Downfall of Germany: The Western Front (2/2) | Animated History

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Copp, Terry. Cinderella Army: The Canadians In Northwest Europe, 1944-1945. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.
Girbig, Werner. Six Months to Oblivion: The Defeat of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force Over the Western Front, 1944/1945. Atglen: Schiffer Pub, 2007.
Jarymowycz, Roman J. Tank Tactics: From Normandy to Lorraine. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.
Manrho, John, and Ron Pütz. Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope. Stackpole Books, 2010.
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Quarrie, Bruce. The Ardennes Offensive: VI Panzer Armee, Northern Sector. Osprey Publishing Company, 1999.
Shirer, William L., and Ron Rosenbaum. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011.
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[@TheArmchairHistorian]

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[@Thememermanwhoisafan]

No not you as well ;-;

[@yh7247]

We lost another one boys

[@Thememermanwhoisafan]

Friendly Villain ik

[@bawicz0]

Yo arm chair historian, instead of putting a swastika, put the youtube logo (200 iq)

[@Anonymous-vc8hs]

youtube thinks all your videos are strategy video games

[@sirkibbles1944]

You weren't kidding when you said something big was coming up.

[@noobsowhat5744]

That's what she said... Okay I'll stop

[@omokok1877]

Hehe

[@owand5017]

I like your pfp

[@Themanfuhreal]

Only thing big was that tiger, omg

[@Kabutoes]

THE BULGE

[@steinistbaum2236]

Shame on KZbin for demonitizing this educational masterpiece.

[@paulinotou]

Why they do that?

[@Ajourneyofknowing]

timmy D= - because no sides seem to like truthful history anymore without resurrection past tensions

[@pk-sc8iz]

Howd u kno its demonitized

@@paulinotou because advertisers are very, very (too much actually) conservative in choosing where to put their ads. They ask for the "safest" content only, and therefore videos with topics such as war, guns, politics,...or anything remotely controversial end up with no ads.

@@pk-sc8iz because every video with topics such as war, or mentioning nazis, or anything remotely controversial or violent, is considered "unsuitable" to virtually any advertisers. So it's effectively demonetized.

[@MrPatriot112]

"Though wounded and limping, the German Wolf still had it's teeth." I like that line.

[@krypanzer3620]

Teeth that they broke in the Battle of the Bulge.

[@krypanzer3620]

@I like history and things like that They didn't just crushed it *They stomped on it multiple times*

[@virgiljianu7166]

@I like history and things like that I mean,the entire body started being torn apart from 1941 onwards

[@aneesh2115]

@I like history and things like that the body may have been growing but its claws and teeth were repeatedly stomped and broken.

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

And then the Soviet ate the German Wolf meat at the Battle of Berlin. Soviet: Blyat delicious wolf!

[@emuriddle9364]

I had a neighbor years ago, who served at the Battle of the Bulge (American). He was wounded by a Bouncing Betty (right knee), and received 4 Purple Hearts for his service. He came home, got married, and retired from the Post Office, years later. RIP Jim. I'm glad we got to meet you =)

[@generalgta3528]

Did he meet any Nazis?

[@mizcaesar1804]

@@generalgta3528 what are doing here,you should be in Argentina

[@generalgta3528]

@@mizcaesar1804 *I'M EVERYWHERE.*

[@tonfizmahmood2053]

@@generalgta3528 Um I already got my army rounded up sooo ya

[@generalgta3528]

@@tonfizmahmood2053 Are you ready to get your Red army's ass kicked, STALIN?!?!

[@steinistbaum2236]

I have a feeling Raid's advertisement budget is bigger than the german army budget of 1941.

[@polygontwin]

ha ha

[@DoctorDeath147]

Probably even bigger than the US military budget today

[@manofcultura]

Pay to win is helluva profit model.

[@patrickm5079]

Neither have a budget

[@monive3979]

@@patrickm5079 yeah raid just has infinate money for ads

[@cryptosporidium1375]

KZbin: “Oh look! A history video... and it’s gone.”

[@Weygand_]

Cryptosporidium 137 it was faster than the German advance in Poland

[@rinyc9100]

Does no one notice the south Park Reference?

[@zlatko8051]

Quicker the golden eying up Iwo Jima

[@blank4181]

@@rinyc9100 I think we all notice that episode reference. "This lo Iine is for customers with money only!"

[@thedudelebowski6099]

History? What? You mean fascism?

[@jaydenphung4369]

Remember the famous words of battle of the bulge: NUTS

[@Hjw511]

"They want to surrender?" "No sir, they want US to surrender."

[@parthasharma5290]

@@Hjw511 oversimplified🤣

[@11DNA11]

@@parthasharma5290 Not just Oversimplified. It's a true story.

[@11_jasonmaxmilana.95]

NUTS, The Nazis shall hear!

