The Battle of Maastricht (1940) - The German Invasion of South Limburg

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During the German invasion of the Netherlands the city of Maastricht, located in the southern province of Limburg, was to be taken by the German armies. Dutch defenders had to blow up the bridges crossing the Meuse River that divided the city. The Germans wanted to get the bridges in hands undamaged. Would the Dutch be able to blow up the bridges and delay the German advance?
History Hustle presents: the Battle of Maastricht (1940) - The German Invasion of South Limburg. A forgotten WW2 battle.
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- Mei 1940. De strijd op Nederlands grondgebied (Herman Amersfoort & Piet Kamphuis).
- Oorlog in Zuid-Limburg, 10 mei 1940 (E. H. Brongers).
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@HistoryHustle Год назад

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@marcoskehl Год назад

✅ 🇧🇷( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)__👍

@rickbear7249 Год назад

I am an Englishman who had the pleasure of living and working in the Netherlands for many years from the 1980s. Of all the peoples of Europe, who our nation has fought alongside and helped to liberate their country, ONLY the Dutch deserve our unreserved respect and ONLY the Dutch helped us to repay our country's astronomical war debt which they assisted us in paying to the end just before the new millennium. True friends. Indeed, on my first visit to your wonderful country, I arrived on your Liberation Day. I was not permitted to pay for any food or beer (of which your countrymen gave so much) nor would the taxi driver accept payment to return me to my hotel. Compare this with De Gaule and France's demand for war damages to be paid in Gold. The Netherlands and England will always be true friends 🤝 ❤

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for your comment!

@antoniomari2730 Год назад

More than the English , the Canadian helped a lot,, but that's okay.

@rickbear7249 Год назад

@antoniomari2730 yes, absolutely, and ALL the Allies. Apologies if you thought I was only giving credit to the English (excluding the rest of the UK and all of the old dominions), however, my story was about how the Netherlands people still reach out their friendship to this day. No intention to disrespect other friends.

@antoniomari2730 Год назад

@@rickbear7249 nono, don't worry ahah, I know, I was just saying..👍

@rickbear7249 Год назад

@antoniomari2730 Good. I thought that was the case, but wanted to be sure. Too many times, we English do not credit our real friends. You people saved our bacon in WW2 and don't always get that recognition from my fellow Englishmen. Hopefully you've also visited the Netherlands on Liberation Day? Their welcome and appreciation is truly astounding. Wonderful people.

@robertriley4442 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video! My uncle was in the Dutch army from Gronsveld and fought in the Battle of Maastricht. He was captured and later paroled.

@HistoryHustle 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching.

@davidraper5798 Год назад

A footnote of a footnote, perhaps but still an interesting story that deserves to be told. Too often the German invasion of the Netherlands is seen as a simple walkover for the Wehrmacht, so it's worth noting that the Dutch did put up a fight and did the best they could with what they had.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Agree, glad you liked the video!

@avengernemesis7990 6 месяцев назад

My family have lived in Maastricht since 1770. I was born in Maastricht. Thanks for this documentary. Australia -New Zealand 🇳🇿

@HistoryHustle 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for your reply.

@sirdarklust Год назад

On Saturdays, I wake up, get my coffee, watch your and the WWII channel's new videos. Saturday mornings are WWII mornings for me. Nice video. Take care.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Glad you enjoyed, cheers!

@Italian_Military_Archives Год назад

Nice to view this video, since I spent one year studying in Maastricht

@HistoryHustle Год назад

👍

@liamtahaney713 Год назад

Crazy i made a small city trip to Maastricht just today. Hardly the most important caduality of war, but im glad the beautiful historic city more or less survived.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Indeed!

@a-8007 Год назад

Great work and thank you. Please keep more "footnote of a footnote" coming. Just came back from a trip to the NL. Happy to see familiar scenery so soon.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for your reply.

@SunKing968 9 месяцев назад

GREAT job Stefan and I love the fascinating details you found regarding this interesting "footnote"! Great job by the brave Dutch defenders!

@HistoryHustle 9 месяцев назад

🎄👍

@louisgiokas2206 Год назад

Glad you covered it. I did some work in Maastricht early in this century when I was based in England. Beautiful city.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

👍👍👍

@kencoleman7762 Год назад

Thanks for another very interesting documentary. Also, your graphics continue to improve.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

😁👍

@JeHaVe Год назад

Ach, kijk. Je was in Mestreech. Jammer dat ik dat niet wist. Deze opnieuw zeer informatieve, zeer goed gedocumenteerde video zal veel mensen hier interesseren en aanspreken. Compliment Stefan.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Dank voor je bericht Jef!

@justanapple8510 Год назад

Loved this video! Ever been at Margraten cemetary?

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Yes! I visit it.

