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It is early 1940. The Allies are counting on a long war and are slowly building up their forces to go on offensive the next year. It is in Germanys interests to attack the Allies as soon as possible to have the best chance for victory. On May 10th 1940 it launches an all out attack on France and the Low countries, beginning the Battle of France.
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@ilhamionur
@ilhamionur 4 года назад
Finally never clicked something that fast.
@walidhousni3186
@walidhousni3186 4 года назад
As fast as the battle of france
@menm8903
@menm8903 4 года назад
Same
@louiscasteran6298
@louiscasteran6298 4 года назад
Clicked faster than Danemark's surrender
@Amani-zo8ic
@Amani-zo8ic 4 года назад
Clicked faster than Luxembourg s invasion
@therwfer
@therwfer 4 года назад
Too right man! Eastory is one of those rare instaclick channels.
@TheMovie12345
@TheMovie12345 4 года назад
His Videos always make me wanna play Hearts of Iron
@TheZungul
@TheZungul 4 года назад
same here :)
@SleepyJoeFlorida
@SleepyJoeFlorida 4 года назад
“HeartHs of Iron”
@wsewse
@wsewse 4 года назад
I love the game but damn i wish the combat was at least a little more detailed. Just imagine doing large scale campaigns of acting and reacting to enemy movements like it was shown here.
@aceadamgaming405
@aceadamgaming405 4 года назад
WSE WSE wat I hate the most in Hoi4 is the ai brains. Sometimes in Russia it’s a good challenge (once you’ve enscircled the absolute hell of division spam) but the other day I landed paratroopers and naval invaded the Caucasus and the friggin ai decide to abandon the entire eastern front! No joke! They literally moved all of their 200+ divisions to counter my tiny naval invasion.
@lars1228
@lars1228 4 года назад
@@aceadamgaming405 Now we've got a working strat :)
@BenLynch1
@BenLynch1 3 года назад
"Although the French were successful at resisting attempts by Italy" Of course.
@KobaAM
@KobaAM 3 года назад
Can you imagine being Hitler and seeing the Allies Stalin has and then turn around and see shitty ass Mussolini getting his ass kicked at every turn and Japan halfway around the world? He might as well have not even had major Allies.
@rastas4766
@rastas4766 3 года назад
Rob you don’t have to imagine that when you play HOI4. Most frustrating country to be an ally with, yet advantageous since you have a route into Africa the Mediterranean. I seriously deploy my units to guard their coasts cause if I don’t, they get naval invaded and I have to bail them out.
@cCiIcCo
@cCiIcCo 3 года назад
Fun Facts: Italy had changed sides after the fall of Mussolini. The Declaration of War was given by Pietro Badoglio to the German ambassador in Madrid.... ..... also Bulgaria Romania and Finland changed sides in '44-'45. How convenient
@alessandrobannaarmycolla9416
@alessandrobannaarmycolla9416 3 года назад
Ben Lynch IAM Italian and iam happy u guys told us we are retarded so we rethink WHAT WE DO
@Atlantisimo
@Atlantisimo 3 года назад
If you know Alps, you know how difficult to pass through them. In 1944 the Allies conquered southern France and they didn't even try to cross the Alps to northern Italy to finish the german forces there... because they know how difficult it'd have been, even with an overwelming superiority in everything.
@napoleonbonaparte1583
@napoleonbonaparte1583 3 года назад
I want to talk with that French HQ. let me tell them one or two things on how to win against a superior army.
@mazen6446
@mazen6446 3 года назад
Could have defeated them in detail
@Z0mbify
@Z0mbify 3 года назад
Would've told Hitler about the Winter in Russia.
@Pioneer_DE
@Pioneer_DE 3 года назад
I dont think you good sir know a thing about winning battles in Belgium....
@esparta4042
@esparta4042 3 года назад
U wanna contact their manager?
@nstice1
@nstice1 3 года назад
Let your commanders and Lieutenants make tactical decisions on the ground with an overall goal from the high command.
@theyoshi202
@theyoshi202 4 года назад
“Sir we’re fighting a two front war” “I know, it’s awful isn’t it? They’re surrounding us in Dunkirk in the north and on the Seine in the south” “No I mean we’re getting attacked in the Alps” “Oh, we are?”
@Thebluernemace
@Thebluernemace 4 года назад
france dies to germany in 40 days but mussolini cant cross the alps
@vijaydanushkodi4980
@vijaydanushkodi4980 4 года назад
Idk what’s more embarrassing the French not recognizing Italy’s involvement at all or Italy’s failed invasion on the mighty nation of Greece.
@forexdragon
@forexdragon 4 года назад
Give me Polish or Ethiopian soldiers over Italians anyday. Even better, give me Greeks. Italians need to stick to fashion and food. Italians are a disgrace to the military tradition of the Roman legions, unlike the Greeks, who truly fought bravely just like their ancestors.
@forexdragon
@forexdragon 4 года назад
@@Thebluernemace He barely beat the Ethiopians and Greeks (with German help).
@briangarcia1540
@briangarcia1540 4 года назад
@@Ravi-jb5dq Caesar wasn't even alive to see the Roman Empire, why would he care?
@Autonova
@Autonova 4 года назад
Imagine burning to death in a tank only for the history books to recall your effort as a completely ineffective counterattack.
@BachelorChowFlavour
@BachelorChowFlavour 4 года назад
I think if I was burning to death I wouldn't be thinking of what will be in history books 70 years in the future
@arwing20
@arwing20 4 года назад
I mean you just summed up most German operations 1943-1945, not just a French problem
@darklysm8345
@darklysm8345 4 года назад
same thing to germany in 1944, 1945. They still fought hard and manage to deal millions of casualties to the soviets. Still the western memeculture think the soviets rushed berlin in 2 days after stalingrad lol
@hagnartheviking6584
@hagnartheviking6584 4 года назад
@@darklysm8345 to be fair after stalingrad the Germans spent way to much for little gain. They didnt have the oil and people to fuel the war the allies were just finally done ramping up.
@MrPhungCS104
@MrPhungCS104 4 года назад
History rarely remembers the individual suffering during wars. "One death is a tragedy, a million death is a statistic" - Kurt Tucholsky
@potato23116
@potato23116 3 года назад
A French soldier: I saw that same german tank 5 times this week
@the_phen0m639
@the_phen0m639 3 года назад
I don't get it ;-;
@the_phen0m639
@the_phen0m639 2 года назад
@@zerker12312 oh- lol oki-
@Lovecars1218
@Lovecars1218 2 года назад
@@the_phen0m639 and also funny because while the breakthrough at Sedan, the German southern flank was at some time just secured by a single Tank, which maneuvered around at a wood edge to appear in different spots at different times so the French thought there must be dozens of tanks protecting haha
@markalanajon3295
@markalanajon3295 2 года назад
@@Lovecars1218 oh damn thats was a genius move for the German and a wuss move for the French
@michaelschmid9567
@michaelschmid9567 2 года назад
Rommels ghost division?
@danielzylberkan1587
@danielzylberkan1587 3 года назад
I study WWI way more than WWII and you hear these river and place names that the Germans took in weeks that 25 years before they were fought over 4 years. It's insane
@boss180888
@boss180888 3 года назад
you need to remember that the germans reached the marne in a month but were defeated, but not so much they were routed, but just enough for it to be a stalemate, then both sides dug in, with no tanks to help them through(the first tanks were crap only by 1918 did they start getting better). Here the allies fucked up big time leaving a gab in their lines in the ardennes and the germans just plunged into it with everything they had, most of that fast pacing was over open ground...
@lalolara123
@lalolara123 Год назад
I see it as God's justice for Germany. Eventually, the Germans got defeated but they did avenge the loss and tough reparations of WW1
@bellazi7636
@bellazi7636 11 месяцев назад
​@@lalolara123 solution final
@wildfire9280
@wildfire9280 10 месяцев назад
@@lalolara123 Nice bait.
@ianhowe1449
@ianhowe1449 8 месяцев назад
Yeah, airborne + the difference in tank technology really changed the dynamics of WWII vs WWI. It is wild to think about.