[@cosmiccruise8372]

Nazis are NUTS

[@SomeGuy-lr7ms]

21:32 The “Ura Ura Ura” in the background gave me a bit of chills

[@MrMarkman12345]

Waw Vibes

[@Kysere]

Dang true

[@octagonoverlord3093]

@@MrMarkman12345 FACTS

[@thegoldengamer9315]

Ora ora ora ora ora

[@jocelynndotson7273]

Thanks for the double ad

[@hajimeokajima]

The Armchair Historian: Uploads both parts on a single day. Me: *Oversimplified flashbacks*

[@tristan889]

Oversimplified gang rise up

[@pyeitme508]

Oversimplified: hey that is not simplified at all!

[@hoodrat21]

Thats what i thought

[@InputFresco]

Karanveer Singh Poonia on a single minute actually

[@menm8903]

Why don't the armchair historian and oversinplefied

[@Kabutoes]

At Hurtgen forest: “Why are the trees speaking German”

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

More like the strange-looking rocks.

[@jonatanlj747]

They tried learning a thing or two from Teutoburg Forest, it seems.

[@MagiconIce]

US Soldier after the US Forces have finally overcome the Hurtgen Forest: "Oh boy, that was a hell of bloody, nightmarish battle. I hope that Command learned from it, so no US soldier has to suffer such a thing again. When I'm home again, I'm going to marry my girl and make some children with her!" About 24 years later, his son being in Vietnam: "Why do I get this strange feeling of Pa's Warstories repeating?"

[@scipio7994]

Kabutoes oh look it’s the kuominwave guy

[@crocodylusniloticus4389]

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[@k1ruki197]

Point of the story : if someone wants to be a artist.... suport them.....

[@kevinthedude9852]

heh

[@Solidinius_Snake]

You overestimate the role of personality in history. The war was unavoidable since the treaty of Versailles.

[@k1ruki197]

@@Solidinius_Snake thats a fucking lie. If hitler became a artist he wouldnt have started the WWII

[@thezeitos469]

@@Solidinius_Snake Versailles was one of many factors, that lead to this. It by far wasnt the sole reason.

[@trainman2226]

hey guys I’m a starting artist any tips?

[@loungegod]

It's kinda crazy to think this massive conflict occurred not even 100 years ago

[@garrisonnichols7372]

It was 80 years ago! It's ancient history to me! Don't worry we have WW3 with China coming very soon!

[@FamFlakes]

@@garrisonnichols7372 Bahh. It wouldn't feel right if Germany wasn't the main antagonist

[@justanotherguy7984]

@@FamFlakes We need to complete the trilogy, china is going to be more of a spin off

[@tarasrakya8414]

It's crazier to me that I was born 42 years after the war and I played on bombsites in my hometown. Half a century later and there was still remnants of what the Luftwaffe did to Hull.

[@thunderbird7020]

I like how Switzerland is just chilling on the map like “nope, nothing to do with us”

[@eldridgedavis]

Well not the fighting part...the financial sector in Switzerland had no problem taking Nazi gold and material that belonged to civilians that Nazis stole from.

[@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714]

Switzerland did fight, their air force had to constantly shoot down intruders over their airspace.

[@cosmedelustrac5842]

Don't forget Liechtenstein.

[@jeanlanes962]

@@cosmedelustrac5842 almost nobody even know liechtenstein exist.

[@Israel_aXNyYWVs]

*America's 'War' Against Switzerland* kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHqvqaKHrrCtesk

[@steinistbaum2236]

Germans: Let's attack something really fast, in traditional Blitzkrieg manner The Weather: *No.*

[@_Abjuranax_]

The weather in the Battle of the Bulge was actually on Germany's side, as Allied air power couldn't fly and see them. Almost as soon as the weather cleared, the Bulge began to shrink.

[@dustypluskrat7423]

C Ray Starling but at the same time mud and fog reduced German armor capabilities and what luftwaffe resistance could be offered.

[@hvr1874]

(being armed with some Mark Felton knowledge) Bad weather was more of pro than con for the German forces. Although Luftwaffe operation was planned with the Ardenne offensive the Luftwaffe had lost 80% of their experienced pilots over Britain and communications was so bad that when the operation did commence on Jan 1 a lot of the Luftwaffe offensive was down by German AA groups. Why it was known as the Death Ride of the Luftwaffe.

[@dustypluskrat7423]

HvR forgot to mention that, thanks.

[@Archer89201]

@@hvr1874 also most of all available air support was being thrown to stop the Red Army tide gobbling men and machine like a hungry bear after hibernation

[@sento_kat]

I like the attention to detail when he used the “Last Ditch Weapons” for the Germans near the end of the video

[@manillametro9952]

“though wounded, and limping, the German wolf still has its teeth” chills man, literal chills

[@ghillieguy52]

"dude, the capital is Springfield." "D'oh"

[@lucinae8510]

"What is the capital of New York?" "Is it New York City?" *Buzz* "D'oh!"

[@Blownapart23]

General: the capital of Illinois is Springfield. American Mp: It’s treason then.

[@timomastosalo]

American officers should be educated to detect the level of education of their troops, and have answer available accordingly. I: A&B grade students - The correct answer. II: C&D grade students - The most typical mistake answer, except in the common knowledge questions. III: E&F grade students - The most typical mistake answer, except in the obvious easy questions (like most famous city in the state, also if it's the correct answer) - Or just tell the latest baseball or football result of your local team of MLB or NFL

[@mollkatless]

@@timomastosalo "E" students?