@justanapple8510 Год назад

@@HistoryHustleja dat is een indrukwekkende plek

@tonnywildweasel8138 Год назад

Hammered enemies, blown bridges.. Lets keep these footnotes alive 👍 Groet'n oet Grun', T.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

😎👍

@DRFelGood Год назад

Thank you Stefan fascinating bit of history. Have a great weekend, be safe 🍺🍺🍺 Cheers

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Many thanks Jesse. Enjoy the weekend!

@Josephbyrnehistory Год назад

I really feel for the guys who stayed for the beers. Had I been there at the time I have a feeling it could have been me! Fascinating as always

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for your reply.

@historicfootball2926 Год назад

Great video Stefan! It’s fantastic to see forgotten battles like this being covered!

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Glad you appreciate it.

@checkcommentsfirst3335 Год назад

Now, I study as a German in Maastricht. Ironic how much can change in so little time.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

👍

@salsheikh4508 Год назад

I like the bridge flag attack graphic, Sir!

@HistoryHustle Год назад

😁

@joannecarolyn5018 Год назад

Very informative. Great video and footage 👌🏻 Thank you 😊

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Many thanks Joanne!

@joannecarolyn5018 Год назад

@@HistoryHustle My pleasure 😊❤️

@gibraltersteamboatco888 Год назад

Great video. Thanks German reports of the time contain awe and respect for the Dutch defenders.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Many thanks for your reply!

@FreeAmericaChannel Год назад

Thank you very much for covering this battle. My family is from Maastricht and lived through the German occupation and the Liberation by the US Army on 14 September, 1944. I needed the history you provided, much of what I know was oral tradition from my family and your coverage of the facts is deeply appreciated. There are a few histories of the liberation written, but I have not found a book on the German invasion and occupation. Thanks again!

@apintofbeer1667 Год назад

Why did the Americans join the war so late ?

@historicfootball2926 Год назад

@@apintofbeer1667Mostly because they weren’t interested in fighting a war and quite frankly, they didn’t have a reason till until pearl harbour. Hope that answers your question!

@FreeAmericaChannel Год назад

@@apintofbeer1667 I can only give my opinion, of course, but the fear of being involved in another international conflict that did not impact the lives of average Americans is the academic answer. As a Dutch/American I love and respect the soldiers that fought Nazism and liberated my family, but I think political considerations and every-day cowardice on the part of the US Government is the real answer. The US government is just as corrupt and self serving today as it has ever been.

@apintofbeer1667 Год назад

@@FreeAmericaChannel It wasn't the government it was US corporations arming the Nazi war machine

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for your reply!

@apintofbeer1667 Год назад

Thank you for your work

@HistoryHustle Год назад

👍👍👍

@paulohenriquenettodealcant6578 Год назад

Talvez uma nota de rodapé MAS cada uma das vidas perdidas na defesa da liberdade e da honra de um povo merece ser celebrada e não esquecida diante das novas formas que o fascismo se apresenta sempre que os cidadãos se descuidam de defender seus direitos contra a exploração econômica e o aviltamento da dignidade humana! Parabéns pelo esforço!❤🇧🇷👏🌹

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for your reply.

@bigsarge2085 Год назад

Awesome, thank you!

@HistoryHustle Год назад

👍👍👍

@Adrian-ju7cm Год назад

Thanks 👍

@HistoryHustle Год назад

😁

@stephanottawa7890 Год назад

It might be a footnote of a footnote, Stefan, but I admire the Dutch soldiers defending their homeland despite the odds stacked against them. They are real Dutch heros!

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for watching.

@Ludwig_Cox Год назад

Echt vet dat ge allemaal veldslagen van België en Nederland uitlegt hier, ik woon vies dicht bij Maastricht dus is interessant om te weten dat die soldaten zich niet gewoon overgaven!

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Dank voor je bericht. Heb er ook wentje gemaakt over Eben-Emael. Komt later uit.

@jamesbodnarchuk3322 Год назад

Interesting Professor Stephan!❤🇨🇦

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thank you James!

@belstar1128 Год назад

This is close to where i live can you make a video about Belgian Limburg.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Sorry, not anytime soon.

@aidankitson7877 Год назад

Because of the short time it took for Germany to conquer Holland, it's easy to forget that many Dutchmen fought and died defending their country. I first became of Holland's involvement in WW2 when, as a boy, I watched the Colditz Story movie and saw Dutch POW s portrayed

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for your comment!

@RogerKant Год назад

One very valuable note in this video. No one counts the civilian casualties of any warfare (the smart ones and the stupid ones). In my town in Silesia (10 km from the German-Polish border) on September 1, 1939, there was no Polish army. There was only one machine gun bought from a collection of residents. The rifle was a celebrity there. The rifle was at all patriotic ceremonies and was blessed in the church. But no one had practiced its use or maintained it. The Polish army expected its 3 man crew to stop the Germans for 2-3 hours before the Polish army launched a counterattack. At the decisive moment the rifle jammed (diversion or too much holy water) and no shots were fired. The town was saved and no one died. On September 1, 1939, the Polish army was already 60 km east of the border and was still fleeing to the east. A defective machine gun that saved civilians.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Interesting to read.

