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PART 2: • Downfall of Italy: 194...
Italy in World War II gets a bad reputation as a nation that never accomplished anything, and was ultimately irrelevant to the outcome of the war. But when the Allies finally decided to invade Italy in 1943, they quickly became stalemated by a series of expert-crafted defensive lines created by the German general Albert Kesselring. Join us as we explore exactly how the invasion that was predicted to last only a few months turned into a grueling ordeal that lasted all the way up until the Axis surrender, and cost the Allies over 300,000 casualties.
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Atkinson, Rick, The Day of Battle, New York: Henry Holt and Co, 2007, Ebook
“Invasion of Sicily.” History.com. A&E Television Networks, November 18, 2009. www.history.co....
Luconi, S. (2007). “Italian Americans and the Invasion of Sicily in World War II.” Italian Americana, 25(1), 5-22. www.jstor.org/stable/41330565
Parker, Geoffrey, and Williamson A Murray. “The World at War, 1939-45.” Essay. In The Cambridge History of Warfare. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008. www.jstor.org/stable/resrep13982.9.
St. Clair, M. (2007). The Twelfth US Air Force: Tactical and Operational Innovations in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1943-1944 (pp. 17-32, Rep.). Air University Press. www.jstor.org/stable/resrep13982.9
Royde-Smith, J. G., & Hughes, T. A. (2019). “The Allies' invasion of Italy and the Italian volte-face, 1943.” www.britannica...
Smyth, Denis. Deathly Deception: The Real Story of Operation Mincemeat. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Zeuhlke, Mark, Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10 - August 7 1943, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2009, Ebook.
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@TheArmchairHistorian 3 года назад

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@morganv7895 3 года назад

@pyeitme508 3 года назад

Thanks but meh

@miguelteodoro5013 3 года назад

I played it once, but uninstalled it because I just didn't have time to play it

@thylaggyone4513 3 года назад

maybe

@laurynasjonika6133 3 года назад

@binkycatfish 3 года назад

I love how Mussolini looks like: "Oh NoooOOOO"

@BigBangAttack-mt6pz 3 года назад

"pizza mini game theme from spiderman starts*

@bastien5589 3 года назад

Oversimplified reference

@BHuang92 3 года назад

*Mussolini Surprised Pikachu face* :O

@verschilles 3 года назад

Looks like he pissed his pants.

@SwfanredLotr 3 года назад

Oooooh my gooooood!!!

@Cainthegodslayer 3 года назад

Me: "Making traditional Roman bread" The Armchair Historian: *So anyway the fall of Italy*

@skyden24195 3 года назад

When in Rome... I always find it fascinating that the capitol of one of the greatest empire's in history still exists in such grand formula. Compare Rome to the capitol's of such empires as Persia, Greek, Egypt, Mongolia, Constantinople, even Britain. (or how about Galactic? One might compare Rome to Coruscant.) Rock on, Rome. ROCK ON!!!

@Euclid1 3 года назад

True Roman bread for true Romans

@WilhelmScreamer 3 года назад

Oh boy oh boy, been waiting on this one

@vcv6560 3 года назад

After watching your Sicily production I bought Day of Battle, even while I haven't finished An Army at Dawn.

@chat3087 3 года назад

I have a suggestion for your next series of videos. I think going into the Battle of Shanghai in 1937 during the Second Sino Japanese War would be interesting because the Second Sino Japanese War is often overlooked and it’s not talked about by many.

@ricky2319 3 года назад

Loving the animated maps! Great job guys!

@ihavetowait90daystochangem67 3 года назад

The Virgin Mussolini's Italy vs The Chad Ceasar's Rome

@PalmoIiveTV 3 года назад

The Virgin Owl House, Steven Universe vs the Chad Gravity Falls, Ren and Stimpy, Johnny Bravo, Ed, Edd, Eddy, The Simpson’s, Code Name: Kids Next Door

@josephrichter2104 3 года назад

Well, Mussolini had to face an entire world which had hundreds of millions more people, more resources, etc. Caesar's Italy fought against many people who were still living in mud huts, who worshipped trees, had no written language, no civilization for the most part. Mussolini was actually great at literally draining the swamps. He got rid of malaria cases for the most part, made Italy self-sufficient in many ways, most notably it needed no food from outside, and it didn't suffer during the great depression, unlike the socalled democracies, from England, France to the US. And quite frankly, if the Axis had won, Mussolini would probably be seen as truly greater than Caesar, in every way. He brought the crucifixes back to hospitals, public offices and schools, made Catholicism the official religion of Italy, gave the pope freedom, was seen as a great Catholic, and a man of the people. And if he had helped get Corsica, Malta and the rest of Italy back, plus even more colonies, then he would be without a doubt greater than Caesar or any other Italian ever.