[@timomastosalo]

@Michael Burns Of course he got the promotion - how else can you reward a blunder of that magnitude?:)

[@see_turtle]

lol

[@aliancemd]

I bet the MP had it written down correctly and the General answered wrongly but the US propaganda could not afford that story.

[@aaronjoshua5211]

this is the only world war vid I've watched that actually mentioned us canadians

[@top_gege_hater]

Yeah and you should be hearing something from canada in afghanistan too, even if they weren't mostly on the spotlight in reality they were helpful, yoyr army and marines took weigh off the foreign infantry's back and CSOR and JTF2 helped take lots off DEVGRU's, GROM's, Komandosow's, the SAS and SBS and other sof units' back

[@top_gege_hater]

Still and it is also because you all were fighting a whole front, y'all deserve more credit for what you did.

[@awwmanboi9791]

@Justus Immelmann well at least they NEVER lost a war lol

[@mukhademonyo6449]

@@top_gege_hater sometimes I wish video games take the time to represent everyone. Even the germans. To me since I know so little of world war 1 and 2 (besides the commonly represented missions and operations) i want to see or "experience" the other troops missions. Besides Muricas. But then again i should just read a book or something

[@ahmedselmi2010]

its because we were still considered as british puppet satellite state

[@athentang4795]

The entire world: Fighting against the Nazis Switzerland: Hmmmm yes, the floor is indeed made of floor

[@freddiesoft]

The gold is indeed made of gold, and has no nationality.

[@alphariusfuze8089]

Ah yes... Europe is the only place

[@missnizny9278]

We need more watches

[@informationyes]

Switzerland "come visit us for vacation"

[@KokoroKatsura]

a n i m e n i m e

[@pujanshah7868]

Like the HOI 4 reference in dismissing of Rundsted and Model

[@Martin-vy7mm]

When he put that clip on Twitter, hearts of iron even mentioned it lol

[@olbradley]

@@Martin-vy7mm I couldn't find either of the tweets.

[@scottsmith6282]

@@Ronnie-Jones yeah I don't think so bud, thinly veiled Nazi propaganda and holocaust denialism masquerading as a woke "documentary".

[@benbathersby8607]

Ronnie Jones We don’t much like Nazis around here buddy. Jog on

[@HikiOmo]

Big epic HOI4

[@pepijnkruiswijk2182]

There was a huge Canadian veterans parade planned in my Dutch home town of Apeldoorn. It was supposed to be one of the last of such parades with actual veterans present but due to covid-19 it's been canceled. Even though that Thanks Canada, we love you from the Netherlands.

[@dabeardoesstuff5412]

happy to hear that the Netherlands never forgot about what us Canadians had done to stop the Nazis. us canadians are proud to help those in need. cheers from canada mate!

[@isfren5482]

Cheers

[@kylestockdale1909]

@@dabeardoesstuff5412 I really think that Canada was the most underrated and one of the most important allies they gave it all and helped us so much in Europe cheers mate - from England

[@Dukky1968]

It is very sad that the parade can't happen this year. Time is running out for both the Dutch and Canadian heroes who fought so hard to liberate the Netherlands. Canadians are with you in spirit, and we are your friends forever. We love you back.

[@JH-zx2bh]

we love yall to thx for the tulips and amsterdam

[@cookiemuffin3208]

Next vid : History of armchairs

[@pilothaha]

Barack Obama hey bro how’s life not being president?

[@Cipher71]

Low key this would make for an amazing April Fool's video on his channel

[@OneWhoWas]

I'd watch it if the armchair historian produced it. The videos and narrations are excellent

[@saintcameron777]

I have a feeling the "Americans are bad at geography" stereotype comes from the policeman not knowing that Springfield is the capital of Illinois

[@robot-he6nq]

ExplodingMemeYT I thought that said Stalingrad for a second

[@saintcameron777]

@Schlomo Shekelbergtransgenderstein Now I'm not an American but I have an American friend that is an expert at geography. I am also an expert at it.

[@olbradley]

@Schlomo Shekelbergtransgenderstein It's a stereotype, all of the videos and stuff you see about interviewing random Americans are politicized and cherry picked from the others they interview. The two main parties in America are constantly at each others throats and that even involves trying to make people of the other political affiliation look like brain dead idiots, and geography is one of their main methods. So whilst many American's do not know as much about geography and history than other developed European countries maybe but that's mostly the fault of the administration which often second's history and geography in favor of other things like language, arts and arithmetic however the vast majority of Americans still have basic knowledge of geography and history.

[@olbradley]

@Schlomo Shekelbergtransgenderstein Also lastly what do you mean by "is like Blacks trying to do science". Because if it is indeed your belief that people of dark skin are collectively bad at science that is also very wrong (and also pretty racist) and that isn't even a common stereotype from my knowledge, otherwise I don't understand what your saying. Edit: Take Neil Degrasse Tyson for example

[@bruhmomentmaker4979]

@@olbradley look at his fucking name my dude

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

So early that the Tiger's transmission hasn't broke yet

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Your comments are awesome dude lol

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

@Das Reich 2nd SS Panzer Division k

[@CheapCivilianLLC]

butthurt nazi 😂🤣

[@ArtrexisLives]

@Das Reich 2nd SS Panzer Division U mad, Hanz?

