Comments by "Lars Ronæs" (@larsrons7937) on "TIKhistory" channel.

  1. The moment I logged in, long past my bedtime, and saw the notification I knew that "I ain't gonna get much sleep tonight!" Thanks, TIK. Stay awesome.
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  2. Thank you TIK for bringing this topic, one of those that must never be forgotten, concerning the WWII era. Never again!
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  3. I agree with you. And we're mislead right from school. We were just taught a line with Communism on the far left and Fascism and NZism on the far right. Though we did have one teacher who bent that line into a circle and explained how alike they were. He was onto something. This was around 1980.
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  4. I very much agree with that, I can say the same (except the exam part). 🤞 Good luck with your exams.
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  5. My trident avatar symbolises my support for Ukraine in the defense against russia's atrocious "special military war assault invasion operation".
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  6. Than k you TIK for a very good breakdown. Now I wonder, does history mimic itself? One reason Putin used for invading Ukraine in February was "so many civilians in Donbass killed by the Ukrainians". For the 8 years of civil war prior to the invasion the United Nations was present in the region and monitored the situation. Yes civilians did die, over 3.000 in total (both sides, and incl. the Malaysian airliner), the vast majority of these in the first few months of the war, and most died from mines and unexploded ordinance, or from mishandling of explosives. But then the number dropped significantly, yet it was used as an excuse for invading Ukraine. U.N. official numbers for civilians (both sides) who died in and from the civil war in Donbass during the last 6 years (2016-21) 2016 to 2018 = 287 (or 8 per month). 2019 to 2021 = 87 (or 2 per month). For comparison I can't provide the number of death from daily traffic accidents but for a region with more than 6 million inhabittants I would guess about 20 to 40 per month. But for comparison tens or maybe hundreds of thousands have died in Ukraine form the war following the Russian invasion. How can 2 dead per month justify killing thousands per month? TIK, you're right: It don't!
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  7.  @NereoSal  I couldn't tell. I've been to America but not USA if that's what you mean.
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  8. Welcome back, TIK. You deserved that break. It was clear to us you had been working very hard. Always remember that proper breaks when needed are the most important parts of working efficiently - and that good quality takes time, don't rush. I hope you managed to fully recharge your energy (if not take yet another break). Good to have you back. And with a very interesting topic.
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  9. I will do that, thanks for the idea. It is years since I watched the early episodes. I was very impressed back then, and I am very impressed now. I am eager to see the difference.
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  10. Pothole. It sounds like a hole in the ground used for smoking funny stuff.
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  11. Your words hit the nail spot-on. Those have been my thoughts for years (a former socialist).
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  12. TIK, this was very exciting. I am definitely eager to hear more on the topic, as well as I will watch this video again to catch all.
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  13. 26:31 This description is so much like the Nazi treatment of the Jews. Horrifying.
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  14. 20:19 - Yes, the two buildings are similar in style but clearly not the same. The Executive Commitee Building has an extra balcony, on the third floor, while the Univermag Department Store's two "towers" are deeper and significantly taller. Thank you for an exciting episode. Your Stalingrad series is a masterpiece. DOn't stop till it's complete. Cheers from Denmark.
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  15.  @bhangrafan4480  A friendly tip, to you and other. Using CAPITAL letters can seem like shouting, but YouTube has other options: Italised, bold and outlined, made with _ or * or - at each end of your text (no space next to the symbol at the ends). F.ex., and don't count the "&" or spaces: two words in italised is written: _ & two & (space) & words & _ _ = italised * = bold - = outlined As bold can also seem like talking loud, italised can often be a good option bringing focus to specific words without "shouting". I hope you find it useful. Cheers.
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  16. TIK, to me it all sounds exciting, so I'll be eager to watch whichever you finish first. We too were taught in school the herr H. and his party was "on the far right", but when they explained us about various politics the whole spectrum seemed to bend in a circle, and the socalled "far left" and "far right" seemed to very close together. Later I learned that it is even more complcated than that. You videos too sometimes served as an eye opener. Thanks for your work.
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  17. You're so right. And TIK is right - that we're here for the content, not for the animations.
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  18.  @johnmanole4779  Thank you for recommending the video Philosophy Overdose - "1 Romanticism - In Search of a Definition (Isaiah Berlin 1965)" Isaiah Berlin is an inspiring speaker, and it was a very exciting lecture. I'll listen to lecture 2 to 6 soon.
