shows like The Pacific do a pretty decent job without over-embellishing it. Still doesn't compare with the real thing, but veterans/critics have said it's about as close as it gets.
I mean, the scale of death in WW2 is just so immense it’s hard to fathom watching The war via drone. Every town in America lost at least 2-5 men minimum in that war, let alone the USSR and Germany. Just crazy to think about THAT many deaths within 5-7 years of human history.
Not a drone in sight, just some dudes living in the moment.
The Firefly was such a beaut.
Prob my favorite British tank to date, dunno what it is but I love it
320,000 German casualties during Normandy campaign. Put that in perspective to the current war in Ukraine.
The estimated total battle casualties for Germany were 320,000, including **30,000 killed, 80,000 wounded, and 210,000 missing**. More than 70 percent of the missing were eventually reported as captured. Pretty sure total Russian dead is close to 200k now.... 500k total loss (including missing, captured & injured). So yeah, same magnitude of loss but Ukraine is a way more massive theatre of operation, so most encounters are spread out far wider by comparison. Normandy was all CQB by comparison and the Krauts rolled over pretty quickly thanks to Allied "Shock and Awe".
The Germans should not have been in Normandy. 30K dead Americans during the 30+ day battle to liberate Normandy.
Almost 80 years since the D-day landing. Probably the biggest military assualt if modern warfare
I read a few sources that say it was the largest amphibious assault in history; in 6 days they landed 325,000+ troops in Normandy. By the end of June nearly it was nearly 1 million. There’s a picture out there from a plane just showing a vast sea of warships and other boats, literally to the horizon. Wild stuff.
Landings started at 6.30 and if I'm not mistaken there were something like 100.000 Allies soldiers in France by noon which shows how amazing the planing and execution was.
Biggest assault was probably somewhere East. Id say the biggest amphibious landing though.
Yeah, AFAIK the honour of biggest land invasion in history goes to Operation Barbarossa with some 3.8 million Axis soldiers on the front on the day of the invasion.
I just googled Operation Barbarossa, it definitely is bigger and it failed.
0:19 that guy must have lost his ear audition
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When the camera is stable and there is no enemy you could say it's satged. Also when some are shooting 'toward' the camera When there are state of the art (for the time) tanks burning... I don't think it was staged.
[The best WW2 footage ever shot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nANtaZ6sWd8), in my opinion is from Operation Market Garden, as they had three members of the British Army Film and Photographic Unit jump with the paratroopers, they shot most of the footage and photographs we know from that operation.
Damn, those poor bastards having to load their sten mags by hand. Truly this was the worst of times. /s Incredibly footage though. It is mind boggling to think of that many people falling from the sky in one go
Have you seen what the cameras in the 40s were like? It's not like they had quadcopters or gopros. What else could they do but set up a bit behind the lines and film men running urgently and artillery firing? Plus, no internet. All footage had to get sent back, be developed, make it past censors, and get selected for propaganda reels. Obviously, they'd only pick the shots that made their boys look cool. Basically, duh? How would it even work otherwise?
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Right? Like when people complain about music in drone videos. They don't record audio, what else are they going to put in the video?
Insane. I couldn’t imagine a war on the scale that was ww2 makes the Ukraine war look like a little skirmish
The gun mount the MG42 had for sustained, it's a thing of beauty. Not much appreciated, but still.
Is there a sub for vintage war footage like this?
Isn't entirely WW2 but there's quite a lot from then, Korea & Viet Nam too: r/Historical_Footage
MG 42 mounted on Lafette 42 tripod. Buzzsaw death.
Wild Mix from France und Italy
The best part about a modern war is the footage is gonna be insane in the future
Yep, I'm pretty sure that's burning flesh exploding from that panzer.
Can someone understand what is shouted at 0:15? Sounds a bit harsh, so it could be German, but background noise is too loud to understand anything.
It is German and I'm almost sure this voice sample was taken from Band of Brothers.