[@lasressi8331]

Das Reich 2nd SS Panzer Division *irony amirite*

[@fayezgatri5963]

Now, now I believe it’s time for a two-part on Eastern Front ‘44-45 to accompany this masterpiece.

[@richardsimms251]

Yes. A masterpiece is right. RS

[@atomic_punch109]

2:15 to skip raid: shadow legend

[@takashi.mizuiro]

Atomic Punch10 thanks

[@atomic_punch109]

your welcome

[@carjac820]

Thanks. But I rather not since history channels like this tends to get demonetized all the time. Sponsors such as this is the only way they could earn to continue making masterpieces so to give respect to the sponsors, I hearby allow myself not to skip any sponsor's cut on armchair historian's channel.

[@atomic_punch109]

@@carjac820 well it's optional, if you want to skip it just skip it, if u don't want then don't

[@mr.iiconic]

@@carjac820 youtube doesn't know if you skip an add in the video.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Hans... Hans is dead. Get your own flammenwerfer...

[@user-ye2xc9ip3d]

(sory for bad englis) Where were u when Hans died? I was at house eating dorito "Hans is ded" "no"

[@alensezz4372]

They had der flemmenwerfer in your time Napoleon? No wonder you lost at waterloo

[@_fourtwoseven]

Hans is dead? Won't miss his coffee that's for sure.

[@racoonlittle1679]

Hey! I'm not dead yet! - Hans

[@int_overflow]

ah vell.. FRITZ! GET DAS MACHININGEHWEHR

[@theexam7394]

"Cavalry may be scary, but not when you lead them into forests." -Oda Nobunaga In the case of Hürtgen Forest, tanks are undeniably highly prone to annihilation.

[@albertoperotti6510]

@Dan Gurău he correctly cited the quote, and compared that quote to what happened in the forest. Basically the point is that heavy and mobile forces offer little resistance in environments where their view is limited and their mobility nullified by the terrain.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

The US had 50,000 Sherman’s vs Germany’s 1300 Tiger and King Tiger. So when they say “Tigers destroyed 1000 Sherman’s vs 500 Tigers “ it doesn’t show the actual picture. Because percentage wise it meant the complete opposite.

[@DarkElfLover]

Dod o Sherman’s rarely ran into tigers in fact you can on one hand when US Shermans ran into them

[@MrCubFan415]

Dan Gurău No, Oda Nobunaga was a 16th-century Japanese daimyo. Tanks weren’t around back then

[@decanusseverus8773]

The production quality is getting insane i mean just hats off to you my friend I am exited to watch on going work and this

[@JamesWHurst]

You did a splendid job creating this video. You present clearly, your animations are excellent, and this video-editing was very good. Thank you for this.

[@ikonoklast3158]

Paraguay - I can't fight everyone at the same time Germany - hold my lager

[@Fireway12]

Germany gets beaten anyways

[@riograndedosulball248]

Tbf Paraguay really fought until THE LAST men. (By men, consider women wearing false beards, as there were literally no males left on Paraguay by the time) Also, Triple Alliance War video coming when?

[@annextheupforwisconsin7088]

Meimme Wolf thanks to the united states

[@ikonoklast3158]

@Meimme Wolf Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan set the world ablaze. In doing so, they destroyed themselves as well as the Anglo-Franco-American colonization of the world. Everyone gains.

[@dimmler7851]

@@ikonoklast3158 tbf, the entente poured the oil on the ground and persuaded germany to set it on fire (treaty of Versailles). As for the japanese, look at it this way; you are the only country in asia that hasnt been colonised *yet*, while all (except china) of your neighbours are all foreign powers. What did the great powers do to get more resources? Colonize. What does japan do, colonise aswell. It's basically a "kill or be killed" case for japan.

[@randommemes2059]

Armchair historian:uploads a documentary Oversimplified: takes years to upload a video Me: dude...uncool

[@user-hl1sr7bk9o]

These two last words are proving that you are a true oversimplified fan

[@mattl309]

I think what takes over simplified so long is because I don’t think he has like a team of people to help so the process is a bit longer but I enjoy them both so It’s okay

[@cufflord7179]

Oversimplified and Armchair Historian sure do a collab together. And Mr. Terry because Historian are stronger together.

[@Fercho-js6hs]

Oversimplified is for casual history fans while our boi armchair historian with more details its for real history men

[@cufflord7179]

@@Fercho-js6hs There's a tax for saying that

[@literaldirt]

Are you planning on doing the eastern front? I would love it, along with many others.

[@garrisonnichols7372]

That would be cool but the truth is the Soviet high command didn't really do much at this time. They believed it was more important to "liberate " Eastern countries in the south of Europe. Basically the Red Army took a back seat to Soviet politics. They actually let other nations do the work for them like in Poland. Let the Poles, Finnish, Romanians fight to the death against German forces than just walk right in and take over!

