Military History Visualized
All videos from Military History Visualized (Bernhard Kast).
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Missiles vs Tank Guns: Why Guns are better!
Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) instead of a regular tank gun? There were some projects like the M551 Sheridan and M60A2 that replaced the regular tank gun. Meanwhile the Soviets went for a regular tank gun that could also fire ATGMs, what are the benefits and drawbacks of missiles? Why didn't t...
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Operation Barbarossa & Loot Force One
For Operation Barbarossa the Wehrmacht was heavily equipped with captured vehicles. This lead to many problems. » HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT MILITARY HISTORY VISUALIZED « (A) You can support my channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mhvhttps://www.patreon.com/join/mhv (B) You can support me via Pay...
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How to Pronounce German WW2 Military Wörds
StuG Life T-Shirt: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/works/24790254-stug-life-military-history-visualized-vertical-version?p=t-shirt&ref=artist_shop_grid&style=mens Shop Link: https://www.redbubble.com/people/mhvis/shop A short pronunciation guide on German World War 2 Military terms some so...
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[Barbarossa] The Major Errors and Blunders - Or why Barbarossa Failed
Follow-up on my second video, well it took some time and you probably will realize why... This video will cover the major errors and blunders during the planning and execution of Operation Barbarossa. Ranging from Logistics, Diplomacy, Military Intelligence, down to even technical aspects. »» GET...
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The German WW2 Hand Grenade
A look at the iconic German Handgrenade the Stielhandgranate, more specifically the Stielhandgranate 24 and the Stielhandgranate 43. Disclosure: Thank you to the Forum Wehrgeschichte Oberösterreich in Ebelsberg for inviting me. http://www.wehrgeschichte-ooe.at/ Cover: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-497-...
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Why was the Vietnam War so Complicated?
This video explains the military side on why the war in Vietnam was so complicated by taking a look at the non-existence of front lines, force compositions and the scale & scope of Military Operations. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like ...
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Sun Tzu's Art of War - Revisited - Chapter 2: Waging War
A look at Sun Tzu's Art of War, namely Chapter 2 "Waging War". A short summary of the content and then how the chapter aged over the centuries and what is still viable. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic l...
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Leopard 1s for Ukraine: Still useful?
There is a discussion in Germany about sending Leopard 1s to Ukraine. The question is how good these tanks are and how the Ukrainian forces could deploy them. In this video we look at the capabilities of the Leopard 1 in regards to the T-72, T-80 and T-90 tanks. The chairman of Rheinmetall stated...
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Art of War - Chapter 5 - Posture of the Army - Sun Tzu Revisited
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Sun Tzu's Art of War #1 Estimates - Revisited
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Did the Axis have a chance achieving Production Parity with the Allies?
The Patreon (Oberst) Question from Christopher Colon: "Did any of the Axis powers have a legitimate chance of reaching parity (or some level close to it assuming the Axis solely conducted defensive operations of their territory) of production/industrial output compared to the Allies? Even if the ...
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German AA Missiles - An Efficient Alternative to Flak?
Bismarck's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bis18marck70 Bismarck's Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx_lsh0BJGs During the Second World War Germany developed some basic Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM), which were called “Flakraketen” a quite weird name, because literally translated...
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Misconception: History is about Dates... it's NOT
Something I hear a lot is that (studying) History is about dates. Well, it isn't although a lot of bad teachers out there make you feel that it is only about mindless useless dates, not it isn't, they are just inept. History is about the relationship between events, understanding, processes and d...
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Why did Hitler halt the Advance on Dunkirk?
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Communist Progaganda on Reagan's Crusade
This video looks at the official statements by the East German's Military on the Reagan's Crusade speech in the British Parliament in June 1982. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=...
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Urban Combat - Room Breaching & Clearing - US Army (2011)
This video gives a brief overview on room breaching and clearing techniques based on the US Army Field Manual FM 3-06.11 from June 2011. Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary s...
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Japanese Bomber Tactics (Navy) World War 2
The Japanese Navy used three anti-shipping tactics for their carrier-borne aircraft in World War 2, dive, torpedo and level bombing tactics. This video explains and visualizes the various attack patterns, combat procedures and weapon system. Military History Visualized provides a series of short ...
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British Infantry Division 1914/1916 - Visualization - Organization & Structure
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv The British infantry divisions in the First World War was organized similar to a German division. In this video you learn the basic structure and organization of the division with its brigades, battalions and companies. Furthermore, a visualization illust...
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Arado Ar 234 - First Jet Bomber and Variants
The Arado Ar 234 was the first operational jet bomber in the World. Originally planned as a recon plane, it was successfully adapted as a bomber. This video includes the look at the A, B and C Series. Dimensions, size and comparison to other planes. Furthermore, information on two less known vari...
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Was there Artillery Shell Recycling in WW2?
There is another Colonel Question, this time from Andrew: "My question is as follows: Did the major powers in the European theater (US, UK, USSR, Germany) have standard operating procedures for recycling those piles of artillery shells we see in pictures from so many wars from WWI onward? Or was ...
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Panzerfaust - How Effective was it? - Military History
The Panzerfaust was a hand-held German anti-tank weapon with a hollow-charge/shaped-charge warhead. It is quite known due its shape and name, but the question is, how effective was it actually? This video describe the basics working of the Panzerfaust and also looks at the kill numbers and compar...
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Jagdpanther Tactics
The Jagdpanther was differently employed than regular tank destroyers like the Jagdpanzer IV. In this video we look at German primary sources on how the Jagdpanther should be used and also a bit at those for the Jagdpanzer IV. Parts of this video were filmed with the Jagdpanther of the German Pan...
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What was a Bomb Vessel? #Military Units 101
What were Bomb Vessels? Bomb Vessels were the most specialized sailing warships in Nelson's Navy. Find out why they were built and what they were used for. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » paypal donation - https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted...
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[US Army] Armored Division - Organization & Structure #Visualization
The organization and structure of an US Army "light" armored division in World War 2 - the September 1943 layout for all except 2 of the 16 armored divisions. Script & further information: http://militaryhistoryvisualized/us-army-armored-division-organization-structure-world-war-2-visualization »...