@kimwit1307 Год назад

I have a feeling that drunk patrol had some explaining to do later on...

@HistoryHustle Год назад

For sure!

@RogerKant Год назад

I don't really understand what was the approach of the Netherlands to a possible conflict with Germany? Did they want to fight or did they want to stay neutral? For Germany, the Netherlands was not a significant adversary. If they wanted to destroy the Netherlands, would they blow up the bridges themselves instead of sending their soldiers to protect them? The Germans needed a route through the Netherlands and Belgium to bypass the French defenses on the Franco-German border. France had been at war with Germany since September 2, 1939. So the Netherlands entered the war voluntarily. If they wanted to be neutral they should leave the bridges, leave the toll box and go for a beer. And the next day they should issue an international protest note for the passage of German troops through Dutch territory without a proper visa.

@herisimonsen2560 Год назад

For the Dutch is not a Footnote

@Cohen.the.Worrier Год назад

Het wordt gewoon Eben Emaal uitgesproken. Al een paar keer gemeld trouwens.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Ik leer het nooit trouwens.

@gordanaparthur9267 Год назад

What a nightmare for 🇳🇱 civilians. Gives me a thought of a possible project for you in UK 🇬🇧

@gordanaparthur9267 Год назад

Could cthis be truer than we think ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iMYFcaHMXvE.html

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Possible project?

@gordanaparthur9267 Год назад

@HistoryHustle Nothing firm in my mind as yet. Limitations: no money or time. Positives: I have a love of History and maps constrained academical by dyslexia, so worked in local region government in land and property issues, and anti-poverty action; which involved a lot of travel around region looking to make new connections, but then finding old historic connections had often faced and resolved things within the constraints of their times tech knowledge, but that had been forgotten about

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Год назад

Your beautifulness is ultra sweet and remarkable ❤❤❤❤

@HistoryHustle Год назад

👍

@Blitz9H Год назад

Much appreciated! Thank you for sharing history. This is valuable in the grand scheme. There is always more to learn about WWII. I am grateful for your time and effort.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Awesome!

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 Год назад

Thank you Sir Stefan and (History Hustle )channel for sharing this informative episode with historical interest and enjoyable watching....good luck and best wishes with appreciation

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Many thank as always Mo!

@giotheunissen8204 Год назад

There is a plaque in Wijck in the Hoogbrugstraat that commemorates the fighting of 10th of May by the 13th regiment

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Too bad I missed that memorial! Would have loved to take a video shot of it.

@Die_Bereitschaft Год назад

Great video as always

@HistoryHustle Год назад

😀👍

@thomasozminkowski2589 Год назад

It seems to me that the Dutch were(and are) great people who did the best they could in a very difficult time. RESPECT

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for your reply, Thomas.

@marymcclanahan1757 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much for providing information on this battle. It’s important. The Dutch were such brave defenders!

@HistoryHustle 2 месяца назад

@@marymcclanahan1757thanks for watching!

@thomasozminkowski2589 Год назад

My favorite rifle was made in Maastricht, The Dutch Beaumont! I have three examples that i love and shoot! Im Polish/German but this rifle has brought me to interest in Dutch history! Great people!

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for sharing.

@ChaufMT Год назад

As a Maastricht resident (born) I envy you a lot 😊

@Vergeten-oorlogsverhalen 11 месяцев назад

Er wordt veel te weinig vertelt over de mei dagen van 1940. Goed opgezet. Wij zijn inmiddels begonnen met de voorbereidingen voor het filmen van de slag bij Coevorden

@HistoryHustle 11 месяцев назад

Dank voor je bericht!

@jean-francoisrousseau1108 Год назад

Very interesting thanks

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Thanks for your response.

@fransvanderzee9480 Год назад

Love you're footnotes.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

😎👍

@franciswhite4032 Год назад

Maas not Meuse. The British predilection for adopting French names is absurd (e.g. Aix-la-Chapelle instead of Aachen). I lived in South Limburg from '86 - '97, some of which I worked at Tapijn Kasern in Maastricht. En ik spreek Nederlands maar wel met een zachte g.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Ok, internationally it is named is Meuse.

@8000296 Год назад

Top Stefan!

@HistoryHustle Год назад

👍

@zillsburyy1 Год назад

if germany and russia stayed friends do you think they would have been dislodged?

@HistoryHustle Год назад

Dunno.

@theodorossarafis7370 Год назад

Great video but i disagree with the footnotes. every battle even if it is a small has has a cost in human lives but also in the turn of a war. maachricht maybe was not that important but the invasion of Netherlands brought a new rise to warfare.

@HistoryHustle Год назад

I understand. With footnote I mean it's not very well known.