[@Faringoth]

@@garrisonnichols7372 May I disagree with you. After Operation Bagration soviet forces was in a huge lack of supplies and can't continue to attack as fast as it was, like in Poland. And I know that is very complicated. But many soviet were sended to liberate European countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Austria, Hungaria, Balkanian countries. On Balkans, by the way, soviet forces fight against the nazis with help of romanian, bulgarian and others soldiers and peoples, who revolt against their puppet establishment. Sorry for my broken english, I am still teaching it)

[@alexander4851]

Just watched both almost back-to-back, gotta say amazing production and, as far as I can tell, well researched. Apart from these I also very much enjoyed the perspective videos. Perhaps something on Case Blue, Battle of Guadacanal, War of the Roses or Hundred Years’ war.

[@TheProjectVoid]

WWII: Ends Cold War: This is where the fun begins!

[@maplesyrup6529]

Jearbear Gaming you take the communism and spiral down and at the bottom what has he found?

[@JDP2104]

The cold war only happened because of D Day. If not for that all of Europe would have fallen under Soviet terror

[@TheProjectVoid]

People

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

@@JDP2104 Not France They Were Already a Paramilitary On Mainland France

[@Nothing-ui7pj]

The Cold war pretty much cost the world a lot.

[@Minzalin]

"Now look, I'm awfully sorry but I'm afraid we're going to have to occupy your house."

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Upon being asked to surrender: Tell them to go to hell. Second in Command: I'm afraid that we don't have the facilities to accept your surrender. Sorry. German with a white flag who was tasked with demanding the British paratroopers surrender: *WHAT!!?*

[@zachc6461]

Bring up the piat!

[@bayurukmanajati1224]

Commandos: "Call the glider and glide right there."

[@MintySanya]

"Though wounded and wimping, the German wolf still has it's teeth" cooooooooooool

[@missnizny9278]

Limping

[@laurikotivuori1585]

@@blechkopp1632 Yep. Although the lend-lease deal being a massive help in their campaign, the army with those supplies could've smashed Germany to the Atlantic.

[@garrisonnichols7372]

@@blechkopp1632 the Soviet Union didn't even have trucks! They bought all their vehicles from the USA. They bought Studebaker and GMC trucks in the thousands because before that all they had was horses. Let's not forget the 20,000 tanks and 40,000 American aircraft or hundreds of thousands of food and other equipment given during the Lend- Lease agreement between America and Soviet Union. So how were the Russians supposed to defeat Germany without American supplies?

[@garrisonnichols7372]

@@blechkopp1632 I actually find it funny that the only Communist country in Europe at that time was heavily dependent of Capitalist countries for it's own survival!🤣

[@stumcfadzen5645]

Cool...Whoa, wicked epic man! Thankyou for your insightful input. If I could get all your kind in the one place I could Round em up...etc.

[@lsd-rickb-1728]

The quality of this documentary was amazing! You and your team did great. 😀

[@Minboelf]

Tigers:absent from the battle Panzerfaust:Allow me to introduce myself

[@patrickweber3954]

KZbin: "You dare bring Historical content to my lair! You must die!"

[@FreedomFox1]

@BLUE DOG WRONG... it's corporate America that wants us ignorant and compliant.

[@FreedomFox1]

@BLUE DOG Also... Epstein didn't kill himself ;)

[@SuperZombieBros]

(Throws a random ass book at KZbin) NOOO! NOT INTO THE PIT! IT BUUURRNNS!

Much simpler explanation : KZbin's algorithm automatically put everything associated with war, guns, violence, or anything even remotely controversial, as "unsuitable for advertisers". Remember, advertisers are very, very, actually too much, conservative when it comes to choosing where to put ads. They want only consensual and "safe" content. They end up choosing slime videos instead of these war documentary masterpieces.

[@jmadmaxx7295]

Stxr KillerX get your Neo nazi bs outta here

[@ralfkleemann4325]

Thank you for this and other excellent documentary videos. This content is a million times better than anything I encountered in my history classes. Keep up the great work!

[@tobygrant2106]

This 2 part documentary has been very entertaining one of the best you guys have produced so far. well done!

[@SvenPiper]

The story that General Omar N. Bradley was arrested by his own troops because the US Military Policemen thought that Chicago was the capital of Illinois - ROFL

[@JD-od6jh]

What I maybe like mpst abput that story is how Bradley must've obviously been pissed the heck off. But also understood that if the MP (albeit unjustly) saw the need for arrest, he couldn't resist. Gotta respect the law. 😂

[@theemirofjaffa2266]

Now that was seriously messed up. I got a good laugh though..loool

[@belattai9435]

wait what, why was he arrested because the mps thought that Chicago was capital of Illinois?

[@Angelblue1302]

German paratroopers had landed in allied lines and were causing confusion, as they could speak English. So they started asking questions that only Americans would know, but the MPs thought Bradley was a spy since they figured Chicago was Illinois’ Capital.