@gutsjoestar7450
@gutsjoestar7450 4 года назад
"If you build an army of 100 lions, and their leader is a dog, in any fight the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a Lion, all dogs will fight as a lion. " - Napoleon Bonaparte
@danieljames6138
@danieljames6138 4 года назад
Famous Kat I feel like this theory lacks scientific testing
@billy9534
@billy9534 4 года назад
Pian war isn’t scientific
@MarpoLoco
@MarpoLoco 3 года назад
@jpc1918 Also there are enough examples of inferior troops beaten by a numerically superior enemy ;-). A good leader also can make his men dying like lions. :-P
@rawr5910
@rawr5910 3 года назад
@Águila701 Lmao im dead
@danieljames6138
@danieljames6138 3 года назад
I was joking fellas. Obviously the analogy has accuracy but a literal army of 100 dogs led by a fucking lion would end badly
@HistoryHustle
@HistoryHustle 4 года назад
Interesting enough there was also a second Siege of Dunkirk that started with the Normandy breakout in 1944. The Germans trapped held out till May 1945.
@aceadamgaming405
@aceadamgaming405 4 года назад
History Hustle yeah when I found out about that the irony was glorious
@lars1228
@lars1228 4 года назад
Interesting, always that that was just a pocket that was ignored as the Allies ran east to the Siegfried line and the Rhine and just never bothered with it
@theyoshi202
@theyoshi202 4 года назад
The irony!
@markhenley3097
@markhenley3097 4 года назад
Also the Channel Islands were held by the Germans until the rest of Germany surrendered. They tried to negotiate a ceasefire and claim the blockade was harming the civilian population but the siege lasted until May 1945.
@markhenley3097
@markhenley3097 4 года назад
@@lars1228 Not on the Western Front but the Germans also held Courland (in Lithuania) until May 1945.
@hebl47
@hebl47 3 года назад
"Germany found itself in a war with Britain and France." Well, I guess that's one way to put it.
@austinmontgomery117
@austinmontgomery117 3 года назад
That's the only way to put it unless you've been brainwashed by Allied propaganda.
@hebl47
@hebl47 3 года назад
@@austinmontgomery117 Okay, mr. Edgelord.
@iyoutubeperson4336
@iyoutubeperson4336 3 года назад
@@austinmontgomery117 germany brought it upon themselves to invade poland and to ignore the munich conference
@nicholaswilley9001
@nicholaswilley9001 3 года назад
@@austinmontgomery117 Germany was the aggressor. It was Germany who attacked Poland, not the other way around, you Nazi sympathizer...
@Gothicc_senpai
@Gothicc_senpai 3 года назад
​@@nicholaswilley9001 with the soviet union
@alimoradi8454
@alimoradi8454 3 года назад
France in real history: fighting to the last piece of land France in hoi4: capitulates immediately after 1 panzer division sneaks to Paris
@mikoajh2747
@mikoajh2747 3 года назад
Nah wdym u drop 5 paratroopers on the 5 victory points in the north and its gg
@willkp50
@willkp50 2 года назад
“Fighting to the last piece of land” Not really. They were only one of two countries during the entire war to sign a conditional surrender with Germany.
@simplifier_
@simplifier_ 2 года назад
@@willkp50 who is second?
@willkp50
@willkp50 2 года назад
@@simplifier_ Denmark
@Atajew
@Atajew 2 года назад
"Last piece of land", *Immediately retreats from paris and leaves behind the other half of france*
@Count_Gustav
@Count_Gustav 4 года назад
12:09 Eastory: Historically accurate playable tanks *video immediately showing Panther II*
@RemingtonSVK
@RemingtonSVK 4 года назад
Historical battles - Sturmpanzer vs Abrams
@hippityhop9522
@hippityhop9522 4 года назад
Historically accurate depiction of tanks of that century, not a historically accurate timeline. In the game you can see thanks from WW2 fighting cold war tanks.
@CapitalTeeth
@CapitalTeeth 4 года назад
Who cares? It's fun to imagine if they did see combat.
@Certio0
@Certio0 4 года назад
@@hippityhop9522 There is "Simulation mode" that has spawn lists corresponding to the depicted battle.
@nochybanieraczej2307
@nochybanieraczej2307 4 года назад
Yeah? Lets talk about World of Tanks.
@gamename00
@gamename00 4 года назад
French general: I can't see any menace to our country except germans. French soldier: Sir the Italians are attacking us. French General: I can't see any menace to our country except Germans.
@SB-og3sl
@SB-og3sl 4 года назад
I remember once seeing a small scrimmage statistic between 9 French and a group of Italians. Then end of the attack was something like 9 captured French and 200+dead and wounded Italians.
@r.c.1881
@r.c.1881 4 года назад
My, our performance against the beaten French Army in the alps was embarrassing to say the least. Oddly enough, five years later the French tried the same, and they too got their asses handed over by ragtag remains of Italian armed forces. I guess only the Swiss ca do some proper fighting in the Alps
@gamename00
@gamename00 4 года назад
@@r.c.1881The area of French alps Is very difficult to pass on both sides. Italian army had prepared a plan to fight the French on that front dice the end of 1800's and the tactic was very simple:. But Mussolini wanted a glorious campaign and failed.
@gamename00
@gamename00 4 года назад
@@r.c.1881 You are right Swiss defenses in mountains could have be simply impassable even for Germany
@Matt.71
@Matt.71 4 года назад
@@r.c.1881 I've heard about that 1945 French offensive multiple times but no one has ever been able to give me a link to a site speaking about it
@valmanway3800
@valmanway3800 3 года назад
Meanwhile HoI4 players: "Can we simply drop paratroopers on their core states?"
@lucaszerafa178
@lucaszerafa178 3 года назад
more like on their victory points
@greaterbritannia5745
@greaterbritannia5745 3 года назад
1st September: Germany Declared war on France 1st September: Paris has fallen
@RazorsharpLT
@RazorsharpLT 3 года назад
Hey, it worked with Holland
@justjustice8968
@justjustice8968 3 года назад
It's mostly from Soviet (and modern Russia) propaganda
@user-yj5xq5zh8l
@user-yj5xq5zh8l 2 года назад
@@greaterbritannia5745 September 2nd: all France has fallen
@gurbajsingh8283
@gurbajsingh8283 3 года назад
And they said French surendered without trying
@galactica604
@galactica604 3 года назад
@BullseyeBullsclaw ok keyboard warrior
@pentoil8275
@pentoil8275 3 года назад
@BullseyeBullsclaw keyboard coward?
@gutsjoestar7450
@gutsjoestar7450 3 года назад
it was the first time french lost a war so badly, but at least; it wasn't that bad they fought bravely no one is talking how bad dutch , belgian , british danish and italian were enough france beaten up italian in the alpes
@undeadnightorc
@undeadnightorc 3 года назад
The ease with which the French surrendered made the Germans think the same thing would happen in Russia, an opponent they felt was far inferior to the French and British.
@andrewjones9547
@andrewjones9547 3 года назад
no one says that they say after a short amount of fighting, they just gave themselves up
@25thturtle48
@25thturtle48 4 года назад
Rommel: I recognize the council has made a decision but given that it's a stupidass decision, I've elected to ignore it
@Serioussux
@Serioussux 3 года назад
@@Ravi-jb5dq Thats a suprisingly reasonable way to do things.
@delawareK
@delawareK 3 года назад
well they allow him to do recon and he did it his way, he was lucky, Germany could lost significant amount of armored, well trained units, and then later get rekt by Soviet union without any chance to occupy any part of soviet's territory
@ForelliBoy
@ForelliBoy 4 года назад
French: "We have time! The German tanks have to slow down to let their infantry catch up!" German Command: "Gottverdammt that wasn't your orders, let us catch up and resupply you before you get caught!" Rommel: running in the 40s
@AOE3IET
@AOE3IET 4 года назад
Haha panzer go brrr
@markhenley3097
@markhenley3097 4 года назад
@TheSatanicTicTac I'm just r u n n i n g i n t h e 4 0 s
@RazgrizRed9
@RazgrizRed9 4 года назад
@@markhenley3097 ... with Panzer DIvision three...
@maxk4471
@maxk4471 4 года назад
tnx 4 your comment, didn't know that in lead of that panzer division was Rommel
@RazgrizRed9
@RazgrizRed9 4 года назад
@@maxk4471 Rommel commanded 7th Panzer in France - I just used three to continue on the song :D
@ShaDoW-uc7bn
@ShaDoW-uc7bn 3 года назад
I am really curious to find out how you traced all division movements. I would be very interested to watch a video of you explaining the "making of" these map videos. Would be awesome!
@olerasmussen72
@olerasmussen72 2 года назад
I think 80 % was fantasy
@uniqueperson.heart_
@uniqueperson.heart_ 2 года назад
He had teams and other helpers. Pretty obvious just a single guy can't do this. Honestly this would take 3 years or so to even finish if your alone doing it plus the animation you have to make.