@Jeff-lc7lp 3 года назад

@@josephrichter2104 If he didn't allied with Hitler everything would be much better

@janielalanmaunahan6124 3 года назад

@@Jeff-lc7lp If Mussolini had allied with the UK he would've been called the hero of Italy

@josephrichter2104 3 года назад

@@Jeff-lc7lp Well, I understand where you are coming from, and it would seem like things would be better, at least especially for Italy, had Mussolini never joined Germany. Italy joined Germany mostly because Italy was abandoned by everyone else, from its former WWI allies, England and France. They both literally sanctioned Italy during the Ethiopian war, even though Italy was right in attacking back after the Walwal incident. Meanwhile, England and France enjoyed large colonial empires, which they achieved through even less noble and justified means. But that's besides the point. England and France especially were responsible for so much turmoil and injustice in Europe. Wilson's right of peoples to self-determination was thrown out the window. If the Entente had instead allowed peoples to decide their own fate, there would have been no world war as we know it. Czechoslovakia wouldn't have existed, but instead, the Sudetenland would have joined Germany, as Austria would have joined Germany as well. Czechia would have been its own thing, Slovakia would have also existed, and Hungary would have received many of its majority Hungarian lands back. And the biggest thing is that Danzig would have been part of Germany again. Anyway, it is thanks to Mussolini being allied with Hitler that Germany and Italy were able to help undue the wrongs of Versailles and helped create nations like Slovakia, put an end to the Sudeten crisis, etc. And Germany became stronger due to all of that. With an even weaker Germany, that would have meant an even stronger Soviet Union which would have wiped out Germany and then the Soviets would have been at the doorstep of Italy. England and France forced Italy to either join Germany or die alone at a later date.

@believeinfuturedream1104 3 года назад

I love ❤️ Not only your channel I love your expressive accent, which strikes and spark deep in the collective perception to be aware of the nightmare of the last hypothesis of the possibility of a world war that may not destroy only the human race but may lead to disappear of our planet to scatter it from the galaxy to a smaller meteor,

@smallfun9352 3 года назад

Mussolini and the British playing Chess. Mussolini: wait We are playing chess?!

@BHopia 3 года назад

I bloody loved that chess analogy

@Alexander.73 3 года назад

3:27 that move is not possible btw But cool video

@marrqi7wini54 3 года назад

3:43 I guess he agrees.

@polybotics1855 3 года назад

Stellar video! Many details.

@wastedtime1585 3 года назад

Amazing video. love everything you do!

@pilifhunter4864 3 года назад

Great work! Can't to see more about italian campaign. :)

@MrShawnReese 3 года назад

Fascinating

@hollywoodcaesar4177 3 года назад

Do a video on japanese conquest of the philippines island.

@xaviersaavedra7442 3 года назад

Battle of rapido River? So battle of the fast river?

@89hhbuh8yuvghbhu 3 года назад

mmmmmmmmmmmmthe thumbnail, it's amazing.

@aniladake1931 3 года назад

Make the video of eastern front Soviet and the rise Japanese empire .

@reginaldpasao8390 3 года назад

Mussolini: Poggers face

@BronzeAgeMan1350 3 года назад

3:35 that's illegal

@thomasholaday674 3 года назад

ALGORITHIM

@l0necroc 3 года назад

Thumbnail be like: *MAMA MIA HELPA DI ITALIA*

@SemoventeDa 3 года назад

5:28 It's Italian *Social* Republic Not Italian Socialist Republic

@TheArmchairHistorian 3 года назад

Thanks for the correction, my mistake.