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  19. Great video, this question has always had my special interest. TIK (or others), one question: 23:49 "...Sent to bomb an aircraft plant in Austria ...and only lost two aircraft". Which raid/ mission was that? The text on the picture reads the "Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission" (must be August 17, 1943), but at that raid the Americans lost over 50 or about 15% of their bombers, so you just be talking about another mission than the one shown on the picture, right?
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  20. Thank you TIK for this dive into a common misconception. Cheers from Denmark.
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  21. ​@inquisitorMence I'm good at details, at keeping track of large amounts of them, but I, too, have to repeat and watch this several times to make it stick in the first place. And what an extraordinary, deep diving video this was. I'm looking much forward to the rest of the series.
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  22. Refreshing new format. Dedicating most of my time to the Ukraine situation I wouldn't get to watch every upload, but I would like to listen to these uploads in the background while doing other things that leaves me free to listen. Cheers from Denmark.
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  23. "Bomber Harris" DID get his orders from above, right. However he was known to be a strong advocate for this sort of bombing. It was what his wanted. To put him in charge was his dream come true. So I think you CAN blame Harris for the bombings of the civilians. Dresden, it has often been said that that city had no strategic value. But Dresden had plenty of weapons factories etc. as well as being an important road- and railway junction for transports to the war on the eastern front. So Dresden DID have strategic value. However, to my knowledge Dresden was not chosen as the target for its strategic value, but as the best choise for meeting the criteria of hitting "a city of high cultural value which had not been bombed before". Just liked Kyoto in Japan was chosen as the primary target for the first atomic bomb (it was later replaced with Hirishima). And that I believe IS a war atrocity. (Not that Germany didn't do the same against Britain).
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  24. 30:37 minutes - - - notes: (about Finland and the Axis) The Tripartite pact was defensive military alliance. Finland didn't sign that pact. The Anti-Comintern pact was not a military alliance, but a political one, against international spread of communism. Finland did sign this pact (so did Denmark, who had been invaded and occupied, but still got to keep their own government). And so did Spain, who never got really involved in WWII. So signing the Anti-Comintern pact can not be seen as making your country "part of the Axis". I do agree that Finland could be counted among the "Axis" nations, as it did cooperate with Germany in waging a military war against USSR (just not with the Anti-Comintern pact as one of the reasons). However, due to the Finnish stance to the cooperation with Germany, I believe it can be argued whether they were real "allies" (at least officially), or perhaps rather "brothers-in-arms", different nations fighting for (some of) the same goals, and therefore to some extend cooperating.
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  25. Rick8191 - - -> Newborn rus-troll, 8 months old, location = St. Petersburg. Trying to learn to talk but can only talk nonsense.
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  26. "In Kassel I saw American [n-word] prisoners..." No we can't use that "n-word". Sometimes YouTube sensorship reminds me of Gestapo.
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  27. Thank you TIK, a true gem you gave us here. I never knew of this and I guess very few people do, but it is very important to bring this into the light.
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  28. Thanks for an interesting and very informative video. I've heard good about Freiberg but never knew much about him. Today I got educated. Freiberg seems to have been a very good and competent commander. And the same with the brave N.Z. troops.
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  29. @Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin 30.000 Russians in Bakhmut will never more give any sound at all. They will never be at risk of speaking out against your regime. You are indeed a master strategist.
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  30.  @orclover2353  Everybody believed that Hitler couldn't win a two front war. Stalin knew it. I am quite sure that Hitler knew it as well. But in 1941 (Barbarossa) and almost 1942 as well Hitler was only at war with England on paper, with not much real war going on - except for the battle of the Atlantic (and Italy's own war in North Africa). Hitler didn't have a real two front war yet. As Hitler expected the war against USSR to be won in 1941 or 42 at the latest, he would expect to avoid a real two front war. Then we cannot call him insane for that (but ignorant yes). At Dunquerque Hitler stopped the tanks, yet bombed the British war equipment to smithereens but let their soldiers escape to "fight another day". Stalin knew that Hitler could not attack as to avoid a two front war. Hitler knew he wouldn't have a "real" two front war because the British army couldn't fight without equipment. By the time they would have produced new equipment, Hitler would already have won the war on the eastern front. I believe that Hitler was clever enough and quite sane as such, but had a few but crucial faults in his beliefs which distorted ideas and grand plans. He could not win that war. But in the way he believed the world worked, he could and would.