@dakota6050
@dakota6050 2 года назад
Well theres a reason he doesnt go farther back than ww2 usually since its the only one he can probably track
@nika6184
@nika6184 2 года назад
This map isnt work of this guy, but historians from ww2 channel, who actually make video of ww day by day through researchs,, analysis and facts
@ShaDoW-uc7bn
@ShaDoW-uc7bn 2 года назад
​@@nika6184 He wasn't working with them when he made the Eastern Front videos though.
@EzraRhawn
@EzraRhawn 3 года назад
*Everybody gangsta until someone crosses the maginot line*
@ermin2970
@ermin2970 3 года назад
But nobodey acc did.
@fortune3911
@fortune3911 3 года назад
@@ermin2970 the germans did.
@justindematte760
@justindematte760 3 года назад
@@fortune3911 no noone cross Maginot Line, they just cross arround it, but not through
@stahl1624
@stahl1624 3 года назад
@@justindematte760 Someone doesn’t know there history. Funny how that is possible considering something called the fucking internet exists.
@cyrosubod2317
@cyrosubod2317 2 года назад
@@justindematte760 the german did cross the maginot line
@LilShrimp01
@LilShrimp01 4 года назад
French in the Alps: "You guys had ONE job, don't lose the northern line. ONE JOB."
@brunnersamuel4615
@brunnersamuel4615 3 года назад
You can't do shit after eating pasta
@XVducoeur
@XVducoeur 3 года назад
Fighting Italy is not a big challenge though...they haven't win a battle since the Roman empire ;)
@MrFuckthechicken
@MrFuckthechicken 3 года назад
@@XVducoeur It's wrong, italian won lot of battle after roman empire ! and french alps army fought italian and german from june 1940 to the armistice
@riri3531
@riri3531 3 года назад
@@MrFuckthechicken And even afterwards lmao. Some defense posts were cut off by the italians and didn't get the memo of the Armistice until days after.
@MrFuckthechicken
@MrFuckthechicken 3 года назад
@@riri3531 Yes it's true :)
@Telenil
@Telenil 4 года назад
French history books say the worst inferiority of our army was not in guns, in planes or even in tanks, but in the brains of our generals. The French had always intended to let the German attack first, yet the drive into Belgium and Holland meant the Army was left with *no reserve whatsoever* against a possible German breakthrough. If the front was pierced for any reason, there was *nothing* to stop the German from driving anywhere they wanted. On May 13th, men panicked under air bombardment. They barely fought at all, they simply abandonned their guns and fled. On May 15th, generals ordered a full retreat, but the troops didn't withdraw in good order and they were all overrun. After that it only took five more days for the German to drive 300km to the coast... By June 5th the troops had recovered enough to make a last stand on the Somme, but by then the German had such an advantage in numbers that it was over in three days. Interesting trivia: the French 4th Armored Division, the one that did something, was commanded by then-colonel Charles de Gaulle.
@pierresihite8854
@pierresihite8854 4 года назад
Yeah de Gaulle was becoming somewhat of a threat but that was quickly ended
@leoconstant
@leoconstant 4 года назад
I agree for the most part but it is simply not true that the men did not put up a fight and just abandoned their guns and fled. The fact that approx. 60,000 French soldiers died in just 6 weeks of combat shows how untrue that statement is. I strongly recommend Dominique Lormier's various books on the topic, especially "Comme des lions : Mai-juin 1940 : le sacrifice héroïque de l'armée française" which sheds a well-needed light on this.
@chchnm4n176
@chchnm4n176 4 года назад
the french also could have easily invaded germany in 1939 since most of the german army was focused on invading poland, although they did enter germany, it wasnt that big of an invasion and the french forces withdrew back to the maginot line anyway had the french actually invaded germany in 1939, it would be possible for the war to end before it even started.
@freakingemu
@freakingemu 4 года назад
It’s the Netherlands not Holland
@demolitiondan6368
@demolitiondan6368 4 года назад
The problem is that the attack stroke the Corap's 9th Army - so called army,because it was 'Ardennes's Army Detachement' before the war. Ill-equiped divisions, with no-AT and DCA, effectivly manned with low-rank conscrit that fled before the airstrike. The best german sword vs the worst french meat. Should the confrontation had happened in Belgium (versus the 3rd Army Group, the best we had), it may have been a draw.
@paultrigger3798
@paultrigger3798 2 года назад
it's honestly insane how large these formations are. A division is a large element and they are a dot here.
@haldir3120
@haldir3120 Год назад
Now imagine how big the Eastern front Was with 200 divisons for the Fascists alone in 1941.
@CarthagoMike
@CarthagoMike 3 года назад
Germany: _"Surrender or I will bomb your cities"_ Netherlands: _Surrenders_ Germany: *_Bombs anyways_*
@tomjaap2933
@tomjaap2933 3 года назад
The planes did not receive the message
@f.s.1429
@f.s.1429 3 года назад
message of surrender came shortly after the bombing started.
@Twiggy163
@Twiggy163 3 года назад
Actual event: Germany: For the love of... you're fucking up my plans for a fast invasion! Surrender or we'll bomb your cities! Netherlands: you didnt sign this document, its not official. Germany: Sigh, ok now its signed. Surrender! Netherlands: fine, we surrender Germany: ehm.. sorry the planes were already underway. Netherlands: AUW! RIGHT IN MY ROTTERDAM!
@kewltony
@kewltony 3 года назад
Churchill: terror bomb deez nuts m8
@ulcolandheer773
@ulcolandheer773 3 года назад
@@tomjaap2933 Onzin. Kesselring did not want to stop the bombing. It was planned for the 13th actually, but bad weather postponed it. The message from the groundforces not to bomb Rotterdam was ignored. The planes did not receive a message, because the Germans never sent one. Probably because the fallschirmjäger around The Hague were getting their arse kicked by the Dutch army. The second wave for later on the 14th was already in the air in the afternoon and was recalled.
@verbinski3195
@verbinski3195 4 года назад
Sweat saves blood, Blood saves lives, But brain saves both. - Erwin Rommel
@tanguygodeau7106
@tanguygodeau7106 4 года назад
"... and disobedience wins wars"
@elpresidente5767
@elpresidente5767 4 года назад
"And fighting across the sea was a logistic blunder for germany"
@m7cky909
@m7cky909 3 года назад
German generals were probably the smartest among all of the major allied nations.
@verbinski3195
@verbinski3195 3 года назад
@@m7cky909 Of course! German Generals like Manstein and Rommel were Smarter than Montgomery. But we all know that Rommel lost the desert war becuase of the lack of suplies given to them by hitler.
@genericusername1993
@genericusername1993 3 года назад
You probably got that from hoi4
@lvcivssylvvs8796
@lvcivssylvvs8796 4 года назад
France: REEEE you can’t just move your tanks up without consolidating positions with your infantry first! Rommel: Haha panzer goes bbrrrrr
@HragFarraGaming
@HragFarraGaming 4 года назад
Or was it Heinz Guderian?
@mangoshi1251
@mangoshi1251 4 года назад
Actually, both did this. It is what disorganized the French armored divisions and let the Germans reach the Channel one week after crossing the Meuse.
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin
@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin 4 года назад
More like Guderian said that
@user-iu6tr5xo5t
@user-iu6tr5xo5t 4 года назад
@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Ich mag Toastbrot
@viikmaqic
@viikmaqic 3 года назад
Im just amazed the panzers did not get destroyed by the infantry, Tanks are usually useless without support from the infantry
@garthlyon
@garthlyon 3 года назад
RIP my great-uncle Lt Ian S. Thomson, KIA 28th May 1940 at the Ypres-Comines canal (7:20 on this animation). Along with so many comrades of the Royal Scots Guards who were ordered to "hold the line at all costs" while BES evacuated at Dunkirk.
@psgamer-il2pt
@psgamer-il2pt 9 месяцев назад
I have a huge respect for everyone who held the lines while they evacuated at Dunkirk.
@centerleft4957
@centerleft4957 3 года назад
Had to watch several times to see all the detail went into the operation. Thank you so much for showing such detail troops movements
@vilzupuupaa4680
@vilzupuupaa4680 4 года назад
"Guys it's happening! Everybody stay calm!"
@nandinhocunha440
@nandinhocunha440 4 года назад
Ahahahahahaaaaahhh
@vilzupuupaa4680
@vilzupuupaa4680 4 года назад
@@nandinhocunha440 Can I comment without getting trolls? Feels impossible nowadays.
@StromcekDavid
@StromcekDavid 4 года назад
@@vilzupuupaa4680 it is impossible.
