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Week 284 - Is the Red Army too fast for its own good? - WW2 - February 3, 1945

Soviet forces have reached the old German border in force, however, logistical issues and a strong enemy presence possibly threatening their flanks means that a drive on Berlin may not be doable just now. Heinrich Himmler is in charge of the new Army Group to defend the Reich, and he has a host of problems. On the Western Front, the Allies finally eliminated the Colmar Pocket, and in the Philippines, the American advance reaches Manila, and the battle for the city is about to begin. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Ian Sowden Written by: Indy Neidell Research by: Indy Neidell & James Newman Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Editing and color grading by: Simon J. James Artwork by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Simon J. James & Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman Source literature list: https://bit.ly/SourcesWW2 Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: Source - Image Name/Number Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: Conquered Territory Impact Point - Hampus Naeselius Lost Crusaders - Hampus Naeselius Peacekeepers Power Squad - Adriel Fair The Storm Will Come - Dream Cave Truce No More Additional sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.

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Anonymous

Sparty: I live in Los Angeles. I used to take guitar lessons in the Melrose district. Near where I always parked, there was an old Jewish lady I got to know named Merel. She would tell me how her whole family got wiped out in the camps. You read about the six million killed, it's a statistic. Then you meet someone who was actually there, and her whole family died, and then it's real. And she talked about it so matter-of-factly. Like having your whole family murdered was just something that happens every day to everyone, right? Once, in the Fairfax area I was behind a lady who had a serial number tattooed on her arm. Again, something I'd read about, but hadn't seen. And your War Again Humanity series, every episode is like a hammer, bludgeoning you with a weekly reminder of how real it was, not just a number. How cruel and monstrous the Germans were. My ancestry is German and Greek. I never knew the Greek side of the family, so if someone asked me about my ancestors, I always said German. I'd thought, from time to time, about ditching my biological father's last name and changing it to the German name from my mother's side of the family. Not any more. A few weeks ago someone asked me about my ancestry, I said Greek and left it at that.

Anonymous

I have just watched Spartacus WAH ep on the last days of Auschwitz. Truly breathtaking yet again. The holocaust is a topic which by it's very magnitude makes it virtually impossible to reach the level of sorrow, reverence and understanding of the true scale of the crimes committed. Yet this team have, better than any other documentary I've known managed to by combining bald fact numbers, recalling the human story's of some of the victims (allowing them to stand testament for their brother millions), describing both mass and solitary crimes while recognising that at least some of the people who perpetrated these deeds were not ever so different as the rest of the human race at the beginning of the war. They all had families, lives, jobs, loves and dislikes. It is in many ways this sameness which is the most frightening aspect of the whole holocaust, for without these people many of whom in other times would have been ordinary people the holocaust would not have happened. This is why this series is so important as it reminds us of the thin veneer on humanity which if pushed in a certain way all this could happen again. Never forget!

Anonymous

Most americans don't know Robert Clary-who played Labeu in 'hogans heros, 'was a french jew who survived Auschwitz.he was young and had a good singing voice so the guards would have him sing while they dined, it kept him alive. in that same show Klemperer, Askin and Banner were all gwermans who fled the nazi's and lived on beyond them. but still do not be so sure of the anger in you. German-Americans have done great things. men with names like Eisenhower, emulate them