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  31.  @orclover2353  Yes you're absolutely right, Hitler was ignorant, in my belief as well. So "ignorant" I have now changed in my previous comment. But kept "not insane" which I believe he was not. Perhaps "mad", but sane enough.
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  32. G-tier: "My source is: Ask your Grandma." Thanks for an informative and educative video, TIK.
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  33. Brilliant video again, thank you TIK. This is the exact same impression that I got from my old WWII book series from the 1980's. As usual the book never takes a point of view, merely mentions location, advances and stalemates of divisions etc. At some point it mentions that Stalin became obsessed with holding the city bearing his name. It never says such about Hitler nor do you in any way get this impression. It was merely a strategic important obstacle on the way to Astrakhan and securing the flank of the Caucasus front.
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  34. Now I watched till the end, and this was really an exciting episode. I am sad that the series is soon finished, but such is history. Since I found your channel early in the Battlestorm STalingrad series years ago I have been impressed with the sheer number of details you pack into your videos, and I am one who really like it. Yet I will also say: Don't stick to tanks alone. I also enjoy your videos on economics, logistics, politics, and have learned a lot from them. Cheers from Denmark.
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  35. Erich Hoepner ...could be an interesting topic. A competent general I believe. And (like so many others) ...SACKED! Perhaps (as a note) also mentioning Erwin von Witzleben? Chief of OB West after von Rundstedt, then retired ("sacked"?)
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  36. (so nobody falls for it in the future) Unfortunately this racist IS happening again. Early in the Russian invasion of Ukraine I saw a pro-Russian anti-Ukrainian "advertisement" (I believe it was produced before the 2022 fullscale invasion, and I think an early "Jake Broe" (channel) update on Ukraine video brought the ad in question to our attention). The ad was a short video showing a school class in Ukraine, teacher with her back to the class, asking a question. Something in the footage give a sort of "demonic" feeling about the teacher. One girl responds in Russian. The teacher harshly criticizes the child, ordering her to answer only in Ukrainian. The teacher then turns towards the class/ camera, revealing her face - she is black. So "Ukrainian = demonic = black skin." Can this get any worse? I thought 1945 put an end to such evil racist propaganda, but it seems we're not that lucky.
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  37. Thank you TIK for a good recommendation, I will definitely get Zitelmann's book, and probably the Vampire Economy as well. There's another book I would like to recommend - but I almost can't because I know too little about it. Here's what I do know: TITLE: "The Hell of National Socialism" (translated from Danish). AUTHOR: "Anonymous" (because he was still living and working in Germany). PUBLISHER: My copy in Danish is from "Hjorth's Tryk", Copenhagen. YEAR: ? (The page is missing). But first half of 1934, I guess, based on two facts: 1) The Nazis have been in power for a long time, and 2) Ernst Röhm is (alive and) considered to be one of those behind the recent "Night of the Long Knives", an SA action murdering a number of Communists. CONTENT: The book is about the many crimes of the Nazi regime. Murders and political persecutions, concentration camps, the Reichstag fire conspiracy, crimes against Jews, etc. All this told in detail while it is happening every day, and nobody knew it would get a lot worse, it was 5-10 years before WWII. The author obviously wouldn't have been able to officially/ openly publish this book in Germany, and I don't know if it has been published in other countries than Denmark, I haven't been able to find any further information about it. If it has been published in English I recommend trying to get your hands on it, at least for its value as a historical document.
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  38.  @righteousmammon9011  'Obviously' is probably to stretch it too far as long as we don't have proof, but I will agree to 'extremely likely'. Actually I have been to the US, but only ten hours in Kennedy Airport. I had the luck to watch a Concorde take off. Quite impressive. Then I flew on to South America.
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  39.  @righteousmammon9011  Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay, Argentina. Some for a long time, a number of times, some just a bit. I've spent three years of my life on the continent.