@vilzupuupaa4680
@vilzupuupaa4680 4 года назад
@@StromcekDavid unfortunately I think that's true.
@nandinhocunha440
@nandinhocunha440 4 года назад
@@vilzupuupaa4680 it ls rare
@BergheVonTrips1
@BergheVonTrips1 4 года назад
"So what are you doing in your free-time?" "It's complicated."
@brunnersamuel4615
@brunnersamuel4615 3 года назад
Wars are stupid, but mine is plenty of sense
@PaynesGamingGalaxy
@PaynesGamingGalaxy Год назад
I love coming back to these videos commonly. They are well animated, show the divisions precisely, and shows almost all battles.
@vitanus
@vitanus 3 года назад
11:01 Italy doing Italy things again :D
@falxnecis
@falxnecis 3 года назад
Still, the italian offensive lasted 4 days and then France surrendered (to both Germany and Italy) :DD
@JosiahJS976
@JosiahJS976 2 года назад
So not being able to bypass heavy fortifications on the largest mountains in Europe is ineffectiveness?
@vitanus
@vitanus 2 года назад
@@JosiahJS976 dont be salty, the Italians werent in any position to wage war, their economy and army weren´t modernized enough to keep either of the other european powers at bay. The capabilities to wage war left Italy with the roman empire 2000 years ago :D
@francescofulminis
@francescofulminis 2 года назад
@@vitanus Italy still did better than France in WW2
@vitanus
@vitanus 2 года назад
@@francescofulminis Aha. France only lost the Battle of France ... then they were out. Italy lost the War of Serbia/Balkans, Tunesia, Syria, Egypt and Italy itself. Italy had also an incredible advantage at the start of the war in Africa. They had like 300.000, a whole army while Britain had something like 30.000 men in ther area? And they beat the Italians and drove them back to Tunisia. I pretty sure a French army would have invaded Egypt without any help from their allies. The Italian army was underequiped and the Officers incompetent. The country was led by a war and glory hungry fachist, starting wars the Italian army wasn ready for at all. It doesnt get much worse than that if you ask me ... France was occupied early on, they had little to no options
@DarronGA
@DarronGA 4 года назад
German High command: Rommel no!! You can't just advance your motorized divisions while leaving the Infantry divisions behind!! Rommel: ha ha panzer go brrr brrr
@VRichardsn
@VRichardsn 4 года назад
Nice meme, but Rommel didn't command motorised divisions. He was in command of just one division, and it was armored.
@DarronGA
@DarronGA 4 года назад
@@VRichardsn right, I get motorized and armored mixed up a lot. Sorry.
@VRichardsn
@VRichardsn 4 года назад
@@DarronGA Please, no need to apologise. All is well.
@sarpwilliamkugtan973
@sarpwilliamkugtan973 4 года назад
This is the most wholesome thing I've seen all week
@VRichardsn
@VRichardsn 4 года назад
@jpc1918 Cue Sabaton
@einliterpfandflasche1234
@einliterpfandflasche1234 4 года назад
Oh my god it's happening everybody stay calm! Seriously I waited so long for this
@vilzupuupaa4680
@vilzupuupaa4680 4 года назад
We had the same idea.
@harleyokeefe5193
@harleyokeefe5193 4 года назад
vilzu puupää unfortunately for them history will not see it that way 😂
@ShaDoW-uc7bn
@ShaDoW-uc7bn 4 года назад
!!!!!!!!!!! same af
@vilzupuupaa4680
@vilzupuupaa4680 4 года назад
@@harleyokeefe5193 my comment is actually one minute older. Well I guess history isn't always written by the victors.
@zahranvidian3194
@zahranvidian3194 4 года назад
whats the procedure?
@klenhattMate
@klenhattMate 7 месяцев назад
The amount of study it takes to understand which unit of what country was on which area, and how accurate you can be with the border along with what battle was fought on what date is incredible. Bravo.
@user-be1gp5rc5p
@user-be1gp5rc5p 3 года назад
I really love this videos, this animation and the way it is described the events. It's so much better and more interesting than history at school. Thanks Eastory
@taehakkang4496
@taehakkang4496 4 года назад
0:22 "This video is sponsored by War Thunder. We are on that later" Best RU-vidr Ever.
@iain8837
@iain8837 3 года назад
More on that later.
@fortune3911
@fortune3911 3 года назад
@@iain8837 tru
@fortune3911
@fortune3911 3 года назад
E
@Razvy800
@Razvy800 3 года назад
Beige is that you?
@obiwankenobi4252
@obiwankenobi4252 4 года назад
Interesting to see how Rommel and Guderian defying the orders of their superiors led to the German victory. Had they waited for the infantry the French and British would have consolidated and surrounded the German spearhead.
@Sphere723
@Sphere723 4 года назад
Yeah, the more you learn about the Battle of France, the more you realize the success of the German attack rested on a knife-edge. If two or three French divisions are in a different spot, or relocate half a day faster the whole armored thrust is bottled up and history is perhaps very different. That being said, the interwar German military had focused on rapid movement and promoting initiative so that even little advantages could be exploited. The French on the other hand had focused on centralizing command so that units worked according to a deliberate grand plan. They failed to realize how much even a few hours waiting for a dispatch rider to deliver orders might make the difference between stopping a German division or being overrun. The French high command did not understand the new pace of war.
@obiwankenobi4252
@obiwankenobi4252 4 года назад
@@Sphere723 I perfectly agree here. A common theme throughout the entire campaign is the German Divisions being simply faster than their foes'.
@Sphere723
@Sphere723 4 года назад
@@obiwankenobi4252 It's interesting watching documentaries from the early post war era (1950's-60'). There's a lot of emphasis placed on the French solider lacking morale and a will to fight. Made lethargic and indifferent from the political turmoil of the 3rd Republic, and the military focus on a defensive doctrine. But when you actually sit down and look at how the battle played out, it was really just the fact that the Allies did not have the right divisions in the right spots at the right time. When the elite French divisions and BEF met the German Army Group A in Belgium, they gave as good as they got. Given the rate of German loses (especially in Tanks) it's unlikely that the German army could have advanced much past the French-Belgium border in the absence of a breakthrough. Likewise, the units on the Maginot line fought quite hard. It's really just the 2nd rate and cobbled together units in the Ardennes and Sedan that were completely overmatched. That and the loss of air superiority to the Germans are really what decided the campaign. Not that the average French soldier was unwilling to fight.
@obiwankenobi4252
@obiwankenobi4252 4 года назад
@@Sphere723 the stereotype comes from the fact that, post-war, the Americans despised the French, so much so that both FDR and Truman wanted to punish France for having cooperated with the Germans for longer than they had fought against them, unlike the Poles, who never surrendered and/or formed satellite states. The only reason the Americans didn't have their way was that Churchill wanted a strong and friendly France as the primary defense of Western Europe against the USSR (as West Germany was demilitarized and Italy was in economic turmoil and there was the risk of a communist coup d'etat). To this, combine the Suez Crisis and it's easy to see why relations between the Franco-British and the Americans weren't very good until the '70s. But, in the end, the capitulation of France in 1940 was inevitable, as the only way I could see them making the right decisions was if they had post war hindsight.
@laurent8214
@laurent8214 3 года назад
@@Sphere723 a simple air reconn on Ardennes and a better mechanized units relocation with ac and arty support but allies were so slow to execute relocation...
@XxKINGatLIFExX
@XxKINGatLIFExX 2 года назад
This is the first time I have ever seen a video on this scale showing the positions of all the divisions over an entire country level. I doubt to think that each position is accurate but even if it was that is an outstanding level of hard work to plot all that and animate the movements. Awesome job!
@rusty_thecat9880
@rusty_thecat9880 3 года назад
I’m so glad I found your channel again! You blew my mind with your Estonia video and I’m very glad there is more of that amazing quality Thank you
@Minboelf
@Minboelf 4 года назад
Napolean looking from the heaven: *Look how the government masscare my Army*
@comradejosephstalin8136
@comradejosephstalin8136 4 года назад
Heaven isn't a hotel for everyone mate
@MichaelCorryFilms
@MichaelCorryFilms 4 года назад
It could be said that Napoleon massacred his own army.
@apple3074
@apple3074 4 года назад
Bismark: Look at that escargots! (Drinks beer)
@BlackHawk2b
@BlackHawk2b 4 года назад
@@MichaelCorryFilms No
@janusceasar7851
@janusceasar7851 4 года назад
@@MichaelCorryFilms technically every general in existence massacre their boys
@wazaaup4993
@wazaaup4993 4 года назад
I see any video from this guy i click instantly. Best animations ever.