@nathanielkemple2356 3 года назад

@@TheArmchairHistorian dude your amazing when are you gonna do the full campaign from 1943-1945

@braindead_boi 3 года назад

@@nathanielkemple2356 you're*

@T-34_Chan 3 года назад

I mean,that would be a cool alt history ngl

@T-34_Chan 3 года назад

@@tanyeweestudent6856 oh yeah. Gosh fascism was a clustr f*ck

@staC-wh6ik 3 года назад

People find easier to say "Italy switch sides" when they omit details such as how a good portion of Italians despised Mussolini (even before he took power) and how fascists remained pretty much loyal to the Germans till the end of the war.

@justanotherperson7774 3 года назад

Bless Your Soul

@shamikghosh7197 3 года назад

They pretty much forget the Italian Civil war

@bastien5589 3 года назад

You are an intelligent one, i bet you aren’t anerican or british

@1905sam 3 года назад

You are one of the few who REALLY knows history

@bradnewsbear 3 года назад

Check out Mark Felton's video that touches on this topic: "The Death of Mussolini 1945" Mark Felton Productions ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-s5m81WyLtYc.html '...Mussolini was deposed by the Grand Fascist Council and later arrested by the king...' '...Hitler then installed him as the head of a new Italian Social Republic in the north of Italy. He had, in effect, become a puppet of Hitler...' His channel is amazing, and I have learned a lot from both him and Armchair, getting the macro and micro history I love

@AverytheCubanAmerican 3 года назад

What really led to their downfall: *their focus tree* Also that thumbnail is perfection

@rexdaylawn1609 3 года назад

Why are you here don’t you have stuff to do 😔 where are your parents where is your life 😔

@wdwfanatic1394 3 года назад

@@rexdaylawn1609 they have one. Focus on you, not them. You do you and they do them

@funnyval853 3 года назад

BS The Italian focus tree has little change in where the most that can happen is a change in faction.

@liammozza2330 3 года назад

Yes the Italian focus tree sucks balls , looking forward to their update

@patriciocepeda3366 3 года назад

lol

@danielnavarro537 3 года назад

Good video. I was just watching Erwin Rommel in world war 1 and his time in Capertto. Keep up the good work.

@hatem6116 3 года назад

Thanks

@justanotherperson7774 3 года назад

Bless Your Perfection

@randall733 3 года назад

And Rommel in romania

@gustavofring9148 3 года назад

@@hatem6116 bruh

@pepperoni952 3 года назад

@@gustavofring9148 bruh

@TheArmchairHistorian 3 года назад

Part 2 is available now! It has been permanently demonetized so you will need to click this link to access it, RU-vid has removed it from recommended: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kHffNHGP5bo.html

@Jobor2 3 года назад

Watched it already

@st-wf7pe 3 года назад

Griffin will you and the rest of the team make a two parter to the downfall of Japan

@st-wf7pe 3 года назад

@National Posadist a lot of his older videos were world 1 videos

@josephd53 3 года назад

It would be interesting to hear about the Italian Occupied parts of France.

@Praetorian8814 3 года назад

Probably similar to Germany's occupation, just more relaxed, sloppy and ineffeciant. Lol

@evangelinewangari1124 3 года назад

All they did is eat pasta and pizza

@zarketlarket9625 3 года назад

Yes I agree! Would be very interesting

@awc6007 3 года назад

I wanna hear about the East African Campaign of WW2. Italian East Africa gets invaded by the British

@RootDragon04 3 года назад

No, it would not

@harrislai6656 3 года назад

I miss the old background, when Griffin sat in a real room filled with wonderful relics, beautiful models and interesting weapons.

@JonathanWaterbury 3 года назад

Harris Lai agreed

@gocommitdie7359 3 года назад

Harris Lai agreed

@nabilapopal6814 3 года назад

Harris Lai agreed

@MrHistory269 3 года назад

I agree but I think Covid may have forced him to adjust

@ushopelife7538 3 года назад

Allies NATO United Nation Western Power & Axis CSTO BRICS Eastern Power Defector Liberation Of Italy Operation Homeland Security:4:26,6:00,6:04,6:16,9:47,

@napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад

There were so many pieces of valuable history scattered in Italy, that an Allied French general proclaimed hat he would shoot anyone that damages anything 19th century and before.

