D-Day - The Atlantic Wall - Extra History - Part 4

[@extrahistory]

Listen to this Extra History series as a podcast! becausegamesmatter.com/podcast

[@samuelbonell8850]

Yeet

[@bigyoshiofficial]

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[@tuxedobird9227]

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[@XxAryaxX]

YEeeEEeet

[@campwang9861]

yeet

[@windlegendz3570]

"WE NEED TANKS IN NORMANDY!" "Did the Fuhrer say you could move the tanks from Paris?" "No, contact him immediately!" "Uh, he's asleep." "..."

[@jumajasjas2925]

Too good to be true

[@elroyscout]

Cue Nazi table flip

[@trasyndha2368]

@@elroyscout That seems to be one of their favourite things to do, flip tables. WHAT DID THE TABLES DO TO YOU?

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

**** i imagine rommel was like ****

[@awesomeaiden5218]

“ ;-; “

[@marylandkinnie]

“Rommel also had a _personal_ relationship with Hitler” *That could be taken in so many different ways*

[@animo9050]

Yea

[@WatcherCobalt]

Time for some slash fics!

[@magoswes3588]

This is too heretical for me

[@funtimefredboi3877]

@@magoswes3588 thats impresif tohear from two Chaos gods

[@magoswes3588]

Phantom Freddy I’m not from slannesh

[@elroyscout]

Poor Romel, the guy is one of the few dudes who remember his girl's special day, he has it all planned in advance... but freedom had other plans!

[@DeepwaterTidewater]

Christopher OBrien he was also killed unfairly

[@GearyDigit]

I know. If only he was there on the scene, the invasion could've been done with less Allied casualties!

[@smejkal1846]

yeah, he killed himself

[@epicfailurecz2083]

"Sweat saves blood. Blood saves lives. But brains... brains saves both."

[@Freekymoho]

To my knowledge he wasnt exactly a friend of hitler's. Beyond repeatedly ignoring orders to kill civilians and prisoners, i believe he was also involved in a plot to kill the fuhrer.

[@WargamingEurope]

aaand we're live with the last episode! Hope you have enjoyed the series.

[@gonotgone1]

Wargaming Europe it's great to see you guys supporting Extra Credit I already enjoy playing the games but seeing the history brought to life like this makes it even better

[@martinconway8174]

More of this

[@gianniskaranikolas3948]

Wargaming Europe We. Need. More.

[@dan7564]

Last episode? The ending made it sound like a stay tuned.

[@josmeijers2818]

I personally do not like any your games, but i sure do appreciate wargaming for sponsoring this series. good job !!!

[@stickmanhistory8598]

Here's a fun fact: Those mines that jumped into the air (mentioned early in the video) were referred to as “de-bollockers” by the British due to the extensive damage caused to the area around the gentials (“Bollocks” being British slang for testicles). Just thought some people might enjoy that.

[@lightmetro7508]

They were also nicknamed bouncing Betty's by the Americans I believe

[@seashellguy9416]

imagining being a female brit soldier and being attacked by one of those

[@mewmew8932]

the world's worst nut shot

[@JackWithaCrown]

@@seashellguy9416i get what you’re saying but women didn’t actually fight too often, they were mostly navy cooks, air force workers or army radio techs.

[@topsekrit9836]

Erwin: Ok, I am here to give you a surprise! An Officer comes in: The allies have landed in Normandy! Erwin's Wife: Is this the surprise?

[@shanesiddall69]

Enrichment17 ya lol

[@gam3rtim352]

I'm learning more about WW2 here than from school.

[@devonalexreckon6048]

Tyler Richard you have a bad school

[@zockertwins]

Guess you live in Germany then ?

[@cpMetis]

If it's not on the tests, they don't teach it.