@Cephalos666
@Cephalos666 4 года назад
I love how he's even showing reserve units shuffling around behind the fronts. His Eastern Front series shows perfectly why Germans couldn't hold many soviet offensives because of not having enough reserves, and also shows how soviet tank armies were shuffled around to their opening positions to attempt breakthroughs.
@wazaaup4993
@wazaaup4993 4 года назад
@@Cephalos666 agreed
@12345qwerty25
@12345qwerty25 4 года назад
agreed
@victorsagayda3775
@victorsagayda3775 Год назад
wow! How much a work you do that make it interactive maps, with every troops and their movie.. no words. Thank you so much!
@nikolaasp2968
@nikolaasp2968 3 года назад
0:39 The UK had mobilized very few troops in 1940, I had never realized that.
@dovetonsturdee7033
@dovetonsturdee7033 3 года назад
The British had a small population, but the largest navy on the planet. Consequently, the British army was very small compared to the major European land powers.
@dovetonsturdee7033
@dovetonsturdee7033 3 года назад
@@ludom6518 The French army in 1939 consisted of 900,000 regulars, together with a further five million men who had undergone regular training and could be called up with little delay. At the outbreak of war in September 1939, the British Army in the United Kingdom consisted of four infantry divisions up to strength, and one under strength infantry division (the 5 Infantry Division). The recently formed 1 Armoured Division was slowly being equipped with tanks and was undertaking training. There were twelve other infantry battalions scattered around the U.K. The bulk of the British Army was to the be found in the twelve first line Territorial Army divisions and twelve second line divisions. Most of the personnel in these formations were still undergoing basic training and the divisions were poorly equipped, particularly in terms of artillery and machine guns. The priority for the British Army was to put together an expeditionary force for deployment to France. This was in anticipation of a German invasion of Belgium and The Netherlands to reach France, in a similar manner to what happened in 1914. The 1 Infantry Division and 2 Infantry Division left immediately for France, with the embryonic I Corps headquarters formed from elements of Aldershot Command. The 3 Infantry Division and 4 Infantry Division followed soon afterwards, allowing II Corps to be formed in France. By May, 1940, the BEF in France consisted of 13 divisions, of which 5 were regular, 5 Territorial, and 3 semi-trained divisions to be used in second-line duties. There was also 1 Armoured Division and 1 Army Tank Brigade. The 'only' 500,000 men represented every operational division available to the British in May, 1940. Indeed, three of the divisions were neither trained nor equipped. Would you suggest that the British should have sent men who were in the early stages of training, or even those who had been in the army for a matter of days?
@owenjones7517
@owenjones7517 3 года назад
That's because Britain is a naval power. In 1940 it was still the greatest naval power in the world, its navy to defend its Empire and the British Isles itself. Britain didn't need a massive army.
@andreleclerc7231
@andreleclerc7231 3 года назад
UK policy is to let France bleed. Worked for the Crimean war, worked for World War 1. Tried to fight that war on cheap and ended up paying more than if they had given adequate help and also ended up losing its empire in the process. 500k expeditionary force? That's farcical. Freaking Belgium fielded 650,000. The whole "France is crap at war a-ha" makes for a nice cover-up story to obfuscate Albion perfidy.
@owenjones7517
@owenjones7517 3 года назад
"Britain is perfidious because they, a naval power, didn't fight have the capacity to rapidly deploy vast field armies to the Continent in the style of a land power" 🥴 As for fighting war on the cheap, I don't remember the French complaining when the British bankrolled the Entente & had the most effective army on the Western Front in 1918 🤔
@maxkennedy8075
@maxkennedy8075 4 года назад
A key factor in the German victory was communication. Post war reviews found it took ~48 hrs for an order in the high command to reach the men at the front. Radios were absent and horseback messengers were often used. This was exacerbated by French doctrine to keep the command far behind the lines (very sensible in trench warfare to keep your high command from dying to artillery fire). Compare this to the German commanders tending to lead from the front, even to an excess in Rommel’s case. Aside from that Gudarian’s insistence that every tank is equipped with a radio allowing big breakthroughs to be conducted without cohesion falling apart. Love your vids, keep it up!
@landsea7332
@landsea7332 Год назад
Excellent point - people should be more aware of this . There is the famous picture of Gudarian standing in a communications truck with an enigma machine and morse code operator . So the German Generals could make decisions on the spot. At Bletchly Park , Gordon Welshman lead a team that used triangulation of radio transmissions to figure out where each enigma machine was . They had a chart of the German hierarchy and knew from the morse code operator's touch , who was transmitting and how often commands were issued. So at Bletchly they knew who , where and how often each enigma machine was transmitting. As such , Churchill and Lord Gord knew their position was hopeless. .
@herogun5656
@herogun5656 4 года назад
3:09 The dank divisions.
@simon4781
@simon4781 4 года назад
I remember serving in the Great-meme-war with the 7th dank division "kek" during operation "Orange Man". Normie resistance was fierce at first but quickly collapsed under the relentless assault of our shitposters. That said, I look back at it as one of the high-points of my life.
@e.c.listening326
@e.c.listening326 4 года назад
I stand in awe
@emirs769
@emirs769 4 года назад
@@simon4781 Don't forget to mention Reposters expeditionary force, the 420th Karen division. It took them only 3 days to find the manager.
@n0yn0y
@n0yn0y 4 года назад
@@simon4781 damn racist. I was in the 8th Regimental Soyboy brigade of the 1st Cuck division and we attempted a DOX attack on the Trump-Suporting Deplorable Company/ MAGAt force but got pushed back by Special Pepe Spammers. Luckily, twitter bans came into full force from MSM command but the Russian Troll squad already did the damage.
@simon4781
@simon4781 4 года назад
@@n0yn0y wait... how are you alive? I heard the 8th Soyboy-brigade was court-martialed for cowardice during the siege of Tumblr.
@simplymatt6140
@simplymatt6140 3 года назад
That's a really informative graphic you used. One of the best I've ever seen, actually. Also I'm mad at how seamless that transition was to your sponsor :P Keep up the great vids!
@luciencampbell-taylor7600
@luciencampbell-taylor7600 3 года назад
Great video! Never seen this visualised so well.
@jiadeify
@jiadeify 4 года назад
After watching this video, I can see why France signed the armistice. Despite their flaws, they didn't stop fighting until they were screwed.
@theyoshi202
@theyoshi202 4 года назад
They didn’t “surrender without a fight” like ppl tend to say. They fought, but lost so thoroughly (due to inept generals) that they had no choice but to surrender.
@evoluxman9935
@evoluxman9935 4 года назад
@@theyoshi202 Had the french not surrendered they would simply have been massacred. They had to surrender (however the terms were stupid, like the French Navy not joining the Royal Navy, eventually leading to Mers El Kebir and Toulon, which for a warship fan like me, is just depressing (like Scapa Flow))
@antoniogariz2630
@antoniogariz2630 4 года назад
They could had carry on the fight from Africa. They could had combine their navy to the English one in Mediterranean sea giving no choice to Italy to conquer Africa. But France in Europe would had been totally conquered after a few months. The fight would had carry on in the mountains but France in Europe wouldn't had reach 1941
@kimok4716
@kimok4716 4 года назад
@@antoniogariz2630 Which would have probably led to the same harsh occupation that was taking place in Poland
@Norg1
@Norg1 4 года назад
@@kimok4716 yep they could of continued on the fight they still had all of southern france they could of fled to the mountains fled to north africa ..they gave up to early they just didn't want that smoke and have paris in rubble
@norwegianboyee
@norwegianboyee 4 года назад
Damn. I would love to see a Pacific war style rendition of this.
@eliasbouhout1
@eliasbouhout1 4 года назад
@Pepe the Frog Static fronts? Why would that be important?
@commando4481
@commando4481 4 года назад
Pepe the Frog it did sometimes. He could do the battle of Kohima and Imphal or certain US campaigns like Okinawa.
@SirFaceFone
@SirFaceFone 4 года назад
Would be interesting to see the Philippines. The Japanese were encircled in Manila
@norwegianboyee
@norwegianboyee 4 года назад
@Pepe the Frog But we could see troop deployments and which islands were attacked and etc. Sure it would be quite different from the "static fronts" but why should that be an issue?
@lewiss.9632
@lewiss.9632 4 года назад
*i s l a n d h o p p i n g*
@jiawenzhu5915
@jiawenzhu5915 2 года назад
Maybe you guys should know, Charles de Gaulle, a French, wrote a book about tanks attacking, ignored by the French but listened by the Germen.