@hollowpoint894 3 года назад

Actually Americans said that they would destroy any monument or ancient building if that meant saving the life of even one G.I.

@anderplays6460 3 года назад

And yet the amnericans destroyed a significant amount of hystorical relics in their march north, among them an convent that stood for more than 1000 years

@ethanmcfarland8240 3 года назад

@SuperSpiderAndAgain If they didn’t want their monuments destroyed they should have never went to war alongside the Germans

@justchilling704 3 года назад

@@ethanmcfarland8240 I agree

@fareflight2029 3 года назад

@@anderplays6460 American bad because they destroyed monuments as collateral in a war they weren't the aggressor in? This logic is dumb. If they didn't want their nation to be ravaged they shouldn't have started a war.

@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 года назад

If they focused on their Call of War game, perhaps they could've won

@cameronkelly7579 3 года назад

The supreme leader is wise meaning u r very correct

@Cesar1492Enjoyer 3 года назад

Weren't you crying like a baby a few days ago?

@ivansonnerbrandt2395 3 года назад

Yes glorius leader

@jasonryan2727 3 года назад

@@Cesar1492Enjoyer how dare you speak of the supreme leader that way

@iamgian2925 3 года назад

👉💨 kim jong un

@obiwankenobi4252 3 года назад

5:29 Italian Social Republic, not Socialist Aside from this small nitpick, really good video. I also loved your mention of Le Quattro Giornate di Napoli, as I am myself from Naples

@aidancollins1591 3 года назад

@Dan Gurău Dude, come on, it has long been established that the Nazis and Fascists co-opted socialist rhetoric to gain support. These were not socialistic parties, they did not advocate for nationalization, abolition of the commodity form, or worker ownership of the means of production. In fact, the term "privitization" was coined from Nazi Germany selling off state assets.

@lordfedjuvekinval252 3 года назад

@Dan Gurău 1) Mussolini may have been a socialist until WWI, but he had already moved right by the time it ended. 2) if we use the "modern" definition of fascism (aka it being turned into a definition of anything far-right) i guess you could say national socialism is dascism, but no matter what definition you use, dascism is NOT national socialism, despite similarities they are still different and distinct ideologies (like marxism and stalinism on the far left). 3) the "socialist" in national socialist much like the """leftist""" rhetoric they sometimes used in their early years was nothing more than a political strategy to earn disgruntled far-leftist support. There is not any major socialist presence within the fascist and nazi ideologies. 4) Italy was fascist, not nazi

@aidancollins1591 3 года назад

@@elmascapo6588 No, Mussolini did not believe in workers owning the means of production or abolishing the commodity form. Hence, not a socialist.

@lordfedjuvekinval252 3 года назад

@@elmascapo6588 Mussolini attacked labour rights and instituted a corporatist economy, i'm not quite sure what's so socialist about that

@aidancollins1591 3 года назад

@@elmascapo6588 No, you are completely incorrect. You do not understand the distinction between socialism and communism, I will explain it. Socialism is an ideology which believes that the workers should own the means of production (and govern themselves democratically). Additionally, the commodity form should be abolished, meaning any surplus value (value added to make a profit) should be eliminated. Communism wants to achieve all of those conditions, with the addition that all class and states are abolished. A classless stateless society.

@uhhuh2122 3 года назад

Armchair Historian: Uploads a video Me, 2 seconds later at work: RACE YOU TO BERLIN KONEV

@FlexBeanbag 3 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bmc9NFfhx74.html

@ehab1300 3 года назад

The US were the people who threw a grenade on Japan's board.

@Mr.InbetweenFX 3 года назад

@Ranger45 what do you mean exactly?

