Real Time History

We are Real Time History. A small production company from Berlin. Every month we release high quality history documentaries on our YouTube channels youtube.com/realtimehistory and youtube.com/thegreatwar

Only until tomorrow, get it at militaryhistorygroup.com

10 years ago, we started working on a brand new YouTube channel called The Great War. 1000 videos and a second channel later, we're still here producing history documentaries. Here is a new 1h long documentary about the outbreak and escalation of WW1: youtu.be/oOsjdlWRqIA

On the occasion of Ukraine's independence day, I'm starting to raise funds via @YOUkraineEU for a pickup truck to evacuate civilians and injured people from the front lines. If we can reach our goal, I'll once again deliver it myself! Please donate at youkraine.at/donate/

Working on our upcoming video about Operation Husky. Looking for numbers (or ranges) of Axis guns on Sicily before the landing. Couldn't find anything in our sources.

Youtube comment of the day: "Why did you say Grant [when discussing the M3 Grant tank]? It was always called the M3 Lee. Is this another Liberal reason, change the name because of stupid modern sensibilities?"

Yes, we're working on new episode of The Great War. The first few months of 2023 didn't go so well on the channel, so we're adapting a few things. In the meantime, enjoy our regular uploads on the Real Time History channel.

What an experience to get this close to an Me 262 at RIAT 2023! 🔥Big thank you to Geri for sharing his fantastic insights on flying this aircraft a look forward to a full Inside The Cockpit Episode and more!

By April 1945, Berlin had been surrounded by the advancing Red Army. Over a period of four days, the Reichstag was at the centre of an intense battle and became the symbol of the captured city. Join us at 19:00 (UK) as we examine these final days. 📺 youtu.be/5-Wg7BuaozU

Allied landing craft on D-Day, 1944. But this isn't June 6 in Normandy, this is the French Riviera and the soldiers are landing as part of Operation Dragoon, two months after Operation Overlord. All about the 2nd D-Day in France in our newest video: youtu.be/I_60vgh45DI

Churchill tank of the 48th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment knocked out at Kursk #OTD in 1943. The inscription on the turret reads "For Soviet Ukraine" in Ukrainian. #tanks #history #WW2

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#OnThisDay in 1943: Serrate begins to be used against German nightfighters. This device homed in onto their Lichtenstein radars. Combined with airborne interception radar it enabled the RAF nightfighters to get a range indications on the enemy nightfighter.

Napoleon called the Peninsular War his “Spanish Ulcer” for its continual drain on French resources, in particular men of the Grande Armée. Check out our videos covering Napoleon’s conflict in Spain: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Breaking away from the Vic of 3 Spitfires at the @IWMDuxford Summer Airshow on Saturday. The Spitfires went into a tailshase, while I climbed to 3000’ for my solo display. An epic weekend! @ACDuxford

#Gallipoli * Mauser 1329 1913

Exciting news! Join us in welcoming Mark Grotelueschen, Emma Hanna, Élise Julien, Nazan Maksudyan, Michelle Moyd, John Paul Newman, Ana Pires, Andrea Revelant, Christian Westerhoff, @Vanda_Wilcox and @BartZiino to the Editorial Board of 1914-1918-online as Managing Editors!

Seit gestern geht es um das Scheitern von Operation Zitadelle: Since yesterday it's about the failure of Operation Citadel: youtube.com/watch?v=HhPwnK… #Kursk80

Los geht's! An 88 mm Flak gun and its tractor move out for the desert warfare display at #tankfest. Both were large, slow, poorly protected targets, relying on the gun's range for safety. #artillery #history #ww2