@nuvis1000
@nuvis1000 2 года назад
Blitzkreig was a french book at the origin
@niceoj8996
@niceoj8996 2 года назад
the amount of details that goes in to these videos never ceases to amaze me
@bbenjoe
@bbenjoe 4 года назад
0:00 Guys, the map has an error. Slovakia has it's present day, 2020 borders. In 1939-1940 southern Slovakia was part of Hungary, as per the First Vienna Award (1938) , also Slovakia gained some territory from Poland for it's participation in the invasion.
@loetkoe27
@loetkoe27 4 года назад
Finnish border is wrong for 1940 as well, but maybe the map is supposed to depict late 1939
@gutsjoestar7450
@gutsjoestar7450 4 года назад
We don't care about Slovakia. This video is about Germany attack of France. Stop being a toxic piece of shit. We don't care
@bbenjoe
@bbenjoe 4 года назад
​@@gutsjoestar7450 You really should because Slovakia participated in the war from the first day to the last. Besides this video is trying to be as accurate as possible. Maybe I'm into details, because I'm historian, but I was quite polite when pointing out this serious error to them.
@Dave_Sisson
@Dave_Sisson 4 года назад
@@gutsjoestar7450 That's a really nasty comment. I have no special interest in the subject, but I appreciate that it does matter to some people. It's generally a nice thing to be respectful to people with different priorities to your own. So it would be great if you could think of other people as well as yourself and not insult them without a very good reason. Thanks.
@gutsjoestar7450
@gutsjoestar7450 4 года назад
But the video isn't about Slovakia it's about Germany attacking France what is wrong with Slovakia. I know you're patriotic for you're country but it's not a reason for being toxic
@shihireyaa-re.6362
@shihireyaa-re.6362 4 года назад
"Victors of the Great War" Recruitable Population: −0.3% War Support: -5% Land Doctrine Research Speed: -75%
@Perkelenaattori
@Perkelenaattori 4 года назад
France started WW2 with less population than they started WW1. They literally lost a generation in men with 1.4 million dead and overall casualties of 4.2 million. Can you imagine what that does to the population graphs?
@thi9491
@thi9491 4 года назад
Not worst than -50% capitulation limit. On the other hand, considering that all french national spirits suck, why do I want to discuss about which is the worst ?
@obiwankenobi4252
@obiwankenobi4252 3 года назад
@@thi9491 pff, the lower surrender limit isn't a problem if you improve your army and manage to defend
@fristnamelastname5549
@fristnamelastname5549 3 года назад
"Victors of nothing" Recruitable Population: -50% War Support: -75% Land Doctrine Research Speed: -100% "Memorys of the Great War" Recruitable Population: -25% War Support: - 25% Land Doctrine Research Speed: -35% "Jerry on the loose!" Recruitable Population: +35% War Support: +25% Land Doctrine Research Speed: +25% "We shall Defend Our Island!" Recruitable Population: +50% War Support: +50% Land Doctrine Research Speed: +50% "Arsenal of Democracy" Production Rate: Throw the roof!!!! Weapon Research Speed: Murica! Recruitable Population: UNLIMITED POWER!!!!!! Land Research Speed: Artillery Only! Unit Speed: +Freedom Naval Production: Endless Unit Organization: We shall overcome! Air Plane Research Speed: Enough to send the Axis, back to hell! Air Doctrine Research Speed: Fortress Strategy! +50 Attack, and Defense Against German, Japanese, and Italian Forces for 5000 Days
@iii8010
@iii8010 3 года назад
@@obiwankenobi4252 Nah, just do the national focus and thats it, improving your army better than the German one is hard af
@MismeretMonk
@MismeretMonk 3 года назад
3:50 That small dot in eastern Belgium. Are those the 40 Chasseurs Ardennais that stood their ground for 18 days?
@lijger1
@lijger1 3 года назад
That must be the forts around Liège. They held out until the day Belgium surrendered 28 May and even the day after.
@viniciusc.p3276
@viniciusc.p3276 2 года назад
do you know the name of this music?
@gatoski3603
@gatoski3603 2 года назад
Ardennes are more in the south of the country
@damienbazin9940
@damienbazin9940 2 года назад
@@viniciusc.p3276 resist and bite by sabaton
@tigaz3247
@tigaz3247 4 года назад
The transition to the commercial was actually really well done
@aaeve5676
@aaeve5676 4 года назад
"The allies wanted to give Belgium maximum assistance" **Sad Polish noises** Edit: Seems like the comments are fighting again, better grab some popcorn.
@AmosTrask29
@AmosTrask29 4 года назад
It was too late when french finish mobilize to help polish btw
@timetraveler2405
@timetraveler2405 4 года назад
Yeah right, the French faced limited opposition and had numerical advantage, they attacked but halted. They rather didn't want to help Poland.
@AmosTrask29
@AmosTrask29 4 года назад
@@timetraveler2405 well USA , belgium or Romania didnt help poland for exemple , but not french . If France won t help poland why did they declar War to Germany ? There was a plan with poland , limited attack in the first days ( what they did) and more important attack After 20days . But in 20 days poland was ever defeated , they fall too soon.
@amsfountain8792
@amsfountain8792 4 года назад
More likely they didnt want french territory becoming a war zone like in WW1. They prefered to use Belgium for that..
@AmosTrask29
@AmosTrask29 4 года назад
@@amsfountain8792 More likely they prefered defend belgium border before germany attack but belgium didn't want that and prefered to stay neutral and don't cooperate ... And this is germany who choose the place where the battle will take place , don't reverse roles .
@silverpleb2128
@silverpleb2128 4 года назад
6:55 Actually the french weres preparing a counter attack in hope to break through the german line but the British decided to retreat to french port for evacuating their troops. This decision totally annihilated the french plan SO it was decided to back in a better defensive position at Calais and Dunkerque In the first days, the british, french and belgians formed a defensive line near Dunkerque, but verry quickly, the belgian capitulated and a majority of british troops have left their positions, creating big holes on the allied defensive line, forcing the french to secure as best as they weres able the evacuation of the british and the area, they managed to defend successfully Dunkerque enough time to evacuate the majority of the BEF and even a part of the french troops in Dunkerque.
@afisto6647
@afisto6647 4 года назад
This commentary had to be on the top.
@flouy7430
@flouy7430 4 года назад
The sacrifice of the french soldier is completely forgot
@silverpleb2128
@silverpleb2128 4 года назад
@Inigo Bantok Sadly, due to Belgian neutrality, the french plan got destroyed, and due to belgian neutrality there were only few communications between them and franco-british troops
@kopzukusaft
@kopzukusaft 4 года назад
If Hitler didn't order the Tanks to stop, the evacuation would have failed pretty fast.
@silverpleb2128
@silverpleb2128 4 года назад
@@kopzukusaft If, if, if..... The gerans werent invincible; and there im talking about allies problem, not about german problems.
@mashucha
@mashucha 4 года назад
"Rate my encirclement"
@priyanks91
@priyanks91 3 года назад
Top-notch animation, especially the attention to detail ! Subbed !
@Kronosaur0s
@Kronosaur0s 4 года назад
This was like watching a horror film with that music and all. INCREDIBLE WELL DONE!!!!
@emperor_ra
@emperor_ra 4 года назад
Yeah honestly i also felt a little bit like that and even if i knew what was coming i just hoped for some reason that the French would hold.
@brandonproductions8401
@brandonproductions8401 4 года назад
Kaiser Wilhelm II looks on withe envy
@paulliu5176
@paulliu5176 4 года назад
@@emperor_ra exactly what I felt
@lotrlmao1648
@lotrlmao1648 4 года назад
if this is horror and so the eastern front 4 years series are epic, i thought russia is gonna lost, but they win the battle of moscow which is the first victory against german, thats really epic even they almost lost hope
@Zagskrag
@Zagskrag 4 года назад
It reflects the feelings I had when I played France in Hearts of Iron 4 for the first time.
@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074
@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074 4 года назад
9:53 it is the speed of the units that changes the whole game. The german's tank units were so fast that it would be impossible for the slower french units to reform the line. If you have played any strategy games, you got my point. Of course, no one knew this when they were first persons in 1940 as they were not sitting here like us watching eastory's documentary and map without fog of war.
@leonpaelinck
@leonpaelinck 2 года назад
Except that the Germans displayed their speed in the Battle of Poland. That's why the allies were too late to help.