@user-ph8hq4np8j 3 года назад

@@Mr.InbetweenFX He's referring to the US nuking Japan

@HungNguyen-fy8hf 3 года назад

"The US were the people who threw a grenade on Japan's board. " Ah yes, as if Japan didn't strike Hawaii which was a part of the US at that time. That meant they themselves also threw one at the US, and note that the US was at peace meant that the Japanese attack broke international law from the beginning, so don't expect mercy from the awakened giant. And also, heard of Operation Cherry Blossoms At Night? This Operation was proposed by the Japanese to attack the West coast of the US with biological weapons that Unit 731 researched (using human guinea pigs, of course). This Operation was, of course, canceled because it was supposed to be executed in September of 1945, but the US nuked Japan back in August. And here you are telling people that Japan was simply a victim, or that Japan only attacked US soldiers whilst the US nuked civilian populations. Let me tell you this: Nukes are bad, but which is better? Nukes or bio-weapons? Drop one nuke on a city and only that city is affected. But drop one bio-weapon in one city, the results would likely be that the rest of the country would be affected and a lot more catastrophic. If the Japanese had a chance, they wouldn't hesitate to attack US citizens directly on US soil.

@pigstepdisc3541 3 года назад

@@HungNguyen-fy8hf true but you need to chill

@ehab1300 3 года назад

@@HungNguyen-fy8hf Its a joke bro

@kimjongun6746 3 года назад

Next: Downfall of South Korea

@sennytj4167 3 года назад

Not funny Jk

@kimjongun6746 3 года назад

@@civitasstrategiesearlystar2359 Long live the democratic people's republic

@Hjw511 3 года назад

*Nevah!*

@smallfun9352 3 года назад

Charge!!!! FOR THE NORTH

@chrisbana5874 3 года назад

😂😂😂Yes great leader

@blackmantis3130 3 года назад

The Germans just kept bringing up division after division even with their hands full in the east.

@skyden24195 3 года назад

Shows how dumb Hitler/followers were. Kinda kicks the trump card into everything.

@someone-wh2rb 3 года назад

@@skyden24195 You mean the officers or the soldiers?

@skyden24195 3 года назад

@@someone-wh2rb the... less informed and/or the most in denial. Best way, I think, to put it.

@skyden24195 3 года назад

@@someone-wh2rb I almost forgot, but should never; the absolute evil.

@Gmac86. 3 года назад

@@skyden24195 how dumb Hitler was? He conquered europe in mere months😂 and if things went different in the Caucasus’s Germany would have won the war

@darthwarspite8544 3 года назад

I love World War 2 history and this part of the war is always overshadowed by The defeat of Germany I’m glad it’s being talked about.

@KiwiForce123 3 года назад

*Italian Social Republic. Not "Socialist Republic" small difference in words, big difference in meaning.

@nelsonfraser2800 3 года назад

😂 thank you for that, I thought it sounded very strange, put it down to a translation issue

@andrewlee-do3rf 3 года назад

*The thumbnail picture of this video, is probably described like this:* "Mussolini staring in shock, as he sees Americans putting pineapple on his favourite pizza." *XD*

@Bananaman-hk6qw 3 года назад

But seriously what's wrong with them, yuk

@conveyor2 3 года назад

American tourists are famous for not being able to find any pizza in Italy...pre covid that is.

@Cjnw 3 года назад

Il Normio

@MrHistory269 3 года назад

As a Hawaiian I apologize on behalf of my people for inventing such a think But in all seriousness that idea wasn’t ours

@wintersoldier8215 3 года назад

Narrow strip of land covered in mountains, hills, and rivers.. yeah let’s land there seems like the easy route to victory!!

@wekapeka3493 3 года назад

It was a great idea because it tied down many axis divisions. The D day landings could not have landed troops at any faster pace and if these axis divisions in Italy had been located within range of Normandy then they may have been able to defeat the allied landing.

@wintersoldier8215 3 года назад

@@wekapeka3493 meh... those divisions in Italy where from Tunisia originally so they had been earmarked for the med. theater from the start so I don’t see them being redeployed to Normandy. The proverbial threat of invasion would have been enough to keep troops in mainland Italy especially after Sicily was taken. I think it was a Pyrrhic victory that was never completely finished until Berlin fell. Ultimately I think operation Dragoon would have sufficed to draw units away from northern France if that was really the intent. But I don’t think the allies intended to land in Italy to lock down axis units.