[@moartems5076]

Tyler Richard in austria we depressingly learn mostly about war crimes (especially KZ's) and very little about the military story. but hey at least us&a predated us in eugenic and race thinking, we just did the "real" thing. *sarkasm*

[@VI5ix6]

DPR i am appalled at that

[@MURPHYCHACHO]

...but did Rommel's wife like the shoes he got her?

[@massineben7198]

*Now we are asking the real questions*

[@trasyndha2368]

Yeah, who cares about d-day? (I do!) we want to know about Rommel's wife and her new shoes!

[@eugenio5774]

they were the wrong size actually.

[@trasyndha2368]

Oof... all that for the wrong size shoe, poor Rommel...

[@firstconsul7286]

That is the important question

[@badoodadoodadoo7653]

Fun Fact about Rommel: Rommel served in WWI in the west, Romania, and Italy. At the battle of Caperetto, he used a small company of infantry to climb up an entire hill and captures 9000 PRISONERS!

[@copycat7685]

I can see Vegeta crushing his scouter while reading this.

[@rodneyjenkins2578]

0-0

[@germanogirardelli]

Easy when fighting the Italians. Officers up to high command were absolute idiots.

[@EtherealWonders1216]

Why did you emphasize prisoners

[@glfagle-grindle7754]

Rommel also served in Africa and was nicknamed the " desert fox"

[@sultanmutschi]

i liked that they showed a view from the german forces what went wrong and how the commandline worked. It gives you an idear how the Wehrmacht worked and how corrupted the chain of command was. Its nice to see that instead of the constant allied view especiall the only ones who were big shown in documentarys are the british or american but never the other forces who joines the allies

[@slorvidask5867]

"tiny"

[@EternalGaming786]

Yeah, Showing Americans/U.K like they single handedly won entire war is wrong :o

[@ragzaugustus]

It was also pretty corrupt.

[@maxmuller8633]

@@EternalGaming786 Say that to every Hollywood movie

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

@@EternalGaming786 while yes in europr yes. In the pacific no. We turned back the japanese at Australia at port moresby, we flipped the offensive we stopped them from rushing across china in iran and taking the oil fields almost dooming the british even more.

[@LittleJimmy835]

7:30 So you're telling me, in addition to every other horrible thing about Hitler, he was also lazy.

[@fangorn23]

And he took drugs recreationally. I read that he would hype himself up on the drug equivalent to methamphetamines before he went out to deliver his speeches. Which explains to me why his gestures are so wild and frankly over-dramatic for what is supposed to be a serious political leader speaking directly to his people/troops. It was a different time. the idea of being addicted and facing withdrawals and side effects from drugs just never occurred to most people. One of the most popular things American citizens sent to troops was a gift package that included a couple doses of heroin and other drugs to "keep up morale", or maybe that was WW1, either way it wasnt that long ago during WW2

[@JasonDoe1000]

fangorn23 German elite troops and many panzer battalions were also given out "Panzerschokolade" which was pure methamphetamines

[@kingkong381]

He regularly slept in late and spent a lot of his waking hours watching movies in a private cinema.

[@xornxenophon3652]

My gosh! Killing 80 millions people is an ugly trait, but also being lazy is simply unacceptable! Imagine what a Hitler that was energetic and had a positive attitude towards hard work could have achieved (sarcasm off).

[@festethephule7553]

@bigbenhoward I mean...to be honest, it kinda isn't.

[@gierhardtsloan8502]

"I aim to shred" -Rommel's asparagus *1944*

[@AudieHolland]

Rommel's inundated land: welcome to knee-deep water, American paratrooper. In the dark, without a 'quick-release' system like the British had, many American paratroopers landed in knee to waist-deep water, became entangled in their parachute lines and could not orientate themselves in the dark, in the wet, cold water. So they drowned.

[@dernwine]

oooh I genuienly did not expect a German PoV episode for this. Well played EC, very well played!

[@dams6829]

Logical Phallusy Nobody expects German POV!

[@HOVNA]

I always used to skip Extra History. Now Im binge-watching it.