[@edzothedon1487]

@@Angelblue1302 Germans have the strongest accents out there how could they not tell

[@HistoryHustle]

Great detailed coverage. An interesting episode within the liberation of the Netherlands that is beyond the scope of this video is the Georgian Uprising on the island of Texel. Soldiers of the Georgian Legion - that were drafted in the German army and stationed on the island of Texel - saw the end of the war was there and they were on the losing side. Therefore they made a last stand and rebelled against the German soldiers on the island. You can call it a mutiny in some way. The Georgians were assisted by the Dutch resistance and a terrible battle started at the end of April. This battle ended on May 20th after the Canadians intervened. By that time around 800 Germans, over 500 Georgians and over 100 Dutch laid dead.

[@papastaliniswatching8093]

Wow! I am georgian and I have never heard of that story. Thank you for sharing it. I've googled some more about it and it's definitely very interesting.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

History Hustle ive heard about this. After the war, the Soviet ambassador to the Netherlands visited the site every year in May until the collapse and paid his respects despite the fact that all the Georgians who survived got sent to gulags. Some survived that as well though, and at least 1 may still alive today as of 2015. Also, most of the Dutch that died were civilians

[@ufhb6649]

How many god damn places on Earth are named georgia ?

[@papastaliniswatching8093]

@@ufhb6649 a lot

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

UFH B 3. South Georgia island near the falklands, Georgia the us state, and Georgia the country in the caucuses

[@igornessman8092]

Your videos are a masterpiece! This channel is one of the most underrated... Most awesome animated history channel on KZbin!

[@stangshorts2504]

You do excellent work! The animation is spot on and the history is captivating. I've learned so much from your videos. Keep it up!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

So 63k axis and 89k allied soldiers were killed, captured or wounded? That's a lot of people lost during the Battle of the Bulge

[@blueoceancorporations1019]

Those are rookie numbers compared to Verdun

[@FieldMarshalYT]

@@blueoceancorporations1019 Verdun lasted for over 300 days though.

[@Joaosantos22114]

@@blueoceancorporations1019 Yet a total of 152k casualties isn't "rookie" numbers, by far it is quite a considerable amount.

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

before you say Stalingrad was worse stalingrad lasted for a year and is more of a campaign then a battle

[@furrywarriors]

The United States Of America Honestly, more of a siege than a campaign

[@untruelie2640]

Fun Fact: The forest area along the Rur river was never called "Hürtgenwald". It was the US Troops who came up with this name. The irony is that many decades later, the local german village councils decided to adopt the name "Hürtgenwald" for the new administrative area.

[@jan.k4259]

This video is amazing, everything from the artwork of the landscapes and accurate geography, the tactic board-like storytelling of all of the units moving like chess pieces, it makes you very immersed. I hope you eventually do a Pacific War video like this, from the beginnings in Pearl Harbor to the use of the atomic bombs.

[@stockeeey]

Such a masterpiece of historical information! Thank you for your work!

[@doodlydoo3935]

If Alex the Rambler was playing as Germany, he might save your failed save game

[@morisco56]

Endsieg intensifies

[@doodlydoo3935]

@Mr Doggo Yea boy

[@panzerofthelake506]

That's drew durnil

[@Nikhil-lg6ii]

THE ram fam diddly doodler

[@tyrionlannister4920]

Until a wild ginger or viking appears... Tommy, bokoen:"ah... Alex playing germany? It's free real estate :)"

[@ryujinzzz6050]

I usually am annoyed of people accepting sponsorship from Raid but this one is an exception. Seeing how much effort is being put in this video, just accept as much sponsor as you want!

[@clamum]

Agreed

[@ankitmahajan4036]

True asf lol

[@javierfranceschi5715]

Yea for real, he and his team deserves it, and this is the only way to monetize their videos because YT wants to demonetize it.

[@forrestthroughdatrees]

YT is also fucking him over with monetization for some reason. It’s wack.

[@purpandorange]

They have stepped in to give revenue to Content Creators who KZbin has demonetized and apparently they pay pretty well. So as annoying as the ads are, they are supporting creators far better than KZbin does. Also Raid is a crap game, never play it.

[@darrenblack5541]

Probably one of your best videos. Gave me goosebumps here, eventhough i had already known most of the stories of the war . Guess another round off the Band of brothers is in the watchlist for this Lockdown period

[@bayanimockingjay]

0:56 Best intro to an Armchair Historian video ever!

[@Pr1sco]

It would be cool if you did a video focused in the "small" allies like Brazil, Australia, New Zeland, Canada and their operations.

[@marleegould542]

Dont forget the Aztec Eagles from Mexico, that flew several combat missions in the Pacific Theater. They have been largely forgotten.

[@thinkersreasoning1575]

As An Canadian I’m sorry to say I feel offended calling a major in ww2 And the second biggest country during out time and that time a small power

[@alensezz4372]

vitor antonio prisco i was hoping fr a section detailing the buffalo troops of the US forces

[@BaguetteGamingOfficial]

Or France

[@manuelmarrero5086]

@@thinkersreasoning1575 Just to clarify are you suggesting that Canada was a major power during World War Two? If so I would confidently argue that the only major powers in World War two were Great Britain, USA, Germany, and the Soviet Union. All other countries involved you could call great powers maybe like the Empire of Japan, Fascist Italy, France, Canada, Australia, etc. I especially find it disturbing how you dare use "second biggest country" as an indication for the strength I mean look at the numbers man! look at a map of Canada! just because the country maybe big in land size does not mean it is big in aspects like industry, military, and or man-power! The US, Great Britain, and the USSR are called the "Big Three" by historians!