@julianpichardo5045 3 года назад

@@wintersoldier8215 you are correct. they did not intend to lock down units in Italy, they wanted to force an Italian surrender but allied commanders made a compromise and decided to change strategy. Ultimately it was just to keep some some German units from france and Russia. I don’t think dragoon alone would have been enough though as the Germans would have been able to call units from the mainland and move them through parts of Italy since the allies would not have been able to bomb the alpine railways and supply routes

@dutchvanderlinde1855 3 года назад

Damn Switzerland always getting in the way of progress

@exhaustco 3 года назад

The Armchair Historian I have a suggestion, what if you did the battle of midway?

@garlicidk8554 3 года назад

Great idea

@spudhead5614 3 года назад

Pleaseeeee

@F.R.E.D.D2986 3 года назад

Yas

@lukeday87 3 года назад

Yer cos thats a tale never been told before!

@exhaustco 3 года назад

@Agent Tree I watched it, and it’s a great video!

@splatterberry 3 года назад

“ I can take Greece “ - Someone who could not take Greece

@giogio173 3 года назад

You have achieved comedy my friend

@kerubim402 3 года назад

Really good joke my guy really good joke

@iacchetti88 3 года назад

You're the best comedian in the universe

@iacchetti88 3 года назад

@King I know, for this reason I was ironic

@jamespocelinko104 3 года назад

"Italy is the soft underbelly of Europe. This will be easy." *Encounter Germans* "This... just turned into a difficult situation."

@Mr.InbetweenFX 3 года назад

Difficulty level has risen

@Marylandbrony 3 года назад

"This is an avengers level threat"

@voiceofreason2674 3 года назад

So we looked at the data and the 2 most efficient infantry in terms of casualties inflicted to sustained, in the west, after 1943, were the Axis Italians in Sicily followed closely by the Allied Italians in Sicily, lol. Not mainland Italy and it is critical to point out that.

@biggysigz1961 3 года назад

Damn 16 seconds ago... was early by accident

@gocommitdie7359 3 года назад

Dam

@lil_sixxo 3 года назад

I can’t explain the happiness I get when you upload

@kekistanihelpdesk8508 3 года назад

That's just wierd

@Minboelf 3 года назад

Mussolini:Captured Otto and his Commandos: *Allow us to introduce ourselfs*

@stevencooper4422 3 года назад

They are men of wealth and taste...

@HistoryHustle 3 года назад

Was looking forward to this one. Another often overlooked chapter of WW2. Thanks for covering!

@smartboi5354 3 года назад

Fun fact: my grandmother was in Palermo when the Landings were taking Place, She says the Americans were trowing Thootpaste around.

@neoblox6753 3 года назад

Germany: we loose Japan: ah frick Italy: you lose

@noahmisuda7027 3 года назад

Nice

@thegreatham9168 3 года назад

Germany: Were lossing! Italy: YOUR lossing

@jordanhicken7812 3 года назад

It’s amazing how far this channel has come with regards to production quality! So impressed!

@operationcoolgaming6984 3 года назад

“Italy as the soft underbelly of Europe” Well I guess they were, but the Germans just added metal plates over the soft underbelly. You know, for safety measures...

@thecommentaryking 3 года назад

Even without those "metal plates" Italy was not soft

@Euan_Miller43 3 года назад

@@thecommentaryking well without the Germans Italy would have fallen about as fast as the Sherman’s could drive

@thecommentaryking 3 года назад

@@Euan_Miller43 I don't think so. Remember that the terrain and the weather played a big role in slowing down the Allied advance

@Euan_Miller43 3 года назад

@@thecommentaryking but not Italian rifles, so yes soft under belly seems accurate

@thecommentaryking 3 года назад

@@Euan_Miller43 In what sense "not Italian rifles"? You really think that the Italians didn't fight? Whatever the answer will be, still no, Italy never was the soft underbelly that myths state it to be

@abdullahkerem3175 3 года назад

Italians be like: Nah if Mussolini doesn't change sides, we will do it!

@alessandronovelli371 3 года назад

Who Italian has ever said that? And Mussolini didn’t change side

@jasonryan2727 3 года назад

@@alessandronovelli371 that is literally what he said Mussolini didn’t change sides, and the rest is joke get a sense of humor

@belladesa91 3 года назад

We never did that

@Numba003 3 года назад

I’m loving learning about the Italian front! I really don’t know much about it, let alone how much trouble was apparently involved in it! Stay well out there everybody, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊

@shamrock141 3 года назад

Man you gotta respect the SAS and US Rangers here. They were the ones headquarters sent out for the daring, dangerous and borderline suicidal missions and yet they got the job done. Top lads👍

@eldorados_lost_searcher 3 года назад

10th Mountain Division, too.