[@silverdays2909]

Yeah boi

[@ganaaganaa7657]

Good good......... good.........good

[@alanlowstuter9698]

Same

[@extrahistory]

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[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Extra Credits You forgot to mention a Korean in the German ranks in DDay.

[@glukolover]

Spawn more Overlords! Also is it just me, or does Hitlers mannerisms have a striking resemblance to Trump? Narcissistic in the extreme, Incompetency run amok, Spending inordinate amounts of time doing little to nothing, while also being thin skinned egomaniacs. IDK, I just notice these things.

[@Lucas-wq9tp]

Extra Credits yeah it worked and can you please do some videos about the war of 1812

[@mcchicken1899]

Extra Credits-Do the Revolutionary War and The Civil War or The Space race!!! :)

[@dernwine]

Do we get a lies episode?

[@TaliZVasTyria]

Spoiler The germans lost the defenses of the atlantic wall

[@saddenedwiseman810]

Archangel_Omega You are bloody kidding me! Dude, way to ruin the entire series now. I do not even know what to say....and I even thought germany had this fight in the bag....

[@TaliZVasTyria]

Saddened Wiseman then i don't think you wanna know what happened to hitler

[@lynnusuk2092]

spoiler he killed him self in the bunker while Berlin is at siege

[@dementedbowine8681]

somehow we all saw that coming

[@Trizz_.]

@Archangel_Omega I hate you for that

[@danielwensink7792]

Nazis were there own worse enemy at times.

[@spindash64]

Daniel Wensink I was watching band of brothers a week or so ago, and when they got to the part where, commenting on how even in surrender the German troops kept their chins up in pride, my immediate though was, "that's no surrender, that's a successful retreat from the Russians" Honestly, everyone but Hitler and a select few wanted the war to be over by that point. They wanted to sue for peace, of course, which means they probably wouldn't have tried to sully their own name with the little camps they set up, but you get the picture

[@crimsonclover87]

Do you mean all the time?

[@penguinatee210]

Even if he was a Nazi, I respect Erwin Rommel and his tactics, he was truly a war genius with lots of great speeches to give

[@cgaccount3669]

I heard he was a nazi with a twist. He never committed war crimes and openly defied orders to do so. He also treated prisoners with respect. Go figure

[@trasyndha2368]

Never knew he was honorable... well... he did have some good tactics, i think our armored divisions still use some of his tactics.

[@maxmuller8633]

@@trasyndha2368 They sure do, Blitzkrieg for example

[@kylefitz.2639]

@@cgaccount3669 He never joined the NSDAP

[@duyanh4609]

@@cgaccount3669 he commited some war crimes ,not too much but not innocent

[@xolaya]

4:20 the allies landing on the belgian border WOULD be quite unexpected.

[@thesillyone3837]

I saw that aswell

[@safe-keeper1042]

lol

[@desmay2studios]

lol

[@NotSaddamHussein]

victory long way ahead? nah, it will be over before christmas.

[@TaliZVasTyria]

Gorbag Quick-Blades battle of the bulge quote ftw

[@DarkTider]

Sane people: Right, let's get to invading Germany and end this war quickly! Tally hoo!! De Gaulle: Nooo, you meanies! I want Pariiis so I can become presideeeeent!

[@Rayan-bj8wn]

Over Before Christmas™

[@robertli3600]

well I guess you can say that compared to the soviets who fought for 4 years now. The american invasion didnt really last that long

[@winstonball6821]

Hello, Mr. Hussein

[@marcinmazurek8124]

Rommel is an interesting figure, I wonder if we'll eventually have some episodes on him. Yes, I know - there's a general taboo on German generals, but Rommel was well respected even by his enemies.

[@anteerceg527]

that would be great!

[@Ol_Bron]

Fun fact: Rommel actually disliked the Nazi party.

[@jackson0335]

@@Ol_Bron that sounds about right, after all he was intelligent

[@trasyndha2368]

Ever seen the greatest tank battle episode on battle of 73' easting?