@mehmedalijabarak5576
@mehmedalijabarak5576 Год назад
So playing strategy games makes me a military Historian?
@sanjaikumartiwari8275
@sanjaikumartiwari8275 5 месяцев назад
​@@mehmedalijabarak5576😂😂.
@nyana6641
@nyana6641 3 месяца назад
German HQ: Stop we are losing the connection with you The German tank commander zooted off of meth and hasn’t slept in 2 days: NOO
@melvillebartleby6285
@melvillebartleby6285 3 года назад
It's a real professional work! Thank you!
@demolitiondan6368
@demolitiondan6368 4 года назад
Should also have precised that Petain called in the radio for a cease-fight the 17th June. After that, the Army resistance on the Loire, which could have been very more significative, crumbled.
@chrisd8866
@chrisd8866 4 года назад
One of Petain's first crimes. Many soldiers assumed his announcement implied an end to hostilities and were thus easily captured, the number of french prisoners/hostages/slaves taken by the germans skyrocketed between June 17th and 25th when the armistice finally took effect.
@demolitiondan6368
@demolitiondan6368 4 года назад
@@chrisd8866 Alas he had the right to do so - the National Assembly gave him full powers the days before. Here come the great mistake (and cowardice) of the politics in 1940 - instead of taking their responsability and retreat to North Africa (which certainly could have been) they shattered in conflict and finally decided to keep on fighting ... by giving power to the guy who told everyone to give up ! Big Mistake - the kind which happens one time in a century ! Simulations have been made - France could have fight on. The decision was politic, certainly not military. Army was defeated, of course, but so was the english one. And she still landed in Normandy 4 years laters, after having fought in Africa, Burma, Greece and Italy.
@demolitiondan6368
@demolitiondan6368 4 года назад
Dont't Feed the troll
@williamshortfilm5818
@williamshortfilm5818 4 года назад
@@demolitiondan6368 Some members of the national assembly, the senate, and the government tried to continue the fight in North Africa by going to Casablamca in the French protectorate of Morroco (notably George Mandel, minister of the interior, and Pierre Mandes France, secretary of the finances). But sadly, they where arrested on their arrival by the Vichy authorities.
@demolitiondan6368
@demolitiondan6368 4 года назад
@@williamshortfilm5818 You Sir are absolutly Right. But they were not the legal government. Should it leave to Africa, things would have been different.
@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt
@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt 4 года назад
4:30 German commander try to dialouge with the panzer commander be like: German commander : Rommel wait! Let the rest of the army catch up!! Erwin Rommel :LaLaLaLaLa..... German commander : Rommel Stop! Erwin Rommel : LaLaLaLa... what? I Cant hear you German Commander : Rommel, No! Erwin Rommel : ROMMEL YES!
@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt
@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt 4 года назад
France Commander : who the hell start the tank engine in the middle of night!!! German : GUTEN NACHT
@Brisingr2392
@Brisingr2392 3 года назад
one of the best german decisions
@splatm4n8
@splatm4n8 3 года назад
@Abdul Minara Actually the 6th Panzer division that is seen advancing contrary to orders is Guderian not Rommel. Guderian had orders to slow down, but in his orders contained the message that he was still allowed to scout out the area with whatever he wanted, and went forward claiming that he was "scouting out forward". In fact in here the divisions Rommel is commanding are the 7th and 5th further North.
@splatm4n8
@splatm4n8 3 года назад
@@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt Yeah in any case though they both smashed the lines lmao
@jonakolbe4120
@jonakolbe4120 3 года назад
@@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt actually it's called "Gute Nacht" and not "Guten Nacht".
@SmilodonGer
@SmilodonGer 3 года назад
My granduncle served in the 20th motorized Infantry Division and fell at the battle of Kursk. I was always wondering where the war took him. Thanks to you, I know. It was very detailed!
@AnimatedWarMapper
@AnimatedWarMapper 3 месяца назад
One of my favorite videos you made, definitely inspired me creatively. Cheers man!
@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074
@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074 4 года назад
10:22 omg, some german panzers [2] [5] advance so fast that they even left eastory's red line behind at the top left hand corner
@goldenflame4563
@goldenflame4563 4 года назад
Blitzkrieg in a nutshell just like 7th panzer division lol
@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074
@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074 4 года назад
@@goldenflame4563 just like the guderian panzers who used reconnaissance as a reason to continue advance when hitler gave the order...
@joanj94
@joanj94 4 года назад
Loving these videos as always
@caseymauldin8396
@caseymauldin8396 4 года назад
Man, thank you for continuing to make videos.
@dennisng3465
@dennisng3465 3 года назад
Impressive live map movement and with detailed units and numbers. With that amazing narration, this is documentary class 101.
@cvetomirgeorgiev9106
@cvetomirgeorgiev9106 4 года назад
At the start of the quarantine I rewatched the invasion of France on the WW2 channel just to see those quality maps again. You're the best map maker on RU-vid
@leferraille7207
@leferraille7207 4 года назад
@Marshall Banana It's called the Invasion of France because France was the one getting invaded.
@j0shh101
@j0shh101 4 года назад
@Marshall Banana Ok either you lack brain cells or you are making a terrible joke lmao
@nikolaibaier8853
@nikolaibaier8853 4 года назад
Marshall Banana an invasion has nothing to do with who declared war on who... An invasion is when the enemy is fighting over you‘re terretory
@solomonz2821
@solomonz2821 4 года назад
To be honest, the French did practically nothing after declaring war on Germany. They did launch a minor offensive, but they almost immediately turned around and called it a day. They didn't even want to fire their artillery guns at Deutschland. In a war. Oversimplified does a great job covering the wussiness of the French during the so-called "phony war." They did defend their country, as this video shows, and you have to remember, using entire divisions of tanks as spearheads in a military assault was unheard of in 1940 - even Germany and the USSR were chums back then. However, in hindsight, the French (together with the British) could probably have completely destroyed Germany had they not been gun-shy pacifists and had they actually attacked the Krauts seriously when they had a chance. Who knows, millions of lives could have been saved had they done so. Keep in mind, however, that hindsight is 20-20
@cvetomirgeorgiev9106
@cvetomirgeorgiev9106 4 года назад
@Marshall Banana I really hope you're baiting because if you're this stupid I'd be worried
@LEFT4BASS
@LEFT4BASS 4 года назад
I appreciate that he represents the Maginot line accurately. People think the Maginot line was a bad idea, but it was built with the intent of diverting the Germans through Belgium, and it succeeded. The Biggest weaknesses in the French plan were relying on the Belgium to not abandon the allies, and thinking the Germans wouldn't attack through the Ardennes.
@raccoonmoustache
@raccoonmoustache 4 года назад
Well the maginot line was supposed to be build alongside the Belgian border too but belgium didn’t want to. I’m pretty sure France messed up because most of its allies messed up too...
@cvdheyden
@cvdheyden 3 года назад
Beautifully made video! Keep up the good work!
@bonkbonk3802
@bonkbonk3802 3 года назад
I love the animations as well as the way you inform. I understand it well now.
@jamessnee7171
@jamessnee7171 4 года назад
I'm so used to watching docs with the "British narrative" of WW II I forgot there was still a battle going on after Dunkirk. That after the Brits went home the French did not just 'give up'. There also seems to be some logic involved in the Maginot Line. Served a purpose in a specific area. And succeeded. It was the other defenses in the Ardennes that failed.
@_kenny_7463
@_kenny_7463 4 года назад
It didn't though. It actually tied down huge amounts of French troops and limited French thinking and readiness.
@Perkelenaattori
@Perkelenaattori 4 года назад
@@_kenny_7463 In a way yes but the French casualty figures in WW1 were so appalling to them that they thought they would be more cost effective in terms of human lives lost. Demographically France was in a bad place after WW1 with 1.4 million dead and almost 3 million wounded which is an entire generation in men. The French population was smaller in 1940 than it had been in 1914.
@baboushko
@baboushko 3 года назад
MrStig691 english surrendered
@roms4154
@roms4154 3 года назад
@@Perkelenaattori i do agree with you at 100% !! the context is very important !
@aleemizcool3654
@aleemizcool3654 3 года назад
@MrStig691 The English took one loss and left France out to dry. Meanwhile the french tried their hardest but failed because Germany was too advanced in their war tactics
@napoleonibonaparte7198
@napoleonibonaparte7198 4 года назад
This isn’t the army I knew... the army I knew knows how to attack and defend more
@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296
@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296 4 года назад
It's the France of an entirely different century, Nap :)
@blitzkrupp8583
@blitzkrupp8583 4 года назад
This is the only France known for Surrender
@captstainstain
@captstainstain 4 года назад
Which army? Those teenagers you managed to scrape together after 1812?
