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01.02.1943.

I have been working long on one of my main job projects and have began to render it. So lately I have had some time for the 1943 episode. It's time to make some posts.

Unit symbol explanations: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WN22bJq3tw6yW-kj0X5PM-fEK-ukgpxh/view?usp=sharing

One month has passed since the beginning of 1943. In the South the German forces have pulled...

90k subs goal reached, 10k still to go

Yesterday the Eastory channel reached 90 000 subscribers. This is awesome and it also means it is the time to begin the work on the 100k milestone special video. I hope you like abandoned Great War era fortifications, because that is what it will be about.

German plan to win WWI public

Germany's plan to win WWI early access

Have a nice October evening, everyone!

01.01.1943. The stage is set.

Eastern Front animated: 1942

Thank you for the opportunity to make this!

1942, Autumn - Fall Blau

Having seized the initiative, the Axis forces began Fall Balu -  the operation to capture the Caucasus region. Not everything went by plan, however and the Red Army forces pulled back without much resistance, not allowing the Germans to encircle their forces. This left Red Army disorganized. The Germans the decided to capitalize on this by dividing their forces and instead of advancing first towards the Volga and then into the Caucasus, they went for both objectives simultaneously. They ach...

1942, Spring - Battle for the Salients

In the summer of 1942 both the Red Army and the Wehrmacht planned to conduct a major war-winning offensive. The question was, who would be able to seize the initiative. Previous fighting had created many salients in the front that favoured the encirclement and destruction of the opposing forces. As the Germans had held the line during the winter, their position was better and they needed less time for redeployment. In spring and early summer they succeeded in all their offensives and destroyed a...

Winter 1941/42

As rendering and tinkering with the video will take some more time, I thought it would be a good idea to release it by episodes as early access.

The first episode covers the operations of 1941/1942 winter. The Soviets have driven the Wehrmacht back and as the Germans attempt halt their retreat and regroup, the Red Army moves in to encircle and destroy most of their forces, thus deciding the war in one massive operation. Soon it becomes apparent, that the Soviets lack the strength to achieve th...

Choose the topic of the next video

I have mostly finished working on the Eastern Front 1942 episode and began rendering it. The second video after that will cover the events of 1943, but meanwhile I will make a technically less difficult video on the topic of my Patrons choosing in order to maintain my sanity.

I have picked three topics from my list for you to choose from. If you would like some other topics to be covered, then let me know in the comments. If some of them should gain enough support, it will be on the poll next ...

Early Access: "Brilliant" plans how to run a YouTube channel - how I got where I am now?

Being a beginning creator on YouTube means grinding with minimal progress and without getting to know, if your content is good or not. This is a story about how the Eastory channel succeeded through failure and unfulfilled plans.

As it is a channel introduction video, the Patrons are not charged and therefore not credited (yet). However you do get early access. Enjoy!

The Conquest of the Caucasus: Part I

After the Second battle of Kharkov and the subsequent operations the Axis forces began the first part of their push towards the Caucasus. The first objective was to break through the Soviet lines in the North and then turn South along the Don river methodically encircling and destroying all of the Soviet frontline formations between the Don river and the Sea of Azov. The plan rested on the assumption, that the Soviet forces would hold their positions at all costs and avoid large retreats, as the...

Conquest of the Caucasus: The Plan

Phase I: Encircle and destroy the Soviet armies on the Soviet southern flank.

Phase II: Cut off the communications between the Caucasus and Central Russia to deny the deployment of the Soviet reserves and establish a defensive line on Don and Volga rivers.

Phase III: Seize the Caucasus region and the oil fields.

BattleGif: Second Battle of Kharkov

In the early summer of 1942 the Soviets decided to make several local attacks to weaken the anticipated Axis’ attack towards Moscow. In the Ukraine thy planned to encircle the German 51st Corps and take Kharkov with a two-pronged attack. The attack began on the 12th of May and managed to gain some ground, but unbeknownst to the Red Army, the Axis had deployed their main forces in the South and were finishing preparations for an operation to cut off the salient from which the main Soviet force ...