[@captainrev4959]

Fun fact: Rommel openly defied Hitler‘s orders to commit war crimes quite frequently.

[@LCErus]

PLEASE do a series on the Eastern Front, it is not nearly covered enough in a lot of US history classes

[@rustyslug2943]

doubt it was more than a year cause verdun is the longest one and it was about 312 days

[@The-mw3hc]

us history not Russian or german history

[@dams6829]

InFamous Memes It kinda wasn't one battle but kinda meatgrinder with over 1 million dead.

[@davehoffman4659]

LCErus well, this channel does have Kursk! I'm sure it has Leningrad! No? Ok, I'll keep looking. How about Stalingrad? No? Ok, but it HAS to at least mention Guderian, right? NO?! Ok then...

[@AlechiaTheWitch]

They did one on kursk

[@KaiserAfini]

The more I watch, the more I notice how MoH:Allied Assault got D Day right. The panic, the gauntlet of traps amidst a hail of fire, the struggle for each step forward, the relief and absolute elation at conquering such a trial, its very impressive how well they captured it.

[@derAedil]

6th of June 1944 Allies are turning the war Normandy state of anarchy Overlord!

[@noHarmony1]

At that point the war had already turned.

[@prowhiskey2678]

derAedil yeaaah primo victoria

[@PeterP_]

Aiming for heaven though serving in hell Victory is ours their forces will fall!

[@jameschebahtah]

NoHarmony they are song lyrics

[@noHarmony1]

Oh, I wasn´t aware that it was a song, sry. What do you mean with misinformation? If you want to name a turning point in the war you could name Stalingrad or some others, but certainly not the invasion of Normandy. By that point in time the war was pretty much decided.

[@AuroraAustralis_]

5:00 German officers: *Go on vacation.* Allied Paratroopers: “Allow us to introduce ourselves.”

[@davidanderson9735]

Who turned the German spy into a double agent It Was walpole

[@LandonB10]

The 20 comitee

[@Nexussusnex]

Agent walpole

[@paisleepunk]

Perhaps one of Walpole's descendants. People from the 1700s have several.

[@richardputz3233]

My grandfather was in the Regina Rifles who were part of the Dieppe landing mess and DDay.He missed both operations.Before Dieppe he came down with the mumps and stayed in hospital.He spectacularly broke his leg falling off the cargo net

[@InnerProp]

Boy I'll bet those sneaky Allies will make an amphibious landing on the French - Belgian border 4:20

[@piggyblitz4404]

I have to disagree with you, I think they will invade through Germany

[@itsyodoom9180]

*420*

[@ChaosAbandon]

Oliver Tena nice pp

[@sea_triscuit7980]

I knew an elderly man that fought at Utah beach. Not to mention my great grandfather served as a marine in the Pacific theater. Idk much about him unfortunately but he was a great man from what I hear. I can't even imagine what it must've been like, 80+ years later and many still don't understand what its like to truly fight a real evil.

[@ziadhaithemamin1431]

*COUGH COUGH 6:07 the mg42 didn't go ratatatatatatat It went brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

[@lordkarasu2263]

5:05-“no one ever expects the American inquisition”.

[@Attaxalotl]

*[Freedom noises intensify]*

[@viniciussouza3139]

I'm afraid Rommel wasn't that young...

[@commandervex1626]

They probably were saving time with making the characters all young so they don't have to do as much, since this is a side series and they have to do the main one as well

[@Ikelae]

He, and a few other Field Marshals during this era, were very young for the position. Only six of the field marshals active during the war were born after 1890. (Out of twenty-six) It is also worth noting that four of the six field marshals born after this date, were promoted in 1945. Many of his peers had around 10 years on him, Rundstedt was born 16 years before Rommel for example. So yeah, not young, but young when compared to whom he was surrounded by; and the position he held.