[@theweirdo7571]

I appreciate the fact that you uploaded both parts 1 and 2 at once. Bravo, Griffin!

[@poploah4405]

He only did so to.get two sponsors. If he had them combined less money would be immediately made

[@ZyozyoPadilla]

Been following this channel for years and the quality has been improving! Great narrative pause at the end, man. :)

[@xGoodOldSmurfehx]

well after having watched both parts of this miniseries i dont have much to say its some really REALLY good work done, covers most of the important details and doesnt leaves much out overall this is some seriously well done and high quality content and ill be recommending this stuff to anyone who wishes to have animations to accompany historical facts :)

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Both parts released on the same day? Wow awesome, I can tell you worked hard on this

[@ThusSpokeGhost]

You're about to die Jong Um

[@jazyu1831]

KZbin: imma go end this dude’s work

[@diegosanchezresendiz4528]

The Armchair Historian: Something big is coming! Well, he was right...

[@sampathsris]

A blitzkrieg of history videos. Awesome!

[@nikolavasic5903]

One of the best KZbin channels I stumbled upon in a long time!!! Keep on with the great content in the future as well :) Peace ✌️ from Belgrade

[@_JayRamsey_]

Glad you made the post about these videos not doing well; I may never have seen them if you hadn't. Wish YT didn't suck so hard at sending notifications. I thought that was the whole point of the bell icon. These videos are excellent and deserve to be seen.

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

Your story telling , production quality and logic display is almost overwhelming, amazing to say the least, thank you so very much for the efforts you put into this. I would love to see you animate and tell the story of Operation Bagration, debateably possibly Russias most sucessfull Blitzkrieg offensive in WW2 and one of their most sucessfull campaigns other than Stahlingrad and Kursk where they had both times much higher casualties and far worse strategic supperiority

[@evanholmes4483]

No dislikes with this many views. I've never seen that before. It's just that high quality

[@thedestroy3r436]

11 people disliked :(

[@decoys2985]

Get recked, fucking normie

[@peterni2234]

Decoy S. Put a sock in it

[@davidvasquez08]

79, I would give it a like, but it’ll show up on my like feed.........If I had given a like to every video that I enjoyed, it be *OVER 9000*

[@bbenjoe]

Facts: - The last German units in Europe surrendered on the Dutch island of Texel on May 20, 1945. - But the actual last German soldiers to surrender were stationed on the remote arctic Bear island. After being cut off for months, they surrendered on September 6, 1945.

[@cowtaplayz8277]

2 facts...

[@franczakrajsek1689]

But the last battle in ww2 in Europe was battle of Poljana in modern day Slovenia (ex Yugoslavia), when the axis forces and its collaboraitors (mainly Croatian Ustash), were fleeing or simply couldn't accept the defeat and resisted.

[@bbenjoe]

@@franczakrajsek1689 Yes, though German soldiers most likely didn't participate it was a battle nevertheless.

[@EliminatorElite]

Wow! The quality of this was absolutely stunning! keep it up!

[@topaziscringeverycringe8532]

I really appreciate the little details in this video. For example, late into the video, you can see that the germans are using more and more last ditch weapons. For example 20:10

[@topaziscringeverycringe8532]

@Aiden Banana indeed.

[@bayurukmanajati1224]

And bloody infantry picture in frontlines map.

[@marc9324]

The German Wolf analogy is actually a really nice one.

[@fazole]

Stupendous effort! I've never seen such a detailed comprehensive, yet engrossing overview of the European theater of late 44-war's end! Animation is a nice addition to appeal to kids as well!

[@legomastergeneral725]

My great grandad fought during operation market garden while he was floating down a German soldier started to open fire on him he was shot up the leg and taken to a prisoner of war camp he escaped the camp when there was a air raid

[@smolfryO_O]

Did he passed away, if he did then i send my deep condolences to him and he would be awesome to tell great stories about it to you

[@legomastergeneral725]

Yes sadly he passed away befor I was born so he never got to tell me his stories

[@smolfryO_O]

@@legomastergeneral725 thats so sad

[@hucksky]

My great grandfather also fought in market garden as a Dutch civilain he joined the canadians in belgium.

[@abhijyotsingh75]

@@legomastergeneral725 that so sad . Kudos to your great grandad 👏

[@DanishDynamite1995]

Small error- Antwerp is in Belgium not the Netherlands.

[@soyusmaximus7176]

World War II: the most AMBITIOUS RPG project of the 1940s.

[@Mcree114]

9:50 The Eastern front was such a deadly meat grinder for the Germans that demotion to private and reassignment to the East was being used as a punishment for Western front soldiers deserting their positions. The fear of being sent to the Eastern front was a greater punishment/motivator than just being hung or shot for treason. That shows how insane the Eastern front was.