@dashcroft1892 3 года назад

@B Whit ... don’t take it personally. The writer omitted Canada’s role in taking Sicily and Italy as well. Simply history told simply.

@voiceofreason2674 3 года назад

@B Whit always respect to the poles. But if allied light infantry proved their superiority to their axis counterparts anywhere it was in North Africa and Sicily.

@SheriffJoe420 3 года назад

Angry screaming mustache man takes over a pasta the size of a country

@emme1925 3 года назад

3 seconds Pog

@st-wf7pe 3 года назад

Hope you make one about the downfall of Japan

@mich_90 3 года назад

MAMA MIA!!!

@EliaPaoletti1908 3 года назад

ALTHOUGH I'm Italian I love this series

@aaronwgrgaming5887 3 года назад

why is mussolini face like hes in a nigthmare

@davibrelazdealbuquerque5766 3 года назад

This video is very good . I'm from Brazil and I would like to suggest a video about Brazilian expeditionaries in Northern Italy, during the WW2

@pheeku6996 3 года назад

Why were there Brazilian soldiers in WW2?

@AndasMus 3 года назад

Mussolini: loses a game of chess Hitler: Get out, noob, I am taking direct control (thug life...) Like if you know what video is that from...

@tisucitisin1 3 года назад

This video is superbly animated, keep up the awesome work! I'm hoping that you guys will do in future series about partisan and other resistance movements in Europe - Yugoslav partisans, Polish rebelions - Warsaw uprising, Slovak National Uprising, Norwegian resistance movement etc., - similar like you did about French resistance.

@lucawolf5699 3 года назад

ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC not "socialistic" :)

@JuanMatteoReal 3 года назад

Best face of Mussolini I've ever seen. I can feel his shock at the defeats.

@typicallynotawake9911 3 года назад

Nice pfp

@JuanMatteoReal 3 года назад

@@typicallynotawake9911 Likewise. PS: Link link link

@timkey_4542 3 года назад

Well Italy was the soft underbelly. Problem was: Germany

@alessandronovelli371 3 года назад

You are joking of died soldier?

@jasonryan2727 3 года назад

@@alessandronovelli371 oh I understand your an Italian nationalist this is like the 3rd time I’ve seen you attack someone who said a joke

@igordutra4576 3 года назад

I'm excited to see about the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in the next episode. Cobras fumantes eterna é a sua vitória!

@jasonryan2727 3 года назад

I wish I could speak Portuguese

@youraveragescotsman7119 3 года назад

WE REMEMBER. NO SURRENDER.

@surajitdey1730 3 года назад

Hello arm chair historian love from India 😁😁

@juanjuri6127 3 года назад

imagine losing half a million people only for your country to be eternally remembered as the comic relief of WW2

@Gamer-gv7xn 3 года назад

Italy's downfall was that it joined the war.

@pabsitterab675 3 года назад

Last time I was this early paratroopers where still used

@youraveragescotsman7119 3 года назад

Ok, that was a good one I shall admit.

@Martoto94 3 года назад

Correction: it was called the Italian *Social* Republic.

@kampfkatze6092 3 года назад

I didn't know that such quality content could be possible on RU-vid. Congratulations for the amount of work, the beauty of the animations and a top-notch narration! Exciting and little known subject, I can't wait to learn more about the Italian campaign with your channel.

@ViktorBengtsson 3 года назад

I love this series! I have read some things about scattered battles, but was essentially unaware of this context, bakgrund and timeline. Really looking forward to the next episode(s).

@loupgarou5797 3 года назад

Most excellent. I've been studying history for over 40 years and Griffen brings fresh perspectives and insights in nearly every video.