@panzerofthelake506
@panzerofthelake506 4 года назад
@@captstainstain la garande armee
@manimalekabedi82
@manimalekabedi82 4 года назад
Surrender please
@bobfromstatefarm577
@bobfromstatefarm577 3 года назад
good to see you uplaoding again! i love your content
@sleong
@sleong 10 месяцев назад
one of the greatest upsets EVER in military history.
@frenchbread952
@frenchbread952 4 года назад
I feel that I've got even more respect for the French army now, seeing how hard they fought.
@frenchbread952
@frenchbread952 4 года назад
@Karl Berg imagine, not being able to show your full potential because of a bad leadership, that just sucks. I'm going to fix that right now in hoi4, it's time for another french empire Haha!!!
@frenchbread952
@frenchbread952 4 года назад
@Cpl. Rook thanks haha, I just love this anime version of her.
@thi9491
@thi9491 4 года назад
And on the other side of Atlantic, you have the USA, or not-so-good soldiers, not-so-good tanks, but infinite amount of bombs and bombardiers. Or you can consider the Soviet "unlimited manpower" Union.
@thi9491
@thi9491 3 года назад
@Cpl. Rook Then I suppose that Germany is the one who gives everything he has had, but become more and more tired, so he fails his year, in despite of having the best grades during the first semester.
@lecapetien3223
@lecapetien3223 3 года назад
some help for your respect: According to the historian Niall Ferguson, of the 125 major European wars fought since 1495, the French have participated in 50 - more than Austria (47) and England (43). Out of 168 battles fought since 387BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10. The British tend to be rather selective about the battles they remember. Every English schoolboy was once able to recite the roll call of our glorious wins at Crécy (1346), Poitiers (1356) and Agincourt (1415), but no one’s ever heard of the French victories at Patay (1429) and (especially) at Castillon (1453), where French cannons tore the English apart, winning the Hundred Years War and confirming France as the most powerful military nation in Europe. And what about the Duke of Enghien thrashing the Spanish at Rocroi late on in the Thirty Years War in 1643, ending a century of Spanish dominance? Or the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, when General Comte de Rochambeau and American forces prevailed? The British always prided themselves on superiority at sea, but knew they could never win a land war on the Continent. France’s achievements help to explain another French “military victory”. Whether it is ranks (general, captain, corporal, lieutenant); equipment (lance, mine, bayonet, epaulette, trench); organisation (volunteer, regiment, soldier, barracks) or strategy (army, camouflage, combat, esprit de corps, reconnaissance), the language of warfare is French.
@furki7589
@furki7589 4 года назад
France and UK: „Out defences are ready“ Germany„I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move“
@andraslibal
@andraslibal 4 года назад
Warning: this move can only be played once. If you attempt it a second time in 44 they will know how to counter it.
@safe-keeper1042
@safe-keeper1042 4 года назад
In hindsight, it's obvious how ridiculously gutsy their move was. Their tanks could have been cut off so easily while they were pushing all the way to the coastline like that. Had it failed, we would have remembered it as an incredibly stupid idea. "OMG Germany broke through and sent all their tanks way ahead of the rest of their army and they were encircled and destroyed? Noobs!"
@andraslibal
@andraslibal 4 года назад
@@safe-keeper1042 when you have only one chance to end the war, you roll those dice. Germany never had a chance after this, it could never mount a cross-channel invasion, win an air war far from bases without 4 engine heavy long range bombers, isolate Britain with the few U-boats or keep the US out indefinitely. It did not even have serious plans for any of these. This is the very last chance they had for a negotiated peace with Britain.
@lkvideos7181
@lkvideos7181 4 года назад
@@andraslibal Good one.
@Nimmermaer
@Nimmermaer 4 года назад
@@andraslibal Hitler was a gambler at heart, he ALWAYS rolled the dice. He rolled the dice when he remilitarized the Rheinland, when he annexed Austria, when he claimed the Sudetenland, when he marched into Prague, when he attacked Poland, and when he went for the Sichelschnitt. His final gamble was Barbarossa (or arguably Fall Blau). And finally, his luck ran out.
@Miha8G
@Miha8G 3 года назад
Well explained. Great vid! Its been a long time since I've put anything online from War Thunder but I've played mainly ships last time I played.
@ThomasBarth-gr1sz
@ThomasBarth-gr1sz 3 месяца назад
3 years later and I still casually rewatch this just due to the sheer quality and detail of the animation
@lukepearson8851
@lukepearson8851 4 года назад
Me after watching four Eastory Videos: "Yeah, I'm a bit of a war strategist myself."
@YourAveragePersonOnTheStreets
@YourAveragePersonOnTheStreets 4 года назад
I like how he pronounces "tank" as *D A N K*
@OneAngrehCat
@OneAngrehCat 4 года назад
I will forever miss his "unnnable" from earlier videos. It's so cute.
@Alarsin0
@Alarsin0 4 года назад
The infamous German dank divisions
@slypask9185
@slypask9185 4 года назад
Panzer IV XX ?
@panachevitz
@panachevitz 4 года назад
I'm going to guess D A N K M U S subscriber?
@forexdragon
@forexdragon 4 года назад
I wonder he was pronounces the actual word 'dank' then? As in 'a dank cellar'? "Tank'? Haha. For some reason, the narrator's voice seems to have a Danish accent even though I believe he is Estonian.
@fatmanwalking8610
@fatmanwalking8610 3 года назад
French high command: There is no way the german tanks can be so quick, they need to wait for the infantry Rommel and Guderian: how about no?
@thedirty530
@thedirty530 3 года назад
I truly believe that thesse animated Videos are the teachers of the future....Thank you for your hard work!
@ahoosifoou4211
@ahoosifoou4211 4 года назад
It really shows how important the tank divisions were in massive attacks like this. A grand strategy at an epic scale. Its crazy how headquarters command on both sidescan manipulate so many divisions and men at once to attack/defend simultaneously along the front.
@aciobaniteicezar1170
@aciobaniteicezar1170 4 года назад
This guy is criminally undersubscribed! His style and his approach to history is impeccable. He deserves more subs!
@rebelforce7143
@rebelforce7143 3 года назад
Nicely done! Even the ads part is enjoyable.
@smauginent2525
@smauginent2525 3 года назад
Best battle display I've ever seen, I thoroughly enjoyed this video 👍👍
@zhengwei5769
@zhengwei5769 4 года назад
Amazing series! I especially like how to covered the alternative options for each side and the pros & cons of decisions
@mixererunio1757
@mixererunio1757 4 года назад
I waited for it so much. But what about earlier fronts? Poland, Denmark and Norway?
@nerevarchthn6860
@nerevarchthn6860 4 года назад
mixererunio they were maybe too short
@kubajackiewicz2
@kubajackiewicz2 4 года назад
@@nerevarchthn6860 afaik norway was longer but less intense and Poland was same length or slightly longer
@theyoshi202
@theyoshi202 4 года назад
Historiograph already has some good videos on the Norway campaign and Denmark’s is too short but a video on poland would be interesting
@grumpychef1539
@grumpychef1539 4 года назад
Denmark was invaded on the 9th April 1940 and only lasted a couple of hours. The Norwegians held the Germans back a bit more than the danes tho.
@lewiss.9632
@lewiss.9632 4 года назад
I would love to see the Polish front
@hans2479
@hans2479 2 года назад
Britain: Germany: Germany: You're lucky our lands ain't connected
@grifyn882
@grifyn882 2 года назад
now it is
@asfiaa5501
@asfiaa5501 10 месяцев назад
@@grifyn882how?
@hasancoban9105
@hasancoban9105 2 месяца назад
​@@asfiaa5501manche tunnel
@asfiaa5501
@asfiaa5501 2 месяца назад
@@hasancoban9105 that’s France not Germany
@twasinjunaed6709
@twasinjunaed6709 2 года назад
The French:German yanks can’t go through the Ardennes Hitler:I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move
@mircokunne5168
@mircokunne5168 4 года назад
Great work!
@BholewalaofTaranto1098
@BholewalaofTaranto1098 4 года назад
Everyone's on about Rommel. To me, the real driving force behind the German Blitzkrieg was Guderian. He was the one making the long dashes to the coast
@wallenstein9608
@wallenstein9608 3 года назад
Excellent idea with the advertisement in the end. Great presentation too of course. Salute
@threeone6012
@threeone6012 4 года назад
Really good work. Excellent job.
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