[@nunosilva9896]

@@maxchangarrido7841 most of the leadership in the army were not nazi. Hitler didnt even like most of his generals, who were descendents from the traditional prussian nobility. They were soldiers, not politicians. But they were very capable leaders, thus Hitler used them. Uncle Joe did the opposite though.

[@erinong193]

Not all generals we're nazis a lot we're from ww1

[@snens7179]

@@erinong193 thats correct. Rommel for example was a lower ranking infantry officer in ww1 that stayed in the army after the war and climbed his way up between the wars.

[@DarkTider]

So, why were the German panzer divisions in Paris and didn't move until- It was Walpole!

[@NinjaAO42]

Im not a military tactician just a nobody but I have my thoughts on Rundstedt and Rommel's argument on Panzer placement: Y'know they could have split the panzers into two groups, the crack force under Rommel to strike at the supposed beaches during landings while the reserve force near Paris is under Rundstedt so if the Allied did land somewhere unexpected he could cover Rommel there and be flexible

[@QubicTriangleW]

It wouldn’t work because the flexibility isn’t possible in harsh weather + moving such a force in that time is proved to be imposible

[@HPmcDoogle]

2:43 *"I aim to shred"* All that needed was some ominous zoom, darkening background and the famous low-pitched comedy evil laugh as we let that sink in.

[@dgmisal1979]

The Fall of Rome would be a super cool topic.

[@dgmisal1979]

AS would the collapse of Roman Britain.

[@VoidOfDarkness9]

+dgmisal1979 West or east?

[@dgmisal1979]

Misheel Tubshinbaatar either would cool, though i was imagining west

[@VoidOfDarkness9]

mm

[@ahcomcody]

my friend recommended me to this channel, and I got addicted to this channel, keep the great videos up!

[@thevoidlookspretty7079]

I love the animation of the soldier breaking through at Omaha. I can feel his fury. “If one more jerry throws a shell at my head, I’m gonna lose it!”

[@ThePaperTowelBandit.]

9:00

[@mountainman5173]

great series of videos. I'm 47, and a huge WW2 buff, but there were more than a few things that I didn't know! Impressively researched, narrated and illustrated. Well done young man!

[@Ben_Hughes]

I really love your Extra History series, especially your WW2 ones. Thank you so much for making them!!!

[@jenniferc6285]

the sheer magnitude and awesomeness of this war is why i am soo obsessed with it

[@Isolder74]

To everyone complaining that they want more detail go watch, The Longest Day. Come on they can't tell everything in so short of a time. Even The Longest Day leaves stuff out.

[@MrChickennugget360]

or read a book. there are thousands of them written on this subject

[@ryanmulherin2682]

My grandpop was in the US Coast Guard. He was on Omaha. An Artillery shell hit his landing barge, killed everyone behind him, and blew off half his wrist. He kept fighting and pulled a P38 off of a German officer.

[@nyl0n733]

LOL when you said they started hearing aircraft engines a propeller plane flew right over my house.

[@tfk_001]

5:58 appreciate the random 3 dimensional drawing among all the 2d drawings

[@nathank2289]

Love this series, wish you guys would go on till the surrender of Germany

[@orsaz924]

It's funny to me that the day I decide to watch an Extra History series about D-Day is the day a national TV channel (France 2) decides to talk about mine-clearing operations (and they did so twice, at 1pm and at 8pm ; the first was an RAF bomb in a village and the second an anti-tank mine on a stick weighed down by cement on a beach)

[@orsaz924]

p.s : at the time of writing, we are on the 22nd of May 2024 (or May 22nd 2024)

[@orsaz924]

(p.s.)² : this year will be the 80th anniversary of the event

[@TaliZVasTyria]

Next episode: battle of the bulge?

[@GamesCourier]

Sadly it's the last one already. Look at Wargaming's comment.

[@John190assman]

Uh yes that would be nice. Its the most least covered of them all.