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  40. TIK, thank you, these statistics really tell a lot. I never believed in the Germans being super soldiers and the Soviets the opposite. Janusz Piekalkiewicz (polish civilian during WW2) has written an easy-to-read series in German, "Der Zweite Weltkrieg" about WW2 (10 volumes in Danish) in 1985, with much emphasis on the eastern fornt (and on the Atlantic), and this series gives the same impression as your statistics show. Janusz' books are filled with troop numbers, division and officer names, dates, from all the different theatres and incidents of the war, sort of just listing all the facts, without ever taking a side or giving opinion on the events, leaving it up to the reader to draw ones own conclusion especially on what was "good or bad"m which is very relieving. To me the only drawback is his final conclusion that "the two Germanies will probably never be let to unite again" (which they did not many years after). As for easy reading I really recommend this book series.
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  41.  @FranzAntonMesmer  That was a fine approach to that problem, and I'm glad it worked well. Thanks for the input.
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  42. Great video, TIK, I loved it. And all your details. ...and again, the ever recurrent points, logistics - and OIL. 18:55 - Hitler: "We are already at war" (...with the USA). I totally agree. During 1941 USA not only increased help (lend-lease etc.) to the British, but also took to more aggressive measures in the Atlantic, like changing the system of the convoys as to which nation protected which convoys, expanding "safe zones", as well as massively increasing their naval presence and "shoot on sight" policy towards the German navy. And US Naval Forces were actively seeking to get into combat with the Kriegsmarine surface fleet. USA had already started an undeclared war with Germany.
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  43. TIK, we forgive you, take all the time you need,about your lost family member as well as your video production. Please know you have the most patient audience on YouTube, and good luck with trianing your assistance. As for the number of views, one point: I follow several channels incl. yours, used to watch all videos from all of you, but now I only have time for about half. The reason is not "Corona" but the war in Ukraine having this side effect. Perhaps we can call it as "Putin's sanctions against us YT viewers."
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  44.  @TheImperatorKnight  OK that makes sense. Perhaps I never noticed because that's when my own viewing rate went up. But I hope the number of views will now be stable so you YouTubers can know what to count on. Keep up your great job, take breaks as needed, we really enjoy your work. Greetings from Denmark.
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  45. ​ @terminusest5902  "Germany operated a large number of F-104. Many pilots died in them." Denmark too operated those planes. We too experienced mechanical problems, but I don't think we had any fatal accidents. So maybe the original post is correct: It was his grandfather as a mechanic who was responsible for downing all those German planes.
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  46. Great video TIK. You seem to be really frustrated about this - like the rest of us. wikipedia seems to have a problem with numbers I think. wikipedia, "Battle of Stalingrad" - "The surrounded Axis personnel comprised 265,000..." "In addition... 40,000 and 65,000 hilfswillige..." = 305.000 i total, at least. - "...minimum 750 tonnes that both Paulus and Zeitzler estimated the 6th Army needed." - "...small transport capacity of the Luftwaffe and the impossibility of supplying 300 tons a day by air." IF Göring * (according to the other wiki page TIK showed) promised only "300 tons a day", that would be less than a kilo per person, less food than I eat per day (and I am not even fighting). If these 300 tons also include ammunition, fuel etc., Goring would have effectively promised to slowly starve the surrounded men to death as there wouldn't be nearly enough food. Even 750 tons per day (Paulus, Zeitzler, according to wiki) would only amount to about 2½ kilo per person, including food, ammunition, fuel, spare parts, everything. That seems very little for a fighting army. To me there seem to be something completely wrong with these wikipedia numbers. * Or in fact Jeschonnek, not Göring, as TIK pointed out?
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  47. TIK has explained that in his video about why Hitler had to go to war.
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  48.  @johnmanole4779  Thanks, I'll note that down. And I found another "Philosophy Overdose" Isaiah Berlin video, "The Impact of Marx on the 19th Century (Isaiah Berlin 1964)" That one looks like it could be very relevant to several of TIK's videos on NZ. I have put it on playlist to hear at a later point.
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  49. TIK is NOT "defending Hitler", rather the contrary. Claiming Hitler wasn't completely mad isn't defending him, but providing a view on a historical figure. If fanatic extremists "can use this" information, so can the rest of us! Use it to understand and thereby also to see where these fanatic extremists are so very wrong, and how/ what to do against it. You can't fight something you don't understand. TIK, thanks for having the courage not to bow to narrow mainstream views. Explaining WHY we actually can blame Hitler and hold him accountable.
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  50. End comment: It's funny, I wrote that first comment only a bit into the introduction. Now after having watched the video I feel that I have been repeating what TIK said in the actual video.
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