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Veterans vs. Historians: Katyusha

German veterans' statements about the Katyusha (also often called "Stalinorgel" / Stalin Organ) are numerous and at first quite contradicting. In this video we put them in context and compare the information with the information that is available to us, namely with various quotes from military historians as well. Since, there are some people that note that veterans "disprove"/contradict various points by historians or the other way round. Yet, for the most I disagree, the "contradiction" is mostly on a superficial level and/or a lack of context. Our indiegogo campaign on the Sturmzug manual: https://igg.me/at/sturmzug Cover design by vonKickass. »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Luther, Craig W.H.: Barbarossa Unleashed. The German Blitzkrieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow. June-December 1941. Schiffer Publishing: Atglen, Pennsylvania: 2013. Töppel, Roman: Kursk 1943. The Greatest Battle of the Second World War. Helion: Warwick, UK: 2018. Glantz, David M.: Colossus Reborn. The Red Army at War, 1941-1943. University Kansas Press: Kansas, US, 2005. Hill, Alexander: The Red Army and the Second World War. Armies of the Second World War. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 2017. Armstrong, Richard N.: Red Army Legacies. Essays on Forces, Capabilities, & Personalities. Schiffer Military History: Atglen, PA, USA, 1995. Murray, Williamson: The Luftwaffe Experience, 1939-1941. In: Cooling, Benjamin Franklin (ed.): Case Studies in the Development of Close Air Support. Office of Air Force History: Washington DC, United States (1990), p. 71-113. Stahel, David: Retreat from Moscow. A New History of Germany’s Winter Campaign, 1941-1942. Farrar, Straus and Giroux: New York, USA, 2019. Prenatt, Jamie: Katyusha. Russian Multiple Rocket Launchers 1941-Present. Osprey Publishing Ltd.: Oxford, UK, 2016. Neitzel, Sönke; Welzer, Harald: Soldaten. Protokolle vom Kämpfen, Töten und Sterben. 4. Auflage. S. Fischer Verlag: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2011. #Katyusha #Stalinorgel #StalinOrgan