[@TaliZVasTyria]

GamesCourier yes but who knows other ww2 game companies can sponsor it I remember battle of the bulge was the definitive last stand of germany before the allies US reaches berlin It HAS to be worth covering PS: The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945) was the last major German offensive campaign in its western theater during World War II. It's worth it

[@dernwine]

Please no. Give us something less well known/thoroughly covered.

[@zaydhamid9536]

dernwine Yes! Like William Wallace

[@jackozbloke5079]

The Grinders Of The East: Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad. That would be good.

[@Alex-if1hc]

I dont think the Axis ever got to Moscow

[@Sahil-oq8ki]

Made in Hungary They made it very close, but were driven back (I think before Stalingrad). EH mentions it in the battle of Kursk episodes iirc

[@danthemann5655]

They did that already.

[@JasonDoe1000]

Kaiza The idiocy of the german high command to underestimate the russian winter was also playing a great role in the strategic defeat at Moscow, slowed down the forces immensly and stopped them from digging in But the casualities were in total a million, not on both sides, the germans had far fewer losses than the soviets

[@maxmuller8633]

@@JasonDoe1000 Bad thing they didn't invade in 2020, global warming will defuse the winter

[@SolarFlareAmerica]

To be fair, Rommel is most of the reason that the defenses in Normandy existed. He suspected that Germany was being lead astray to believe that Pas de Calais was the landing point, arguing that the beaches of Normandy were PERFECT for an invasion force, and that the allies had used beaches much like them before in the Mediterranean. Unfortunately for the rest of the Germans, his protests fell on deaf ears.

[@austinhunter1586]

1:39 aw.. he's so happy >3

[@Kr1minalMe]

Lmao

[@orsaz924]

and, with this, the forces involved in D-Day have all been covered

[@RoberttheWise]

Now get Paradox and Eugen Systems to sponsor Extra History about Operation Overlord as a promo for "Steel Division: Normandy 44"

[@guester_blaster2013]

1:42, from soldiers to elite soldiers to officers to generals and then, HITLER JUMPS IN AND SIT IN RIGHT IN THE GENERAL'S HEAD

[@glitch3141]

I'm so happy that Rommel is here in Extra History. The guy was a master tactician, and he deserves more recognition.

[@rjfaber1991]

+Siegfried Black - True to an extent; he was good, but ultimately still humand, and he did lose in North Africa in the end. What is of course notable about Rommel is that he was probably the most noble and gentlemanly of all the high-placed Nazis; in many ways he acted more like an old Prussian general than a Nazi one.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Yes, he is a bit overrated since since him having a "master tactician" image makes it look better if his opponents did not do great. And people want image of some German who can be seen just being patriotic with his actions.

[@darthmike101]

Hey guys, this episode isn't in the complete Extra History playlist. A small oversight. Wanted to let you know so it doesn't hamper anyone else trying to watch through :) Continue doing amazing work. Because History Matters.

[@Yogasefski]

Can't wait to see what's next! Will it be the allied blunder of Market Guarding, or will we move to the Pacific and witness the massive Battle of Midway? Time will tell, excellent work!

[@colinj69]

I wanna see a Battle of the Bulge episode eventually!

[@999madgamer]

I showed this channel and oversimplified channel to my little brother and now he like history

[@cup_check_official]

more plis! awesome animation btw. i wish i could do animation like this :/

[@crodyleger4771]

Thanks so much I hope this channel never dies

[@firepheonix1584]

want to surprise his wife but gets surprised himself, poor Rommel :\

[@superbear4227]

man, these episodes do a good job of illustrating just how long, bloody and exhausting the war really was.

[@sunjian5458]

6:06 MG-42 going RATATATATATA. Ha ha...yeah right. That thing goes VRRRRRRRRR when it fires. Like splitting cloth, hence the nickname: Hitler's Buzzsaw

[@mateussilva635]

Sunjian 54 Really???

