German Invasion of Belgium and the Netherlands- Ufa Sound Week No. 506- 15 May 1940 [Full HD] 

If you like my work and want to support the channel, consider subscribing to my Patreon for more, exclusive content! patreon.com/GermanWWIIArchive Or buy me a Kaffee here: www.buymeacoffee.com/germanwwiiarchive Remarks: 00:42 This is, of course, a propaganda lie. To go around the strongly fortified German-French border, the Germans, like in WW1, pushed through Benelux, and invaded Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg for that purpose. The reason given, namely that France was about to march through Belgium and Netherlands themselves, was a pure propaganda lie. 01:08 This officer is a Lieutenant (Leutnant). 01:15 These two cars actually belong to an Air Force unit, as indicated by the license plate “WL” (Wehrmacht Luftwaffe). 01:22 And this car belongs to an Army unit, again indicated by the license plate “WH” (Wehrmacht Heer). 01:25 This tank is a light Panzer I. The first German tank produced after WWI, it was a light, 5 ton vehicle, only armed with two 7,92mm MG 13 in a turret, with a crew of 2. It was never intended to be used in combat, only as a training vehicle, but due to a lack of actual combat tanks, it was used until 1941. Around 1,500 were produced, and during the Western Campaign, 1077 Panzer I were in inventory, 523 of these in divisions that were designated for offensive actions. 01:32 As Luxembourg only had around 420 soldiers and 250 policemen, little resistance was offered, and the invasion of Luxembourg was finished in one day, from 4:35 AM to the evening on May 10th. 01:36 This is an early production variant StuG III assault gun. While the StuG III was designed from 1937 onwards, only 30 vehicles of the first series, Ausf. A, were ordered, and these were delivered between January and May 1940. Therefore, the StuG III was quite rare during the western campaign. 01:49 This truck tows a light 2cm FlaK 30 AA-gun. While it was replaced in 1938 by the 2cm FlaK 38, the FlaK 30 was still used throughout the war. 02:03 This is an Sd. Kfz. 7 half-track tractor towing an 8,8cm FlaK 36 AA/AT-gun. 02:22 This is an Sd. Kfz. 251, the standard German APC during WWII. Although around 15,250 were made from 1940 to 1945, by early 1940, the number of vehicles were still pretty low. Until April 1940, only 345 Sd. Kfz. 251 were built, and an additional 305 without armored plate, due to problems in the production. 02:40 This soldier is using an MG08 as an AA-MG. While outdated, the MG08 was still used by frontline troops in the early parts of WWII, and until the end by rear-line and security units. 03:28 Trailers like this were sometimes used to mount AA-guns, like these two MG-34, as a sort of improvised mobile AA. 04:00 This is an Sd. Kfz. 7 half-track tractor, towing a heavy 15cm sFH 18, the standard heavy artillery piece of the Wehrmacht. 6756 were built between 1933 and 1945. 04:33 This is a 10.5 cm leFH 18, the standard German light field gun of WWII. 11,848 produced between 1935 and 1943, with a further 10,265 produced of its successor, the 10.5cm leFH 18/40, from 1943-1945. The fact that this gun here has no muzzle break indicates that it is an early war model. 04:42 This is a Panzer III Ausf E. Armed with a 3.7 cm Kw.K. L/46.5, and with 30mm of frontal armor, it was a decent tank, but couldn’t penetrate the heavier French and British tanks. 96 of the E variant were built in 1939. 04:49 This is a Panzer II Ausf. F light tank. It was built as an upgraded version of the Panzer I, to fit a 2cm autocannon in its turret. Built from 1935 until the end of July 1942, 1,856 were made, however, due to its light armament and amor (only up to 15mm) it wasn’t very effective against enemy tanks. 04:51 Eupen-Malmedy is the name for an area in eastern Belgium, that fell to Belgium after the end of WWI. In an undemocratic plebiscite in 1920, in which people could only vote against annexation to Belgium by entering their name in public lists, it became part of Belgium. It remains part of Belgium today, despite the majority of its inhabitants speaking German. 05:35 This plane is a Junkers Ju-52. It was introduced in March 1932 as a civilian passenger and transport plane, where it proved to be comfortable and reliable. During WWII, the Ju-52 was used by the German Air Force as their main transport plane, both for men and supplies, and was also used by paratroopers. However, its slow top speed of only 290kmh and its weak structure meant that many were shot down by enemy planes and AA-guns, it was generally outdated. During WWII, around 3,300 Ju-52 were built and delivered to the German Air Force until mid-1944. 06:01 This is a Ju-87 dive bomber. Designed from 1934 onwards and introduced in 1937, around 6,000 were made until mid-1944. It became one of the most characteristic and well-known German planes of WWII, but it quickly became outdated and too slow in the later phase of the war. Some of these planes were fitted with 37mm guns under the wing and used as anti-tank ground attack planes after 1943. 07:19 This is a German propaganda lie. Freiburg was erroneously bombed by German planes on May 10th, 1940. Three Heinkel He-111 bombers of KG51 started at 2:30 pm to bomb Dijon. However, they lost orientation due to a navigation error and didn’t reach their targets, and appeared over Freiburg in southwest Germany, which they mistook for Colmar. The German air defense recognized the planes as German and didn’t sound alarm, and the German planes dropped 69 bombs at around 4 pm on the city, killing 57 inhabitants. German propaganda quickly blamed the enemies for it, and Hitler used this example in a speech to blame the British for “terror bombing”. The Germans were aware that their own planes had bombed Freiburg by mistake, but still blamed the enemy for it. 08:35 This is again a Panzer III Ausf. E. 08:39 And this again a Panzer II. 08:43 This is an Sd. Kfz. 221 light scout car. It was armed with an MG34 in a small turret, and had a crew of two. 339 vehicles were built in three production runs between April 1935 and August 1940. 11:29 This is again a Panzer I. 11:34 This is an Sd. Kfz. 232, a heavy, 8-wheel scout car used by the Wehrmacht. Built between 1937 and September 1943, 607 of these were made. They were fast, reaching up to 90 or later even 100kmh, and armed with a 2cm autocannon. 12:47 This is a Panzer IV Ausf. C. Built from October 1938 to August 1939, 134 of the Ausf. C were built. It had 30mm of frontal armor and was armed with a short-barreled 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24, intended for infantry support. 13:20 This is a 7,5cm leiG 18, the standard German infantry gun of WWII. Roughly 12,000 made between 1932 and 1945. The wooden wheels indicate that this is a pre-war gun, as guns made during WWII had metal wheels and rubber tires. 13:48 These guns are 8,8cm Flak 36. 15:28 This is a German railroad gun. The Germans used a large variety of different railroad guns during WWII, and I’m not 100% sure which gun this is. 15:58 This is again a 15cm sFH 18. 16:01 And these are again Panzer IV Ausf. C. 16:21 Again a Panzer II. 16:33 This gun is again a 7,5cm leIG 18.