@smilycookie9643 3 года назад

I wish this channel made more videos

@shealton_3919 3 года назад

Can you make an epasode of Russisa in ww1 but do what ever you want great video anyways

@einsteinonblitz2345 3 года назад

**Italy joined** **Italy left** I just summed up the whole video for you

@tsarisbora 3 года назад

WAHOO SO EPIC! EPIC HISTORY MY FAVORITE HISTORY CHANNEL REEEE.

@lucid4005 3 года назад

@EngineeringWizard11 3 года назад

WWII noobs /Sees panzers get wrecked by naval firepower in Italy trying to contest an amphibious landing/: *Yawn* Also WWII noobs: "Nazis could have won if they used Panzers to contest Normandy. Dumb Hitler."

@TheLocalLt 3 года назад

Mussolini’s puppet state was the Italian Social Republic, not Socialist, it was a fascist state and didn’t even have the “national socialist” branding like German fascism. It was very much a classicalist regime, antileftist in character, though in the most morbid possible fashion.

@swampdonkey1567 3 года назад

Not necessarily. Mussolini considered ussr as an potential ally before Hitler rose to power. Ussr wasn’t totally against it either from what I recall.

@hermes112 3 года назад

that thumbnail lmfao

@MattBiden 3 года назад

The world never said thank you to the Americans and British for saving them from fascism and socialism.

@Xerethane 3 года назад

I've really enjoyed your coverage of Italy in the war (spoiler, I've liked almost all your videos)! I was aware of some of the actions they took part in, but you've covered details I've never seen in great detail! I hope you and your team keep up their fantastic work.

@spyglycledays 3 года назад

idk if you would want to do this but i would love if you did operation Weserübung (invasion of danmark and norway) ^^

@paulzan2246 3 года назад

Not gonna lie, Mussolini looks amazing in the thumbnail

@1905sam 3 года назад

This video's comment sections is literally fillied with bad copy-pasted "Italy switched sides" jokes and as an italian it kinda hurts inside seeing those meme kids completely forgetting our civil war because, you know, they studied history only through memes

@thecommentaryking 3 года назад

Che ti aspetti dagli ignoranti?

@1905sam 3 года назад

@@thecommentarykingDi tutto a parte roba intelligente

@raptordoniv6779 3 года назад

Really? I haven’t see any, and one of the most top liked comments is about how stupid the “Italy sucks” joke is.

@thecommentaryking 3 года назад

@@raptordoniv6779 filter by most recent, you will find some, though there aren't as many as in other videos

@1905sam 3 года назад

@@raptordoniv6779 Lol quite weird, when the video came out it was full

@johnthomson6507 3 года назад

One point not mentioned ploesti crucial for the operation and the Nazi war machine 17 major raids reduced production to 9% this had a major effect on Germany's ability to save war. Was it worth it well either you have an entire army group sitting doing nothing for a year. It allows the allies to gain battlefield experience . Should it have ended after dday probably but it sapped German military strength continuously for nearly 2 years

@Ch1pp007 3 года назад

For the insanely high production value of this video it's a shame how few views it has.

@kevanpoernomo6460 3 года назад

I wish you would cover topics other than WWII. A great majority of your late videos covers the same repetitive topic, the fall of Nazi Germany. It is getting dull for many.

@RenegadeRam 3 года назад

Not enough coverage on the Italian Front honestly.

@benrowlands2619 3 года назад

Mussolini oh yeah hear I want an empire what actually happens need nazi Germanise help from rescuing him , needing help in the balkans against Greece and Italy needing help in North Africa which shows they were the small partner in the axis agreement

@muhammadalabi3245 3 года назад

The irony is that Italy as a military was barely involved with the Italian campaign!

@mich722 3 года назад

Can you blame them?

@dotdashdotdash 3 года назад

they were barely involved in anything military, bunch of poseurs. My great uncle fought Italians and Germans in North Africa , he respected the Germans but had nothing good to say about the Italians, he said they would shoot you in the back

@laserrv5978 3 года назад

@@dotdashdotdash yeah yeah sure

@firemangan2731 3 года назад

@@laserrv5978 Angry Italian spotted. Or maybe you’re just jealous you had nobody in your family who fought in the war.

@firemangan2731 3 года назад

@@dotdashdotdash Geeze when people see people have stories about their relatives who fought in the war, they get so jealous like Laser RV whos family members hid like cowards.