[@sunjian5458]

Yes, 25 rounds a second

[@mateussilva635]

Sovek I was sarcasticly referring to the nitpicking, though now I feel bad for not making it clear enough

[@sunjian5458]

No, the gun fired so fast that the barrel would get extremely hot true, but thats why gun crews had 2 sometimes 3 spare barrels. With a slight tug on a switch you could pull the barrel out and slide in a new one. It took about 7 seconds, and that's what most Allied troopers waited for when advancing toward an MG position, the barrel change.

[@jwhine]

MG-42 go skrrrra pa pa ka ka ka

[@thedanklordofthesith210]

I sleep until 6 PM sometimes but if I'm the leader of the main aggressor in a war I'd wake up at 4 PM and sleep at midnight

[@darkspire91]

6:05 I assume the artist doesn't understand the concept of having a pistol grip?

[@Artur_M.]

darkspire91 Oh my, I haven't notice it at first. That is an interesting way of holding a MG.

[@klorin2846]

And the way he's gripping the barrel

[@pretzelbomb6105]

Looks painful, considering that’s 1800 rounds a minute recoiling into your wrist

[@MehrumesDagon]

technically speaking that's what the buttstock is for...

[@trasyndha2368]

Anybody want a broken wrist or some major bruising?

[@Т1000-м1и]

Thanks for actually showing all the chaos

[@DemonetizationReal]

_"I am _*_Heavy Weapons Guy..._*_ and THIS: _*_6:06_*_ is my weapon..."_ *_"YATATATATATATA YATATATATATA YATATATATATOOOOOO!"_*

[@Oblivisci........]

Great series, guys! I have been so excited every time I get a notice that no matter what Im doing I end up glued to my phone. I would absolutely love to see one on the battle for Okinawa. I think the depth and importance of this battle has not been told enough. It was a very dark time in the Pacific, but it showed the tenacious resolve of the Americans. Plus, my fiancee is Okinawan.

[@novaimperator1526]

Erwin Rommel, best field marshal and husband lol May he rest in peace.

[@bob8924]

6:06 I literally started singing" ratatata I'm beggin beggin you "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CommissarMitch]

I honestly feel bad for the German man. He just took a day off to treat his wife.

[@spindash64]

Cegesh I'm not feeling bad for the nazi, I'm feeling bad for the man. Heck, even if someone IS a complete piece of s***, it's better to at least recognize that they are, in fact, a human being, which means that it's not wrong to feel some sense of pity for general misfortune. That is different from condoning their acts, even if it doesn't seem so. I don't condone robbing banks, but if I saw a bank robber getting tortured, no one would say I was a robber sympathizer or such for feeling bad for him.

[@FrickThePainAway]

Cegesh I may be wrong, but Rommel was involved in the assassination attempt on Hitler. It did fail, but Rommel died for his involvement.

[@homersimpson6585]

Cegesh not all nazis are evil they’re human too not only Germany committed war crimes every country during the war committed war crimes and the soviets did worse

[@thegreatboi8357]

@Cegesh he did follow the killing orders of jews and soldiers

[@stephenodell9688]

@@FrickThePainAway It is hard to say how involved he was. All that had to happen was some one to say Rommel knew about it was enough to get him convicted. It was then just like to day where some on can tell some thing to the press and they are considered guilty but then it was the secret police. You know who I mean.

[@AudieHolland]

On "Utah Beach," the landing forces suffered the lowest number of soldiers killed: 197. Almost 500 were wounded but there an additional 575 losses among navy and airforce. A staggering 2500 Airborne troops were wounded of whom 238 died.

[@sic2344]

5:33 "We didn't penetrate their armor!" At some point you should probably look up a video of an MG 42 firing, because it definately doesn't go "ratatata". It was nicknamed "Hitler's Buzzsaw" for a reason. Also, if WG's idea of outreach is throwing money at Extra History, I like it. Keep it up!