[@terrorsaur599]

21:31 *COD WAW FLASHBACKS* Those were good times.

[@ItsJustAyo]

😢 PS3… CoD WaW …

[@sirgraveson4568]

this was just amazing, the animation is getting better each video. also, i love the little details added in both parts, to name a few, the variety of soldier's faces, water drops "on the camera" in scenes with rain or beaches, beams of light passing through the foliage of dense forests, car's headlights reflecting in the night, the change of summer's to winter's uniforms on the tactical map. overall amazing work, can't wait for more.

[@flbphotography2239]

Hey I gotta say, as someone who LOVES history in particular, military history, your channel is one of this combat vets favorite ones, entertaining, informative and always teaching me something I have never known before. Keep up the good work!

[@frisianwarrior2295]

Incredible quality! Love the artwork and strategical visualizations!!! I would only have preferred the word liberators instead of attackers for the allied troops

[@winghungyuen2726]

The hard work your channel puts out really shows here. Keep up the stellar work. Happy 75th V-E Day.

[@thecoopinater]

Is any body else waiting for there to be a couple of episodes on the eastern front

[@reidvillage]

Yes

[@chanomjea6515]

Upload! Part 2 in same day as part 1! :D *I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW* Edit: btw I really love your video ;)

[@Banzai_Neero]

Hey the animation is so amazing plz continue making history videos. I can clearly understand what their tatics use since world war2

[@jaspersnijders7809]

In overall, the Historic content on KZbin, is so drastically Profecionalised in the last 2 Years! I love it! ❤️❤️

[@MazterHuntR]

I'd like to see this being done on the Pacific theatre. This was so well done.

[@clamum]

Your best work yet man! My only (minor) criticism are the "tool tip" messages that pop up throughout the video; they are displayed far too short to read. Just need to have them up 5 more seconds or so.

[@benjiarehart2878]

Just joining this channel, I have to say. These videos are well put together. Very enjoyable to watch, while learning. Thanks!

[@ColinBoy]

Switzerland just sitting there like 👁👄👁

[@garrisonnichols7372]

They got to keep all the money so there's that 🤣

[@yupyupthatsacup6652]

Honestly, bless the Canadians. They're so overlooked in WW2. With Britain from beginning to end, the most critical and effective ally.

[@mlplarisanable]

The Soviet Union was the most critical ally, not Britain.

[@pujo6532]

Polish or free french forces (Tobrouk, Bir Hakeim, Monte Cassino, Falaise, Dragoon, Alsace...)

[@edgehoward4290]

chaosXpert that’s one of the dumbest responses I’ve ever seen, American supplies to all allied nations was critical, and in my opinion extra manpower and supplies was required for the invasion of Europe, anyone who knows anything about WW2 would have to agree that the U.S. played a crucial role as did Canada, and the UK

[@frenchtoast1077]

Can we just sat that it was a team effort? Every country did something important.

[@miz74th13]

Edge Howard Yh we couldn’t of done it with piggy the Americans but they take all the glory of the western front when it was actually the British who made d day possible and also in Britain they were getting bombed every day and close to surrendering however in America everyone was living a good life and not having to worry about dying in there home

[@wimi2238]

Please please make a detailed documentary like this on the eastern front.

[@maxdecphoenix]

no one cares about russians.

[@EricMitton]

I agree.

[@thebigcheese8169]

@@maxdecphoenix well i really am

[@thebigcheese8169]

@@maxdecphoenix I am really interested In the battles what happened at the eastern front examples like, The Battle For Moscow, The Battle Of Leningrad and Stalingrad

[@loneraider6500]

there is a few things wrong with my mind and this visual presentation, really helps me understand what went on. thank you

[@JoebsonOSRS]

Man you make history so palatable and easy to understand/retain. Great job

[@LazzyRoad]

My dad's friend told me that his grandad fought in Operation Market Garden, and survived. He apparently ended up holding the British flag at a ceremony later on

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Dis DUDE was he captured?

[@LazzyRoad]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 no, not as far as I was told

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Dis DUDE so he escaped back to allied lines?

[@LazzyRoad]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 yes I'm pretty sure he managed to either escape or get saved

[@chaosXP3RT]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 2 of the 3 Allied objective were taken by tanks. So he didn't have to be captured or escape

[@raghul0078]

*Thanks Armchair historian for quality content🤗*

[@GabAllThePizza]

I have to say your artists and animators are very talented

[@theisgood0]

Everything about this history video was accurate and well put together. Well the part about raid being a good game that was not historically accurate.

[@ClickWasd]

Amazing video, I enjoyed every second of it. Thank you

[@covid-2320]

Now we need a Pacific one. It would be incredible awesome to see something like this but whit Ships, Marines and kamikazes attacks.

[@phongduong7486]

He had already done it tho

[@Ludwig_Perpenhente]

The Pacific Front was the Biggest Naval Front (from what I know that is). Correct me if I am wrong please

[@Lifesite749]

Thank you very much for doing this documentary, its flawless. please make more content like this.

[@sirdestructor]

the visual quality of this one is through the roof!