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I like how the Germans dressed at the beginning of the war (1939-1940). With their M36 model uniforms, even some soldiers used them in 1941... Then they released the M40 uniform, the only thing that changed was the collar, which was the same color than the uniform. But at the end of the war each one wore a different model. I have seen platoons and squads from 1944 with the M40, M41, M42 and M43 uniforms... The differences are small, buttons, the details on the pockets, but for me the best was the M36. Thank you for your work, I hope you continue uploading more videos, I especially like the ones from the beginning of the war from 1939 to 1941. 😃👍

The work you do is very important. Thanks for keeping History alive

Die frühen finde ich immer noch am besten.

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One word regarding the title: Some people have suggested to put a few more keywords into the title to make it easier to find, so I did that. Of course, the video is still the same format as usual, its just the title thats a bit different.

I am pretty certain the Sturmgeschütze and mechanised units seen advancing through Luxemburg are elements of the (then) Infantry Regiment "Großdeutschland" which was one of the few units that had organic assault guns. 1st and 2nd Battalions were advancing through Luxemburg while the 3rd was used further north in Belgium

Thanks for your work posting these historical documents. Much appreciated. I hope you are able to keep the channel going.

I'm Dutch myself and live near the German border, so thanks for the interesting footage. Just got home from a holiday in Belgium at Ieper/Ypres/Passendale and seeing the footage I can imagine the Belgium people must have been really devastated, that after the Great War, which was an awful tragedy for Belgium, that the Germans were invading Belgium again 😟

Fantástico documental, maravilloso.

I must say I've never seen the horse cart mounted twin MG34 AA gun mount at 3:37 before

well thats one of the most interesting footages i ever saw, in minute 1:30 you can see some of the very first Stug III A.

I would say that the railway gun at 15:28 is the 28 cm Krupp K5, with eight of these guns being in service by summer of 1940. The gun on film looks very similar to the Krupp K5 that was captured by the Americans in 1944 and still in existence at the United States Army Ordnance Museum. Same 12-wheel bogies, similar gun mounting, same placement of ladders, cannon's length looks the same and so on...

thank you for video

Thx for upload

Danke schön 👏🏻

Vielen Dank.

Amazing! Thanks!

thanks for translating

The young soldiers staring right at the camera as they passed made me think a bit. Do you think any of them lived long enough to see the end of the war?

my father was a 19-year old Flemish soldier in the Belgian army -at Liège, he was taken prisoner by the german army on 12 mai and returned home in septembre -the germans let go almost all the flemish prisoners of war very soon

Sehr interessant 👍

It would appear that the order to take off or obscure the national tricolor from helmets was not widely followed at this point. I believe the order was issued in April, 1940.

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What did the notice regarding possessing firearms in the occupied territory say?

9:05 decree on possession of weapons in occupied territory poster in Netherlands

My Dad was in the Hague as a 14 year old when the Germans invaded.

Regarding you decreasing visibility issues, I just want to inform you that I don't receive any more the discord notifications through mail. That's how I learned the quickest that new content had been posted. Maybe something has changed on the discord side ?

What is the song at the end of the video ?

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