[@wally9540]

The funniest thing is that the roads were so wrecked that the Allies couldn't even get their own supplies inland.

[@oliverfox6175]

Hi Extra Credit, do u think you could do a couple of videos about the start of the Napoleonic war if you don’t mind, I would appreciate that.

[@perrycarters3113]

I know of very few days as pivotal to modern history as D-Day.

[@lottiehouston7983]

Can you do Gallipoli I would really love to know all sides of the Gallipoli landing not just the Australian one thanks you you guys are the best

[@LautaroTessi]

I know there’s Saving Private Ryan as the best to-day D-Day representation, but I think there should be a blockbuster movie that shows this extensively. Maybe some day…

[@goobins_jr]

8:43 I guess you could say Hitler’s somewhat Reich....I’ll show myself out.

[@TheHoodiedThief]

I like how u start and end each episode on some sort of cliffhanger like we dont know whats gonna happen next even though we do. Its like watching a prank then watching a reaction to a prank.

[@greattea3228]

R.I.P ROMMEL

[@Vulcanwoman]

Imagine being so strict that even your own soldiers are scared of you.

[@wolverine338]

Can you guys do an episode on The Seven Year War?

[@homersimpson6585]

Jay Patel feature history did it watch it it’s interesting

[@braith117]

You almost have to feel sorry for Rommel. The guy builds up the defenses in France, gets handicapped by Hitler, his wife's birthday gets interrupted by the invasion, and then Patton steals his desk.

[@el_ias2094]

in early 1944, I think most top-ranking generals knew the war was going really badly. Perhaps Hitler and some of his generals acted on purpose to ensure the Allies established a proper beachhead, so they could get to the german Heartland before the Soviets did?

[@vulturearmy3780]

Honeypie 23 Hitler doesn't seem like the person to give up so easily. He was very confident In his abilities to stop the allies from landing on Normandy.

[@razi7745]

Love the animation and everything

[@creativecreatov_levi2601]

Boy do I love your vids. Keep up the great work

[@ramonvivarrodriguez8712]

This is so good I am learning more here then school

[@1agentchase108]

9:01 Which of you fuckers sank my tanks!

[@anonymousshitposter1743]

I have a lot of respect for Rommel, the war would have went on a lot longer if Hitler had been overthrown, as many high ranking officers decided Rommel would succeed him. If Hitler had listened to him, the war would have went on much longer but Hitler’s stupidity was his downfall

[@safe-keeper1042]

Why let some stormy weather get in the way of a great crusade.

[@Maxislithium]

Thank you for reminding people of Juno. Never shall we forget, nore shall we forget the efforts of our allies.

[@AnonYmous-db2yy]

I'm just sitting here hoping Gaijin Entertainment sponsors a series on Stalingrad just so I can make a comment about Russian bias.

[@marcus7564]

Glad you looked at the germans. No matter what you think of someone historically I think its always good to view and understand events, triumphs and tragedies from everyone's view point. It must have been terrifying being a solider defending the beaches, seeing a unending onslaught of allies overwhelming you. While it not easy for any side, at least attacking there is a way out to aim for. I can't imagine having the courage to hold a beach like the German soldiers had to. I think I would surrender pretty quick. I wonder if they kept on thinking they just had to hold long enough for the panzer's to arrive, idk.

[@eskreditt6760]

3:01 Irish People? Did You get offended?

[@chriszhang1660]

3:22 One more episode for this man

[@invis4858]

Rommel went to his wife’s Surprise party where everyone got surprised

[@davidstarr853]

I love this channel so much.

[@Aksuuuk]

6th of june 1944 allies are turning the war, Normandy - state of anarchy Overlord

[@unknowndane4754]

Wouldn't it be more correct to say that it turned the moment the Germans began pushing back the Germans?

[@CasperKersten]

Aiming for heaven, though serving in hell. Victory is ours - their forces will fall!

[@headheretic1580]

THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL